What gets lost when you blow up an Appalachian mountain

an excerpt from a recent New York Times article on mountaintop removal coal mining -

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“Not every place on the mountains has waterfalls like Bad Branch,” Ms. Chapman-Crane said. “But this is pretty much what it’s like on the mountains here. The forests of the Appalachian range are like a northern rain forest.”

Mary Yoder, who had volunteered to come on the trip for her congregation, Columbus Mennonite Church in Columbus, Ohio, asked, “So this is the kind of place that gets blown up in mountaintop removal?”

Mr. Chapman-Crane replied, “This is what would be lost, is lost, when they blast a mountaintop.”

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Happy Halloween!!!!

hi everyone
hope you are doing really well

Happy Halloween!

the Kidfest was so great
David S.L. got some really sweet pictures
these can be found in the loop under Jacksonville Center etc.

other new content in the loop includes an endorsement of Jim Webb from the Roanoke Times
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/89082

and an article from Doug T. describing George Allen's racist behavior in detail

speaking of scary - for an extra creepy Halloween experience check out the dogs on trucks blog, which features info on the seventh scariest man in America

then when you are good and scared go check out Wolfman Jack Taylor on David S.L.'s page

Wolfman Jack Taylor is terribly scary on the outside, but on the inside he is the kind of person who can cheer you up quite a bit when you are sad and disheartened about frightening news stories on scary bad men that rape the Earth.

So if you are in fact a person who is in some way disheartened about this, please read on.

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Important Announcement

Thank you Jack Taylor!

sincerely,
ideapark.org
October 31, 2006

About Jack Taylor

Jack Taylor is a volunteer who has spent countless hours to spruce up and beautify the Jacksonville Center, SLEC, and Traces exhibits. He always has a kind and friendly word when you see him. Jack Taylor is widely loved and hopefully aware of how much his thoughtfulness is appreciated.

Thanks for being you, Jack Taylor!

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hi everyone

the Pickin' Porch in Floyd will be hosting a student recital this Wednesday
please visit floydmusic.com > calendar for details

also, Studio Tour 10 will begin in early November
the Floyd Press has more info

the Help You Shop news loop will be following Studio Tour 10 news as carefully as possible

thanks for reading, and thanks for supporting independent arts & music
bye, have a great day.

your pal, Suzy

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a memo from Kara Lochridge

Hello everybody,

Patrick Olwell will be giving a presentation to the Flute Society of Washington this Saturday, October 28, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, at 3:00 PM. He'll be speaking about and demonstrating antique wooden flutes, with a question-and-answer period and opportunities to check out the flutes afterward. Admission is free and open to the public.

Check out the website for directions and more information: http://fsw.net/events/.

Thanks,

Kara Lochridge

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via chiff & fipple

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Demand to vote on paper ballots.
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Demand a backup plan for voting machine malfunction: http://action. truemajority. org/campaign/ electionprotection

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Kidfest Etc.

hi everyone

hope you all are well
I had a great visit (and a great snack) at Karen & McCabe's place this morning
Karen & McCabe are the new folks in studio 124 at the Jacksonville Center

they had a sweet little open studio thing this morning with homemade bread etc.
I hope you will make Karen & McCabe feel welcome there

Speaking of the Jacksonville Center Kidfest will happen this weekend.

This is a free, family-friendly event which will feature pumpkin customizing activities for all ages as well as a non-competitive costume contest. It will happen on Sunday October 29 from noon to 4 pm. Billy & Chris might play some music in the silo that day.

From the Floyd Press:
"There will be awards in many different categories as this is an event where every child is acknowledged and everybody wins."

Also in the Floyd Press is news of the Art Tour 10 studio tour. This group will sponsor its first studio tour and sale on November 4 & 5 in the New River Valley. Participating artists include Sarah McCarthy, Jayn Avery, and Carter Holliday. As soon as I get more info on this I promise to post it ASAP on the Northern Most page.

Oh yes here is some other news: Sweetwater Market is a new web support client. Cleverly, they bribed me with food at the interview and that was all she wrote.

Anyway I need to go now to do some research, take care & have a wonderful day.

-Suzy

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upcoming music events in SWVA

Floyd/Roanoke/NRV art, music, & community events for fall 2006

To learn more about these artists and venues, please consult the ideapark.org news loop.
Thank you for supporting independent art & music!

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Music

Thursday, October 26 - Jugbusters at the Cellar in Blacksburg

Friday, October 27 - Billy Miller at Café Sol in Floyd

Saturday, October 28 - Halloween costume party at the Sun Music Hall in Floyd with Midnight Spaghetti & the Chocolate G-strings

Wednesday, November 1 - Billy Miller & Chris Luster at Oddfellas in Floyd

Thursday, November 2 - Jugbusters at the Cellar in Blacksburg

Friday, November 3 - American Dumpster at the Coffee Pot in Roanoke

Friday, November 3 - Irish night at Oddfellas in Floyd

Saturday, November 4 - Carbon Culture at the Sun Music Hall in Floyd

Sunday, November 5 - Mountain Music Benefit at the Lyric in Blacksburg. Proceeds benefit Community Opportunities, Inc., a local organization focused on providing community-based support for persons with disabilities. Performers include Snake Hollow String Band, Mac & Jenny Traynham, The New Roanoke Jug Band, and No Speed Limit.

Friday, November 10 - Asylum Street Spankers at Sun Music Hall in Floyd

Saturday, November 11 - Floyd Contra Dance at the Sun Music Hall in Floyd

Saturday, November 11 - Little Diva & the G-Strings (featuring Sally Walker) at Oddfellas in Floyd

Thursday, November 17 - Joel Vendetti at Cafe Sol in Floyd

Thursday, November 17 - Irish Night at the Cellar in Blacksburg

Art

October 28 - Art auction to benefit the Blacksburg New School. 7 pm at the Blacksburg YMCA center.

Now until October 30 - A’Court Bason at Over the Moon Gallery in Floyd

Now until November 4 - Genesis Chapman at the Water Heater in Roanoke

November 27 to January 6 - Suzy Nees at Café Sol in Floyd

Community events

Sunday, October 29 - Halloween Kidfest at the Jacksonville Center in Floyd


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hi everyone
hope you are well
below is some news on the 2006 National Folk festival - this is from the Richmond Times Dispatch and highlights the work of Haoua Cheick Traore, an entrepreneur from Mali who participated in the Ten Thousand Villages marketplace at this year's event in Richmond.

Haoua will be among the vendors at this year's Floyd Fandango, which begins on Saturday.

have a great evening, take care
-Suzy


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Text from the Richmond Times-Dispatch print version on Sunday, October 15 2006. Staff writers include Daniel Nemah, Michael Paul Williams, and Cynthia McMullen.

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The Ten Thousand Villages marketplace had a distinctly Malian flavor yesterday as local residents and friends from the Republic of Mali sought to establish links between the festival and that West African nation.

Malian Ambassador Abdoulaye Diop and Mamou Daffe, director of the upcoming Festival sur le Niger, stood outside the tent enjoying the music and ambience.

Allan Levenberg is a member of Virginian Friends of Mali, created a year ago to promote educational and cultural exchanges.

He expressed hope that the organization could help build an ongoing relationship between Mali and the National Folk Festival that would result in an exchange of musicians.

Daffe said Richmond on the James reminds him of Segou, Mali, which is on the Niger River. His four-day cultural festival is slated for February.

Diop said he was impressed with the variety of music, people, and food at the event here.

"We hope it can be a window of opportunity for us to educate folks about Mali" and generate tourism, he said. "I will be dreaming of the day we will be able to organize such an important cultural event in our country."



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ideapark.org music news for October 19, 2006 - Traditional Irish music sessions will take place at the Cellar Restaurant in Blacksburg, Virginia every third Thursday starting tonight. Music will begin at 9:30 pm. Please consult the ideapark.org news loop for details.

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hi everyone
hope you are well

here is a bit of music news

Kusun Ensemble will be playing soon at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke

Celtic Night at the Cellar will begin on Thursday, October 19

also don't forget about the Lyric benefit
details below

bye, have a great day. -Suzy

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Mountain Music benefit

An upcoming Lyric benefit which will raise awareness about community stewardship opportunities in the NRV. Snake Hollow String Band will play. Learn more by scrolling left.

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benefit tomorrow to end mountaintop removal

via the ohvec.org newsfeed...

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Thursday, Oct. 12

MTR benefit at the Jazz Factory

Myriad issues are worth your money, and rarely do we presume to tell you how to spend. In Kentucky, though, we are endowed with natural beauty and majesty, from rolling hills to massive, jagged mountains. That’s worth preserving, many would agree.

But in Kentucky, like other states that share the Appalachian Mountains, the destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining — or blowing apart mountains one level at a time to reach coal seams in a more cost-efficient, less employee-heavy way — is systematically destroying the mountains. The environmental fallout — acid mine drainage in the water, explosions that rock houses from their foundations, and so forth — has quickly deteriorated the quality of life for people who live in the hollers and towns in and around the mountains.

For Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, a social justice organization, MTR is a flagship issue. They’ve been pushing against it for years, and tomorrow they’re sponsoring a benefit at the Jazz Factory featuring live music, readings and a photo exhibition from artists connected to the cause.

The Betweeners and Zach Brock are among the live music performers; Ed McClanahan, Anne Shelby, Erik Reece, Gwyn Hyman-Rubio and others will read.

Author Silas House is the emcee.

—Stephen George

Jazz Factory
815 W. Market St.
992-3242

$10; 6:30 p.m.
All ages

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A traditional Irish music session at
the Cellar Restaurant, Blacksburg, Virginia
Every third Thursday starting October 19, 2006

Music starts at 9:30
All are welcome!

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Rio is on the Roanoke Times webcast today

Hi everyone
Rio is on the Roanoke Times webcast today

this is at roanoke.com > webcast

bye, have a great day. -Suzy

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music news for October 10

Coming soon to...

...Salem: Merle Haggard, Dr. Ralph Stanley, many others.
...the Jefferson Center in Roanoke: Kusun Ensemble.

Via the Roanoke Times webcast.

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music in the NRV & Roanoke this October

October 8 - Hispanic Festival at Elmwood Park in Roanoke. 12 to 6 pm.

October 8 - Billy Miller & Chris Luster at Oddfella's Cantina. 11 am to 2:30 pm.

October 12 - Jugbusters at the Cellar in Blacksburg. 9:30 to 12:30 am.

October 14 - Floyd Contra Dance with the Bubbatones & Rob Harper. Sun Music Hall.

October 19 - Irish Night at the Cellar in Blacksburg. 9:30 pm.

October 20 - Bernie Coveney at Over the Moon in Floyd. 6:30 pm.

October 21 - A'Court Bason at Over the Moon in Floyd. Music starts at 8 pm.

October 21 & 22 - Floyd Fandango. Junior Brown, Wild Turkeys, Billy Miller, Carbon Culture, Sol Creech, many others.

October 26 - Jugbusters at the Cellar in Blacksburg. 9:30 pm to 12:30 am.

October 27 - Billy Miller at Cafe Sol in Floyd.

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Jack Spadaro to speak in Boone on October 26

BOONE—Mining engineer and mine safety activist Jack Spadaro will present “Mountain Top Removal and the Destruction of Appalachia” Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. in Room 114 Carol Grotnes Belk Library and Information Commons at Appalachian State University.

His talk is sponsored by the university’s Center for Appalachian Studies, Office of Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, Sustainable Development Program and Appalachian Voices, a newspaper that focuses on environmental issues in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. The public is invited to attend. Learn more...

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music tonight & tomorrow in Floyd

hi everyone

just wanted to let you know that Snake Hollow String Band will play at the Country Store tonight

also, I do not have many details about this but I believe that the throat singing folks will be performing someplace in Floyd County tomorrow

please consult the Floyd Press & Roanoke Times Inside/Out for more details

bye, thanks for reading, have a great day
-Suzy

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square dance tomorrow in Blacksburg

Blacksburg Southern Mtn Square Dance

Saturday, October 7th, 8:00pm. The NRV's community square dance- with caller Nancy Mamlin - music by The Jugbusters - NEW LOCATION: held at the Gilbert Linkous Elementary School Gym, 813 Toms Creek Road, Blacksburg. Admission $7, under 12 free. No partner or dance experience needed. more...

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Corn maze & pumpkin festival at Sinkland Farms

ideapark.org news for October 4, 2006 - Every weekend from now until Halloween, Sinkland Farms will host a pumpkin festival featuring hayrides & a corn maze as well as face painting, arts and crafts booths, pony rides, and a petting barn. Please stay tuned to the ideapark.org news loop for more announcements about the 2006 Pumpkin Festival at Sinkland Farms.

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Floyd art news for October 3, 2006

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Over the Moon Gallery presents a multi-media reception & celebration featuring works by A'Court Bason on Saturday, October 21, 2006 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, with music at 8:00 pm. For more information on this exhibit, please call Over the Moon at 540.745.2782 or visit the gallery at 227 North Locust Street in Floyd, Virginia. To learn more about A'Court Bason, please visit travianna.com.

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