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15FEB2003 Peace Wave Spreads Over Oregon Coast
Newport, Yachats, Florence, Coos Bay & North Bend, Bandon and Port Orford The Oregon Coast PEACE WAVE hits TODAY Saturday, February 15h, with large events in downtown Coos Bay and Port Orford. Yachats will host a new form of PEACE WAVE Saturday 22d. The Coos Bay WAVE follows Waldport, Newport and Bandon. Rolling Peace has received radio attention from San Francisco's KGO, and Eugene-based KLCC Radio. WAVE events are designed and supported by each local community and will also occur in Port Orford TODAY! Coos Bay/North Bend events start at 1:00 p.m. by the downtown waterfront at the "Boardwalk" on Hwy 101 and Commercial. Traditional peace and vigil activities are planned by a coalition of individuals and groups including the Human Rights Advocates of Coos County and the Vets for Peace. Some of the speakers include Bill Bradbury and Tom Matosec, Vietnam-era veteran. Harry Stamper, a national political musical treasure will share billing with all those singing and voicing restraint to "shoot first" preemptive warfare. Contact Lilah Bidwell at 888-5875 or lilah@uci.net, or Maggie Bagon welmama@yahoo.com or 541-751-1052. Florence car-pooling and Peace Caravan will leave from Salmonberry Naturals store at 821Quince Street, at 11:30 A.M. heading, south. Signs and well-used props will be available. Other options include a Florence silent vigil at the intersections of 101 and 126 TODAY, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00. Betty Crooks has information about the vigil, at 541-902-7811. Yachats WAVE events follow on Saturday, the 22d, building on the theme: "SOS Ð SOS -- Sending a Peace Message to Bush." A silent "Walking Meditation" starts at the Commons at 10:00 a.m. New as well as traditional WAVE events kick off at 11:00 a.m. near the Commons, mid-city. The Valley and Coast publics are invited to participate and bring their creativity. Gail Parker, of Yachats and with "Catholic Mothers for Peace" says, "We will be doing new things. Large media has bottled-up the strength of the peace cause in America. To respond, we are asking the public to bring written 'peace messages' which we will bottle by the case-load right there and deliver to main media editorial offices across America. Bottled messages sent directly to national media demonstrate the large under-reported opposition to Bush's dominator-style foreign policy. Protecting our troops means keeping them out of unnecessary harms way." Parker says "We encourage Oregonians to bring to Yachats their own personal way of sending a message to Bush - through music, drumming, costume... we hereby open the door for their bottled-up feelings." A silent "Walking Meditation" starts at the Commons at 10:00 a.m. More information on the events Yachats from Gail Parker at gailparker@earthlink.net or 541- 547-4746. "WAVE events at Bandon and Newport had hundreds of people involved, lots of food, music, young people, and received a huge positive response from their respective communities," says Rand Dawson, a frequent participant. "Coos Bay and North Bend should be bigger, more hopeful, more powerful. Yachats will take us in new directions. We need to make our views known in order to protect our civil liberties." |
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