Second Wind
(Oct. 1, 2009) Editor:
I’m encouraged! After reading Alan Sanborn’s cogent and incisive argument for health care reform we can believe in (Sept. 17), I began to recuperate from my “Will we have a public option?”-induced miasma. Alan gave me hope we could keep alive the movement toward single-payer health care.
Now I’m sure we can! With the magnificent seven letters in the Sept. 24 Journal, it is clear that we have truth, justice and mercy, and the American Way on our side. With current polls reporting that three-fourths of doctors and two-thirds of the rest of us support some kind of “public option,” our challenge now is to spread a sensible grasp of the clear benefits of a single-payer system into the halls and hollows of Congress. Get ’er done!
Chip Sharpe, Bayside
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Label GMOs Signature Gathering Training
meetings / 4 p.m. Sun Yi's Academy of Tae Kwon Do, 1215 Giuntoli Lane, Arcata. Help gather valid signatures to get the 'California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act' on the 2012 ballot. E-mail northernhumboldtlabelgmos@hotmail.com. 223-0424.
Open Celtic Music Session
music / 3 p.m. Cafe Veritas/Mosgo's, 180 Westwood Center, Arcata. Informal monthly gathering of musicians playing Irish and other Celtic music. Hosted by Seabury Gould. seaburygould.com. 845-8167.
Nonviolence Action Camp
etc. / 10 a.m. Chinmaya Mission near Piercy. Weekend-long direct action orientation features workshops, role playing, seminars, ceremonies and field trips. Bring food, bedding, warm clothes, signs, banners, bikes, drums, acoustic instruments. Pre-register. saverichardsongrove.org. 932-5898.
Audubon Society Field Trip
outdoors / 9 a.m. Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 1020 Ranch Road, Loleta. Meet at Refuge Visitor Center off Hookton Road. Leisurely, two- to three-hour trip intended for people wanting to learn birds of Humboldt Bay area. 822-3613.
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