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Messages are  now being posted on a seperate page..Messages now has it's own special page that can be acessed from the main menu for quicker access!! Thanks for the response and feedback to our messages....The most current message is posted first, you can scroll down.   The earlies date received is first...thanks, martha..........

Festival of Unity  Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 2:00 p.m.  Notre Dame Academy, 610 Maryhill Dr., Green Bay  ~ Featuring Los Angeles-based Film Director Ruth Broyde-Sharone showing her award-winning film  “God and Allah Need to Talk” – a film for healing and reconciliation    The presentation will include music, dance, film and interactive dialogue.  An hors d’oevres reception featuring an array of ethnic foods will follow the program.    This event is hosted by JOSHUA ( an interfaith social justice organization) and co-sponsored by Cnesses Israel Congregation, the Fox Valley Islamic Society, the Multicultural Center of Green Bay, the Salvation Army and the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce.    This event is free and open to the public, thanks to gracious funding support from the Greater Green Bay Area Community Foundation, the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, and Baylake Bank.  For more information call (920) 362-1511. 

Dear Friend,

Did you know that the world's largest temperate rainforest is
right here in America? And we could lose it to logging unless we
speak out.

Right now, the Forest Service is determining how Alaska's
Tongass National Forest will be managed over the long term. An
initial proposal allows for a dramatic increase from current
logging levels, putting rare and important old-growth habitat at
risk.

There's good news - before the plan is finalized, the Forest
Service must accept public comment, but only for a limited
period of time.

It will only take a minute of your time, and the clock is
ticking. Just click the link below to send a free message to the
Forest Service:
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/save_tongassed?rk=b1xNEb91bmY8W 

Tony Palmeri is a Green running for Oshkosh city council. Visit www.tonypalmeri.com to learn more about his views and campaign.  Some of you may remember him coming to Kewaunee County to argue both sides of the Troops Home initiative last spring. Merritt and I are going to help out with lit drops this Saturday.  If you are willing and able to come along, let me know, and we can drive!  					Jill  Hello Friends,  We've got 2 weeks left until Election day April 3!  If you have thought about helping out with the Palmeri campaign, but haven't been able to, NOW is your time!  We've got our final literature drop THIS WEEKEND: --  Saturday March 24 from 10am - 3pm --  Sunday March 25 from 10am - 1pm  We're asking that you give us 2 hours of your time on one of these days.  We still have 14 wards that have not received any contact from the campaign! The only way we will reach these definite voters is by getting out our supporters to help with the lit drops.  If you can help, please email or call Justin (410-6180) and let him know the time and day.  You can pick up the Palmeri Lit and your map/voter list from Justin's house at 652 Monroe St.  If you can help more than 2 hours, awesome!  A special thanks to Chris and the Oshkosh Firefighting crew for helping get out yard signs and literature this past week!  Also I want to thank Dean, Ben, and Mike for helping with the lit drop this past weekend.  I hope to hear from you soon! Justin  Just a quick update:  Tony received the endorsement of the Winnebago County Labor Council - Council President Stephen Dedow stated "Our endorsement process for 2007 was based off of Candidate responses to a mailed questionnaire dealing with working family issues. To be endorsed, a Candidate had to receive at least 90% of the vote from our delegates. We, as a group, feel that the Candidates selected would best represent working families if elected to their respective positions."  

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WISCONSIN STATE
Jeffrey Ames
Peace North
Your voice for peace & justice in the northwoods

From: "Marty Slavek" <martyjs@milwpc.com>
To: <peace_owl1@yahoo.com>
Subject: Hi Peace Owl - White Birch
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:02:33 -0600

Hi Peace Owl,

Thank you for the notice of the gathering at Webster & Mason tomorrow at 1
pm. I plan to attend.

I'm continuing this message almost 4 weeks later.

I went to the gathering and counted myself among those who prefer
non-violence. Went the next week also only this time I had my own sign.
"Let there be peace on our earth. Let it begin with me." and on the other
side," Love thy neighbor as thyself." It's 3' x 4 1/ 2' with a stick in
the middle so I can flip it around and hold it above my head. I used my
printer to print out individual words and letters so the copy is large and
clear and can be read easily from a distance. It makes much sense to me to
practice non-violence (ahimsa). It's a no-brainer. But there are many who
haven't yet come to see that God is in all things; that God is all things (I
am That). It is important to educate and by example let this spiritual
principle become known.


The weather was bitter cold. I dressed for the occasion and got to the
corner 1/2 hour late, at 1:30 pm with my new sign. Just as I got there
everyone left; about 4 people. I was roasty-toasty warm and couldn't see
leaving so alone I stood at the corner and flipped the vital message as the
motorists passed. The wind was brisk and turning the sign around would
change my balance. It was a balance dance that I'm sure was entertaining.
I stayed till 3:00 and by then was feeling frostbite. Time to go home.
Time well spent.

I plan to be there each first Sunday of the month. As the weather gets
better more will show.

Kim's son had a heart attack. Had life saving surgery and is in serious
condition. I don't know any more.

Thank you for the quote by Jamie Sams. Since I've stopped drinking, my
consciousness has taken on a growing sense of living in life rather than
death. I live now in peace, in joy, in gratitude, in service. Each day is
now a gift . I finally feel I'm on the path to God. It's not a great
accomplishment or one few can really see, but when I consider all the gifts
one can receive in life, this one is most precious.

From "The Hindu Mind" by Bansi Pandit, under the heading, "Purity of Reason"
he writes, "The importance of pure reason is heavily emphasized in Hindu
scriptures. In the Gayatri Mantra, the highest and the most sacred Vedic
mantra, a Hindu does not pray for wealth and riches for himself, his family
or his community. Instead he prays for purity of reason for all, "God is
the giver of life, the dispeller of miseries, and the bestower of happiness.
Let us meditate upon that Creator, the most worthy and acceptable Almighty
God. May He inspire and lead our minds and intellects." (Rig Veda 3.62.10
and Yajur Veda 36.3)

Now I know I shall never come to the end of knowledge and I am grateful.

Namaste

Peace and Joy to you and yours,
White Birch

From: "Jill Bussiere" < jdt@itol.com>
To: <jdt@itol.com>
Subject: First Sunday in March - corner of Webster and Mason
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:06:17 -0600

Greetings to you who work for peace!

This coming Sunday is the first Sunday of March, so people are gathering at
the corner of Webster and Mason at 1 PM on Sunday afternoon, to demand that
our soldiers return home, to demand an end to funding for the War on Iraq,
and to continue a visible resistance against a war of opportunity and empire
in Iraq.

Please mark your calendar for March 17th in Wausau - where people will
gather from around the state on the 4th anniversary of the War on Iraq.

From: Jill Bussiere <jdt@itol.com>
Date: Feb 21, 2007 8:44 PM
Subject: Steve Kagen has an open house, Feingold has listening sessions - Not one more death, not one more dollar
To: jdt@itol.com

We have two opportunities to speak up for immediate withdrawal of the
troops, and no more funding for the War on Iraq.

Senator Feingold is having listening sessions this Friday morning.  We can
give him support for his efforts to stop funding the war.
His Door County listening session will be held at 8:00 a.m. at the Egg
Harbor Town Hall, 5242 County Road I, Sturgeon Bay.  The meeting will last
up to an hour.


His Kewaunee County listening session will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the
Montpelier Town Hall, E704 JJ Road, Luxemburg.  The meeting will last up to
an hour.

Steve Kagen's Open house is also this Friday, from 4 to 6 PM, Walnut Street
in Green Bay at his office....700 East Walnut Street.

Let me know if you want to carpool.

                               Jill

From Rebecca Derenne          STATE SUPREME COURT CANDIDATES PRESENT CLEAR DIFFERENCES,         A  nonpartisan race looks political  because many observers see the seatheld by retiring Justice Jon Wilcox as the swing seat between the political left and right on the seven-person court.  Washington
County Judge Annette Ziegler appears to be the clear choice of Republican conservatives [WMC, WRtL, ex-Lt. Gov. Farrow.]  Linda Clifford, a Madison attorney and Democrat, has support from liberals and various attorneys and their organizations.  Joseph Sommers, a self-described independent, has very little support from organizations.  Clifford:  "if you look at my record, it's balanced.
I have represented some of the state's largest businesses and insurance companies while I have also represented homeless people," touts bipartisan co-chairs ex-Govs. Lucey and Dreyfus.  Sommers:  "I don't know if my two opponents have ever gotten somebody acquitted at trial.  I have done it a number of times and I have also gotten people out of prison."  Ziegler:  "The judicial branch should not pretend to be the legislative branch. A judge needs to set aside personal feelings and rule on a case as the law applies to it."  Rehashes
Farrow fundraising letter, WMC ads.  by DENNIS SHOOK,  MILWAUKEE SHEPHERD EXPRESS
http://www.shepherd-express.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-02-15&-token.story=176424.113121&-token.subpub

2/3/2007- Happy Imbolacandle blessing to you as we now move into the 1st. cycle of GrandMother Moon a new year begins for the children of the the Earth Mother and Father Creator with all things inter-connected on this planet it is time to live in a joyful harmony seeking peace and loveing relationships by  welcoming this as the age of Spiritual Enlightenment..

                                                         Namaste:PeaceOWL. 

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Peace Action  of WI contact from Greg Banks

State Office:
Peace Action of Wisconsin
George Martin
1001 East Keefe Avenue
Milwaukee WI 53212
phone: (414) 964-5158
fax: (414) 964-7220
email: peace@peaceactionwi.org
www.peaceactionwi.org 

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I just took an action on an alarming issue, and I thought you might care about this too…  

From the Ceasefire Campaign: Dear Friends,  Check out this website.. 

www.CeasefireCampaign.org 

For anyone that would be interested in talking with Jim or contacting him, the following is his address and phone number.  Jim Olmsted, 1208 California, Albuquerque, NM 87110   505-453-2107,   email:   peace_owl1@yahoo.com

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From: "Jill Bussiere" <jdt@itol.com>
To: <jdt@itol.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:07:09 -0600
Subject: Can you join us? Meeting with Congressman Kegan's staff person on Iraq - Not one more death, not one more dollar.
A group of us will be meeting with Nate Williams, Congressman Kegan's staff person, in Green Bay on Monday, January 22nd, at 3 PM.  (That's this coming Monday).

We will be meeting 1 hour beforehand at 2 PM at Kavarna to organize ourselves.

There is a statewide effort to pressure Congress to stop the War on Iraq. This is a part of that effort.

Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice is coordinating the effort, and has been hosting onference calls with people from all over the state.  In our last conference call, we came up with a list of unified points that we want to make.  We will be using this list on Monday, as well as points that those attending want to make.  Each person will get a chance to say a few sentences.

If you can come join us, please do.  We especially need some gender balance - so far we are weighted heavily towards the female gender.  Please contact me if you expect to come at jdt@itol.com, or 920 255-2175.  I hope you can come - we've got to end this war!

So far, Congressman Kegan has been very supportive of the efforts of thepeace movement.

Here are the points:

We call on Congress to vote down any additional funding for the war in Iraq. This spring, the Administration will ask Congress to authorize a supplemental appropriation for the war of $99.7 billion, plus additional funding for the proposed troop "surge."

It is not enough for Congress to simply criticize the administration's war policy. Congress must stop funding the war. Approving more money for the war will simply give the Administration more flexibility to wage the war without any chance for Congressional control.

Blocking additional funds for the war will not adversely affect our troops. Funding from current appropriations and the substantial regular Pentagon budget is already available to cover the costs of evacuating our troops and providing body armor and defensive equipment. Bringing our troops home is the best way to support them.

Wisconsin voters want to bring the troops home now.  Thirty four communities in Wisconsin have approved ballot initiatives or referendums to bring the troops home. In the November election, Wisconsin's statewide totals gave a more than two-to-one "yes" vote on these initiatives.

Wisconsin's Senators Kohl and Feingold and U.S. House Representatives Kind and Ryan have voted for all four previous funding bills for the Iraq war. We call on them to vote "no" for the first time on further funding for the war. Wisconsin's other U.S. House Representatives have mixed records on funding for the Iraq war (except Kagan, who is new). We call on all Wisconsin U.S.
House Representatives to vote "no" on further funding for the Iraq war.

We cannot afford the war, and the current war debts are already a terrible burden on the country. The US may pay over $2 trillion for the war even if we stopped today, according to a Nobel-prize winning economist and Harvard budget expert

[1]. Wisconsin taxpayers will pay $6.0 billion for the war in Iraq. This money could have funded healthcare for over 3.6 million Wisconsin citizens, or funded 715 new elementary schools for Wisconsin

[2]  Oil companies and some other corporations have a vested interest in keepingthe war going, but most Americans are hurt by this war and want an end to it now. Most Iraqis also want the US to leave their country.

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Voters 

The following is a public service announcement from the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters:

Do you want your legislators to vote to protect clean water, clean air, natural areas, and sporting opportunities? So do we! On February 21st, 2007, join citizens from across Wisconsin at the state capitol to tell legislators that you expect them to vote well on natural resource issues. Last year, over 250 Wisconsinites descended on the state Capitol to share their conservation values with their State Legislators. Speaking with a unified voice, it was an energizing day for citizens and the conservation community. It opened legislators' eyes to the tremendous support that exists for conservation.

This year, there are 4 Conservation Priorities:

• 1.) Keep the Great Lakes Waters in the Great Lakes-pass and improve the Great Lakes Compact
• 2.) Stewardship for Wisconsin's Future-reauthorize Wisconsin's premier land preservation program
• 3.) Restore Conservation Integrity-pass the Hunter, Angler, Trapper Bill of Rights
• 4.) Clean Energy for a Bright Economic Future-lower public school energy bills and promote manufacturing and jobs in renewable energy technologies

Legislators need to continue to hear from you! Join us for Conservation Lobby Day 2007, February 21st, 2007, at the State Capitol in Madison. Please RSVP to Jessica at (920) 429-9008, or jessica@conservationvoters.org

Fall 2005  letter from Jim Olmsted

My sincere congratulations to all of those who had been nominated for the PeaceOWL award, and thank you to those who had the hard task of making the choice for this years award receiver.  He is a person who many of us know from years  of his involvement with the HSC, as a member, a Board of Director, and as our Editor of the HSC newsletter.  Mr. Martin Slavek is a devoted son, Father, Grandfather, and a full time volunteer to his community.  The  environment, peace and social justice action are not just considered movements to him....they are a way of life and are heart felt concerns that are backed up by his personal involvement for these causes which bring us closer to that of true spiritual family in our shared vision of love for the planet and for each other.  How happy I am that my dear friend Marty is to be receiving the first Peace Owl Award, and an honor for the Helfenstein Soup Council, organization     namaste: Jim Olmsted-peaceowl..............

July 2005    peace_owl1@yahoo.com

Once upon a time, a dreamer was asked for Earth Day to speak to a group of children at their High School. " Let me tell you about  the Helpingstone Soup family story, he said. "And maybe it will be helpful for you to understand that the greatest problem being faced by the Mother Earth is from her children."   It was not at all uncommon for a group of men to hangout and talk about problems in a tepee that was setup at the edge of a Green Bay park , where a  young couple lived with their daughter, and allowed a friend to stay in their tepee.  On Sundays they would come togather to speak about dreams and how they could make a difference for the future, the environment, the children and how to create peaceful, social justice in our community.  One morning the mother and daughter joined these men, and they  suggested,  " All we need is to be a spiritual family that will work in harmony.   So let us look at the wisdom which has come down to us and try to form our group on those noble ideals."    And this became the agreed goal from that day on. 

Now "Once upon a time" a young person found himself/herself lost in a world seeking food to share with friends and came to the "river crossing", that now seemed too deep for swimming and had no way for getting to the other side. 

More story to come...  

June 23, 2005     peace_owl1@yahoo.com 

This is the time for high energy.  We move into the Southern direction of the medicine wheel The true path to enlightenment can be felt June 22nd.  Full moon...emotions will be feeling the summer heat, opening us to new growth that began in the Spring:  it will now show the beauty planted within our heart chakra..love...sexual relationships certainly will be pleasurable and allow the spirit of creatio...a renewed spiritual opportunity to share in compassion of the earth mother & of all creation. May you find the blessings...

Wishing all a Happy Summer Soltice.....Jim Peace Owl

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Merry Christmas

Hope Your Holidays are a Joyful Time with your family !!  Many Blessings, Lisa

Love from Lisa and Josh Majchrzak

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Martin, "I was impressed with the website...really professional.......Gareth has a nice sophisticated sense of design. "   spring 2005

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Friday, May 27, 2005 2:25 PM 

 HSC friends  How wonderful to see site up, congratulations.  I miss you all so much-may the blessings of the great spirit be with you!  Peace OWL, Jim    Namaste 

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Monday, March 21, 2005 2:21 PM

Happy Webb

Hi HSC,

Looks like you  have a web site back up.  Good for you guys and good luck with that.

Keith Watt

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