Deadline Looms - Sign Initiative 40 Now!

ALL SIGNATURES HAVE TO BE IN SALEM JULY 7, 29.06.2006 - 06:53
Initiative 40: Hope for Oregon Families. Makes health care a right in the Oregon constitution.

Summary: Amends Oregon's constitution to add a section declaring "Health care is an essential safeguard of human life and dignity and there is an obligation for the state to ensure that every Oregon resident has access to effective and affordable health care as a fundamental right."

To sign initiative 40: Call Oregon Action 541-772-4029 or visit their office at 33 N. Central in Medford. Initiative 40 can be signed at the Anne Feeney concert in Ashland July 3  http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2006/06/6850.shtml or sign it at Oregon Action's booth in Ashland's Lithia Park on July 4.
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Anne Feeney & Dave Lippman concert July 3

Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice, 27.06.2006 - 22:02
The Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice coalition brings the TRIPLE TROUBLE TOUR to Southern Oregon on the Fourth of July weekend

"A Fair and Balanced Brew Of Satire And Songs To Stir The Soul"

Triple Trouble Tour
Anne Feeney, Dave Lippman and George Shrub
July 3, 7:30 p.m., Unitarian Church, 87 Fourth St., Ashland
$10. donation, nobody turned away
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AUDIO FILE: Interview With Lt. Ehren Watada

Jim Lockhart, 25.06.2006 - 11:47
Jim Lockhart is a long time video contributor to PDX Indymedia and shares his work with Rogue IMC. Listen to this very important interview. -Wes Brain, RIMC volunteer

A 10 minute interview with Lt. Ehren Watada, U.S. army officer who has refused written orders for Iraq War deployment. This interview was conducted by Courtney Scott (www.madashelltv.com)when Lt. Watada was in Portland last Saturday, June 17, 2006.

Many thanks to Courtney Scott for producing this interview. This file is 10 minutes in length.

For RealPlayer Stream:
 http://www.PhilosopherSeed.org/realaudio/watada.ram

For MP3
 http://www.PhilosopherSeed.org/mp3/watada.mp3
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Salmon River Timber Sale Loses in 9th Circuit

Salmon River Forest Defenders, 23.06.2006 - 18:22
June 23, 2006: The Knob Timber Sale lost on all counts in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Knob is one of three old growth timber sales (along with the already cut Glassups sale and currently in court Meteor sale) making up a "mega-sale" on the wild and scenic Salmon River of Siskiyou County, CA.

Time to Gear Up!
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2500 Dead Soldiers

Allen Hallmark, 15.06.2006 - 19:06
Vigil to be held on Wednesday, June 21 beginning at 2 p.m., Vogel plaza in downtown Medford, Oregon (Main & Central streets).

A peace bell will be rung after the reading of each soldiers name. A coffin, draped with an American flag, will be placed in Vogel plaza to symbolize the resting places of all of the Americans lost so far in this misguided war.

The vigil will also honor the uncounted tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians who have lost their lives in the war.
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Even More say "Keep Route 4!"

Disabled United in Direct Empowerment DUDE, 12.06.2006 - 14:42
Forty people or so showed up to last Thursday's Rogue Valley Transit District to argue to keep Route 4, which RVTD wants to cut in order to balance a $1.2 million revenue shortfall. Salem is cutting their buses across the board, but RVTD wants to kill the 4 because of its high volume of paratransit rides.
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Provost's Resort Plan Before County Again

Golf Course Watch, 11.06.2006 - 21:16
Dom Provost's plan to build a destination resort southeast of Ashland has resurfaced. The Jackson County Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing at 1:30PM,Wednesday, June 14 at the Jackson County Offices Auditorium. This is farmland, a wetland along Neil Creek, & a historic prehistoric site that is yet to be documented between Crowson Rd.,HWY.66 & I-5. PLEASE ATTEND!

LATEST UPDATE HERE:
"Provost's Resort/Golf Course - Report Back"
 http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2006/06/6786.shtml
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Mike's Gulch Roadless Logging: Scorned, Sold and Sued

o2, 10.06.2006 - 10:53
June 9 - Medford, OR - Two major victories were scored today for Mike's Gulch, a threatened forest in Oregon's largest roadless area, the South Kalmiopsis. The area's Congressman clearly stated his opposition to logging and the State's Governor announced he is filing a lawsuit in Federal Court to block the sale.

Only one week ago the Bush Administration announced they were selling timber in a roadless forest for the first time since overturning the Clinton-era rule protecting 59 million acres of roadless forests from logging. People across the country quickly moved to be heard and to convince the two public officials to take serious action in favor of wildland protections.

Forest lovers are celebrating today because it worked.

In announcing his decision to seek a temporary restraining oorder to halt logging, Governor Kulongoski said, "this timber sale, coming four years after the Biscuit Fire occurred, is unneeded and unwise. Opening this particular roadless area to salvage logging now - when we are in the process of preparing a petition to the federal government on the proper management of those areas - contradicts the assurances the Bush Administration has made that the governors' opinions on such issues will be respected."
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Medford City Services & Taxes, A Public Forum

John Statler, Medford City Council, Ward 3, 08.06.2006 - 20:10
Monday, June 12, 2006, from 6 PM until 8 PM
Medford City Council Chambers, 411 West 8th Street
Broadcast live on RVTV Cable Channel 30

Have you wondered about the City of Medford budget?
Have you ever wanted to know where the money comes from and how it is spent?

Here is your chance to find answers...and even to comment!!!
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Indigenous Women Speak!

T, 06.06.2006 - 15:17
At all times we must speak up and support one another in our resistance to global oppression. As we tirelessly work for a better world we would like to keep our priorities in order and take time for Multicultural Community Solidarity Announcements. So please take the time to learn about the following important community events which will feature indigenous women speakers.
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