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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Last night 9 out of 10 of the Seneca Lake Defenders who were arrested on 10/29 for blocking the gates to the Seneca Lake Salt Caverns, where Crestwood Midstream is attempting to begin construction on what is planned to be the northeast hub for Natural Gas storage, were ordered to return to court on Nov 19. The 10th defender, Dwain Wilder, pled guilty to trespass, and was sentenced to 15 days in jail in Watkins Glen -- where he is right now.</span></b> </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #00007f; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">Outside Court Arraignment <span><span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2278784" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Wednesday</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 26pt;"></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #00007f; font-family: Verdana;">Arraignment for First 10 Arrested <span><span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2278785" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Wednesday</span></span></span></span> Evening, Large Rally Expected in Support</span></b></div>
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LAKE, NY – The arraignment for the 10 protesters arrested for blocking
Texas-based Crestwood Midstream’s gas storage facility gates on October
29 is this Wednesday, November 5<sup>th</sup>. They will hold a press conference at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2278787" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">6:00 PM</span></span>
outside the Town of Redding courthouse before their arraignment to
discuss why they took an action of civil disobedience and the importance
of stopping the gas storage facility expansion. A large crowd of
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The first 10 ‘We Are Seneca Lake’ arrested protesters, winery owners
Lou Damiani and Justin Boyette, health professionals, and a large crowd
of supportive community members.</span></div>
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arrested protesters include Master Sergeant Colleen Bolland-US Air
Force (retired) of Elmira, Author and biologist Dr. Sandra Steingraber
of Trumansburg, 76 year old mother and grandmother Jeanne Judson and her
son Patrick of Burdett, Patricia Heckart of Trumansburg, Roland Micklem
of Geneva, Chuck Geisler of Ithaca, Nancy Kasper of North Rose,
Katherine Rossiter of Sayre, PA, and Dwain Wilder of Rochester. Read
more about the arrested protesters at<a href="http://www.wearesenecalake.com/seneca-lake-defendes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wearesenecalake.<wbr></wbr>com/seneca-lake-defendes/</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Yates County passes resolution against gas storage in the Town of Reading, NY!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In a 12-2 vote, Yates County Legislature passes a resolution against gas storage on the Western Shore of Seneca Lake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Following over 45 minutes of
public comment from residents of the county and others within the
region, all speaking passionately in opposition of gas storage citing
risks to health, safety, economy, and way of life,
legislators had a short discussion and voted against Crestwood
Midstream's proposed gas storage facilities in the town of Reading, NY.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One legislator stated: "This
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Schuyler County, this is a vote <i>for</i> Seneca Lake".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Following the vote, the legislature
received a standing ovation, and several members of the audience
embraced. The Yates County legislature had written a "letter of
concern" about the proposed projects in April of 2013, while
all other counties surrounding the lake (with the exception
of Schuyler) had drafted official resolutions in opposition to the
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<span style="font-size: large;">This resolution leaves Schuyler as the sole County around the lake with a narrowly passed resolution in favor of the projects. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Schuyler County Chairman Dennis Fagan has
ties to the oil and gas industry and to Crestwood Midstream
itself. According to the DC Bureau, "The company he had founded, Fagan
Engineers,has done extensive work with companies involved
in oil and gas production and pipelines. Fagan recently sold his firm
to his brother and other partners, but he said he continues to receive
payments from them as part of the sales agreement. Fagan Engineers is
currently building a facility 15 miles south
of Watkins Glen for Access Midstream, a joint venture partner with
Crestwood in a Wyoming project valued at well over $100 million.”</span></div>
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Exclusive: Chesapeake drops energy leases in fracking-shy New York</h1>
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retain thousands of acres of natural gas drilling leases in New York
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counties, who had leased acreage to Chesapeake over the past decade, had
battled the pioneering oil driller in court to prevent it from
extending the leases under their original terms, many of which were
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Protesters halt road work near eastern Utah tar sands mine
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Several environmental groups protesting tar sands development in the Book Cliffs region of southeast Utah stopped work Monday on a road that will serve a strip mine to be operated by Calgary-based U.S. Oil Sands.</div>
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peacefully stopped road building on Seep Ridge Road and also interrupted
mining operations at the East Tavaputs Plateau site. Protesters
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<br /> The non-disclosure agreement prohibiting Chris and Stephanie
Hallowich from talking about the 2011 settlement of their high-profile
Marcellus Shale damage case in Washington County, or saying anything
about gas drilling and fracking, isn't unusual. It happens often in
settling such cases.<br />
But the insistence that their two minor children, then ages 7 and 10, are also bound by the "gag order" is.....<br />
The Hallowichs, who had been longtime critics of shale gas drilling, claimed that Marcellus Shale gas development -- including four wells, gas compressor stations and a 3-acre water impoundment -- adjacent to their 10-acre farm in Mount Pleasant, Washington County, damaged their property value and their health, including that of their 7-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son. They said air and water contaminants caused them to experience burning eyes, sore throats, headaches and earaches, and contaminated their water supply....<br />
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to keep Seneca Lake free from LPG storage. Gas Free Seneca has been
mighty in its efforts to preserve our beautiful lake against the gas
storage giant. With mounting expenses and fees of expert witnesses for
EarthJustice, we need your help. Come together with us and have some
fun, food and music to show support for all Gas Free Seneca is doing in
their mission to say NO to Inergy.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl">Where? Damiani Wine Cellars, 4704 Rt 414, Burdett, NY 14818</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><b>Residents of Allegany County, NY and elsewhere are opposing plans to
expand the Hyland Landfill in Angelica, NY to take more radioactive gas
drilling wastes and further contaminate our water and air.</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">The Hyland
Facility in Angelica is applying to the NYS DEC for a permit to EXPAND
their tonnage intake of waste. The first comment to submit is that the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420963516" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">June 21st</span></span> deadline (extended from the original <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420963517" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">June 7</span></span> deadline) is not enough time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Please visit the fallowing link and comment on two permit applications by the
Hyland Landfill currently before the NYS DEC. <span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show">For more information <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dontexpandhylandlandfill#"><b>click here</b></a> </span> </span></span>saw corehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110995987033536772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639731657633269765.post-22015943971823221142013-05-05T07:49:00.003-07:002013-05-05T07:49:57.551-07:00<h1 class="entry-title">
Hydrofracking foes win in Dryden and Middlefield: New York appellate court rules towns can ban drilling</h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A New York state appeals court ruled today that towns can ban gas drilling, including hydrofracking, within their borders.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">In two related decisions, the Third Appellate Division in Albany
ruled that the Tompkins County town of Dryden and the Otsego County town
of Middlefield had the right to ban drilling when they enacted their
ordinances in 2011. The rulings upheld decisions by lower courts, and rejected arguments by drillers and landowners that only the state could say where gas drilling can take place.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/hydrofracking_foes_win_in_dryd.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Read More Here </span></a></span><br />
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Jail time in Schuyler, Chemung doesn't daunt spirits of Inergy protesters</h1>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sandra Steingraber of Trumansburg, Michael Dineen of Ovid and Melissa
Chipman of Hector told a cheering crowd of about 60 supporters in
Watkins Glen that eight days in jail did nothing to change their minds
about the danger of explosion, increased air pollution and other
industrially related issues posed by the project.<span class="aa"></span><span class="pp"></span>“I
came out of jail re-forged for the fight,” Steingraber said. “We should
not be the proving grounds for this industrial experiment.”</span></span></h1>
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saw corehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110995987033536772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639731657633269765.post-12015716814089933992013-04-23T06:01:00.001-07:002013-04-23T06:01:23.194-07:00<div class="headline">
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Sandra Steingraber's Moving Letter: From Jail on Earth Day</h1>
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....Stingray is my inspiration. How can I use my time here – separated from
the whole human race by the layers of steel and concrete – to speak
loudly and defiantly about the business plans of a company called Inergy
that seeks to turn my Finger Lakes home into a transportation and
storage hub for fossil fuel gases? It is wrong to compress and bury
explosive gases in salt caverns beside and beneath a lake – Seneca –
that serves as a source of drinking water for 100,000 people. It is
wrong to construct a flare stack on the banks of this lake, which will
contribute hazardous air pollutants, including death-dealing ozone, into
the air. It is wrong for DEC and EPA and FERC to turn a blind eye to a
company that has, for the last 12 quarters, exceeded its permitted
discharge of chemicals into this lake. It is wrong for a company to
claim that basic geological knowledge about the bedrock itself, is a
proprietary trade secret and hide it from the public and from the
scientific community. It is wrong to deepen our dependency on fossil
fuels in a time of climate emergency...<br />
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Tim DeChristopher Speaks Out After 21 Months in Prison for Disrupting Oil Bid</h1>
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;">Three Local Residents Sent to Jail for Defending Their Homes and Families
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">More than 150 people packed the Town of Reading (NY) Court on Wednesday, April 17 to witness what
they believe is a shocking miscarriage of justice.
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Three members of a group dubbed the “Seneca Lake 12” — massage therapist Melissa Chapman of
Schuyler County, farm owner Michael Dineen of Seneca County, and Sandra Steingraber, PhD, author,
biologist, and distinguished scholar at Ithaca College — were sentenced to jail terms for their resistance
to the heavy industrialization of the peaceful rural region they call home.
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<span style="font-family: 'Cambria'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“What has happened to civil society?” asked a stunned Helen Savich when she saw her hero Sandra
Steingraber hauled off to jail. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On March 18, Steingraber and 10 fellow residents of the Seneca Lake region, in a peaceful act of civil
disobedience, blockaded a gas compressor station site run by Missouri-‐based Inergy, LLP, on Seneca Lake.
They did so to demonstrate their opposition to Inergy’s planned heavy industrialization of the Finger Lakes
region, renowned for its natural beauty, vineyards, and tourism-‐ and agriculture-‐based economy.
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Inergy’s gas storage and transportation project in the Town of Reading, right on Seneca Lake, threatens the
water supply for 100,000 people.
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All 11 protesters, along with a legal liaison, were arrested and charged with trespassing.
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On April 17, Judge Raymond Berry of the Town of Reading imposed a fine of $375 for trespassing for
Chipman, Dineen, and Steingraber, the three people appearing that evening. All three refused to pay (their
statements are attached), and the judge ordered that each spend 15 days in jail.
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“I think this is an unusually harsh sentence,” said Maura Stephens of the Coalition to Protect New York, “as it
forces working people to give up income, lose time working on the land in this critical springtime, and
sacrifice time with their families.”
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Supporters of the defendants were shocked at the judgment, and concerned for the health and safety of
their friends being sentenced to jail.
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Sandra was sobbing and hugging her family and us in that room off the hallway,” said Jan Quarles, wife
of Michael Dineen. “I've never seen Sandra break down like that before, and I've known her for a very
long time.”
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dr. Steingraber is respected worldwide for her scientific knowledge, eloquence, and commitment to
everyone’s right to clean water, air, and secure food supply.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“If even someone of Sandra’s stature and fame can be thrown into jail because of her reasonable and
deeply held convictions, can there be justice for any one of us?” asked Jack Ossont, a fellow Seneca Lake
12 protester who had appeared in court two weeks earlier with two fellow defendants. Ossont and
others paid their imposed $375 fine with the help of community supporters.
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Steingraber, Dineen, and Chipman are in jail now, but fellow activists will be holding vigils each evening
from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at their places of incarceration. The vigils will continue until they are released.
Steingraber is a featured guest on an upcoming episode of PBS’s <span style="font-style: italic;">Moyers & Company; </span>see a short video </span></span><br />
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saw corehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110995987033536772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639731657633269765.post-37706323013525484462013-04-11T07:40:00.000-07:002013-04-11T07:40:15.794-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o78j77I7XUw" width="560"></iframe>saw corehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110995987033536772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639731657633269765.post-85521156718474791062013-04-11T07:38:00.001-07:002013-04-11T07:38:15.550-07:00<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">First California Fracking Challenge Is Defeat for U.S.</span></b><br />
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management violated an
environmental law by failing to take the necessary “hard look” at the
impact of hydraulic fracturing when it sold oil and gas leases in California, a federal judge said. <br />
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal in San Jose,
California, said the BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act
by relying on outdated reviews, conducted before the extraction process
known as fracking spurred massive development of energy deposits, when
the U.S. sold four leases in 2011 for 2,700 acres of federal land in
Monterey and Fresno counties.<br />
<a href="http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-08/u-s-failed-to-take-hard-look-at-fracking-judge-rules.html">Read More Here </a><br />
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Cantabria becomes first region in Spain to ban fracking</h1>
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"Those scavengers are bleeding the Earth." That is how Manuel López
describes his battle against energy companies involved in fracking in
Cantabria. The controversial hydraulic fracturing technique, to obtain
gas from depths of over 2,000 meters, has been denounced by
environmentalists all over the world because of its possible health
consequences on people in surrounding communities.<br />
López, an environmental technician from Santander, has joined forces
with Daniel González, a public works engineer who lives in the
Cabuérniga valley, and Ángel Saiz, the mayor of the town of
Villacarriedo, to stop fracking in their northern region, as well as
throughout Spain.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">NY court hears arguments on town fracking bans</span></h1>
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Backers of natural gas drilling and environmental advocates wrangled
Thursday over whether New York’s towns have the legal right to ban oil
and gas development in a fight that could ultimately be decided by the
state’s highest court.<br />
A four-judge appellate panel heard arguments over the local bans in
Dryden and Middlefield, two central New York towns among dozens in the
state that have passed zoning laws prohibiting drilling. Opponents argue
state rules supersede such local restrictions.<br />
<a href="http://www.the-leader.com/features/x711935944/NY-court-hears-arguments-on-town-fracking-bans?zc_p=0">Read more here </a><br />
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Judge Rules In Favor Of Journalists, Unseals Fracking Court Records</h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Harrisburg, PA — </span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">A judge ruled today in favor of journalists seeking access to information about a fracking pollution court case. Judge Debbie O’Dell-Seneca reversed an order by a Washington County
court sealing the record in a case in which a Pennsylvania family sued
several gas companies over property damage and health impacts related to
air and water pollution from nearby natural gas operations.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2013/judge-rules-in-favor-of-journalists-unseals-fracking-court-records">R<span style="font-size: large;">ead <span style="font-size: large;">m</span>ore <span style="font-size: large;">h</span>ere</span></a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> Judge upholds Avon fracking moratorium, rules against Lenape</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A Livingston County Judge has issued a summary judgement dismissing the
lawsuit filed against the Town of Avon by Lenape Resources, and
upholding the Town's controversial moratorium against hydrofracking....<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u>Public hearing on extension of fracking moratorium</u>:</b></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">• <u>WHAT</u>: Special Rush Town Board Meeting and Public Hearing; Topic: 6-month Extension of <br /> Hydrofracking Moratorium</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">• <u>WHEN</u>: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8639731657633269765">Wednesday, March 20, 7:15 PM</a><u><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">• <u>WHERE</u>: <b>Rush Pavilion</b> (near Rush
Town Hall/Library building, at southwest corner of Route 251 and Route
15A. The Pavilion is across the parking lot from the Rush Library. Park
in either the Town Hall lot off of Rte. 15A or in the Library lot off of
Rte. 251)</span></span>saw corehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110995987033536772noreply@blogger.com0