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Earthday 2008
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2009, 2008,
2007, 2006,
2005
Re: 6th
Annual Geoffrey Platts Celebration...
...Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
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Dear Friends of
Geoffrey... |
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Our sixth annual
gathering
at the Jewel of the
Creek
Preserve in Cave Creek will honor the memory of our naturalist
friend, Geoffrey Platts, and reaffirm the importance of Earth Day.
This year we will have with us Sandy Bahr, well known and effective
Conservation Outreach Director for Sierra Club's Grand Canyon
Chapter.
Since this is an
election year, our theme will be "Reach Out and Touch Our
Government". We plan to generate discussion on what we can
accomplish as dedicated environmentalists in educating and perhaps
changing the thinking of our legislators within Arizona and
nationally. We will have materials available about your legislators
and how to reach them, as well as information on current
environmental bills before the House and Senate, both locally and
nationally. We will also have sign-up info for future eco-actions.
Sandy Bahr will give us some insights into the current situation at
the Legislature and how we can be more effective.
We hope you will stay
for lunch down by the creek via a steep short path, where we will
continue our conversation and share readings. We will again have
with us a long-time close friend of Geoffrey's, Bill Paul, from
Great Britain, who always brings new ideas from abroad. |
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When:
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Saturday, April 19,
2008, 9am to 11am |
Where:
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Geoffrey's bench at
Jewel of the Creek Preserve in Cave Creek (directions below). |
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What to bring:
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Water bottle, hat, your
lunch (optional) and something to sit on. |
We are looking forward to
seeing old and new friends. It's a wonderful way to spend a morning in a
beautiful setting.
To answer any questions, please
contact Barbra Barnes <barnesphx@aol.com>
or by phone (602) 997-8862. Please join us.
"We must care about a
world we will not see." - Bertrand Russell
Directions to "Jewel
of the Crown" Spur Cross:
(Click
here for Google's map directions, to the "Jewel of the
Crown" Spur Cross.)
--- >From Phoenix,
drive north (e.g., on Cave Creek Road, on I-17) to the intersection of Cave
Creek Rd. and Carefree Hwy. From that intersection (stoplight) drive
northeast on Cave Creek Rd., away from Phoenix and toward Cave Creek 2+
miles. On the outskirts of Cave Creek, where the residential ends and
business begins, turn left on Spur Cross, where there is a left-turn lane, a
sign "Spur Cross," and the restaurant The Cracked Crab. Follow Spur Cross
signs some three miles until the end of the Spur Cross Rd. pavement, then
continue another mile on a good dirt road to a large corral gateway
structure, the upright poles are on either side of the road, with the
crosspiece extending over the road. Turn left and park immediately BEFORE
the gateway. The quarter-mile walking trail, flat, parallel to the road you
came in on, in the direction you just drove from, begins at a fence, goes
through low thick desert vegetation to a clearing and location of
Geoffrey's bench, which marks the beginning of the trail down to the creek.
For queries, email --
desertlaureate@yahoo.com.
Concerning
our FOG ALERT mailing list, please let us know,
if you want to:
a. DELETE
your email address from this list, or
b. ADD someone else's email address to this list.
FOG's website is
here!
Warmly,
The Friends of Geoffrey Committee (FOG)
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