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January 27, 2006
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Please - Let's Talk, Not Scream! Tony Law's article in response to Larry Pierce calls for a return to respectful discourse |
Oct 31/05 | Speak the Word |
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The Works Respond to Larry Pierce: Not true, D & C say, that well levels have not been impacted by water-selling biz--nor is it true that screaming hasn't happened | Oct 29/05 | Feedback |
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Ian Hornby, the UK playwright returns (remember him?) to confirm something I've long suspected... ahhhr, avast, ye swabs! Jib-jab the mizzen-midden! | Oct 28/05 | Feedback |
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Hope For Housing Exploring the issues of denial and powerlessness around housing on Hornby, by Tony Law |
Oct 28/05 | Word Up |
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Voting Information Tony Law tells us what to do and where to go on Election Day (November 19th) |
Oct 28/05 | Word Up |
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Tamiflu Gilead Chair Was... Rummy From FreeMarketNews.com, a dark tale of... could it be... coincidence? Not likely... |
Oct 28/05 | World Wide Words |
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Bush Publication Ban Lifted A Vancouver lawyer has won a procedural victory in her attempt to prosecute George Bush for war crimes...from the Georgia Straight website |
Oct 28/05 | World Wide Words |
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Reply to Our Trustee's New Improved By-Laws Larry Pierce has some questions about over-regulation on the island note: apologies to Larry for an inadvertent edit; missing lines have been replaced |
Oct 29/05 | Speak the Word |
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Dean Ellis Responds to Islands Trust LUB Review (below), followed by Tony's response, and Dean's response to that, and so on. |
Oct 25/05 | Feedback |
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Land Use Bylaw Review the current status of the Land Use Bylaw Review process, by Tony Law |
Oct 22/05 | Word Up |
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Event: Building Social and Economic Security in Our Communities an exciting workshop for Hornby and Denman Islanders |
Oct 22/05 | Word Up |
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Stop Bill C-27 – Protect the Canadian food system! From 'Beyond Factory Farming' website |
Oct 22/05 | World Wide Words |
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David's New Work 5 new scrap metal sculptures! |
Oct 22/05 | Products & Services |
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Webitorial #16 What makes an islander, or a politician? Addressing some issues raised by Care Leah Fitzgerald, below | Oct 19/05 | Webitorials |
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In Praise of the Blood In Which Phee sings the praises of Glorious Gore! Don't read if you find menstruation icky... | Oct 19/05 | Pheeblog |
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Wanted: Part-Time Work on Hornby Sunshine is seeking to finance her visits here |
Oct 18/05 | Free Classifieds |
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The Astounding Ups & Downs of Responsible Leadership & Informed Voting Care Leah Fitzgerald's lengthy advice for elections, accompanied by articles for your information |
Oct 18/05 | Speak the Word |
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Aries Full Moon It's the Aries Full Moon today, and our website's semi-anniversay. |
Oct 17/05 | WoMBlog |
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Response to Webitorial #14 Darlene Gage says, don't despair--hope lives! HICEEC is still on the job... phew... |
Oct 16/05 | Feedback |
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Feedback on Feedback David Work responds to Care's proposal: he's flattered, but no thanks... |
Oct 16/05 | Feedback |
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Hurricane Photos a Hoax! Tom Knott writes with the answer to the mystery...it's not Katrina, nor a storm in Ontario, or Alberta either. |
Oct 16/05 | Feedback |
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Webitorial #15 Test drive a new look for WoM, grow some brain cells, celebrate my niece's birthday, and make a comment--please |
Oct 15/05 | Webitorials on WoMBlog |
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Trust Strengthening Bylaw Enforcement A food-for-discussion article from Island Tides, submitted by Kevin McMahon (no author name yet) |
Oct 15/05 | Word Up |
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Hurricane? Tornado? What? a letter from Kevin McMahon with more on the hurricane mystery, and sends an article from Island Tides |
Oct 15/05 | Feedback |
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Dealing With Government A selection of PDF files for download, by Patrick Brown of Island Tides (submitted by Care Leah Fitzgerald) | Oct 13/05 | Word Up |
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iBoobs? Yikes! I guess if you've already gone that far, why stop? | Oct 13/05 | What's So Funny |
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Who says geeks have no sense of humour? submitted by Don Bradley, who found a funny bit in geekland | Oct 13/05 | What's So Funny |
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Kudos - Overdue Praise Goes Two Ways Care Leah Fitzgerald responds in praise of David Work's cartooning abilities, with a request for more |
Oct 13/05 | Feedback |
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Water, Water Hold your water! In praise of reverse osmosis (R.O.), by Don Bradley | Oct 13/05 |
Speak the Word |
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Water Tony Law's response to Larry Pierce's yellow flier: what the Land Use Bylaw says, and what the Islands Trust are doing |
Oct 13/05 |
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Housing on Hornby The issue of homelessness and housing is crucial to the future of Hornby by Tony Law |
Oct 13/05 | Word Up |
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European Court Cases Stall Pharmaceutical Companies' Plans To Control Natural Supplements. by Helke Ferrie, owner and director of KOS Publishing |
Oct 13/05 | World Wide Words |
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Kudos For Care David Work's feedback on Care Leah FitzGerald's article below |
Oct 8/05 | Feedback |
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Hegelian Management of Islanders On polarization and governmental control, by Care Leah FitzGerald, with an excerpt from an essay by Anthony Sutton |
Oct 6/05 | Speak the Word |
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An Ony Mouse Trap: An Anonymouse Told Me an anonymous elegy for our community's victimized & unprotected children | Oct 6/05 | Creative Words |
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Webitorial #14 Rumours feed the Thatch black hole, an ill wind of reality, and more to be depressed about. Is there hope? You tell me... | Oct 6/05 | Webitorials |
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Wanted: House to Rent on Hornby Two Victoria artists are looking to move permanently to Hornby Island
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Oct 6/05 | Free Classifieds |
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Erika's last thoughts as she leaves Khao Lak After four months working for tsunami relief, Erika Krueger, a young Canadian volunteer, reflects on the changes she has seen |
Oct 6/05 | Word Up |
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Swami Beyondananda asks, "Do We Go For ABunDance or Stay Stuck in ScareCity?" |
Oct 6/05 | What's So Funny |
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Chemtrails Now Taught in US Schools But what are they teaching kids about them? by Will Thomas |
Oct 6/05 | Speak the Word |
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Can We All Fit On The Upper Deck At The Hall? Some history and perspective on the Christmas Faire, by David Work |
Oct 6/05 | Word Up |
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Event: Hornby Christmas Faire, November 26, at the Hall and the School Gym |
Oct 6/05 | Word Up |
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Religious Evangelism & Sustainability Alex Yourke explores the current gap between faith-based and fact-based politics |
Sept 26/05 | World Wide Words |
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Update to the FAQ the result of all the discussion on anonymity |
Sept 26/05 | FAQ |
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That's no Hurricane, That's a Tornado! Louise Jarvis sets me straight about the so-called hurricane photos... |
Sept 26/05 | Feedback |
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Response to Webitorial #13 on anonymity: Peter's 2 bitz | Sept 26/05 | Feedback |
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Photos of Hurricane Katrina Awesome natural power (photos forwarded by my Mom). If these don't scare you, nothing can... |
Sept 23/05 | Photos |
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Fall Hornby Radio Update On our new studio, our frequency application and other subjects |
Sept 23/05 | Hornby Radio Page |
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Looking For My Hornby Home Janette Damsma tells of her vision of living on Hornby, and shares her artwork | Sept 23/05 | Word Up |
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Webitorial #13 More on anonymity... some opinions about the Ad Hoc Committee... and fences and chains, oh my! |
Sept 23/05 | Webitorials |
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New Scrap Metal Sculpture New Work by David! | Sept 22/05 |
Products & Services |
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Save Our CBC Send Paul Martin the message that the CBC is important to you and to Canada. Find out more in this letter from Arthur Lewis | Sept 18/05 | World Wide Words |
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War Crimes Trial Comes To Vancouver Bush's alleged torture charges show up in Vancouver Supreme Court room: article from The Republic of East Van, by Dan Crawford |
Sept 17/05 | World Wide Words |
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'The Constant Gardener' - Film Gets It Right About Africa About Africa's victimization by multinational corporations, weapons smugglers, and the "misery industry." by Wayne Madsen |
Sept 17/05 | World Wide Words |
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Tony Law's Response to This Week's 'Yellow Flyer' one Islands Trustee's detailed reply to the ad hoc Advisory Planning Committee's flyer in the Grapevine |
Sept 17/05 | Speak the Word |
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Call For Volunteers The First Edition needs your help to collate the local community paper |
Sept 17/05 | Word Up |
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Islands Trust Announces 2005 Community Stewardship Award Winners winners of the third annual Community Stewardship Awards |
Sept 17/05 | Word Up |
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Chertoff - Not FEMA - Delayed The Federal Response Homeland Security Chief responsible, not the FEMA chief who was forced to resign |
Sept 17/05 | World Wide Words New Section! |
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Chemtrails Coming Out Of the Closet? Can Washington finally be coming clean about chemtrails? Hornby's Will Thomas investigates |
Sept 17/05 | Speak the Word |
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In the Eye of the Storm A lucid analysis of the looming global crisis, by Jim Sloman (from mayyoubehappy.com) |
Sept 16/05 | World Wide Words |
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Bush Changes Light Bulb! Yeah, it's a light bulb joke... but it's funny | Sept 15/05 | What's So Funny |
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Event: Information Meeting at the Thatch Meet with Peter and Judith to discuss plans & options, Sunday Sept 18 at 3 pm |
Sept 15/05 | Word Up |
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Do you or anyone you know have hemophilia, cystic fibrosis, or muscular dystrophy? Find out how to participate in clinical trials of a new non-invasive process here on Hornby | Sept 15/05 | Word Up |
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Free Classified Beautiful green Ibanez electric-acoustic guitar for sale |
Sept 15/05 | Free Classifieds |
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Free Classified Vancouver artist seeks home on Hornby |
Sept 15/05 | Free Classifieds |
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Webitor's Note: expanding into more non-local content... what do you all think? | Sept 14/05 | Webitorials |
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The Veterans For Peace A letter from Michael Moore: How you can help the Veterans For Peace relief effort in New Orleans, from a man who walks his talk: followed by an article by David Enders from MotherJones | Sept 14/05 | Word Up |
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New Orleans: Raze or Rebuild? The inside scoop on what's happening in New Orleans right now - by Christian Parenti, excerpted from The Nation's website | Sept 14/05 | Word Up |
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A Polluter's Feast (from Rolling Stone Magazine's website) by Tom Dickinson: This article made me feel sick, and it's going to make us all even sicker. What Bush is doing to the environment. | Sept 14/05 | Word Up |
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How To Write Good Most common stylistic mistakes: (helpful writing tips for submitters) |
Sept 14/05 | What's So Funny |
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Changes, Habits, and Changes of Habit In Which Phee declaims upon character and her lack thereof; and thanks goodness for Change | Sept 12/05 | Pheeblog |
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Short-Term Rentals An opinion piece that care-fully examines the issue, calling for an end to targeting & blame - by Care Leah FitzGerald |
Sept 11/05 | Speak the Word |
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A Letter To All Who Voted For George Bush Michael Moore's letter to Republicans on the anniversary of 9/11 special 9/11 anniverary article |
Sept 11/05 | Speak the Word |
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Twenty Nutty Conspiracy Theories About 9/11 An article that brilliantly punctures the conspiracy theories that have grown up around the WTC disaster special 9/11 anniverary article |
Sept 11/05 | Speak the Word |
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What's Happening With the Thatch What the people who attended HICEEC's recent information meeting learned: submitted by Darlene Gage |
Sept 11/05 | Word Up |
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Webitorial #12 At last, a new Webitorial! Here we go, it's another Fall Season full of rumours and controversies, new people and old friends moved away | Sept 9/05 | Webitorials |
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New Art Photo by David Work "Legal Medicine" | Sept 9/05 | Photos |
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New Question on the FAQ Page About anonymous posts | Sept 9/05 | FAQ |
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From the Ground Up: Raffle for Tsunami Relief Hand-stitched, beaded & sequined wall hanging, created by the women of Khao Lak. Also: sponsor a child! |
Sept 8/05 | Word Up |
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From the Ground Up: The Politics of Laem Pom The story of how one village stood its ground against the Thai government & the military |
Sept 8/05 | Word Up |
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From the Ground Up Memorial Walkway Photos |
Sept 8/05 | Word Up |
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Press Release: Ad Hoc Umbrella Group Formed (satire) "Known as the "GrOup To Oversee Ad Hoc Committees SELLing Out Hornby", we are dedicated to defying the will of the majority in the pursuit of profit" - by Don Bradley | Sept 4/05 | Speak the Word |
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New Free Classifieds Power PC to give away, Apple Stylewriter printer to trade |
Sept 4/05 | Free Classifieds |
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More from Sunshine in China This is long, but well worth the read! Sunshine continues to have a rockin good time, despite the pollution... |
Aug 25/05 | Word Up |
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Fire Hall Planning Report Do we need a new Fire Hall? Get informed so you can vote responsibly: the full report is available on the Fire Dept's website | Aug 25/05 | Word Up |
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From the Ground Up: Andy Coming Home after five months... long update with much correspondence, photo and news |
Aug 25/05 | Word Up |
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From the Ground Up: A Moment of Hope and some photos from Mihra | Aug 25/05 | Word Up |
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New Scrap Metal Sculpture David's work seems to be selling as fast as he makes it; check out what he's got now | Aug 25/05 |
Products & Services |
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Event: Singing With the Whole Self Join Louise Jarvis in the Deerheart Sanctuary yurt for a full-day singing experience | Aug 11/05 | Arts & Entertainment |
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Event: Sunday Thatch Arts Market Continues Sundays 4 - 8 pm. | Aug 11/05 |
Arts & Entertainment |
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Event: The Ruthless Rewriter: (re)writing workshop with Billy Little |
Aug 11/05 | Arts & Entertainment |
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Economic Renewal is Still Alive and Kicking: HICEEC is still hard at work, with 3 contract positions available. |
Aug 11/05 |
Word Up |
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Tolling Jennings responds to Tony Law's article about Lasqueti Dollars: why they did it, why it works, with an intriguing proposal for Hornby |
Aug 11/05 |
Feedback |
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Ian Hornby claims ownership: could this guy be a descendant of Admiral Hornby? Should we be worried? |
Aug 11/05 |
Feedback |
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Sunshine in China: Don Bradley sends us Sunshine's latest news from China. Read about pulootion, connunism and sensrship by the gummint |
Aug 11/05 |
Word Up |
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From the Ground Up: The Museum of Hope: photos and story--the Museum of Hope rising from the ashes of devastation |
July 27/05 | Word Up |
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New Antiquarian / Collectible Bookstore Now open by Chance or Appointment - Michael John Thompson, Prop. |
July 20/05 |
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New Scrap Metal Sculpture on the Workjay Productions page: several new pieces; check out David's new Work |
July 27/05 | Products & Services |
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Event: Drum Workshop with Kocassale Dioubate July 30, noon to 2 pm, workshop with newly-arrived African drumming master |
July 20/05 | Arts & Entertainment |
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Swami Calls For End to "Ethic Cleansing" I'm a long-time fan of the inimitable Swami Beyondanda, and it seemed like time for a gravity antidote. |
July 12/05 | What's So Funny |
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Event: TreeRoots Revolution at Vorizo Phoenix and Peter playing radical roots, country & rock, Thursday July 14 |
July 12/05 | Arts & Entertainment |
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Event: Mo'Fire and Kantata at the Ballpark Saturday July 16. A warm up to the Cortes Arts Festival. Dance! Groovalishus... |
July 12/05 | Arts & Entertainment |
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July 12/05 | Hornby Radio Page | |
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Event: Community Rhythm Circle at Joe King Ball Park on July 15. Feel-good time! No musical experience necessary... |
July 12/05 | Arts & Entertainment |
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New Scrap Metal Sculpture on the Workjay Productions page: check out David's new Work |
July 12/05 | Products & Services |
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Performance Anxiety, Perfectionism & Pride In Which Phee explores the perils and practices of the performing whirld... |
July 12/05 |
Pheeblog |
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From the Ground Up Tsunami Relief A letter from Michelle with the latest news from Khao Lak |
July 12/05 |
Word Up |
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New Photos: deer, Killer Bagels, The Family Band, more Free scores, more Farmer's Market, more flowers, skies |
July 8/05 |
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Islands Trust: Proposal re Short Term Rentals If you're interested in the issue of short term rentals on Hornby, you should read this. The deadline for input on the Land Use Bylaw has been extended to the end of July. | July 6/05 |
Word Up |
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Hornby Arts Festival Schedule Find out what's happening and where between July 29 and August 8 |
July 5/05 |
Arts & Entertainment |
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Lost Roll of Film Believed lost at the July 2 Farmer's Market. Irreplaceable! |
July 5/05 |
Free Classifieds |
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Hilary Brown's Garden Party Hilary invites all her friends to her garden dedication, from 3 to 6 pm on July 10th. |
July 5/05 |
Word Up |
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Your Community, Your Ball Park – A Brief Recent History (Part 2 of 2): Ron Emerson's 1st Edition article this month was significantly edited; the full version is posted here. Challenging content about Ball Park board politics. |
July 5/05 |
Challenging Words |
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New Art Photos from David Work |
July 4/05 |
Photos |
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Thanks from Andy in Khao Lak Andy says he is coming home soon |
July 4/05 |
Feedback |
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From the Ground Up Tsunami Relief More correspondence from a volunteer with photos; sad news from Andy |
July 4/05 |
Word Up |
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New Scrap Metal Sculptures on the Workjay Productions page: check out David's new Work |
July 4 /05 | Products & Services |
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Webitorial #11 "Summertime, and the livin' is... uh..." I'm too busy to remember how it goes, but I'm having fun trying |
June 26/05 |
Webitorials |
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In the House by Sista Flash WoM is pleased to include Jenny Brown's July column, which didn't make the 1st Ed due to space issues. It rocks the house... |
June 24/05 | Speak the Word |