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GREEN MUSIC
I like Gordon Lamb's weekly threats and prom
ises, and I have no idea who Perpetual Groove
is. But chastising a band because they wrongly
claim their album to be the first major release to
lave "zero negative impact on our environment"
should be a side note, not a focus (even if it did
allow for a segue into
one more absolutely
necessary obscure
piece of R.E.M. trivia)
[Threats & Promises,
Mar. 14]. Despite
Greenpeace's 1994
album, the recording
industry continues to
be a wasteful business
of wall-to-wall plastic
and excessive energy
use. A more suitable threat on your part would
be geared towards the thousands of musicians,
especially ones on major labels, who don't make
an honest effort to produce a record with as little
negative environmental impact as possible.
Caroline Weathers
Athens
HELP SAVE CATS
La^t year, the Athens Area Humane Society
euthanized 41 healthy adoptable animals due to
lack of cage space and inadequate resources. I
am the new executive director, and it is my job
to keep that number at zero for 2007. In order to
accomplish this, we at AAHS need your help. We
need foster parents who are willing to care for
a kitten or adult cat for a few weeks. AAHS will
provide a homeless cat or kitten and everything
you need to look after her (food, litter, even
toys). All you need to provide is a temporary
place in your home and a little time every day,
and together we can save more pets r lives.
Often, AAHS receives small kittens that are
not yet two pounds which can't yet be spayed or
neutered. These kittens need homes willing to
take them in and play with them until they reach
the requirement of two pounds for neutering.
Once the kittens are spayed or neutered, they
can be placed for adoption. Most of the time,
only a four-week period of foster care is required,
yet these four weeks can mean the difference be
tween life and death for a small kitten.
In addition to very young kittens, many adult
cats find themselves homeless and in our care.
Although they're wonderful companions, adult
cats aren't adopted nearly as quickly or as often
as kittens. This means that during kitten season,
they are more likely to be overlooked. During this
time, we need people who are willing to take an
adult cat and house it unti* there is more space
at the shelter and/ or less kittens. This will allow
our older cats the opportunity to return to the
shelter when they are more likely to be adopted.
AAHS is committed to maintaining our 2007
goal of zero percent euthanasia for healthy
adoptable animals. A caring group of 20 to 25
foster volunteers is essential to this goal. If you
agree that euthanasia of any animal due to "lack
of space" is unaccept
able, then join with
us. Become a foster
parent and become
the solution to the
problem. To become a
foster parent and end
euthanasia for healthy
adoptable animals,
call the Athens Area
Humane Society at
706-353-CATS.
Crystal Schultz
Executive Director, Athens Area Humane Society
OFFICIAL PROTEST
This letter serves as a Notice of Official Protest:
The Committee Organized for the Maintenance
of Proper Order, Athens Trust has issued a formal
protest against the appearance of Knight Seeker
on Mar. 24, 2007 at the Caledonia Lounge. While
the Caledonia has always featured musical enfer-
tainment in the past, we feel it is important to
draw the clear distinction between other more
appropriate "musical entertainment acts" previ
ously featured there and "Knight Seeker."
This "band" has a long and well-documented
history of inciting behavior we feel is incompat
ible with the values and standards the west-end
corner of downtown Athens has come to ex
emplify in the local area. The Athens Business
District has developed a reputation for its refined
yet casual atmosphere, and we believe "Knight
Seeker" to be utterly out of place here. We wish
to be clear that we do not advocate censorship
or placing limits on artistic expression—we sim
ply believe that "Knight Seeker" does not rise to
the level of "art." Given their excessive volume
and mindless disregard tor community standards,
we simply feel they would be more appropriately
presented in a less special location.
We feel strongly that our community stan
dards, the welfare of our children, and our prop
erty values are at risk if an "act" such as "Knight
Seeker" is allowed to appear here. Make your
voice heard to "draw a line in the sand" and keep
"Knight Seeker" out of the west-end corner of
downtown Athens!
T. Ballard Lesemann, III
The Committee Organized for the Maintenance
of Proper Order (Charleston Chapter)
ALGAE FOR BIOFUEL!
Algae multiplies so quickly and produces so
much oxygen per square foot that ponds with a
total surface area five times the size of Colorado
would be enough to start to reverse our growing
CO2 problem. Algae triples in volume every day.
Corn, with one crop per year, nets approximately
81 gallons biodiesel per acre (soy nets 40). Algae
yields as high as 15,000 gallons per acre. Enough
biodiesel to replace all petroleum transportation
fuels could be grown in approximately 9.5 million
acres—far less than the 450 million acres used
for crop farming in the United States, and the
over 500 million acres of animal grazing land.
Hydrogen is dangerous/ explosive, extremely
expensive and nets zero energy, i.e. it uses more
energy than it creates. Algae converts CO2 to
O2; is 30-50 percent oil; and converts easily to
biofuel. The government needs to quit looking at
corn and begin massive and wholesale funding
and grants for algae. Algae, pond scum that's
also a planet saver? Yes, if we take action!
Tami Freedman
Ooltewah, TN
P3McfM$
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£uben
BollinGt
&UT NOW 1 ACTIVELV
Block govern naent
scientists from, even
referring
'I OFTEN MEET WITH NW
TOP ADVISORS TO DISCUSS
the ISSUE."
I’VE PUT TOGETHER THIS
PRESENTATION ON GLOBAL
WARING BECAUSE I FEEL
SO STRONGLY ABOUT THE -
ISSUE.
"SOMETIMES THE ISSUE
COMPELS ME TO SIT IN
HOTEL ROOMS, LOOKING
FORLORNLY AT MY
COMPUTER SCREEN,
PLAYING TETRiS."
LET'S FACE IT-THE WHOLE
GLOBAL WARMING THING IS
SORT OF BOOKISH, ANP GlRLY.
AT FIRST, L WAS A SKEPTIC,
either denyingthe prob
lem, OR INSISTING IT NEED
ED “FURTHER STUDY.
doesn’t seem to prove
globalwapming at all'
SO, FOR MY SAKE, AND THE
SAKE OF MY OLD ENERGY
INDUSTRY BUDDIES, 1V\
doing nothing about
THIS DURING MY TERnA.
except for accepting my'
OSCAR. FOR THIS MOVlE.
SUCK ON THAT, ALGORS/
BUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK:
I’m Speeding Because
I Have to POOP
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