TONIGHT!! Kodiak Road System Trails Plan Community Meeting

JOIN US FOR A COMMUNITY TRAIL MEETING!

MAY 18, 2010
6 – 9 P.M.
NORTH STAR SCHOOL

Do you walk, bike, four-wheel, run, ski, snowshoe or ride a snow machine on trails in the Kodiak Island Borough?
Do you want to see those trails used, improved and managed well now and into the future?
The Borough’s Park and Recreation Committee, with help from the Community Development Department and a trails planning consulting team is preparing a new Road System Trails Master Plan. We need your help to make sure the Plan meets the needs of residents like you.
Please join us to learn more about the Plan and give us your ideas.
PRESENTATION BEGINS AT 6:15 FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND
OPPORTUNITIES TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON MEETING DISPLAYS.
WRAP-UP AND WHAT’S NEXT? AT 8:30.
For additional information:
Contact Bud Cassidy, Community Development Director at 907-486-9360 or
bcassidy@kodiakak.us
Be sure to check out the Plan’s website at www.kodiaktrailsplan.com

The purpose of the Kodiak Island Road System Trails Plan is to ensure continued access and maximum use of trails by all citizens.

·         Public participation of all trail users

·         Mapping of existing trails;

·         Trail Management;

·         Trail design guidelines;

·         Creating a Trail User Map and Educational Programs;

·         Establishing future funding sources for trail maintenance and development

Sarah Palin's Beauty Queen Rival Enters Politics - Woman who won Miss Alaska title is running in Georgia

Sarah Palin's Beauty Queen Rival Enters Politics - Woman who won Miss Alaska title is running in Georgia

Peter Høeg quotes from The Woman and the Ape

It is at the very moment of realizing that we are bereft, when the loss bleeds and the awareness of it has not yet begun to coagulate, that the significance of what has been lost strikes us most forcefully. (p. 59)

Contrary to what adults believe[,] the joy of children at play comes not from having no knowledge of Death--every living creature has that. It comes from their divining what the grown-ups have lost sight of; that even though Death makes a fierce opponent, it is not invincible. (p. 154)

Protesting Sarah Palin's TLC Alaska Show

I received this message from a friend of this blog:
Friends,
If any of you think it is ridiculous that Discovery Channel, whose reputation is about the wonders and beauty of wild life and nature, is sponsoring Sarah Palin, destroyer of wildlife and nature (especially wolves), to host a series of shows about "the real Alaska"  (at, I think, $1M per show) you might let the head of Discovery Communications know what you think. Google Discovery Communications and you'll see how warm, furry and green their image is.  
Go to this link and make your comment or write to Mr Zaslov, below.
David Zaslov, President & CEO, Discovery Communications,

One Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910 

Defenders of Wildlife, with whom I do not always agree at all, is mobilizing  these comments.  In this case I agree with them because Discovery needs to hear from those who know Palin doesn't speak for Alaskans.   It has also been suggested that sponsors of the show be contacted and boycotted for sponsoring it.