Harvard bay, la, cam-bost, chicago, houston, china, africa, india, europe, middle east, tech, aust.

Cleantech and Green Business for Obama - Monday, October 20 [Tracy Chapman!]

2008-10-14T02:23:00.001-07:00

Monday, October 20, 2008

Cleantech and Green Business for Obama (CT4-O)

Cordially invites you to join

Tracy Chapman

who will be performing to benefit Barack Obama,

as well as Congressman Steve Inslee and Steve Westley,

Obama for America, California state co-chair

For

"An Evening

to Reenergize America"

An event benefiting the Obama Victory Fund

This event will be the single most prominent event of this National
House Party Day, which will highlight conversations on the new energy
economy, green jobs, and energy independence, and feature over 300
house parties covering all 50 states linked via webcast to gala
fundraisers in Wash., D.C., Boulder, CO and elsewhere.

Monday, October 20, 2008

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM VIP Reception

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM General Reception

Location: Temple Night Club, 540 Howard Street, SF

VIP Reception and private seating area: $2,500 per person

Honored seating in main reception area: $500 per person

General Admission: $250 per person

For more information, contact
Sonia Gioseffi, sonia4obama@gmail.com

Here is Whitney Dotson's web site for East Bay Regional Park Director Ward 1

2008-10-13T12:49:00.000-07:00

http://www.whitneydotson.org/

Perry

Voting absentee this weekend ?: "Judicial Superior #9" Hayashi vs Daly, "AC Transit" Roy vs Peeples, "Bart Director" ...

2008-10-12T03:44:00.001-07:00

Voting absentee continued Nov. 4th ballot. ... Walker vs Sweet, &
"Regional Park Dir Ward 1" Force vs Dotson?

What is the crowd wisdom? Who knows these folks? Best,

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu
cell: (510) 684-4152

* * *

Bay Area Artificial Turf & Construction
http://www.grassestimate.com

Is this you in the photo squirting away Bay Area water for fun?

2008-10-08T04:50:00.001-07:00

Please see the picture attached. Is this you? Is it? Jetting good
water away over a sod lawn daily, using pesticides, starting up your
mower on Sundays, depleting our fossil fuel reserves, polluting the
atmosphere, all to start the process again the week after next.

You can avoid this loss. Get off the sod treadmill. Move out of the
grass rat race with synthetic turf over a select area you designate.
With the right mix, yard areas can be eco-friendly, responsible and
drop dead gorgeous! Email perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu or call me
(510) 684-4152 for help. Our installers are friendly, warm and the
best in the country. The crew lead is on the STC Turf Safety Council
for playgrounds. Ask me about the 10,000 sq. foot playground we just
completed in Cupertino! Fall zone ratings, run off and content lead
tests our products passed with flying colors. Best,

http://grassestimate.com

Perry

P.S. I too love the smell of fresh cut lawn. I started asking myself
one day what is the embodied energy cost of inhaling over that grass
patch multiplied by all of us? What are the non-organic elements in
the air when we take that sniff?

Ms. Conna Craig WOMAN, Inc. Board President! -- Wake Up Call event Nov. 6th

2008-10-03T21:23:00.001-07:00

You are invited to an hour of inspiration and celebration. This is
the first Wake Up Call for our new Board President. Harvard magna cum
laude, Conna Craig returns home to Northern California. Ms. Craig was
formerly the Director and President of the Institute for Children.
Ms. Craig brought to the Institute effective and humane approaches to
substitute care. For 15 years she advised governors, other policy
makers and opinion leaders on practical steps to take to restructure
foster care and adoption and help tens of thousands of children find
permanent families.

The Nov. 6th Wake Up Call 2008 is a fundraising breakfast celebrating
the 30th Anniversary of WOMAN, Inc. "WOMAN" stands for Women Organized
to Make Abuse Nonexistent. This domestic violence crisis agency has
served the needs of women and children survivors in the Bay Area since
1978.

Last year WOMAN, Inc.'s 24/7 domestic violence crisis line handled
more than 17,000 calls -- each call from an individual who needed
support, counsel, and someone to "hear" her. Our 40 state-certified
advocates took the calls, serving women from across the Bay Area, from
all different demographics. WOMAN, Inc. also provided over 600 hours
of individual therapy, along with peer support groups, education and
outreach and a host of other services. WOMAN, Inc. is a lifeline for
domestic violence survivors.

Wake Up Call 2008…WOMAN, Inc. at 30
Thursday, November 6th
Registration: 7:30 – 7:55am … Program: 8:00 – 9:00am
City Club of San Francisco
155 Sansome Street, 10th Floor

This year's program will feature a special message from one of the
founders of WOMAN, Inc., as well as music from vocal artist Jill
Sizemore. I promise it will be a morning to remember.

There is no cost to attend Wake Up Call 2008, though please RSVP as
soon as possible as space is limited. Email me
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu or call (510) 684-4152.

I know that you will be touched by attending; please be sure to mark
your calendar so you can join us on November 6th. See you at the City
Club! Best,

Perry Gregg
Board Director
WOMAN, Inc.

Nonprofit 501(c)(3)
Fed. ID #94-2607750
http://www.womaninc.org

How do you reach Albany & Kensington voters? - [approx. 4200 voted Nov. 2006 Albany, CA]

2008-10-01T20:45:00.001-07:00

"Let every sheep keep its own skin." [Thoreau] See that thick voting
pamphlet? Yikes. You can you ask questions, surprise us, contact,
probe, arrange to hug one in 4-5 voters for free. If you have a
cause, is there an easier way to make your case than emailing
albanykensington-residents? Here are the guidelines. Sound the
tocsin on what you care about!

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dx32wvp_7hptp43cs

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

P.S. UC Berkeley grad, employee, student or faculty member? Reach
your brethren on cal-bay-area. http://ushow2.org to sign up. Cal's
University Village housing community is in Albany.

Yale's Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty

2008-09-29T18:25:00.001-07:00

Naomi Wolf author

Give Me Liberty
A Handbook for American Revolutionaries
In Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries,
bestselling author Naomi Wolf illustrates the breathtaking changes
that can take place when ordinary citizens engage in the democratic
system the way the founders intended and tells how to use that system,
right now, to change your life, your community, and ultimately, the
nation.

Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Time:
11:30 am Check-In/Boxed Lunch
12:00 pm Program
1:00 pm Book signing

Location:
National Semiconductor
Building E Conference Center
2900 Semiconductor Drive
Santa Clara

Cost per Person and Registration:

$20 Non-Member

You do not have to be a member of the Commonwealth Club to register online.

http://tickets.commonwealthclub.org

Wed. 10/1 Rumsey & Bioneers SF Green Drinks Happy Hr. 77 Natoma 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

2008-09-28T02:51:00.001-07:00

"Rumsey Engineers

Rumsey Engineers is a group of uniquely qualified and dedicated
professionals with a passion for high performance, environmentally
sustainable and energy efficient heating, ventilating and air
conditioning system designs. We specialize in the design of simple,
elegant, cost-effective HVAC systems for critical and green building
environments. We also provide businesses and utilities with
comprehensive analysis of installations that help prioritize their
energy saving potential. We actively promote the improvement of
sustainable design practices throughout building industries. Rumsey
Engineers is the first engineering firm in the U.S. to receive 4 LEED
Platinum ratings. We're proud to help lead the adoption of standards
such as LEED, and to reinforce the consciousness of sustainable
building that is emerging all over the planet. Check out our website
at www.rumseyengineers.com.

Bioneers

Bioneers promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative
social strategies for restoring Earth¹s imperiled ecosystems and
healing our human communities. They are composed of social and
scientific innovators from policy-makers, to scientists, to activists
who are dedicated to solving critical issues affecting people and the
planet. At the 19th Bioneers Annual Conference this October 17-19 in
San Rafael, you can experience exciting workshops, special events, and
hear new ideas from leading edge speakers such as Naomi Klein, Bill
McKibben and Alexandra Cousteau. This multi-media forum connects
countless visionary leaders -- who are all making a very real
difference to create a future environment of stability and hope. We
will be raffling off two Saturday and Sunday tent passes ($320 value),
so be sure to enter! Until then, check out our website at
www.bioneers.org.

Event Details

Date:Wednesday, October 1st
Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Varnish Fine Art, 77 Natoma Street @ 2nd Street"

Annual Toast - Library Foundation of LA

2008-09-24T01:48:00.001-07:00

Come support the LA public libraries!

On October 23rd, Young Literati, a charitable organization of
individuals in their 20's, 30's and 40's who support the Los Angeles
Public Library, will be throwing our 2nd Young Literati Annual Toast
to benefit the LA Public Libraries.

This cocktail event will take place this year at the Track 16 Gallery
at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, amidst a survey of the work of
artist Robbie Conal, who will also be joining us for the event.

Last year the Young Literati Annual Toast, which was held at a gallery
in Beverly Hills, attracted more than 300 guests, including noted
television and film actors Laura Dern, James Franco, Bradley Whitford,
and Heroes stars Adrian Pasdar and Zachary Quinto. We are anticipating
another exciting and fun evening this year!

Tickets are $150 per person and parking will be complimentary.

We are thrilled to invite Harvard alumni to the event this year and
are providing a special discount.

*Alums receive a $25 discount on the ticket purchase ($125 per person
instead of $150) just by mentioning Harvard when RSVP-ing.

Last year, the "Young Literati Annual Toast" brought in over $80,000,
and it continues to be a great way for young individuals in Los
Angeles to work with individual branches of the Los Angeles Public
Library to offer access to information, education, and limitless
possibilities... for free... to local communities where these
opportunities are often so limited.

Event Details

Date - Oct 23rd

Time - 7-11pm

Place - Track 16 Gallery - Bergamot Station – 2525 Michigan Ave -
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Ticket Price - $125 per person for Harvard alumni – please mention
your Harvard affiliation to receive the discount.

To purchase tickets - Please contact Lori Enterline at The Library
Foundation at 213-228-7542.

Please note that there is currently no way to purchase tickets online.

If you would like more information, please feel free to contact Lori
Enterline (her contact info is below).

Also, you can read more about Young Literati at www.youngliterati.org.

We would love to see you there!

Lori Enterline

Young Literati Coordinator

Library Foundation of Los Angeles

630 W. Fifth Street

Los Angeles, CA 90071

(213) 228-7542 p

(213) 228-7509 f

lenter@lapl.org

www.youngliterati.org

9/27 Albany Library resources tour for kids

2008-09-23T17:59:00.001-07:00

"Did you know the Albany Library offers online tutoring, test
preparation, and dozens of databases? And that you can connect to them
from home if you have Internet access?

This Saturday [9/27] I'll be giving a whirlwind tour of some of the
online resources the library provides that may help you succeed in
school this year. We'll take a look at databases, the library Website,
Live Homework Help, and more.

The class starts at 10:30 am in the meeting room and will run about an hour.

Questions? Contact Vivian Jaquette, vjaquette@aclibrary.org "

How do you reach Albany & Kensington voters? - [approx. 4200 voted Nov. 2006 Albany, CA]

2008-09-22T21:29:00.001-07:00

Reach one in 4-5 voters for free. If you have a cause, is there an
easier way to make your case than emailing albanykensington-residents?
Here are the guidelines. Sound the tocsin on what you care about!

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dx32wvp_7hptp43cs

Best,

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

P.S. And if you are a Cal grad, student or faculty member reach your
brethren on cal-bay-area. http://ushow2.org to sign up. Cal's
University Village housing community is in Albany.

WOMAN Annual Event City Club Thurs. Nov. 6th -> What does it mean to the children

2008-09-20T02:55:00.001-07:00

if you are there? Can you attend our free annual event this year in
San Francisco? 17,952 dv crisis line calls last year, 385 walk-ins,
325 hours in-office advocacy, 98 women enrolled in therapy, 283 women
participated in support groups, 1008 hours of continued education
provided to our volunteers, 350 hours of outreach provided by our
staff.

30 years in operation as a non-profit helping Bay Area women and
children. One of the corporate founders from Princeton will be there
to help us celebrate! RSVP to perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu with your
number of guests, phone number, preferred email address - your family
and friends are welcome.

"Wake Up Call" WOMAN, Inc. Annual Breakfast
City Club 8 AM - 9 AM
Thurs. Nov. 6th
http://www.cityclubsf.com

Best,

Perry Gregg
Board of Directors
WOMAN, Inc.
http://womaninc.org
cell: (510) 684-4152

Buckley event 9/18 tomorrow Michaels “the quintessential political novelist”

2008-09-17T16:54:00.000-07:00

Christopher Buckley '75

Novelist; Political Satirist; Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes FYI magazine

Event Date: Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 6:30pm

Author of Supreme Courtship

Buckley has been called "the quintessential political novelist of his
time" by Forbes Magazine. Fellow novelist Tom Wolfe called him "one of
the funniest writers in the English language. Now, Buckley takes his
razor-sharp wit and trains it on the U.S. Supreme Court, for his 12th
novel, Supreme Courtship.

________

Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008

Time:
6:30 pm Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm Program and Q & A
8:00 pm Book Signing (books for sale by Kepler's Books)

Location:
Michaels at Shoreline (http://www.michaelsatshoreline.com/)
2960 Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View 94043
650-962-1014

Directions:
Michaels is the clubhouse for the Shoreline Golf Links. The gate to
the golf course is about 1 mile north on Shoreline Blvd. from the exit
at 101. Continue on the road that winds around the golf course for
another mile to get to Michaels.

The Commonwealth Club is offering all alumni of Yale its member price
for this event.

General Price:

$12 Members

$18 Non-Members

Premium Price (includes a copy of book)

$45 Members

$65 Non-Members

Please call the Commonwealth Club at 408-280-5842 to register and pay.

[harvard-bay-area] PWHA 5th Annual Bay Area Life Science Networking Event: Cooley Goddard, PA, Sept 17th.

2008-09-16T12:31:00.001-07:00

All,

Interested in networking with top mid-senior level professionals in
the life science industry?
fyi, typically 30% +of the attendants are men. The power of networking
is compelling.

Call if you would like further information.

All the Best,
Gail

Director of Programs, PWHA

650-743-9010 .

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Tomorrow 9/16 Oakland Rocks for Change -- Blame Sally event

2008-09-15T22:18:00.001-07:00

GREAT NEWS!

Blame Sally has 1/2 Price Tickets
available today until tomorrow at noon for

"OAKLAND ROCKS FOR CHANGE" .

available on the Blame Sally website only
http://blamesally.com/gigs.html

VP Event Begins at 5:30 PM, Tuesday, September 16th (Tomorrow)
Doors for concert-only ticket holders open at 6:00 PM

New Event Location:
Malonga Casquelourd Center
1428 Alice Street, Oakland, CA

This wonderful event has an amazing line-up -

MARIA MULDAUR and THE FREE RADICALS
HOT BUTTERED RUM w/MICHAEL KANG of STRING CHEESE INCIDENT
TUCK AND PATTI
TOMMY CASTRO
BLAME SALLY
DAVID GANS
JEFF HALFORD
MC MARGA GOMEZ

Proceeds from this event will be used to help Obama and other
progressive candidates in tight races around the country. We all know
how our own neighborhood is going to vote - but we can help to make a
difference in those reddish-purplish states.

For regular tickets and larger contributions as well as general info, go to:

http://oaklandrocksforchange.com/

But if your wallet is feeling a little slim, please go to our site for
a half-price ticket.

http://blamesally.com/gigs

[Reminder] 34th Annual, 2008 Albany Solano Stroll "Stroll for Health" Sunday, September 14, 10 am - 6 pm

2008-09-13T19:46:00.001-07:00

http://www.solanoavenueassn.org/strol.htm

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Bidding on the "change" bus too high - Obama '12

2008-09-10T20:06:00.001-07:00

Max Bazerman's negotiation class at HBS has an auction where students
bid against each other for a $20 bill. Invariably every year the
bidding goes way over $20. Be it the psychology pitfalls of loss
aversion, commitment, diagnosis bias, insanity, whatever, this
campaign for the US presidency reminds me of that auction.
"McCain-rictus" has rushed in. With a master stroke he has out bid
Obama for this presidency. You want a woman. You got one. You wanna
a tax cut. You got it. You want to end the war. Been there. Done
that. Want to see my scars. My daughter wrote a kids book about 'em.
I am John McCain the agent of "change". Did I mention I am a green
candidate and a feminist too? I'm in charge of the Republican party
diversity project. As expected they are doing anything to win. And
they are just warming up. Obama, God bless his soul, won't do that.
Hillary beat him at it. Even Obama's Biden VP pick for principled and
"personal" reasons? Gees. How naive.

Absent an act of God, he has loser written all over him on this
election. The only solace will be watching John McCain and Sarah
Palin follow through on the legacy of the W empire over America. It
may be the will of higher forces that we experience collapse. Only
when we reach bottom for the McCain side of the country will our
brethren value the hand Obama has. Obama 2012 begins ...

Perry

perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Fwd: Help support Town School Class of '75 & Harvard Class of '83 classmate Ethan Berkowitz

2008-09-09T20:56:00.000-07:00

Please join

The Town School Class of '75
& Harvard Class of '83

for a breakfast in support of classmate

Ethan Berkowitz

Alaska Democratic Candidate for Congress

Thursday, September 18 from 8:15am - 10:00am

at Gamine (formerly Chez Mama)

2223 Union at Fillmore

All donations warmly accepted

2008 is a good year to be a Democrat in Alaska. Ethan Berkowitz is the
Democratic candidate for Alaska's sole congressional seat.

Incumbent Congressman Don Young has been locked in a "too close to
call" primary election with Lt. Gov Sean Parnell since August 26th,
with the final results not expected before the end of September. In a
year where Democrats finally have a chance to turn Alaska blue, we can
help take advantage of this incredible opportunity. Don Young, known
to most as the Bridge to Nowhere champion, has paid over $1 million in
legal fees since 2007, and has been trailing Ethan in every poll
released this year.

Ethan Berkowitz was born and raised in San Francisco by his parents
Myra & Nathaniel Berkowitz. Ethan graduated from Harvard in 1983, and
earned a law degree from the University of California Hastings College
of Law in 1990. From 1991 to 1993, Ethan worked as a state prosecutor
in Anchorage and rural Alaska. After spending the 1993-94 season in
the Antarctic, he opened his own law practice. Beginning in 1996, he
served in the Alaska State Legislature for ten years. After Ethan's
first term in office, he was chosen by his peers to lead the House
Democrats, a position he held for eight years. He is best known for a
speech he made in 2006 calling out bribery and corruption in the state
legislature. Since then the FBI has gotten involved, and nearly a
dozen indictments have been handed down.

In 2006, Ethan began the year by running for Governor, and debated
then Gubernatorial-candidate Sarah Palin on several occasions. Once
Former Governor Tony Knowles entered the race, Ethan stepped down and
ran as Knowles' Lieutenant Governor. On the campaign trail Ethan
speaks passionately about the energy potential of Alaska, a state
which suffers more from Climate Change than any other. The renewable
energy potentials of Alaska extend from wind energy, to geo-thermal,
to 90% of the country's tidal potential. Ethan has been a leader on
these issues in Alaska, and can bring the same focus and fight to
Washington.

To RSVP, please email or call Anna Morozovsky at (907) 947-1628.
Visit www.EthanBerkowitz.com to learn about Ethan or contribute.

Paid for by Berkowitz for Congress | P.O. Box 91365 Anchorage, AK
99509 | Tel. (907) 56-ETHAN (563-8426)

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West Coast Green Team Happy Hour 9/11

2008-09-06T04:21:00.001-07:00

West Coast Green Sponsors the Sustainable Business Happy Hour! Free
Full Conference Pass drawing, and Free Tradeshow Floor Passes for the
first 50 attendees.

The Sustainable Business Happy Hour is thrilled to announce our new
partnership with West Coast Green <http://westcoastgreen.com/> –
the nation's largest conference and expo on green innovation in
building, business, and design.

West Coast Green will be sponsoring our September 11th Event in the main
bar at Bacar <http://www.bacarsf.com/> from 6-8pm. Bacar is located
at 448 Brannan, between 3rd and 4th Streets. This is a one time location
change to allow for a larger number of attendees.

Members from the West Coast Green Team will be there to host a drawing
for a Free Full West Coast Green Conference Pass and offer free
tradeshow floor passes the first 50 people to arrive.

West Coast Green is the largest event of its kind, with an international
audience of over 14,000 influential thought leaders. As the hub for
collective intelligence, West Coast Green assembles visionary thinkers,
business leaders, products and technologies that are revolutionizing the
way we build and live in our homes, work spaces and communities. The
conference offers dynamic networking where thought leaders can gather to
tackle real-world issues, exchange ideas, create valuable connections or
find their next business partner.

The Full Conference Pass gives you access to a keynote speech by Vice
President Al Gore and more inspirational presentations from over 100 of
the leading minds in the green industry.

The Tradeshow Floor Pass gives you access to the interactive tradeshow
floor that features 400 exhibitors and the latest innovations in green
building and business technology, including a green modular showhouse.

COME TO THE HEART OF INNOVATION!
September 25–27, 2008 | San Jose Convention Center | Silicon Valley,
CA
www.westcoastgreen.com <http://westcoastgreen.com/>
Visit the website to register now.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,
Sustainable Business Happy Hour and the West Coast Green Team

private equity HUB SF event 9/24

2008-08-29T16:30:00.001-07:00

"peHUB Across America II

We're less than a month away from the next round of peHUB Shindigs,
and more than 300 of you have already gotten tickets. The evening will
be a chance to hobnob, drink and munch with local VCs, buyout pros,
entrepreneurs, bankers and assorted hangers-on.

Be sure to join your fellow readers for for an evening of cocktails,
conversation and comisseration (or maybe celebration, given the
revised GDP figures). Tickets cost just $10, with proceeds going to a
local charity that will be voted on by event attendees. Here's the
info:

San Francisco
Wednesday, Sept. 24
Pete's Tavern (across from AT&T Park)
http://pehubsf.eventbrite.com "

Reminder ORIENTED.com Happy Hour at Yoshi's tonight 8/28

2008-08-28T07:31:00.001-07:00

"[You] are cordially invited to join ORIENTED members for Happy Hour
on Thursday, August 28 at Yoshi's Jazz Club & Japanese Restaurant in
SF Bay Area!

If you are interested in business or career opportunities in Greater
China, want to network with other like-minded, international
professionals in SF Bay Area who share the same interests, or just
want to stay abreast of what's happening in one of the most exciting
regions of the world today, ORIENTED Happy Hour is the place to be!

About ORIENTED.COM

ORIENTED.COM is the largest network in the world of international
professionals interested in Asian business and partnerships. Its
signature service, the ORIENTED Happy Hours, are 'simultaneously' held
on the last Thursday of every month in more than ten cities around the
globe, providing networking opportunities and information exchange for
all those interested.

About the Venue

Yoshi's Jazz Club & Japanese Restaurant
Yoshi's 28,000 square-foot, two-story, state-of-the-art venue features
the best of local, national and international jazz artists. Not only
it is a great destination for live music, but is also a great place to
dine. Executive Chef Shotaro 'Sho' Kamio's menu features a slightly
different version of his modern take on Japanese cuisine, which will
surely enhance the overall Yoshi's experience, making it the only
place in the City with great food and world-class jazz.

Event Details:

Organization: Asia America MultiTechnology Association
Event Name: ORIENTED Happy Hour in SF Bay Area with AAMA!
Date: Thursday, August 28th, 7:00-9:00 PM
Location: Yoshi's Jazz Club & Japanese Restaurant
1330 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115

At the Door: $10 for Everyone"

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Turf Wars - grassestimate.com playground, artificial grass and putting green leader

2008-08-24T21:36:00.001-07:00

Turf Wars: O'Gorman enters the fray

Sure, anyone who drove past 41st Street and Kiwanis this summer saw
bulldozers and dump trucks. But that was for an overall renovation of
O'Gorman High School that approaches $50 million - presumably for air
conditioning and fresh chalkboards.

That education stuff is fine, in small doses. But as a sports guy with
full-out fall fever, I was more interested in football.

Was McEneaney Field really getting FieldTurf and a video scoreboard,
all surrounded by a new eight-lane track? Or was this another of Steve
Kueter's playful exaggerations, like when he says Spearfish has "more
outside speed than most NFL teams."

Turns out the O'Gorman athletic director and football coach was
telling the truth (about the new field, that is). Fake grass is a
growing trend in these parts, and the Knights will join the Turf Wars
when they play their campus home opener Sept. 19 against Mitchell.

"I can't wait to get out there," says senior halfback Will Powell, a
featured backfield weapon along with Phil Wright. "The field looks
awesome. It should help us use our speed to get to the corner and make
cuts."

Robbie Hakl, a senior guard who will help Powell and Wright find
daylight, is pleased about the changes - but also sentimental.

"We're excited to play on the new turf, because it will add a
different atmosphere," he says. "But nothing will replace the old
McEneaney. That field had an atmosphere of its own that made it a
tough place to play."

Amen to that.

Tired of paying the Sioux Falls School District to play at Howard Wood
Field, O'Gorman started staging home games at the Mac in 1998.

The Catholic school's new stadium soon became known for the amenities
it lacked. The field was barren and beat up, like a Renaissance
Festival jousting ground after too much Elizabethan revelry.

The scoreboard seemed a relic from the Larry Jacobson days at O'G, and
the seating and walkways were cramped.

It was common for visiting teams and their fans to complain loudly
about such accommodations - which became part of the place's twisted
charm.

I recall playoff games against Washington and Roosevelt in which those
public schools were so worried about conditions that they lost focus.
The Knights, meanwhile, were comfortable with the field's shortcomings
and piled up victories.

"We didn't really mind the old field, because we were used to it,"
says Hakl. "We played that to our advantage."

As time went on, though, even O'Gorman grew tired of the Mac's chronic
inconvenience.

"We needed to do something just to run a regular business around
here," says Kueter.

The veteran coach agreed to give me a walking tour of the new athletic
complex, an ongoing $2.5 million project in conjunction with the
school renovation.
The $750,000 FieldTurf installation should be fully completed tonight,
and the Daktronics scoreboard (complete with instant replay) and
$400,000 track are also on target for the Sept. 19 campus opener.

The project will eventually include a new restroom/concession area,
expanded seating (for a capacity of 5,000) and a new track and field
area for pole vault, long jump, shot put and discus.

Striding proudly across a brilliant green synthetic football field,
Kueter stopped abruptly and pointed downward.

"Right about here is where that mudhole always was," he said. "You
couldn't grow grass on it, and you couldn't get rid of it. Well, we
finally got rid of it."

Things got so bad that the Knights considered scrapping the "great Mac
experiment" and moving late-season home games back to Howard Wood.

"It was robbing our younger kids of an area to use," says Kueter. "I
was keeping (sub-varsity) games on the practice fields because we
didn't want to hurt this field, and that was ridiculous.

"The soccer teams couldn't play out here because it was so bad, and
the visitors' seating (for football) was a problem. We just had
bleachers sitting on dirt; they weren't up in the air where you could
see. Even on the home side, people would put down blankets and fight
each other for seats. It was time for a change."

That's where the magic of fundraising came in - and there are signs of
it on the new surface.

The end-zone markings are blue and gold, but the logo is for major
donor Orthopedic Institute, not the vaunted Knights.

"I guess the secret's out on that one," says Kueter.

The O'Gorman logo does appear at the 50-yard line, and the field
itself symbolizes a trend in high school sports.

Ever since the "Turf Team" helped set up Howard Wood with FieldTurf in
2003, the synthetic grass has sprouted up everywhere - including
Aberdeen, Rapid City, Harrisburg and Garretson (Augustana and the
University of Sioux Falls jumped on board in the college ranks).

Yankton and West Central are among the school districts that actively
explored adding FieldTurf this summer.

"We'd like to have it as soon as we could, if it's feasible
financially," says Yankton athletic director Bob Winter. "A lot of
money has to be raised privately, and schools need to justify the cost
by how many times they use it. For us, it's kind of on hold right
now."

West Central coach Kent Mueller said his school looked into FieldTurf
after having to move a playoff game to Garretson last year due to poor
field conditions in Hartford.

"We thought maybe we could 'piggyback' in with O'Gorman, Harrisburg
and Augustana, but it never got beyond the planning stage," says
Mueller. "The majority of money would come from private funds. I
wouldn't say it's dead right now. But it's more like a dream."

So what's the big deal about FieldTurf?

Well, it eliminates the costly maintenance of real grass while
enduring the wear and tear that chews up grass fields during late fall
in South Dakota.

Popularized in the late 1990s, FieldTurf also reduces injuries that
studies linked to older forms of artificial turf.

It has a thickness and density like natural grass, and the blades are
surrounded by a shock-absorbing infill made from sand and ground
rubber.

As Kueter is quick to point out, O'Gorman has the new DuraSpine
Monofilament Turf System, which creates the look and feel of
individual blades of grass that stand on their own rather than
matting.

Howard Wood Field has "classic" FieldTurf with slit film fiber, which
doesn't stand up as well.

"There's nothing wrong with Howard Wood," says Kueter, whose team
opens its season in Brandon on Saturday.

"That surface is exactly the same as it was six years ago, which is
remarkable to me. But a better product is out now, and here it is."

So let the Turf Wars begin, as school districts try to keep up with
their neighbors in an increasingly exorbitant high school environment.

That means fewer facilities like the original McEneaney Field, where
the Knights got down and dirty on their way to two state titles,
paving the way for progress.

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Garden Grove moves to lift ban on artificial grass - grassestimate.com playground, commercial, artificial lawn putting green leader

2008-08-24T21:32:00.001-07:00

Garden Grove moves to lift ban on artificial grass

The council voted unanimously Tuesday night to start looking at ways
to allow the synthetic turf at homes and businesses
By MELANIE HICKEN

GARDEN GROVE – The city's ban on the use of synthetic turf ban is on
its way out.
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to begin the process
of updating a city ordinance that completely bans the use of the
artificial grass.
"I think it's very difficult to tell people you can't have a brown
lawn but don't put a green one in if it's artificial," said Mayor
William Dalton. "The point is you still have to offer people
alternatives. This is an alternative that is very viable. I'd rather
see artificial than brown lawns."
Marlem Mason and Cookie Smith, two residents who installed synthetic
turf at their respective homes and have led the charge against the
ban, were among about 40 people who attended the meeting. Of the 12
residents who spoke on the turf issue, all were in favor of
overturning the ban.
The council asked city staff to come back at a later meeting with
several options for allowing the fake grass in residential and
commercial properties and to look into the safety and environmental
effects of synthetic turf.
"I think we do need a little more time to study as far as what the
pitfalls are," Dalton said.
Dalton also told staff to halt any enforcement of the synthetic turf
ban until the issue had been decided.
Garden Grove is one of five Orange County cities where synthetic turf
is completely banned in both residential and commercial uses.
Meanwhile, the Municipal Water District of Orange County offers a
rebate to households that install synthetic turf. Of seven water
rebates denied because of bans, three were in Garden Grove, according
to the water district.
The ordinance had been enacted in 1992 for aesthetic reasons, staff
members said.
Some of the residents who spoke had already installed or were planning
to install synthetic turf and were upset that they could not receive
the rebate.
Several shared pictures of their turf, and a turf supplier brought a
sample to show the council how the grass has been improved in the past
decade.
Residents also talked about how easy the turf is to maintain and keep
looking nice. They stressed its water saving abilities, especially
during the current drought situation in California. And the lower
water bills, they said, don't hurt either.
Synthetic turf can save around 45 gallons of water a year per square
foot of grass replaced, which can add up to thousands of gallons per
household, experts say.
"I hope my city doesn't take too long to wake up to the water crisis
that is looming," said resident Connie Naranjo, who plans to install
synthetic turf at her home soon.
For other residents, the issue was more about government control.
"The subject of my lawn should be my business as long as it's not an
eyesore," said David Lauthboren, who has lived in Garden Grove for 45
years.
The cities of Santa Ana, La Palma, Stanton and Orange have similar
residential and commercial bans, according to a water district
document. Ten other Orange County cities have various synthetic turf
restrictions and guidelines and many homeowners associations across
the county ban and restrict turf as well.
Several residents who supported changing the ban emphasized there will
still need to be some sort of standards set.
"I think there would need to be some consideration, like real grass,
where it needs to look presentable," said resident Rod Powell.
The council members agreed, and said that they would like to see how
other cities handle turf restrictions.
Overall, the council members expressed support for removing the ban soon.
"The less we restrict what people can do," said Councilman Mark Rosen,
"the better off we are."

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green leader

Greenbelt Alliance 50th Anniversary Wednesday, September 10 from 6 - 9 PM

2008-08-24T21:02:00.001-07:00

"For 50 years, Greenbelt Alliance has been the Bay Area's advocate for
open spaces and vibrant places. With grassroots action, education, and
award-winning research, Greenbelt Alliance helps Bay Area cities and
towns adopt smart growth policies. The goal is to create more walkable
neighborhoods, with homes people can afford, close to jobs,
services,and good public transportation -- surrounded by a protected
greenbelt of farms and natural areas.

Celebrate 50 years! On Wednesday, September 10 from 6 - 9 pm,
Greenbelt Alliance will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the Herbst
International Exhibition all at the Presidio, with local wines and
farm-fresh foods prepared by some of the Bay Area's best chefs -- and
you're invited! Please visit http://www.greenbelt.org/50_years.html
today!"

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Sat. August 16 - One Night Only - MIT's Betsy Salkind appearing in the Bay Area in fantastic show - tickets on sale now.

2008-08-12T23:02:00.001-07:00

Subject: Sat. August 16 - One Night Only - Betsy appearing in the Bay
Area in fantastic show - tickets on sale now.

Julie Goldman's Offensive Women
The All-Headliner Comedy Show
Saturday, August 16 8:00pm
$30.00 Advance Admission, Doors 7:00pm
$20.00 General Admission, Doors 7:30pm

Buy tickets at ticketweb.com or by calling 415.383.9600

Julie Goldman's Offensive Women, the all-headliner comedy show
features Offenders Julie Goldman (NY), one-time local Betsy Salkind
(LA), and our own Aundre the Wonderwoman (SF). The outrageous
all-female comedy show is now being presented in both New York and LA
every month, but we have them for a one-night only Bay Area exclusive!
The shows celebrate uncensored, fearless female comedians saying
whatever they damn well please. And they promise more than just
stand-up!

JULIE GOLDMAN, fresh off her new solo show The Julie Goldman Offensive
at the Culture Project, recently won LOGO's New Now Next "Brink of
Fame: Comic" Award. She also co-stars on The Big Gay Sketch Show on
LOGO. "What's so offensive about our show? You tell me! Offensive
is in the eye of the beholder. What I'm trying to do is give funny
women a forum to be as out there as they want to be, say what's really
on their minds and do material that's hysterical but might be
considered too edgy for regular comedy clubs." Offensive Women is
also producing a series of web shorts and is planning a headliner tour
in 2009.

BETSY SALKIND The Boston Globe says, "There are countless ways to
make someone laugh, and Betsy Salkind knows most of them. Want
sarcastic wit? Political humor? Or maybe just a good animal mime?
Salkind can pull all that off and more." Betsy Salkind was a writer
for "Saturday Night Special" and "Roseanne," wrote and starred in the
critically-acclaimed "Anne Frank Superstar," and has appeared as a
stand-up on numerous TV shows including "The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno." Best known for her squirrel impression, she refuses to be
pigeonholed as a rodent. In addition to touring, the LA based
comedian now writes for "Ethel's Law" (ethelspiliotes.blogspot.com).

AUNDRÉ the WONDERWOMAN -- has set her sights on political humor from
the beginning. A clever and engaging satirist, she uses the stage as
her bully pulpit, taking on everything from presidential politics to
animal lovers. She took first place at the 1999 Inaugural Russian
River Resort Comedy Competition, was a semi-finalist in the 2005 San
Francisco International Comedy Competition and is the recipient of the
2008 Stand Up For Justice Award from Death Penalty Focus, a
California-based national group, for her work against the death
penalty. She a comedy voice not to be missed, especially during this
historic political election season.

http://www.142throckmortontheatre.com/event.php?eventid=807

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu