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The Citizenz Gazette ™
The “official” newsletter of The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
The Most trusted name in Entertainment
December 25th 2008 Issue Twenty-Two
by Sonny Summers
Hello to all, and wishing our entire readership and the rest of the planet, as well, a safe and happy holiday season from all of us here at The Angelic Headquarters. Due to the “holiday crunch” this will be a “minimal issue”. On another front, we want to say that we have succeeded in our goal, this year, at The Citizenz Gazette, by successfully publishing one issue a month for the year of 2008. This is, somewhat of a monumental accomplishment for this publication. To give you a brief history—the first issue of The Citizenz Gazette was published on February 14th, 2002. Issue 12 was published February 14th 2008. If you do the math, that is an average of 2 issues a year. We are going to be temporarily, and I emphasize the word temporarily, reducing our publication dates while we “re-structure” and “re-group” here at The Angelic Headquarters. Our goal, for the time being, is to publish a minimum of one issue of The Citizenz Gazette every three months. We will publish more if we can possibly do it, but for right now, please be patient will our publication schedule. We also intend to bring theAngelic-Kin Correspondents back, in full force, along with some of our other exciting and informative columns that you have come to know, love and enjoy so much. And we, as always extend out most sincere gratitude for your continued readership and for you understanding while we go through some “changes” Remember, now, if you send an email to gazette@AngelicPassages.com , we will send you a notification email to let you know when the next issue of The Citizenz Gazette is available for your reading and entertainment pleasure. We are still working on setting things up for the free esubscriptions to the newsletter. Actually, if all goes according to plan—and we all know how that in itself—goes according to plan---can go at times, The Citizenz Gazette will re- emerge as The AngelicKin Chronicle. So there you have it, for now. Again, all of us at The Angelic Headquarters and everyone associated with The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies would like to express our warmest wishes to everyone for a safe, happy, peaceful and enlightened holiday season. See ya next year!!!
Artist International Referral™
A free service from: The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
Ok, here we go, another area of interest here at Angelic Passages. This has been a service we have been attempting to get “off the ground” for quite sometime, In a “lesser” version you will find listings in previous issues of The Citizenz Gazette under different headings. This new department, at The Angelic Headquarters is now the Artist International Referral, for artist of every kind, from anywhere, and completely free of any charge or bligation. Well----ther is one obligation, and that is, not to feed false information to us. We are doing this in an attept to link artists from all around the globe. There are many websites that are already doing this. We are just another source for you to locate artist’s of all types and interests. Due to the fact that this is a “G-rated” organization, we ask that you keep your listing in “g-rated” fashion..
It will be a few issues away before we publish the first postings, as we gather information. So Artists, all kinds-music,art, actors,ceramics, needlework, whatever you have to offer the world, BRING it ON and we will list you in the Artist International Referral. Please include, at least, a professional name (I you do not choose to use your legal name), email address, type of art or arts you have to offer, websites, links, and of course, city, state/province and country. Please give some detaeil to your art, and if you have samples, photos,, whatever, send them along or give us permission to extract samples from whatever source you supply. No worries, we WORK ON THIS
With all that in mind, be sure to GET ON the AIR now ! ! !
Artist International Referral™
A free service from: The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
WebsitesofWorth
Spiritual/Enlightenment
Sedona Journal of Emergence (monthly magazine) www.sedonajournal.com/home/
Gaia Community (online “spiritual” community)http://www.gaia.com/community/
Light Is Real (self discovery) http://lightisreal.com/selfdiscovery.html
Planet Lightworker (Metaphysics, Spirituality) www.PlanetLightWorker.com
Science of Mind (A guide for spiritual living) www.ScienceofMind.com
Links for Musicians & Artists
Jam Wave---Artist and Fan Community www.JamWave.com
I Sound---Artist and Fan Community www.isound.com
Gear Jack---Musician Classified (National) http://www.gearjack.com
Chicken Farm Art Center (San Angelo, Texas) www.chickenfarmartcenter.com
General Interest
Radio and TV personality Glenn Beck www.glennbeck,com
Presidential Candidate Ron Paul: www.ronpaul.com
We The People Foundation: www.givemeliberty.org
(just because): www.AngelicPassages.com
The Free American (monthly Magazine) www.FreeAmerican.com
Links to Musicians & Artists
The Matt Barber Experience www.MattBarberExperience.com (Illinois)
Groovy Tuesday www.GroovyTuesdayRocks.com (New York)
Concho Bandits www.myspace.com/conchobanditsband ?(San Angelo, Texas)
JoëL™: www.AngelicPassages.com (Christoval,Texas)
Oscar Butler Singer/Songwriter http://www.oscarbutlermusic.com/ (New Mexico)
Michael Riversong Harpist http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong (Wyoming)
Travel
Maple Haven Resort www.maplehavenresort.com An exquisite camping resort located just outside of North Woodstock, New Hampshire.
Flying J travel Centers. www.flyingj.com Located all around America. Zark gives them the thumbs up on consistency, overall cleanliness, competitiveness, and customer courtesy.
Inn of The Conchos www.inn-of-the-conchos.com San Angelo, Texas. A nice, clean, friendly place to stay when in the San Angelo area. Reasonable rates, friendly staff, close to downtown and many local attractions, Restaurant and nightclub on premise. Meeting and banquet facilities available. "A Darn Good Place To Hang Your Hat".
Hobby Corner
HO Slot Car Racing http://www.hoslotcarracing.com/
Plant Nurseries
New Mexico, Albuquerque Osuna Nursery www.osunanursey.com
Las Cruces Enchanted Garden email: gardens@zianet.net
Chambers of Commerce/Better Business Bureaus/Visitors Bureaus
Flagstaff, Arizona http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/ Convention & Visitors Bureau
Calgary, Alberta www.calgarykiosk.ca Travel Guide
Charleston, South Carolina www.charlestonchamber.net Chamber
www.charlestoncvb.com Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.HeritageFederation.org The Charleston Heritage Federation
Alice Springs, Northern Territory http://www.thealice.com.au/ Business Directory
Port Aransas, Texas www.portaransas.org Chamber
Albuquerque, New Mexico www.abqcvb.org Visitors Bureau
Sedona, Arizona www.sedonachamber.com Chamber of Commerce
Dublin, Ireland www.visitdublin.com Tourist Board
Other Sites of Interest
Henley-on-Todd Alice Springs, Northern Territory www.henley-on-toddregatta.com.au
Airfields In America http://www.airstripamerica.com/index.html
Marina Directory http://www.marinasdirectory.org/
Lighthouse Listings http://www.lighthousefriends.com/
Calgary Folk Music Festival www.calgaryfolkfest.com
Magnolia Plantation Charleston, South Carolina http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
International Reggae FestivalCalgary, Alberta www.calgaryreggaefestival.com
This issue of The Citizenz Gazette written & edited by Sonny Summers.
.
P E A C E N O W !
Copyright 2008 by The Angelic Press
Published 2008 by The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
All Rights Reserved
Mailing Address: Angelic Passages
Post Office Box 554
Christoval, Texas 76935
The Citizenz Gazette . theAngelic-Kin CorrespondentsArtist International Referral, WebsitesofWorth,
The Angelic Press, Z2012 are trademarks of
The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies-----
The most trusted name in Entertaiment
www.AngelicPassages.com gazette@AngelicPassages.com
or you may call the Angelic Hotline: 914-850-7622
Z2012
The Citizenz Gazette ™
The “official” newsletter of The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies---
The most trusted name in Entertainment ™
November 27th 2008 Issue Twenty-One
by Sonny Summers
Hello everyone, once again, from the Angelic Headquarters, in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico. A good time, as any time, to be thankful for the things we have and experience. The Planet we inhabit, the universe we speed around and all that is visablel and not so visible in the “worlds” around us. Thankful for friends, family and all that exists. This will be another relatively “compact” issue of The Citizenz Gazette. Please enjoy! Wishing you all a safe and joyous holiday season from all of us here at The Angelic Headquarters, to all of you, our loyal Gazette readership.
just in case you wanted to know
j i c y w t k
just in case you wanted to know
Compiled by Jack Hammer
Gallon of Milk: $2.41 Loaf of Bread: $1.47
New Car: $20,050 Gallon of Gas: $1.53
New Home: $175,800
Jimi Hendrix, born 1942, Eddie Rabbit born 1941.
Popular songs: “Beautiful Day” by U2, “With Arms Wide Open” by Creed, “Say My Name” by Destiny’s Child, “Breathe” by Faith Hill and “she Walks This Earth” by Sting among other great favorites.
Artist International Referral™
A free service from: The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
Ok, here we go, another area of interest here at Angelic Passages. This has been a service we have been attempting to get “off the ground” for quite sometime, In a “lesser” version you will find listings in previous issues of The Citizenz Gazette under different headings. This new department, at The Angelic Headquarters is now the Artist International Referral, for artist of every kind, from anywhere, and completely free of any charge or bligation. Well----ther is one obligation, and that is, not to feed false information to us. We are doing this in an attept to link artists from all around the globe. There are many websites that are already doing this. We are just another source for you to locate artist’s of all types and interests. Due to the fact that this is a “G-rated” organization, we ask that you keep your listing in “g-rated” fashion..
It will be a few issues away before we publish the first postings, as we gather information. So Artists, all kinds-music,art, actors,ceramics, needlework, whatever you have to offer the world, BRING it ON and we will list you in the Artist International Referral. Please include, at least, a professional name (I you do not choose to use your legal name), email address, type of art or arts you have to offer, websites, links, and of course, city, state/province and country. Please give some detaeil to your art, and if you have samples, photos,, whatever, send them along or give us permission to extract samples from whatever source you supply. No worries, we WORK ON THIS
With all that in mind, be sure to GET ON the AIR now ! ! !
Artist International Referral™
A free service from: The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
WebsitesofWorth
Spiritual/Enlightenment
Sedona Journal of Emergence (monthly magazine) www.sedonajournal.com/home/
Gaia Community (online “spiritual” community)http://www.gaia.com/community/
Light Is Real (self discovery) http://lightisreal.com/selfdiscovery.html
Planet Lightworker (Metaphysics, Spirituality) www.PlanetLightWorker.com
Science of Mind (A guide for spiritual living) www.ScienceofMind.com
Links for Musicians & Artists
Jam Wave---Artist and Fan Community www.JamWave.com
I Sound---Artist and Fan Community www.isound.com
Gear Jack---Musician Classified (National) http://www.gearjack.com
Chicken Farm Art Center (San Angelo, Texas) www.chickenfarmartcenter.com
General Interest
Radio and TV personality Glenn Beck www.glennbeck,com
Texas Congressman Ron Paul: www.ronpaul.com
We The People Foundation: www.givemeliberty.org
(just because): www.AngelicPassages.com
The Free American (monthly Magazine) www.FreeAmerican.com
Links to Musicians & Artists
The Matt Barber Experience www.MattBarberExperience.com (Illinois)
Groovy Tuesday www.GroovyTuesdayRocks.com (New York)
Concho Bandits www.myspace.com/conchobanditsband ?(San Angelo, Texas)
JoëL™: www.AngelicPassages.com (Christoval,Texas)
Oscar Butler Singer/Songwriter http://www.oscarbutlermusic.com/ (New Mexico)
Michael Riversong Harpist http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong (Wyoming)
Travel
Maple Haven Resort www.maplehavenresort.com An exquisite camping resort located just outside of North Woodstock, New Hampshire.
Flying J travel Centers. www.flyingj.com Located all around America. Zark gives them the thumbs up on consistency, overall cleanliness, competitiveness, and customer courtesy.
Inn of The Conchos www.inn-of-the-conchos.com San Angelo, Texas. A nice, clean, friendly place to stay when in the San Angelo area. Reasonable rates, friendly staff, close to downtown and many local attractions, Restaurant and nightclub on premise. Meeting and banquet facilities available. "A Darn Good Place To Hang Your Hat".
Hobby Corner
HO Slot Car Racing http://www.hoslotcarracing.com/
Plant Nurseries
New Mexico, Albuquerque Osuna Nursery www.osunanursey.com
Las Cruces Enchanted Garden email: gardens@zianet.net
Chambers of Commerce/Better Business Bureaus/Visitors Bureaus
Flagstaff, Arizona http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/ Convention & Visitors Bureau
Calgary, Alberta www.calgarykiosk.ca Travel Guide
Charleston, South Carolina www.charlestonchamber.net Chamber
www.charlestoncvb.com Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.HeritageFederation.org The Charleston Heritage Federation
Alice Springs, Northern Territory http://www.thealice.com.au/ Business Directory
Port Aransas, Texas www.portaransas.org Chamber
Albuquerque, New Mexico www.abqcvb.org Visitors Bureau
Sedona, Arizona www.sedonachamber.com Chamber of Commerce
Dublin, Ireland www.visitdublin.com Tourist Board
Other Sites of Interest
Henley-on-Todd Alice Springs, Northern Territory www.henley-on-toddregatta.com.au
Airfields In America http://www.airstripamerica.com/index.html
Marina Directory http://www.marinasdirectory.org/
Lighthouse Listings http://www.lighthousefriends.com/
Calgary Folk Music Festival www.calgaryfolkfest.com
Magnolia Plantation Charleston, South Carolina http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
International Reggae FestivalCalgary, Alberta www.calgaryreggaefestival.com
This issue of The Citizenz Gazette written & edited by Sonny Summers.
P E A C E N O W !
Copyright 2008 by The Angelic Press
Published 2008 by The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
All Rights Reserved
Mailing Address: Angelic Passages
Post Office Box 554
Christoval, Texas 76935
The Citizenz Gazette Artist International Referral, WebsitesofWorth, The Angelic Press, Z2012 are trademarks of
The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
The MOST TRUSTED name in Entertainment
www.AngelicPassages.com gazette@AngelicPassages.com
or call the Angelic Hotline: 914-850-7622
Z2012
Disclaimer: Some, but not all, content may be fiction.
The Citizenz Gazette ™
The “official” newsletter of The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
October 31st 2008 Issue Twenty
Newsworthy Tipbits
Artist International Referral™
A free service from: The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
Ok, here we go, another area of interest here at Angelic Passages. This has been a service we have been attempting to get “off the ground” for quite sometime, In a “lesser” version you will find listings in previous issues of The Citizenz Gazette under different headings. This new department, at The Angelic Headquarters is now the Artist International Referral, for artist of every kind, from anywhere, and completely free of any charge or bligation. Well----ther is one obligation, and that is, not to feed false information to us. We are doing this in an attept to link artists from all around the globe. There are many websites that are already doing this. We are just another source for you to locate artist’s of all types and interests. Due to the fact that this is a “G-rated” organization, we ask that you keep your listing in “g-rated” fashion..
It will be a few issues away before we publish the first postings, as we gather information. So Artists, all kinds-music,art, actors,ceramics, needlework, whatever you have to offer the world, BRING it ON and we will list you in the Artist International Referral. Please include, at least, a professional name (I you do not choose to use your legal name), email address, type of art or arts you have to offer, websites, links, and of course, city, state/province and country. Please give some detaeil to your art, and if you have samples, photos,, whatever, send them along or give us permission to extract samples from whatever source you supply. No worries, we WORK ON THIS
With all that in mind, be sure to GET ON the AIR now ! ! !
Artist International Referral™
A free service from: The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
WebsitesofWorth
Spiritual/Enlightenment
Sedona Journal of Emergence (monthly magazine) www.sedonajournal.com/home/
Gaia Community (online “spiritual” community)http://www.gaia.com/community/
Light Is Real (self discovery) http://lightisreal.com/selfdiscovery.html
Planet Lightworker (Metaphysics, Spirituality) www.PlanetLightWorker.com
Science of Mind (A guide for spiritual living) www.ScienceofMind.com
Links for Musicians & Artists
Jam Wave---Artist and Fan Community www.JamWave.com
I Sound---Artist and Fan Community www.isound.com
Gear Jack---Musician Classified (National) http://www.gearjack.com
Chicken Farm Art Center (San Angelo, Texas) www.chickenfarmartcenter.com
General Interest
Radio and TV personality Glenn Beck www.glennbeck,com
Presidential Candidate Ron Paul: www.ronpaul.com
We The People Foundation: www.givemeliberty.org
(just because): www.AngelicPassages.com
The Free American (monthly Magazine) www.FreeAmerican.com
Links to Musicians & Artists
The Matt Barber Experience www.MattBarberExperience.com (Illinois)
Groovy Tuesday www.GroovyTuesdayRocks.com (New York)
Concho Bandits www.myspace.com/conchobanditsband ?(San Angelo, Texas)
JoëL™: www.AngelicPassages.com (Christoval,Texas)
Oscar Butler Singer/Songwriter http://www.oscarbutlermusic.com/ (New Mexico)
Michael Riversong Harpist http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong (Wyoming)
Travel
Maple Haven Resort www.maplehavenresort.com An exquisite camping resort located just outside of North Woodstock, New Hampshire.
Flying J travel Centers. www.flyingj.com Located all around America. Zark gives them the thumbs up on consistency, overall cleanliness, competitiveness, and customer courtesy.
Inn of The Conchos www.inn-of-the-conchos.com San Angelo, Texas. A nice, clean, friendly place to stay when in the San Angelo area. Reasonable rates, friendly staff, close to downtown and many local attractions, Restaurant and nightclub on premise. Meeting and banquet facilities available. "A Darn Good Place To Hang Your Hat".
Hobby Corner
HO Slot Car Racing http://www.hoslotcarracing.com/
Plant Nurseries
New Mexico, Albuquerque Osuna Nursery www.osunanursey.com
Las Cruces Enchanted Garden email: gardens@zianet.net
Chambers of Commerce/Better Business Bureaus/Visitors Bureaus
Flagstaff, Arizona http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/ Convention & Visitors Bureau
Calgary, Alberta www.calgarykiosk.ca Travel Guide
Charleston, South Carolina www.charlestonchamber.net Chamber
www.charlestoncvb.com Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.HeritageFederation.org The Charleston Heritage Federation
Alice Springs, Northern Territory http://www.thealice.com.au/ Business Directory
Port Aransas, Texas www.portaransas.org Chamber
Albuquerque, New Mexico www.abqcvb.org Visitors Bureau
Sedona, Arizona www.sedonachamber.com Chamber of Commerce
Dublin, Ireland www.visitdublin.com Tourist Board
Other Sites of Interest
Henley-on-Todd Alice Springs, Northern Territory www.henley-on-toddregatta.com.au
Airfields In America http://www.airstripamerica.com/index.html
Marina Directory http://www.marinasdirectory.org/
Lighthouse Listings http://www.lighthousefriends.com/
Calgary Folk Music Festival www.calgaryfolkfest.com
Magnolia Plantation Charleston, South Carolina http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
International Reggae FestivalCalgary, Alberta www.calgaryreggaefestival.com
P E A C E N O W !
Copyright 2008 by The Angelic Press
Published 2008 by The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
All Rights Reserved
Mailing Address: Angelic Passages
Post Office Box 554
Christoval, Texas 76935
Disclaimer: Some, but not all, content may be fiction.
The Citizenz Gazette
Newsworthy Tipbits, Artist International Referral WebsitesofWorth, The Angelic Press, Z2012
are trademarks of
The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
----the most trusted name in Entertainment
www.AngelicPassages.com gazette@AngelicPassages.com
or you may call the Angelic Hotline: 914-850-7622
Z2012
Zark—the ONLY trusted name in politics.
The Citizenz Gazette ™
The “official” newsletter of The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
September 22nd 2008 Issue Nineteen
Newsworthy Tipbits
by Sonny Summers
Welcome back, everyone, for another fine issue of The Citizenz Gazatte. A few tipbits of information. First of all, we are “cutting” back on the newsletter for a while, so the members of this organization can focus on other projects. There will still be a newsletter, not to worry. In the interim, we will be working on “re-structuring” the newsletter. All the great people that are involved with The Citizenz Gazette, will continue to be the same great people that will churn out forthcoming issues of The Citizenz Gazette. For the time being, theAngelic-Kin Correspondents column will be “suspended”. We are not canceling this column, just putting this column on hold. All of our present Angelic-Kin Correspondents have agreed to come back as soon as we resume the column. So be sure to stay tuned for the latest updates from Max Levelland in Port Aransas, Texas, Teresa Trentwood from Alice Springs, Butch Landers from Flagstaff, Arizona, Johnny Randolph from Calgary, Alberta, Lou Luchetti from Charleston, South Carolina. And let us not forget Sailor McCarthy from the great city of Dublin, Ireland. There will be a few new correspondents introduced the next time the column appears so don’t miss it! I know we are going to catch a backlash of email on the ‘suspending” of this column, and we are very apologetic for having to do it. Just a reminder, to all artists, venues, art business professionals and anything of the like to get on the AIR, that’s Artist International Referral This issue, for the Citizenz Register, we proudly feature, Miss Pearl E. Gates, the Pianist and Keyboardist for The Citizenz. A column being introduced this issue, “jicywtk” and if you want to know what that means you’ll just have to read it. On this day, the Autumnal Equinox, also the first day of Autumn, 2008, and wishing all of our readers a very happy autumn. As always, we hope that you enjoy this issue, the nineteenth issue of The Citizenz Gazette.. Let’s get started with Miss Pearl E. Gates.
Citizenz Register
A bit about the Cast and Crew of The Citizenz
by Sonny Summers
Citizen Gates Pearl E. Gates Piano, Keyboards & Vocals
Pearl, a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been a “part time” session player in the Nashville area for the past sixteen years. With many honorable credits to her name, involving music, Pearl continues to pursue her career in marketing. As Pearl told me the other day, “I love to play music, and The Citizenz are a great group of people (you wouldn’t believe how much they paid me to say that!), but I do not like to be on the road for any long periods of time. A little travel here and there, I enjoy, but a different town every night, no Sonny, that is just not for me.”. Henceforth, Pearl will not be joining The Citizenz on tour. Pearl will go on to run The Citizenz Advertising/Promotional Department. Although the rest of The Citizenz knew Pearl would not be touring with the band, many attempts were made to convince her, while recording Liberty Ranch , to go on the road with the band. Pearl gracefully declined and replied with “Who is going to run the Promotional Department if I go on the road? Zark?, now-c’mon, we can’t have that now can we?”. “Chipper” had a comment that pretty much summed it up, “Pearl is really good at promoting, and she is really into this project, which we all are. And she is the keyboardist on Liberty Ranch so she really knows what she is promoting and what it is all about. Pearl is not an “outsider” just trying to make a percentage of our moneys, she is part of the team.” Pearl did assure us that she would join The Citizenz on stage anytime her and the band travel cross paths, which may not be often but may happen once in a while. The Citizenz all had a similar sentiments- that they will miss Pearl on tour but at the same time are comforted to know that they have a very capable Lady to run their Advertising/Promotional Department.
That was then and this is now. As most of you know, since The Citizenz are on hold, Pearl went to work for the band The Z’s. The Z’s, Catchin’ some Z’s tour is out and about in America. Check local listing for show times. Sleeping on the job is “The Z’s” tentative title for their debut CD, when the CD is released.
just in case you wanted to know
j i c y w t k
just in case you wanted to know
Compiled by Jack Hammer
A new column, yes again. Right to the point, this column will be a “reflection”, if you will., of the past. Informing our Gazette readers of some of the statistics of years gone by.
On this date in 1908: On this date in 1908
President: Theodore Roosevelt, Vice: Charles W. Fairbanks
Loaf of Bread: 5 cents
New Car: $500
Gallon of Gas: 6 cents
New Home: $4,500
Dow Jones: 86.15
Popular Songs: “All For Love of You”, performed by Dave Reed
“Cosmopolitan” performed by Edward Madden
“Daisies Won’t Tell” performed by Anita Owen
“Smarty” performed by Jack Norworth
“Up In A Balloon” performed by Ren Shields
On this date in1958 On this date in1958
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Vice: Richard M. Nixon
Loaf of Bread: 19 cents
New Car: $2,200
Gallon of gas: 24 cents
New Home: $30,000
Dow Jones: 583.65
Popular Songs: “At The Hop” performed by Danny & The Juniors
“Bird Dog” performed by the Everly Brothers
“Catch A Falling Star” sung by Perry Como
“Don’t” by sung by Elvis Presley
“The Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley
On this date in 1998 On this date in 1998
President: Bill Clinton, Vice: Al Gore
Loaf of Bread: $1.32
New Car:: $17,,600
Gallon of Gas: $1.26
New Home: $159,100
Dow Jones: 9,027.25
Popular Songs: “Ray of Light” by Madonna
“One Week” by Barenaked Ladies
“How Deep Is Your Love” sung by Dru Hill
“My Way” by Usher
“I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” by Aerosmith
I've Got Questions, You Got Answers?
Name the faces on the 20, 50 and 100 dollar bills. Don’t reach in your pocket to look!
GET ON the AIR now!!!
Artist International Referral™
A free service from: The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
Ok, here we go, another area of interest here at Angelic Passages. This has been a service we have been attempting to get “off the ground” for quite sometime, In a “lesser” version you will find listings in previous issues of The Citizenz Gazette under different headings. This new department, at The Angelic Headquarters is now the Artist International Referral, for artist of every kind, from anywhere, and completely free of any charge or bligation. Well----ther is one obligation, and that is, not to feed false information to us. We are doing this in an attept to link artists from all around the globe. There are many websites that are already doing this. We are just another source for you to locate artist’s of all types and interests. Due to the fact that this is a “G-rated” organization, we ask that you keep your listing in “g-rated” fashion..
It will be a few issues away before we publish the first postings, as we gather information. So Artists, all kinds-music,art, actors,ceramics, needlework, whatever you have to offer the world, BRING it ON and we will list you in the Artist International Referral. Please include, at least, a professional name (I you do not choose to use your legal name), email address, type of art or arts you have to offer, websites, links, and of course, city, state/province and country. Please give some detaeil to your art, and if you have samples, photos,, whatever, send them along or give us permission to extract samples from whatever source you supply. No worries, we WORK ON THIS
With all that in mind, be sure to GET ON the AIR now ! ! !
Artist International Referral™
A free service from: The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
WebsitesofWorth
Spiritual/Enlightenment
Sedona Journal of Emergence (monthly magazine) www.sedonajournal.com/home/
Gaia Community (online “spiritual” community)http://www.gaia.com/community/
Light Is Real (self discovery) http://lightisreal.com/selfdiscovery.html
Planet Lightworker (Metaphysics, Spirituality) www.PlanetLightWorker.com
Science of Mind (A guide for spiritual living) www.ScienceofMind.com
Links for Musicians & Artists
Jam Wave---Artist and Fan Community www.JamWave.com
I Sound---Artist and Fan Community www.isound.com
Gear Jack---Musician Classified (National) http://www.gearjack.com
Chicken Farm Art Center (San Angelo, Texas) www.chickenfarmartcenter.com
General Interest
Radio and TV personality Glenn Beck www.glennbeck,com
Presidential Candidate Ron Paul: www.ronpaul.com
We The People Foundation: www.givemeliberty.org
(just because): www.AngelicPassages.com
The Free American (monthly Magazine) www.FreeAmerican.com
Links to Musicians & Artists
The Matt Barber Experience www.MattBarberExperience.com (Illinois)
Groovy Tuesday www.GroovyTuesdayRocks.com (New York)
Concho Bandits www.myspace.com/conchobanditsband ?(San Angelo, Texas)
JoëL™: www.AngelicPassages.com (Christoval,Texas)
Oscar Butler Singer/Songwriter http://www.oscarbutlermusic.com/ (New Mexico)
Michael Riversong Harpist http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong (Wyoming)
Travel
Maple Haven Resort www.maplehavenresort.com An exquisite camping resort located just outside of North Woodstock, New Hampshire.
Flying J travel Centers. www.flyingj.com Located all around America. Zark gives them the thumbs up on consistency, overall cleanliness, competitiveness, and customer courtesy.
Inn of The Conchos www.inn-of-the-conchos.com San Angelo, Texas. A nice, clean, friendly place to stay when in the San Angelo area. Reasonable rates, friendly staff, close to downtown and many local attractions, Restaurant and nightclub on premise. Meeting and banquet facilities available. "A Darn Good Place To Hang Your Hat".
Hobby Corner
HO Slot Car Racing http://www.hoslotcarracing.com/
Plant Nurseries
New Mexico, Albuquerque Osuna Nursery www.osunanursey.com
Las Cruces Enchanted Garden email: gardens@zianet.net
Chambers of Commerce/Better Business Bureaus/Visitors Bureaus
Flagstaff, Arizona http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/ Convention & Visitors Bureau
Calgary, Alberta www.calgarykiosk.ca Travel Guide
Charleston, South Carolina www.charlestonchamber.net Chamber
www.charlestoncvb.com Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.HeritageFederation.org The Charleston Heritage Federation
Alice Springs, Northern Territory http://www.thealice.com.au/ Business Directory
Port Aransas, Texas www.portaransas.org Chamber
Albuquerque, New Mexico www.abqcvb.org Visitors Bureau
Sedona, Arizona www.sedonachamber.com Chamber of Commerce
Dublin, Ireland www.visitdublin.com Tourist Board
Other Sites of Interest
Henley-on-Todd Alice Springs, Northern Territory www.henley-on-toddregatta.com.au
Airfields In America http://www.airstripamerica.com/index.html
Marina Directory http://www.marinasdirectory.org/
Lighthouse Listings http://www.lighthousefriends.com/
Calgary Folk Music Festival www.calgaryfolkfest.com
Magnolia Plantation Charleston, South Carolina http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
International Reggae FestivalCalgary, Alberta www.calgaryreggaefestival.com
That is all we have for issue Nineteen. We will be back soon with another fine issue. Happy Autumn!
P E A C E N O W !
This issue of The Citizenz Gazette edited by Sonny Summers.
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August 25th 2008 Issue Eighteen
Newsworthy Tipbits
by Sonny Summers
Hello to all of our fine Citizen Gazette readers! A brief run down of what we have for you in this issue of The Citizenz Gazette. To start with, we have another phone interview with JoëL. Joel, or Zark, will bring us up to date on what he is up to. Then for our Citizenz Register column, for this month we are featuring Angel Cruz, guitarist and vocalist for The Citizenz. Then we have a few reviews from Zark, with On The Zene with Zark, from recent shows that Zark has been involved with, all of which he was sitting behind the drums. Up after that is theAngelic-Kin Correspondents, for this month, the only report we have for you is from Max Levelland, reporting from Port A . A relatively short issue. All staff members at The Angelic Headquarters have been very busy in other areas. Thus, this issue of The Citizenz Gazette is a bit “lighter” than usual.
Attention! All artists of every type, please read about the new service we have just “kicked-off”, Artist nternational Referral. Be sure to read all about this free service and sign up today, no cost or obligation. That is the “long of the short of it” As always, we thank you for your continued reading and hope that you enjoy this issue. Here we go with another interview with JoëL
Sonny: So Joel, I have heard, “through the grapevine”, that you have decided to pursue the drumming area of your talents, in the form of touring, is this true?
JoëL: Yes Sonny it is. It was a slow decision process, so to speak, but I have decided to see what is out there and make a serious attempt at finding a full time working or touring situation.
Sonny: What does this mean for your solo singer/songwriter career?
JoëL: Just that it is not my primary focus right now, but if an opportunity came along that was to good to pass up, I would “Step up to the mic”, if you will.
Sonny. How is the search for a drumming position evolving?
JoëL: I am just putting feelers out right now, ads on websites that post classifieds for musicians. As you know I have recently done fill in drumming work for some bands here in the San Angelo area, such as The Concho Bandits and Public Domain.
Sonny: Yes, I noticed that on the website. If I was a bit closer I would have been at the shows.
JoëL: I know, Albuquerque and San Angelo are a bit far away from each other, but I appreciate the thought
Sonny: Are you going to work with these bands again?
JoëL: Public Domain, for sure, just do not know when. It depends when Jimmy Butler comes back to town. The Concho Bandits, I would be very surprised if I ever played with them again.
Sonny: Why is that?
JoëL: Without going in to detail, let us just say that Rick Lara and I have a difference in approach and it is not conducive to a good working environment. I just hope that we are still friends. Rick is a real nice person, really. We just approach music, for live situations, from two completely different directions. On the other hand, I bet, if given the chance, he and I could put together some great things in a studio environment. If that ever happens, remains to be seen, and I am not waiting for anything to occur with Rick. In fact, like I said, I would be real surprised if we ever did anything musical together. You could say I burnt a bridge, but it was meant to be that way. It was a good experience for as short lived as it was.
Sonny: What are we going to do with you Zark?
JoëL: Don’t know Sonny! Hey, you know it was cool while it lasted, but at the same time, I am glad it did not continue. As for other drumming pursuits, there are a few things going on locally, but nothing that has turned into anything that I would want to be full time involved.. I am getting my name circulating in the local music community. I am, actually, putting more effort into a national search, with my focus on San Antonio, Austin and other larger cities in Texas. I have talked with a number of bands, from various parts of the country but haven’t come up with, what I would call, the ‘magical combination”. In the meantime, I will do freelance work and a few solo singer/ songwriter gigs if they come about.
Sonny: What else do you have going on right now?
JoëL My main focus, as of lately, has been to complete my drum demo, tentatively titled, “RhythmZ Ark”. This will be a number of drum clips, anywhere from a minute to two minutes, in duration, for prospective bands to hear what I can do. This will not be a commercial release, “RhythmZ Ark” is for demo purposes only.
Sonny: Good talking with you again, and my best wishes in finding a band to tour with.
JoëL: Thank you Sonny, I appreciate that. I want to mention that I do like the column We-Are-On-it! Correspondents. There has been some interesting reading. Make sure you keep that one going.
Sonny: Oh yes, we will. That column has caught on real well with the readers of The Gazette. Remember the name of that column has changed to theAngelic-Kin Correspondents. That is effective in this issue. While we are on the subject, do you have a desire to be an Angelic-Kin Correspondent?
JoëL: That has possibilities, but not in the immediate future. I am working on another Gardener’s Plot for next issue, so we’ll see how that transpires.
Sonny: It has been a few issues since you have submitted anything for the Gardener’s Plot column.
JoëL: Yes, I know Sonny, my apologies. I will work on it. Hey dude, gotta go! We’ll talk soon and keep up the great work at the Angelic Headquarters!
Sonny: Thanks again Zark and we’ll keep in contact.
So there it be, another, or should I say, yet another, interview with Zark, or JoëL or whatever his name is this month.
Citizenz Register
A bit about the Cast and Crew of The Citizenz
by Sonny Summers
Stage Name: Citizen Cruz Name: Angel Cruz Nickname: “Smooth”
Instruments: Guitars & Vocals
Angel Cruz, “Smooth” as we will address him from here, was born in Mexico City, Mexico and continues to reside there part time. Smooth has been playing Spanish and Latin styles of music for most of his guitar playing years. As the “Archbishop” put it, “Zark was real skeptical about auditioning Smooth for the band. Zark had said to me, ‘Archie, I like tango and salsa, you know that, but there is not much of a Spanish type influence on any of the songs on Liberty Ranch . “Eyes of a Lady” is the only song that has a slight Latin flavour. The “Archbishop” neglected to inform Zark that Smooth was a regular moonlighter (incognito) in the underground grunge circuit in Mexico City and surrounding areas. “The audition for Smooth only took about thirty seconds”, says Archie, Zark knew by the sound and feel of what Smooth played that he was the one for the job! In fact Zark pinned the nickname “Smooth” on Angel right then and there!”. As of this printing, Smooth was attempting to teach Zark how to play guitar! We’ll leave that one alone! (anybody want that?) At present and as you probably know, Smooth is playing guitar with the “ItchKaBibbles” and touring behind their CD “Endless Babble”, The ItchKaBibbles” are still touring the southern states headed west to tour the Pacific coast. They have decided not to make anymore copies of “Tuckered Out” available, for the time being. Angel told me that if you want the CD, “Tuckered Out” you’ll have to bootleg it! He also mentioned that they may do a re-release of “Tuckered Out” sometime in the distant future, but at present they are just to busy to do anything about it. They send their apologies.
On The Zene With Zark
Ms. Hattie’s
San Angelo, Texas-June 27, 2008
Drumming for the band “Public Domain”
I must say another fine show with “Public Domain”. We finally did the reschedule from about five to six months ago, This show was initially scheduled to take place in Christoval at a private party. The night before we were to perform at the private party I was contacted by Dan to tell me the venue was changed to Ms. Hattie;s.Just as well. It was a good time by all that were in attendance. Jimmy Butler and Jim McFarland from Austin, Dan Carol from Christoval and myself made up the core of the performance that evening. We were, as in previous shows, accompanied by a few special guests from time to time throughout the evening. Bill Armstrong, Jr. took up on Harmonica, as he has before. He sounded better than ever. “Fish” on saxophone made a short but great appearance somewhere in there. It was a good show and I apologize for not getting the word out to everyone. I will attempt to do a better job of letting everyone know when this will take place again. “Public Domain” will be doing some more shows in the future, but I have no idea when that will be. All I can say for right now is check the website often.
San Angelo Clay Bird Assn
San Angelo, Texas-June 28, 2008
Drumming for the band “Public Domain”
Been here and done this before, but this time Jimmy Butler and Jim McFarland were there too. I forgot to mention that during the Ms. Hattie’s show Jimmy Butler introduced a new song, “Last To Know”. A real good song, I liked it the first time I heard it (while playing it) and we performed it again at this show and I was able to get a bit more specific as to the way I applied my drumming to this song, although not much different than the first time, the night before at Ms.Hattie’s. I really like the way that song grooves, or maybe I just like the way I laid down the groove. Jimmy did not do any other originals that I remember, which was kind of a let down. I like his songs, I wish we had done more. Again, Bill Armstrong, Jr. joined us for a few songs doing a superb job on the harmonica. This was an outdoor show, the same setting that we played a few months ago. Overall it was a good show and the audience seemed to enjoy us, Thank you Jimmy, Jim, Dan and Bill and all the fine folks at the San Angelo Clay Bird Association. .
Lone Wolf
San Angelo, Texas-August 15, 2008
Drumming for the band “$pare Change”
This gig came at me really fast, so to speak. Ron Spears, bass player and vocalist for “$pare Change” called me earlier on the day of the show and asked if I would be on “stand-by” because he was not able to make contact with the drummer that was to be performing with them that night. I told Ron that I would be here if he needed me. Now to back track a bit, Ron and I met a few days earlier at Tarpley’s, the local music store. This meeting was with the help of Robert, an employee. Robert, I want to thank you again! Robert has been very, no pun intended, instrumental in me finding music jobs in the area. Anyway, I had told Ron, when we were
conversing that if you get into a bind, and you are drummer-less, call me and if I can do it, I will. Didn’t think I’d hear from him that soon. The show went OK, I was a bit lost a few times, but that is part of winging it when you play live, and also part of the fun. My timing was solid. The band sounded good, from what I could tell. I was not able to hear the vocals to well. I have to say that the band is very loud. I played drums harder than I have in a long time. I really do not like to play that hard, because when I play that hard I know the music is to loud! .To make a longer story short, I thought I was to become a member of that band---but, guess again, they went with another drummer after that show. Just as well for me, I prefer to freelance until I find full-time work. It was a good experience and I wish “$pare Change” the best. They may call me to do a fill-in gig some day, but I won’t be sitting by the phone waiting. Thanks guys. Peace.
theAngelic-Kin Correspondents
from the Global Good News Desk By Roman Fields
As we mentioned, the name of this column is now changed to
theAngelic-Kin Correspondents
And without further delay, let us move on to Port Aransas, Texas with our very own Angelic-Kin Correspondent, Max Levelland.
Max: Well, I thank you Roman, and I just want to say that I do like the new “moniker”, Angelic-Kin Correspondent., It has a nice feel. I didn’t have anything against our other “moniker” but this one seems a bit more fitting, also being that the plans are to change the name of the newsletter to The Angelic-Kin Chronicle.
Roman: So true, but newsletter name change is a ways away yet. So what will it be for this installment from Port ‘A’?
Max: Before I proceed, I want to mention that I have not received an email with the correct answer for by the question in the last issue of The Citizenz Gazette. That question being, what year did Port Aransas officially change it’s name to Port Aransas?
Roman: Any guess?
Max: I had a few incorrect guesses.. Most of the email I have received has been in reference to the Karankawa Indians. That definitely garnered up some interest.
Roman: So where to now in Port “A”?
Max: I want to tell a story about the Lighthouse here on Mustang Island.
Roman: Go for it!
Max: First of all, the lighthouse they use today is, the lighthouse at the Coastguard Station and this is not the original lighthouse. The Aransas Pass Lighthouse, also known as the Lydia Ann Channel Lighthouse, was the original lighthouse in the area. The building of the Lydia Ann Channel
Lighthouse was completed in 1857 after the installation of the Frensal Lens. That lens has a bit of hstory that I will get back to in a moment.
Roman: OK
Max: In 1952 there was a major channel shift and this channel shift left the Lydia Ann Cannel Lighthouse about a mile from the channel entrance, hence the building of the light house at the Coast Guard Station. The history I wanted to mention has to do with the Civil War timeframe. Apparently, just before the beginning of the Civil War or just after the start of it, someone took it upon themselves to remove the Fresnal Lens from the lantern room and hide it in the vast marshlands in the area. Whoever had the lens, controlled the nighttime passage. No lighthouse, the union ships could only get through in the daytime, for it was a treacherous pass to navigate. You see, the harbors of Corpus Christi, Rockport, Saint Mary’s and Copano Bay, and also San Jose and Mustang Islands were supplying the Confederate Army with food and other important supplies. for the troops fighting in the north. The possession of the Fresnal Lens traded back and forth throughout the Civil War. In the next installment, we will, maybe, if all goes well, give you the “rest of the story”
Roman: I can work with that.
Max: That is all I have for right now.
Roman: Thank you Max and we will get back to you for the next issue, maybe from Corpus Christi?
Max: Could be from Corpus but could be from another town in the area. We’ll just have to wait and see where things are at that time, ----and thank you Roman
Roman: There you have it, from our Angelic-Kin Correspondent
In Port A, Port Aransas, Texas, Mr. Max Levelland.
That is the only report we have for this installment of theAngelic-Kin Correspondents. We do want to remind you, that if you were in the Alice Springs area and you attended the only dry river regatta in the world, the Henley-on-Todd Regatta, also known as the Todd River Race, email us and tell us your stories so me may publish them. See you next time, this is Roman Fields, signing off for now!
GET ON the AIR now!!!
Artist International Referral™
A free service from: The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
Ok, here we go, another area of interest here at Angelic Passages. This has been a service we have been attempting to get “off the ground” for quite sometime, In a “lesser” version you will find listings in previous issues of The Citizenz Gazette under different headings. This new department, at The Angelic Headquarters is now the Artist International Referral, for artists of every kind, from anywhere, and completely free of any charge or obligation. Well----there is one obligation, and that is, not to feed false information to us. We are doing this in an attempt to link artists from all around the globe. There are many websites that are already doing this. We are just another source for you to locate artist’s of all types and interests. Due to the fact that this is a “G-rated” organization, we ask that you keep your listing in “g-rated” fashion.. It will be a few issues away before we publish the first postings, as we gather information. Artists! Artists of all kinds: music, art, actors, ceramics, needlework, painters whatever you have to offer the world, BRING it ON and we will list you in the Artist nternational Referral . Please include, at least, a professional name (I you do not choose to use your legal name), email address, type of art or arts you have to offer, websites, links, and of course, city, state/province and country. Please give some deteil to your art, and if you have samples, photos,, whatever, send them along or give us permission to extract samples from whatever source you supply. No worries,
With all that in mind, be sure to GET ON the AIR now ! ! !
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WebsitesofWorth
Spiritual/Enlightenment
Sedona Journal of Emergence (monthly magazine) www.sedonajournal.com/home/
Gaia Community (online “spiritual” community)http://www.gaia.com/community/
Light Is Real (self discovery) http://lightisreal.com/selfdiscovery.html
Planet Lightworker (Metaphysics, Spirituality) www.PlanetLightWorker.com
Science of Mind (A guide for spiritual living) www.ScienceofMind.com
Links for Musicians & Artists
Jam Wave---Artist and Fan Community www.JamWave.com
I Sound---Artist and Fan Community www.isound.com
Gear Jack---Musician Classified (National) http://www.gearjack.com
Chicken Farm Art Center (San Angelo, Texas) www.chickenfarmartcenter.com
General Interest
Radio and TV personality Glenn Beck www.glennbeck,com
Presidential Candidate Ron Paul: www.ronpaul.com
We The People Foundation: www.givemeliberty.org
(just because): www.AngelicPassages.com
The Free American (monthly Magazine) www.FreeAmerican.com
Links to Musicians & Artists
The Matt Barber Experience www.MattBarberExperience.com (Illinois)
Groovy Tuesday www.GroovyTuesdayRocks.com (New York)
Concho Bandits www.myspace.com/conchobanditsband ?(San Angelo, Texas)
JoëL™: www.AngelicPassages.com (Christoval,Texas)
Oscar Butler Singer/Songwriter http://www.oscarbutlermusic.com/ (New Mexico)
Michael Riversong Harpist http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong (Wyoming)
Travel
Maple Haven Resort www.maplehavenresort.com An exquisite camping resort located just outside of North Woodstock, New Hampshire.
Flying J travel Centers. www.flyingj.com Located all around America. Zark gives them the thumbs up on consistency, overall cleanliness, competitiveness, and customer courtesy.
Inn of The Conchos www.inn-of-the-conchos.com San Angelo, Texas. A nice, clean, friendly place to stay when in the San Angelo area. Reasonable rates, friendly staff, close to downtown and many local attractions, Restaurant and nightclub on premise. Meeting and banquet facilities available. "A Darn Good Place To Hang Your Hat".
Hobby Corner
HO Slot Car Racing http://www.hoslotcarracing.com/
Plant Nurseries
New Mexico, Albuquerque Osuna Nursery www.osunanursey.com
Las Cruces Enchanted Garden email: gardens@zianet.net
Chambers of Commerce/Better Business Bureaus/Visitors Bureaus
Flagstaff, Arizona http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/ Convention & Visitors Bureau
Calgary, Alberta www.calgarykiosk.ca Travel Guide
Charleston, South Carolina www.charlestonchamber.net Chamber
www.charlestoncvb.com Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.HeritageFederation.org The Charleston Heritage Federation
Alice Springs, Northern Territory http://www.thealice.com.au/ Business Directory
Port Aransas, Texas www.portaransas.org Chamber
Albuquerque, New Mexico www.abqcvb.org Visitors Bureau
Sedona, Arizona www.sedonachamber.com Chamber of Commerce
Dublin, Ireland www.visitdublin.com Tourist Board
Other Sites of Interest
Henley-on-Todd Alice Springs, Northern Territory www.henley-on-toddregatta.com.au
Airfields In America http://www.airstripamerica.com/index.html
Marina Directory http://www.marinasdirectory.org/
Lighthouse Listings http://www.lighthousefriends.com/
Calgary Folk Music Festival www.calgaryfolkfest.com
Magnolia Plantation Charleston, South Carolina http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
International Reggae FestivalCalgary, Alberta www.calgaryreggaefestival.com
That is Issue Eighteen of The Citizenz Gazette. Thank you all for reading and we will be back with another fine issue soon. Have a safe and wonderful Labor Day Weekend.
P E A C E N O W !
This issue of The Citizenz Gazette edited by Sonny Summers.
Copyright 2008 by The Angelic Press
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July 4th 2008 Issue Seventeen
Newsworthy Tipbits
by Sonny Summers
Hello! And here we are, once again, with another fine issue of The Citizenz Gazette. We, all of us here at The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies, would like to take a moment to wish all of our loyal readers a safe and fun filled Fourth of July holiday! Anyone that happens to be in the Alice Springs area, don’t forget to attend the Henley-On-Todd Regatta on the 30th of August, of course, weather permitting. Guaranteed to be a great time! Any of our readers that happen to be in the Calgary area, don’t miss the 29th Calgary Folk Music Festival, taking place July 24th through the 27th. The list of great talent appearing at this festival is very, very impressive. For links to the respective websites, scroll to the websitesofworth and click on the respective links. (This applies only to website edition) In this issue of The Citizenz Gazette, we have, yes, another “round” of We-Are-On-It! Correspondents The attention that this column has generated is very impressive and we want you to know that we are grateful for the emails and comments from all of our readers. Keep it coming. This issue we will hear from, once again, Lou Luchetti from Charleston, South Carolina. Max Levelland in Port Aransas, Texas, Johnny Randolph in Calgary, Alberta, Butch Landers in Flagstaff Arizona, the lovely Teresa Trentwood in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, ……….and. As you can see, another fact filled educational good time from our We-Are-On-It! Correspondents around the world. How many questions can you answer from our ever inquisitive I've Got Questions, You Got Answers? column? Lance Markem is back with another “eye opening” contribution in his article titles “Patriotism” A whole bunch of great reading is in store for you in this issue of The Citizenz Gazette, so let us get right to it!
Editor’s Note: Reading material in this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or by-laws of The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies. We do, however, believe in freedom of the press. As long as the material content remains “G-rated” and we feel there may be some merit in an article, we will print it. In lieu of this statement, we bring you the next article.
Patriotism
by Lance Markem
Hello! Again! And I am one very surprised individual, that is, to be back writing another article for The Citizenz Gazette. I am happy to be writing this. Before we get into the subject of this article, Sonny had asked me to review some of the email that was generated from the last article I wrote, in the last issue of The Gazette, “Is this theft or just plain ignorance?. Not really sure where I should start on this, but I sure did catch some “heat” for what I wrote, but there where others that where in concurrence with most of my views. The most frequent point made by the reader’s comments were that cops taking cars home from work keeps crime down in the neighborhoods where they live. That, my friends, is not true at all. From the sources I have researched, this is not the case. For the most part, a cop car in a neighborhood has done nothing to reduce crime in the respective neighborhoods. There has been, however, several reports of vandalism to the police vehicles. If that isn’t spitting in the eye of the law? In one email someone asked me: “Why don’t you turn yourself in for the hemostats you stole from the military?” Well, first of all, the statue of limitations took care of that a long time ago, and besides, I became aware of what I did, granted, quite a long time after the fact, but at least I did “wake-up” to it. The next most frequently asked question was in reference to “extorted tax dollars”. Let me be the first to inform some of The Gazette readers, that income tax is voluntary---key word folks---“voluntary”. I’ve heard it so many times from people: “if I don’t pay income tax. I’ll go to jail.” Chances are they are correct, that is why we all, The Citizens of America, need to have some sort of a “Boston Tea Party” and put an end to this extortion. Now, I want to make it clear, that I do not advocate violence in any way. So let us keep this peaceful, for through benevolence will win in the end. There are many other comments that were made about my previous article, but right now I prefer to get into the subject of this article. Since our Nation’s Birthday will occur about the time this issue of The Citizenz Gazette is published, I will be discussing “Patriotism”. It would behoove you all to take a look at The Constitution and The Bill of Rights, and while you are at it, the Declaration of Independence. This is, I believe, the two hundred and thirty-second birthday of America. Let’s take a look at the positive side for a little bit. How about these great images, known around the world, for instance, the Statue of Liberty, The Empire State Building, the HOLLYWOOD sign, the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, the Golden Gate Bridge, Saint Louis Arch, Niagara Falls and I could go on for quite a while here. How about some things that were created in or made popular in America, like Monopoly, the game of Life, the Slinky the Hula Hoop, Yo-Yo, Rubik’s Cube, (I thought Rubik’s Cube was making a comeback not to long ago—stimulated by a movie starring Will Smith), Lincoln Logs, Erector Set, diners, Mickey Mouse, Tupperware Parties, Elvis Presley, Cracker Jacks, Coca Cola, Norman Rockwell, drive-In movie theaters (not to many of them left), soda fountains, the Pet Rock How about some great American achievements. The first man to land on the Moon, yet there is controversy about that. In America there are voting rights for all citizens, How about some of these lines? “Yabba-dabba-do!” or “Dyno-mite! try this one, “Good grief!”(wouldn’t that be considered an oxymoron in today’s politically correct terminology?) maybe try this one on for size—“Yada, yada, yada” or a real favorite, “Don’t have a cow, man.”. Let us not forget “Heeeeeeres Johnny!”. “Let the Force Be with you”, “Just the facts, ma’am”, “Sock it to me!”, “Welcome to Fantasy Island”, “Smile! You’re on Candid Camera!”, “And now you know…the rest of the story” and ,”Oh no!----Mister Bill!”, .A few one a kinds for you---Evil Knievel, Charlie Chaplin, Wolfman Jack, Woodstock, Madonna, Gomer Pyle, Bugs Bunny, The Fonz, The Top Ten List from the David Letterman Show, Lucille Ball, Robin Williams, Michael Jackson (I still believe him to be innocent) and I am sure you can come up with a few of your own. Now on to a more “serious” side of the state of the union. The Bill of Rights, the first ten Amendments to the U.S Constitution,, can be generally summed up as follows: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, protection from unreasonable search and seizure, the right to bear arms, protection under due process of law. I am really going to push the “limits” with some of what I am about to say, referring to what I can get away with writing here. We have , whether or not you want to face it, lost a lot of our fundamental freedoms. Freedom of speech—well one can say what one wants, but don’t be surprised if the “feds” come marching in! Freedom of the press—that one is abused by the press, not enhanced by the press. The press, speaking of mainstream media here, sensationalizes everything that they get their “dirty little fingers” on but they don’t go after the big fish, like the government and all the ways it is “big brothering” us and in violation of the Constitution. I’ll use income tax for starters! I will get away from talking about the press because I could write pages on the press. I’ve seen it written in this publication about alternate news groups that focus on conspiracy theories. It would be good for oneself to educate oneself on other possibilities of truth ‘cause you ain’t getting’ it from mainstream media, at all. Freedom of religion---hmmmm, seems to me that the Eldorado, Texas ordeal is a blatant violation by the Texas government on that fiasco!. I am not implying that there was no wrong doing, on the part of the “sect”. I will say, one phone call of alleged rape is not enough for the invasion that took place. It’s been about three months and no charges have been filed, need I say more And frankly, if they filed charges now, I would question the validity of it all. I would call the charges a cover up so the government doesn’t look bad. Now if they wanted to go after the “sect” for possible welfare fraud, that would be a different case, The next one is protection from unreasonable search and seizure---I see this right violated every time I happen to land on “Cops” Every time without fail, the police have violated the “suspects” rights, hands down. I do not watch “Cops” or any of the Hollywood-ized police investigation shows, but I have, on occasion, viewed bits and pieces of these shows. I see violations of this right going on ALL OF THE TIME!!!!! The right to bear arms. I think every American should own at least one unregistered hand gun. These gun control advocates fail to realize that if you take the guns away from the citizens, the criminals will be the only ones that will have guns, and the cops, of course, and in many cases, one in the same. Ask Australia how their gun control turned out? If you hadn’t noticed, about two weeks ago we almost lost our right to posses a gun. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to “allow” us to keep our guns, as the second amendment was left alone, for now anyway. Protection under due process of the law. A good example of this is-, how many times has the media, basically had the mass population convinced that someone was guilty, even before they were arrested. The O.J. Simpson ordeal was a great example. I am not taking sides as to whether O.J. was guilty or not, but I remember the first time I heard about that on the news, the story had only been few hours old, and the slant on it was that O.J. was guilty. Hardly enough time to gather enough evidence to point fingers. But you the American public, bought the whole ball of wax. Am I making my point here?. America used to be a great county, but face it, but the power has to go back to the people before America can be a great county again. I love this country, I always have. I do not like or respect our government or any aspect of our government because it is not the government our forefathers intended. It is sad to say that most, of what call themselves, Americans have no grip on what the Constitution means or what it is all about. They fly the flag in total ignorance. I admit that I am not an expert on the Constitution but I have been educating myself on a few things over the years. I have been labeled a “subversive” by a few people. Funny thing about that is, I had to look up the word “subversive” because I did not know what it meant. Now the strange twist to this is that those that called themselves patriots that labeled me a subversive, by definition are the subversive ones and I am the patriot. Now, I want to turn this article completely around and focus on the some of the positive attributes of America. A suggestion is to take this article and reflect on the good this country has done for the world, and believe me the good things America has offered the world is very long and impressive list, indeed, and let us not let our government sabotage our greatness any longer. Happy Fourth of July everyone and Happy Birthday America!
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We-Are-On-It! Correspondents
from the Global Good News Desk By Roman Fields
This installment of We-Are-On-It! Correspondents, we have reports from Lou Luchetti, bringing us more colorful information from Charleston, and the Magnolia Plantation. Johnny Randolph, coming to you from Calgary, Teresa Trentwood, coming to us from the home of the only dry river regatta in the world, Alice Springs. Max Levelland from Port Aransas, Texas, and Butch Landers from Flagstaff, Arizona have also checked in. For this issue of The Citizenz Gazette we will introduce you to the newest member of our continually growing list of We-Are-On-It! Correspondents, Sailor McCarthy coming to us from Dublin, Ireland, and I must say, an interesting bloke he is! Let us get on with it! Port Aransas is our first stop
Roman: Max, how the heck are you?
Max: Doing well here, Roman. Memorial Day weekend here in “Port A was a good time. Wasn’t as busy as it usually is, maybe due to the price of gas, but it was still very busy around here. Had a grand time, without a doubt. I wanted to tell The Gazette readers that over the Memorial Day weekend I met a couple from Alice Springs. We talked for quite a while. Yes, we eventually landed on the subject of the Henley-On-Todd Regatta. They were really “jazzed” that someone, so far away from Alice Springs, knew of it. They said they have not missed one in years. They assured me that it is a real blast to experience this event and that everyone at this event gets into it and has a great time.
Roman: That is quite interesting. You met residents of the home of the Henley-On-Todd Regatta., in Port Aransas. Do they know Teresa?
Max: They said they did not recognize her name but they will, when they get back home, send you or Sonny an email and request that you forward it to Teresa.
Roman: We sure will do that! That is pretty cool.
Max: Yes, they were a very nice couple and they told me quite a bit about “The Alice”. I could tell from talking to them they really love it there. They also emphasized that, although the Todd River race is a good place to start, that Alice Springs has many more things to offer their visitors. We will leave that up to Teresa.
Roman: Thank you for that bit of information. What do you have for us this time around?
Max: This time I will discuss some of the previous names before Port Aransas was named Port Aransas.
Roman: Sounds good!
Max: In 1888 the first post office was established under the name of Ropesville. Named after Elihu Ropes. Mr. Ropes purchased Mustang Island for twenty-five thousand dollars. Imagine that! Shortly after the purchase he established the Port Ropes Company. Mr. Ropes had a plan to dredge a channel across Mustang Island, but that turned out to be a fruitless effort. The reasoning for this channel was to give ships from and to Corpus Christi direct access to the Gulf of Mexico. This project, as mentioned before, did not see completion. By the end of 1891 this project was terminated because of many problems that were encountered.
Roman: I always thought it was called Port Aransas.
Max: I did too. I still have to look into what the names were before Ropesville, After Ropesville, Port “A” was known as Tarpon, due to the abundant game fish in the waters surrounding the island. The name was changed in 1896 from Ropesville, to Tarpon. Now I am going to send this question out to The Gazette readers. Who know’s what year Port Aransas became the name Port Aransas? Email your answers to Gazette@AngelicPassages.com and please enter “max” in the subject line. Thank you.
Roman: That is a good question, I do not have the answer.
Max: I didn’t know until I looked it up. I thought it was always Port Aransas, just like you did. A few other tidbits about Port “A”:. I think I have mentioned this in a previous installment, Mustang Island was once called Wild Horse Island. The summer population, and spring break populations swell to approximately the 80,000 range! That is compared to a base of about 4.000 people. Quite the change! Port Aransas was featured in a 1999 episode of Fox channel’s “King of the Hill”. For all you visitors, contrary to how that episode portrayed the ferry service, just for your information, the ferry service to Aransas Pass is 24 hours.
Roman: 4,000 to 80,000, man! That’s incredible!
Max: You should be here for it!
Roman: I have been to Port “A” many times, but I have managed to do so outside the busier times.
Max: It really is a fun place, even when the population swells. Roman,, that is all I have for this installment.
Roman: Thank you Max and we’ll talk to you soon. It has been a pleasure.
Max: Thank you Roman and a thank you to all The Gazette readers. Now, over to “The Holy City”, the home of the magnificent Magnolia Plantation, the one and only, Lou Luchetti reporting to you from Charleston, South Carolina!
Lou: Thank you Max and my regards to Port A. Great into dude! Howdy Roman!
Roman: Hey Lou! Take us back to the Magnolia Plantation. I have been looking forward to this.
Lou: Yes Roman, here we go---last issue I briefly covered a few of the attractions at Magnolia Plantation, such as: The Biblical Garden, the Maze and the Herb Garden. If you want to “kick-it” a bit, you can take The Nature Boat. A twenty-two passenger pontoon boat will glide you through the Magnolia Plantation’s 125 acre rice field and give you a spectacular view of over two hundred types of waterfowl and a varied species of reptiles in this wonderland of a wildlife refuge. Hop off the boat and on to The Nature Train. The Nature Train departs every hour for a forty-five minute excursion that encompasses a four mile tour of the Magnolia Plantation, out side of the Plantation proper. The Nature Train is conducted by a well informed and well educated historian as to share with the passengers a complete view of the Plantation’s flora, fauna and history.
Roman: Count me in!
Max: Now that you have given your legs a break why don’t you mosey on over to The Barbados Tropical Garden. Here is where you find one of the oldest gardens in the country, dating back over three hundred years. The first plantation house was built by Stephen Fox, in the 1680’s time frame. Stephen Fox reigned from Barbados, Keep in mind that the Magnolia Plantation has been in the same family since it began, passed along generation, by generation. The Barbados Tropical Garden is the family’s tribute to their homeland. Then off to the Magnolia Plantation’s Wildlife Refuge. This area of the Plantation has been managed as a wildlife refuge since 1975. The diversity in the terrain has created a wide variety of plant and animal life. This area is well known as a bird watching area. Sections of this area of the plantation can be reached by walking trails and bike trails. There is an observation tower near the gardens as to allow spectacular views of the area. If you are ready for a break go by and visit the Plantation Snack Shop, located near the parking area. Inside and outside dining areas are available, as well as picnic areas nearby. There are many private areas available for catered events. After a good bite to eat go on your way to the Plantation Petting Zoo. There you will find miniature horses, ducks, geese, Malayan jungle fowl, peacocks, deer, goats, sheep and many other Plantation animals.
Roman: I presume the children are permitted to pet the deer and goats and other land animals.
Lou: They sure are Roman. I forgot to mention that. I must say, there is something majestic about a baby deer. Not far from the Plantation Petting Zoo, stop by and view the Topiary Garden. The Topiary Garden, a zoo garden of small animals. For the next installment of We-Are-On-It! Correspondents I will wrap up my report on The Magnolia Plantation, here in Charleston , South Carolina and see where we go from there!
Roman: Thank you Lou and we will get back to you for the next issue. I will make a point to visit the Magnolia Plantation next time I am in the Charleston area.
Lou: Definitely plan on it, I am sure you will enjoy it. Thank you Roman, and now, I believe it is over to you, Teresa Trentwood from Alice Springs, and getting close to Regatta time.
Teresa: Thank you Lou! And yes, mate, we are about six weeks away from the Henley-On-Todd Regatta.. Cheers Roman!
Roman: Cheers Teresa. Sure wish I could be there this year but it just won’t happen this time, possibly, just possibly,, next year.
Teresa: You are going to miss a real good time! For this installment of the We-Are-On-It! Correspondents I would like to review a few of the many highlights of “The Alice” for any of The Gazette readers that have plans to attend the Henley-On-Todd Regatta this year, so they may plan on other ways to enjoy their stay.
Roman: Have at it Teresa!
Teresa: Ok matie! First of all, if you are into hiking or camping you must do some trekking in the MacDonnell ranges, just south of town. Also there are a number of gorges with hiking trails and swimming holes such as the Red Bank Gorge, the Ormiston Gorge and the Glen Helen Gorge. Don’t miss the Larapinta trail, considered to be one of the worlds great walking trails as you follow along the West McDonnell Range. A must see it the Simpson Desert, with its big red sand dunes and fascinating rock formations. The Simpson Desert is located just southeast of “The Alice”
Roman: Be sure to pack a good pair of hiking boots!
Teresa: That would be a jolly good idea! For those that would like to stay closer to town, we have the Olive Pink Botanic Garden, and for a superb education on the many facets of the surrounding desert area visit the Alice Springs Desert Park. There are many attractions in town as “Alice” is a tourist hub and service center for the surrounding areas. I really do not have enough time to go over everything, but I will touch on a few more things. In later installments I would like to venture into some history about Alice Springs and a bit more detail on the attractions here.
Roman: That would be good Teresa, I look forward to it.
Teresa: A few more interesting places to visit while you are here, and there are many more, but these are the first ones to come to mind. We have some great historic landmarks, such as: the Overland Telegraph Station, the Old Courthouse and the Hartley Street School. We also have many large hotels and a world class convention center, so bring your neighborhood to the Todd River Race! All the hotels are booked full by now, I am sure. May be a few open rooms, and not easy to find. The Henley-On-Todd really fills the hotels. Roman, that is all I have for now. I am very busy with the Regatta coming up. I will work on having another report next issue, but I am not sure if I will have time with the Todd River Race and all.
Roman: OK Teresa, I thank you and I am sure the readers thank you. Have a great time at the Henley-On-Todd Regatta, and hope to get to the next one.
Teresa: That is the plan Roman. To all of The Gazette readers that may be here this year for the race, email Sonny or Roman so that we can meet. It has been a pleasure mate and now it is over to Butch Landers coming to you from Flagstaff Arizona.
Butch: Thank you Teresa and I wish I was going to be there for the Todd River Race. Do some cheering for me! Actually, I am in Sedona right now. I will be covering Sedona for this installment.
Roman: Yes, Sedona, an amazing place!
Butch: Before I get into Sedona. I want to mention something about the “Flagstaff Tea Party”, if you recall from a few issues back.
Roman: What have you come up with on The Flagstaff Tea Party?
Butch: Believe it or not, Roman, absolutely zilch! I have been to the library, “Googled” is many times, and I have not been able to find anything. I have not given up on it, but it sits on the back burner for now so we can move on to other things.
Roman: I am surprised! Maybe it was an “unofficial” “gang” of sorts.
Butch: Could be Roman. Anybody out there in the readership territory have any information on a group of people calling themselves the “Flagstaff Tea Party”, 1876 circa, please email me at Gazette@AngelicPassages.com , enter “butch” in subject line. Thanks. On to Sedona. First of all, Sedona has a natural beauty that is difficult to convey to someone that has not been here. You have to see it to believe it. I have yet to see a photograph that accurately depicts the awesome beauty Sedona has to offer.
Roman: I have to agree with you on that Butch.
Butch: For sure, do not think many would disagree. It’s kind of like the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls, you have to visit them and find out for yourself. Words and pictures just don not cut it.
Roman: Yes, indeed
Butch: The name Sedona came from an interesting source, one that I had not anticipated. Sedona is the name of the wife of the first postmaster of Sedona. His name was T.C Schnebly. and apparently the government informed TC that Schnebly Station was to long for a postmark. At that point he went with Sedona, the name of his wife.
Roman: I didn’t expect that either. Like it is said, you learn something new everyday! Butch: You got that right!-----now, during the Civil War period, and there is nothing civil about war, the settlers raised fruit which was sold to the ranchers and loggers in the Flagstaff area and to the miners in the nearby Jerome area. Sedona is a major tourist attraction and that being the present day main force in the economy. Sedona has also become a major artist attraction. New Age enthusiast, like many people I know feel and believe that Sedona has a strong “spiritual connection”. That is the only way I can think to put it. There is definitely something special about this place.
Roman: Sedona does have an interesting aura to it. I know, I have been there many times.
Butch: Sure does Roman. The New Age community claims there are many vortexes in the area, mainly in the Bellrock, Airport Mesa, Cathedral Rock, Boynton Canyon and Schnebly Hill areas. These areas are some of the many named “rock formations” that constitute some of the incredible beauty of Sedona.
Roman: Have you, for lack of another way to put it, had any New Age experiences in Sedona?
Butch: I have indeed, but I am not willing to discuss them in a public forum. Sorry about that. I will say, it was all good and all peaceful. I can say, because it was a somewhat publicized event, the Harmonic Convergence in 1989, which I did not attend, was focused in the Sedona area.
Roman: I do remember that, but, like you, I was not in attendance.
Butch: I would like to say that the term “New Age” seems to have negative connotations from the large amount of public exposure to that phrase in a negative manor. There is not one thing negative about the term “New Age”, only the mass media and the way they have chosen to slant the term.
Roman: So true Butch, so true.
Butch: I will have to close for now, but I will be back to Sedona, eventually, to do another report from here.
Roman: You won’t be doing your next installment from Sedona?
Butch: No Roman, I leave tomorrow and back to Flagstaff. I may be up in Moab, Utah for the next installment, either Moab or Flagstaff. It all depends on the timing.
Roman: Moab would be good, but we need to pick up in Flagstaff, we kind of left Flagstaff hanging.
Butch: We did leave Flagstaff hanging, didn’t we? Try again for next installment.
Roman: Thank you Butch.
Butch: Thank you Roman. I believe it now over to you Calgary, Alberta with Johnny Randolph!
Johnny: Thank you Butch and a very interesting report. Howdy Roman!
Roman: Hello Johnny! Yes, that was an interesting report. I’ve always enjoyed my visits to Sedona. Continue on your festival overview for Calgary, please.
Johnny: My pleasure Roman. But a quick note here, I have not been to Sedona as of yet, but I have wanted to visit there. Maybe Butch will add some motivation to that endeavor. Picking up with the Festivals in Calgary for September, they are: the “Barbeque on the Bow” festival, the “C-Jazz Festival”, the “Heritage Park” festival, also known as the “Old Time Fall Fair”, “Artcity” or the “”Festival of Art, Design and Architecture”, and the “Calgary International Film Festival”,
Roman: The number of festivals appears to taper off in September, as I see it.
Johnny: Yes they do Roman, but this is a good thing. By the time September gets here, we are ready for a “breather”. To back track a bit, I will give a brief back round on a few of the festivals in August.. First off, the “Sumerstock Theatre Festival”, is put on by the Summerstock Conservatory, formally the MainStage and was founded in 2002 and is based out of the Westmount Charter Scholl in Calgary. This festival takes place in the Arts District in Calgary. This is an annual performance of a popular musical. Performers are students from high schools and university from across Canada. Definitely a must see experience. A lot of great young aspiring talent. Let’s move on to the “Calgary Fringe Festival”, since we are on the subject of stage productions. The “Cslgary Fringe Festival” is a drama based festival, based primarily in the inner city neighborhood of Inglewood, in the downtown area of Calgary. The “Calgary Fringe Festival’ began in 2001, although it went by the name of the “Plan B Festival” prior to 2001. This festival is primarily organized by the Loose Moose Theatre Company. The Calgary Fringe includes street performances, vendors, film festivals, visual arts displays and some live music. Speaking of music, in August we have the The International Reggae Festival which is sponsored by the Calgary Reggae Society. As with the Calgary Folk Music Festival, there is a long list of great talent and to single any one act out would be difficult to do. The best thing to do is visit: www.calgaryreggaefestival.com and check it out. Then we have the “GlobalFest” held every August, sponsored in part by The Calgary Festival Fireworks Society and the International Arts and Culture Centre. This event features Culture Pavilions and an international fireworks competition. The Culture Pavilions are located throughout the city of Calgary and feature pavilions with themes from Africa, ,Hispanic America, Middle East, Caribbean, Italy, India, Mexico, Scotland, Ukraine, Vietnam as well as others. The fireworks competition is held each night in Elliston Park in southeast Calgary. I make sure I do not miss this one. The fireworks are, to say the least, phenomenal. They even have fireworks that they bounce off the water!!! The pavilions are great too, some great international cuisine going on, anything to satisfy any taste bud, along with great educational tools on the different cultures Well Roman, that is all I have for right now. I hope it has been informative and maybe enticed a few Gazette readers to want to visit us here in Calgary.
Roman: I thank you Johnny , and a very informative report. It has enticed me! You have a great festival filled month of July and we will talk next issue.
Johnny: OK Roman! Yes a busy month here for festivals, topped off by the Calgary Folk Music Festival, which I will be attending. Wish all you folks south of our border a happy Independence Day!! And now. With a little luck of the Irish ---we bring to you, from Dublin, Ireland-----Mr. Mack “Sailor” McCarthy!
Sailor: Thank you Johnny and ----ey Roman, you there? and it’s good to be here, now ain’t it mate?
Roman: Yes I am here, great to be here it is! Tell us how the name Sailor came to be.
Sailor: If you want to find me mate, check my boat first. It’s a rare chance , you know, that you won’t find me on me boat! Where me boat happens to be at any given moment, now that’s another story, that it is!
Roman: How are things in Dublin, these days?
Sailor: Dublin, she is doing just fine!
Roman: Good to hear that. So give us some back round on Dublin.
Sailor: I have to be honest with ya here, I am not as prepared as me wanted to be. You see I was out sailing around the island here and I got back later than expected. I was havin’ to much fun, I was! So I will just say what come to me mind.
Roman: That works for me.
Sailor: Let me tell you of some of the music that has come from Dublin. Everybody knows that U2 came from this great city. But did ya know that The Boomtown Rats and Thin Lizzy are from here too. Also not as popular but still well known bands like Hothouse Flowers and Boyzone.
Roman: I thought The Boomtown Rats were from Long Island, here in the states.
Sailor: Not true ! They be from here. The Dublin-Belfast Corridor has a population of about three million and Dublin is the largest city and capital of Ireland. Dublin is one of the most youthful cities in Europe with about half of the population being twenty-five years or younger! The nightlife in Dublin has got to be among the best in the world, course that could be a slanted opinion ‘cuse I love me city!, I have been to many places and I can say that I have me best times here at home. When I am out and about, and not on my boat, you may find me in the area around Saint Stephen’s Green, where you will find some of the most popular nightclubs and pubs in Dublin, and maybe all of Ireland for that matter. Although me buddies in Belfast would blast me if they knew I said that. Sure would lead to a good party, though!!! If that ain’t enough for ya matie, check out the Temple Bar area, just south of River Liffey, this area is know worldwide. I suggest you start in the Saint Stephen’s Green area and work your way to the Temple Bar area. To much to quick and I may have to pick you up off the river bank somewhere along the Liffey!! Blokes really know how to party peacefully around here!!! And just in case you lose your direction, the River Liffey divides Dublin into the Northside and the Southside.
Roman: I want to visit there and taste some of your homeland beer, non other than some Guinness.
Sailor: Me have one waitin’ for you matie! When you gonna get here?
Roman: Don’t know at this point.
Sailor: Not to scare you off, but you should know that Dublin has been ranked the sixteenth most expensive city in the world and the eighth most expensive city in Europe. The one I like is it that me fine city has also been voted the friendliest city in Europe.
Roman: Sailor, this is good for our first time and if I can catch up to you for next issue we will do a follow up, maybe you will be more prepared.
Sailor: I will do better next time, I will!
Roman: Thank you Sailor and you owe me a Guinness.
Sailor: Betta than that matie, I owe you a whole night of Guinness, I show you how we party here! Bring Joel with ya, I here he dosen’t drink the booze, we’ll make a man out of ‘em!
Roman: Really don’t think you will win that one, besides we’ll need a designated driver!
Sailor: Good point matie! See ya!
Roman: There you have it, our first visit to Dublin, Ireland with Sailor McCarthy. Wasn’t quite as I expected, but I’ll go with it. That is what we have for this time around for We-Are-On-It! Correspondents, Now---BRACE YOURSELVES for, yet, another name change! Maybe we should entertain changing the name of this newsletter to the “NameChange Gazette”! Anyway, we have intentions to change the name of this column, the We-Are-On-It! Correspondents, to theAngelic-Kin Correspondents. We are working to have the change in place and completed by the next issue of The Citizenz Gazette. Thank you for all your emails and keep them coming. We are doing our best to answer all emails. We are still in search of more correspondents. If you are interested in becoming an
Angelic-Kin Correspondent, email: Gazette@ANgelicPassages.com From the Global Good News Desk this is Roman Fields reporting,---see you next issue!!
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Maple Haven Resort www.maplehavenresort.com An exquisite camping resort located just outside of North Woodstock, New Hampshire.
Flying J travel Centers. www.flyingj.com Located all around America. Zark gives them the thumbs up on consistency, overall cleanliness, competitiveness, and customer courtesy.
Inn of The Conchos www.inn-of-the-conchos.com San Angelo, Texas. A nice, clean, friendly place to stay when in the San Angelo area. Reasonable rates, friendly staff, close to downtown and many local attractions, Restaurant and nightclub on premise. Meeting and banquet facilities available. "A Darn Good Place To Hang Your Hat".
Hobby Corner
HO Slot Car Racing http://www.hoslotcarracing.com/
Plant Nurseries
New Mexico, Albuquerque Osuna Nursery www.osunanursey.com
Las Cruces Enchanted Garden email: gardens@zianet.net
Chambers of Commerce/Better Business Bureaus/Visitors Bureaus
Flagstaff, Arizona http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/ Convention & Visitors Bureau
Calgary, Alberta www.calgarykiosk.ca Travel Guide
Charleston, South Carolina www.charlestonchamber.net Chamber
www.charlestoncvb.com Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.HeritageFederation.org The Charleston Heritage Federation
Alice Springs, Northern Territory http://www.thealice.com.au/ Business Directory
Port Aransas, Texas www.portaransas.org Chamber
Albuquerque, New Mexico www.abqcvb.org Visitors Bureau
Sedona, Arizona www.sedonachamber.com Chamber of Commerce
Dublin, Ireland www.visitdublin.com Tourist Board
Other Sites of Interest
Henley-on-Todd Alice Springs, Northern Territory www.henley-on-toddregatta.com.au
Airfields In America http://www.airstripamerica.com/index.html
Marina Directory http://www.marinasdirectory.org/
Lighthouse Listings http://www.lighthousefriends.com/
Calgary Folk Music Festival www.calgaryfolkfest.com
Magnolia Plantation Charleston, South Carolina http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
International Reggae FestivalCalgary, Alberta www.calgaryreggaefestival.com
Sonny here, once gain! That is all for this issue, Issue Seventeen, of The Citizenz Gazette. Hope you enjoyed the reading and we will be back soon, with another great issue! Have a safe and happy holiday and stay in peace!!
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The Citizenz Gazette ™
The “official” newsletter of The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
June 16th 2008 Issue Sixteen
Sonny Summers here and hello, once again, from the AngelicHeadquarters. I hope, as we all hope, here at The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies, that all of our readers are in good spirits and ready for another fine issue of The Citizenz Gazette. For this issue we have, yes, you guessed it, another great installment of our increasingly popular We-Are-On-It! Correspondents, The second installment of the Citizenz Register, for this issue, we are proud to feature Reed Bundy. Also in this issue, some of our regular columns, such as I've Got Questions, You Got Answers, and our long standing column WebsitesofWorth. We also bring you a new column this month. This new column goes by the heading of Bands Without Websites. In this premier of Bands Without Websites we have chosen to feature a band from Cleveland, New York. That band goes by the name of Smarty Pants. There are a number of regular columns that we did not include in this issue. We are not canceling these columns, just kind of “breaking it up a bit” so to speak. Some and maybe all regular columns will be back in the next issue. Again, thank you for reading The Citizenz Gazette. Do enjoy!
We-Are-On-it! Correspondents
from the Global Good News Desk
By Roman Fields
Roman: Let’s get right to it! We take you to the host of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, beautiful Calgary. Alberta with Johnny Randolph, In the previous issue of The Citizenz Gazette, you informed us that you were going to give us a “run down” of some of the festivals that are to be experienced in Calgary.
Johnny: Yes Roman, I believe that to be correct. To start with, let me review the festivals that occur during June and I’ll go from there. This will take two or three installments, so we’ll start off with festivals in June and then festivals for the rest of the year. .OK then, here we go! In June, we have the “Mosaic Cultural Festival”, the “Carifest”, the “Banff World Television Festival”, “The New Calgary Jazz Festival”, the ”Calgary Greek Festival” Then we have the “Inglewood Sunfest”, The only other festival I know about in June is the “Ignite! Theatre-Arts Festival”
Roman: So all of those festivals are just for June! Guess you do have a whole lot going on!
Johnny: I would like to briefly expand on a few of these festivals. The “Banff World Television Festival”, this festival actually takes place at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, just outside of Alberta. This year the 29th Banff World Television Festival will take place from June 8th thru the 11th. This festival provides a global platform for television industry professionals to discuss and debate and explore current trends in the world market of television. Frankly, I didn’t know there was anything on TV worth watching, let alone having a festival over it---Whoops! I didn’t say that!
Roman: Yes you did! I am not going to take it out, Lance will like that one!
Johnny: He’s a bit of a “rebel”, isn’t he? That Lance! Think that’s why I like him! Let us get back to the festivals. The “Inglewood Sunfest” actually takes place in Inglewood which is a neighborhood in central Calgary. There is just to much to get into detail for all of these festivals. but as this Correspondent “thing” progresses maybe we can give each festival the attention it deserves. Also, get into more about the “personality” of this neat city of Calgary! Right now, I will touch on a few of the festivals in July, and I believe that will be all for this issue, for I can feel that “available print space meter” running out!
Roman: Intuitive, you are and I haven’t said a word!
Johnny: For July the festivals in Calgary are like this: “the world famous “Calgary Stampede”, the “Sun and Salsa Festival”, the “Fiestaval”, the “Chariot Festival of India” and another world famous festival, the “Calgary Folk Music Festival” which will be taking place July 24th through 27th . This is the 29th Annual Calgary Folk Music Festival. I’ll get back to this one. The Calgary Stampede takes place before the Folk Music Festival so I will briefly touch on the Calgary Stampede. The Calgary Stampede, which bills itself as the “Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth” may be just that., but I have yet to attend one. I am just bringing this information to you because I feel it is my duty to do so. This “greatest outdoor show on Earth” takes place in mid July at the Stampede Grounds, located on the south eastern edge of downtown Calgary. Recognized rodeo events, concerts, exhibitions, stage shows, agricultural events, chuck wagon races and many other activities take place each year. On to the “Calgary Folk Music Festival”. There is a major amount of great talent to perform at this event. To many outstanding artists to mention, so the easiest way for me is to have you visit www.calgaryfolkfest.com The list of acts is nothing less than overwhelmingly impressive. Remember July 24th through July 27th, the 29th “Calgary Folk Music Festival.. August, my friends, is even busier for Calgary on the ‘festival front’ than July. We have it going on, no doubt about it, The “Heritage Day” festival, The “Taste of Calgary” festival, “Summerstock Theatre Festival”, check this out---“Dragon Boat Festival”, “Marda Gras”, “Chinatown Street Festival “, The “Calgary Fringe Festival”, The, “International Reggae Festival”, “GlobalFest”, “Expo Latino”, The “Calgary International Blues Festival”, The” C-Jazz CARNIVALE” and the KaNasie”, a South African Music Festival.
Roman: Yes, you have much going on in Calgary in August! Something for everyone!
Johhny: (mellowly interrupting Roman) Roman! Forgive me, I must correct myself here. The KaNasie, the South African Music Festival, takes place in July, not August.
Roman: Thank you, Johnny, for “setting the record straight”. That; is all we have time for Johnny. Next issue we will look forward to an overview of the festivals in September.
Johnny: OK Roman!, we will speak next month and I’ ll have the information ready to go------now to you-----Max Levelland, coming to you from “Port ‘A’”, Port Aransas, Texas! Hey Max! I enjoyed your “take” on the Karankawa Indian tribe.
Max: Thank you Johnny. Yes, the Karankawa Indian Tribe—I must admit, I’ve learned a thing or two! I have a bit more information, some of which is speculation, on the Karankawa. Sonny forwarded emails from some of the readers. Thank you all for emailing! You know Johnny it sounds like I need to be in Calgary in August! And hello to you Roman!
Roman: Good day Max! Tell us more about “Port ‘A’”.
Max: Right now, Roman, I think it I best that I address some of the email generated from the first two installments of. We-Are-On-It! Correspondents. We just kind of ended up on the Karankawa Indian Tribe, but it has been fun and educational, as well.
Roman: Tell us what some of the readers had to say.
Max: From Stella in Plainsfield, Texas. Stella tells us that the Karankawa men, for the most part, shaved their heads and left just enough hair down the center of their heads, as to be braided. Also, the Karankawa would have tattoos of a blue circle over each cheekbone”. Thank you Stella, and now Gerard from Castle Rock, Colorado goes on to say that the “Karankawa wore their hair loose, about shoulder length and cut at eyebrow level in the front. They would smear their bodies with white, red or black paint.” So, you see Roman, this is what I have been experiencing about the Karankawa---that they are somewhat of a mystery. No two “sources” carry the same information about the Karankawa. Thank you Gerard for your input. On with the emails—Oscar, emailing us from Buffalo, New York. Oscar wants us to know that “the Karankawa were very close to their children and if a child were to “pass on”, they practiced “intense“ mourning rituals. The mourning rituals, by “today’s standards” seem a bit extreme to me, but to each their own. If a child were to die, the whole Tribe, at dawn, noon and sunset would perform the mourning rite. This routine of mourning, for a child would last for a year. For a brother or son, the family would be in mourning for a month and stay in seclusion the entire time.” Oscar, we thank you for your comments! There is not much known about the Karankawa religious beliefs. It is known, however, that the Karankawa did, what is called. partake in Mitote. Mitote is a ceremony performed after a great victory in battle. This ceremony, reportedly, lasted for three days and three nights. Not on a high point, here, but the act of cannibalism was practiced during Mitote. I’d rather not get into details about this aspect of the Mitote.
Roman: Max, good, job, You opened this subject up a bit. . The Karankawa do have an “air” of mystery about them, don’t they?
Max: They sure do Roman, but quite interesting too! A few other notes, “speculations”, about the Karankawa----- Just one other thing I would like to mention, about the cannibalism issue. Most of the reference material I studied implied that the cannibalism was for ritual only, not as a dietary preference. Let’s see, a few more aspects of the Karankana-----Marriage in the Karankawa tribes was arranged between the man and the parents of the girl, They, by all reports I’ve reviewed, where superb marksman with their bows and arrows. It has been written that the Karankawa were such great marksmen that if an obstacle were to get between them and their target, they would shoot their arrows in a way that would land the arrow on a perpendicular path to their target---like---we got incoming folks! Now that, from my standpoint, is some good shootin’. Imagine what they could have done with a .22! Also, the Karankawa did not really know of horses until their later years of recorded history. The Karankawa did their travel on foot or in “dugouts”, canoes made from tree trunks. To propel these dugouts they used their hands, or makeshift sails crafted from animal skin.
Roman: .Yes Max, we have learned much here today---I thank you!
Max: I see you are cutting me off ….I didn’t get to tell you about the great Memorial Day Weekend here in Port “A”.
Roman: Forgive me please, we can get to that in the next installment, and please keep us up on any more interesting facts that you come across about the Karankawa Indian Tribe.
Max: OK, Thank you Roman, thank you Citizenz Gazette readers, Greetings from Port “A”----Port Aransas, Texas aaaand now to Charleston, South Carolina with Lou Luchetti,
Lou: Thank You Max! Hello Roman!
Roman: Sorry we missed contact last month, so are you ready to go this time around?
Lou: Ready to GO!---I decided to take a departure from my original plans for this column. We had, in the previous issue, discussed a bit of Charleston history. I decided to try something different and open up a discussion on the spectacular “Magnolia Plantation”. Quite a place you know?
Roman: I have heard of “Magnolia Plantation” but I have not checked it out yet.
Lou: You really need to Roman, it is quite awesome, even if you don’t have an eye for plants. It really is a magnificent place. Next time you visit Charleston, it is a must see! There are many other plantations to visit, in this part of the country, I will start with Magnolia Plantation.
Roman: Sounds good! So tell us about “Magnolia Plantation”
Lou: The Magnolia Plantation, is in itself, rich in history, long before the plantation became a commercial enterprise, yet a non-profit organization. “Magnolia Plantation”, located at 3350 South Ashley Road, just northwest of Charleston, along the Ashley River. There is fun for all ages here, for sure! Some of the attractions to enjoy are The Biblical Gardens, the Maze, Herb Garden, The Barbados Tropical Garden, Wildlife Refuge, Topiary Garden, Audubon Swamp Garden, Art Gallery and Gift Shop, Snack Shop and that’s not all!.
Roman: Sounds like a whole day visit, at least!
Lou: One could spend a few days here. You can get a real good visit in if you allow the good part of the day, and it is well worth your time. The Biblical Gardens is a fascinating exhibit. This garden is set up for education purposes. Even if you’re not the religious type, the Biblical Garden will be quite interesting for you. The Biblical Garden is not, by any means, an attempt to recreate “The Garden of Eden”. The “Maze”, another fascinating exhibit is an experience enjoyed by just about everyone. Approximately one quarter mile of camellia and holly mixed together in an a-MAZE-ing fashion as you attempt to, find your way through the many intricate pathways on your quest to reach the center square, a real challenge! And then to get back out of the Maze again! That may be a day in itself! From the “Maze” take yourself on to the Herb Garden. Herb gardens, back in the early plantation days, were not, should I say, as one may think. These herb gardens consisted of somewhere around 15-20 varieties of herbs. If an herb was not found in the kitchen or the “medicine cabinet” chances are you would not find it growing in an early plantation herb garden, Magnolia Plantation makes every effort, and with complete success, to keep their herb garden attractive
Roman: Next installment, If you will, please bring us back to Magnolia Plantation and tell us more about some of their other splendid attractions.
Lou: Yes, I will do that Roman, and--- In the meantime, for more information on the “Magnolia Plantation”, please visit: http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/ this is Lou Luchetti, the We-Are-On-It! Correspondent coming to you from the ever-charming, Charleston, South Carolina. We ARE the Palmetto State!
Roman: That is all the time we have available for this installment of We-Are-On-It! Correspondents. Next month we plan to take you back to Flagstaff, Arizona with another report from Butch Landers. We also have a few surprises in store! Thank you, each and everyone of you, for your emails, and your suggestions on how to “handle” the question of what to do with this column. The response in email to this column is overwhelming and appreciated--- and the best part is most of the email is positive and seemingly genuine. Don’t worry, we will not cancel the column, just may have to keep reports short for the time being. Thank you for working with us and keep those emails coming! I am Roman Fields, reporting to you from the Good Global News Desk Have a splendid day!
Citizenz Register
A bit about the Cast and Crew of The Citizenz
by Sonny Summers
Back again! With our next Citizenz Register. This issue we are happy to present to you------Citizenz Bundy!
Citizenz Stage Name: Citizen Bundy Name: Reed Bundy Nickname “Chipper”
Saxophone, Percussion & Vocals
“Chipper”, from San Diego, California, in his “younger” years was a high profile competitor in the surfing “arena”. Eventually, as “Chipper” put it, “In my late teens I just got so involved with music I didn’t have much time to surf. And you know Sonny, I had always felt that music is where I wanted to be but I had to wait for the right time to be there. I still surf from time to time, but when we are on the road the only chance I have to surf is when we take a break from the tour and we happen to be near an ocean. Other than that it is real difficult to find the time.” As for Reed and his nickname “Chipper”, Reed insists it is because he usually carries an upbeat attitude about life,, like “-Hey! Surfs up dude!!” The band insists that his nickname comes from, and not to take away from his upbeat attitude, the fact that Chipper squeezes every last note out of a reed (for his sax). When Chipper feels it is time to change a reed on his sax the reed usually comes off in pieces, hence the nickname “Chipper”. Chipper is presently residing in Simi Valley, California and. as you all know, right now, “Chipper” is in Cheyenne, Wyoming in the studio with the band Another Other , Another Other is currently recording their debut CD, “Which One Are You? : So there you have it, now you know more about the infamous Reed Bundy. To email Reed, send to: Gazette@AngelicPassages.com and type “reed”” in the subject line.
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I've Got Questions, You Got Answers?
What document was the precursor for the united States Constitution?
What is the goal of Hinduism?
Eros is the god of ?
What were the Vikings? (not those from Minnesota!)
From the sixteenth century, the word “ballad” is referred to what?
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Bands
Without
Websites
by Drew Waterman
A new column for The Gazette, beginning this month and will appear anytime we have new submissions from bands without websites. We, here at The Citizenz Gazette just want to take a moment to bring attention to some bands that prefer to keep a “low” profile, yet open to a bit of International recognition (When someone figures out how that works, kindly let me know ‘cause that one has me baffled!) Our first feature in Bands Without Websites is a band from Cleveland, New York, and they go by the name Smarty Pants. Yes there is a town by the name of Cleveland, New York. Smarty Pants does occasional shows around the Oneida Lake area of upstate New York They are a “Boston” tribute band, to some extent, and playing in honor of the late Brad Delp, the lead vocalist of the band Boston. As “Daddy Bonita” the lead vocalist for Smarty Pants puts it, “I feel Brad Delp was one of the greatest rock vocalists in the world. There are many great rock singers, and Brad was definitely one of them. We just want to make sure that people remember him in positive ways. Brad and Tom Scholz, a creative genius in his own right, were a magical combination that will live on endlessly. I would like to say, after checking Smarty Pants out,, Daddy Bonita sounds a bit like Brad. He told me he doesn’t try to sound like Brad, because he does not have the range that Brad had, but he wants to convey the “power” behind Brad’s voice. Overall, Smarty Pants is one tight sounding band. They do not do only Boston material, probably only about twenty-five percent. They mix in some of their own songs, along with a wide “scattering” of other, mostly obscure: cover tunes. They are working on a debut CD, but no details available. Daddy Bonita said he would let me know when a CD is available. Thank you Daddy Bonita and Smarty Pants, from Cleveland, New York. There you have it, our first time around for this column, Bands Without Websites, Any bands out there that., by choice, do not have a website and that includes not having a MySpace, or any of the like, contact us and we’ll talk about you here. Email us at Gazette@AngelicPassages.com Thank you all!
WebsitesofWorth
Spiritual/Enlightenment
Sedona Journal of Emergence (monthly magazine) http://www.sedonajournal.com/home/
Gaia Community (online “spiritual” community)http://www.gaia.com/community/
Light Is Real (self discovery) http://lightisreal.com/selfdiscovery.html
Planet Lightworker (Metaphysics, Spirituality) www.PlanetLightWorker.com
Science of Mind (A guide for spiritual living) www.ScienceofMind.com
Links for Musicians & Artists
Jam Wave---Artist and Fan Community www.JamWave.com
I Sound---Artist and Fan Community www.isound.com
Gear Jack---Musician Classified (National) http://www.gearjack.com
General Interest
Radio and TV personality Glenn Beck www.glennbeck,com
Presidential Candidate Ron Paul: www.ronpaul.com
We The People Foundation: www.givemeliberty.org
(just because): www.AngelicPassages.com
The Free American (monthly Magazine) www.FreeAmerican.com
Links to Musicians & Artists
The Matt Barber Experience www.MattBarberExperience.com (Illinois)
Groovy Tuesday www.GroovyTuesdayRocks.com (New York)
Concho Bandits www.myspace.com/conchobanditsband (San Angelo, Texas)
JoëL™: www.AngelicPassages.com (Christoval,Texas/Albuquereque, New Mexico)
Oscar Butler Singer/Songwriter http://www.oscarbutlermusic.com/ (New Mexico)
Michael Riversong Harpist http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong (Wyoming)
Travel
Maple Haven Resort www.maplehavenresort.com An exquisite camping resort located just outside of North Woodstock, New Hampshire.
Flying J travel Centers. www.flyingj.com Located all around America. Zark gives them the thumbs up on consistency, overall cleanliness, competitiveness, and customer courtesy.
Inn of The Conchos www.inn-of-the-conchos.com San Angelo, Texas. A nice, clean, friendly place to stay when in the San Angelo area. Reasonable rates, friendly staff, close to downtown and many local attractions, Restaurant and nightclub on premise. Meeting and banquet facilities available. "A Darn Good Place To Hang Your Hat".
Hobby Corner
HO Slot Car Racing http://www.hoslotcarracing.com/
Plant Nurseries
New Mexico, Albuquerque Osuna Nursery www.osunanursey.com
Chambers of Commerce/Better Business Bureaus/Visitors Bureaus
Flagstaff, Arizona http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/ Convention & Visitors Bureau
Calgary, Alberta www.calgarykiosk.ca Travel Guide
Charleston, South Carolina www.charlestonchamber.net Chamber
www.charlestoncvb.com Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.HeritageFederation.org The Charleston Heritage Federation
Alice Springs, Northern Territory http://www.thealice.com.au/ Business Directory
Port Aransas, Texas www.portaransas.org Chamber
Albuquerque, New Mexico www.abqcvb.org Visitors Bureau
Other Sites of Interest
Henley-on-Todd Alice Springs, Northern Territory www.henley-on-toddregatta.com.au
Airfields In America http://www.airstripamerica.com/index.html
Marina Directory http://www.marinasdirectory.org/
Lighthouse Listings http://www.lighthousefriends.com/
Calgary Folk Music Festival Calgary, Alberta www.calgaryfolkfest.com
Magnolia Plantation Charleston, South Carolina http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
If you have a website, or know of a website that you feel deserves attention, send us the link. We will do our best to get that link in the next issue of The Citizenz Gazette.
Thank you again and we’ll be back soon with another fine issue of The Citizenz Gazette, Yes, that is correct---more great news from our very own We-Are-On-It! Correspondents, from various places around the world, as the roster of We-Are-On-It! Correspondents continues to grow. As you can see, this column has dominated this newsletter. We are going to go with it and see where it goes, and learn a lot along the way.. We will share many of our other fine columns, in the next issue, as well. Stay happy!
P E A C E N O W !
This issue of The Citizenz Gazette edited by Sonny Summers
Copyright 2008 by The Angelic Press
Published 2008 by The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
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The Citizenz Gazette ™
The “official” newsletter of The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies
May 26th 2008 Issue Fifteen
Newsworthy Tipbits
by Sonny Summers
Sonny Summers here to give the brief rundown of the exciting reading in this issue of The Citizenz Gazette. First of all, we, here at The Angelic Headquarters, would like to apologize because we could not get to the new column by Drew Waterman, Bands Without Websites. We will attempt, again, to bring you this column in the next issue of The Citizenz Gazette We welcome, Lance Markem, Lance will be writing articles for The Citizenz Gazette when the need arises. His first article appears in this issue. Also appearing for the first time in The Citizenz Gazette is the Citizenz Register. This column is headed up by me, and is intended to give you, The Citizenz Gazette readers, a bit more insight about those involved in the band, The Citizenz . Eventually we plan to take this column further as to delve into the fine people involved with The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies Also in this issue, our regular columns, WebsitesofWorth, Interesting Quips, I’ve Got Questions, You Got Answers?, another installment of the Gardeners’ Plot from JoëL .JoëL will also bring back his ever popular column, On The Scene with Zark. The rapidly becoming popular column We-Are-On-It! Correspondents is back for another take. . One other column that is new for this issue, being brought to you by Dawn Allbright is Affirmations For Everyday People. Dawn, for those that are not aware of it, is the Lighting Director for The Citizenz. There you have it, a brief overview of the exciting reading in this issue of The Citizenz Gazette. So, sit back, pour yourself a long cool summer favorite, play some of you favorite music and enjoy the reading. Again, and we are not able to state this enough, but we thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter and do hope that you continue to enjoy the reading. Your comments and suggestions, on ways to make this a better publication, are welcome and encouraged.. One item that needs to be addressed, right now, is something that was brought to my attention by a friend of mine in South Carolina. We have not verified this information but I assure you that the source of this information is reliable, Apparently when you “Google” AngelicPassages.com there are some sites with, what we call, undesirable content that appear in the “Google” listing.. These sites have somehow attached themselves to our web address. I believe our web host termed it “piggybacking”. We assure you this was not anything done on our part here to create the situation and we apologize for this. Another undesirable aspect is the fact there is nothing that can be done to remove these sites. The positive side is: since you know the website address, anyway, why would you need to “Google” it in the first place? Thank you for understanding. Just in case you were wondering, that address is: www.AngelicPassages.com .
Editor’s Note: Reading material in this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or by-laws of The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies. We do, however, believe in freedom of the press. As long as the material content remains “G-rated” and we feel there may be some merit in an article, we will print it. In lieu of this statement, we bring you the next article.
Is this theft or just plain ignorance?
by Lance Markem
Howdy to all you loyal Citizenz Gazette readers! I am Lance Markem, here writing my first story for The Citizenz Gazette, This article may be a touchy subject for some, or maybe many. Sonny was not going to print this article for reasons of a possible major controversy being created by the contents of this article. Sonny decided to go with it, and I thank him for it. As the editor’s note prior to this article states, this article may not reflect the views of this publication or anyone and anything affiliated to this publication. All I can say is, thank you God and the Constitution for the first amendment to the Bill of Rights. The subject matter for this article is what I’ll call government abuse, for the general jist of it all. I’ll start off by saying, hey mister policeman, since you can take that cop car home from work everyday and burn my tax dollars, that are extorted from me to begin with, to get to and from work, can I borrow that vehicle just one day a week, on your day off, so as not to inconvenience you in anyway so that I can drive it to and from work and give my wallet a break? And why do I have to take that baby seat out of your cop car, this is for “official use only”, so I thought. By the way it is not your cop car it belongs to one level of government or another or actually is belongs to those that you supposedly “protect and serve” By the way mr. policeman, you left a bag of groceries in the trunk! Do you get my point? Speaking from an honest perspective, I must come clean here myself. I was in the military, quite some time ago, and, although unaware of it at the time, I was in a “similar mindset” as is the “policeman” mentioned a few sentences ago. Let me explain. I worked at an on base hospital. At times during my career in the military I ordered office and medical supplies. Without getting into detail, let us just say I ordered extra
supplies for my own use . This was accepted behavior. And at the time, I did not think anything of it. Think again, ‘cause honestly people, “stealing is stealing”. It dose not matter if I ordered an extra pair of hemostats or “Mr. Policeman” is burning an extra eighty dollars a week in extorted tax dollars in the form of gas, going to and from work, it is all the same. I am not giving an excuse for my behavior, because I did what I did.. I am making an attempt to show you that this is and was wrong but nobody knows it., or have turned “blind eyes” to this, way out of control, problem. I was wrong and so is “Mr. Policeman” and so are millions of other government employees, on all levels of government. I am not passing judgment on these people,. I am making an attempt to help them become aware of what they are really doing. Going to church on Sunday and stealing from the tax payers Monday through Friday. I do not mean to be harsh but I do want to be direct. Hey, I did it. So you may say, what is a pair of hemostats, no one will notice or care. I restate my point, stealing is stealing. Does not matter how much it is. There are no threats of arrest (a bit extreme) here, but I am quite sure there are many government employees that have stolen enough to be arrested and convicted on---like your local police department for beginners, but that is not the point. Just become aware of the theft you have been involved in and stop doing it. How can that “Mr.Policeman” look me in the eye and write me a ticket when he has been stealing from my extorted tax money? THINK about what you are doing and the consequences of your actions. Forgive me for picking on Mr.Policeman, but I see so much oppression, and coming directly from the police forces around the country, cops, seemed to be an easy target. This problem with government employees stealing is wide spread, through all levels of government. I have no evidence to base this statement but I will venture to say that ninety-five percent of the government employees, on all levels of government, steal from the taxpayers on a regular basis, in one form or another. and most of it is, what I will call, “innocent theft”. In my military days, everybody in the office I worked ordered extra supplies for their own use. (That would be 100 percent) I do hope this article was not to much to ingest, ‘cause I would like to write more for The Citizenz Gazette. A little twist to this article, as I was writing this story, I noticed on the news, what little, if any news I watch, that government employees using government credit cards for their own private good. Let’s see how many get away with this blatant act of theft! So I will close this article by saying thank Sonny for letting me give my point of view. It was difficult to keep this a short article. I could go on and on, but what good will that do. Just become aware of what you are doing, all you people that work for the government. It is the correct thing to do! Any comments on this article, please email Gazette@AngelicPassages.com. Enter “Lance” in the subject line. Thank you!
Gardener’s Plot by JoëL
Hello all you Happy Planters. JoëL here with some more listings of Garden Centers that I recommend for all of your gardening needs. I have mentioned, in previous issues, that I discourage you from making any purchases from Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, Home Depot and stores of the like. The garden centers that I have listed have a very knowledgeable staff and, frankly, they won’t sell something to you if they do not think it will grow the way you want it to grow. With that in mind, here are my recommendations for this issue.
Clinton, Oklahoma
Sunshine Greenhouse & Aboretum
Elk City, Oklahoma
Simon’s Gardens
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
TLC Nursery Betty’s Flowers
Satterlee Nursery Precure Nursery (two locations)
Cooper Greenhouse Porter’s
Dig This! Horn Seed Company
Chickasha, Oklahoma
Chickasha Gardens
Lawton, Oklahoma
Gardentown
Springerville, Arizona
Paisley Plants
Wilcox, Arizona
Plants Plus
Benson, Arizona
Cottage Gardens
Payson, Arizona
Plant Fair
Tucson, Arizona
Civano Nursery Tanque Verde Nursery
Silverbell Nursery Rillito Nursery
Sheldon’s Landscape Arizona Growers
Rascon Nursery
Show Low, Arizona
The Greenhouse
Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona
Pico Nursery
Bisbee, Arizona
Bisbee Ace Hardware
Sonoita, Arizona
Diamond JK
Sedona, Arizona
Biddles Nursery
Canon City, Colorado
Brady’s Garden Center
Pueblo, Colorada
Fox’s Hardware Star Nursery
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Red Rock Nursery Pike’s Peak Nursery
Trinidad, Colorado
Blooming Gardens
There you have it! Listings in New Mexico and Texas can be found in Issues 13 and 14 of The Citizenz Gazette. If there are any “independent” plant nurseries that would like to be listed in The Citizenz Gazette, please contact me at: Zark@AngelicPassages.com Some nurseries that I have serviced in the past are not listed because I have “misplaced” their information. So there may be some scatterings of listings in future issues of The Citizenz Gazette Until next time, keep on planting!
Citizenz Register
A bit about the Cast and Crew of The Citizenz
by Sonny Summers
In answer to our promotion in the previous issue of The Gazette, we are happy to bring you the first installment of our newest column, Citizenz Register. The Citizenz Register is a column dedicated to educating you about the individuals involved in the band, The Citizenz. We will, after all band members have been featured, expand The Register to all the fine individuals that are a part of The Angelic Passages Worldwide Companies. In the future we will take the Citizenz Register to you, the readers, so that you can educate us about you! So start writing, and submit your “blurb” about you, to Gazette@AngelicPassages.com. You will automatically become eligible for a free e-subscription to The Citizenz Gazette. This month our featured individual Is, none other than, Archie Bishop, the drummer for The Citizenz.
The Citizenz Stage Name: Citizen Bishop Name: Archie Bishop
Nickname: the “Archbishop”
Drums, Percussion & Vocals
Archie Bishop, originally from beautiful Tybee Island, Georgia, has been playing percussion instruments since early in his childhood. He had not entertained the thought, until a few years ago, of making music a profession. Through the years, the “Archbishop” kept himself busy involved in different areas of the construction field. He made good money and always had plenty of work and as Archie put it “Making money in music, at least enough to live on, never really crossed my mind.” That was just until a few years ago. By this time the “Archbishop” was residing in a small town in southwest Texas, gradually building his own home and doing “odd” jobs for people in the area to keep cash flowing. This small town has many people visiting there, “incognito” to get away from the “rat race”. Quite a few “stars” have performed in this small town. One night Archie stopped in a local restaurant for dinner. He did frequent this establishment so the staff treated him more like a family member than they did a customer. (That small southwest Texas town covers in upwards of 250,000 acres and bolsters a population of about 100 people, so in my opinion, you would think everyone was family!) One night Archie stopped in for dinner, as he did often There was a band scheduled to play later in that evening. Archie was just “hanging out” while the crew was setting up. One of the crew members inadvertently asked Archie if he knew of any drummers in the area?. (again, with 250,000 acres plus, population 100-what are the odds?) The “Archbishop”, as he describes it, “jokingly but with intent” said yes, I play drums. To make a potentially long story short, Archie sat in with the band that night, did a fine job of drumming and everybody was happy. This “incognito” “star” that Archie sat in with didn’t call him again for well over a year. Actually Archie had pretty much forgotten about it. Then one day the call came, it was to go on tour. To play in the band that he had sat in with about a year ago. As Archie put it, “I tossed this around in my mind for about oh-I don’t know, maybe-----1and a half seconds and I said yes, I’ll do it!. There regular drummer had to take a year off, so I knew it wouldn’t be a permanent gig and I’d get a chance to see if I like the road life. I always liked to travel but didn’t know if I could handle 9-10 months straight”. All went well for the “Archbishop” on that tour. He was offered a few more tours by other artists but he gracefully declined in order to get back to work on his house. Also, since that tour, the “Archbishop” has gotten himself involved in writing and recording his own songs. He has plans to release a CD someday, but that will not be in the near future. I did ask the “Archbishop” if this CD of his will affect his position with The Citizenz. His reply, “oh! No! No way Sonny, I’m with The Citizenz all the way. In fact, they have volunteered to help me promote my CD when it is ready for release! My priority is with the citizenz. My CD is just ‘funnin’ “ kind of stuff for me. You gotta remember Sonny, a few years ago, making money at music wasn’t even in my mind. So I am not going to rush my CD. Besides, I’m still building my house. Archie awaits, as do the rest of The Citizenz , for the go ahead for The Citizenz tour. That was then, quite some tome ago, and this is now. As you know “The Archbishop” is drumming for Pocono Moe and the Knowitalls. Pocono Moe and the Knowitalls are currently in the studio in Clifton, New Jersey recording their second CD, tentatively titled “I Know That!” I did ask the “Archbishop” how his house is coming along, or if he has finished building it yet. He said , “it is almost done, been living in it for a long time, but it is one of those projects that you wonder if it will ever get done. I keep thinking of new ideas to implement.” Here you have it and now you know more about the “Archbishop” Next issue we will feature Reed Bundy, saxophonist, percussionist and vocalist for The Citizenz. We do hope you enjoyed the first go around of the Citizenz Register. Send us your comments and questions and you know the address!
And the rest of Citizenz Update:
Reed Bundy: (sax, clarinet, flute) Still in Cheyenne in the studio with Another Other. Another Other currently recording their debut CD, Which One Are You?
Angel Cruz: (guitar) Still playing guitar with the “ItchKaBibbles” touring behind their CD “Endless Babble”, The ItchKaBibbles” are still touring the southern states headed west to tour the Pacific coast. They have decided not to make anymore copies of “Tuckered Out” available, for the time being. Angel told me that if you want the CD, “Tuckered Out” you’ll have to bootleg it! He also mentioned that they may do a re-release of “Tuckered Out” sometime in the distant future, but at present they are just to busy to do anything about it. They send their apologies.
Pearl E Gates: piano and keyboards in the studio with “The Z’s”I talked with Pearl a few days ago and she told me that “The Z’s”debut CD release will be delayed for an indefinite period of time, so they have decided to begin touring. The Z’s, Catchin’ some Z’s tour is slated to kick of May 15th from Chicago. Sleeping on the job is “The Z’s” tentative title for their, debut CD, when the CD is released.
Rich Goldman trumpet and trombone, sitting in with the band “Mr.Stubbs” The “Hare Invasion” tour is currently on hold. It seems they have to comb through a few snarls before moving on with this tour.
Justin Kase: bass guitar & lead vocals for his own band, “Toys In The Attic”. The Toys In The Attic”. debut CD, Hopes’ Chest is still in post production. No release date has been set.
JoëL™ Zark Vocals & Guitar please read On The Zene With Zark
Bart Hilderbrandt (brass, woodwinds and guitars) presently working with “The Hopefuls”. “The Hopefuls” “Jeanie In A Bottle” Tour kicked off May 7th from their hometown of Cocoa Beach, Florida. “The Hopefuls” are scheduled to do an average of three shows a week as they head directly west to San Diego, California. From San Diego, “The Hopefuls” are set to go on tour with a major headlining act, but no details are available at this time.
And there you have it, the Citizenz Update, for this issue of The Citizenz Gazette
Affirmations for Everyday People
by Dawn Allbright
An affirmation, for those that may not know what an affirmation is, is positive self talk that we repeat to ourselves. With all of the negativity that is around us, such as the news, negative people, fears instilled in us since we were born that we are not even aware of, conflict, other peoples drama, and a whole bunch of other things, positive affirmations help to keep your attitude and outlook in a positive direction. Just take a few moments a day and repeat affirmations to yourself, out loud if you are alone, or quietly if others are around. Visualize, as best you can. the words you are speaking. Give it a try. Affirmations do not always “take hold” right away, but given enough time, they will help to change your life for the better. Try these out for a while and see how they work for you. We’ll add some new affirmations next issue. I say new, but affirmations and positive self talk have been around for ages and ages. You can even write you own affirmations. Just keep them very positive, It does not matter if you “believe” them or not in this moment . You will “believe” them eventually.
“There is always time to be kind”
“I am Infinite Being”
“I am Focused”
“I am Motivated”
“I Believe in Myself”
We will see you next issue. Dawn Allbright here and reminding you to love yourself!!!
On The Zene With Zark
I want to apologize for The Ms. Hattie’s postponement on March 28th . I tried to get the word out to everyone, but it seems all did not receive the notification in time. It was a “last minute” occurrence. One of the band members became ill just a few days before the show. No need to worry, he is on the road to recovery and almost back to “normal”. Still no word, as of this moment, about a reschedule date for the “Public Domain” performance, Now---on to other shows.
The Leaf
Abilene, Texas-April 11, 2008
Performing as a solo act, singer-songwriter
Howdy! JoëL here and bringing back a column from the past, On The Zene With Zark,, which has not appeared in The Citizenz Gazette since my Zig Zag Tour, and now coming to you from The Leaf in Abilene, Texas. I want to thank Bill, Zane and Bret. The show went well. There was not a large crowd, but most of the people stayed most of the show. A mildly receptive audience. Nothing to exciting. The Leaf, in case you are wondering, is a tobacco store with a small coffee bar. Their tobacco selection, cigars, special cigarettes and of the like is a selection of an incredible level. I myself, do not promote smoking, although I do smoke cigars now and then and sometimes more. I did not realize, until after I booked this show that The Leaf was a tobacco store. I went to their site and found that out after the fact. I must say I did have a concern of heavy smoke getting in the way of my singing, but to my relief that issue did not become a concern. So my worries were for naught.. Ventilation there is quite good. I had memories of when I performed at Stage Right in Omaha, Nebraska, during my Zig Zag Tour when second hand smoke was so heavy that I gagged a few times, when singing. That was not the case at The Leaf, all went well. The Leaf has much to offer, even for the non-smoker. They have chess boards, a nice coffee bar and you can play cards, sit around, chat, do whatever! Check it out! Thanks again, Bill, Zane and Bret. Hope to be back soon!! www.leaf-cigar.com
Marcy House
Big Spring, Texas-April 12, 2008
Performing as a solo act, singer-songwriter
This being my second performance at an assisted living facility I had much concern as to how I would fare. Those of you paying attention know that Royal Estates in San Angelo, Texas was my first shot at this type of venue. It went well at Royal Estates but I had feelings that it was a bit of a “slanted” likeness, due to the fact that the residents know me. I can now put my concerns to rest. The residents at the Marcy House did seem to enjoy my material and performance. My show went well and I did receive some nice comments after the show. Much to my surprise and enjoyment I was joined, briefly, by one of the residents of the Marcy House, Ellie Wiggins. Ms Wiggins played some harmonica and touched on a bit of yodeling. I could tell that she must have been real good a yodeling back some years. I was hoping she would get more into it, but she seemed to have backed off for some reason. I talked with her after the show, and she said she doesn’t practice to often anymore. I attempted to encourage her to get into it, ‘cause it’s good for the soul. Hope I had a positive effect on Ms Wiggins. Marcy House went well and they may have me back again. We will see! Thank you all!!!
San Angelo Clay Bird Association
San Angelo, Texas-April 19, 2008
Drumming for the band “Public Domain”
This was a benefit show for the West Texas Boys Ranch, a worthy cause or I would have not done this performance. At present, “Public Domain” consists of Dan Carol, Mike (do not know his last name) and other musicians that seem to show up now and then that know someone in the band. This was a real “laid-back” show. We were more like back round music than anything else. We played while the shooters were taking a break and having their lunch. Later on, after lunch Bill, a harmonica player, joined us for a few songs as well as a guitarist from Midland. Those of you that have been reading the Gazette will recall the Ms’ Hattie’s show with Jimmy Butler. This is the same Bill that joined us. This time I was able to hear him better and he did a fine job. I, myself, did not get a chance to “let loose” at all, like I said, it was a “laid back” atmosphere. I want to comment that Dan has a real strong singing voice, in spite of the fact that he is still, somewhat, healing from a recent bout of pneumonia. Dan does a real solid singing job on “Silver Wings” and other standards as well. All in all it was a good show. Was good to play in an outdoor setting. Some nice views from stage level. Thanks for the invite, hope we do it again next year!
Ms. Hattie’s
San Angelo, Texas-April 24, 2008
Drumming for the band “The Concho Bandits”
This was another one of those “low key” shows. I played with brushes for the duration of the show. This was not with the whole band, the “Concho Bandits”. It was Rick Lara on guitar and lead vocals and Kelly (do not know her last name either!), on bass and occasional back up vocals. “Fish” if you recall from a while back, like Ms Hattie’s with Jimmy Butler, joined us on sax for one song. He was suppose to have played most of the night with us but he was busy waiting tables and did not have much of a chance to play. The show went smooth, but frankly, nothing much to say about it. I did enjoy playing with the ‘Bandits” though. As I have mentioned before, I do love to play drums, so it was good for me. We had our moments of, what is known as, “jelling” Thanks ‘Bandits’ for giving me the opportunity to perform with you.
Kimbo’s Saloon
San Angelo, Texas-April 25, 2008
Solo Singer-Songwriter, open for “The Concho Bandits”
Now, this is one of those shows that I couldn’t wait to get done with. I opened for the “Concho Bandits”. I was going to play for about a half hour but I cut it about 10-15 minutes short. I could feel, even after about 20 seconds of the first song, that I was in the wrong place and probably there would never be a right time for me and Kimbo’s. Maybe if I was backed by a band it may have worked a little easier but the crowd there was definitely not appreciative of what I was doing. I have been doing this long enough to know that you can’t please everyone all the time, and that was a bust for me. Another thing that came back to me on this show is that I have much difficulty performing in venues when there is second hand smoke. In this case, it “gagged” me a few times when I was singing. With all that in mind, I was glad when that show was over. I had intended to stay a while and listen to the “Bandits” but I had minor vehicle problems at the time and that had to take priority. I will say that what I heard as I was leaving sounded pretty darn good!. Thanks “Concho Bandits”, once again, but I will wait to commit to opening for you in bar settings.
We-Are-On-it! Correspondents
from the Global Good News Desk
By Roman Fields
Back with our second “installment” of the We-Are-On-it! Correspondents. This column has generated much email, especially for just having one appearance in The Citizenz Gazette. The general attitude is very positive and The Gazette readers really enjoyed our debut of this column in the last issue. The one thing that many did say, though, was that it was “to short” We have done it this way for a reason, maybe not a good enough reason for some-but we want to report from many areas around the world, and there is a space availability consideration for the hardcopy edition of this publication. We will work on finding a solution, but in the meantime, keep enjoying this column. Also, the email wanted to know more about the Henley-On-Todd Regatta, and more about the Karankawa Indian Tribe (we did leave you hangin’ on that one), Let’s get right to it! First up---let’s hear, once again, from our
own We-Are-On-it! Correspondent from Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Teresa Trentwood.
Roman: Teresa, good to have you back.
Teresa: Good to be back Roman, can’t believe it has been a month already mate! I was just sitting down to have a spot a tea, so you didn’t wake me up this time. Thank you.
Roman: Glad I picked a better time. Teresa, I have received a large amount of email from Gazette readers asking me about the Henley-on-Todd Regatta. Seems that peaked some interest.
Teresa: Not surprising Roman, it is an interesting event, to say the least, and it is an EVENT!
Roman: Please inform the readers with some more details on this event.
Teresa: Provided the Todd River is in it’s normal dry condition, the Henley-on-Todd, or the Todd River Race, takes place in late August or early September The next race will be, if the Todd River stays dry, Saturday, August 30, 2008. Remember, this is springtime for us.
To the best of my knowledge, this event was cancelled in 1993 due to flooding, the only regatta ever cancelled due to rain.
Roman: Since this is a bottomless boat regatta, what can you tell me about the designs of the vessels used in such an event.
Teresa: Well Roman, let’s see----most of these “boats” are metal framed. They have teams of “rowers” that run the boats through the hot coarse sand of the Todd River. Boats are dressed with banners and advertisements. There are other events that take place, It is an all day event. Food, and refreshment stands are there so you don’t have to miss a thing. An added humorous note, there are “no fishing” signs posted all around, so don’t bring your fishing gear!
Roman: This regatta, from your description, reminds me of a town that I lived for a few years in upstate New York. Every year they had, what they called, Bed Races. To the best of my recollection, and this was some time ago, the only strict rules were the beds had to have wheels and one person had to be in the bed during the race. Not sure how many people were allowed to push it, but you could not use any motors of any kind. Like I said, it was quite some time ago, so some of the details may be a bit sketchy.
Teresa: Yes mate, sounds like the regatta and bed races have a few similar characteristics.
Roman: So it is, August 30th, weather permitting the Henley-On-Todd Regatta will take place.
Teresa: You got it mate! Hope to see you here!
Roman: Thank you Teresa, for this education on the Henley-On-Todd Regatta, the only dry river regatta in the world and we’ll be back next month for more interesting information from and about Alice Springs.
Teresa: My pleasure mate! We’ll talk next month. The website for the Regatta is www.henley-on-todd.com.au . If you get a chance, you really need to experience this event! This is Teresa Trentwood from Alice Springs, Northern Territory---and now we take you to Max Levelland, our We-Are-On-it! Correspondent in Port Aransas, Texas.
Roman: Thank you Teresa and Hello to you Max! The last time we left off, you were going to look for more information on the Karankawa Indian Tribe, how did that go?
Max: Howdy Roman. The research on the Karankawas went fairly well. What I can tell you, as history depicts, I must say that I was not able to find a timeline as to when the Karankawa “appeared” on the Texas coast. The meaning of Karankawa is not clear but many have made it out to mean “dog-lovers”. It is known that the Karankawa did have dogs of fox and coyote species. They where a nomadic group, living along the Texas coast from Galveston Island to southward of Corpus Christi. Migrating from mainland to barrier islands.
Roman: Are they descendents of the Comanche?
Max: No Roman, from all sources I’ve checked they were not connected to the Comanche in any way, except in battle. There are a number of theories about the origin of the Karankawa, such as: They were related to a tribe of giants found on the coast of California, for the Karankawa, it is believed the men ranged fro six to seven feet tall. Another theory is the Karankawa were related to a group of aborigines that inhabited the Texas Big Bend area thousands of years ago. One other theory I was able to come up with is that they were related to the Caribe Tribes of the West Indies. That theory seems to be based on the premise of the height of the Karankawa peoples and the fact that the Caribe had dogs, too. It also appears that the Karankawa and Caribe languages were very similar. I do not know about the Caribe, but the Karankawa language consisted of about 130 words. Some say the speech of the Karankawa belongs to the Coahiltecan, a tribe found to the southwest of them.
Roman: We do not know where the Karankawa came from, for sure, but we know they were here.
Max: That is correct Roman, but there does not seem to be massive amounts of history about the Karankawa. This leads me to ask, if any of The Citizenz Gazette readers have ancestral lines or know of anyone that does, please contact, or have them contact us at Gazette@AngelicPassages.com .
Roman: Yes, please contact us, so tell me a bit more about this fascinating tribe.
Max: Since the Karenkawa Tribe lived on the coast, they did eat much seafood and shell fish, turtle and alligators as well. Their wigwams used shell for the floors with animal skin over them. Traveled by foot or by dugout tree trunks, used as canoes for water travel. Most reports I have read, and I do not want to make a big deal about this, but it is said that the Karankawa were an ugly, in appearance, people and the men pierced each nipple and their bottom lip with cane. They also used shark liver oil to ward off insects, and we all know how intense the mosquito population can get on the Gulf Coast..
Roman: Boy howdy on those mosquitoes. They can be downright intense at certain times of the year in those parts.
Max: Yup, no q