Dear Folks,

Here's the directions for the Sept 6 Environmental Health Network picnic at
Spring Lake, Santa Rosa.  If you get lost on Saturday, call connie's cell
phone for help:  415-385-9907:

From the East Bay and San Francisco, take the freeway to Marin County.  From
Marin, take 101 North all the way to Santa Rosa.  Take the Route 12 freeway
exit and head east on it.  You will pass the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on
your right.  Keep going.  Soon after, turn left onto Farmers lane.  Go
several blocks & turn right onto Sonoma  Ave.  Keep going until Sonoma
Avenue dead ends, and turn right onto Summerfield Road.  Go half a mile
 or
so and turn left onto Hoen Street.  Go one block & turn left onto Newanga.
Newanga takes you right to the park entrance where there is a little ranger
station.  Ask them for directions to the Lower Jackrabbit picnic area.  Tell
them you are with EHN so that you don't have to pay the entrance fee.  EHN
will pay it.

Please don't bring dogs with you to the picnic, for several people are
allergic to the dander.  The park also asks that we not use styrofoam
products, for they are banned in the park.

Again, I need to ask that everyone carpools to Santa Rosa so that EHN
doesn't have to pay too many entrance fees, as they charge by carload.
Please meet at Ecology House at 2pm on Saturday to carpool up there.  Let me
know if you're coming, regardless.  Either email me right away, or call me
at 415-460-1257.

And what an adventure we shall have.  There's a hiking trail all around the
lake, and little
 foot paddle boats to rent, and an Environmental Center to
see.  I'm not sure if  swimming in the lagoon is still allowed after Labor
Day.  We can ask when we get there.

Looking forward,

Louise






Dear Friends,

Finally, our last frolicsome fragrance-free picnic of the season, tra-la.
It shall be on Saturday, Sept 6 at Spring Lake, east of Santa Rosa.  My goal
this summer is to have 3 picnics in 3 different counties in order to include
EI'ers who may not be able to come to meetings regularly.  I will invite
the
Sonoma County support group to join us, The Carousel Network.  I hope they
can come right after their meeting that day.

The picnic is from 2:30-7:30pm at the Lower Jackrabbit picnic site, & will
be a potluck as usual.  Connie & I drove up there to check it out this week
and were so impressed with the gorgeous woodsy site, full of dappled
 shade
&
beautiful old oak trees.  The lake is 72 acres big & is used for boating
paddle boats only.  I can't remember if the swimming lagoon is open after
Labor Day, but I'll find out.  We will do everything we can to prevent
other
people from lighting barbques around us, so I think it will work out.  The
facilities are flush commodes, but bring your masks as there will probably
be other people in the restrooms.  I am tickled pink to find another park
for us to try, and hope our fellow Sonoman's will join us.  I'll send
directions later.

Also, I think we should do carpooling to the lake in order to save on gas.
I would like to ask that people that are going from the East Bay, Peninsula,
and the city gather at Ecology House at 2pm to carpool.   I talked to Gwen
tonight and she said she needs a ride from Ecology House at 3pm, so let me
know if anyone wants to go up there at that time.

Also, I
 just found out that the Marin County Section 8 housing waiting list
is open Sept 8-15.  Call 415-491-2345 for info.  You can check it out online
at:  www.waitlistmarin.org    Or you can call & ask them to send you an
application in the mail.  Or you can go in person to obtain an application
at 4020 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael.  Good luck!

with summer's sensuous sunshine,

Louise