[Paddlewise] Portland Peace Paddle

Hello,
I have had a fair amount of responses to the e-mail below.
So: unless it rains and storms heavily (never mind the
Portland drizzle) Paddlers for Peace are on!
Please arrive by the Eastside Hawthorne Bridge between 1 and
1.30, so everybody has time to meet, unload and talk for a
minute. Hopefully we can all be in the water at 1.30. There
will be purple peace balloons for early birds!
For your favorite peace sign: Try writing on white plastic
and taping that on top or on the side of your boat. I still
hope we will have enough boats to form a message in the
water. Bubbles anybody?
Please note that there will be a feeder march leaving from
the bridge at the same time, so there will be lots of people
and potential parking hassles.
If you bring your walkman you can listen to the rally live
at KBOO 90.7FM.
Looking forward to being part of history with all of you on
Saturday,
Gabi
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Please see http://www.rdrop.com/~pjw/ for info about
another LARGE peace rally and march in Portland on
March 15th. The rally will be by the
Waterfront and several people have expressed
interest in having a "Peace Paddler Float" in the
river as part of the event.
*The rally starts at 2PM with a keynote speaker (
civil rights activist John Lewis), a march will start at
around 2.30 and will return to
> the Waterfront after marching for about 90 minutes.
> Since MANY people are expected, and not all will
> march, there will be a continous presence at the
> Waterfront. Kayakers should plan to be in the river
> for the entire time period between 2 and 5, but
> especially at the beginning. Dress warm and don't
> forget life jackets!
>
> *There is no place to launch a boat from where the
> rally will be: NW Front and Yamhill, one block South
> of the Morrison Bridge on the downtown side. I would
> recommend putting the kayaks in the water on the
> other side of the river by the firestation under the
> Hawthorne Bridge (Eastbank Esplanade). If we all get
> there by 1.30, we should have time to meet, discuss
> a plan as a group and cross the river.
>
> *Be visible as a peace kayaks: have balons, banners,
> noise makers or whatever creative thing you can come
> up with. If we had at least 13 kayaks, we could
> attempt to form a peace sign in the water.
>
> *If the weather is really bad (as in too much wind
> and rain) I will not kayak for safety reasons. Call
> me at 503.957.4559 with questions.
>
> PASS IT ON TO OTHER BOATERS!!!! This will be a
> first and fun....
>
> Gabi




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