Volume 16, Issue 6
<h3>The Center News ~ June 2008</h3>
<h1> From The Front Office </h1>

Here it is June, which has typically been the beginning of a very slow period at the CCC... but apparently not this June! 
(This month’s calendar looks about as full as every other month!) What I like to see is that just about everything on this 
month’s calendar is being presented by our Members, not necessarily the Board of Directors or the Events Committee. 
In my mind, that is a sign that we’re truly becoming a thriving community center!
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A few of our regular classes are taking the summer off ­– After School Program, Young Dancers of Tonasket, and the 
International Dance Classes are not going to be happening during the summer months. There is rumor, however, that we may 
have performances at the Garlic Festival in August, so we’ll be able to look forward to that.
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Thanks to all for your continued support and a huge thank-you to everyone for your patience during our big remodel!
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All my best,
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River

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                 <h1>New Furniture Drive</h1>
We currently are finishing the front entrance room at the CCC. The cement floor has been poured and awaits the finish 
treatment, the walls have been painted, and next will come the trim. The lighting is up and beautiful. The grants have 
helped pay for all of this construction and finish work, but we are in need of something not written into the grants -- 
new furniture.
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We do not want to put our old, worn out furniture back in the new room. So we are asking for donations toward this fund. 
We currently have $360.00 donated to us. We are asking for large or small donations  - it all adds up.
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Our goal is to use locally made furniture in this space in order to follow our theme of showcasing local artisans. 
If there are some local furniture makers out there, please submit your ideas to the CCC board. We will be discussing this 
issue throughout the summer and making decisions about what we want in that room.
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Thanks in advance for your assistance. <strong>Please contact</strong> River at 486-1328 or send your contribution to the CCC, at P.O. Box 
664, Tonasket.
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<i>~Janet Culp, Board Member</i>

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              <h1>Tonasket Farmers' Market Begins this Month</h1>
Tonasket Farmers’ Market will begin its 2008 season on Thursday, June 12, 3-7 pm.
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There have been a <a href="../promo/fm_guidelines_08.html" target="_tlx">few changes</a> made this year such as offering assigned spaces for regular vendors. Matt Welles is the Market
 Manager this year; his contact number is: 486-8803. Although it’s not necessary to pre-arrange with Matt or with the CCC in
 order to sell at the Farmers’ Market, new vendors should be sure not to set up in someone’s assigned space. A 10x10 stall 
fee is still $5 per week.
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With the gasoline prices being so high, and getting higher, the need for successful, thriving Farmers’ Markets is huge, so 
please come shop and support your local farmers!

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<h1>Apple Hill Art Camp Update</h1>
Apple Hill Art Camp in Tonasket has room for children in all three age groups. Camp runs June 23 through 27, and the ages 
are grouped 4-5, 6-7 and 8-10.  Tuition is $1 per child, per day. Call Liz Phares at 486-4341 to sign up.

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          <h1>Youth Art Club Offers Friendship, Creativity</h1>
Youth Art Club is forming! Please consider attending the first meeting on Friday, June 20, 5-6:30 pm. Young people from ages
 11 and up are welcome to join in friendship for creative opportunities.
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Come to a special gathering to learn about creating art and puppetry for future performance in hopes of brightening our 
community with beauty and inclusiveness for all.
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The focus will be on connecting with others, learning about how arts can educate, unite communities, and share important 
messages such as compassion and ecology with others. There are many young people in our community who have so much to share 
but just need an opportunity to connect in a safe and open format.
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Parents are welcome to attend. Please bring ideas and friends so that we can create an active youth movement in our community
. A pizza dinner will be provided.
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This idea is funded by a grant received from the Okanogan Family Faire. Thank-you to O.F.F. for providing the means to help 
create a thriving and empowered community!
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<strong>Contact person</strong> for this event is Lesa Sevin at 509-556-2101.

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         <h1>PSYCH-K Workshop</h1>
Join Dhebi DeWitz-Jensen, Certified PSYCH-K™ Instructor, June 21-22, 2008 for a life changing,PSYCH-K™ basic workshop right 
here at our own CCC.
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Learn how to create shifts of consciousness in this two-day workshop based on studies in neuroscience that provides specific,
 inner-technology tools to align subconscious programs with conscious beliefs.   
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It is our beliefs and perceptions that control our lives. PSYCH-K™ teaches us how to recognize how our conscience and 
subconscious minds work together to bring into our lives that which we think/feel we deserve.  As we transform the 
disharmonious programming within our thoughts and mind, our body then produces the healing chemistry that matches our 
beliefs and we move into life-affirming experiences. This accelerated personal growth, empowerment, and transformation 
program is designed to engage the other 90% of the mind most other modalities entirely ignore, while unlocking our hidden 
potential.  
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Workshop participants learn techniques to align their subconscious programming with conscious beliefs to create life 
changes in the areas of Personal Power, Prosperity, Health &amp; Body, Self-Esteem, Relationships, Grief and Loss and 
Spirituality.  You will also be certified and qualified to offer PSYCH-K sessions to the public for a fee.
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Come experience this accelerated personal growth and empowerment workshop that makes sense, is easy to learn, and is 
changing people’s lives. With this knowledge and these tools you have power over the direction of your life.  
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For more info check the <a href="http://www.PSYCH-K.com" target="_tlx">www.PSYCH-K.com</a> website. 
<strong> For registration</strong> call Patti Maher at 509 476-2435.
The workshop runs from <strong>9am to 5:00pm on Saturday &amp; 9am to 4:30pm on Sunday</strong>, though early 
check-in/registration is at 8:45 am on Saturday so that we may begin on time at 9am.
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<h1>Food Handler's Class</h1>
There will be a Food Handler's license class put on by the Okanogan County Health Dept. at the CCC on Tuesday evening, June 17, at 5pm. Manuals are  available at the Tonasket;s City Hall. Cost for this one time, hour-long class is $10.
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               <h1>Recycling is Possible in North Okanogan Okanogan County</h1>
<i>~Submitted by Loreen Feltsted</i>
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Recycling in the Okanogan? Following the success of the Green Okanogan (GO) Conference in May, some individuals have decided to move forward to pursue 
recycling for our community / county. During a breakout session at the end of the GO conference, a questionnaire was 
developed. A copy of this questionnaire is enclosed in your CCC newsletter. 
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We are soliciting input and response from our community. Please take the time to answer the questions. If you have any 
additional information or input, please submit it on an extra sheet of paper. To make this even easier, the <a href="http://www.tonasketcoop.com" target="_tlx">Tonasket 
Natural Food Co-op</a> has agreed to collect the questionnaires. You can either drop off your questionnaire during your next 
visit to the Co-op or mail it-- (see the instructions on the questionnaire).
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Results will be made available to the community as well as the County. They have expressed interest in these results during 
a recent visit to the County SWAC (Solid Waste Advisory Committee) Meeting.
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So, Tonasket/Okanogan, we're listening, here is your chance to express yourself regarding the state of waste and recycling 
in your community!  Let us hear from you, send in your survey today!
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(<strong>To see the questionnaire</strong> sent out with the CCC's print newsletter, that is available at the Co-op, <a href="../news/recycling_Q.html" target="_tlx">click here</a>. 
You can print this out and mail it or drop it off at the Co-op ~or~ just number your answers and write them on the back of a piece of recycled paper and mail it or drop it off ~or~ number your answers in an email to <a href="mailto:peterjnew@yahoo.com">peterjnew at yahoo.com</a> :-)
 

        <marquee behavior="alternate" scrollamount="2"><h1> Fiona ~ at Chesaw, In the Okanogan Highlands </h1></marquee>
There's a new arts and crafts gallery/gathering spot named <a href="http://www.gazette-tribune.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&amp;SubSectionID=7&amp;ArticleID=365&amp;TM=59278.93" target="_tlx">Fiona</a> located on the main road in Chesaw, WA (not at the CCC)
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<strong>Open House</strong> Saturday June 7 10am-10pm &amp; Sunday June 8, 10am-5pm<br />
Local Art, Music, Food and Fun!  Call 485-2281 for more info.

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         <h1>Okanogan Solutions</h1>
Local answers to global questions ~ Thursday, June 26th
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Join us at the CCC for a talk and discussion of solutions to current global problems – including issues from the film 
Zeitgeist that was shown recently at the Community Center.  Globalization, economic disparity, the mass extinction in
progress… let’s talk about restoring balance to our communities and our Earth.
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5:30 pm:   Light dinner available for donation<br />
6:00:  “The Age of Wisdom” – Preview of a book to be published in 2009 by Thom Speidel<br />
7:00:  Community roundtable discussion: Okanogan solutions:  What are our answers? <br />
8:00:  Adjourn
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<h5>A child once asked her grandmother how she had become so happy and successful in her life. "Right decisions," replied her 
grandmother. The girl thought for a while and then asked a second question, "But how do you learn to make the right 
decisions?" The grandmother answered quickly with a twinkle in her eye, "Wrong decisions!"</h5>

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          <h1>Altered Art Workshop</h1>
It's the newest craft craze – Altered Art – which combines mixed media, scrap-booking, bookmaking, collage, journaling, 
rubber stamping, stitching, decoupage, embellishing, painting, and much more. You are invited to join a free class at the 
CCC on <strong>Saturday, June 28, from 10 till 3pm.</strong>  
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Participants are asked to bring their imagination, along with various items that might be perceived as “junk”. A good 
starting point would be CDs (received as junk mail or no longer useful) and mint tins, such as from Altoids. Other similar 
small cast-off items, such as vitamin containers, packaging and broken pottery, etc. are also examples of art-components.
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To make this experience even more personal to you, you can also include collected or treasured items such as keys, stamps, 
pictures, stickers, or other unusual materials and found objects. Bring your own craft supplies; scissors and rulers, yarn, 
beads, fabric and fiber scraps, ribbon, buttons, etc. Ideas are unlimited...
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Start gathering objects from home and storage to bring to the workshop. Items will be transformed through 'Altered Art” into
 gifts, keepsakes and treasured items, cleverly saved from accumulation in the landfill!
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Public screening of the 20-minute, revealing video The Story of Stuff as fuel for thought, will introduce the concepts at 
the beginning of the workshop.
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<strong>For more information</strong> call Loreen at 486-2769.
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This event is funded by a grant received from the Okanogan Family Faire, which strives to help create a healthy, peaceful, 
and creative community for all. Thank-you to <a href="http://www.okanoganfamilyfaire.com" target="_tlx">O.F.F.</a> for this 
opportunity to enrich our community!

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<h1>Green: What Does It Mean ?</h1>
June 20 at 7:30 p.m. ~  FREE
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Tea/Coffee House, an evening of discussion, the continuing Green Okanogan series. Green, what does it mean?
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Join us for education, discussion, and organizing ourselves towards action.
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Come and learn and share about the Green Movement that is growing around the world. Discuss the possibilities of the Green 
Movement and our evolving role at this both concerning and exciting time of change in habits and behavior. We all live on 
one planet that requires our care.
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Do our actions affect our future? What can we do as individuals as well by collectively working together? This evening 
series, inspired by Green Okanogan of ecology/ conservation/ environmental awareness, is open to all.
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This is an opportunity to learn, discuss, and respectfully work together. There are many issues affecting our planet, which 
also concern our community.
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Let's participate in the art of conversation that leads to networking and organizing in our community. We have the potential
 to develop ideas that help remake the world.
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One topic will be on the book Plan B 3.0, Mobilizing to save civilization, written by Lester Brown. Copies of the book will be available for free, which were purchased from a grant by the Okanogan Family Faire.
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Tea/Coffee/Sweets available. Please call Lesa Sevin at 509-556-2101 for more information.
 

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<marquee behavior="alternate" scrollamount="2"><h1> The Garlic Festival Planning </h1></marquee>
the Planning Committee for the CCC's 9th Annual <a href="../garlic.php">Okanogan River Garlic Festival</a> is now forming. 
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Anyone interested in helping with this fun event is welcome to attend the next meeting on <strong>Tuesday, June 17 at 3:00 pm at the CCC.</strong>.


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