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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: MONTGOMERY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR features Preview Day: " Celebrating 75 Years of Farm Bureau Tradition."
AGENDA: Highlights:
7:30 p.m. - World Cup Bull Riding in the Grandstand
Softasilk Contest Judging in the Heritage Garden Room
7:45 p.m. - "You Be the Judge" items awards presentation in the Heritage Garden Room.
8:30 p.m. - Bad Influence Band in Racing Park
9 p.m. - Selection of Supreme Dairy Champions in the Cattle Show
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: Montgomery County Fair Grounds, Gaithersburg, MD
CONTACT: 301-926-3100 or 301-963-FAIR
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL FLUTE ASSOCIATION holds its 30th Annual Convention themed "Continuum: Honoring Our Heritage, Assuring Our Legacy."
AGENDA: Highlight:
Gala Concert features two terrific artists from non-classical traditions. Chris Norman and his ensemble specialize in Celtic music, and you will be amazed at both the nuance and incredible technique of this artist. Jazz flutist Nestor Torres needs no introduction to NFA members, as he was an artist at the Atlanta convention-he and his group will bring the house down with his Latin-based jazz.
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton and Towers, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 661-299-6680
WEB ADDRESS: nfaonline.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL OF KHALISTAN holds a protest on Indian Independence Day to demand freedom for Sikhs political prisoners.
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: Indian Embassy, 2107 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-833-3262
WEB ADDRESS: khalistan.com
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY holds a news conference on What Will World Summit on Sustainable Development that will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa later Accomplish.
WHO: The speakers are:
Michael L. Marvin, President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Will Singleton, Executive Director, Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment
George Phelps, Vice President, Government and Industry Affairs, North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-0507
WEB ADDRESS: bcse.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA holds a news conference releasing its latest report on trends in credit card marketing, extension and card profitability. The credit card industry has been the driving force behind legislation that would erect new barriers to personal bankruptcy, which Congress is poised to enact when it returns in September.
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-737-0766
WEB ADDRESS: cfa.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WTH DISIBILITIES holds a news conference to discuss DC voting. Currently, DC residents who are blind or cannot use a pencil are not able to vote by secret ballot.
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: 11 Dupont Circle, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-955-6114
WEB ADDRESS:washlaw.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: THOMAS E. BURNETT, SR., DEENA BURNETT; WILLIAM DOYLE; APRIL GALLOP; LOREENE AND MATT SELLITTO; TERRY STRADA; ANTONIO AND THERESA DIFATO; IRENE SPINA and more families representing 300 plaintiffs and over 200 families of September 11th hold a news conference to announce they are taking groundbreaking legal action to cut off the financial pipeline that fuels Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: J.W. Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5400
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA SERVICES host a press teleconference to preview the Summit, which runs from August 26 to September 4 in Johannesburg, South Africa. NGO leaders will
summarize the goals set 10 years ago at the Rio Earth Summit and describe the progress -- or lack of progress -- made to date. Grassroots groups attending the Summit will describe the importance of emerging global nongovernmental networks for such issues as community forestry, environmental justice, self determination and others.
AGENDA: Journalists should call 1-800-547-8913. The conference ID number is F125. International Journalists should call 785-832-2267. The conference ID number is F125.
WHO: The speakers are:
John Adams, president, Natural Resources Defense Council
Colin Donohue, director of conservation-based development, Rural Action
Azibuike Akaba, research associate, Communities for Better Environment
Monique Harden, co-chair, Equal Protection Committee, National Black Environmental Justice Network
Cecil Corbin-Mark, program director, West Harlem Environmental Action
Leslie Fields, director of international programs, Friends of the Earth
DATE: August 15, 2002
CONTACT: Charly Moore, 202-463-6670
WEB ADDRESS: ems.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Putting Faith in Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work through Grassroots Citizenship with Stephen Goldsmith, Special Advisor to President George W. Bush for faith-based and community initiatives, Chair, Corporation For National and Community Service.
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Reverend Jesse Jackson Outlines Plans for Sept. 13th March.
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: ANNUAL ARLINGTON COUNTY FAIR 2002 Themed "Celebrating the Best of Arlington." The
Fair features Carnival Rides and Amusements, Competitive Exhibits, Arts and Crafts, Great Food from Many Countries, Live Entertainment, Outdoor Music Stage, Pony Rides, Pig Races, Duck Races and a Petting Zoo.
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: Thomas Jefferson Community Center, 3501 South Second Street,
Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 703-920-4556
WEB ADDRESS: arlingtoncountyfair.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE State Jazz Ambassadors presents a Louis Armstrong program, recently performed on a Far East tour to celebrate Satchmo's 100th birthday.
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Ron Jackson Suresha discussing and signing copies of Bears On Bears, which looks at the gay subculture of "Bears"-men with a little extra weight and lots of body and facial hair.
DATE: August 15, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
