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	<description>Welcome to the SW Olympia Neighborhood Association</description>
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		<title>SWONA MEETING &amp; Agenda:  Thurs., May 21, 7-8 pm Gloria Dei</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SWONA Meeting May 21 &#8212; Gloria Dei Church, Harrison at Perry 7:00 - 8:00 pm, (childcare available)
Diana:  7 - 7:08                      Welcome, intro first time attending if any
Review agenda
Amend and/or approve last mtg minutes: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swona.org/wordpress/2009/05/07/next-swona-meeting-thurs-may-21-7-8-pm-gloria-dei/</link>
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		<title>Bike to school day May 15 - Garfield, Jefferson, Capital</title>
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 Bike to School and Work Day - Friday, May 15
Join thousands of two-wheel commuters on National Bike to School and Work Day.  Participants of the Bicycle Commuter Contest can earn double the miles on this date!  Many schools, including Garfield Elementary School, Jefferson Middle School and Capital High School are supporting group [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swona.org/wordpress/2009/04/21/bike-to-school-day-may-15-garfield-jefferson-capital/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Walking Park&#8221; Work Days:  May 9 and 10.  Mark your calendars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                Come at noon.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, May 10 at 9th &#38; Fern. Have you taken note of spring at the Welcome Park, #1 stop on our Walking Park and entrance to our neighborhood?  On left, you&#8217;ll see the parties responsible for the daffodils today, tulips tomorrow and more pleasures to come. Now, we need helping hands again to clean up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swona.org/wordpress/2009/04/20/friday-may-1-bike-o-rama-at-decatur-st-bike-path-am-pm/</link>
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		<title>Maintaining our Welcome Spot &#8212; #1 stop on the Walking Park - at 9th &amp; Fern SW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To make sure our Welcome Spot is maintained in a manner befitting the beauty of our neighborhood and the respect of those of us who live and walk in it &#8211;
* Barb Day is our new TWP #1 Supervisor. She&#8217;ll check The Welcome Spot the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. If it appears [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swona.org/wordpress/2009/03/26/maintaining-our-welcome-spot-1-stop-on-the-walking-park-at-9th-fern-sw/</link>
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		<title>POEMS FOUND AT THE POETRY POST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Be either Cold or Hot
(A bike &#38; coffee poem)
Cool morning in May
Cold hands on the bars
Warm smiles at the Poetry Post
Hot Starbucks in my grasp
HISTORY OF THE WESTSIDE
WIND BLOWS/THROUGH POETS&#8217; WORDS
THESE WESTSIDE PATHS/SPEAK TO ME
WE ONCE RAN FREE/THROUGH MARY&#8217;S WOODS
FIRST LOVE FOUND/ON SAND BANK&#8217;S CREST
WE RETURN HOME/ALWAYS.


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		<link>http://www.swona.org/wordpress/2009/03/13/poems-found-at-the-poetry-post/</link>
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		<title>Brad&#8217;s &#8220;Get Active - Get Connected&#8221; Birdsong Walking Report</title>
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Since we have not had a lot of rain this year, I have been taking more neighborhood walks.  On one of my walks early this year, I noticed that I could hear a lot of birds along 11th   Ave, 12th Ave, and Plymouth St between 12th and 9th.  It was a walk where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swona.org/wordpress/2009/03/13/brads-get-active-get-connected-birdsong-walking-report/</link>
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		<title>9th &amp; Fern &#8220;Spring Spruce Up&#8221; &#8212; We had fun working together!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the newly-dressed Welcome Spot at 9th &#38; Fern. More than a dozen of us showed up Sunday morning to provide some TLC to the winter-roughened plants at the &#8220;Welcome Spot&#8221; at 9th &#38; Fern. SWONA VP Barb Day will supervise maintenance of this entry point on our Walking Park (click on People &#38; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swona.org/wordpress/2009/03/06/walking-park-spring-work-parties-coming-soon/</link>
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		<title>Find a Neighbor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll be adding a section on the &#8220;People and Projects&#8221; button for networking groups that form in the neighborhood.  Things we have talked about include:
A Childcare group where those who are looking for babysitters and childcare can connect with teens and others in the neighborhood who are doing babysitting and childcare.
Share an interest would be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swona.org/wordpress/2009/03/06/find-a-neighbor/</link>
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		<title>Grow food for the Food Bank this summer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Derek Valley, member of both SWONA and the Kiwanis, is looking for SW neighbors to help raise food in their summer gardens for the Olympia Food Bank.  The idea is to set aside a section of the garden for specific kinds of crops.  Another possibility Derek is looking into is to organize a team to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swona.org/wordpress/2009/03/06/grow-food-for-the-food-bank-this-summer/</link>
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		<title>December SWONA News Sheet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 

SW NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS 
“Strong Neighborhoods Make a Viable Downtown”
 




 See photo in the galleries!


 


New Year’s Eve Bonfire
 
For the 4th year, SWONA will be hosting a New Year’s   Evening IN … the neighborhood. Come to share community and hot cider (si!) around a bonfire to   start the New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swona.org/wordpress/2009/03/06/december-swona-news-sheet/</link>
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