Newsletter

1. The Roadrunner
Bimonthly Publication of the Kern-Kaweah Chapter of the Sierra Club — Jan./Feb 2002
Straw Bale Construction annually and their numbers will grow and include
Sierra Club Seminar minorities that we do not reach as often as we would
Tues. Jan 22, 7/9 PM , Beale Libr., 701 Truxtun, Bksf. like. Many of them will be in contact with each other.
They know that economic progress is impossible
Huff & Puff without ecological awareness. Members of our
But Can you Blow These Straw Bale Walls Down? chapter should come forward now and help them
Sponsored by the Buena Vista Group and the achieve their goals.”
Chapter Ex-com, Ken Haggard, a registered architect
with the San Luis Sustainability Group, will present a Water Cost And Availability Topic Of
seminar on building with straw bales in the Sierra POWER Conference
Club’s series on alternative technologies at the Beale Just as gold was central to California’s economy
Library, 7-9 pm, January 22, 2002. in the nineteenth century and oil was central in the
Straw bale construction is an innovative, yet time- twentieth century, the availability of water will
less construction technique for building super- determine California’s prosperity in the twenty-first
insulated homes and offices. Building with bales was century. To learn what public officials think as to
popularized with the phenomenal bestseller “The how California can obtain the quality and quantity of
Straw Bale House” by Athena and Bill Steen, pub- water we would like (while avoiding floods and
lished by Chelsea Green. restoring the environment), Arthur Unger attended
Haggard’s firm specializes in passive solar archi- this year’s conference of “Public Officials for Water
tecture and sustainable planning and design. and Environmental Reform” (POWER). This year’s
Greg McMillan, the contractor building Barry topic was How Much Should Water Cost?
Aubrey’s straw bale home near Weldon, will be avail- There was some discussion of the lessons to be
able to answer questions about on-site details of con- learned from the energy crisis. Some said energy
struction. deregulation led to energy shortage, and the same
For more information, turn to these web sites: could occur if we do not have adequate water regs.
Haggard: http://www.slosustainability.com. Neither the Sierra Club nor the participants know
Calif. Straw Building Association how much of the price of water should be set by
http://www.strawbuilding.org. freely operating markets and how much by public
CRPE Backed Regional Meeting To policy. Loretta Lynch, President of the California
Address Environmental Concerns Public Utilities Commission, thinks that the price of
items for which there are no alternatives should be
The Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment regulated.
(CRPE) sponsored the Central California Environ- Senator Sheila Kuehl and others discussed her SB
mental Justice Conference held November 17, 2001 221. SB 221 requires housing developments of over
in Fresno. This conference brought together activists 500 units to prove that sufficient water is available.
from the Central Valley who are concerned about air Possible loopholes are exemptions for low income
pollution, pesticide use, and water contamination. housing, for developments that are adjacent to other
Chapter member Art Unger was one of about 100 developments because they could be considered in-
persons attending this conference. fill, and for findings by local jurisdictions that the
Speakers at the meeting emphasized the need for project’s social and economic benefits outweigh the
working together to correct region-wide environmen- negative environmental impact of not having proof
tal concerns. These speakers spoke from personal of sufficient water. Dividing a project into multiple
experience, as they had been involved in their 499-unit developments is the biggest possible loop-
communities in projects as diverse as opposing pri- hole. To gain support for this bill, Kuehl had to
son building in rural areas and preventing construc- agree not to pursue legislation on this subject for five
tion of an incinerator within a city limit. years.
A workshop was held for young people, providing Ann Vickers, author of “Handbook of Water Use
basic information on environmental concerns and the and Conservation” and keynote speaker of the
need to become activists for support of environ- conference, pointed out that Americans use more
mental health. water on their lawns than in their homes and use
Art is “almost certain that these people will meet 720,000 gallons of gas per year to mow those lawns.

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She hopes we will switch to native plants, but notes
that those who do use natives do not decrease their FROM THE CHAPTER CHAIR
water use unless they stop using automatic sprinklers. By Paul Gipe
Much more pesticide per square foot is used on Chapter Budget
ornamental land than on farm land. It takes ten times The Sierra Club is a grass-roots organization and
as much water to produce an ounce of steak as an as such is member driven. Every member has a right
ounce of tofu. Amy Vickers says they are nutri- to attend any Club-sponsored meeting or event, in-
tionally the same; do our physicians and nutritionists cluding meetings of the chapter or group executive
agree? committees, or ExComs, in Club parlance. In fact we
Kern County 2nd District Supervisoral encourage members to participate as much as pos-
Candidates Appeared In Sierra Club sible. Members are what keep us going.
Club members also have a right to know how we
Forum spend their money. The following summarizes the
On December 4, the Buena Vista Group of the chapter’s typical sources of annual income and our
Chapter sponsored a candidate forum for the second typical expenses in thousands of dollars.
supervisor district of Kern County. Since the in- Income
cumbent, Steve Perez, is a candidate for another Subvention 15 Conservation 3
office, the election is wide open, attracting five March Appeal 2 Other 1 Total 21
candidates. All of the candidates (Don Maben, Linda Expenses
White, Mary Beth Garrison, Bernita Jenkins, and Groups 2 Conservation 6
Louis Litwin) appeared that evening. The audience SC deductions 4 Roadrunner 9 Total 21
was mixed, with Sierra Club members, members of Accounts on hand 17
the community, and high school students. The Subvention is a portion of local members’ dues
questions addressed to each candidate covered the that is returned to the chapter from the national or-
topics of urban sprawl, air quality, wind and dairy anization.
farms, transportation, energy use and Tehachapi Conservation is the income from our foundation
development issues. Some candidates placed private account for specific, tax-exempt purposes, such as
property rights over community wishes, while others our lawsuit against EPA.
believed that county government should take an March Appeal is the contributions we solicit
active role in directing growth in the county and directly from chapter members. We can do this only
improving air quality. Even though they disagreed in March, thus the name.
on the role of government in improving and regu- Other is income from the sale of calendars, post-
lating environmental issues, they all agreed that Kern cards, and so on.
county does have serious environmental problems Typically our annual income totals approximately
that must be addressed now. $20,000.
The audience provided many of the questions Groups is our modest distribution to each group.
asked and enjoyed both the serious comments by the We are weighing an increase in our group subven-
candidates and those of a flippant nature. Many Club tion. There are now five groups in the chapter.
members volunteered their time to set up the debate Conservation accounts for our expenses in non-
and to man tables with reading materials. The Buena political activities, such as our legal case against EPA
Vista Excom would like to thank them for their regarding air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley.
services. SC deductions are for our share of Sierra Club
The next time voters in the 2nd district get a California expenses.
chance to listen to the candidates will be in February Roadrunner is our cost to print and distribute our
in Tehachapi. Please try to attend. By listening to the newsletter, the Roadrunner.
candidates, you will definitely be able to make up We try to balance our annual expenses with our
your mind for the March election. By Harry Love annual income. We have $17,000 in deposits at a
local bank as a cash reserve for emergencies.
In addition, we have access to the Mel & Beverly
Did you forget to buy a SC Calendar? A few remain Rubin Environmental Fund, managed by the Sierra
to be sold for just $5. Please call Georgette Theotig, Club Foundation. Because this fund is in a founda-
661-822-4371, to make arrangements for your bar- tion account, we can only use it for carefully audited
gain purchase asap! purposes, such as reimbursement of a limited portion
of our Roadrunner expenses, educational expenses,
and costs of litigation.
Larry Wailes is our chapter treasurer.

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Who Speaks For The Club? discussed on the show. Although you will have only
15 to 30 seconds for your opening question, take the
The Club and the chapter are involved in a host of
time to tell the host you enjoy the show. Then slip in
controversial actions. As a consequence, members are
your question.
often asked their opinions on a variety of complex
When dealing with the far right, who see environ-
environmental issues. While all citizens have a right
mentalism as government interference, our Dolph
to speak their mind, speaking on behalf of the Sierra
Amster recommends addressing matters of fact rather
Club requires familiarity with the issue, with the
than opinion. Expect a harsh reply and evenly reply
collective opinion of the national Sierra Club, and
with a supporting fact. That will probably set the host
with the position explicitly endorsed by the chapter
off, and you may not get another word in. Bear in
and group.
mind that it would cost the club about $50 a minute
Our position on certain issues is sometimes del-
to put out the information you just almost did. If you
icately crafted after hours of discussion. Members
are interviewed, your oral comments should consist
are welcome to help hammer out our positions—in
of one or two short sentences, with images if possible,
fact, we always need more help—and by doing so
structured so that they cannot be changed. To
become more familiar with the ramifications of each
prevent changing my replies in a telephone interview,
action. As John Muir said, everything in the universe
I sometimes fax my answers, rather than give them
is hitched to everything else.
over the phone.
Unless a member is acknowledged by the exec-
Arthur is more than happy to speak with anyone who
utive committee of either the chapter or group as the
would like to discuss further the topic above. You can
lead activist on an issue, he or she should refrain
reach him in the following manner: 661. 323.5569
from speaking “on behalf of,” “for,” or even “as a
or alunger@juno.com
member of” the Sierra Club. Please say what you
want to say, but do so as a citizen, or a member of the Manter Appeal—Story of A Step In The
community. We need more people speaking up for Right Direction
the environment, for clean air, for clean water, and
The Manter Appeal refers to an area in Sequoia
for protection of our wild places. By Paul Gipe
National Forest that was given the go-ahead for a
Pointers For Pressing Points With The timber sale, justified by the Forest Service in terms of
Press Persuasively cutting trees in an area that had been run over by
fire. The alert watchers of timber sales in that
The following article was prepared by Arthur
National Forest made an appeal to the Forest Service,
Unger, a well known local Sierra Club activist who
questioning their judgment that the trees to be cut
has had a great deal of experience dealing effectively
were truly dead.
with the local media. He has prepared the following
The appeal was rejected, but a meeting was
suggestions for utilizing the opportunities the media
requested with the District Ranger. In the meeting it
offers for publicizing Sierra Club positions as an aid
was discovered that the District Ranger had uni-
to give you expertise—and courage to speak up.
laterally changed the marking guidelines (the
Our talking to the voters, more than lobbying the
Protocol) for determining which trees were dead and
office holders, lessened the harm the 104th Congress
which were not. Even though the Environmental
did, and it can help us with the present congress. All
Assessment (EA) used a more permissive, less
of us must continue to reach the voters. First we must
protective protocol for the project analysis, the Forest
talk to as many of the people we come face to face
Service said they would adhere to the more restrictive
with as we dare.
protocol (See below). Had we not appealed, the
Then we must use the media. With persistence, one
likelihood that the more restrictive protocol would be
can occasionally be on radio, TV and in local news-
used was small.
papers such as the Californian; I have proven that
The most restrictive protocol to be followed states
this does not take talent. For those with too little time,
that a tree cannot be considered “dead” unless
letters to the editor and talk radio are the ways to go.
at least 95% of the crown is scorched brown, for
Follow the issues that interest you in the general
pines trees,
media and in environmental publications like the
at least 90% of the crown is scorched brown, for
Roadrunner. Call the listed chapter officers to find
fir trees.
other sources.
For trees that had less than 50% live crown before
Gene Tacket, former talk show host, advises that
the fire,
talk radio shows that originate locally usually receive
pines cannot be considered dead unless at least
less than twenty calls an hour. When you call, you
90% of the crown is scorched brown;
will first be screened. Usually they only want to know
firs cannot be considered dead unless at least 85%
that the topic of your call relates to the subject being
of the crown is scorched brown.

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How did those persons who worked on the appeal looking, watching the changes of light, memorizing
persuade the Forest Service to change their position the contours of the land. What I was doing was
on this timber sale? It took people who have really witnessing, with a mind completely innocent of any
involved themselves in the concern of protecting the notion of change and therefore not apprehensive of
Sequoia forests to 1. get proof that the original it. To me it was perfect beauty, seen in perfect air, by
protocol had not been followed by going out to the perfect light. I did not know that it was being trans-
site in question and taking videos illustrating that the lated through the eyes into the heart where it would
trees designated as dead were truly not dead ac- remain, awaiting expression.
cording to the Forest Service protocol; 2. meet with I have often observed this witnessing in others.
Forest Service personnel to discuss findings; 3. get Before me in a little album is a photograph of a
expert testimony stating that the cutting would be jagged outcrop of rock, black in profile against the
harmful to the habitat for the fisher, an endangered pale last light of day. At first glance there appear to
carnivore species; 4. be prepared to continue to be three spires, but a closer look identifies the third
monitor the “marking” of trees, according to the as a person, a friend who had climbed the rock last
Forest Service protocol agreed upon. summer to witness a sunset in the White Mountains.
What was the result of the agreements that came Below is another picture, this one of the land whose
out of these negotiations? shades and contours the watcher is absorbing. The
Quoting from a letter written by Chad Hansen, scene is deeply shadowed around long streaks of
member of National Board of Directors of Sierra momentary light. The same process of translation is
Club: “We may be victims of our own success here. occurring, but now in a mind only too well aware of
Due to the pressure that all of the folks working on the accidental and transitory character of natural
this have brought to bear on the Forest Service, the beauty, and conscious of its importance to the heart.
scope and scale of the project has been reduced by In maturity every witness understands that a scene
probably over 80%. Ironically, this hinders our in nature is characterized as much by unpredictable
ability to sue them.” variables as it is by its physical composition. Light is
Are folks satisfied with this result of the Manter capricious, its quality dependent upon any number
Appeal compromise? Ara Marderosian wrote, “I of situations. Time of day is ordered, but weather is
would prefer that the dead and live trees remain in not, nor, in these days, is the condition of the air. Nor
place because all branches and needles, live or dead, do we know what wild creatures might be there, or
collectively add up to the canopy which provides whether they will be moving or stationary, or if
protection from predators above, shade from early stationary, how long. Furthermore, sound, or the
snow melt, resistance to winds blowing through the absence of it, is profoundly involved in total ex-
forest and drying the forest, as well as the increase in perience, as are all the senses and our receptiveness to
soil compaction and sediment in the streams, and them. So it is only accidentally that we enter those
damage to the naturally occurring sprouts that would moments in nature which are of such exquisite
replace the burned trees.” quality that they become fixed in memory, to recur
Here is another example of effort, expertise and through a lifetime by deliberate referral, or by
perseverance helping to protect our natural environ- surprise when we are thinking of something else.
ment. Can you see in this report an opportunity that Such a beautiful confluence of circumstances
fits your ability to help? Contact Ara Marderosian occurred for me one afternoon last October at the
for further information: 760.376.4434. or 866.533. rim of a vast canyon in Bryce National Park as I
7873. Web site is www.sequoiaforestkeeper.org waited, hoping, for more than ordinary light. It came
while I was reading, and when I looked up and out I
MIDGEBUZZINGS saw it, not falling upon those haunted shapes to
The summer I turned thirteen my family built a illuminate them as one would expect, but seeming to
home in a beautiful place five miles or so outside the radiate from them as if generated outwards from the
little town of Chico. Across the street behind a center of a mystery too intense even for approach.
density of foliage Chico Creek rushed icy cold to fill Nevertheless, I raised my camera and opened the
the reservoir at Five Mile Dam; and at the back of shutter, an act that seemed almost a sacrilege. And
our land, beyond a low rise, was a full horizon of film, being neutral, records.
butte mountains. A picture does not express experience so much as
The transition from childhood to adolescence can it attests to it. But that testament is witness, too, and
be swift and immense. In my case it was made even thus a spring to memory and an invitation to return.
more poignant by separation from old friends, and By Ann Williams
by the coincidence of this landscape, so gorgeous as
to be almost painful. In a corner of the back fence I
built a board seat where I often spent time just

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KernKaweah GROUP NEWS
Kern Kaweah Chapter Ex-Com usually meets Saturday afternoons once a month, Beale Library,
Bakersfield, 12 noon. Call to make sure of place and time. Paul Gipe, Chair. 661.324.1923
Buena Vista Group Kaweah Group
Meets at Bakersfield, Beale Library Meets in Porterville. Interested in hikes? Other ac-
For further information call Glenn Shellcross, Chair tivities? Call
661.832.3382. email: GSHELLCROSS@bak. Theresa Stump, Chair. 559.781.0594
rr.com
y y coming events y y Mineral King Group
Jan 22 (tues ) 7–9 PM . Straw Bale Construction. Meets in Visalia
Beale Library, 701 Truxtun Ave., Bksf. For further information call Harold Wood, Chair.
Feb 23 (sat) 1st Annual Banquet Program: Alison 559.739.8527 email:harold.wood@sierraclub.org
Sheehey, “A Look at Wildlife in Kern County.”
Installation of Officers. At Hodels, 5917 Knudsen y y coming events y y
Dr. 6:13 PM . “Attitude Adjustment.” 7 PM Buffet In Visalia;
Dinner. $15.80 (includes tax, tip). RSVP by Feb. Feb 7 (thur) Dinner social at Keo Thip Thai
1st. Send check to Karen Smith, 10404 Sunset Dr., Mar 7 (thur) Dinner social at Los Portales
Bksf., 93311. More info? 664-5808 or 833-3795 Reservations needed. RSVP by day prior to event.
Hikes begin in March.
Condor Group Group Ex Com meets 4th Monday monthly. All SC
members welcome. Call (559) 739-8527 to attend.
Meets at Pine Mountain Club Check Min. King Group Website for updates and
For further information call Ches Arthur, Chair, send in your address for regular updates:
661.242.0423. email: ches@frazmtn.com http://kernkaweah.sierraclub.org/mineralking
or call phone number listed above.
y y coming events y y
Snow and freezing make events questionable. Please
be sure to call prior to event.
Jan 12th (sat) Excursion to Red Rock Canyon State Owens Peak Group
Park . Full day trip. Sack lunch, water. Call Barbara Meets in Ridgecrest
for more info. 661-242-7024. For further information call Dennis Burge, Chair
Feb 2nd (sat) Nordic Ski Patrol and more! 760.375.7967 email: dennis93555@yahooo.com
Steve Smashey, active member, presenter. 6 PM,
potluck. 7 PM program. Pool Pavilion Room, PMC y y coming events y y
clubhouse. Jan 19th Malpais Mesa Hike. 7700 ft. Hunt for lost
Feb 9th (sat) Tide Pool Tour. Down to the coast for petroglyphs. Snow alternative: Dome Mtn. Meet at
day-trip to view inhabitants of the ocean rarely seen Ridgecrest Cinemas, 7 AM. More info? Call Dennis.
unless there is low tide. Call Barbara for more info. Jan. 21st (mon) Kathleen Cox of the BLM will
661-242-7024. speak about Searles Valley (Trona) mineral prod-
Question Mark Hikes uction, environmental issues. Maturango Museum,
SATURDAYS: Jan 26th,, Feb. 23rd. Destinations of 100 E. Las Flores, 7:30 PM .
hikes are not announced. Will depend on weather Feb. 18th (mon) “A Birder Goes Traveling”:
conditions. Please call if you are interested in Lloyd Brubaker of Kerncrest Audubon, who has
activity on those dates. recently been to Antarctia and South Africa, will
USFS Study Group. January 14. Gas and oil speak. Maturango Museum, 100 E. Las Flores; 7:30
development. January 31st. 4 Forest Management PM . Call Jeanie for more info. 375-8973.
Plan. Public input meetings. Place and exact time on Feb 23 (sat) Mayan Peak (top of Kelso Valley)
reverse side. More info? Call 242-0432. 6108 ft. Meet at Ridgecrest Cinemas. 7 AM. More
info? Call Jim at (760) 375-8161.

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Your quicky calendar
January February
Sat 12 Red Rock Canyon - see Condor Group Sat 2 Nordic Ski Patrol program - see Condor Group
Sat 19 Malpais Mesa Hike - see Owens Peak Gp Thurs 7 Meal at Keo Thip Thai - see Min. King Gp
Sat 19 Chapt. Excom. Beale Library, Bksf. Noon. Sat 9 Tide Pool - see Condor Gp
Mon 21 BLM’s Cox: Trona mineral production - see Mon 18 Bird program - see Owens Peak Gp
Owens Peak Gp Sat 23 Banquet - see Buena Vista Group
Tues 22 Straw Bale Construction - see p. 1 Sat 23 Mayan Peak - see Owens Peak Group
Every Thursday. Condition Hike. 4-5 miles. Bksf. 7
PM . Corner of 178 & 184. Details? 661.872.2432
POTPOURRI OF EXTRAS, CONTINUING EVENTS AND POTENTIAL INTEREST
JANUARY FEBRUARY
Sun 13 Southern Regional Conservation Comm. Mtg Ski Trips
- LA (9 AM) 3435 Wilshire 213.387.4287 1-3 (fri-sun) Cross Counry Ski Tour
1. Mon 14 USFS Gas and Oil Los Padres hearing. 16-18 (sat-mon) Ski Backpack
Chuchupate Rg. Station. 6-8:30 PM . 2. Tues 15 BLM Both in Sequoia Monument. Limit 8. Call Gary/
in Bksf. 3-5 PM . Presentation, public input. Paulette Landers for details/reservations 714.529.
Sat 19 Workday at Wind Wolves.661.858.1115 8154
Thurs 31 USFS workshop on 4 Forest Plan. Frazier Fri-Sun 15-17 - Duck Days. Sacramento area. Peak
Park Comm. Center. 6-9 PM . bird migration time. Tours, hikes +. 800 425-5001
*********************************** BUENA VISTA GRP NEW EX-COM ELECTED
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA REGIONAL Congratulations to all the persons elected to this Ex-
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Mtg. LA Com. Serving on the board will be Mary Helen
Discussion will include ballot issues and candidate Barro, Shannon Kelly, Karen Page, Alison Sheehey,
endorsements coming up in March. This group has Glenn Shellcross, Karen Smith, Kevin Smith, Shelley
a vital part in making decisions concerning policy of Stone, and Elaine White. This new Ex-Com is the
Sierra Club California. Mtg time: 9 AM 3435 Wil- group that will be responsible for making decisions
shire 213.387.4287. Other related mtgs: State Mtg. as to program, etc. for group.
Mar. 9-10 Convention June 8th-9th. Both at San
Luis Obispo. All Club members welcome. TABLING (manning a booth at a public affair) is
MINERAL KING GROUP INVOLVED IN a grand way to inform the general public about the
PROTESTING PROPOSED SAND AND Sierra Club. This fall found Shelly Stone, Larry
GRAVEL OPERATION Wailes and son, Monte Harper, Diane Rezavy and Art
and Lorraine Unger doing just that at the Neigh-
The company Pacific Materials has filed an appli- borhood Festival at Martin Luther King Park and the
cation for a 137-acre pit mine to excavate sand and Combined Federal Campaign Fun Day in Yokuts
gravel to a depth of 40 feet from a 496-acre site Park. A good way to help spread the word!
about 1 mile north of Lemoncove. The site is adja-
cent to the Kaweah River and is presently pasture
used for livestock grazing. Groundwater occurs just
three feet below the ground surface. After an extended illness, Bette Goodrich passed
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service submitted a away Saturday, Nov 24th, 2001. Bette was an active
letter outlining concerns including the endangered leader of National Outings and served as Chair of
kit fox. The DEIR states that it is improbable that the the Wilderness Threshold from about 1987 until
kit fox are present in the area, but the Service has about 1999. She was one of the founders of and first
information of several kit fox sightings within a small Chair of the Owens Peak Group. She received the
radius of the project site. In addition to potential Kern-Kaweah Chapter’s Susan Miller Award. After
habitat loss of kit fox, the possible effects of noise moving to Mammoth Lakes, she became an active
and lighting on the fox are of concern. The Planning member of the Toiyabe Chapter and was one of the
Commission will decide at its meeting on January 16 founders of the Range of Light Group in that
whether to reject the DEIR and/or the project or to chapter. She will be remembered with great affection
direct that a final EIR be prepared for certification. and appreciation for all her efforts for the goals of
Mineral King is watching this proposal carefully. the Sierra Club.
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Volunteer. "Take Action" Numbers...Call! Write!
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NUMBERS:
You have read many times in the past issues of the White House Comment Line: 202.456.1111
Roadrunner about the effective work of Sierra Club e-mail : president@whitehouse.gov address:1600
members whose passion for protecting the natural Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20500
environment drives them to devote much time to Senator Barbara Boxer, 312 N Spring St. Suite
study, writing, making public appearances and de- 1748, LA 90012. 1.213.894.5000 email: senator@
veloping occasions for educating and alerting the boxer.senate.gov
general public and officials as to proposed actions Senator Diane Feinstein, 11111 Santa Monica Blvd.,
that would be detrimental and expressing our oppo- Suite 915, LA 90025 . 1. 310.914.7300 email:
sition accompanied by constructive criticism. senator@feinstein.senate.gov
Dir. Gale Norton, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Please join them. Uncertain how to start? What to 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240 1.202.
do? See pg 3 of this issue. Check past Roadrunners. 208.3100. Email: www.doi.gov
Check Sierra Club online. Clip out "Take Action" Dir.Ann Venneman. U.S. Dept of Ag, Dale Bosworth,
box and keep it handy for use when needed. Talk to US Forest Service, 14th & Independence Ave. SW,
other members. Washington, D.C.20250.
You will soon relish the learning opportunities, the 1.202.720.2791
satisfaction and comradeship of others who share the CALIFORNIA NUMBERS:
similar views. Enjoy! Gov.Davis: email: governor@governor.ca.gov.
1-916-445-2841
EX-COM CANDIDATES FOR 2002 Calif. Legislative Switchboard (receptionist will help
Paul Gipe has served on the ExCom, is currently Chapter you contact your Senator and/or Assembly member
Chair, and has worked on energy-related environmental issues if you are unsure): 1-916-322-9900
for almost three decades.
Mary Ann Lockhart has served as Condor Group Chair and BALLOT FOR CONDOR GROUP
on KK Chapter Ex-com; presently is Editor of Roadrunner. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 2002
Art Unger Arthur Unger has held chapter offices and received All Sierra Club Members in the area of Pine Mountain
awards. He thanks you for donating your time to our chapter Club, Frazier Park, Lebec and Gorman are eligible to vote.
and thus to the earth. Contact any chapter officer or Art at
alunger@juno.com or 661 323-5569 to help you VOTE FOR NINE:
become more active.
Glenn Shellcross Served as Chair of the KK Chapter, now VOTER 1 VOTER 2
Vice-Chair. Chair of Buena Vista Group. ____Ches Arthur ____
____Fay Benbrook ____
BALLOT FOR KERN-KAWEAH CHAPTER ____Marta Bigler ____
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 2002 ____Dale Chitwood ____
____Bernard Cordes ____
All Sierra Club Members in this Chapter are eligible ____Erica Cordes ____
to vote. Dave Grant ____
Voter 1 ____ Barbara Kelley ____
VOTE FOR FOUR ____ Katherine King ____
___Paul Gipe____Mary Ann Lockhart ___Glenn ____ Harry Nelson ____
Shellcross____Art Unger ____ Gita Nelson ____
____Write in______________________________ ____ Candy Posson ____
____ Jean Rustvold ____
Voter 2 ____ Rusty Rustvold ____
VOTE FOR FOUR ____ Dayne Yancy ____
___Paul Gipe____Mary Ann Lockhart____Glenn ____ Tom Yancy ____
Shellcross____Art Unger ___________Write In ___________
____Write in______________________________
Place voter(s) signature(s) on outside of envelope.
Place voter(s) signature(s) on outside of envelope. Send to Lockhart, Att. BALLOT. PO GG, Frazier
Send to Kern Kaweah Chapter. Att: Ballot, PO 3357. Park, CA, 93222 or bring to Feb 2nd mtg. where
Ballots must be received by January 31, 2002. results will be announced.
Please cut out list below and keep handy

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Cut up the Roadrunner?
Never heard of this before?
Why should you do it?
so you can...
Vote (p. 7)
Volunteer (pp. 3/7)
Take advantage of the
new "quick look" sheet
to find out easily who is doing
what, when and where! (pp. 5&6)
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Roadrunner Information LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS OF INTEREST
General Publication Information
Congratulations: The National Sierra Club Board of
Deadline: Feb 5th, 2002 Directors’ minutes of Nov. 16-18, 2001 show Joe
for March-April issue Fontaine as one of the new honorary Vice Presidents
of the Club. What an honor for our “home boy.”
http://kernkaweah.sierraclub.org Great News: 1,540 acres of private land known as
Web questions? harold.wood@sierraclub.org the Dillonwood Grove and filled with second-growth
sequoias has now become part of Sequoia National
Want to contact Roadrunner? Park. Combining these trees with those in the adjoin-
email: jmal@frazmtn.com ing Park we come up with this Grove becoming one
of the five largest in the world! How did it happen?
or reg mail: Editor, Roadrunner, The family owning the land did not sell into other
PO GG, Frazier Park, CA 93222. private hands and Save-The-Redwoods League and
Silicon Valley Foundations provided the $$$ to make
it possible. Wow!
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Very extra special thanks to the mailing, Michelle Hoffmann peared in the Roadrunner. Please include your name,
and Ann Williams, for working on this issue during the street address and telephone number to harold.wood
holidays in order to get it to you on promptly in the New @sierraclub.com.
Year of 2002.