Look around….

Lots going on this weekend – let’s take a look:

• New record! You know how folks pull over on Tucker Avenue to make their cell phone calls because a) it’s a good move since you can’t drive & talk, it’s against the law, and b) you lose reception on the way out of town anyway….I counted six people pulled over yesterday to get their business done. Most I’ve ever seen….

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• Julie Hagn tells me there’s a workshop for empowering young women this weekend that will be a powerful experience as Betty Makoni comes to speak:

It’s 1:00-5:00 pm on Saturday the 24th at Spring Street International School – it’s open to girls 13-21. Cost is $30 per person and the proceeds go to Girl Child Network)…and there is a potluck afterwards for the girls who attend and their mothers from 5:00-6:00! See you there!

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• Wahoo! The FHHS soccer team beat Concrete last night 3-1 and the volleyball team won, too! Tonight: the football guys take on Nooksack Valley, there.

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• There’s photos of the musicians for this weekend’s Equinox San Juan show at the Shakespeare stage at Roche Harbor on Mike Adams’ Islands Music website….check it out! Here’s the rest of the story (click here)…we’ll get underway at 10am, with music from noon to 10pm.

Lots of musicians in one place – come early (so I can sing for you!) and stay late! Here’s the schedule:

OPA, At Large
12-12:30 Ian Byington
12:45- 1:15 Jesse & Nikki
1:30-2:10 Debbie Nash Strasser
2:20- 3:00 Kels Boreen
3:10-3:50 Daniel Finn
4:00-4:45 Duo-Tones
5:00-5:45 The Sliders
6:00 – 6:45 Loons
7:00-7:45 Julia & the Dream
8:00pm-8:45 Be Careful
9:00-10pm Deaf Pete

See you there!

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• Ruth dropped us a line that you can come dance tonight:

Join us this Friday, September 23, at 7Pm at the XYZ Movement Studio to learn a new dance WEST COAST SWING with Boston area guest instructor, Heather Conkerton. This basic lesson runs for approx an hour and the cost is $ 5.00 per person.

Stay after the lesson to practice your dance steps, from 8 – 10pm. Music provided for dances ranging from Swing to Cha Cha, Rumba, Foxtrot  and Waltz. Dance is by donation to cover the cost of the studio rental.

Any questions contact, Paul Barger, [email protected]  or  360.3784333

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• I asked Aaron D’Errico how he’s doing & what’s he up to these days – he’s got a contest he needs you to vote for him in, by the 26th…here’s the rest of the story:

I’m doing well, continually improving since my accident in February.  I’m walking every day and writing.  I’m also working with my mentor, comic book illustrator and writer, Paul Chadwick, once a week.

As you may remember, my last entry into a Stan Lee contest, in February, 2011 got # 14 out of the top 20 in the world.  I was hit shortly after entering.  My first entry got to #3, in October of 2010.

My latest project is another Stan Lee contest.  This time to write a graphic novel for Stan, who’s teamed up with MTV for “The Seekers”.  (Here’s more.)

Stan is the legendary creator of Spider-Man, and Marvel Comics.Stan wrote out a two-page treatment, with a basic background for the story.  He asked writers, and artists where they would take the story from where he left off.

Each writer has to submit a two page treatment and a ten page comic script, based on Stan’s treatment.

The premise of the project is a 110 page story about an archeologist, Arthur Norden, who tracks an alien race called the Seekers.  The extra-dimensional beings have emerged from Earth after many millennia, to decide humanity’s fate.

Norden teams up with news anchor, Jen Hart, as well as a group of peaceful Seekers, using his excavation skills to help them find and disarm an ancient “Doomsday Device” buried somewhere on Earth, 200,000 years ago.

The device was planted by The Seekers to prevent humanity from starting interplanetary war, after developing the technology for war and space travel.

My version of Norden is a very unique character.  He is more rock star than excavator.  He’s more Jim Morrison than Indiana Jones.

I made him a bohemian born with the abilities of a “prodigious savant”.  He has a photographic memory, and synesthesia, meaning he sees all numbers and tones in explosions of living color. Everything is like The Fourth of July.

As I put it in my script:  He sees the world through the eyes of Rock n’ Roll”.  Something that has never been done before in a comic.

I made all the Doomsday Device clues color-coded so that only Norden can see them.  He also excels at symbology and pattern recognition.
These abilities come in handy during his many adventures.

Norden’s goal is to save his team.  They are like family to him.  They disappeared during a cave-in at an excavation in a Death Valley cave, while searching for evidence of The Seekers.

There are several groups that want to use The Seekers alien technology for evil ends, including “Section-P”, a covert human task-force of “Paranormal Hunters”.

Throughout the story Norden’s team must learn to trust each other, overcoming of fear and prejudice to save the world and each other.

Semi-finalists will be voted on by the public beginning on September 26, 2011.

The top 5 vote-getters in each category will be forwarded on to Stan Lee, who will hand select the winners

I hope to win and make Paul, Stan, and all my loved ones proud, especially after Stan told me that he expects “Great things” from me.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me:

360-298-0061

[email protected]

Thank you for your time,

Aaron D’Errico

PS: Here’s Stan’s Treatment of the Seekers….

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