Due to a shortage of available funds to pay for insurance for The Great Midwest Harvest Festival, I have teamed up with several other interested parties to organize The 1st Annual Pre-Harvest Open Disc Golf Tournament or PHO for short. This tournament will take place on Saturday, September 22nd, at Heistand Park in Madison.
The format of the tournament will be two rounds of best-shot doubles, with the first round being played to determine what pool (Flight) you will play in during the second round. The cost will be $70 per team ($35 each), with a 60% payout in prize money, and the remaining 40% going to benefit Harvest Fest.
We would love to make this an annual event, so it is important that the first PHO gets off to a good start. We cannot do this without your help. There will be need for several volunteers, and any small contribution of time, money, or know how is greatly appreciated! I have seen this type of fundraiser work for other causes and with the growing popularity of the sport, I am extremely confident that it can work for us.
If you have any further questions or concerns, I will gladly answer them. Please feel free to email me mrvandy123@gmail.com. I will be directing the tournament, and we already have several sponsors lined up, so we are DEFINITELY off to a good start. Let’s keep the ball (or disc) rolling!!!
Today is Giving Tuesday. After the crazy shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is a day to contribute to organizations doing good work.
Northern Wisconsin NORML is working hard to bring cannabis legalization to Wisconsin. The 18 referendums statewide activists took a lead on in 2018 show overwhelming public support for cannabis reform and your work played a major role in electing a pro-cannabis governor. The fight continues in the legislature to pass medical and recreational cannabis legalization with lobbying efforts this Spring and electoral efforts next Fall.
You can support NORTHERN WI NORML’s good work by making a donation or becoming a member.
The week of October 10th looks to offer some choices for marijuana activists with multiple NORML chapters holding meetings throughout the state. November is not looking to bad either. Contact NorthernWiNORML@gmail.com to help bring a NORML meeting to your community.
1) Monday October 10th 7:00-9:00pm Madison NORML meeting. Location: Wil Mar Center Youth Room in basement 7-9pm, Wil Mar Center 953 Jenifer St. Madison, WI 53703.
2) Monday October 10th 7:00-9:00pm Southeastern Wisconsin NORML meeting. Location: Brewing Grounds for Change Cafe located at 2008 N. Farwell Ave in Milwaukee, WI
4) Thursday October 13th, 4:20-6:30pm Northern Wisconsin NORML Meeting. Location: Harmony Cafe, 233 E. College Ave, Appleton, WI 54911
5) Saturday October 15th, starting at 7:00pm Monthly Meeting / New Chapter Exploration at Wood Pipes Smoke Shoppe in Beautiful Downtown Kendall Wisconsin.
(NOTE: Northern Wisconsin NORML meeting on Thursday October 13th is immediately followed by “Coffee with Penny” hosted by State Assembly Representative Penny Bernard-Schaber. Coffee with Penny is from 6:00 – 7:30pm. It is not a requirement to attend Coffee with Penny and NORML is not attending as a group, this is for your information only, thank you. Find out who represents you in the Wiscosnin State Senate and Assembly at the following link: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx)
The War on Drugs: Band links: (Website)(Myspace)(Twitter) With influences ranging from Dylan and CCR, to Suicide and Silver Apples, Adam Granduciel joins a distinct set of songwriters with his own brand of timeless musicianship. Ushering in a new golden era of polished, yet subcultural exploration, Adam’s voice and music have that unmistakable singularity that comes along only so often.
This is not the canon rehashed, rather it is realized with a spirit of invention. This earnest playfulness is at the forefront of of the listening experience. Layered with popping ecstatic guitars, with drums sitting firmly and a voice that is urgent and in control, it’s like “I’m On Fire”-era Springsteen with 80s singalong qualities while still being firmly planted in the present.
Downers Grove
Downers Grove: (Facebook)(Myspace) A grove is a natural grouping of same-species plants. The area these plants occupy expands over time as seeds mature and fall, so a grove could be a forest in the making. Eau Claire’s Downers Grove is a four-piece band that sometimes sounds like five or six pieces. Downers Grove is a technical “progfrock” (progressive funk rock) band – danceable and upbeat, contrary to their name.
No matter what Downers Grove is playing, an extended, proficient jam is certain. And the band sounds highly trained; natural together. During live performances, these guys prove how elastic their songs are.
Chaos Revolution Theory
Chaos Revolution Theory: (Website)(Facebook)(Myspace)(Reverbnation) 2011 Madison Area Music Awards(MAMA) nominee Chaos Revolution Theory is a Madison, WI based rock band that can be described as a grungy combination of folk and prog tones in a rock style. CRT is also known for extensive live jams when the moon is right. They have traveled a long road, and are truly grateful for your positive energy. “It doesn’t get any more live and loud than that” raves Z104 WMZK.
Kazyak: (Website)(Facebook)(Twitter)(Myspace) KAZYAK A Beautiful Brontosaurus (self) Bebobble-deeing between countrified jams and upstart funky rock may show off a classic jam rock band influence, but this friendly and flowing vision utilizes an ambitious combination of elements to create a memorable recording filled with harmony vocals, salient solos and delectable rhythms that are especially admirable for a trio to produce.
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) represented by members of the Northern Wisconsin chapter will have a table at the Slightly Stoopid Concert at The Rave in Milwaukee on Thursday March 7th, 2013.
If you are planning on attending the concert, make sure you come say high and help support NORML!
Show scheduled to start at 8pm
Slightly Stoopid with Tribal Seeds, The Heard
2013 Wisconsin Cannabis Legislation Meeting occurred on August 5, 2012 at EVP Coffee in Madision, Wisconsin. Members from Madison NORML, Northern Wisconsin NORML, and Southeastern Wisconsin NORML came together to discuss the future of Wisconsin’s Medical Marijuana legislation. During the first meeting, our primary focus was to create lists of things that we do & do not want to be included in the bill(s).
The meeting was led by Nate Petreman, President of Madison NORML. Several other members of Madison NORML were also in attendance, including Dennis Brennan, creator of the Ben Masel Project. Executive Director Jay Kemp represented Southeastern Wisconsin NORML from the Milwaukee area. Executive Director Rich Martin and Secretary Jessica Franke represented Northern Wisconsin NORML from the Fox Valley area.
Here are just a few of the documents that we reviewed when discussing items to include or exclude from future Wisconsin legislation:
It is our hope that after the election and all of the excitement has died down, politicians might be ready to approve well written, thoughtful legislation. We want to make sure that when they are ready to listen to us, we have a solid document that it will be difficult to find fault with, and which is fair and balanced with scientific evidence.
Here is an overview of a couple of the topics that we discussed:
Rich brought up the topic of drugged driving laws, the types of drug tests used in the field, and how they can detect drug metabolites in your body VS active Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Here is a brief overview of some of the concerns around this topic, excerpted from an article titled “You Are Going Directly To Jail: What It Means, Who’s Behind It, and Strategies to Prevent It ” on the National NORML blog:
Blood or Urine? Fluid Matters
The language of “zero tolerance” per se laws is critical. Most state zero tolerance DUID laws contain some variation of the following language:
It is unlawful for any person to drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle while there is any detectable amount of a controlled substance or its metabolite present in the person’s body, as measured in the person’s blood, urine, saliva, or other bodily fluid.
The distinction between “parent drugs” and “drug metabolites” is a critical one. The term “parent drug” refers to the identifiable psychoactive compound or compounds present in a controlled substance (i.e., for cannabis-based drugs, marijuana and hashish, the parent drug is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol aka THC). By contrast, the term “drug metabolite” refers to those byproducts produced in the body after a substance is metabolized. Though the presence of metabolites in blood or urine generally is indicative that a certain substance was previously consumed, not all metabolites are psychoactive (i.e., Marijuana’s THC-COOH metabolite, which is readily detectable in urine, is not psychoactive, but 11-hydoxy-THC is.), nor does their detection reliably establish that the parent drug is still present in the body. (With cannabis, THC-COOH is typically not even present urine until well after the drug has been consumed.) Consequently, the US Department of Justice affirms that a positive drug test result for the presence of a drug metabolite “does not indicate … recency, frequency, or amount of use; or impairment.”[9] A US Department of Transportation report further states that while a positive test for drug metabolites is “solid proof of drug use within the last few days, it cannot be used by itself to prove behavioral impairment during a focal event.”[10]
Understanding the various methods of drug detection is also critical. As stated above, most zero tolerance DUID legislation allows for law enforcement to mandate a suspect to have his or her “bodily fluids” screened for the presence of drugs or drug metabolites. The “bodily fluids” in question are: blood, saliva, and urine.
Jessica brought up Castle Doctrine and how it could be used to apply to Medical Marijuana patients. According to Wikipedia, the basic definition of Castle Law is this:
A Castle Doctrine (also known as a Castle Law or a Defense of Habitation Law) is an American legal doctrine that designates a person’s abode (or, in some states, any place legally occupied, such as a car or place of work) as a place in which the person has certain protections and immunities and may in certain circumstances use force, up to and including deadly force, to defend against an intruder without becoming liable to prosecution.[1] Typically deadly force is considered justified, and a defense of justifiable homicide applicable, in cases “when the actor reasonably fears imminent peril of death or serious bodily harm to himself or another”.[1] The doctrine is not a defined law that can be invoked, but a set of principles which is incorporated in some form in the law of most states.
Further down we read that:
Not only was the doctrine considered to justify defense against neighbors and criminals, but any of the crown’s agents who attempted to enter without a proper warrant as well. It should be noted that prohibitions of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution share a common background with current castle doctrine laws.
If a man’s home is his castle, and he has certain protections there, then doesn’t that mean Medical Marijuana patients, and even just ordinary citizens, should be secure in their homes against unreasonable government intrusions, so long as they are not out on the road driving under the influence, or otherwise bothering anyone?
We have been looking at the laws in other states, as well as news articles and other items that may indicate why some of those laws are facing opposition so we can avoid those types of pitfalls. We need your help with our research so that we can do a thorough job in a timely fashion. What other topics should we consider when discussing and writing future cannabis legislation for Wisconsin? What do you think? Comment below and let us know!
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