Going to WAR again!!!!



WAR is jamming with the crowd.

“The year was 1969, and these 'kids' had the nerve to carry the name WAR at a time when peace was the slogan in an anti-Vietnam America.  "Our mission was to spread a message of brotherhood and harmony," states one of WAR's founding members, singer/keyboardist Lonnie Jordan.  "Our instruments and voices became our weapons of choice and the songs our ammunition.  We spoke out against racism, hunger, gangs, crimes, and turf wars, as we embraced all people with hope and the spirit of brotherhood.  It's just as apropos today"

Denise Ochoa, geologist (earthquake tracker) enjoys WAR again.

From the moment they took the stage on Thursday, July 26th at 8 p. m. at Montheith Park during River Rhythms, WAR did live up to this belief.  The audience was enjoying the music, meeting new people, from the smallest dancer, 16 month old Nevaeh, to our oldest using wheelchairs and walkers. The band played a lot of their hits, "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid", "The World Is a Ghetto", and "Why Can't We Be Friends?"

Denise Ochoa, geologist (earthquake tracker) was there in living color and has enjoyed WAR since the ‘70s, sharing her enthusiasm and love of the  music.

Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan – keyboards, vocals (1969–present), the creator of WAR, remains the same, firing up the audience into a dancing frenzy, using his audience’s familiarity with the lyrics of WAR. 

Nevaeh, 16 month old fan of WAR was dancing away.

From the enthusiasm of the almost 10,000 people at the performance, WAR has not lost any of its popularity with young and old.  This is definitely a concert to see again and again.

Sal Rodriquez (circa 1990), when not  touring  with WAR, “toured with such greats as Duke Ellington, Tom Jones, Jose Feliciano” and has shared the stage with Carlos Santana, Tony Bennett, The Doobie Brothers, Tower of Power, Aretha Franklin, Earth, Wind and Fire, AWB, Alice Cooper, Los Lobos and Grand Funk.

Marcos J. Reyes has been the Latin percussionist for WAR since 1998 and over the years has shared the stage with such greats as Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, Pancho Sanchez and Pete Escovedo.  When not touring with WAR, Marcos “teaches percussion privately, conducts percussion clinics for schools and music stores.”

Stuart Ziff joined War in 2002 after a successful career as a songwriter, singer and guitarist.

Francisco “Pancho” Tomaselli, giving great bass, joined WAR in 2003 and has shared the stage with such greats as Joe Cocker, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick and CCR.

David Uriquidi, playing the woodwinds (flute and saxophone), joined WAR in 2011, after working with Pancho Sanchez and being a part of the groundbreaking band “L. A. Plena”, which represented Puerto Rican Plena and Bomba music in L. A.

At the end of the night, the audience was happy to have heard all of their old favorites and meeting new people and finding old friends.  There was even a trolley ride provided by the city of Albany with a cheerful driver, who deposited people as close as he could to their transportation.

City trolley provided by Albany for music lovers convenience.

At a Glance:

WAR will be performing:

8/24/12  in Vancouver, Wa.  at The Vancouver, Washington Wine & Jazz Festival,

8/31/12 at The Snoqualmie Casino-Mountain View Plaza, Snoqualmie, WA

Haitian Orphanage Fundraiser at LBCC Benton Center

July 3, 2012 | News | Nora Palmtag

Denny and Abby Bain, founders of Loving Haiti, will be at LBCC Benton Center (757 NW Polk Ave., Corvallis), Wednesday, July 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. to raise funds for the Loving Haiti’s Child Sponsorship Program and Well Project.

Children’s home in Haiti (via LovingHaiti.org)

There will be Haitian food, music and handmade items from Haiti with 100% of donations going directly to Haiti, and no overhead costs.

Hosting the event will be Jeff Davis and Lynn Bain.

In 1982, Pastor Francois and Madam Romelus, a Haitian couple, started the church with four biological children in Pignon, Haiti, located 90 miles north of Port-au-Prince. The Romelus’ starting taking in orphans and eventually an entire separate house had to be built for all the kids to sleep in.
Along the way, they developed a school, sewing center, orphanage and church, located on a 2-acre property. With almost 50 children in the orphanage, 15 women at the sewing center, and 250-300 children are provided with free or extremely discounted tuition.

Pastor Francois and Madam do not know what income they will have from month to month.

Due to lack of ongoing financial support, they do not know if they will have enough money to buy adequate amounts of clean water, food, school/sewing center supplies, medical help, and wages for workers and teachers for the school and orphanage.

Denny and Abby Bain traveled to Haiti in 2011, and now want to bring awareness and financial support to the outstanding work being done by Pastor Romelus and Madam.

The mission of Denny and Abby Bain is to Provide Pastor Francois and Madam with sufficient financial support to cover the costs of basic needs for the orphans, sewing center, school, and church.

Their overall vision is to help provide the people of Pignon with clean drinking water, sufficient food, sustainable income through micro-financing, student loans to pursue education, and libraries to expand knowledge and grow.

To make a tax deductible donation, visit Justgive.org and fill in the needed information under “Design My Donation.”
Keyword: “Haiti”

E-mail abby@lovinghaiti.org to let her know who you are and how much you’ve donated.

American Heroes, Past and Present

Posted on June 26, 2012 by LBCommuter

Nora Palmtag | Staff Writer

Ray Brown, via sonoflibertywalk.blogspot.com

On the Fourth of July at the Linn County Courthouse, LBCC’s Democracy Club will host a star-spangled tribute to great Americans called “American Heroes” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be at least five local heroes who were nominated by others in the Linn County area, who will receive the local Hero Award. There will also be six persons reenacting great historians.
Among the recent heroes will be Ray Brown, former history instructor, who walked across America educating people about the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Brown will recite the Declaration of Independence from memory and show off 25 flags which have flown over America.
Brown shared his experiences from the coast-to-coast walk, departing from the Pacific Ocean in Florence during June 2010 and ending at the Atlantic Ocean in Atlantic City, N.J. in December 2011; he described these events at LBCC on February 13, 2012.
In his blog, Brown wrote that he “tried to raise an interest in the study of American history and of the importance of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It has been encouraging that all – and I really mean all – have expressed concern for our civil liberties – our freedoms as Americans. Republicans or Democrats, Left or Right, Red State or Blue – everyone is in agreement that the ideals and principles upon which this country was founded are still important to us today.”
The live reenactors in historical dress are:
Katie Winder as Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams
Michael Winder as Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president
Leslie Hammond as Rosie the Riveter, commonly used as a symbol of feminism and women’s economic power
Dan Stone as Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president
Arfa Aflatooni as Walt Whitman, an American poet, essayist and journalist
Elnora Palmtag as Harriett Tubman, an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War
LBCC’s Robert Harrison realized that there weren’t any events planned last year, and this is the first time the Democracy Club has put this on. Harrison is hoping this is the beginning of a great tradition in this area, and stressed that people will be able to meet and listen to great American heroes in historical dress from our past.
This event is free to all, so bring a picnic lunch and a blanket, enjoy the music in the park, tour Monteith house, and learn about the story of Albany’s stolen cannon.

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“American Heroes,” sponsored by LBCC’s Student Democracy Club, takes place at the Linn County Courthouse (4th and Ellsworth Ave, downtown Albany) on July 4 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more information, contact professor Robert Harrison at 541-917-4571.

Fundraiser for Haiti Orphanage

Denny and Abby Bain, founders of Loving Haiti, will be at LBCC Benton Center (757 NW Polk Ave., Corvallis), Wednesday, July 11^th from 5 to 7 p. m. to raise funds for the Loving Haiti’s Child Sponsorship Program and Well Project.

There will be Haitian food, music and handmade items from Haiti with 100% of donations going directly to Haiti, no overhead costs.   Hosting the event will be Jeff Davis and Lynn Bain.

In 1982, Pastor Francois and Madam Romelus, a Haitian couple, started the church with four biological children in Pignon, Haiti, located 90 miles north of Port-au-Prince.  The Romelus’ starting taking in orphans and eventually an entire separate house had to be built for all the kids to sleep in.  

Along the way, they developed a school, sewing center, orphanage and church, located on a 2-acre property.   With almost 50 children in the orphanage, 15 women at the sewing center, and 250-300 children are provided with free or extremely discounted tuition.

Because Pastor Francois and Madam do not know from month to month what income they will have, due to lack of ongoing financial support, they do not know if they will have enough money to buy adequate amounts of clean water, food, school/sewing center supplies, medical help, wages for workers and teachers for the school and orphanage, etc.

Denny and Abby Bain traveled to Haiti in 2011 and now want to bring awareness and financial support to the outstanding work being done by Pastor Romelus and Madam.

Mission:  Provide Pastor Francois and Madam with sufficient financial support to cover the costs of basic needs for the orphans, sewing center, school, and church.

Vision: To help provide the people of Pignon with clean drinking water, sufficient food, sustainable income through micro-financing, student loans to pursue education, libraries to expand knowledge and ultimately a place to grow.

At A Glance:

Contact information:

Jeff.Davis@linnbenton.edu

Denny@lovinghaiti.org

How to give a tax deductible donation

1.     visit www.justgive.org

2.     fill in the needed information. (Under ‘Designate My Donation’ make sure and type “Haiti”

3.     E-mail me: abby@lovinghaiti.org and let me know who you are and how much you’ve donated.

Thank you for your time and donation