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Submission fees are $10 per poem, and the first prize is $100.
Poems of any length and style may be submitted, and contestants may submit an unlimited number of poems.
The competition ends Sept. 30.
The proceeds from this competition will be used to further the group's mission of improving pollinator habitat, enhancing agritourism, supporting eat local/grow local gardens and fostering sustainable biomass energy production.
In addition, the funds will be used for the new initiative Cultivating Commerce which will provide entrepreneur support for business start-up or expansion in agricultural and natural resource areas.
The council is a nonprofit organization serving Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, and Marin counties.
Founded as a grassroots organization in 2003 to support sustainable agriculture and resource use, the council has worked on local projects ranging from constructing rainwater collection systems at local schools – including the catchment tank for the Fort Bragg High School Learning Garden rainwater collection system – and funding a pollinator planting at Salmon Creek School in Occidental, with native species for pollinator use.
The council has held educational workshops throughout Sonoma and Lake counties with landowners to increase pollinator habitat, help create and expand community gardens, educate landowners to prevent the spread of sudden oak disease, prepare detailed feasibility studies for biomass-to-energy production in Fort Bragg and the Mendocino County area, and has conducted workshops with ranchers and farmers interested in adding an agritourism element to their operations.
Complete contest rules can be found at www.cultivatingcommerce.org.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – This Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. the Soper Reese Community Theatre presents veterans of the stage, Michael Barrish and the Fargo Brothers.
Third Friday Night Live continues to bring live music to the community. So bring your dancing shoes and make your way to the Soper Reese Community Theatre.
The Fargo Brothers have been burning up stages since 1979.
Veterans of well over 4,000 live shows from California to the Canadian border, these four seasoned professionals deliver a brand of roots Rock and Roll with a fire and intensity that only three decades together can bring.
Known for their vocal harmonies and tight ensemble playing, The Fargo Brothers always put on a show that is not to be missed.
Michael Lester Adams rocks the vocals and guitar while Russ Whitehaed provides vocals and plays the Bass.
Joost Vonks keeps the beat with drums and back up vocals while “Mojo” Larry Platz tickles guitar strings and sings along.
The group says they have fun performing and the audience can feel it.
Opening for the Fargo Brothers is Michael Barrish, a lifelong musician, has been writing songs for over 30 years.
The songs cover a variety of styles from cowboy songs to the blues.
After playing in various cover bands, Barrish has been promoting his own material performing music in a sing/songwriter format for the last five years.
He is a past winner of the Best Performance Award for the West Coast Songwriters, San Luis Obispo County.
In 2006 Barrish made his debut CD entitled “The Old Adobe” which includes 12 songs showcasing his abilities as a songwriter and performer with the help of his friends Chris Hillman, David West, and Tom Ball on selected tracks.
All seats for “Third Friday Live” are $10.
Get your tickets online at www.SoperReeseTheatre.com or at the Theatre Box Office, 275 S. Main St., Lakeport or call 707-263-0577.
The box office is open on Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30 am to 5:30 pm, and on the day of the show for two hours before show time. Look for updates on upcoming headliners and opening acts at www.soperreesetheatre.com. Get ready for a night of grooves and moves, see you at the theatre.
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