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Recollections of an Aging Hippy

Originally published in the Cortes Island Seniors Society Newsletter

By Andy Vine

I was born April 1944 in Swansea, Wales. I grew up in Hoylake, a coastal town in Cheshire after my Dad was pensioned off from the Ministry of Food where he had worked during the war.

I had a happy childhood with one elder sister Sue and a younger brother Pete. We lived in a small hotel (big house) which my parents ran as a business.

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What Has The Under2 MOU Changed?

By Roy L Hales

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Are the drought conditions spreading throughout the West Coast connected to climate transformation? States of emergency have been declared in California, Washington and parts of Oregon. Though British Columbia has not experienced this, a recent computer simulation predicted 80% of its glaciers could disappear over the next decade. This entire region responded by joining with eight other states, on three continents, in a pact to tackle Climate Change. Yet the development of fossil fuel continues, so what has the Under 2 MOU changed on the West Coast?

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