In this email you will find: 1. Alert/Link on today's great Argus/Dispatch Alaska Coalition article 2. Numbers for calling Reps and mailing news clips this week Dear Arctic Activists, Though I have only a few hours left here in Iowa, I can't refrain from sending you one last e-mail! Even as I box up the office and transfer materials to volunteers here in town, the local media is *still* looking for ways to help get the word out about your valuable work. If you haven't seen it already, please be sure to check out page C1 of today's Rock Island Argus and Moline Dispatch (accessible online at the link below). http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/sections.cgi?met!id!150280 There's a full column story there on the Alaska Coalition's work in the Quad Cities with plenty of great references to the work you have all done and continue to do in Iowa and Illinois. Speaking of continuing, two big things are happening this week in Washington. * First, the energy bill is expected to hit the House floor for a vote... please call your Congressmen at the numbers below. * Second, Jim Nussle is sitting on the conference committee to decide whether the pro-drilling House budget version or the pro-protection Senate budget bill will win and become law. As the article talks a lot about Jim Nussle *and* about the network we are building to keep Arctic activists in communication, PLEASE SEND JIM NUSSLE COPIES OF TODAY'S ARTICLE at his addresses listed below. He needs to know we're still watching. With the printing of today's article, this is a very appropriate time for Letters to the Editor of the Argus or Dispatch, especially if they mention the article directly. Keep them short and sweet and they've got a great chance to be printed! Let's maximize the outreach we can get from this. Let me know if you get one in! Thanks so much for your help! Keep up the great work. Best Regards, Jay Heeter * Link and Text to Today's Rock Island Argus/Moline Dispatch Article (Text Below): http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/sections.cgi?met!id!150280 * Numbers and Addresses: --> Capital Switchboard (any Representative): 202-224-3121 --> Local offices for Congressman Jim Nussle: 800-927-5212 Toll Free Washington, D.C. 202-225-2911 Manchester, IA 563-927-5141 Davenport, IA 563-326-1841 Dubuque, IA 563-557-7740 Waterloo, IA 319-235-1109 --> Local offices for Congressman Jim Leach: Washington, D.C. 202-225-6576 Cedar Rapids 319-363-4773 Iowa City 319-351-0789 --> Mailing addresses for Congressman Jim Nussle: Manchester, Iowa 712 West Main Street Manchester, Iowa, 52057 Davenport, Iowa 209 West 4th Street Davenport, Iowa 52801 Dubuque, Iowa 2255 John F. Kennedy Road Dubuque, Iowa 52002 Waterloo, Iowa 3641 Kimball Avenue Waterloo, Iowa 50702 Erin E. Jordahl Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club 3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280 Des Moines, IA 50310 515-277-8868 [log in to unmask] www.iowa.sierraclub.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp