HNA News: Telegraph Ave. Holiday Shopping, Neighbor

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Halcyon Neighborhood Association E-Newsletter*

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1. Telegraph Avenue Shopping Guide (article by LeConte neighbor)

2. Prince Street Neighbor Offering Holiday Breads for Sale

3. Labyrinth Community Peace Walk, Sun., Dec. 17, 3 p.m., Willard Middle School

4. Great Berkeley Tree-in Festival, Saturday, Dec. 16, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Oak Grove west of Memorial Stadium

There are so many great amenities within walking distance of our neighborhood -- shops, restaurants, a library, a post office, a movie theater, and even a labyrinth! The first item in this edition of the HNA E-Newsletter passes on a holiday shopping guide published in today's Berkeley Daily Planet highlighting Telegraph Avenue. We're so lucky to be only a ten- or twenty-minute walk away from  two great shopping districts -- Telegraph Avenue and the Elmwood. Item 2 passes on an announcement from one of our neighbors who's offering holiday breads for sale even closer to home. And Item 3 once again announces the monthly labyrinth walk offered at Willard Middle School. Enjoy!

-Nancy Carleton, HNA Co-Chair and E-Newsletter Editor

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1. Telegraph Avenue Shopping Guide (article by LeConte neighbor)

LeConte neighbor Steve Finacom had an article published in today's Berkeley Daily Planet:

"A Telegraph Avenue Holiday Shopping Guide"

http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?issue=12-15-06&storyID=25881

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2. Prince Street Neighbor Offering Holiday Breads for Sale

Prince Street (at Halcyon) neighbor Mika Konishi  passes along the following announcement:

"I wanted to let our neighbors know that I am offering holiday breads for sale -  more specifically  a German Christmas classic Stollen. To order, contact Mika Konishi <micajp@yahoo.com>."

Here's a URL with more info, and pictures: http://users.lmi.net/~jaymig/mika/

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3. Labyrinth Community Peace Walk, Sun., Dec. 17, 3 p.m., Willard Middle School

Community Labyrinth Peace Walk at 3 p.m., Sun., Dec. 17, Willard Middle School (Telegraph Ave. between Derby & Stuart, Berkeley). Everyone welcome. Wheelchair accessible. Rain cancels. Contact  info@eastbaylabyrinthproject.org, 526-7377.

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4. Great Berkeley Tree-in Festival, Saturday, Dec. 16, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Oak Grove west of Memorial Stadium

A Halcyon Court neighbor passes on this announcement from Doug Buckwald, a Southside neighbor who is one of the organizers of logistical support for the activists currently staging a tree-in to prevent the destruction of a grove of oak trees marked for removal by UC as part of their reconstruction of Memorial Stadium:

Supporters of the Great Berkeley Tree-in are asking the community to come to the stadium grove from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday  for a festival honoring the tree-sitters. "There'll be singing and dancing and poetry and good food and good people," said "Doug Buckwald. "We want the whole community to come."

Editor's Note: A related article appeared in today's Berkeley Daily Planet (containing the Buckwald quotation): http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?issue=12-15-06&storyID=25870

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