<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.15in;margin-left:0in;
mso-line-height-alt:10.8pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black;background:white">FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:</span></b></p>
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mso-line-height-alt:10.8pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black;background:white">Contact</span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black;background:white">: Debbie
Biltonen or Amanda David<br>
<b>Telephone</b>:</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua""> 845-249-3440 or <span style="color:black;
background:white">607-592-0196<br>
<b>Email</b>:</span> <span style="color:black;background:white"><a href="mailto:herbalhoedown@gmail.com">herbalhoedown@gmail.com</a> <br>
<b>Web site</b>:
<a href="http://www.fingerlakesherbalnetwork.com">www.fingerlakesherbalnetwork.com</a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;background:white">Come join us for the Finger Lakes Herbal Network</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white">2<sup>nd</sup> Annual Herbal Hoedown</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
background:white">What:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white"><span> </span>2<sup>nd</sup> Annual Herbal Hoedown</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
background:white">When:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white"><span> </span>Saturday, October 1, 2011</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white"><span> </span><span> </span>9am-6pm (classes, plant walks, networking,
lunch) 6pm-10:30pm (dinner, fire, music, fun)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
background:white">Where:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white"> Heartstone Center
for Earth Essentials </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white"><span> </span>301 Brink Road<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white"><span> </span>Van
Etten NY
14889 </span></p>
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Arial;color:black;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white">Come on down and meet and learn about your
herbal community at the Heartstone Herbal School
in Van Etten, NY. The Finger Lakes Herbal Network (FLHN)
is providing a wonderful opportunity for you to discover what is available
locally, meet other herbal lovers and take classes that will cover a wide range
of topics.<span> </span>Classes will include,
medicine making, stress and adaptogens, herbal anti-virals, herbs for
children's health, natural basketry, health and safety for direct action, panel
discussion on plant allies, edible/medicinal mushrooms, forest ecology and
woodland medicinals, tree walk, herb walk, along with a Keynote address from
7song of the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white">FLHN’s mission it to cultivate an herbal
network for sharing information, resources and skills, to cultivate a thriving Finger Lakes community.<span>
</span>We are a collection of Finger Lakes
herbalist, medicine makers, growers, stewards, educators and enthusiastic who
seek to increase the awareness of and accessibility to herbal medicine within
the region. Please join us at our 2<sup>nd</sup> annual Hoedown. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white"></span></p>
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Arial;color:black;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white">In our continued attempts to make the
herbal community accessible, the cost of the Hoedown is based on a suggested
donation of $5-$40, and work-trade/volunteer opportunities are also available.
There will be networking and tabling opportunities with select herbal products
available for purchase.</span></p>
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Arial;color:black;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white">Please RSVP by 9/15</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white">For more information or to RVSP, please email
</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
background:white"><a href="mailto:herbalhoedown@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none; ">herbalhoedown@gmail.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
background:white">Come on down and meet your herbal community!</span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua""></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br>The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time - JT<br>