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Google has a page where you can sign a petition https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

TwitPic provides a link to email and phone# of your very own Senators and Reps so you can easily contact them! You should try it. I just did, and I was very pleased with myself.

Western General Facilities has been invited to participate in (a)perture's "Art Meets Fashion." This is an artful fundraising event that will benefit the YWCA of Salt Lake. The YWCA is dedicated to providing advocacy, shelter and support for victims of domestic violence.

Date of event: October 15, 2011
Time: 6-10 p.m.
Venue: 304 West 700 South, SLC, UT

See Western General's video, "Mr. DeMilo" here. Click! Like and share!

Information about this event is found in this article in this month's ARTIFICIAL magazine
http://artificialutah.com/deconstructing-venus-a-fine-art-exhibit-premiering-at-art-meets-fashion/

Here's a sneaky peaky preview of our video installation....



(a)perture presents Art Meets Fashion 2011

A BENEFIT FOR THE YWCA OF SALT LAKE CITY


DECONSTRUCTING VENUS FINE ART EXHIBITION
FEATURING 25 LOCAL FINE ARTISTS , PHOTOGRAPHERS, PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, VIDEO INSTALLATIONS (including an all-new video work by Dennis Reynolds and Robin Ballard of Western General Facilities), AND MUSICIANS.

NEW INFORMATION ABOUT SLICED BREAD!

NEW INFORMATION ABOUT SLICED BREAD!

Thank you Paul Kiernan, my fb friend. He posted this on his page and I could not help but re-post it here on our Western General Facilities Blog. It is so a propos.

Paul Kiernan (via fb)

1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped"



REMINDER TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET CLAIMED THEIR WGF PRIZE: Please send email to robin@westerngeneralfacilites.com for instructions. Thanks for your participation.