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Advocacy Workshop for Indiana Nonprofits only $10

Speaker: Lucinda Nord, vice president of public policy, Indiana Association of United Ways

Date: April 1

Time: 9 a.m. to 11:45 EDT

Location: Common Council Chamber, Showers Building, 401 N. Morton, Bloomington

Cost: $10

 

Participants will leave with:

  • Concise list of do's and don'ts
  • Tips for advocating your mission legally, safely and on a shoestring
  • INRNList of resources for more information
  • Interaction and dialogue with Indiana state legislators about nonprofit issues

(Sen. Vi Simpson and Rep. Peggy Welch have committed to attend, subject to changes in their schedules. Other state legislators are invited.)

 

For more information, contact: Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network at 812-422-4100

Walgreens Permits: Actions Still Pending in Marion County

As many of our Marion County readers know, there are still pending Walgreens permits to be reviewed and acted upon by the local alcohol board. Project RAD has highlighted state and local actions in its white paper analysis now available to the public for download on the front page of our website.

 

Here's an update from Indiana Excise Officer Sandy Ray on the remaining permit locations, hearing dates (for two) and status of those that are not yet scheduled.

 

Two permits, one in Indianapolis and the other in Beech Grove, will be heard in April in the City-County Building, Room 260.

 

Start time of the meeting is 9:30 a.m.

 

Monday, April 4, 2011

DL4926678

1808 N. Albany Street, Beech Grove

 

Monday, April 4, 2011

DL4926687

8905 E. 10th Street, Indianapolis

 

DL4926721

5675 N. Michigan Road, Indianapolis

No date set; unresolved zoning issues

 

DL4926974

7235 W. 10th Street, Indianapolis

No date set; unresolved zoning issues

 

DL4926717

6269 W. 38th Street, Indianapolis

No date set; unresolved zoning issues

 

DL4927213

1330 W. 86th Street, Indianapolis

No date set; unresolved zoning issues

No More Online Liquor Deals in Massachusetts

OnlineCouponRestaurant deals from websites such as Groupon, LivingSocial and BuyWithMe are enticing: Get $40 worth of food and drinks for just $20. But those discounted deals are in violation of the state's so-called "happy hour" regulation, according to the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. The regulation prohibits restaurants from selling alcoholic drinks at a discount from the price regularly charged during the same week, and from selling discounted drinks to anybody on a given day at prices less than those charged the general public.

 

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Liquor and Drugs: Both Resonate with CT Voters

Connecticut voters think:

  1. Marijuana should be legal in small amounts.
  2. Doctors should be able to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes.
  3. Alcohol sales on Sundays should be allowed.

The Quinnipiac University poll was released last week.

 

Support to buy liquor on Sunday is 66 percent, with 31 percent opposed, but most voters oppose allowing groceries to sell wine or hard liquor, 50 percent to 43 percent.

Absinthe, the Green Fairy Drink

Absinthe Green FairyAccording to Ted Breaux, master distiller for Lucid absinthe, the once-banned spirit is gaining popularity as the green drink of choice for St. Patrick's Day.

 

Absinthe is also known as the green fairy, the nickname given for its color and legendary qualities of intoxication.

 

There is also a National Absinthe Day (March 5), the day four years ago that Lucid's campaign to lift a U.S. ban on absinthe was successful, making the drink legal for the first time in nearly 100 years.

 

The Lucid brand, which is produced in France using 130-year-old distillery equipment, is also 124 proof (or 62 percent alcohol by volume).

Iowa Blogger Subsists on Beer for Lent

One man's vice is another's sacrifice.

 

An Iowa man who plans to subsist on beer alone for the duration of Lent says he is trying to combat the "teetotaling, neo-prohibitionist tendencies" of some elements of Christianity and give Christians a "reality check" by celebrating the religion's historical links to alcohol.

 

"You're not going to Hell if you drink a beer," said J. Wilson, 38, who describes himself as a "non-denominational" Christian. "Back in the Middle Ages - and far beyond that - the Church and beer were very linked."

 

Modeled after the liquid fasts practiced by German monks in the 16th century, Wilson will consume four specially crafted 288-calorie beers a day. On weekends, he'll drink five.

 

For the full story, click here.

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