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It’s been a good number of years -- what is a good number? -- since we ran those bodacious Vegan Expos, and I’m sure that Whangarovians are hanging on, waiting for our next golden word. Well, if you don’t mind substituting bright lemon yellow for gold, there are a few words in a simple message of ours on the street-mounted oOH! electronic billboard at the LockyDocks at James & Cameron (on the side of it that faces the corner jewellers). Just a coax to get the folks to tune in to this website or find us on Facebook, really. But it feels great to be getting the word out -- especially at such a nobly named intersection. Acclaimed film director James Cameron would appreciate the pro-vegan message, to be sure. It runs the week of 11-17 August. We also had 2 spells of banner billboarding in Tarewa Road: 3 weeks in May and 3 weeks in July. Our trapped pig will show itself again, I’m sure. Ongoing: At this writing, we’re all still waiting for the bomb to drop on the partial live-export-by-sea ban. Please be on the lookout for the notice that the bill which would reverse it has gone out for public input, then do your submission! If you need any assistance with that, I’m happy to help. [email protected] Also ongoing: I personally continue to send the latest medical-journal article URLs out every month to all our public hospitals, our dietitian/nutritionist groups and the “health” ministry in hopes of changing the horrible cycle of bad eating --> hospital admisssion --> hospital overcrowding --> long wait for procedures --> bad eating --> hospital re-admission. As a side-note, it just so happens that if a vegan enters the Emergency Department at Whangarei Hospital, and stays long enough to see someone come round with food, s/he will find that’s it’s a cholesterol-laden sandwich and there is no alternative. If a piece of fruit is available from the vending machine, the patient has to pay for that whilst the omnivores eat free of charge. I’m pursuing that as a human-rights concern and could use some help with it, if you’re able. Ta-ta for now. (Or tu-tu if you love the ballet.) Billy Leonard is the author of Diamonds & Rats and Streccano, which are available at The Piggery in Walton Street and Book Inn in the Kamo shops and also in our public libraries. He also wrote Stickno Bill’s Guide to Complete Fulfilment, which is not. He is Treasurer and Membership Co-ordinator for Whangarei Vegans and reminds you that annual membership is only $5! The views expressed herein are my own and do not represent the Whangarei Vegan Society (a.k.a. “Whangarei Vegans”), any other of its members, nor any persons who have or have not ever walked into another room and forgot why they did. NONE OF THE MEDICAL MATERIAL EXPRESSED ABOVE IS INTENDED TO REPLACE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. 
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