Another local concert is planned for Sept. 22 to raise funds for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.  The bands are some of the area's best, and the cause is just.

The Art Bar is the scene; music starts at 8 p.m. and includes Yukos the Crude, Biscuits, Tom Hall and the Plowboys (a CPRC favorite), among others.

Not Your Soldier youth camps provide an activist training camp for children aged 12 through 19.  This fall's regional camp is planned for Nov. 4 through 6 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Cost is $20 to $250, based on a sliding scale.  Application deadline is Oct. 14.

Call (919) 680-3181 or write This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  for more information.

The signs read "Make Levees, Not War" and "Support the Troops -- Bring Them Home Now!"  The bus arrived in the Washington DC area earlier than planned.  And the 40 South Carolinians who rode the Columbia bus arrived at the National Mall ready to make a statement.

They made a statement, all right -- along with 200,000 others.

The largest Peace March since the Iraq War began demonstrated just how much sentiment is changing toward bringing the troops home sooner rather than later.