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Father's Day
New Items
New Books
Sale Items
Division/Clinton Street Fair Opportunity
New Internet Name
Canadian vs American Health Care

Father's Day is June 18!
"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. " – Jim Valvano

We don't have any ties or aftershave but we do have many things that Dads will appreciate and enjoy. Here are a few:
  • Forever Flashlight – Just shake to charge; LEDs put out a bright light
  • Barbecue Tools and a non-petroleum lighter  fluid
  • Garden gloves
  • Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel or Cast Iron Cookware
  • Kitchen Gadgets
  • A cookbook - if he likes to cook, or get one for yourself and you can make him dinner!
  • All American Pressure Canner
  • Excalibur Food Dehydrator
  • Battery Charger and Rechargeable Batteries
  • Toastess Coffee Maker
  • Travel Mug
  • Fermenting Crocks for making pickles, sauerkraut, and other fermented vegetables
  • Razors with handles made from recycled plastic and Camamu Bay Rhum Shaving Soap made two blocks away!
  • Picture frame with a picture of sweet you in it!
  • Hiking book
  • Book on Alternative Energy or Building
  • Meditation cushion
  • Yoga mat or video
  • Incense
  • Fill a beautiful, Fair Trade basket with Goodies of your choice
  • Mirador Gift Certificate-if you just can’t decide!
New Items
  • PACE flag
  • Pillows
  • Pomegranate color OG sheets
  • Wood toys by Mark of Toyshop, made in Portland. Each toy performs an action, like the paddle boat that really paddles!
  • Bike airplanes!
  • Slinky springs in metal
  • Miniature cookware for kids
  • Playing cards
  • New aprons made in Portland - reclaimed fabrics
  • New assortment of Feng Shui mirrors
  • Bedrock recycled bottles glassware - from beer bottles
  • Dance hoop workout kit – like a hula hoop, but bigger and better.  It breaks down for storage or portability and comes with a workout DVD.  It’s fun!
  • Water bottles made with corn (NO petroleum) and a built-in chlorine filter.
  • Pillows made by Holy Lamb Organics of Olympia, Washington. Made from organic cotton and filled with 100% wool from our bio-region,these wonderful pillows are available in light, regular and extra thicknesses
  • Recycled glass dinner plates
  • Cargo pocket yoga mat bags – fit thick mats.
  • Environmentally friendly yoga mats from Gaiam
  • Various kinds of matches 
  • Long-reach lighters for grill, fireplace, etc.
  • Cotton clothesline
  • Clothespin bags 
  • Tappers – those big glass jars with a spout, often used for sun tea
  • Colorful handwoven plastic baskets from Thailand
  • Sandstone Ganesh tiles with stands
  • Half-gallon Ball jars are back!
If there are products you would like to see us carry, please let us know. Many of our products we order as a result of customer requests.

New Books (by Lael)
  • Fresh Food Fast Delicious, Seasonal Vegetarian Meals in Under an Hour by Peter Berley and Melissa Clark. A vegetarian cookbook set up by seasons, complete with menus and shopping lists involving lots of fresh produce.
  • Little Herb Gardens Deck. Each  card has tips such as instructions for growing a certain  herb, ways to use herbs in your landscape, or a recipe.
  • Wilderness Cuisine:  How to Prepare and Enjoy Fine Food on the Trail and in Camp by Carole Latimer
  • The Audobon Society Guide to Attracting Birds:  Creating Natural Habitats for Properties Large and Small by Stephen W. Kress. This book focuses a lot on plants, and also covers feeding birds, water supplies, and bird housing and nesting opportunities.
  • A Year on the Garden Path: A 52-Week Organic Gardening Guide by Carolyn Herriot. The author lives in Victoria, British Columbia, so the information is relatively accurate for our region.
  • The Practical Organic Gardener by Brenda Little. This gem of a book is lovely looking, seems to cover every aspects of organic gardening, and is small enough to carry about the garden with you.
  • Best Hikes with Kids in Western Washington and the Cascades by Joan Burton
  • Washington & Oregon Gardener’s Guide:  Proven Plants for Inspired Gardens by Debra Prinzing & Mary Robson
  • Pacific Northwest Garden Survival Guide by Debra Prinzing
  • Easy Garden Projects to Make, Build, and Grow:  200 Do-It-Yourself Ideas to Help You Grow Your Best Garden Ever edited by Barbara Pleasant and the Editors of Yankee Magazine. This is my favorite new book this month (and that’s saying a lot)!  Learn to grow a step-ladder garden, make a rain chain, amend your soil, invent drip watering systems out of reused materials, trap slugs, make a broom, turn your lawn into garden, start a worm farm, and so much more! 
Sale Items – 25% to 50% Off
  • Zojirushi 10 cup rice cooker.
  • Solar rechargeable radio headsets.
  • Selected bamboo cutting boards.
  • Zen alarm clocks.
  • Reclaimed rubber bags from Mexico.
  • Personal Blender.
  • Corn water bottles (very slightly dented). See above for more information.
  • S/S Wheat Grass Juicer, used once.
  • Aromaland essential oils.
  • Selected books.
  • Lyra colored pencil sets.
  • Selected hand-made jewelry.
  • Bumper stickers.
  • Snuggly Duckling Hot Water Bottle.
  • Selected Candles and Candle holders.
Division/Clinton Street Fair Opportunity
The Division/Clinton Street Fair is Saturday July 22 and as usual we'd like to open our parking lot to local craftspeople and nonprofits. If you would like to participate this year, send an email to Lynn or call her at 503.231.5175.
New Internet Name
We just purchased the domain name "miradorcommunitystore.com" (the name "mirador.com" is not and has not been available). We hope this makes it easier for people to remember (and the "-pdx" often confused non-Portlanders). We will be keeping our old name for quite a while, as it is widely known and it always takes time for people (and search engines!) to catch up. If you have us bookmarked or in your address book, you might want to change it when you get a chance.
Canadian vs American Health Care
Most of us know that the American health care system is broken, but you hear a lot of people say they don't want a health care system like Canada's, that America's is still better. A recent study refutes that in a big way. This is from the recent issue of Organic Bytes, the newsletter of the Organic Consumers Association. Pass this to your friends who don't want the dreaded "socialized" medicine from Canada.

Study: Canadian Health Care System Better Than US
 Harvard Medical School has released a study revealing that Canada's health care program is doing a better job of taking care of its citizens than the U.S. health care system... and at half the price. "Most of what we hear about the Canadian health care system is negative; in particular, the long waiting times for medical procedures," said Dr. Karen Lasser an instructor of medicine at Harvard who worked on the study. But the survey found the wait times weren't that different between the U.S.  and Canada. What's more, twice as much money is spent on medical bills per person in the U.S. in comparison to Canada, yet Canadians are healthier and live two to three years longer. According to the survey results, "Canadians were 7 percent more likely to have a regular doctor and 19 percent less likely to have an unmet health need." U.S.  respondents were almost twice as likely to go without a needed medicine due to cost. "Based on our findings, if I had to choose between the two systems for my patients, I would choose the Canadian system hands down," said Dr. Lasser.

Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_636.cfm
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