Muskegon Save Our Shoreline

Help with the Nugent issue! You are cordially invited to see the environmental advocacy film Requiem for a Stream by David J. Ruck. Your participation and support will help our efforts to protect the environment. Arrange a showing to a group, attend area showings to be announced, buy the DVD at requiemforastream@yahoo.com, suggest film festivals or groups who should see it, or make a contribution toward its production costs. David Ruck may be reached at 231-766-3070 or david.ruck@gmail.com. Thank you!

The award winning 2006 film explores the challenges faced by ordinary individuals who work to accomplish extraordinary things in a society that nurtures the concepts of disposability and instant gratification. Citizens organize to protect their water supplies.

The Federal Environmental Protection Agency drops the ball. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is running out of money and manpower.
Corporations with deep pockets use financial strength to speed deregulation and weaken laws that protect human health and the environment. Despite these odds citizens are fighting to save what is sacred.

Ruck recounts the Washington, D.C. lead issue, Hooker Chemical Company’s toxic pollution in Whitehall and Montague, Michigan, and finally Nugent Sand Company’s proposal to discharge their treated wastewater directly into Lake Michigan in Norton Shores, Michigan between two water filtration plants.

Requiem for a Stream won the Audience Choice Award at the Muskegon Film Festival on February 4, 2006. Running time: 54 minutes. DVD price: $20 plus shipping and handling.

Call the Harbor Theater and ask them to show it: 755-7469