First Ever Olympia Consent Fest!

Over 700 Continental and United Airline pilots joined #OccupyWallStreet yesterday

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042680/Wall-Street-Protests-Continental-United-Airlines-pilots-fed-bosses.html#ixzz1ZIo5WNQU

Wall Street saw yet another surge in protesters today - as hundreds of Continental and United Airlines pilots demonstrated in New York City's financial district.

American Hero from WWII, at the Shelton Senior Center Next Sat.

**** Cancelled due to illness ****

Submitted by Jack Miles:

I have a very special invite for all of you who live in Shelton and Mason County. Saturday Oct. 8th, Lt. Lynn Compton a member of the Band of Brothers will be in town in support of my Re-election to the Port of Shelton.

This will take place at the Shelton Civic Center from 10 am to 2 pm. This is a fundraiser to help with my campaign. Addmission is $10 per person or $25 for a family of (3) or more. Bring a copy of his book, "Call of Duty. My life before, during and after, The Band of Brothers". Or just bring the movie "Band of Brothers and he will Autograph it for you. Plus have your picture taken with an American Hero from WWII.

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From Wikipedia:

"First Lieutenant Lynn D. Compton (born December 31, 1921)[2] is a retired California Court of Appeals judge who served as the lead prosecutor in Sirhan Sirhan's trial for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy. From 1946-1951, Compton served with the Los Angeles Police Department. During World War II, he was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army. Compton was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Neal McDonough. He is the only surviving commissioned officer from Easy Company."

**** Cancelled due to illness ****

Pictures from the Simpson Pollution Permit Hearing - or not

This seems like as good a time as any to take my readers on a tour of the many different types of toilets we saw this summer.

Control Panel for World's Highest Toilet in the world's highest hotel (Hyatt Shanghai)
in the world's highest restaurant  in the New World Financial Center. The toilet lids automatically
opened when you opened the stall doors, the lids had a lights in them and the seats were heated.
  A bottle of Bud or Newcastle Brown , cost $10.00 here, but  the view was worth it.
Shanghai, China

Bidet Toilet -Narita airport, Narita Japan

Typical Squat Toilet - Shanghai, China

Squat Toilets and Western style toilet with no stalls -Beijing, China

trough style chinese toilet Shanghai histor museum

Walk out planned for The Evergreen State College Tomorrow

I'm not sure what this will accomplish as all classes get out at 1pm on Wednesdays, so no one would actually have to "walk out" at that time. But here it is anyway:

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From the campus listserve:

The Evergreen State College has a long history of taking the side of rapists on campus and blaming victims.

In light of the Evergreen Administration's recent failures at holding perpetrators of rape and sexual violence accountable, and the actions they have taken to prevent students from keeping spaces safe from sexual violence, JOIN US for a walk out, rally and speak up to protest rape culture and rape apologists!

Evergreen's "grievance process" is set-up to support and protect rapists, while demanding the survivors "prove" their experience. Again and again we have seen Evergreen decide that "no instance of sexual violence occurred", leaving survivors silenced, targeted and demeaned. NOT SUPPORTING AND PROTECTING SURVIVORS IS VIOLENCE.

RAPE IS VIOLENCE. Supporting rapists is violence. Protecting rapists is violence.

I don't feel safe on a campus that turns a blind eye to sexual violence. I don't feel safe on a campus where I'm told my body can be used and abused and no one will be held accountable. DO YOU FEEL SAFE?

Show your support on Wednesday. Tell Evergreen: We do NOT support rapists. We do NOT support the intentional targeting of those who support and speak out for/with survivors. Evergreen's complicity in rape culture IS VIOLENCE.

We demand an end to this violence.

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RALLY, WALK-OUT AND SPEAK UP to protest RAPE CULTURE AT EVERGREEN
Wednesday, 1 pm in Red Square.

Simpson Air Pollution Permit Hearing Tonight

Simpson Crucifies us and our children

SIMPSON Air Operating Permit Renewal Hearing
courtesy of the ORCAA rubber stamp machine

When: Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Time:  5:00 PM
Where: Shelton Civic Center
             525 West Cota Street
             Shelton, WA 98584

At least make them look at all the people they are poisoning..  If you have
health insurance (i.e., you work for the casino and not Simpson)  be sure to
 bring your oxygen condenser.  Also if you have an extra
pulse regulator for an oxygen bottle we sure could use one.

Public Hearing Slated for renewal of Simpson Lumber AOPPosted on August 11, 2011

The Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA) firmly believes in its motto, “Clean Air is Everyone’s Business.” As such, ORCAA seeks to keep everyone within our jurisdiction well informed about the actions­—and proposed actions—we take.

Public comment is currently being accepted on a draft Air Operating Permit (AOP) renewal for for Simpson Lumber Company, LLC (Simpson) located in Shelton, Washington, pursuant to Title V of the federal Clean Air Act and Chapter 173-401 of the Washington Administrative Code. This is a draft of the AOP renewal that will be in effect for five years. This will be the second renewal of the AOP for Simpson’s lumber mill in Shelton.

In response to requests from the public, a formal Public Hearing has been scheduled to allow ORCAA staff to hear testimony on this renewal of the AOP. The hearing is slated for:

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
5 p.m.
Shelton Civic Center
525 West Cota Street
Shelton, WA 98584

Copies of the draft AOP Renewal and the associated Technical Support Document (TSD) for Simpson are on file and available for review at the Shelton branch of the Timberland Public Library located at 710 W Alder Street in Shelton, and at ORCAA’s office in Olympia. The draft AOP and TSD are also available online.

Comments may be submitted to ORCAA in writing. Written comments should be addressed to: ORCAA, 2940-B Limited Lane NW, Olympia, WA 98502, and will be accepted up to close of the public hearing. Comments should pertain to adequacy of the draft AOP in assuring compliance with applicable air quality regulations and standards.

If you see this picture anywhere else it has been stolen

Well that was fast! Mari Meds on the Square.

Is this the fastest turn over yet for this property or is it all just an illusion? It sure looks like business as usual in this place; I mean, other than the "closed" signs..  Oh wait, "closed" signs are the norm for this property.  You decide what is going on here.  I wonder how long the lease is?

Seneca's biomass plant fails first pollution test

Seneca's biomass plant fails first pollution test
The Register-Guard
The problems are related to emissions of particulate and nitrogen oxide
from the so-called “biomass” plant off Highway 99. Seneca Sustainable
Energy General Manager Richard Re says the problem is most likely an
anomaly in the testing and not a true ...
http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26942508-41/plant-seneca-nitrogen-pollution-emissions.html.csp

Where are we going to work when the trees are gone?

WHERE ARE WE GOING TO WORK WHEN THE TREES ARE GONE?



Where are we going to work when the trees are gone?
Darryl Cherney

I come from a long long line of tree cutting men,
And this company town was here before my grandaddy settled in.
We left enough trees astanding so our kids could toe the line,
Then the big corporation come and cut 'em down,
Got us working overtime.

Where are we going to work when the trees are gone?
Will the big boss have us wash his car, or maybe mow his lawn?
I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a lumberjack man, but I fear it ain't for long?
Tell me, where are we going to work when the trees are gone?

These corporate mergers make no sense to me.
They got them a great big debt to pay, so we're clearcutting all the trees.
That old fishin' hole where I used to take my kids,
We trashed it out last Monday morning, good lord,
Look at what we did.

Where are we going to work when the trees are gone?
Will the big boss have us wash his car, or maybe mow his lawn?
I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a lumberjack man, but I fear it ain't for long?
Tell me, where are we going to work when the trees are gone?

These Wall Street money men they make me mad,
I got a family to feed, and falling trees is the only work I've ever had.
You know now folks we can't just stand here while this cut and run goes on,
We got to stop them big corporations, before the trees are gone.

Lt. Lynn Compton coming to the Senior Center

Submitted by Jack Miles:

I have a very special invite for all of you who live in Shelton and Mason County. Saturday Oct. 8th, Lt. Lynn Compton a member of the Band of Brothers will be in town in support of my Re-election to the Port of Shelton.

This will take place at the Shelton Civic Center from 10 am to 2 pm. This is a fundraiser to help with my campaign. Addmission is $10 per person or $25 for a family of (3) or more. Bring a copy of his book, "Call of Duty. My life before, during and after, The Band of Brothers". Or just bring the movie "Band of Brothers and he will Autograph it for you. Plus have your picture taken with an American Hero from WWII.

Consentfest and Slutwalk Olympia

Consentfest Olympia

Time:  Saturday, October 1 · 3:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 314 Legion Way Southeast Olympia, WA

Concerned about sexual assault? Please join us for workshops from community members that are planned around the themes of sexual assault prevention, survivorship, consent culture, and sex positivism.

Free childcare courtesy of Olympia Childcare Collective, located at POWER's offices: 309 5th Avenue SE Olympia, WA 98501. Please RSVP for childcare by emailing olychildcarecollective@gmail.com !

Sponsored by Partners in Prevention Education.

Slutwalk Olympia

Time and date: Saturday, October 1 · 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Sylvester Park
                 Capitol &  Legion
                 Olympia, WA

Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/nurse.rached#!/event.php?eid=116804511756440 
On January 24th, 2011, a representative of the Toronto Police gave shocking insight into the Force’s view of sexual assault by stating: “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized”.

This walk is, for some, about reclaiming the word slut to use it in an empowering respectful way. It's about coming together and saying, we will not let you blame the victims anymore

Bathroom Reading

Good Morning Smelton

September 23, the main smoke stack is not smoking

September 23, the main smokestack is not smoking (do they route that smoke out a different stack now?)

This is a vertical and horizontal panorama.  email sheltonprogressive@blogspot.com for the full sized picture
(original file size is 10015 X 3084 and 99.7M)

Olympic Panel Products enveloped in toxic smoke

Total Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) 28.7 tpy
Olympic Panel Products
Total Particulate 103 tpy
PM10 T45 tpy
PM2.5 23 tpy
Volatile Organic Cmpds (VOC) 23 tpy
Propane 91 tpy

Who will be our next County Commissioner?

Will LRE and Sheldon put in a man whom voters have very recently and overwhelmingly rejected as their commissioner?

L-R  Outgoing Shelton Mayor John Tarrant, Ron Panell, the recently thumped
ex-county commissioner Ross Gallagher,  Shelton city commissioner  and mayoral
candidate Dawn Pannell

You can't blame this on residential wood smoke!

They can't blame this on home heating with wood!




The wind is blowing all the toxins from the Simpson property West and into town today.  It smells very bad.
I'm staying inside as much as possible.  When I open my door to go outside the smell is so strong that I know to go back inside.  Maybe I'll put my respirator on and go take some pictures later, or maybe I'll go spend the day in Tacoma.  What  shame that so many children in Shelton have to breath air like this during their recess.

Simpson Air Pollution Permit Renewal "Hearing", next Tuesday

Simpson Crucifies us and our children

SIMPSON Air Operating Permit Renewal Hearing
courtesy of the ORCAA rubber stamp machine

When: Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Time:  5:00 PM
Where: Shelton Civic Center
             525 West Cota Street
             Shelton, WA 98584

At least make them look at all the people they are poisoning..  If you have
health insurance be sure to bring your oxygen condenser.

Another Stinky Day in Shelton

Filthy sawmill in Cosmopolis Wa.

The wind is blowing all the toxins from the Simpson property West and into town today.  It smells very bad.
I'm staying inside as much as possible.  When I open my door to go outside the smell so strong that I know to go back inside.  Maybe I'll put my respirator on and go take some pictures later, or maybe I'll go spend the day in Tacoma.  What  shame that so many children in Shelton have to breath air like this during their recess.

Report: Burning native forests for biomass energy

Report: Burning native forests for biomass energy

Shelton Still Stinks - Spike in pollution shows up on downtown monitor

9-20- 2011 Filth From Simpson Property  8:45AM

9-20- 2011 Filth From Simpson Property 8:45AM

9-20- 2011 Filth From Simpson Property 8:45AM

Even in this over exposed photo the smoke at the stack looks to be in violation of
Olympic Panel Products air operating permit guidelines for opacity of smoke.
Also notice how the camera was able to pick up the haze at this exposure level

Shelton Stinks

  The air smells worse than usual right now.  I noticed bigger than usual clouds of industrial toxins coming out of Olympic Panel Products today.  The air monitor shows our air quality going down; the smell is acrid.

These lucky children are being bussed away from the pollution center

Anger in Wales over Biomass Plant

Green groups angered as biomass plant approved
The Guardian
The government has given the go-ahead to a huge
wood-burning plant which it claims will provide power for a quarter of all
Welsh homes, sparking outrage among ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/sep/16/green-groups-biomass-plant-approved

Monday Morning

Something inspirational for Monday Morning


Ocean Sky from Alex Cherney on Vimeo.

BHR does not serve our community

Mason County does not have any form of community mental health care. Many people may be surprised to learn this, because they know that Behavioral Health Resources (BHR) has a location near the Shelton welfare office. The sad truth is that BHR only takes DSHS (welfare) insurance and does not have a sliding fee scale for folks who do not qualify for welfare.

This means that folks who live in Mason  County, need help and are not on welfare will go untreated, unless they can find a way to get to Olympia or Bremerton. Mason County and Shelton are sadly under-served. Someone could have the best health insurance in the world, but it would not do them any good in Mason County. There is not a single psychiatrist in Mason County who will take clients who are not on welfare. Seniors citizens, legal resident aliens and disabled workers who are on Medicare, have to go to Olympia or Bremerton or go without.
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This is straight from the BHR website:

“Who can be served?
Due to recent state budget cuts in funding we are unable to provide ongoing services to individuals without Medicaid. Exception: Those who do not have Medicaid and have been released from jail or psychiatric hospitalization within the last 30 days may receive limited service IF they have a history of being on Medicaid.”
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I don’t know what “recent state budget cuts” they are referring to, as this has been their policy since at least 2005.   Yet every year BHR holds fundraisers and asks for donations. I say, don’t give them a penny. They don’t have a sliding fee scale and they will not treat anyone who is not insured by DSHS. BHR is an out of town business, it is not a charity, so why should we give BHR any charity?

As a side note, BHR in Olympia did not honor their obligation to count the homeless for the 2010 census and as a result homeless people in Olympia went uncounted and will probably be under-served until the next census. BHR said it would count the homeless in Olympia for the 2010 census, but BHR did not do it and BHR did not let anyone know that they did not do it until it was too late. There was no time for any another agency step in and do it. BHR is pathetic; a real community mental health care system is needed in Shelton. It’s time for BHR to take all forms of insurance and offer a sliding fee scale or get the hell out of town. As it is  the presence of BHR gives the illusion that we have a community mental health center in Mason County, when in fact we have nothing but a company that mooches off the state.

What happened to the meager tax funds that the county collected to pay for mental health care? None of it was spent on mental health care and the money was put into the general fund. It is clear that mental health services are needed in Shelton and it is inhumane for the funds to put into the general pool (or be given to BHR) while the most vulnerable people in our community, who often cannot advocate for themselves, continue to suffer. How much suffering could be prevented if we had a true community mental health care center in Shelton?

Quigg Brothers - sub-standard wages?

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/07/23/1313223/union-issue-could-change-rules.html

Brad in the Rain

Guess which picture came from a third world country

TGIF!

It's been one of those weeks....

Waaaaaay back when I was a container hauler in the Port of Tacoma they played this song on KMPS every Friday at precisely 5:00pm. (maybe they still do?)  Much to the chagrin of the dispatcher, one of my co-workers ALWAYS opened up his company radio microphone, held it to the music station and played this over the company's official dispatch channel. I don't think our Romanian-born dispatcher ever did figure out what it was about, he NEVER let us off work before 5:30 on a Friday and he barely understood English. But at least my co-worker never got in trouble for his weekly stunt. Good memories..

Back to School - Today's Engrish Lesson

A nice way of saying "keep off the grass" -Shanghai

Shelton Elementary School 2010 Test Results

Shelton Elementary School Test Results

Percents indicate percentage of students who met state standards

Evergreen Elementary  





Bordeaux Elementary

Mountian View Elementary




 

Olympia Consent Fest

Olympia's PC version of Slutwalk:
http://consentfestolympia.blogspot.com/

Medical Marijuana Comes to Shelton



Former home of long waits for cold pizza on paper plates

Empty Building

New Tenant

Flipped Horizontal in photoshop



Does the Port of Shelton really need a new Logo?

Does anyone know if this event actually happened or is still going to happen?
http://www.myfairsandfestivals.com/233955-port-of-shelton-autumn-festival-shelton-washington-september-2011.html

Port Of Shelton Autumn Festival

Location Shelton, WA 98584
Dates September 12, 2011 - September 12, 2011 - Approximate Date(s) Only!

Event Categories Festivals & Fairs

Description: For over six decades the Port of Shelton has been an integral part of our community in Mason County. Combining vast land resources around marine, aviation and industrial zones, the Port is proud to be celebrating 60 years with the community!

This community celebration will unveil the revised anniversary Port of Shelton logo and allow our friends, families and neighbors to experience what the Port has to offer!

Phone 360-426-1151

Email Event Promoter Click Here  (leads to a page that requires a log on password)

Year # First Year

The wood industry fears thousands of jobs will be lost due to biomass plants

Biomass schemes will boost destructive timber imports, claims wood industry
The Guardian
The wood industry fears thousands of jobs in its factories will be threatened by the "green" power plans and wants government to remove the subsidies facilitating them.

Wildlife and environmental groups are also alarmed that the new biomass schemes could trigger a huge escalation in wood imports and threaten rainforests.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/11/biomass-schemes-boost-timber-imports

Duckabush Fire Updates

http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2599
Up to 1,500 acres now.  Keep checking http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2599 for updates and https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/enviwa/IndexBoardChart.aspx?ST_ID=137_PM2.5 for our air quality.  To view the smoke visit http://www.drdale.com/cam/

John Trudell Song of the Last Ten Years

Cry Your Tears For You
John Trudell

Now you want us
To cry your tears for you
After we've already bled for you
Already been dead to you
Now you want us
To cry your tears for you

Chapters of a democracy story
Descendants of genocide
Twelve score and more years ago
We went from being the majority
To being the smallest minority
Now you want us
To cry your tears for you

We saw that emptying
Early morning skyline
Back through that horizon
Duck Valley 1979, Wounded knee
Sand creek, that Trail of Tears
Exactly how did our land
Become your country
Now you want us
To cry your tears for you

While we're still crying tears of our own
With your past as your future
That industrial ruling class
Using religion as a weapon
Distilling love into hate
Pointing fingers and name calling evil
Sacrificing lives and blood
Making the innocent the new virgins
Offerings to the gods of profit
Now you want us
To cry your tears for you

In the homeland security
Pretending corporate corruption
Isn't economic terrorism
Money talks while the government listens
Compiling files on ones who think different
Conditioning an acceptance of debt
And not to expect the truth
So get used to hearing the lie
Now you want us
To cry your tears for you

Misusing the beauty
Turning freedom into a killing machine
Mass murdering the environment
Weaponzing the psychology of fear
And pushing material addiction with
A substitution of rules faking the law
The bill of rights becomes collateral damage
Making the constitution another broken treaty
Now you want us
To cry your tears for you

Way this story is unfolding
We may end up crying together
As in crying at the same time
But we're short on tears to cry for you
With all these tears to cry of our own
Now you want us to cry your tears for you.

Duckabush on Fire

Recent pictures from Bremerton show the flames, this means the fire is now crowning in the trees.  There is some speculation that the fire has jumped over Jupiter Ridge and is heading down to the Dosewallips.  If so it might stop there because that area has recently burned and there is not much fuel left.

Smoke from the Duckabush Fire

Smokey Moonrise over the Duckabush

Ugly distorted panorama of smoke pouring out of the Duckabush Valley



Duckabush Smoke as seen from Port Orchard photo by Jack McCarn

This fire has affected our air quality

Where is is..



In this photo by Jack McCarn you can see the flames