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Continental Features/Continental News Service administers two newspaper-feature divisions: Champion Features and Spirit of ’76 Features. In doing so, for distribution of payment of a share of our newsmagazine sales and as an independent consumer purchaser of newspaper features, we have business-to-business relationships with or otherwise have contracted with award-winning travel columnist Ann Hattes(“Travelers Checks”), retired American League pitcher David Frost (“Sports and Families”), one-time Hollywood Reporter Managing Editor Harley Lond (“OnVideo”), outdoor columnist Lee Snyder (“The Politics of Nature” and “Getting There From Here”), humor columnist Mike Krivyanski (“No Assignment Too Difficult”), Fran Silverman (celebrity profiles), Gary P. Salamone(“Question Time With Public Figures”), Charles Hampton Savage (“News and Comment” and “Court Watch”), film critic Leslie Rigoulot (“Movie Talk”), and Gary P. Salamone/Editor-in-Chief (“Continental Viewpoint”).
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To: U.S. Senate candidate Eric Early:
May I ask you to expand on one of your Candidate Statements in the Official Voter Information Guide, with the context being border security and law enforcement. Listening to the talk-show hosts and the political reporters, the thinking seems to be that citizens have no role to play until it’s time to vote and all the focus in the meantime appears to be on what the two political parties are doing in Washington. With the Mayorkas impeachment expected to collapse in the Senate, what’s next?
Do you think the near-term solution to securing U.S. borders against terrorists, foreign saboteurs, plain-clothes enemy soldiers, human traffickers, and drug runners could be Californians and other ordinary Americans lighting up the White House Switchboard and pressing the Biden Administration to control border access and protect our families, neighborhoods, communities and nation? After all, Americans have the right to petition, and nothing else has worked so far.
Thank you.
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Thank you for your email. In the longer term, the solution is continuing to again build the Wall, restarting the Remain in Mexico policy, stopping Catch and Release in the United States, restarting the other Trump era border polices that Biden stopped, threatening the CCP with sanctions and other penalties if it continues to ship Fentanyl ingredients to Mexico and continues to assist in the manufacture of Fentanyl in Mexico, and if necessary, sending the U.S. military to the border to stop the invasion.
In the shorter term, our nation must send a strong and clear message across the world that we will no longer allow illegal immigrants into the country, and that we will be deporting illegal immigrants back to where they came from, if they show up at the border. The Biden Administration has sent exactly the opposite message from day one. Also in the short term, border states can start following Texas’ lead in the use of state and local law enforcement to stop the invasion on their borders.
Americans can certainly work to bring as much pressure on their elected officials as possible to work to stop the invasion. That should also include pressure on California’s Governor who continues to support policies that incentivize the invasion – such as offering illegal immigrants free healthcare – something which should be stopped immediately. Certainly the main reason that the Biden Administration is now starting to focus on the invasion is that more and more Americans, including even Democrat Americans, have turned the open border situation into the biggest issue of the current election season.
Also in the short term, state Attorney Generals should be reviewing and considering possible legal action to help secure their borders.
If you want to discuss this further, please let me know.
Thanks again,
Eric Early for U.S. Senate (California)
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Purpose: To determine what public-policy commitments candidates for California’s Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors District 1 are making and what relevant government experience, if any, they offer.
Continental News Service: Angelina Cook, “on your Campaign Website, you indicate that you have defended Mount Shasta’s retired railroad and timber towns against unethical business practices. Could you please detail those “unethical business practices”?
AC: “The unethical business practices I refer to involve the extraction and privatization of water for profit. The primary campaigns I assisted were defending McCloud from Nestle’s attempt to bottle and export industrial quantities of pristine spring water, and the City of Weed against Roseburg’s claim to the town’s historic spring water rights.”
CNS: “What would your commitment to building regional self-sufficiency consist of?”
AC: “Building regional self-sufficiency entails improving affordable access to basic goods and services, as locally sourced as possible. Cultivating local food systems, maintaining water supply reliability, reusing waste, rehabilitating structures, restoring healthy forests, and encouraging small-diameter lumber milling are some examples of how Siskiyou County can enhance the region’s long-term ability to prosper, and meet local needs. We have become highly dependent on imported food, fiber and fuel, while local farmers and foresters struggle to make ends meet exporting their crops as commodities. By accommodating local production, consumption and distribution of everyday goods and services, we could save money and energy, strengthen regional self-reliance, and replenish environmental quality.”
CNS: “Regarding your stated Priorities, such as strengthening libraries and public transit, does that mean reimbursing Volunteer Librarians for their mileage expenses or paying them wages? And does strengthening public transit include extending STAGE (Siskiyou Transit And General Express) bus service to Dorris, Tulelake and the Butte Valley generally to unify and connect the east and west sides of the County better?”
AC: “YES! Over-reliance on volunteer efforts to perform needed services is a major reason why District 1 communities lack access to basic services available in most communities, such as functional libraries, fire prevention, recreation, and senior nutrition. If elected, I would be a strong advocate for compensating individuals who perform meaningful community services. I would also work to extend public transit options to the county’s more remote areas, and generate incentives to encourage use of public transit.”
CNS: “How would your commitment to trail building and tourism promotion benefit Dorris, Tulelake and vicinity given their nearness to Modoc War historical sites?
AC: “District 1 communities are some of the most historic, fascinating, and beautiful communities in the county. Dorris and Tulelake have many impressive cultural and natural attractions that could draw locals and visitors to the region, especially if Hwy 97 travelers knew that sites like Captain Jack’s stronghold and the Klamath wildlife refuge were associated with trails and accommodations for hiking, biking and camping. Partnering with the Volcanic Scenic Byway could be a good way to advance this effort.”
CNS: “The City of Dorris, for one, has experienced difficulty attracting builders and developers to our area to construct apartments, work-force and other housing. What are your specific thoughts on this matter?”
AC: “I learned that Dorris and Tulelake have a hard time attracting builders because your towns are too far for Siskiyou contractors, and Oregon builders are not licensed for California, at a recent Tulelake Revitalization committee meeting. This seems like a difficult issue, for which there must be a few viable solutions. I would need to learn more about the details to suggest anything specific, but I do know that public funding is available to assist disadvantaged communities with workforce development and affordable housing in areas with the political will and wherewithal to apply for it.”
CNS: “The Dorris News Edition of Continental Newstime has asked the President Pro Tem of the California Senate his view on a possible state-wide Gateway Cities Bill that would ensure ample funding of street and road improvements and other infrastructure projects in more than one Siskiyou County city. Does your promotion of infrastructural solutions contemplate such a model, gateway-cities program?”
AC: “The Gateway Cities bill seems like an interesting opportunity for local government to be more proactive when it comes to upgrading, maintaining, and repairing aging infrastructure (i.e. roads, water conveyance, and power delivery). Interstate 5 and Highway 97 are major thoroughfares for California, Oregon and the west. As District 1 Supervisor, I would be strategic and assertive in negotiating much higher levels of investment from state and Federal stakeholders to improve existing conditions, and ensure the long-term viability of our attractive, yet marginalized rural communities.”
CNS: ”In addition, could you please briefly elaborate on your experience in non-profit management and watershed-project administration, including with the McCloud Watershed Council?”
AC: “My watershed project administration experience with the McCloud Watershed Council is mostly in the realm of avoiding water depletion, reinforcing domestic supplies, and monitoring groundwater quality and quantity. We are currently gearing up to participate in a beaver-relocation/reintroduction project, now that CA Department of Fish & Wildlife has embraced the potential of beaver populations to assist in natural water storage upstream, and restoring intact riparian ecosystems. I have also recently been advocating for instream flow requirements for the Shasta and Scott rivers, on behalf of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance. In addition to the McCloud Watershed Council, I also serve on the Board of Directors for the Great Exchange Thrift Shop in McCloud, the Open Sky Gallery in Montague, and the McCloud Chamber of Commerce.”
CNS: “Before the March Primary Election, the Dorris News Edition will be publishing a special campaign insert. You are invited to state your specific priorities, qualifications, and relevant experience for service on the Board of Supervisors, by February 19th. Your interview answers or no-comment will be published in the Dorris community newspaper. Thank you.
Colleen Crebbin Alvarez: No comment received.
Jess Harris, asked about his priorities, stated, “I’m a staunch advocate for agriculture, a cornerstone of our local economy. I pledge unwavering support for agriculture and am committed to safeguarding crucial elements, including the Williamson Act. Protecting water rights is pivotal for the continuity of agriculture in our county.” He continued, “Advocacy is close to my heart. I regularly draft letters to various agencies, aiming to advocate for our rights and shed light on pertinent matters in our county. Furthermore, I’ve crafted proposals designed to address and resolve the challenges we face, which I’ve presented to our current Board of Supervisors. My promise is steadfast–I will continue to work tirelessly for the betterment of our county and its people. Should I earn the privilege to serve as Supervisor, I am committed to representing and advancing the interests of our community with dedication and integrity.”
With respect to his qualifications to serve and his relevant experience inside government, and even outside government, Mr. Harris observes, “My journey has been one of hard work, predominantly in blue-collar roles. I dedicated six years to the Siskiyou County Public Works Department, specifically in the Road Department, where I served as a shop steward representing my district. Currently, I am honored to serve as an alternate for District 1 on the Siskiyou County Fish and Game Commission. Additionally, I actively participate in the Sheriff’s Posse, dedicated to safeguarding our community.” A native of Yreka, he and his wife have four children now attending local schools themselves. Meantime, in the private sector, he co-founded the Siskiyou County Gun Owners group, a chapter of the California Rifle and Pistol Association. As Chairman of the group, he was offered employment with the Association, he informs, and has gone on to become a firearms instructor and a Hunter Education Instructor.
Kids’ NEWSTIME—A sample of the American children’s daily newspaper that could be, first published in the early 1990’s and restarted on November 4, 1995, with some interruptions afterward! Kids, how many newspapers can you read a day? ……. This is today’s final edition:
VOLUME XXV……..NUMBER 52…… APRIL 23, 2024
* News … Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp reminds that, when he first campaigned for Governor, he vowed that his Administration “would work to develop the entirety of our state and that includes ensuring that Georgians in rural parts not only have access to good-paying jobs, but also quality and affordable health care.” Toward that end, he has signed, into law, House Bill 82, expanding the Rural Physician Tax Credit to include dentists; House Bill 872, expanding cancelable loans for health-care professionals to dental students agreeing to practice in rural areas; and, among other legislation, House Bill 1339, increasing the total limit on tax credits for donations to rural hospital organizations to $100 million.
* Business … The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that comments are due June 6, 2024, in connection with the Communications Marketplace Report the Commission is required to publish, during the last calendar quarter of each even-numbered year, on the state of competition in the communications marketplace, including competition to deliver voice, video, audio, and data services by providers of communication services; the FCC adds that it is tasked, besides, to determine whether laws, regulations, regulatory practices, or demonstrated marketplace practices in any public or private sector, including foreign, raise barriers to competitive entry into the communications marketplace.
* Sports … The National Basketball Association (NBA) announces, as Kids’ Newstime went to press, that, in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, New York leads Philadelphia 2 wins to zero, Milwaukee leads Indiana 1-0, Cleveland leads Orlando 2-0, and Boston leads Miami 1-0, in their best-of-seven-games series; meantime, in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers trail Denver 0-2, New Orleans trails Oklahoma City 0-1, Minnesota leads Phoenix 1-0, and the Los Angeles Clippers lead Dallas 1-0, in their own best-of-seven-games series.
* Weather… The National Weather Service has received no reports of tornados, hail, or damaging wind, so far today, but yesterday 1.5-inch hail was reported in Nebraska’s Gage County (area of Beatrice). Check the map, kids!
* Other earth news… The National Earthquake Information Center (Golden, Colorado) reports that the two highest-magnitude quakes recorded earlier today were of magnitude 5.3 in the Luzon Strait of the Far East (46.5 miles from Basco, Cagayan Valley, Philippines) and 5.2 in the Atlantic Ocean (88.1 miles from Lajes das Flores, Azores, Portugal). (With an atlas or a globe of the Earth, kids, find these places as quickly as you can.)
* Today in history: 70 years ago… April 23, 1954—Hank Aaron, then of the Milwaukee Braves, hits his first home run, almost 20 years away from breaking Babe Ruth’s career home-run record of 714 home runs.
* A Quotation worth remembering … by Franklin D. Roosevelt (32ND U.S. President): “This nation is making a great effort to produce everything that is necessary in this emergency—and with all possible speed. And this great effort requires great sacrifice. I would ask no one to defend a democracy which in turn would not defend everyone in the nation against want and privation. The strength of this nation shall not be diluted by the failure of the Government to protect the economic well-being of its (all) citizens. If our capacity to produce is limited by machines, it must ever be remembered that these machines are operated by the skill and the stamina of the workers. As the Government is determined to protect the rights of the workers, so the nation has a right to expect that the men who man the machines will discharge their full responsibilities to the urgent needs of defense. The worker possesses the same human dignity and is entitled to the same security of position as the engineer or the manager or the owner…. for the workers provide the human power that turns out the destroyers, and the (air)planes and the tanks. The nation expects our defense industries to continue operation without interruption by strikes or lockouts. It expects and insists that management and workers will reconcile their differences by voluntary or legal means, to continue to produce the supplies that are so sorely needed. And on the economic side of our great defense program, we are, as you know, bending every effort to maintain stability of prices and with that the stability of the cost of living. Nine days ago I announced the setting up of a more effective organization to direct our gigantic efforts to increase the production of munitions. The appropriation of vast sums of money and a well coordinated executive direction of our defense efforts are not in themselves enough. Guns, planes, (and) ships and many other things have to be built in the factories and the arsenals of America. They have to be produced by workers and managers and engineers with the aid of machines which in turn have to be built by hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the land.” (FDR’s Arsenal of Democracy speech of December 29, 1940)
privation=the condition of being deprived; diluted=watered down or weakened; reconcile=settle; arsenal=establishment for the manufacture or storage of weapons and military equipment.
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Klamath Falls News Edition
of Continental Newstime
VOLUME I NUMBER 1 MARCH 15, 2022 __________________________________________________________________________________________ This is not the whole newspaper, but a special complimentary, on-line edition of the general-interest, periodic newsmagazine, Continental Newstime. The rest of the newspaper includes national and world news, newsmaker profiles, commentary/analysis, periodic interviews, travel and entertainment features, an intermittent science column, humor, sports, cartoons, comic strips, and puzzles, and averages 26 pages per month. Continental Features/Continental News Service publishes, on a monthly rotational basis, special, complimentary on-line newspapers: Washington DC News Edition, Chicago News Edition, Honolulu News Edition, Atlanta News Edition, Anchorage News Edition, Boston News Edition, Seattle News Edition, Miami News Edition, San Diego News Edition, Rochester (N.Y.) News Edition, Minneapolis News Edition, and Houston News Edition.
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* Congressional News Briefs … Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have announced that the 2022 fiscal-year Omnibus funding bill includes provisions that will support Oregon’s front-line educators and health-care workers, who have experienced the “strain of a global pandemic” for almost two years. The husband of a front-line nurse, Senator Merkley says that the legislation, expected to pass both chambers of Congress and be signed by the President, makes key investments in nursing, health care, research and education, while further representing Oregon communities by funding other projects they have determined to be essential beyond the pandemic. Senator Wyden similarly credited Oregonians with helping to establish legislative priorities and expressed concern about the “already-severe, youth mental-health crisis.” A member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Merkley influenced crafting of the Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services portion of the Omnibus funding package, which, among other purposes, supports services to prevent abuse and neglect, homelessness and addiction through a grant of $840,000 to Southern Oregon Success; funds research into improving respiratory-care hospitalization during wildfires, through a $1-million earmark for the Oregon Institute of Technology; furnishes $787 million for Community Service Block Grants; allocates $2.1 billion to train youth in high-demand, twenty-first-century career fields; commits $410 million to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), to arrange a free, appropriate education for these children and to furnish support services for more than 7.6 million students nation-wide; includes $96 million for migrant-student GED and higher education; expands medical-research funding to $44.9 billion; allots $280.4 million to nursing work-force development; and provides $1 billion to improve maternal and child health. Meantime, Klamath Falls’ agent in the U.S. House of Representatives, Cliff Bentz informs that he headed a list of Members of Congress who wrote Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Administrator Deanne Criswell, and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland about their coordination in establishing the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, the deadline for which had passed. Congressman Bentz and his associates addressed 11 questions to the three Biden Administration officials, relating to the status of the appointment process, whether all three officials must agree on each appointment, whether the U.S. Fire Administration would be represented on the Commission, how the three officials will expedite Congressional oversight of the Commission, how the Commission would address the risks of prescribed burns, what actions would be taken to address the disproportionate number of large fires on U.S. government land, how delays in appointing Commission members are likely to affect development of the Commission’s plan to combat wildfires this summer, and whether the Department of Defense is being timely in furnishing surplus aircraft to the Commission. The Members of Congress, through other questions, indicated that the appointment process should prioritize selection of members having specific, extensive experience in forest management, aerial wildland fire-fighting, ground wildland fire-fighting, fire program management, and the use of advanced fire retardants.
* State Government News Briefs … Governor Kate Brown, citing the tourism potential of the World Athletics Championships, or Oregon 22, announces that the premier track-and-field event will be held in Oregon this Summer for the first time. Expected to draw in excess of 200,000 visitors, the event is due to be held at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon-Eugene. Besides, the Governor paid tribute to the late, widely-traveled, former Chief of Staff to Senator Mark Hatfield, acknowledging that Gerry Frank, 98, had counseled her and other governors over the course of time. In other developments, she suggested that the crowning achievement of the 2022 legislative session was passage of her Future Ready Oregon work-force development plan,
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plus the $100-million investment in child care, the $400-million investment in housing and homelessness programs, and, among other achievements, enactment of protections for sensitive aquatic species. Southern Klamath County Representative, E. Werner Reschke, in another recap of the 2022 state-legislative session, expressed satisfaction that a proposal to impose a 3-percent Oregon sales tax was defeated, that passage of House Bill 4008 means that law enforcement can once again suppress riots by use of appropriate crowd-control measures, that a tax credit for small woodland owners passed, and that introduction of House Joint Resolution 201 communicated to the Governor that there is widespread support for ending the State of Emergency and the Governor’s mandates. While expressing disappointment that majority Democrats spent in excess of $5 billion in fewer than five weeks, that school boards lost control over curriculum through Senate Bill 1521, that police were barred by Senate Bill 1510 from enforcing certain traffic laws, and that small family farms were saddled with a mandate to pay agricultural workers overtime pay after 40 hours of work, he pointed out that he continued the fight against one-party rule in the state by giving voice to the 68 percent of Oregonians who seek the option of self-service at gas stations; by pressing for restoration of Oregon reading, writing and math standards for graduation; by advocating for a $1,000 income-tax credit for volunteer fire fighters; and by attempting to strengthen the authority of police to reduce drug dealing and criminal activity in neighborhoods. On his part, Klamath Falls’ agent in the Oregon State Senate, Dennis Linthicum not only concurred that Senate Bill 1510 was “soft on crime,” but expressed objections to Senate Bill 1568 and its attempt to install an unelected Governor-appointed board, not subject to Senate confirmation, with power to release convicts from prison for medical reasons.
* County Government News Briefs … The Board of County Commissioners announces that closure of the Rattlesnake Creek Bridge (Hildebrand Road) is anticipated through March 17 for bridge repairs. Tomorrow, County Commissioners will take up a Finance- Budget Observations Agenda beginning at 8:30 AM in Room 214 (305 Main Street). That same day, at 10 AM, the Board’s Work Session will consider a funding request from Doug Brown of the Klamath Freedom Foundation, allot time for presentations from Tax Collector/Property Manager Rick Vaughn on installation of water service at the Klamath Falls Bike Motocross Track and from Vickie Noel on Budget Committee matters, and, among other County business, open to a Livestock Hearing at 10:30 AM.
* City Government News Briefs … The Mayor and City Council will go into Executive Session at 6:30 PM on March 21 (Council Chambers, 500 Klamath Avenue), the secret session to be followed by a remote Public Session at 7 PM that will admit the public until state-mandated room-capacity and social-distancing requirements would no longer be met. The agenda for the meeting provides for a presentation on Tree City USA Recognition for the City of Klamath Falls. Thereafter, Mayor Carol Westfall and Council Members will take up a Consent Agenda incorporating authorization of a not-to-exceed $25,000 Airport Janitorial Contract with Troy’s Janitorial and a not-to-exceed $27,396 Airport Landscaping Contract with Horizon Garden & Landscape Specialties. Next, a Public Hearing is scheduled on the Liquor License Recommendation for limited off-premises sales for Love’s Travel Stop (250 Dan O’Brien Way). Subsequently, the legislative actions to be discussed include authorization of a not-to-exceed $98,615 Design Services Contract with DOWL, Inc. for the Washburn Way Pavement Preservation Project (Laverne Avenue to South 6th Street), the Second and Final Reading of an Ordinance amending the duties of the City Manager, the Second and Final Reading of an Ordinance amending regulations pertaining to social gaming, and, among other matters, a Resolution supporting a request for funding from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
* School District News Briefs … Klamath Falls City Schools District Superintendent Keith Brown announces that March 16 and 30 are Professional Development Days and that Spring Break runs from March 21 through March 25. There is no school on April 8, a Grade Prep Day, and Parent-Teacher Conferences are planned for April 13 and 14. The Board of Directors, with Lori Theros the incumbent Chair, met yesterday to approve a Consent Agenda including adoption of the Minutes recorded for its meeting of February 14, to examine the District’s Monthly Financial Report, to discuss a report on the Pelican Babies/Teen Parent Program, and, among other business, to hear a report from the Board of Education Negotiation Representative.
* Weather … The National Weather Service reports that current conditions at Klamath Falls International Airport, as of 9:20 PM, are partly-cloudy, with a temperature of 39 degrees Fahrenheit, relative humidity of 69 percent, wind out of the west at 11 miles per hour, barometric pressure of 30.22 inches, a dewpoint of 30 degrees, and visibility of 10 miles. The over-night forecast calls for mostly-cloudy skies, a low temperature of about 28 degrees and west-northwest wind of about 6 miles per hour becoming calm in the evening. Tomorrow, expect partly-sunny conditions, gradually becoming sunny, with a daily high temperature near 56 degrees, and calm wind becoming northwest wind of 5 to 7 miles per hour in the afternoon. Tomorrow night increasing cloudiness is anticipated, with a low temperature of about 31 degrees, and northwest wind of 5 to 8 miles per hour becoming calm in the evening. Thursday, look for mostly-cloudy skies, with a daily high temperature of about 57 degrees, and light and variable wind becoming west-southwest wind of 5 to 8 miles per hour in the afternoon.
* Sports … The Trail Blazers (26-41 overall and 17-18 at home), not due to return home until March 23, visit the Knicks (28-40 overall and 13-19 at home) tomorrow, for a 7:30 tip-off in Madison Square Garden, with the Blazers hoping to reverse a 1-game losing streak and the Knicks hoping to end a 2-game losing streak.
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