Archive 126 - November 2012
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Klamath-Lake Counties Food Bank, by Oregon Senator Doug Whitsett, District 28 11/28/12. "More than twenty percent of rural Oregonians, who want to work, do not have a job or are working less than full time...Niki and Dave Sampson, along with their hard working crew, have distributed more than 1,700,000 pounds or 850 tons of food this year." KBRA faces uphill battle, Siskiyou Daily News, posted to KBC 11/29/12 Pacific Northwest’s Klamath Basin a Possible Site for Geothermal Energy Plant, Green Optimistic, posted to KBC 11/29/12. "There are currently three high-volume, low-heat geothermal energy plans in the world. These are located in Japan, Germany, and Iceland. By the end of 2013, if all goes according to plan, there may be a fourth plant, located in the Klamath Basin...Moving an acre foot of water used to cost 33 cents and now the same acre foot of water costs $9.23 to move." Grazing study doesn't reflect views of OSU, administrator says, Capital Press 11/29/12. "...head of the College of Agricultural Sciences Department of Animal Health, said: 'I think that livestock grazing can be an important part of a range management program...' " Exodus: 34:12, sent by Frank Tallerico: Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your mist. Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), or http://jisao.washington.edu/pdo/ 11/2012: Study of ocean conditions and climate as related to fisheries. PERS, by Oregon Senator Doug Whitsett District 28, 11/21/12 MERCY CHEFS PLANS TO FEED 6000 THANKSGIVING MEALS to those still recovering from Hurricane Isaac. Ranchers, farmers brace for 'death tax' impact, by William La Jeunesse, 11/16/12, Fox News Oregon U.S. Congressman Greg Walden Congressional Connection, posted to KBC 11/25/12. "I’m honored that my colleagues unanimously chose me to serve as the Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). No member of Congress from Oregon—of either party—has served in an elected leadership position in decades. Blessings to you dear friends this Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for! KBC News. Jeremiah 17:5-8 "Thus says the Lord: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord. For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord. And whose hope is in the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit." Sent from Frank Tallerico. 11/22/12 Mercy Chefs Thanksgiving, 11/22/12. "Today, CBN's 700 Club ran a story featuring the work you are making possible through Mercy Chefs this Thanksgiving week. I wanted you to see this video because it tells a story that simply could not have happened without your support. We are now just hours away from providing a Thanksgiving feast to about 6,000 hurricane victims in New York and Louisiana. Thank you again, may God bless you and have a Happy Thanksgiving!" Gary LeBlanc, Founder/President Mercy Chefs Inc. Public Comments on KBRA proposed amendments, by Tom Mallams 11/20/12. "1. Protection from the endangered Species act and Biological Opinions. 2. Guaranteed delivery of irrigation water. 3. Affordable power for irrigators.Within the KHSA and KBRA documents consider the following: 1. There is absolutely no protection from the Endangered Species Act or Biological Opinions. 2. There is absolutely no guarantee of irrigation water deliveries. 3. There is absolutely no affordable power rate for irrigators. Lame duck commissioners vote to keep KBRA going, H&N 11/20/12. "The two elected to take Switzer's and Hukill's spots, Tom Mallams and Jim Bellet, both said they were against the extension of the KBRA. Mallams voiced his opinion in a letter and Bellet spoke at the meeting....(commissioner) Linthicum tried to delay the decision until those new commissioners take office after the new year. He made a formal motion to table it, but faced silent stares from Hukill and Switzer." Impacts on the Klamath River Basin caused by removing four dams, a Public Impact Assessment (PIA), by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, President Bonnicksen & Associates, Staff Scientist 11/19/12. "...the report gives the affected public a chance to participate in an assessment of the potential impacts on their environment and community caused by a government decision. It uses local knowledge and experience, as well as the knowledge and experience of people familiar with the river, to make an impartial impact assessment." Deadline Approaches For Klamath Restoration Deal, OPB 11/19/12. Klamath restoration agreement deadline looms; opponents call for end to settlement, The Times Standard, posted to KBC 11/19/12. "(Karuk tribal spokesman and former Green Corp member Craig" Tucker said the Karuk Tribe sees the KBRA as an expansion of tribal rights. 'With the KBRA in place, the Karuk Tribe would have a larger role in flow control, restoration of the basin and the jobs associated with those efforts,' Tucker said." Doubt and distrust by John Bowman, Siskiyou Daily News, posted to KBC 11/19/12. "County supervisor Michael Kobseff told Thalken several times that the process would be flawed from the outset. He said that the study’s baseline information and assumptions were biased because they were supplied by what he alleges are biased government studies."
Walloping Washington Wolves, by Jim Beers, posted to KBC 11/19/12. "...it is tough, especially in these states where the urban majorities and state bureaucracies are more and more used to imposing harmful conditions on rural minorities. There aren’t any quick and easy answers here because everyone (like Germans in the 1930’s) has been hiding in the hope that things would soon get better, only they have only gotten worse." Public Comments on KBRA proposed amendments, by Tom Mallams 11/20/12. "1. Protection from the endangered Species act and Biological Opinions. 2. Guaranteed delivery of irrigation water. 3. Affordable power for irrigators.Within the KHSA and KBRA documents consider the following: 1. There is absolutely no protection from the Endangered Species Act or Biological Opinions. 2. There is absolutely no guarantee of irrigation water deliveries. 3. There is absolutely no affordable power rate for irrigators. Only six sign approval so far in KBRA extension, Dissolution is imminent unless signatories sign on, H&N 11/16/12. "This issue will be introduced for public comment and voted on by the Klamath County Board of Commissioners at 9 a.m. on Tuesday at 305 Main St., Room 219... At Wednesday’s meeting in Eureka, the Klamath Water and Power Association presented significant progress on a plan to reduce diversions in low-water years, Sheets said."
If I read this correctly, the following are among the Impacts of changes under the ‘FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE KLAMATH BASIN RESTORATION AGREEMENT FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF PUBLIC AND TRUST RESOURCES AND AFFECTED COMMUNITIES,’ by Rex Cozzalio, posted to KBC 11/16/12. Scott Valley Groundwater, by Siskiyou County Supervisor Marcia Armstrong, posted to KBC 11/13/12. CALIFORNIA - Judge backs high speed rail over farmers, CBS News 11/16/12. Officials seek to extend KBRA, Stakeholders debate historic water agreement, H&N 11/15/12. Ten years after fish kill, California and Oregon must make salmon a priority, Sac Bee letter by Hoopa tribal chairman, posted to KBC 11/14/12. "...after the 2002 fish kill that a 30-year struggle for the Trinity's water was resolved and 48 percent of historical flows were returned to the river. Up to 90 percent of the river had been diverted south...This year, as a result of good ocean conditions, an estimated 378,000 salmon returned to the Klamath...It is also essential to salmon survival that PacifiCorp stand by its promise to take out the Klamath dams..." KBC translation: Fish died in 2002 for many reasons, including huge Trinity diversions, poor ocean conditions, tribes demanding lethally warm water be sent down Klamath River, and meth lab dumps in the river. Ocean conditions improved and Trinity diverts less and we have a record run this year of salmon. Despite our present huge salmon run, tribes and environmental groups claim that fish will go extinct if we don't tear out 4 hydro dams, an event which will dump more than 20 million cubic yards of sediment in the Klamath River. TID/Tulelake Irrigation District board of directors voted to approve the following First Amendment to the KBRA 11/13/12 TID regular board meeting agenda for 11/13/12 * First Amendment to the KBRA/Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, released 10/12/12. Will be voted on at your irrigation district meetings, on 11/13 at TID. Read very carefully, 21 pages. Were you irrigators sent a copies? Did you help form your new laws, or have a vote?
TID
regular
board
meeting
agenda
for
11/13/12 10/8/11: KBC corrections and explanations in response to criticisms by TID and engineer Dan Keppen of our 8/29 notes of TID groundwater management plan meeting There are also some notes from TID's 9/20 public meeting, and the Water for Power meeting quotes and audio, by KBC editor. H&N 11/7/12. "Mallams and Bellet both took tough stances against the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement."
Gail
Whitsett
wins
Oregon
State
Representative
District
56
seat
with
97%
of
the
total
votes
cast
in
the
2012
general
election
on
Tuesday. Gail
is
the
first
woman
from
the
Klamath
Basin
to
be
elected
to
the
legislature,
on
this
the
100th
anniversary
of
women's
right
to
vote
in
Oregon.
They
will
be
the
only
husband
and
wife
legislators
in
Salem
this
session.
Third
term
State
Senator
Doug
Whitsett
wins
his
five
county
District
28
with
98%
of
the
total
votes
cast
in
the
Nov
6,
2012
general
election
on
Tuesday
evening. Also congratulations to Tom Mallams and Jim Bellet, newly elected Klamath County Commissioners. Both men oppose the KBRA/Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and replace incumbents that are KBRA supporters.
A reader sent us the following scripture of hope to add to the one below, 2 Chronicles 7:14 - "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 11/11/12 Sent from Frank Tallerico, "After last Tuesday's election results, the Lord put these verse on my heart. This where our nation is today." 2 Chronicles 7:19-22: "But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them, then I will uproot them from my land which I have given them; and this house which I have sanctified for My name I will cast out of my sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, 'Why has the Lord done thus to this land and this house?' Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them, therefore, He has brought all this calamity on them.' "
VETERANS
DAY:
Read
the
stories
of
some
Tulelake
WWII
veterans,
our
Greatest
Generation,
who
won
homesteads,
to
farm
and
feed
a
hungry
nation.
Luke
6:37-38,
sent
from
Frank
Tallerico
for
week
of
November
4:
"Judge
not,
and
you
shall
not
be
judged.
Condemn
not,
and
you
shall
not
be
condemned.
Forgive,
and
you
shall
be
forgiven.
Give,
and
it
shall
be
given
to
you;
good
measure,
pressed
down,
shaken
together,
and
running
over
will
be
put
into
your
bosom.
For
with
the
same
measure
that
you
use,
it
will
be
measured
back
to
you." Mercy Chefs need your help feeding Storm Sandy victims
*
No,
Rick
Bosetti
hasn't
raised
any
taxes,
Redding
Record
Searchlight
by
Editor
Bruce
Ross,
posted
to
KBC
Nov
2,
2012.
PacifiCorp (Klamath Dam removal) surcharge increase approved, The Daily Independent, posted to KBC 11/2/12. "In a non-binding 2010 local ballot measure, 79 percent of Siskiyou County voters opposed the removal of the dams." Tribe bashes federal officials; claims they're endangering salmon; Government says migrating fish in Klamath River are OK, Record Searchlight, posted to KBC 11/2/12.
***
Mercy Chefs need your help feeding Storm
Sandy victims
"Just go feed people" is our
call.
1 Timothy 2:1-3 - “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people - for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior…”
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