May 24, 2013

Boy Scouts of America

National Council

PO Box 152079

Irving, TX  75015-2079

Dear Council Chairman:

I learned with great dismay, your decision to allow openly Gay members and participation of such in the Boy Scouts of America. I will never understand the wisdom, regarding the incorporation of these beliefs and how the application of such will strengthen the BSA organization or the youth of our country. You have sold the souls of our youth to the enemies of our organization in direct violation of the foundation of the scout oath for political cover.

I was a Cub Scout and later a Boy Scout from the time I was old enough to enter the scouting programs until my 18^th Birthday in 1971. I received my God and Country Award BSA in 1965, the Eagle Scout rank in 1969 and Optimist’s Youth of the Year Tallahassee Florida 1969 resulting from my scouting experience. I went on to be a Nationally Recognized Leader in my profession directly attributed to Scouting’s leadership foundation built by the men who influenced my life in the BSA. With your vote you have diminished the achievements of my youth and shredded over a century of stellar men’s leadership from our organization.

 I have mentored many young men over the years for their Eagle Projects and have graciously accepted speaking engagements at Eagle Award Banquets. I have consistently touted the foundation of my adult successes as stemming from a deep personal conviction in Christianity and reinforcement of those values through the Boy Scouts. I will no longer include the BSA in my acknowledgements as this decision violates my covenant with God’s word.

In a time of tremendous societal collapse of family values, rampant divorce and absentee Fathers, Scouting was the only hope many of our boys had for becoming responsible future men. This once great organization that stood as the premier worldwide leader for training men of great integrity is now another casualty of the incessant pressure of Political Correctness. I can no longer support the BSA mission. Please do not include me in future Eagle Scout publications; I am truly ashamed of your action.

Eagles stand firm in the face of adversity, your decision is the antithesis of our character. I beg your reconsideration of the irresponsible path you have chosen for our youth.

Sincerely,

Ray A. Haupt

4210 Red Cedar Court

Etna, CA 96027

May 24, 2013

Boy Scouts of America

National Council

PO Box 152079

Irving, Tx  75015-2079

Dear Sirs:

I was a member of the BSA when I was growing up in Northern California in the mid 1950′s and felt it gave me a good foundation to help me through life and have been a supporter since that time.  I did not make it to the Eagle Scout level, but was close.

Your vote yesterday on allowing openly gay young people as members destroyed what the BSA has stood for since it’s beginning.  You have now allowed the BSA to become just another pagan and heathen secular organization.  I will no longer support the BSA

In addition, by accepting openly gay members you will have change the scout oath.  You will need to eliminate God and Country, and morally straight from your oath, as it no longer applies to this organization.

It is a shame to see one of the finest young people organization for so many years in the United States to slip into the abyss of “hell”.

Sincerely,

Robert J. Bigham

PO Box 398

Homedale, Id 83628

Fox News

Published May 24, 2013

Associated Press

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SISKIYOU COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

*05/24/2013*

         On May 23, 2012 at approximately 2:30pm the Etna Police Department (EPD), Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department (SCSD) and California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to a report of a man and woman walking around the fence of Etna High School with a gun. To ensure safety of students and staff Etna High School had placed themselves on lockdown. Responding deputies and officers conducted a thorough search of the Etna High School grounds and found that the individuals had left the area. Etna High School was advised at approximately 3:15 pm that it was safe to life the lockdown and that students and staff could safely be released from school. Officers and Deputies continued searching for the man and woman that were seen at the school. At 4:15pm Etna Police Officers had apprehended both individuals. The man was identified as Jefferson Courts, 28, of Fort Jones and the woman was identified as Clarrisa Courts, 30, of Fort Jones.

         Mr. Courts and Mrs. Courts were both transported and lodged in the Siskiyou County Jail. They were both charged with possessing a weapon on school grounds and violation of probation. Mr. Courts is being held without bail. Mrs. Courts was released on her own recognizance on April 25, 2013.

         The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department would like to commend the Etna High School for their quick reaction and diligence to school safety and security. This was an excellent example of multiple agencies working together to keep our children safe. In light of recent national events school officials and Law Enforcement are at a heightened state of alert in, we would like to remind citizens to be cognizant of carrying firearms or weapons of any type on or near school properties, as this is a crime.

 PNP comment: It is so very sad this mill has closed, when there is such an over abundance of trees in our over-crowded forests that need to be harvested and removed and utilized. This is truly insanity. — Editor Liz Bowen

By Scott Learn, The Oregonian
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on May 20, 2013 at  5:06 PM, updated May 21, 2013 at  1:57 PM

CAVE JUNCTION – Here lies Rough & Ready Lumber. The last sawmill in Josephine County closes next week, a grim milestone in the persistent stalemate over logging that’s peculiar to this unique corner of Oregon.
In much of western Oregon, the 1990s timber wars have given way to a shaky détente, with a focus on thinning and light-touch restoration in federal forests.
In southwest Oregon, the battle still runs hot.
High unemployment raises the stakes here. So does a storied timber history and a heavy reliance on dwindling logging revenues from federal forests to fund county government. Three Oregon Congressmen want to more than double logging in the region’s O&C Lands, forests shifted to the feds after an early 20th Century railroad deal went sour.
But the consequences are uniquely high for environmentalists, too, who said no to big increases in logging when Gov. John Kitzhaber convened an O&C Lands task force last year to attempt a compromise.
Josephine County and its neighbors sit in the Klamath-Siskiyou eco-region, one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet. The landscape, warmer than Douglas fir strongholds to the north, supports 36 species of conifers alone and some of Oregon’s top runs of salmon and steelhead.
Meanwhile, Josephine County voters decide today whether to increase their lowest-in-the-state property taxes to partially plug the gap left by logging reductions.
“Everybody views this as black and white, and it’s just not that way,” says Tom Tuchman, Kitzhaber’s forestry adviser. “Finding a balance is an incredibly difficult thing to do.”

Mill moments

Jennifer Phillippi’s grandfather opened Rough & Ready 90 years ago, a safe bet in a county that’s two-thirds federal forests. At the mill, the snowcapped Siskiyou Mountains hang on the horizon, and the smell of sawdust still lingers.
But the mill stopped sawing last month, with Phillippi and her husband, Link, citing a lack of reliable log supply from public lands.
Federal timber production and jobs at Oregon mills have fallen dramatically since 1990, when the northern spotted owl was listed under the Endangered Species Act. Bigger, more efficient mills and the huge housing construction drop in the recent recession contributed as well.
Rough & Ready was among 22 sawmills in Josephine and Jackson counties in 1975, the Phillippis said, down to none now.
The mill was small, running one shift with 85 jobs. And the recession stung. But the problem wasn’t demand, said Jennifer Phillippi, one of three co-owners.

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“We have customers who are dying for it,” she said. “The only thing we don’t have is the logs.”
In 2002, Rough & Ready shut down its small-log mill running three shifts. It needed millions in investment to compete in commodity timber, said Link Phillippi, the mill’s president. Nearby lumber, needed to keep costs low, wasn’t steady enough, he said.
Instead, they upgraded a large-log mill and built a niche in appearance-grade lumber for exposed beams and high-quality windows and doors.
For that, they needed the clear, knot-free pine and fir that runs toward the outside of larger logs. The ideal: 80- to 100-year-old second-growth logs — not old growth, the Phillippis stress — 22 to 24 inches wide.
The mill put out “one of the best products in the sawmill business,” says John Dunkin president of Rogue Valley Door, one of the largest U.S. manufacturers. These days, his company buys wood from Canada.

Forest politics

The Phillippis say environmental groups helped stifle timber sales, protesting five of the last six U.S. Bureau of Land Management sales with Rough & Ready as the winning bidder. BLM handles most of the O&C Lands.
An industry group protested the sixth sale for lack of log supply, but withdrew it after Rough & Ready won the bid. BLM also removed two large sales in 2006 after protests, Link Phillippi said.
“Rarely do we buy a federal timber sale that we can operate right away. It usually takes a year or two. Sometimes they get eliminated.”

More:

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/05/rough_ready_lumber_josephine_c.html

KSYC at 103.9 FM in Yreka, CA.

streaming live at

http://www.ksyc1039.com/live

and KSIZ 102.3 from Mt. Shasta, CA.

will broadcast a special one-hour

Memorial Day Program

to honor the fallen from all of America’s Wars.

The program will feature points of history;

Reminiscences of former servicemen;

Letters from soldiers.

The program will air 3 times on each station:

8 a.m. Sunday, May 26

8 a.m. Monday, May 27

5 p.m. Monday, May 27

Be sure to tune-in as Buffalo Broadcasting’s owner Mark Baird

 presents unique appreciation on the real Memorial Day.

Scott Valley POW meeting

Thursday, May 23,2013

7 p.m.

Catholic Parish Hall in Fort Jones,CA

We eat dessert first, please bring a dessert to share

AGENDA:

Welcome, updates, gun legislation & new info – Mark Baird

Report on 2^nd A Day – Andrew Hurlimann

DFG’s newest scheme – Ray haupt

SCWUA- Rich Marshall

Erin Ryan update on Congressman Doug LaMalfa

Common Core and how to present an issue to a board – Louse Gliatto and friends

FAIR BOOTH – Decide on commercial building or Ag Hort building – Liz Bowen

Home Guard has asked if POW will put together (donate) 2 CARE packages to 2 soldiers in Afghanistan.

Items to donate:  Peanut butter, chap stick, jerky, toiletry items, dry food items, micro-wave popcorn.

http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0

PNP comment: Thanks to Stan Meager for sending these to us. — Editor Liz Bowen 

By Linda McKinney

http://girlsjustwannahaveguns.com/author/linda-mckinney/