RECOUNT FINDS ALL 4 BALLOT TABULATORS WITH BROKEN SEALS Deanna Bradford insists seals broken in transit - places blame on poll workers ontrary to the false report in the Trinity ed that Downriver and Weaverville hand CJournal that there were no inconsistencies counted precinct ballots to proceed to be with the July 7 th ballot recount, the public ob- recounted by machine. Bradford denied that servers and respresentatives for Sheriff candi- request citing that “the machines were not date Mark Potts found that the seals designed ready” even though a machine recount was to protect the programming cards in all four officially requested thus violating the right Accu-Vote counting machines were broken of the recount requester to focus on a par- with two replaced and one missing complete- ticular precinct or precincts. Bradford who ly. The Election Integrity Project is document- witnesses say was curiously present at the ing election day and recount violations and is Elections Dept. most of the Independence investigating these very serious violations of Day holiday weekend also disallowed an election law and procedure. Day 2 of recount Election Integrity Certified Observer to re- Pott’s spokesperson Diane Richards request- enter the room after using the restroom even Growing, though no rules as such were posted on day Recalls on Supervisors one nor were any of the attendees advised of Voter Fraud such a rule on day one. Investigation pend- Uncovered, & to be Filed Friday ing with State agencies and legal help . Proponents are ready to re-file Notice of Inten- Killing SB 1262 tion to Recall on three Supervisors: John Fenley, Allison Edrington District 5, Karl Fisher, District 3 and Judy Morris, alifornia Cannabis Voice is committed to District 2. Complaints against Supervisor Fisher Corganizing at the grassroots level but we can read as: Does not understand the 2nd Amend- only do so effectively and credibly if we’re honest, ment, stated “The Second Amendment gives the transparent and willing to empower our constituency. government the right to regulate your guns.” That’s why we continue to update our members, the Proposed a county-wide well drilling permit ban news media and anyone who wants to learn how we during a severe drought. Voted to limit deer hunt- are implementing our plan [http://cannabisvoice.org/ ing tags, overreaching county authority. Created home/] at the state and local levels and what are local an R.V. Ordinance as a Planning Commissioner Jefferson’s 6th County chapters are planning. Each region of the state has its that restricts the use of R.V.s and tent camping on LizIt’s Bowen, official! Jefferson News Service.com own culture and faces unique challenges to organiz- private property then voted for it as a County Su- YUBA CITY – Two counties made it of- ing. CCV is committed to working with communi- pervisor. Used public county funds to sue propo- ficial this past month and have joined the ties to build a new approach focused on ensuring the nents who placed two duly qualified initiatives on State of Jefferson movement making a total voice of the cannabis community is heard. the ballot for the amount of $200,000, plus court of six counties in Northern California that Humboldt County Report costs and attorney fees to prevent voters to decide desire to create the 51st State in the USA. When political consultant Richard Marks was hired at ballot box. Failure to defend 4th Amendment It was Tuesday, July 22nd when the Sutter to work for California Cannabis Voice Humboldt, one rights of the People by allowing county staff to County Board of Supervisors approved a blogger noted this was a game changer. Richard was illegally enter private property without a warrant “resolution supporting the Declaration and a consultant to 4 out of the 5 sitting supervisors’ suc- signed by an elected judge. Disregarding fiduciary Petition to the California State Legislature cessful elections, including having chaired the Virgin- responsibilities and re-routing county road funds for redress from lack of representation and ia Bass’s campaign, and he is currently a Harbor Com- to the Eastside Connector Road; project increased possible formation of a new State of Jeffer- missioner and a political insider. Hiring Marks created from $4.5 million to over $14 million dollars son.” The vote was 5-0. Dave Bryan, leader much local buzz and was a sign to the community that for roughly 1.3 miles of road. Refusing to place of the Jefferson Committee in the Sutter this Humboldt activist group was serious. The Hum- Eastside Connector project as measure on the bal- area, said he was encouraged by the “hearty boldt team knows that being politically active is es- lot. Failing to be transparent, disregarding public sential for protection, growth and sustainability. CCV response” from the Sutter Supervisors. input and often operating in closed door sessions. continued on page 7 Humboldt’s plan for developing and passing sensible regulations rests on a key belief: that community-wide through the intense and extensive sig- consensus will ensure the county’s environment and canna- “Six Californias” project may have nature-gathering during the last several bis-based economy are protected. The strategy is transpar- months, he learned there is still signifi- ent and compelling -- the cannabis community is reaching enough signatures for ballot cant education that needs to be shared out to and engaging with community stakeholders and their Liz Bowen, Jefferson News Service.com with California voters and that the right continued on page 6 SACRAMENTO – Tim Draper said he time will be the November 2016 ballot. planned to submit over one million signa- “California needs a reboot,” said Draper tures to the California Secretary of State in a press release. He believes in the on July 15th and expected at least 808,000 project. So much so that he spent $4.9 will be authentic California voters, which million of his own money on the effort, will allow his “Six Californias” petition including paying signature gatherers for initiative to be placed on an election bal- the names they garnered. Draper adds lot. Draper, a venture capitalist and bil- that “Six Californias is our opportunity lionaire, first brought his idea of splitting to solve the many problems we face California into six states to the attention today” and he believes six states will be of the media in mid-December 2013 as more representative and accountable to he submitted his petition to Secretary of its citizens. Luckily, for the Jefferson State Debra Bowen. His petition allows Declaration movement, Draper dubbed him to place the initiative on the Novem- the Northern California area the State of ber 2016 ballot. Draper recently said that Jefferson, although he continued on page 7 Cartoon by Branco - Courtesy of netrightdaily.com TRINITYGAZETTE.NET / JULY 2014 / PAGE 1 TRINITYGAZETTE.NET / JULY 2014 / PAGE 2 ernment many years ago, that problem is four-foot “swastikas” were painted at the Letters to the Editor about to be solved. entrance to my home here in town. For a this issue? Are any of the pertinent This BOS is just fulfilling a long-stand- long time I blamed Weaverville for those Our Bridge To questions even being asked? If so, the ing obligation to those rich fat cats who swastikas; but just recently I learned they Trinity Journal isn’t doing it. And our orchestrated the deal way back when, were “crafted” by a woman right here in ...Nowhere Board Of Supervisors sure as hell ain’t by using this new grant money for the Lewiston. Yes, we’ve got Nazis here; but THE “EAST CONNECTOR” volunteering any answers. new connector road. Ms. Pflueger has that’s another letter. My point here is this: OF WEAVERVILLE: With its Questions like, who benefits most from been a cheerleader on the board for the After close to 20 years at the Journal I still snazzy new title, one might be this project? and why hasn’t anyone completion of this long-in-the-works can’t tell you if Mike Wenninger is a Re- hard-pressed to find fault in something bothered to follow the money?, are sim- project since she took office. And now, publican or a Democrat; a conservative or so innocuous-sounding. But what ply not being voiced. her neighbor and hand-picked successor, a liberal. Yet after only a few long years was once known as The Weaverville Better questions: Where will this road Wine Boy, will see it to fruition during with “Wayne Agner” at the helm....., we Bypass not very long ago, and is still be taking traffic to and from, exactly? his term starting next year. The North already know exactly what he is! His use being addressed as such among locals And why? Who will ultimately be us- Lake Cabal is about to see all their years of “omission and censorship” has turned who are talking about it, has been offi- ing the road? of work finally pay off. our county newspaper into a biased Dem- cially re-christened “The Lance Gulch Why is it even necessary? And, of But does anyone really believe that ocrat entertainment rag; hostile to conser- Road Project” by the Powers That course, the old reliable, WTF? the “old money” anchor businesses of vatives. Mark Potts, myself and others Be(devil) in Trinity County. If our elected leaders won’t provide Weaverville are about to stand by and who offer conservative viewpoints here Never mind that most locals can’t even these answers, then perhaps we already relinquish their piece of the pie? If you are published “for entertainment purposes find Lance Gulch Road on a map, the know them, but may be afraid to come do, just take another look at that project only.” My last three letters printed here in fact that our area leaders have seen to terms with the inconvenient truth. map—the one that shows just where the the Gazette; were first “rejected” by Mr. fit to utilize subterfuge as a means of Think about it. Traffic coming from new road begins: right next to the Tops/ Agner over at the Journal. Apparently; further passing off this boondoggle on Redding on Highway 299 going to the CVS shopping complex—and ends: just he doesn’t think it’s important enough to a (mostly) trusting public speaks vol- coast, or vice-versa, will not be turning a stone’s throw from Tops Mini Mart. discuss ‘corruption’ at the courthouse; umes about our own tolerance for cor- off onto the new road to drive up to Trin- Why? Because while the lake honchos deceitful, lying lawyers and judges; or, rupt and/or incompetent leadership in ity Lakes Blvd (Hwy 3). That would be may be getting a bigger cut of the action bogus lawsuits brought about by his own local government. taking drivers out of their way. So it’s once this project is complete, the market ‘shabby,’ irresponsible Journalism; AND, Decades in the works, the project, not Eureka-Redding traffic who’ll be for overpriced tourist provisions can’t “refusal” to confront the lies and print the which ostensibly saw its first shovel in using the cutoff. We know that. be surrendered entirely to out-of-town truth! I realize that Mr. Agner “owns” June of this year, will mean a brand new But we also know that, on a per-capita competitors, after all. And here you were the Trinity Journal and he is free to print connector road on the east side of town, basis, Redding-Eureka commuters don’t beginning to think it was only the rich any damn thing he likes. But my eyes are linking the existing Glen Road/299 in- often stop and don’t spend as much bastards of the north county who stood wide open now; and I will no longer be tersection with the stretch of Highway money along Main Street and through- to profit from the new road plan. Well, participating on “his” opinion page. Nor 3 near Five Cent Gulch. out town as do tourists who are coming think again. That should teach the new will I be patronizing “the advertiser$” What’s most remarkable is the level to spend quality time in the county. For Dollar General and Redwood Market a who finance it. (Censorship equates to of abject hatred for the plan, judg- them, the county seat and all the other lesson about daring to have lower prices boycott, Mr. Goebbels) We would all be ing from sentiments expressed by an towns along the way are primarily rest than the “Trumps of Trinity.” much better off here had Mike Wenninger overwhelming majority of county resi- stops, nothing more. So no loss there. So enjoy your new stoplight, suckers of sold the Journal to the Record Searchlight dents who are righteously pissed about, If, however, Redding-area tourists are Weaverville. And the high prices that in Redding; and at this point- there is just among other things, the advent of the headed to Trinity Lake, they will happi- will come with it. Because a few select no telling how much longer we’ll be stuck county’s first traffic signal (Suck on ly take advantage of the opportunity to businesspeople here have just co-opted with the current regime in Weaverville. that, preservationists!), one of the little bypass downtown Weaverville, in order your quaint little village right into future But take heart...., because you’ll still have caveats built into this ramrodded proj- to make their drive a bit shorter. And ghost town oblivion. all those crap letters from lefties Connor ect, as well as the tight-lipped approach that’s essentially what the new connec- Town Crier Nixon and Dick Cole to read week after by the Board of Supervisors and their tor road will do: cater to one narrow week... Steve Lindsay stunning coyness about addressing demographic of traffic entering town Weaverville Lewiston public concerns along the way. from the east. But, as it turns out, that’s The ratio of those opposed to it, to the be a pretty damned lucrative slice. Newspaper For Sale Now We Are An few who, for whatever their reasons, Keep in mind that savvy travelers, those I’ve often wondered why a man, (any actually want the new road, is so lop- familiar with our infrastructure, like the man who can’t write), would buy a news- Oligarchy What has caused these circumstances sided, in fact, that if it came to a public delivery drivers and big rig operators of paper business in a small Northern Cali- we are now in? This information can be vote (which, by the way, it never has, the north state, know that the shortest fornia town that is quickly filling up with found by investigating. First of all, we nor will) not even the paid relatives of route to the upper lake when coming left-wing Democrats. But as the years have been a Democracy for the last 200 our county’s Elections Officer could from Shasta County is by taking Trinity go by now; it has all become quite obvi- years. Now we are an Oligarchy, which misrepresent the results. Dam Boulevard through Lewiston, and ous why. What better way for the left to is: “A government, in which a small The most vocal in their opposition then continuing up to Highway 3 via maintain control of the government here group exercises control for corrupt and have been business owners along Main Rush Creek Road. But many tourists than by ‘media control’ through omission selfish purposes.” Street, for obvious reasons. But even either don’t know that or get confused. and censorship at the Trinity Journal? According to the fourth Article, Section they may not realize the full scope of For years unsuspecting travelers have I first submitted my opinion letters to four, of our Constitution we are supposed this destructive, and potentially dev- come to Weaverville first, and usually the Journal back in the early 1990s and to be a Republic. However, in the last 200 astating, wolf in sheep’s clothing. end up buying food, picnic supplies, by now I figure there have been close years, of being a Democracy, we have And ignoring the voice of the people, toiletries and other travel essentials to 200 of them through the years. Mike self-destructed. It has been said: “A de- we have, once again, five supervisors while there, before taking Highway 3 Wenninger and his wife Sarah published mocracy is always temporary in nature; it who have shown absolutely no interest up to the lake, from the point where the Journal back then; and while there simply cannot exist as a permanent form in listening to what their constituents that road breaks away from 299, in old were some issues they preferred that I continued pg 3 have to say about this matter. The mes- town Weaver. This “fortuitous misdi- not address in my letters; I found that, sage from the BOS to the citizens that rection” has accounted for a nice chunk (for the most part), Editor Wenninger RECOMMENDED READING: (supposedly) elected them seems to be of change in Weaverville coffers in all was quite open to publishing just about “STHU” (That’s internet jargon. Look that time, you have to imagine. anything I wanted to write; even if it did it up.) But has anyone really examined Consequently, businesses in Trin- not pertain to a local issue. I had come ity Center, Coffee Creek and the lake here after living in Israel in the 80s and TRINITY GAZETTE resorts have been missing out on all life in Trinity County for me was a bit Trinity County’s those tourism dollars, from lake-bound of a ‘culture shock’ for a while. But I Real News Source travelers being distracted by the quaint soon learned, however; that if I submit- Address all mail to: come-ons of the Weaverville Historic ted a letter to the Journal about “Jews” Editor, Diane Richards District, where their travel dollars tend or “Israel,” it would seldom appear in Trinity Gazette to magically disappear at any number print. Now I never felt as if I was be- P O Box 501 - of Main Street’s shops and restaurants. ing ‘censored’ by the Journal, because Hayfork, Calif. 96041 But no more. Thanks to this huge, ap- I understood quite well why Mike and For customer service, parently under-the-table arrangement Sarah just didn’t want me to even ‘bring that some north lake business owners, SUBSCRIPTIONS and news it up.’ And the reason became even more and others, struck with our county gov- tips call: (650) 296-2169 or apparent to me in ‘06 when a couple of Disclaimer: This paper does not advocate or endorse any activities that are in violation of Federal, State, or Local laws. Title email to 17 U.S.C. section 107: In compliance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, TRINITY GAZETTE is distributed free, without prof- it to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. All [email protected] logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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A Representa- tory, has been about 200 years.” “Dur- presence in county government all this way, with more such financially devas- tive from Kansas has introduced a bill ing those 200 years, those nations al- time. You’ve been a unqualified drain tating news to come for her. Might you that would give the federal government ways progressed through the following on taxpayer money, as much as on the be next? We’ll see.) I was going to end the power to regulate G.M. crops and sequence: patience of the beleaguered citizens this by requesting that you please leave take away from states and counties the 1.From bondage to spiritual faith; you pretend to represent. us alone once and for all when you fi- right to allow or prohibit these plants. 2.From spiritual faith to great courage; But one thing that might give you nally flee from office at the end of the This is an obvious violation of the Tenth 3.From courage to liberty; some solace is the understanding that year, and to crawl back to Trinity Cen- Amendment, which gives the individual 4.From liberty to abundance; you’re certainly no worse off than ter where you came from. But in light of States the right and privilege of govern- 5.From abundance to complacency; any of your fellow do-nothing peers that city’s reputation for being a fairly ing themselves. 6.From complacency to apathy; on that committee. Never in the forty decent place to live, I realize now that What is the solution? First of all, we 7.From apathy to dependence; years of my residency in Trinity Coun- you have no right to call yourself a citi- need to get out of the UN, which is start- 8.From dependence back into bondage. ty have I witnessed five individuals zen of a wonderful little town that es- ing to look like The New World Order. This Oligarchy, which now controls us who were less qualified to hold their teemed local legends like Edwin Scott Any bureaucracy that considers mere at- with their plans, is on the verge of de- jobs as this Board of Supervisors has worked so hard to build. tendance at a meeting to be equivalent to stroying our freedoms and liberties, as shown itself to be. So you can rest as- You’ve been a blight on our county—a granting consent to their programming well as our economy. They have also sured that you’re in good company, if vacuous, glad-handing phony, nothing is too dictatorial to be consistent with been with us for more than two thousand nothing else. And just in case you’re more—and we the people are relieved American freedoms. years. Jesus chased them out of the Tem- prepared to dismiss my opinion as to be through with the likes of you. Gail Gooding ple. They work on the Hegelian princi- one lone voice in the woods, just as L. W. Towne-Kraier, President Hayfork ple that the State is all, and the People you’ve attempted to marginalize the Trinity County Concerned Citizens are nothing. They are very shrewd, citizens who’ve justifiably tried to sue Committee (T4C) Free Press knowledgeable, cold hearted and full you and your fellow empty suits, as Congress shall make no law . . . abridg- of hatred. Also used, is Hegel’s Dialec- nothing more than fringe dwellers and Agenda 21 ing the freedom . . . of the press . . . . tic: *Thesis, an intellectual proposition. rabble rousers, please know that those Agenda 21 is a document drawn up by One basic need for freedom to exist in *The Antithesis, a negative reaction to vocal few who show up each week to the UN. It talks about ‘sustainability’ but a society is a free and unfettered press. the thesis. *Synthesis, which solves the air their grievances actually reflect the the real goal is the control of natural re- The free exchange of information and conflict between the thesis and antith- same views held by a large swath of sources worldwide by the U.N. Agenda opinions allows each person to gather esis by reconciling their common truths our county’s population by now, a si- 21 was drawn up in Rio de Janerio in information and make an informed and forming a new thesis, starting again, lent majority to be sure, but one whose 1992. No one signed the document – the decision. Unfortunately, the so-called the same process. The conflict we are in voice will be known to you very soon. UN considers that any country who had ‘mainstream media’ is no longer free and with our governmental Oligarchy, is cre- So just keep right on ignoring them. To a representative present at the conference unfettered. How has this happened? Part ated by eight Central Bankers, The Liar your peril.But in bidding you a long- agrees with the agenda. Agenda 21 talks of the problem is consolidation – four and his Laws, passed in the United Na- overdue adieu, let’s not forget the lat- about redistributing resources, taking huge corporate entities own most of today’s media outlets. The result is a sort tions, which is an umbrella for the whole est of your many shenanigans, which from wealthy societies and giving those of dumbing-down of the news in search thing; as well as our federal government, may very well become the piece de re- resources to poor countries. This means of ratings. News in search of ratings and most all of the Laws passed by Con- sistance of your career as supervisor: the UN taking control of land and the UN becomes entertainment. Along with the gress and the illegal Executive Orders Having one of your own appointees deciding who will have what. It means taking from America and giving to Af- ratings issue, news reporters are largely of the Presidents, including the Endan- dismiss the latest suits against you— liberal Democrats, having been educated rica. It means that Americans would no gered Species Act, the Environmental on some trumped-up technicality no in universities staffed by liberal Demo- longer have control of their country – the Protection Agency which has never pro- less! And then, you counter-suing in crats. Did you know that in Academia, UN would control where people live and tected us, the Stakeholder, NGO, Envi- order to crush the dissenters! Way to Republicans are not offered tenure? Aca- ronmental groups, like the Sierra Club, revisit the horrors of the 2000 presi- what they can and cannot do. For exam- demics have the leisure to sit about and The Nature Conservancy, Audubon So- dential election, but on a local level! ple, residents of Trinity County would be philosophize about what an ideal society ciety all being given grants to impose Classic. So Banana Republic! That re- prohibited from mining. The mineral re- might look like. By and large these mus- upon us more manipulations, along with ally takes a pair of brass ones. Gotta sources would be ‘redistributed’ to some ings lead them to consider Socialism or the Department of Home Land Security, hand it to you guys for pure, unmiti- deserving country lacking in mineral re- Communism, which is hysterical given National Defense Authorization Act, gated gall. Only in this county. You sources of its own. Agenda 21 talks about the collapse of the USSR and the rate and etc, etc, etc. In 1946, the UN ac- and your gang are always free to con- ‘sustainability’ and preserving the planet. at which European (Socialist) countries credited these Stakeholders, etc., which, tinue voting yourselves pay raises and This agenda assumes that the UN knows are approaching bankruptcy. In addition at that time, were called Non-govern- minimizing the public input windows better than individuals how to steward we have media people like Dan Rather, mental organizers, (NGO). To say the during your meetings, but this kind of land and resources. Consider modern who once said he was not satisfied to Least, We Are NOT a Republic, which bulls#!t power-mongering and mega- American agriculture. This is incred- ‘merely’ report the news – his goal was is a Government of, for and controlled lomania is only bound to bite you in ible polluting. Huge agri-business cor- to ‘influence’ public opinion. All these by the People. Ben Franklin was not the ass sooner or later. The grand jury porations farm fields covering miles of factors contribute to newspeople who tell you, the viewer or reader, what to sure we could keep the Republic they has been notified, as have other offices monocrops using giant machines run on think. This is not a free press. This is established, way back in the 1700’s. that provide governmental oversight fossil fuels. Pesticides synthesized from why the Gazette is so important, and why You can see he was right. and are there to sniff out political cor- petroleum products sterilize the soil. Fer- the local liberal politicians smear and Nita Still ruption, incompetence and waste—all tilizers from the same petroleum source provide the bare minimum of nutrition demonize it. It is important for people Yreka of the same qualities your board has to be able to voice their opinions and needed by the plants to grow. This sterile, come to embody. So let’s just wait and gather information. If the Trinity Journal Dear Mrs. Pflueger, poisonous soil erodes into the waterways see how comfy your last year in of- refuses to report news items, or to not fice is going to be for you. Ironically, and contaminates drinking water. Ge- In respect to the recent announcement publish letters that do not agree with the the fatal end that that cancer diagnosis netically Modified crops actually contain of your impending retirement, I wanted ‘party line’, then persons with different almost brought you might have been pesticides that cannot be washed off. All opinions have no voice. Given a press to take the opportunity to thank you for preferable to the karma that you could these methods are taught in agricultural controlled by any one political ideology, what will be eight solid years of service be facing in the weeks and months colleges and are encouraged and support- that press can present a minority opinion to the people of District 1. But then, to come. But in closing, let us revisit ed by the USDA.How can anyone think as though it is the majority opinion. Es- WANTING to thank you and actually one other little tidbit from your past: that turning land over to any government pecially in a county such as this, where meaning to do so with a modicum of sin- We all know that the recent backdoor to control would be a good idea?The gov- people live widely spread out and contact cerity—as if you actually deserved any dealings with your puppet masters at ernment, any government, cannot possi- with other voters is limited, a free press amount of appreciation from me, one Cota & Cole is only the latest rub in bly care as much about my land as much is critical for exchange of ideas. This is of your many long-suffering constitu- a long list of questionable actions by as I do.As individuals, we need to find also why the Trinity Journal prints let- ents—are entirely two different things. this board; your own involvement in systems that work, that do not pollute, ters telling people they should not read For these many years of your sitting— a certain matter that saw the BOS in- that restore, that conserve, and then mim- the Gazette. It is an attempt to control quite literally—in that seat, ostensibly terfering with the functions of a local ic those systems. Find a way to farm that information and in turn, control the vot- representing the people of our district, non-profit a few years back is one that doesn’t strip out the nutrients in the soil, ers. What you might do, if you are you have accomplished virtually nothing citizens are only now waking up to, that does not result in erosion and toxic really open-minded and in search of that would demonstrate what might pass and which would, in any other coun- runoff. These systems do exist, there are information, is to read them both, for competent service during your wast- ty, be enough to ensure your political farmers out there who own small farms think carefully about the issues, talk ed tenure. Not a single positive goal was downfall. But then, considering all the and who care deeply about their land. We met, nor worthwhile objective achieved with your friends and neighbors and other screw-ups you’re responsible for need to seek out these people and copy by you in all that time. By all appear- make up your own mind. during the course of your lousy perfor- their methods. On the county level, we ances, you simply showed up, presum- The New Federalist mance in office, why quibble? (By the are fortunate enough to live in a county ably on time each day, and proceeded to TRINITYGAZETTE.NET / JULY 2014 / PAGE 4 hayfork valley - A Meat Lovers paradise 2nd Stop: Big Creek Ranch ig Creek Ranch was es- Btablished in 1995 by Scott Murrison one year after his parents were tragically killed in a plane crash. Scott studied organic agriculture wanted to raise a beef product clear of antibiotics and chemicals to sell in his Hayfork Discount grocery store. He runs approximately 65 head breed- ing stock of Gelpie-Angus and Charolais cross cows on purebred Angus bulls. Scott’s dog, “Trigger” a Kelpie-

Border collie cross 14 years old, helps him manage the ranch while his partner, “Ropin’ Rhonda” runs Hayfork Discount as well as handling all the AI cat- tle breeding. Rhonda, raised on a horse ranch in Or- egon was a champion team roper at 15 years old and

Kenneth skillfully breaking beef

not want to eat that kind of beef and he knows his customers prefer locally raised and butchered beef. Trigger, still spry at 14 years “young”, only eats the “beef for dogs” products that the store produces that many lucky Hayfork dogs thrive on. The store’s best selling beef product is “40/40” -- 40 month old grass fed cattle then the beef is hung to cure for 40 days. Although a lot of weight is lost in the hanging process, the got her nickname after running cattle in Hayfork. result is a butter tender beef full of flavor. Scott has been a According to Scott, all butchers nowadays are “box supporter of the Trinity County Fair auction having bought cutters” but Discount Grocery still “breaks beef” his 1st animal at 19 years old and now has bought from the that hangs curing in their meat locker. Scott says Fair for 40 years. One year he bought 11 hogs along with an- that 80% of all beef on the USA market are fed other buyer. Scott believes that supporting the FFA program Zilmax, a feed enhancer used to force the cattle to which teaches youth how to raise livestock but also teaches gain 40 to 50 pounds in feedlots. Cattle fed Zilmax the kids self sufficiency. “80% of FFA kids will one day be must be slaughtered within 20 days as the Zilmax out working, thereby, they will be responsible adults and not causes the cattle to go lame and crazy. Scott does a burden on society.” Raising beef in Hayfork is a win- win! Thanks, Carl farmer for advice. She said “Bring him out Wednesday our dependence corporations whose only inter- David N. Gooding morning and I’ll teach you how to do it.” We loaded est is their bottom line. We loosen the grip of I shot Carl this morning. I feel pretty good about him into the truck the night before and headed out bright big government on our lives. We become more it. Carl was kind of stupid and panicky; he ate a and early to meet our farmer. When we got there our secure. And with this true security comes inde- lot, and didn’t contribute much to our little farm. farmer explained the procedure. After the instruction, pendence and freedom. Thanks Carl, I’m sure I’ve fed and cared for him for over a year and it it was time. We got Carl out of the truck and got down you’ll be delicious. to business. We calmed him down, thanked him, and was time for him to give back. Let’s flash back to Here a few web sites to look into: spring 2013. Ted the sheep dog trainer called us BOOM! In about an hour he was ready to hang up in the walk in. Being a city boy all my life I really didn’t know http://www.polyfacefarms.com/ and asked if we wanted some sheep. He had had http://www.mercola.com/ a little accident on his ranch the year before. He what to expect. The experience wasn’t horrible and it is satisfying to know I’m capable of doing it. This brings http://www.growingpower.org/ got some rescue sheep and the person he got them http://www.backwoodshome.com/ from swore that they were all wethers (that’s cas- us to the bigger question: What is real security? Is it the http://www.motherearthnews.com/ trated male for all you non sheep owners). It turns Government protecting our borders and our sovereignty? out that one of them had a little something going Is it the government providing affordable health care? Is In Loving Memory of Pearl on. He (the sheep, not Ted) fathered fourteen it that unemployment check and EBT card every month lambs that spring. We brought home five sheep for since we lost our job? Or is it being in control of your our dogs to herd. We got Harris the Rambouillet, own destiny? When we take control of our destiny we Bahhhhhrak, the black ewe, Yuwan and her two become our own Homeland Security. The other day I lambs, Yutu and Carl the wether. Harris has a very had finished putting the livestock up for the evening and nice fleece. Rambouillet wool is used for Har- was watering the garden. As I stood there looking at the ris Tweed fabric. Bahhhhhrak, Yuwan, and Yutu tomatoes, onions, and peppers I realized that I had be- are ewes and gave us six lambs this spring. Carl come my own grocery manager. There were no govern- ate, pooped, panicked the rest of the flock and not ment inspectors, no union labor, no megaconglomerate much else. Once we decided that it was time to corporations telling me what to feed the animals, what to thin the herd, Carl was the obvious choice. Since grow in the garden, what chemicals to spray. It was just we’re new to the rural life, we contacted our local me. Success or failure was mine to choose. Who else is more interested in my success than me? That’s power. Black Angus 2 yr old Bull For Sale That’s security. I’m not saying that everyone should go Best Dog of a Lifetime out and shoot Carl and not everyone likes tomatoes and Wolves NOT Welcome peppers. But you can educate yourself about what’s in 2001 - 2014 the food you eat. You can choose the local grass fed beef of 4H pork from the County Fair instead of that box of frozen meat product with a dozen unpronounceable ingredients. You can choose the fresh produce from your neighbors at the weekly farmers market. You can eat seasonally instead of complaining about the price of fresh corn in January. I think you get the idea. When we educate ourselves about where our food comes from, how it gets here, and what’s in it we can make better choices. We take back more control over our Hayfork: 415-328-7588 lives. We build a stronger community. We reduce Trinity : Medicinal Mecca ? TRINITYGAZETTE.NET /JULY 2014 / PAGE 5 3rd in a Series of Interviews: scarred tissue was gone! My lungs were Trinity County Product Works! clear! I told the doctor what I had been taking but he did not want to discuss it, not Angie- I was diagnosed with lupus in 2010 even discuss the CBDs. Federal law must be Hemp and put on standard lupus medications: pred- fixed to allow physicians to not be fearful of nisone and methotrexate which is basically involvement in this treatment. Doctors could History a form of chemo-therapy. This long-term be doing a better job --- right now they are treatment caused me to develop Pulmonary doing harm-- like what happened with my Fibrosis. I was living in Oklahoma and des- Pulmonary Fibrosis due to the medications Volcano Vaporizer uses steam perately researched an alternative treatment they put me on. Physicians have evolved but nother historic fact that has been concealed from and found Rick Simpson’s oil and cannabis they need to get out of the money business Aour history is that the first and foremost crop to be used to treat seizure disorders. Being a an and get back into the healing business. Doc- grown in America was “Hemp” or “Marijuana”. Amer- epileptic with many seizures daily, I decided tors push prescriptions, do not inquire about ica got its commercial start from a plant that is now I had to get to a “legal state” so in 2011 I up the patient’s food intake. Sure they will ask classified a Schedule I Drug! Each ofbthe Founding and moved to California. The day I got there, you if you smoke cigarettes but they never Fathers owned large hemp plantations. The Colonists I went to get my driver’s license and my 215 ask you what you are eating! The anti-con- made rope, flags, homespun clothing, sails, writing license and fortunately met a wonderful can- vulsant medications that they prescribe for paper and medicine from the processed hemp and the nabis medicine provider at the physician’s epileptic children hurts them, causing a sterilized seed was used in baking, called sesame seeds. office who provided me with an oil high in numbing effect to their minds and bodies. The Declaration of Independence and the Consti- CBDs. That day, with my 1st dose, I stopped They have no quality of life. tution are actually written on hemp paper! The having seizures. Period. I was taking a gram I now just take one CBD oil capsule (400 introduction of tobacco eventually changed the score per day orally of the oil in gel capsule form. mg/day) at bedtime. Life is better than it has because tobacco was so naturally addictive that Eng- I take it like you would any vitamin. I also ever been for me. I no longer use walkers land couldn’t get enough of it and purchased all the used dried cannabis “flowers” via a Volcano or a wheelchair. I can walk along the beach Colonists could grow! Tobacco sold for more money vaporizer which creates a steam you can when before as a lupus patient, I could not than hemp. However, hemp had more practical uses. inhale as it seemed logical to get the canna- even be in the sun! Patients need to allow Many Colonial farmers split their land into two: half bis directly into my lungs. I noticed a dif- themselves to try cannabis. There are non- hemp and half tobacco, whereas others changed over ference right away. It was treating all of my euphoric formulas that are high in CBDs to all tobacco. All of the Colonists grew corn, potatoes, symptoms: epilepsy, lupus and pulmonary that suppress any psychotropic effects of squash,apples, cabbage and raised chickens, beef and fibrosis. I had been on 13 different medica- THC. You can also take it in a raw form by dairy cattle, and sheep but that was for their own per- tions. Immediately, I no longer had seizures, juicing the fresh leaves of the plant or eating sonal consumption and not for export. the joint pain that had me in awheelchair them in a salad. Cannabis is nothing more from the lupus attacks causing an unsteady than a dark leafy vegetable with no euphoric gait decreased to the point that I walked into effect at all when ingested raw. I like to add my pulmonologist’s office at six months and some spinach and apples to make my can- he found that tess showed that all the lung nabis juice. should have failed California Will Burn This Summer — NWO to continue to Arsonists Prepped For Massive Attacks operate against by 9/11 Dude pening to us it becomes clear that we all the rules of a The stage is set. The conditions are are not dealing with raging incompe- competitive capi- perfect. The New World Order is pre- tence but rather a very well orchestrated talist system. Our pared to use fire as a primary method effort to undermine our Constitution economy is a hoax of control to rid the state of California and bring America to it’s knees. Let’s controlled and ma- nipulated by the big banks. of its human inhabitants and to destroy look at the various methods used to sub- 5. Our Justice system is under attack. Do you think it’s just a coincidence that only what remains of California’s ability to jugate and domesticate our population the little people ever get in trouble and go to jail? Don’t you find it odd that not ONE provide food for itself and the rest of rendering us incapable of living inde- person was fired or even arrested as a result of the 9/11 attacks? Don’t you think it’s the country. It has been very well docu- pendently by producing our own food just a little strange that not ONE person was arrested and convicted for what hap- mented that the current drought plagu- and electricity. pened in 2008? The federal government has a 98% conviction rate when they decide ing California has been engineered by 1. Our Education system is under at- to single you out and prosecute you. Does that sound like justice to you? spraying hundreds of tons of nano alu- tack. Through the implementation of 6. Our Species is under attack. Just about everything our government promotes minum in the atmosphere coupled with common core it becomes obvious that is designed to render us infertile and is designed to shorten our lives. This is called the use of atmospheric ionic heaters there is a deliberate effort to control the soft kill method of population control. Have you noticed that fertility centers are also known as HAARP to create high what our kids are taught completely popping up all over the place and everyone has cancer? pressure zones over the state while gutting our classical form of education. migrating the moisture that would nor- It should be clear that there is a deliber- GMO foods cause cancer and infertility. mally fall on the state to other areas of ate dumbing down of America. Vaccines cause cancer and infertility. the country east of California. Is it just 2. Our Environment is under attack. Fluoride causes cancer and infertility. a coincidence that these programs are By spraying America with hundreds of Prescription drugs cause cancer and infertility. being deployed in an effort to deprive tons of nano aluminum and barium and California of water while at the same by introducing toxic fluoride into our time Agenda 21 states that it’s goal is public water supply our ability to think to re-wild America? Is it also coinci- clearly, to reproduce and to grow our dence that our government uses weath- own food is greatly impaired. er as a weapon of war to drought out 3. Our Medical system is under attack. countries that don’t comply and use The passage of the affordable care act the U.S. dollar as it’s primary currency (obamacare) is literally destroying the when purchasing oil? What is one of quality of care in the U.S. by forcing the first methods our government uses doctors to follow government directives to soften up a country before a planned when rendering medical assistance to invasion is to take place? They attack their patients rather than relying on the offending nations food and water their instincts and training to care for supply. The United States is under at- their customers. tack. Not by a shadowy group that we 4. Our Financial system is under at- can never quite identify that is seem- tack. In 2008 when the housing bubble ingly unbeatable but rather by a group collapsed and our financial system of multinational corporations and failed our corrupt congress, despite re- banks that have publicly declared war ceiving 99-1 calls against, bailed out on freedom and our way of life. When the banks to the tune of TRILLIONS of you look at the totality of what is hap- our dollars and allowed companies that Courtesy of netrightdaily. TRINITYGAZETTE.NET / JULY 2014 / PAGE 6 Growing, Voter Fraud present evidence of voter fraud to and to request poll Uncovered, & Killing observers for the next elections. A lawsuit may be “Six Californias” project may have necessary. Kumin was also contacted by contacted SB 1262 continued from pg 1 by Diane Richards. A Trinity resident, Richards is concerns regarding the environ- enough signatures for ballot a strong advocate for property rights. She publishes continued from pg 1 ment and land stewardship, public the Trinity Gazette and has been a thorn in the side missed a few counties that have already joined the safety, taxation and patient access. of the board of supervisors. Certainly, she has raised Declaration movement. But that can be fixed, as Making cannabis policy without controversial issues yet, her push for more personal Draper’s petition explains that counties can choose knowing the financial size of the liberty and for less government intrusion into land which state they wish to be included. industry is ill-informed as it would use dovetails with the cannabis community’s simi- “South California” would consist of San Diego and be with any major contributor to lar priorities. By the second meeting in Kettenpom, eastern Los Angeles, while the rest of L.A. would the local economy. For this rea- Richards and the cannabis community had developed be called “West California.” The state called “North son CCV Humboldt will be mak- a plan, which she presented and which was loudly California” would the Sacramento area, and “Central ing a formal request to the Board of Supervisors that discussed: mount a recall campaign against 3 of the 5 California” would be made up of the central valley they initiate a county wide economic impact report members of the Trinity County Board of Supervisors. farm region, including Tulare and Fresno counties. on the direct and indirect impacts of the cannabis The group came to a quick consensus to move for- Silicon Valley, along the Central California coast, industry. We must know how large this industry if ward on a recall strategy. The leadership committee will make up the sixth proposed state. we are going to create public policy to legitimize it was elected and since that second meeting, funders Draper claims that California’s extensive over-regu- and not kill it. The first major stakeholder event will from the county have committed enough money to lations are inhibiting growth in the businesses of take place on September 15, 2014, at the Elks Lodge cover the costs of the recall campaign. Silicon Valley as much they are damaging economies in Eureka. Matthew Owen of the Rotary Club will Mendocino County Report in rural counties. He has also been outspoken regard- be introducing and hosting the program which will The cannabis community in Mendocino County is ing the lack of equal representation through elected feature a panel with Sheriff Downey, District At- large, loud and organized. They have held numer- officials. In a recent youtube video titled “Why Six torney-Elect Maggie Fleming, a representative ous meetings, elected their leadership council, have States?” Draper explains that California is so large from EPIC, Matt Kumin from California Can- obtained donations and/or pledges and are ready to that it would encompass nine states on the East Coast nabis Voice, and a representative from the medical act. Their plan is multi-fold: move forward with an and the population of over 30 million is just too big. cannabis patient and medical side. Marks and the initiative to create sensible regulations, challenge an A spokesman for the “Six Californias” campaign, Humboldt team will soon announce the next event, aggressive local Drug Task Force housed within the Roger Salazar, said that splitting California is “im- tentatively scheduled for October 2014. It will be Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department, and sup- portant, because it will help us create a more respon- a community-wide meeting with all stakeholder port candidates like Holly Madrigal (3rd District sive, more innovative and more local government, groups represented and professionally facilitated. Supervisorial Seat) in her bid for office this Novem- and that ultimately will end up being better for all of The goal for this stakeholder event is simple: com- ber. What is significant are the numerous alliances Californians. While Draper’s petition and a different municate concerns, find common ground, announce that have developed. For example, the local grange State of Jefferson movement agree on the same rea- agreed-upon principles then task a group to draft chapter has hosted meetings and has pledged support soning for splitting with California, Draper’s petition regulations. Those regulations will be turned into to the small cannabis farmers, who account for the is using a different process than the grass roots-based a citizen’s initiative. Once filed, the initiative can, bulk of the cannabis operations in the county. Holly Jefferson Declaration Committee. Draper’s petition by law, be adopted by the board of supervisors. If Madrigal, mentioned above as the candidate for the is starting with a vote by the people. The Jefferson not, it will be placed on the November 2015 county 3rd District Seat, has attended and expressed clear Declaration Committee is based just in Northern ballot. Most of us are cynical about the current po- support for sensible regulations. Local businesses, California and is using U.S. Constitution Article 4 litical process. We mostly see stalemates and block- recognizing the key role that cannabis plays in the sect. 3, which explains how a state can be -- and has ing. Yet, we all want our elected officials to take ac- county’s economic life, have also voiced support (as been – created from another state. And the Jefferson tion and make rational decisions. The problems and they have in Humboldt and Trinity counties). Declaration County Committees are going to county causes of a broken political system are difficult to Other Developing Areas supervisors asking for a simple statement of the fully understand but certainly, the apathy of the vot- Allison Edrington, one of CCV’s Emerald Triangle desire to withdraw. Once 10 or more counties agree, ers (which stems from cynicism) and the feeling of organizers, has been actively spreading the word then legislation will be submitted to both Houses of detached disempowerment play a key role. How can about CCV and the need for the cannabis community the California Legislature for approval. Under the our elected officials legislate when they cannot get throughout the state to empower itself and get active. Constitution, the state governor does not get to sign quality feedback from us, the citizens? The facili- Her message at the recent High Times Cup in Santa off on the matter. But, legislation must then pass both tated meeting process described above is designed to Rosa was enthusiastically received and led directly Houses at the federal level. Yet, once again, the ap- re-engage the community at the grassroots level and to a strong member of the cannabis community in proval of the president is not needed. Read the Con- restore participatory democracy. We hope to model Bakersfield. That community activist has pledged stitution Article 4 for yourself. In less than one year, a rational way forward and to break the logjam. Fur- $5000 to the formation of a CCV chapter there. Our since the beginning of this most recent Jefferson thering that goal, observers from other parts of the staff will be attending their leadership meeting in Au- State movement, five counties have officially joined state will be invited to these innovative meetings and gust. Bakersfield’s dispensaries are now the object of the Jefferson Declaration project; and committees are become will be encouraged motivated to consider a lawsuit by that city seeking their closure. The tim- active in 16 counties. developing this strategy for effective community de- ing of this new organization could not be better. We # # # Intelligent informed voters understand this cision-making in their own communities. are also in contact with allies in Orange County and solution. Those oblivious of the economic fiscal Trinity County Report expect to see a CCV chapter develop down there. cliff will probably reject it and then face statewide Trinity County is one of the state’s sparsely pop- Killing SB 1262 bankruptcy with 25% of the population non-citizens, ulated areas with the official census data showing We put our work on SB 1262 last but not because it is many already on entitlements. California already has 13,786 citizens (2010 Census). When we first met of lesser importance than the growing ground game. an estimated $1 trillion in debt with no end in sight with members of the cannabis community in the In truth, the news about this bill is troubling and is and no real solutions but for piling on more debt and Kettenpom neighborhood, we discussed lobbying where we have our biggest struggle. The current bill, more taxation which is a death knoll for freedom. the Trinity County Board of Supervisors and pos- as amended [http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/ sibly drafting language for a county-wide ballot ini- billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1262], is tiative to be placed on the November 2015 ballot. a disaster for the cannabis industry. It is designed In other words, we proposed a similar approach to by law enforcement to give them even more tools what the leadership group in Humboldt wanted to than they currently have to hobble, cripple and attack do there. But, as we are learning, one size does not the cannabis industry. As their own position papers fit all. Each community has its own unique issues indicate, they believe medical marijuana is a sham. and attributes. What emerged from the meeting in Giving law enforcement interests the power to draft Trinity surprised us but was a clear and unmis- a bill designed to regulate, license and create safe takable complaint: voter fraud, voter registration and reasonable access for medical cannabis patients manipulation, ballot fraud and other election ir- is like putting the fox in charge of the chicken coop. regularities by County officials were standing in The bill is most definitely NOT pro-patient, does not the way of progress. Clearly, if there is going to be ensure safe access and instead, if passed into law, will any forward movement on cannabis issues in Trinity strengthen the grip that law enforcement, cities and County, the underlying voting problems have to be counties currently have against cannabis through lo- addressed. No one believes we can lobby the board cal bans. All of the drug reform and cannabis com- nor be able to put a cannabis initiative on the bal- munity either opposes or is neutral on the bill with lot under the current regime. CCV Executive Direc- the exception of Americans for Safe Access. We are tor and civil rights attorney, Matt Kumin, got the puzzled and troubled by ASA’s support but are engag- message loud and clear. He immediately pledged ing ASA leadership. Stay tuned! #sameteam Want to to provide legal representation to the group and to be a part of the solution? Donate to help support the look into the voting fraud allegations. As part of voices of cannabis communities across the state! that legal assistance, Kumin will be contacting state [http://cannabisvoice.org/?page_id=1053] and federal officials and election law specialists to and committees have sprung up TRINITYGAZETTE.NET / JULY 2014 / PAGE 7 6th County in in the southern part of a would-be Dear Friends, Jefferson Jefferson. Placer and El Dorado have held Town Halls and commit- My name is Dale K. Mensing. I seek to represent California’s It’s official! tees were just recently organized in Second District in the United States House of Representatives. continued from pg 1 Nevada and Plumas Counties with I am very grateful to the people of Trinity County for the grand “I applaud their courageous Town Halls being organized. support and encouragement that they have shown me during my leadership and thank God that Lake County was the most recent campaign. I am honored and humbled to have won the June our leaders are not content Town Hall on July 11, 2014, where primary election in Trinity County. Now, within the context of with the status quo!” Super- over 125 interested people showed a force permeating our State, I would like to ask two rhetorical visor James Gallagher led the up. Truman and Sheryl Bernal have questions. charge echoing thegrievances of been leading the Lake County Jef- The questions are these: “the people” and the current poor ferson project and were pleased How and why did the Minuteman get his gun? state of affairs in California. The with the enthusiasm and expansion Not so long ago I saw a photo of the Minuteman statue in Minuteman Historical park. I no- other supervisors each shared of their committee. Truman said ticed that a portion of the statue is a representation of a plow resting at the Minuteman’s feet. their frustration with the lack of they now have several active busi- Think of it--a plow. That plow tells me that it was from the Minuteman’s own labor that he equal voice at the capital level. nesses helping to gather “support obtained his gun. It was from his plow that he earned his money. So, his weapon came from Board Chairman Stan Cleveland statement” signatures that will be his plowshare! supported the Jefferson effort given to the Lake County Supervi- Let me tell you, even if you never own or even want to own a gun, it is vital, it is indispens- from the beginning and worked sors -- when the time is right. Baird able to you that you have the right to keep and bear arms. Your right to keep and bear arms to address any concerns. Then spoke to the Sutter County Super- represents the fact that the government works for you--not you for the government. on July 15, 2014, the Tehama visors on July 8th along with a doz- The fact that some of our leaders want to infringe on your right to keep and bear arms viv- County Supervisors voted 5-0 en others and the room was packed idly demonstrates the fact that they want you to work for them. approving the “Declaration and with supporters. The supervisors Thomas Jefferson made it ever so clear when he said that, “Those who hammer their swords Petition” to withdraw from the discussed the Declaration and de- into plowshares will work for those who do not.” State of California making it the cided to write a “resolution” and The colonial patriots hammered their plowshares into swords because they believed that they fifth county to officially join the did indeed become the sixth county had the right to the freedom of self determination--as so eloquently expressed in the Declara- new Jefferson State movement. to agree that California is too big tion of Independence as the Rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. The supervisors were following and lacks safe government. The battle for freedom continues. I assure you, they as they very carefully chip away at the up on an approved motion that Currently, the list of active Jeffer- Bill of Rights, these anti-gun leaders want to put you in chains, and those anti-gun laws of sent the ultimate decision on son Declaration County Commit- theirs are obvious links in those chains. Disarming law abiding citizens is essential to creat- splitting from California to the tees now includes: Siskiyou, Mo- ing a police state. voters of Tehama County. And doc, Glenn, Yuba, Tehama, Sutter, As your Congressman I will fight for your right to keep and bear arms. The time has come. on June 3rd, during the Primary Butte, Shasta, Lake, Placer, Plu- I strongly encourage you to join the battle for freedom! mas, El Dorado, Nevada, Lassen, Election, Tehama voters did pass Connect with Dale! Del Norte and Trinity. Anyone who Measure A with a 56 percent ap- Dale K. Mensing facebook.com/gcdaleforcongress.org proval. Tom Knorr, leader of the would like to support the cause can Candidate for U.S. Congress, 2nd District www.gcdaleforcongress.org Tehama Jefferson Declaration contact the Committee leaders in (707) 223-5352 Committee, said he was pleased each county, which are found on [email protected] the “supervisors stuck with their the county pages on the website: Paid for by Dale K. Mensing for Congress FEC# C00543553 promise” and made the vote JeffersonDeclaration.net. The web- unanimous. “We achieved some- site is a blog and is updated daily, thing important. People are get- so check it out for more informa- ting motivated for the State of tion, progress of various counties One Woman’s Point of View: The Placebo Effect Jefferson,” he said. Because the and dates for Town Hall meetings. IBy am Yvonne sure you Storkey have heard of the placebo effect: where bogus medication like a sugar pill is given supervisors placed the Measure Because Baird and other speakers to the patient, who thinks they are taking regular drugs, and regains health as if they had actually have been asked a variety of ques- on the ballot, the Tehama Jef- taken the drug. What I do not understand is why this powerful effect is not being studied in its tions over and over again, a group ferson Committee found itself own right. One cell biologist estimated a third of all the costs of medical care could be saved by in a campaign with little funding of short youtube videos have been the placebo effect alone - with everyone complaining about the cost of healthcare, wouldn’t that and only a few months before put together, where Baird provides be worthwhile research? the election. It was a grass roots the practical and up-front answers. What you may not know is that the placebo effect holds true not only for pills but for surgery, effort to educate the public, but They are titled: Question Mark? So too. A prominent surgeon was testing which of his surgical procedures was most effective, flush- there were many good and en- far 16 of these two to three minute thusiastic supporters willing to videos have been posted on the ing the joint or paring cartilage, and he did a ‘control’ process where the patient was operated put in time and effort. Knorr Jefferson Declaration.net website upon and then closed up, without telling them, with no surgical procedure being done at all. To said the committee became quite and can be found at the top page/ his shock, all three sets of patients recovered fully, with no difference in their physical improve- creative and even built a huge tab called: QUESTIONS. Three ment and performance abilities after the surgeries. float for the Red Bluff Rodeo county committees in Butte, Placer In actual fact, the placebo effect is rooted in the amazing and largely untapped power of the Parade, in April that depicted a and Del Norte, have put together human mind, most specifically our powers of belief and intention. Simply put, if you believe sinking ship called “California” extensive websites with financial something is so, or you believe it isn’t so, you’re right. This is why when doctors irresponsibly burdened with heavy debt. A life information along with additional tell a patient they have three months to live, the patient often obediently dies in three months as boat was titled “State of Jeffer- questions and answers. They are predicted. Alternatively, someone who bucks a doctor’s forecast of their lifespan often has their son”; and the float was shared well worth checking out. They are: own belief system kicked into belligerence, and intends to prove that doctor wrong. with other events and counties. www.JeffersonButte.com; www. Our current medical research ignores the placebo effect because it does not make money: who It was just 10 months ago, when placerjeffersonstate.net/; and www. can sell sugar pills for billions of dollars? How can you justify expensive surgical procedures if a fledging grass roots group ap- delnortejefferson.net.Counties can they do not have any effect? That puts the burden squarely on each of us to take responsibil- proached the Siskiyou County also be found on facebook by put- ity for our own attitude of mind to healing. If we focus too much on our disease, we are putting Supervisors, at first, asking for a ting in the county name and then energy into our state of ill health. If we focus on positive things, on health, then with energies resolution to split from Califor- “for the State of Jefferson.” There tuned in to health we are helping our body’s own ability to heal itself. nia. But on Sept. 3, 2013, Siskiy- is also “Jefferson State News” on Does that sound hopelessly Pollyanna-ish? Well, Pollyanna had an excellent point. You can ou County Supervisors approved facebook with up-to-date info, in- spend your time and energy worrying about something, which makes you feel miserably wretched a “Declaration” to withdraw cluding Town Hall dates and other and frightened while you are worrying, and likely is attracting the very outcome you do not want. from California with a 4-1 vote. events. A weekly hour-long talk Or you can feel hopeful and optimistic, which makes you feel personally a lot better, and delivers Modoc, Glenn and Yuba Super- show “Jefferson State of Mine” the best chance of a positive outcome. It’s a win:win. can be found on Redding’s KNCR visors then took the plunge and Some New-Agers have taken this power of belief and intention to its extreme, and claim we are 1460 AM every Saturday morning approved the Declaration. Mark responsible for creating our own illness. Personally, I think adding self-blame to a situation Baird, spokesman for the Jeffer- at 8 a.m. with hosts Red Smith and already fraught with challenges is hardly productive. It is possible we actively create an environ- son Declaration Committee, said Kayla Brown. For archived shows ment conducive to disease within our bodies, by our thinking, particularly since stress erodes the “voice of the people has been on the web, go to: kncr1460.com the strength of our immune system. On the other hand, it is just as possible that the illness was heard” and welcomed Sutter or listen to it stream live. Daily ra- an ‘act of God’ - like the healthy-eating fitness freak who drops dead of a heart attack at forty. and Yuba Counties. “It’s a great dio “News in Jefferson Country” day for the State of Jefferson,” can be found on the web at: Jef- Assigning blame is a futile activity at the best of times. We may not be responsible FOR our dis- he said. Since last September, ferson News Service.com, which ease, but we are responsible TO it; it is up to us once it has manifested to take whatever personal Baird has been on a speaking are broadcast on KSYC 103.9 FM steps are required to achieve healing, as we understand it. tour of Town Halls in various from Yreka, CA and KSIZ 102.3 counties and to county boards FM radio from Mt. Shasta. “Great spirits have often encountered violent of supervisors. Lately, meetings opposition from weak minds.” -Albert Einstein TRINITYGAZETTE.NET / JULY 2014 / PAGE 8 Trinity July 4th Parade! Breaking News! Brand-spankin’ new Shasta-Trinity For- est Supervisor Dave Myers heads ma- nure clean-up crew! Woo hoo! A man who knows how to get things done and have fun! Was that the polka they were dancing? Dave’s drivin’ the wheelbarrow> SHASTA-TRINITY FOREST TIMBERJACK LODGE 1ST IN NATION TO MOM-FRIENDLY, TOO! RESTORE FREE USE By: David N. Gooding studded meadows of the Big Creek Ranch PERMITS FOR RESIDENTS I was in a local eatery the other day. As I across the road. It’s the perfect place to unwind with a cool drink after a long drive, t has taken a walked past the bulletin board, a flyer caught day at the County Fair, fishing, whatever. lot of push my eye. “Timberjack Lodge, in the heart of I The rooms are cozy and inviting. All the patience and Hayfork Valley”, it said. It piqued my interest rooms have a TV, AC, refrigerator, micro- persistence but because a few years ago my 80 year old mom wave, and, most importantly, coffee. The free use permits wanted to see Hayfork with us. Since my son Timberjack has singles, doubles, and even a are being restored was living in our little cabin, I looked around few pet friendly rooms. All rooms are non to the residents of for other lodging. The only option was the smoking but the front deck and the tables the Shasta-Trin- Big Creek Motel. After asking around about under the trees are available if you need a ity forest com- the accommodations there (see the reviews smoke. munities. It has of the Big Creek motel at http://www.yelp. Jim and Rocko came to Hayfork from the been nearly two com/biz/big-creek-motel-hayfork), we rented Bay area via Mendocino County to help years since Diane an RV and parked it in my son’s driveway friends in the area work on their places. Richards asked instead. Like many of us, he fell in love with Hay- Secretary of State The day after seeing the flyer, my wife and fork. Jim was looking for a “fixer upper” Tom Vilsack dur- I were coming back from Weaverville and project in the area but ing his townhall saw the attractive new found that there was no meeting to restore sign for the Timberjack Lodge on Highway3. place to stay. He bought our right to free use within the forest for Trinity resi- We nodded at each other the Big Creek Motel in dents. Vilsack directed then Supervisor Sharon Heywood in agreement and turned September of 2013. After to cooperate but she did not. When the new Supervisor up Big Creek Road. obtaining zoning ap- Dave Myers soon replaced Heywood, the log jam she had A quarter mile up the proval from the county, created for nearly 18 years began to clear! The first per- road, we turned into the reconstruction started mits for firewood were offered late in the season last year gravel driveway of the in January, 2014. The in Indian Valley in Southern Trinity. This year nearly 38 lodge. The “ding ding” of the old gas station first building was ready for guests June free use permits were given out for firewood use along bell (you young folks won’t know what I’m first. The second building reconstruction Wildwood Road within the Stafford burn area. A com- talking about) announced our arrival. Jim is scheduled to start this fall. Jim has other mercial firewood permit will be offered next within the Pochinchuk, the owner, and Rocko, the dog, great ideas for the lodge in the future. “I Stafford burn area. A small sugar pine sale was just com- greeted us in front of the freshly restored of- have never been involved in a project that pleted and many more affordable small sales are being fice. I told Jim that I had seen the flyer and meant so much to so many people”, Jim prepared to be offered. Call Jim Schaeffer at the Hayfork wanted to see what he’s done with the place. told me. Jim and Rocko have made many District office: 628- 1256 or Ranger Tom Hall 628-1200. Jim and Rocko gave us the grand tour. On new friends since arriving in Hayfork. our way to the newly remodeled portion of They are still working on the place but the lodge we passed the “before restoration” would love for everyone to come out and building. It was exactly like the description visit. The Timberjack Lodge is a big and in the above mentioned Yelp reviews, #2 much needed asset to our community. “I included. The “after” building is painted in wanted this place to reflect a simpler time”, rustic forest greens and browns with a friendly he said. You’ve succeeded, Jim. It’s defi- deck along the front overlooking the oak nitely “Mom friendly”, too.

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