Looks like Whidbey sewage treatment plant outfalls are impacting local waters.
What we can expect as time goes on?
Love to see reporting from newspeople anywhere in the Puget Sound area, also updates from public agencies and volunteer groups with an eye on the health of local waters.
Oak Harbor
Image at top of page:
Washington State Dept. of Health status updated May 19th, 2019.
Source: Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife OAK HARBOR BEACH PARK
“State Dept. of Health cautions that Clams, Oysters and Mussels from this beach are not fit for human consumption at any time.”
“Water Quality Comment: This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Six months back:
November 16, 2018 Whidbey News-Times
Oak Harbor’s sewage plant up and running
Article indicates the cost of the project is $142 million.
November 30, 2018 Whidbey News-Times
Ceremony celebrates sewage treatment plant coming online
“…ribbon cutting Thursday for the city’s new, state-of-the-art sewage treatment plant.”
See Washington State Dept. of Health status updated Dec 2nd, 2018 here.
In the news:
May 14, 2019 Whidbey News-Times
Oak Harbor asks Navy to pay $39 million to connect to city sewer system
Article indicates the cost of the project is $149 million.
Coupeville
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
North side of Penn Cove at Monroe Landing
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
Sounds like the sewage treatment plant is sending unsafe product into Penn Cove?
More here:
Whidbey Sewage Treatment Plant Outfall – Zero Questions From Newspeople
Earth Day 2019 – News Tip/Story Idea
Oak Harbor – State Of The Art Sewage Treatment Plant
Does hometown pride get in the way of newspeople asking questions?
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Fargesia robusta ‘Campbell’
Without leaving the backyard.
Along for the afternoon: Classic Deep Cuts
Probably some of this going on too.
Coupeville
Love to see newspeople get out and ask questions about why:
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
Sounds like the sewage treatment plant is sending unsafe product into Penn Cove?
Oak Harbor
New sewage treatment plant in operation since Nov 15th, 2018.
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
In the news:
May 14, 2019 Whidbey News-Times
Oak Harbor asks Navy to pay $39 million to connect to city sewer system
Article indicates the cost of the project is $149 million.
More here:
Earth Day 2019 – News Tip/Story Idea
Oak Harbor – State Of The Art Sewage Treatment Plant
Does hometown pride get in the way of newspeople asking questions?
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Washington State Dept. of Health status updated Dec 2nd, 2018.
We’re not seeing any signs of improvement over the past 5 months.
Source: Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife OAK HARBOR BEACH PARK
Updated recreational shellfish safety map at bottom of page.
Any credible threat prior to these crimes taking place?
Sequim
May 1, 2019 Peninsula Daily News
Reward for information about FREDS Guns burglary triples
“The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for smashing a hay loader through the front of FREDS Guns and stealing about 30 handguns April 13 has tripled to $15,000.”
Gorst
MAY 1, 2019 Q13 Fox News
Reward up to $11,000 offered after 98 guns stolen from Kitsap County firearms store
The War on Terror has prompted law enforcement authorities to calm the public by looking into the future and announcing that no credible threat exists.
Several examples posted prior to last year’s July 4th celebrations:
NYPD ramping up 4th of July security, but no credible threats
No credible threat to Esplanade fireworks celebration, officials say
D.C. police chief: ‘No credible threat’ of attack on Fourth of July
Los Angeles Police say no threat to July 4 celebrations after Ohio terror plot
If the good guys can tell what the bad guys will do before they do it- surely, these powerful crime fighting tools will be used to shut down gang and cartel activity, heroin trafficking, bank robberies, mass casualty shootings, etc.
Elsewhere in the War on Terror:
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Welcome Visitors
Rent yourself a State Parks buoy at Fort Worden
Voted best consumer value in weekend recreation.
April 28, 2019 Peninsula Daily News
Hands on hearts: Loyalty Day Parade celebrates patriotism in Brinnon
“Ernie Muir, a lifetime member of the Brinnon VFW Post who served in the Army in Vietnam in 1967-68, said the event is mostly for the kids.”
“It’s good for the kids to get to know some of the local veterans they see around,” Hough said. “It gives them a little understanding of freedom.”
Pledge of Allegiance
Making small children recite a loyalty oath indicating Liberty and Justice for all.
When they get a little older, they will see that they are pledging allegiance to a system where adults are divided into groups of first and second-class citizens.
Alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and firearms restrictions are in place for 18-20 year old adults. Is there any state where recreational marijuana laws remove prohibition for adults at age 18?
Are veteran’s organizations working to restore these freedoms?
Will the Joint Chiefs of Staff send The Troops to take a stand against dividing adults up into groups of first and second-class citizens?
As always, newspeople play along by not asking any questions. No need to disrupt a celebration and parade during the school day. Maybe ask questions after school is out for the year. Just make time to ask, so the kids can have a better understanding of how overseas military operations will relate to their freedoms.
Not picking on Brinnon. The idea that overseas military operations or military jet training over Coupeville are linked to American rights and freedoms is commonly promoted in American culture.
A little understanding of freedom?
One of the nation’s largest, oldest and most respected veterans organizations tells us: Veterans, not politicians, ‘give us the right to vote,’ observers at Amherst Veterans Day ceremonies told
Veterans give rights?
It turns out The Troops were in no hurry to enable all adults to act on their right to vote.
US Military operations conducted in the 1940s, 50s & 60s didn’t get the job done.
It wasn’t until July of 1971 that 18 year old adults could take delivery on one of the freedoms we hear so much about.
Hey school teachers–
If veterans fought for our right to vote- how come women were not allowed full voting rights at the end of WWI?
Why the need for a 1965 Voting Rights Act if overseas military operations somehow secured voting rights?
If The Troops fight for American rights and freedoms- why were black people still riding at the back of the bus after the big WWII victory?
With all this talk of freedom- would it be OK to grow a marijuana plant in the back yard?
Can I take my 20 year old girlfriend (a responsible adult) down to the bar to order up a few beers for freedom?
Should we check with the Joint Chiefs of Staff first?
Legal marijuana, concealed carry of handguns, semi automatic rifle sales, federal minimum drinking age, bump stock ban, interracial marriage, gay marriage, tobacco sales, voting rights, etc. None of these are linked in any way with The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Troops, The Dept. of Defense or the outcome of military operations overseas.
As the decades of undeclared/unwon wars stack up (The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.) the greater the cultural urge to glorify people who do, or did time in uniform.
If there is an honest reason to send people away into decades of undeclared/unwon wars overseas let’s hear all about it.
Are the folks promoting loyalty OK with undeclared/unwon wars that never end?
More here:
Freedom Comes And Goes – Joint Chiefs of Staff Play No Part
Role Models & Lies About Freedom
Freedoms Completely Unrelated To Jet Noise Over Coupeville
U.S. Senator Susan Collins – More Lies About Freedom
Military Town – Hometown Pride
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
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Veterans are in the best position to understand that in some cases, the US Armed Forces provide for our physical security. That’s as good as it gets.
In terms of American rights and freedoms- The Dept. of Defense has no more say than the Dept. of Agriculture.
Just north of Perego’s Lagoon on Monday.
The Ebey’s Landing Bluff Trail will take you there. I walked out from the cemetery.
These guys are indoor only.
Photo by Monica.
See you in late August/early September.
The compost above was ready last fall. I saved some for spring planting projects. We used it to prepare a new planting location by tilling it in, also to mulch around new plants. Today we mixed it with water that had been left out in buckets for several days, then used the mix to water plants.
We place a good scoop into a mesh laundry bag and squeeze it into a bucket of water.
Water the plants. Any solid material left over in the mesh bag after watering goes into the compost pile with new vegetarian kitchen scraps. This pile will be mixed with leaves in the fall.
We have been learning about composting for several years now. This has been a very helpful book: Composting (Bob’s Basics)
Bottom 3 images by Monica.
Federal agents swing into action after meth moves past strict post 911 security protocols and federal agents staffing a $40.6 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security, then, on into Montana:
February 14, 2019 KRTV News video:
Montana’s Drug Superhighway: How traffickers conceal carloads of drugs from police
Homeland Security Vote of Confidence:
K-9 screenings and vehicle inspections for customized switches and compartments are effective when conducted by law enforcement authorities in Montana.
Why don’t these same practices work at the border?
“Task force officers are also learning that vehicles with aftermarket switches and compartments are also being used to cross the border into Mexico and come back up to Montana, likely several times.”
April 25, 2019 KNWA News video:
Special Report: 99-Percent of Arkansas Meth Smuggled From Mexico Via Interstates
“…cars with homemade compartments carry pounds of meth at a time from the southern border across state lines.”
Wonder what was happening at border crossing inspections when the cars with the homemade compartments rolled up.
Do the good guys who made the local bust notify the good guys at the border about the weak links in their process?
May 22, 2018 CBS Denver:
Police: Rookie K-9 Finds 60 Pounds Of Meth In First Drug Bust
“Officers called in Rye for a more thorough search and the K-9 discovered “two hidden compartments” where the rest of the drugs were stored.”
March 15, 2019 The Fresno Bee News video:
Police, DEA seize nearly 70 pounds of cartel meth. It may be Fresno’s biggest bust
“…a search dog found 11 pounds of meth stashed near a wheel well.”
No inspection of rail shipments entering the US?
Feb 27, 2019 Times Colonist
Police find meth smuggled into Canada through new Ford cars built in Mexico
“Ontario Provincial Police said they found 180 kilograms of meth during their investigation, which began when employees at four different Ford dealerships reported suspicious bags inside tires that were in the trunks of new Fusion cars.”
“Police said the cars were built at Ford’s assembly plant in Hermosillo, Mexico, before being put on northbound trains.”
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for risking your ass in Iraq & Afghanistan- working to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things.
Don’t worry-
The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
More here:
Montana – Homeland Security Meth Racket Rolls On
Port Angeles CBP – Keeping Meth Out of Town?
Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance?
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Photo- A symbol of the free press, federal government credibility and newspeople asking questions.
