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The Closing Bell by JackGuinan
"Now, if you' II follow me up to
the next floor, we II take a look
at this quarter's results."
Neck's best thing
Editor, The Journal:
I write in memory of Frank A.
Door, chiropractor, The Man With
the Magic Hands.
When I first contacted Frank
Door, my neck was giving me fits.
This was nothing new. I had had
this problem since 1935 when
I was 10 years old. It all started
when I was helping feed cattle on
the Merrill ranch in the Owl Creek
Valley near Thermopolis, Wyo-
ming. It was the winter of' 1935,
with about three /bet of snow on
the ground.
Donald Merrill was driving the
team, pulling a bobsled hay rack. I
was on the rack using a pitchfork
pitching hay to the cattle. There
were quite a few very anxious
cows pulling hay off the rack. One
big red longhorn cow, which no
one claimed, was pulling hay off
the right side of the'rack. I think
the cow was a throwback from
the trail herds when they trailed
cows up from Texas. That cow had
been ranging fom ranch to ranch
causing problems for all and sun-
dry. She just called any place that
didn't run her off "home."
Donald chewed cut-plug tobac-
co. He spit a glob of tobacco juice
and turned to me and said he fig-
ured I ought to slide off on that
old red cow. I thought about that
a second, and it crossed my mind
that it wasn't a sensible thing to
do, but, I stuck the pitchtbrk into
What did the governor'
of Louisiana say when
someone suggested a new
political division for the
state's counties?
"Parish the thought."
the hay and slid off on that old red
cow.
I have no recollection of what
happened then. The next thing I
knew, Donald was grousing about
how I had got my head stuck in a
branding'chute. There I was with
my head between the uprights of
a branding chute and Donald was
trying to get my head free.
I needed help getting my shirt
on or off for a long time after that.
And my neck pained me constant-
ly. I went to several chiropractors
seeking relief. Each one would tell
me, "Now Gene, I'm not going to
hurt you." Then they would pro-
ceed to crack every bone in the
neck and shoulder area.
When I went to Dr. Door, he also
told me, "Gene, now I am not go-
ing to hurt you." I thought, "Sure,
I have heard that story before." He
had me stretch out on his exami-
nation table, and I was prepared
to suffer. He put a finge, r on the
back of" my skull and one on my
forehead. I would hear him mut-
ter, "That's better," sort of under
his breath. I thought, "What's bet-
ter? You haven't done anything."
This went on for several min-
utes. I was wondering when the
torture would start. He finally told
me I could sit up. I did, and he told
me to turn my head. I did. I could
turn my head! And the pain was
gone!
I went to Dr. Door many times
after that. Never did he hurt me,
yet he always cured my problem.
He also helped my wife. She had
fallen and injured her neck and
back many years ago.
I have been in Dr. Door's wait-
ing room when people would drag
themselves in and be walking
when they went out. Several times
I saw women come in crying in
pain and be smiling as they came
out of his exam room. He was in-
deed The Man With the Magic
Hands, and he is sorely missed by
all his patients.
I doubt there is another who can
take his place. He was fantastic.
Eugene C. Morehouse
Lilliwaup
(Editor's note: Chiropractor
Frank Door of Hoodsport died
January 7 at age 78.)
Public Information and involvement
Wastewater Management
Planning
Hoodsport - Skokomish Reservation Region
The Skokomish Tribe, Mason County PUD #1 and Mason
County are sponsoring a cooperative wastewater
management planning effort for the west side of Hood Canal
from Hoodsport through the Skokomish Reservation. Project
descriptions for Hoodsport, Potlatch and the Reservation are
being prepared. A Public Information and Involvement
meeting wilt be held...
Wednesday, January 31st
6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Hoodsport Fire Hall
Learn about the approaches being considered
Offer your views about what is best
Page 6 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 25, 2007
FCeader$" 00ournal:
Deficits will destroy programs
Editor, The Journal:
Lately there has been a lot of
complaining by conservatives
that Democrats will raise taxes.
What goes unsaid, however, is
that the next President - Re-
publican or Democrat - will be
forced to raise taxes to correct
the reckless spending of the
Bush Administration. There is
no alternative.
In the 1980s, President Rea-
gan signed the largest tax in-
crease in this country's history,
while claiming that he lowered
taxes. He and Alan Greenspan
hatched a plot to double Social
Security payroll deductions with
the idea that the Baby Boom
generation would not only pay
for their parents' retirement
(as preceding generations had)
but their own as well. Mr. Rea-
gan (along with every President
since) then signed bills that el:
fectively stole that money and
put it in the general fund as or-
dinary revenue. When President
Bush tried to privatize Social
Security, he wanted us to pay
for our own retirement, not once,
not twice, but three times!
Interest on the national debt
(almost 90 percent of which we
can thank President Reagan
and the current President for)
is about 19 percent of our taxes.
That means that this year alone,
we will borrow $56.5 billion for
tax cuts for the wealthiest 1
percent, while everyone else is
paying an additional 19 percent
to cover ruinous spending. It's
called "conservatism."
I think it is fair to expect leg-
islation that would require enor-
mously profitable corporations
and wealthy individuals to pay
their fair share. Corporations
use anywhere from 50 to 75 per-
cent of our infrastructure (legal
system, ports, rail lines, roads,
security, natural resources, etc.)
but provide less than 12 percent
of federal income. Additionally,
corporations such as Halliburton
subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and
Root have been allowed to rent
Sound argument
Editor, The Journal:
The January 18 Journal edi-
torial, "Fare enough," is right on
the mark! I presented the same
conclusion about transit fares
and ridership in a paper given
at the 78th Transportation Re-
search Board Meeting in Wash-
ington, D.C., and in another pa-
per published in the spring 2000
Journal of Public Transportation
of the Center for Urban Trans-
portation Research at the Uni-
versity of South Florida.
If a transit system becomes
fare-iYee, an increase in rider-
At 98, not
too much
fight left
Editor, The Journal:
Mr. Larry Taylor is correct in
his letter of last week ("Letter im-
plied deadly peril") that criticized
my December 14 letter ("Camel
has put nose in tent").
I apologize for the error. I
should have said that a Muslim,
not an Arab, had been elected to
Congress. Other than that I do not
find anything that I wrote called
ibr his objection.
Indeed I laughed when I read
it. I will probably not contend with
him many more times. I turned
98 a couple of weeks ago and I
am getting too old to be involved
in the arguments that Mr. Taylor
enjoys.
Marian Robbins
Shelton
ship of over 100 percent can be
expected. (Great credit should be
given to the fblks who set up the
fare-tee Mason Transit system.)
The argument given in the ed-
itorial that a debt is owed transit
riders by the general commu-
nity is very sound and is not of-
ten heard. It is particularly im-
portant when one considers the
global warming trend.
This editorial is being saved.
I'm planning to mine it for fur-
ther :ideas to investigate. It is
a grand piece of work; many
thanks.
Gerrit Moore
Victor
a post office box in the
Islands simply to avoid
U.S. income tax. (Try it
and see what happens.) Who
you suppose makes up all of
difference? You and me.
Speaking of
United States spends as
defense as the rest of the
combined! (We have more
800 military bases throu
the world.) To put that in
spective, 300 million
are collectively taxed as
for defense as the remaining
billion inhabitants of this
Is it any wonder that there
not enough funds available
help us secure such things
adequate fresh water,
treatment, education and
improvements such as the Bel'
fair Bypass?
Mr. Bush's approach is to
make the problem so bad that he
can destroy all of the social
grams (Social Security,
care, Medicaid, public
etc.) that he abhors. (Such
can only be judged by the Presi"
dent's actions, not by his
Hopefully, the new Con
be thinking more about
citizens than about
campaign donors.
Larry
• Computers
• Laptops
• Cordless
• Cameras
• Cell Phones
BattefiesPlus
Les' Auto Repair is no longer in
business. I want to thank you for
34 years of loyalty and friendship.
It's time to retire.
Thanks again,
SPECIALS
OF THE
WEEK
1/25-1/31
/mmmlmmlm
SKOOKUM CREEK
TOBACCO -
COMPLETE
CIGAREES
II lV,a OA.tol; :'o :
Reg. $21.95 +rzx NOWNG BOX
COMPLETE
ROLL-YOUR-0WN
'12°°+ tax
One Pound Bag
At the intersecflo
of Highway 101
108, just minutes
away from Olympia
and Shelton
YOUR
FACTORY
STORE
Made flesh at our own
ISLAND
Little Cigars
PREMIS
CIGARETTES
'1872 *8 00 .... ]:'" " : .......... ' '
Tol + m A oASToN:I.99 PACK
$12.99 + ....... "-
--NEW--
Walk-In Humidor
GREAT SELECTION
of Fine Cigars &
Humidor Accessories
CIGARS
GREAT GIFTS
Try our own
ISLAND BLENDZ
Hand rolled-Fine cigars
SURGEON GENERAL'S WN1NING: Quitting Smoking
Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Heallh
XhRLBORO 5
0,,...,,.. RECEIVE ea OALL01
' i": .... o,'A" s.3 GAS DISCOUNT
}'rcs,m hlS, t),, f,r v<,Ul FR El: K'} P ('hd (',ml Good lOl hL[ I'I:TI RI: GAS PURCHASES at IGtmth:he Tading Post
+tax __ .
LARGE
HOURS: Sun.-Thurs. 7 a.m.-9 p.m. • Fri. & Sat. 7 a.m.-10 .m.
The Kamilche Trading Post operates under a compact with the State of Washington afe
TOBACCO PRODUCTS DRIVE -THRU
Sun-Thurs 7am-9pm Fri & Sat 7am-10pm ]
o Shop"
360-426-5254
The Closing Bell by JackGuinan
"Now, if you' II follow me up to
the next floor, we II take a look
at this quarter's results."
Neck's best thing
Editor, The Journal:
I write in memory of Frank A.
Door, chiropractor, The Man With
the Magic Hands.
When I first contacted Frank
Door, my neck was giving me fits.
This was nothing new. I had had
this problem since 1935 when
I was 10 years old. It all started
when I was helping feed cattle on
the Merrill ranch in the Owl Creek
Valley near Thermopolis, Wyo-
ming. It was the winter of' 1935,
with about three /bet of snow on
the ground.
Donald Merrill was driving the
team, pulling a bobsled hay rack. I
was on the rack using a pitchfork
pitching hay to the cattle. There
were quite a few very anxious
cows pulling hay off the rack. One
big red longhorn cow, which no
one claimed, was pulling hay off
the right side of the'rack. I think
the cow was a throwback from
the trail herds when they trailed
cows up from Texas. That cow had
been ranging fom ranch to ranch
causing problems for all and sun-
dry. She just called any place that
didn't run her off "home."
Donald chewed cut-plug tobac-
co. He spit a glob of tobacco juice
and turned to me and said he fig-
ured I ought to slide off on that
old red cow. I thought about that
a second, and it crossed my mind
that it wasn't a sensible thing to
do, but, I stuck the pitchtbrk into
What did the governor'
of Louisiana say when
someone suggested a new
political division for the
state's counties?
"Parish the thought."
the hay and slid off on that old red
cow.
I have no recollection of what
happened then. The next thing I
knew, Donald was grousing about
how I had got my head stuck in a
branding'chute. There I was with
my head between the uprights of
a branding chute and Donald was
trying to get my head free.
I needed help getting my shirt
on or off for a long time after that.
And my neck pained me constant-
ly. I went to several chiropractors
seeking relief. Each one would tell
me, "Now Gene, I'm not going to
hurt you." Then they would pro-
ceed to crack every bone in the
neck and shoulder area.
When I went to Dr. Door, he also
told me, "Gene, now I am not go-
ing to hurt you." I thought, "Sure,
I have heard that story before." He
had me stretch out on his exami-
nation table, and I was prepared
to suffer. He put a finge, r on the
back of" my skull and one on my
forehead. I would hear him mut-
ter, "That's better," sort of under
his breath. I thought, "What's bet-
ter? You haven't done anything."
This went on for several min-
utes. I was wondering when the
torture would start. He finally told
me I could sit up. I did, and he told
me to turn my head. I did. I could
turn my head! And the pain was
gone!
I went to Dr. Door many times
after that. Never did he hurt me,
yet he always cured my problem.
He also helped my wife. She had
fallen and injured her neck and
back many years ago.
I have been in Dr. Door's wait-
ing room when people would drag
themselves in and be walking
when they went out. Several times
I saw women come in crying in
pain and be smiling as they came
out of his exam room. He was in-
deed The Man With the Magic
Hands, and he is sorely missed by
all his patients.
I doubt there is another who can
take his place. He was fantastic.
Eugene C. Morehouse
Lilliwaup
(Editor's note: Chiropractor
Frank Door of Hoodsport died
January 7 at age 78.)
Public Information and involvement
Wastewater Management
Planning
Hoodsport - Skokomish Reservation Region
The Skokomish Tribe, Mason County PUD #1 and Mason
County are sponsoring a cooperative wastewater
management planning effort for the west side of Hood Canal
from Hoodsport through the Skokomish Reservation. Project
descriptions for Hoodsport, Potlatch and the Reservation are
being prepared. A Public Information and Involvement
meeting wilt be held...
Wednesday, January 31st
6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Hoodsport Fire Hall
Learn about the approaches being considered
Offer your views about what is best
Page 6 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 25, 2007
FCeader$" 00ournal:
Deficits will destroy programs
Editor, The Journal:
Lately there has been a lot of
complaining by conservatives
that Democrats will raise taxes.
What goes unsaid, however, is
that the next President - Re-
publican or Democrat - will be
forced to raise taxes to correct
the reckless spending of the
Bush Administration. There is
no alternative.
In the 1980s, President Rea-
gan signed the largest tax in-
crease in this country's history,
while claiming that he lowered
taxes. He and Alan Greenspan
hatched a plot to double Social
Security payroll deductions with
the idea that the Baby Boom
generation would not only pay
for their parents' retirement
(as preceding generations had)
but their own as well. Mr. Rea-
gan (along with every President
since) then signed bills that el:
fectively stole that money and
put it in the general fund as or-
dinary revenue. When President
Bush tried to privatize Social
Security, he wanted us to pay
for our own retirement, not once,
not twice, but three times!
Interest on the national debt
(almost 90 percent of which we
can thank President Reagan
and the current President for)
is about 19 percent of our taxes.
That means that this year alone,
we will borrow $56.5 billion for
tax cuts for the wealthiest 1
percent, while everyone else is
paying an additional 19 percent
to cover ruinous spending. It's
called "conservatism."
I think it is fair to expect leg-
islation that would require enor-
mously profitable corporations
and wealthy individuals to pay
their fair share. Corporations
use anywhere from 50 to 75 per-
cent of our infrastructure (legal
system, ports, rail lines, roads,
security, natural resources, etc.)
but provide less than 12 percent
of federal income. Additionally,
corporations such as Halliburton
subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and
Root have been allowed to rent
Sound argument
Editor, The Journal:
The January 18 Journal edi-
torial, "Fare enough," is right on
the mark! I presented the same
conclusion about transit fares
and ridership in a paper given
at the 78th Transportation Re-
search Board Meeting in Wash-
ington, D.C., and in another pa-
per published in the spring 2000
Journal of Public Transportation
of the Center for Urban Trans-
portation Research at the Uni-
versity of South Florida.
If a transit system becomes
fare-iYee, an increase in rider-
At 98, not
too much
fight left
Editor, The Journal:
Mr. Larry Taylor is correct in
his letter of last week ("Letter im-
plied deadly peril") that criticized
my December 14 letter ("Camel
has put nose in tent").
I apologize for the error. I
should have said that a Muslim,
not an Arab, had been elected to
Congress. Other than that I do not
find anything that I wrote called
ibr his objection.
Indeed I laughed when I read
it. I will probably not contend with
him many more times. I turned
98 a couple of weeks ago and I
am getting too old to be involved
in the arguments that Mr. Taylor
enjoys.
Marian Robbins
Shelton
ship of over 100 percent can be
expected. (Great credit should be
given to the fblks who set up the
fare-tee Mason Transit system.)
The argument given in the ed-
itorial that a debt is owed transit
riders by the general commu-
nity is very sound and is not of-
ten heard. It is particularly im-
portant when one considers the
global warming trend.
This editorial is being saved.
I'm planning to mine it for fur-
ther :ideas to investigate. It is
a grand piece of work; many
thanks.
Gerrit Moore
Victor
a post office box in the
Islands simply to avoid
U.S. income tax. (Try it
and see what happens.) Who
you suppose makes up all of
difference? You and me.
Speaking of
United States spends as
defense as the rest of the
combined! (We have more
800 military bases throu
the world.) To put that in
spective, 300 million
are collectively taxed as
for defense as the remaining
billion inhabitants of this
Is it any wonder that there
not enough funds available
help us secure such things
adequate fresh water,
treatment, education and
improvements such as the Bel'
fair Bypass?
Mr. Bush's approach is to
make the problem so bad that he
can destroy all of the social
grams (Social Security,
care, Medicaid, public
etc.) that he abhors. (Such
can only be judged by the Presi"
dent's actions, not by his
Hopefully, the new Con
be thinking more about
citizens than about
campaign donors.
Larry
• Computers
• Laptops
• Cordless
• Cameras
• Cell Phones
BattefiesPlus
Les' Auto Repair is no longer in
business. I want to thank you for
34 years of loyalty and friendship.
It's time to retire.
Thanks again,
SPECIALS
OF THE
WEEK
1/25-1/31
/mmmlmmlm
SKOOKUM CREEK
TOBACCO -
COMPLETE
CIGAREES
II lV,a OA.tol; :'o :
Reg. $21.95 +rzx NOWNG BOX
COMPLETE
ROLL-YOUR-0WN
'12°°+ tax
One Pound Bag
At the intersecflo
of Highway 101
108, just minutes
away from Olympia
and Shelton
YOUR
FACTORY
STORE
Made flesh at our own
ISLAND
Little Cigars
PREMIS
CIGARETTES
'1872 *8 00 .... ]:'" " : .......... ' '
Tol + m A oASToN:I.99 PACK
$12.99 + ....... "-
--NEW--
Walk-In Humidor
GREAT SELECTION
of Fine Cigars &
Humidor Accessories
CIGARS
GREAT GIFTS
Try our own
ISLAND BLENDZ
Hand rolled-Fine cigars
SURGEON GENERAL'S WN1NING: Quitting Smoking
Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Heallh
XhRLBORO 5
0,,...,,.. RECEIVE ea OALL01
' i": .... o,'A" s.3 GAS DISCOUNT
}'rcs,m hlS, t),, f,r v<,Ul FR El: K'} P ('hd (',ml Good lOl hL[ I'I:TI RI: GAS PURCHASES at IGtmth:he Tading Post
+tax __ .
LARGE
HOURS: Sun.-Thurs. 7 a.m.-9 p.m. • Fri. & Sat. 7 a.m.-10 .m.
The Kamilche Trading Post operates under a compact with the State of Washington afe
TOBACCO PRODUCTS DRIVE -THRU
Sun-Thurs 7am-9pm Fri & Sat 7am-10pm ]
o Shop"
360-426-5254