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Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 The many manifestations of water “The sea refuses no river And the river is where I am.” - Pete Townshend, “All the Best Have Chinese Eyes” ‘ en water molecules gather, their identi- ties are surrendered to the whole. We have names for these communities of water mol- ecules: ponds, oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, streams, brooks, , waterfalls, pools, puddles, fjords, covers, geysers, creeks, rainfall, bays and inlets. We also have sewer channels, tsunamis, king tides, deluges, avalanches and ice storms. Water groups have their apostles. Some people prefer a hot summer day around a concrete pool, some like an‘ Ocean beach, some a river, some a mountain creek, some, especially children, a tidepool LETTERS T0 THE EDITOR KlRK ERICSON THESE 3 TIMES V warmed by the sun and mud- died by sandeome people like water that has congealed into crystals. Those people are often Canadians. A stormy ocean witnessed from a safe distance during the deepest days of winter is inspiring and warming, as is a glassy lake, playing cool jazz under a summer sun- set. Watching and hearing a towering waterfall after it trips over a cliff can hypno- tize a human. The tempo of life while floating .down a riv- er on an inner tube is medica- tion for anxiety, with fewer side effects than a prescrip- tion. You’re traveling exactly as fast as the river flows and there’s nothing more for you to do. The sight of a confident stream of water arcing out of a drinking fountain in a city park on a warm day can make you feel young and wistful and immortal. A sum- mer midaflzernoon spent on a pebbled river bar might become the memory you find most comforting on your death bed. The variety and wonder of water groups can make you forget that they’re all the same material: A mol- ecule made of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen -— just three mov- ing parts. You get a bunch of them together and voila! You have something that inspires, threatens, transports. Eventually, all water mol- ecules shed their collectives and returnto the largest group, its mother, the ocean. Rivers View oceans as des- tiny. Oceans often welcome rivers with open bays. No droplet is an island. You could be a water mol- ecule hanging in a puddle ' one day,the next day you’re part of a rivulet, and the next day you might stumble into a ditch that feeds into an ir- rigation canal. Then you en- 'ter a river that flows into an ocean. You’re a shape-shifter that always assumes the shape of something larger than yourself. All water molecules are homeward bound, but they’re also homeward departing. Once we enter the ocean, we’re not done. We could get sucked into a cloud that spits us out into the same puddle where we started the most recent leg of our journey. We could end up in a rain bar- rel, an old tire or an infinity pool belonging to the sultan of Brunei. We could return as a single teardrop on the face of a boy who was just dropped off for his first day of kindergarten. Water is to nature as a chisel is to a woodcarver. Wa- ter shapes and crafts, leaving clear evidence of its past and present, and its potential for the future. What remains is a testa- ment to the artist. I Contact Kirk Ericson at kirk@masoncounty.com. Election questions Editor, the Journal, Thank you Mr. Duenkel for your re- ply to my previous inquiries. While you may not-have accused anyone of voter fraud, your campaign rhetoric certain- V ,ly accused our election system' of being subject to fraud. Three months post— election, the question you have failed to, answer is how much voter fraud have you uncovered? . I’ll restate the questions believe the voters of Mason County are entitled to. In the November ’22 election, how many ballots were rejected and the reasons why? How many ballots were categorized as “anomalous” [defined as abnormal] and why? Were they ac- cepted or rejected? Has your office pro- vided the supposedly bipartisan Voter Research Project the list of anomalous ballots with names and addresses to canvas? You previously voiced concern and plans to investigate traditional grass— roots efi‘orts in a democracy of door-to— door and “get out the vote” campaigns. My concern is strangers knocking on your door and wanting identification. Your concern about ballot chain of custody inherent with mail-in-voting has been investigated numerous times nationwide and never shown to be a significant issue. That’s what ballot Wienillaeoitfibunm llonmal {USPS'492-800 POSTMASTER: Send addreSs changes to Shelton-Mason County Journal, R0. Box‘430, Shelton, WA 98584. Published weekly by the SheltoncMason County Journal at 227 W. Cote St, Shelton, Washington. Malling address: PO. Box 430, Shelton. WA 98584 Telephone: 360—426-441 2 . Webslte: www.masoncounty.com Periodicals postage paid in Shelton, Washington. signatures are for and ifquestioned should be handled by your oflice for verification as they are by competent auditors and not farmed out to vigilan— tes. suggest canvassing your own of- fice, Mr. Duenkel, to report this election information to the voters as an auditor should be obliged to do. As a candidate, you promised integrity and transpar- ency. Time to walk the talk. P.S. Regarding the plan to upgrade the computer software for improved security, did you find evidence the system was hacked in in favor of President Joe Biden by the ghost of Hugo Chavez collaborating with the Vatican from secret servers in Germany? Craig Anderson ' Shelton Many were tricke'd Editor, the Journal, don’t know that I’d hold most Democratic voters to blame for Joe Biden’s presidency. Many were tricked. ‘ I believe a cabal high in the party’s or- ganization reportedly claimed Joe was a moderate and that former President Donald Trump was the spawn of Sa- tan. Both lies were, well,‘ just lies, and now look what‘we have. Joe Biden is a serial liar, a pro‘ven Owned and published by Shelton-Mason County Journal, Inc. The Journal is a member of the Publisher: John Lester Advertising: Theresa Murray, Ad Representative plagiarist, and, as I have said in a pre- vious letter, a thoroughly corrupt poli- tician. Let’s not forget Hunter and his laptop. (By the way, the phrase “Biden crime family arose out of real discovr eries about this bunch and its influence peddling overseas.) Two recent incidents clearly illus— trate our problem here, and they are the killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis and the flight of the Chinese spy bal— loon. The latter shows an eerie resem- blance to the Biden administration’s criminal negligence at our Southern border — if there still is one. i On Jan. of this year, five black offi- cers of the Memphis Police Department named “The Scorpion Unit,” severely beat one Tyre Nichols, a 29—year-old ‘ Black man, following a routine traffic stop. Nichols was hospitalized in criti- cal condition and died three days later. Soon after the incident, the media began reporting “systematic racism” in Memphis. (What?!) On CNN, Van Jones said that the black police officers were acting out “white racism.” In light of these media cries of “white racism,” please note with care the following: all the assailants and the victim were black; chief of the MPD, ’ Cerelyn Davis, is black; of the MPD is black; and of the popula- tion of Memphis is black. So, according to the media, ’ Front office: Washington Newspaper Publish— . Delivery: ers Association. Newsroom: Jon Garza ,. . Justin Johnson, Editor David Olson SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Gordon Weeks, Reporter Niel Challstrom $79 per year ($55 for six months) for Mason County addresses and $99 per year ($70 for six months) outside of Mason County. Single issue price $2.00 Matt Baide, Reporter Kirk Boxleltner, Reporter Kirk Ericson, Columnist/ Proofreader Shawna Whelan, Photographer Composing room: Dave Pierik, Office Administrator . Karen Hranac, Customer Service somehow Memphis, it’s population, and it’s primary law enforcement agency are all guilty of engendering “white racism.” Please pay attention to this sad inci- dent the neJ'rt time it’s reported — espe- cially how it’s reported. Next On Jan. 28, a Chinese spy balloon started a controlled drift into American sovereign airspace near the Aleutian Islands. Then it passed over Canada, then Montana, and then, la-de-da, over the rest of the US. On Feb. 4, it drified over Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and proceeded out over the Atlantic Ocean, where an American F—22 shot the thing down with a Sidewinder missile. The president and his advisers ap- parently discussed the balloon at length and ultimately elected to shoot it down. This after the spy device flew, over the UnitedStates for seven days ' while we did nothing. A reporter did ask Biden about all this, and the presi— dent’s response was, “We’ll take care of it.” Oh yes, he also attended a Demo- cratic Party fiwndraiser. Sleep tight, America. Robert E. Graham ‘ Union see LETTERS, page 5 Creative Director: Lloyd‘Mullen All regular editorial. advertising and legal deadlines are 5 pm. the Monday prior to publication. To submit a letter to the editor, email editor@masoncounty.com. Kim Fowler, Advertising Design Linda Frizzell,“AdvertisingDesign i