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Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page A-5
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Massive jump
in .policies too
Editor, the Journal
I recently received my
Group Health Medicare cover-
age that backs up my Medi-
care coverage. My 2017 pre-
mium went up over 30 percent
from my 2016 premium, while
my dental insurance went
up less that 1 percent. The
difference? Medical care un-
der Obamacare (30 percent
increase) vs. dental care not
under Obamacare (less than 1
percent increase).
Among the many prob-
lems with Obamacare is
the cost. The rich can afford
Obamacare; the poor get
government subsidies for
Obamacare; the rest will get
the unaffordable Obamacare
increase. Mine arrived on Oct.
26 - a $500 increase from
2016. I am thankful that I
have Medicare, which I paid
for all my working life.
Those too young for Medicare
are going to be hurting now
and in the future. Their health
insurance is their primary in-
surance, which will increase
in cost. Hillary Clinton will
double down on Obamacare, so
next year's increase will be even
higher.
I do not know what the work-
ing stiffs will do with this mas-
sive increase. They can't get rich
because nearly all the paths
to wealth have been regulated
out of existence. They can't
stay where they are because
Obamacare and other socialist
programs will break them fman-
cially and spiritually.
I guess the working stiffs
better make reservations at
the poor house (a term from
the Depression-ridden 1930s
that evidently is coming back).
Good luck voters.
Ardean A. Anvik
Shelton
TO F..ltP OF AI6N,,,
Journal Letter Policy
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are welcomed. We will not publish letters that are deemed libelous or scurrilous in nature. All
letters must be signed and include the writer's name, address and daytime phone number, which
will be used for verification purposes only. All letters are subject to editing for length, grammar
and clarity. To submit a letter, email adam@masoncounty.com, drop it off at 227 W. Cota St., or
mail it to P.O. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584.
Editor's note
candidates for thzs year s genera
The deadline has passed for all letters to the editor endorsing " " ' 1
election -- no endorsement letters were published if they were received after the Oct. 24 deadline.
Per Journa/policy, only rebuttals to published letters to the editor were published in this week's
issue of the Journal
Parks District, is the result Or citizens can sign a petition
Let's clear up of monthly meetings byyour andhave arecall measure
county parks board, during placed on the ballot, and five
tiuesuons on which we conduct polls and Metropolitan Park board corn-
surveys. We invite all who are missioners can't stop it. It is
n _rrop. 1 interested to come to some of under citizen control, just like
our meetings and give yourthe taxes. Mason County has
Editor, the Journal input. This is very helpful, no voter pamphlet, but if you
As a county park board In another Journal letter,read the ballot language for
member, I'd like to respond to Barb Parsloe states that Prop. Prop. 1, it says, "subject to
Mr. Roy Kleiven in Grapeview 1 is a forever tax -- but I dis- published, annual indepen-
and the concern he posted agree. First of all, two out of dent audits, and citizen over-
last week. Proposition 1, the three commissioners can place sight." The public grants won't
formation of a Metropolitan a recall measure on the ballot, allow the five commissioners,
no matter where they live, to
deviate from the comprehen-
sive plan -- a plan created by
a citizens advisory committee.
To Thomas Nevers' point
regarding the taking of land,
let's be realistic. That is expen-
sive to do, and no grant money
would go to assist the effort. If
it is not in the comprehensive
plan, it can't happen. Citizen
oversight is the law.
Thank you for your ques-
tions -- all input is helpful.
Please come to a park board
meeting at MCRA on the first
Tuesday of each month at 5
p.m. Go to MCFOP.org and
VoteForParks.org for more
information about Prop. 1.
Monte Warren Ritter
Shelton
Thank you,
for support
Editor, the Journal
Our annual pumpkin sale
was a great success thanks
to the wonderful support
we received from the Mason
County community. All the
proceeds from the sale will
go towards the Catalyst Food
Bank Garden and we thank
everyone that came by to buy
a pumpkin. We also want to
thank Brilliant Moon Book-
store that allowed us to park
our trailer full of pumpkins
m front of their store and
the Journal for running our
pumpkin picture and article
about the sale in last week's
Journal. We are on our way
to meeting our goal of bring-
ing electricity to the garden
site which will allow us to
expand our educational pro-
grams and increase our veg-
etable production. It's great
to live in such a giving com-
munity.
Bonnie Day
Shelton
• als,
our economic spirits
ast month while I tour-
ing Ireland, our guide
proudly pointed out
Irish whiskey is making a
strong comeback and
thanked us, Ameri-
cans, for our hefty
contribution to their
sales and shipments.
Irish whiskey,
even though its vol-
umes are less than
scotch and bourbon,
is the world's fastest
growing major spirit.
Production shot up
by 130 percent since
By DON
BRUNELL
ago.
A big reason for the resur-
gence is America's 76 million
"millennials" who prefer wine
and whiskey over
beer. Even though
beer still is the top
seller among al-
coholic beverages,
Barclay's research
shows 18 to 29 year
olds have been shift-
ing away from it
over the past two
decades.
In 1995, 7-of-10
young Americans
2005.
Of course, the Irish are
quick to point out, the United
States' prohibition laws be-
tween 1920 and 1933 were a
big reason Ireland's whiskey
sales dried up in the first
place.
All friendly jousting aside,
there are now 16 distilleries in
Ireland and Northern Ireland
with 11 more on the drawing
board, according to the Irish
Whiskey Association. There
were four just thTee years
listed beer as their preferred
alcohol drink and only 13 per-
cent favored liquor. By 2013,
the beer preference plunged to
40 percent.
The millennials' trend is
good news for Washington
state as well. The important
caveat is as long as eligible
drinkers don't overly con-
sume, drive while intoxicated,
or become addicted.
The shift from beer helps
our state's burgeoning wine
industry, which is the nation's
second largest producer of duce the same high-quality-- sweet, but not white-sugar
premium labels, premium single malt (one dis- sweet."
There are over 900 winer- tillery) whiskey. "Barley is the most com-
ics and last year, Washington Washington, Ireland and plex and flavorful grain in the
State University reported the Scotland's west coast mari- whiskey-making process. And
total economic impact of the time climates are very similar the state of Washington grows
Washington state wine indus- and well suited to producing world-class barley," Lamb
try was $4.8 billion in 2013, premium whiskey, added.
up from $3.5 billion in 2009. Researchers at Washington Washington and Ireland
That same report found to- State and Oregon State uni- have opportunities in whis-
tal jobs supported by the wine versities, confirmed Lamb's key. They have the clientele to
industry reached 25,900 in contention. "It's a game- grow a prosperous spirits in-
2013 and it contributed $61.9 changer," WSU researcher dustry as long as government
million in state taxes, includ- Stephen Jones told the Times. policies, taxes and permit fees
ing both direct payments and "It's opening up a whole new are reasonable.
that of businesses supported world. We'don't have to look The caution is both tax
by wine and related activities, at Tennessee and Kentucky liquor heavily. In Ireland, rev-
Then two years ago, the for high-quality whiskeys. We enue from six out of every 10
Seattle Times carried a story: can do it right here." bottles soldgoes to pay taxes.
"The boutique booze boom in Many Northwest distillers Washington imposes the na-
Washington ... with more than believe they can dominate the tion's highest excise tax on
100 small distilleries opening single-malt market much like spirits at $35.22 per gallon.
in the last six years, Wash- Kentucky controls the bour-
ington is leading the 'farm-to- ben market. • Don C. Brunell is a business
tumblerz movement." WSU's Jones told the Timesanalyst, writer and columnist.
One of the distillers that that the maritime climate He retired as president of the
Times reporter Tan Vinh from Vancouver, Washington, Association of Washington
wrote about is Emerson to Vancouver, B.C., is ideal Business, the state's oldest and
Lamb, owner of Seattle Sodo's for growing the barley strains largest business organization,
Westland Distillery. Lamb, that have low protein and and now lives in Vancouver.
originally from Hoquiam, high starch, the same types He can be contacted at
believes Washington can pro- that produce a "complex flavor theBrunellsC@nsn.com