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Jo u gf OPINIOI00. Words to live by aRcadefs' Lost our You only go around once in this old life, so you should try to make it more than one big cliche. Grab life by the throat, give it the big try and wrestle it into submission by cutting the cloth to fit the mold that best suits the cloak of existence you know the good Lord wanted you to don when he plopped you into a world not of your own making but yours to conquer. ltere are some words of wisdom to help you on your journey. Great oafs Dom little adolescents grow. Old goats seldom appreciate the real ewe. No man stands so tall as when he is accused of stooping low to attain high office. Inflation is God's way of keeping the poor humble. A penny saved is a down payment on a licorice whip. Original sin isn't what it used to be. Rorschach had a spotty career. He who lies down with dogs, gets up with unlimited campaign funds. One swallow does not a bummer make. When the going gets tough, the tough steal. If God had wanted women to take karate lessons, He wouldn't have invented the double standard. Two heads are better than one for a dope dealer. Mutants will need energy, too. If you would understand why Congressmen support wedlock, consider their love for bribes and goons. A quarterback and his shoulder are soon separated. Show me a woman dressed in leather who is entertaining a Greek shipping magnate's moneylender and I'll show you a tanker banker spanker. Television was better before it bad pictures and sound. Where there's life, there's still a chance for one more medical bill. When the roll is called up yonder, Billy Graham will be playing golf with his banker and accountant. Give a man enough rope and he'll fill the whole damn house with potted plants in hideous macrame hangers. If you wish a long life, always go hunting with your insurance agent. A good supply of nuclear weapons and nerve gas is better than no foreign policy at all. Jesus never had to meet a payroll. If you would iove a swim. de,'you must first learn to Only three things are certain in this life: taxes, death and taxes. C__apitol aDome: Legislative committees rest until December By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS Now that the election is over, House Democrats will take a "breather" before they prenare for the next legislative session. At a recent meeting, the Executive Rules Committee voted to deny most requests for llllilllllIliIII Mack McGinnis' Comedy"00'Comment llllllllllllllllllllI Ray Mellana found this cynical sign of the times on the wall of the county clerk's office over in Martinez: "The key to success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made." (Herb Caen in San Francisco Chronicle) Comedian Rodney Dangerfield is credited with the line, "l went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out." (Terry Flynn in Cincinnati Enquirer) I have it on good authority that a boss here in town, not known for his sweet disposition or equable temperament, recently waved year. He found: onbis desk wh.ea he came in Xhat package taged "Happy Igrthday from Your Employes)" r A fearless fellow, he ripped it open. Inside was a handsomely framed photograph of a dog. It was inscribed: "With Love, From Mother." (The package is now being checked for fingerprints. ) (James Dent in Charleston Gazette) The nuclear myth average require only $19,500 of investment per job. Most alternative energy industries are in this range. Other related industries require even less capital. For example, the installation of solar water heaters creates one job for every $4,000 of investment. A proposal sent to President Carter last year by the Senate Commerce Sub-committee Staff described how an investment of $1.65 billion in an energy conservation program would create 100,400 jobs. This kind of program would focus on retrofitting schools, colleges, hospitals, and federal buildings, the weatherizing and installation of solar water heaters in HUD-owned single family houses, and construction of bicycle paths. A detailed study by Marc H. Ross of the University of Michigan and Robert Williams of Princeton, published in 1977 in Technology Review, demonstrated that a kilowatt of energy can be produced or saved for only $120 by converting to heat pumps for heating and air conditioning. An investment of $450 in home insulation, or $100 in waste-heat recovery, will also produce a kilowatt of By DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE Wisconsin Secretary of State The controversy over nuclear power involves not only the question of how we want to generate power, but how we want to organize our economy and society. In spite of all the risks and health dangers of nuclear power, its proponents maintain that nuclear power is necessary because it is the only means we have available to meet our future energy needs. They also emphasize the jobs that building huge nuclear plants would provide. Unfortunately, nuclear power is too expensive and too capital-intensive a form of energy to meet these goals. The cost-benefit analysis of nuclear power, in comparison to other energy options, shows that it is in fact the worst possible way to invest our scarce energy-pro- duction dollars. Alternative forms of energy and energy conservation cost less, are safer than nuclear power, and produce more jobs per dollar of investment. In the utilities industry, it takes over $I00,000 of capital investment to provide one job. Manufacturing industries, such as solar energy and home insulation, on the 00ll, e 0000';00JourrLal energy. Contrast these cost figures to the $800 to $1000 per kilowatt it costs us to build a nuclear-power plant. The opportunity for utilization of conservation and alternative energy systems exists today. A recent study commissioned for the Federal Energy Administration concluded that cheap solar electricity could be available in five years, if the government only spent $440 million on purchasing solar electricity production equipment (less than one-half the cost of a single nuclear-power plant). This would be enough to get the solar industry going and allow it to achieve economies of scale. In five years, the price of solar power cells would be brought down from the present cost of $15 per watt of peak generating capacity to 75 cents or less. In addition, half a million jobs would be created, two and a half times as many as nuclear power for the same amount of energy produced. ' We already have the technology for wind power. It could easily be revitalized to provide us with 20 percent of our electricity needs by 1990. Wind energy, like solar electricity, is currently quite expensive, but a small investment to begin mass production will result in a dramatic reduction in costs. A comparative job study done last year concluded that the operation and maintenance of a large wind system would require a labor force two-to-four-times greater than an equivalent nuclear-power plant. Another form of energy that is also based on a simple, labor-intensive technology is that of converting manure and crop residues into methane gas; an ideal energy source for the agriculture sector. Here again, this energy source would require a comparatively small initial 9, 1978 Founded 1886 by Grant C. Angle Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584 Phone 426-4412 Published at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, Mason County, Washington 98584, weekly. Second:class postage paid at Shelton, Washington Member of National Editorial Association Member of Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $8.00 per year in Mason County, $10.00 per year in State of Washington $15.00 per year out of State EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ..................... Henry G. Gay Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November investment to achieve economies of scale. There is another cost factor of nuclear power which has not yet been fully assessed. Nuclear power is a relatively recent energy source and we are just beginning to face the problem of how to dispose of the nuclear plants themselves. (This is separate from the problem of the 2500 metric tons of high-level radioactive wastes we already have in this country and don't know what to do with.) A nuclear power plant has a life span of only 30 to 40 years. Then the entire plant must somehow be disposed of, or "decommissioned." Present proposals are to bury or entomb the entire radioactive plant for 100 years. Then it would be dismantled by remote control, and its component parts buried in as yet undeveloped storage sites. One of the first large-sclae commercial nuclear-power plants to be shut down will be the Oyster Creek plant in New Jersey. Decommissioning is scheduled for the year 2003, and the currently projected cost is $35 million (in 1976 dollars). Not surprisingly, the power company is asking for an electricity rate increase to cover this future expense. It has been estimated that the average cost for decommissioning may be over $100 million per reactor. This is another cost of nuclear power to be borne by the consumer which will provide very few jobs, and no additional energy. The fact is that nuclearl power is a poor bargain. Only when people realize that the nuclear-power option produces both less energy and fewer jobs than the alternatives, can we make true progress in dealing with the twin problems of energy scarcity and unenlployment. committee sessions during the balance of this month. Only exceptions were those on which fmal action on certain pieces of legislation was scheduled. There are a few of these, but very few. No Lame Ducks The reasoning behind the decision was that, if committee meetings were approved in advance of the election, there wouldn't be any way of determining their effectiveness. It was recognized that the election could leave some "lame ducks" in its wake, and if these failed to show up, various committees might lack quorums. This possibility became apparent at last month's weekend of committee sessions on October 6 and 7. While only one member, Cathy Pearsall (D., Tacoma), defeated in the September primaries, and she showed up, several other members who hadn't filed for reelection were absent. Big Weekend Ahead So most standing committees are deferring their remaining business to the next full weekend of committee sessions, which has been scheduled for December 1 and 2. By then, the House majority hopes to have completed its committee assignments for the Forty-sixth Legislature, so that measures approved in December can be prefiled for introduction in January as committee bills. The December weekend also will serve the dual purpose of an orientation session for new members, who will be getting their first taste of committee work. No Problem for Senate The election isn't such a big deal, however, for the Senate, as only half of its members are up for reelection this time. Among the latter, six of the nominees, including four Democrats and two Republicans, were unopposed in the finals. About another dozen appeared reasonably certain of election, reducing the number of probable changes to six, and possibly less. Business as Usual So the Senate is doing business as usual this month. As usual, it hasn't scheduled as many committee sessions as the House usually does, under normal conditions. It has scheduled nine committee and subcommittee sessions for the balance of this month including four full committee meetings. It even went so far as to schedule two for December 1, which will be the start of the full weekend for virtually all committees of both houses. Liquor, Up or Down? The number of Class H liquor (cocktail) licenses permitted in this state was on the agenda of the Senate Commerce Committee at a meeting scheduled for November 9, just two days after the election. The law legalizing sale of liquor by the drink, which was enacted by initiative thirty years ago, limits the issuance of Class H licenses to a ratio of one to each 1,500 of population, based on the most recent federal census. Based on the 1970 census, the most recent, the Liquor Control Board is authorized to issue a maximum of 2,276, and to date has granted 2,034. Long Time Between Drinks? That leaves just 242 licenses available between now and the next federal census. Last year, the board issued 116 new licenses, so at that rate, it could be fresh out before it gets the 1980 census figures some time in 1981. The Senate committee doesn't plan to take any action on the subject at this time, but members decided the issue probably would be up next session, so it would be a good idea to be well versed on the subject in advance. Junk Food Ban Unlikely . The Sienate Education Committee will air proposed amendments to the basic education act at a 7 p.m. hearing in the University of Washington's HUB November 13. But as a result of a recent meeting, it will probably shelve proposed legislation to prohibit vending machines in public schools. There had been numerous complaints that many students were spending their money on candy and socalled "junk" food instead of buying nutritional lunches from school cafeterias. Voluntary Remedies Preferred But committee members learned that Seattle School District solved the problem by obtaining agreements from vending machine operators to dispense only items of proven nutritional value in machines located in school buildings. The lawmakers decided it would be better to encourage other school districts to negotiate similar agreements than to add another law to the statute books. Editor, The Journal: the TV station Your article on the spitting that it was championships was excellent. We hope We had just settled down for with anothe! an entertaining evening watching subject jl the big-time baseball while playoffto having dinner. The spitting got to be a so bad that we lost our appetites spitting conteSL and did not complete our dinner. While I headed for the bathroom. Mrs. Abrams called Get on the stick Editor, The Journal: Wake up, commissioners. I, as a registered voter of Mason County and a member of the Mason County Search and Rescue Council, am wondering why our county commissioners haven't been able to make a decision on who to appoint as director of Emergency Services. When George Doak left, he recommended Merle McNeil. I don't know of anyone more qualified to hold the position than Merle. At least she doesn't ask how many days a year she will get off or how much it pays. I think our commissioners would have to look a long time to find a director as interested and competent as Merle. Having worked under her on many searches in the county over the years, I would sleep better at night knowing we had someone in that office who knew what she was doing. sleep better our loved ones hunting, or had someone  prompx as Merle t0 If your or four days, to call about recharged`/ Don who sold yoU could care less. the Valley in a boat rental five and aren weekends. And I don't t call on o commissioners, take them too their minds as to ! I close in commissioners. to vote for A plan of action Editor, The Journal: Grandpappy and Portagee Joe said the state should have the names of all commercial fishermen and their boats; also what place and towns they have their boats moored, including all fish buyers and the wholesalers they work for. Now instead of running all over Puget Sound with the state fish patrol boats to run down ,.illegal commercial fishermen, they could have their fish warden, sport fishermen and other people who believe in the laws of the state, check when the boats leave to go fishing, when they fish and what sell to. The and the up to laws illegal fishing, the state stop The state their phone and who theY report. Grand Joe says we preserve our means of food. Merle can do it Editor, The Journal: The director of Emergency Services retired over a month ago and we would like to know why a new director has not been appointed. Merle McNeil holds the position of deputy director and has for a number of years. She is very knowledgeable and capable of holding the office of Director. She has been recommended by many in the county as well as by George Doak, the past director. Many of our county residents will ask "What is the Department of Emergency Services, what does it do?" Many of us feel that it is a very important part of our existence. If we were to have, here in Mason County, a disaster of any type, be it earthquake, power outage your freezers a lost hunter, hiker, lost senior of Emer would organize and needed in a takes know-hOW" Would in that hadn't been to take care Would you put of a loved one that have the No real action on inflation Editor, The Journal: days and it would automatically Jimmy Carter, This letter concerns the go into effect, the cust battle on inflation. I mentioned to a number of promises. In a couple of recent friends that here was an h took of fice headlines in the Longview Daily opportunity for Nixon, upon at the sourCe'/ News I note that Senator taking offee, to include in his two Jackson "eyes price and wage first message to the joint session bill controls," to battle inflation, of Congress, a statement to the they couldn't President Carter wants time effect of these words: "Boys, we floor for a on T.V. to submit his voluntary came here on the promise to have, of controls "Phase Two" in his fight inflation; let's show the true opiniOrt: battle against inflation, nation we mean business; let's Con Inflation has been around a start right here and turn this was their long time, but I am going to raise down. ''• What actually about bring up the present and past happened?- they took the raise chance administrations' actions against and imposed an ineffective price Congress, inflation in order to make my and wage control, majority point as non-partisan as possible. Jackson, Magnuson, and initiate Phase When ex-President Nixon perhaps 90% of the present way, I seem to campaigned for office, his two Congressmen were there. They I wonder big issues were: get out of Viet could have brought a bill before ManagemeJ Nam - and hold down or stop the House rejecting the raise in if the inflation. At this time, a large the name of inflation. Did they country inflationary increase in the dose?NO, battle aga salaries of the President and all A similar program was controlling Congressmen and certain established during the Ford wasteful appointees was set up in such a administration; raises to the think they manner by the Johnson amount of $12,000 annually plus colors in administration that Congress other fringe benefits to the same GREEN and didn't have to vote for it, but group. they had the option of voting No one creamed louder against it or ignoring it for 60 about inflation than candidate