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by Carol Sirnes
Good Morning! It's still early (8:30 a.m.) so everything is still
calm and quiet around the area with a heavy cloud cover and
dampness in the air. Everyone is preparing for Thanksgiving.
On John Tysons' Journal, November 11, he had the story of a 51
year old family business (a clothing store) in Lovelock, closing it's
doors because of its nearness to Reno and the big chain stores and
lack of local support.
The following day a dear friend from Beatty calls telling me the
same thing. Charles Botos, Iongtime resident, and operator of the
Oasis Valley Souvenirs for six years, is closing the end of December.
Even with the tourist and snowbirds stopping in Beatty, his business
had dropped drastically. This is more than just a souvenir shop more
like a variety store. His inventory includes clothes, toys, all-occasion
cards, pipes, games, crocheted pillows and Afghans, writing sup-
plies, toothbrushes and toothpaste, earrings, jewelry, a fine grade of
turquoise jewelry and other items.
If you're in the area check it out you may find something you can
Use.
Community dinners
The Esmeralda County Sheriffs department is sponsoring Thanks-
giving Day dinners on November 27, in the three hamlets ofFish Lake
Valley, Silver Peak and Goldfield.
At Fish Lake Valley, Deputy Ken Elgan will he in charge of the
activities. In a phone call with him, he stated that their community began
this five years ago with only 17 attending the first year and now it's
grown to 120. Serving will begin about 2 p.m. For more information call
(702) 572-3201.
In Silver Peak,Thanksgiving dinners will be served at the Altemature
Bar (937-2311) and the Do-Drop Inn Bar (973-2419). Please call for
serving times.
This will he Goldfield's first year having a Thanksgiving dinner at
the Community center, as it was usually held at the Sante Fe Saloon. The
main meal will he provided but the cooks ask that any relishes,
garnishes, fruits, desserts, celery and carrots sticks, etc.brought, will be
appreciated.
New winter hours
Bill Schultz, owner of the Mozart Club, announces their new winter
hours: Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 3
p.m. Closed Thanksgiving.
Laurel Elsea is the new manager of the Santa Fe Saloon, owned by
Jim Marsh who also has the Jeep-Eagle dealership in I_as Vegas and
Longstreet Inn Casino in Amargosa.
Winter hours are Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and
Sunday noon to 8 p.m.
New Worm gun control
After reading Jim Lee's letter in November 13 issue of the PV
Gazette, regarding a World Health Organization's "", trying to
establish a worldwide health standard, this letter has come to my
atlention which many of you have already received and should give
serious thought to.
The following excerpts are taken from this letter written by Tanya
K. Metaksa, Executive Directorforthe National Rifle Association and
Institute for Legislative Action, (NRA-ILA).
'Tve prepared this letter to you for one reason:
To help NRA-ILA stop the UN's worldwide antigun campaign which
threatens the sovereignty ofour nation and your personal right to keep
and hear arms.
It was more than two years ago when the Japanese govemnnt first
called on the UN to undertake a so-called "study" on guns and crime,
and then tmx:eeded to finance that study to the tune of $250,000. The
Jase government is one ofthe most anti-gun in the world. So it was
no stalxise when this "study" turned out to he nothing more than an
international gun-ban proposal.
But what is shocking is that the UN's official Commission on
Crime Prevention has now signed offon this Japanese global gun ban
scheme, and instructed the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, to
begin preparing a "UN Declaration of Principals on Ftrearms."
Once this declaration is prepared, it will likely be followed by an
international treaty. A treaty that could become law in OUR country
by ratification of the U.S. Senate alone.
In other words, we are just two steps away from an international
treaty that could cost you and your family your rights and your guns,
without even a full vote from Congress.
As I write, a multinational cadre of gun-ban extremists is lobbying
the United Nations, demanding that this declaration include a virtual
worldwide ban on private firearms ownership. These antigun extrem-
ists claim that gun ownership is "a privilege and not a righL" One
prominent antigun group from Great Britain makes the absurd claim
that "Gun violence in any country or community is directly related to
the level of legal gun ownership..."
And they're calling on the UN and every government of every
nation to "work together to limit gun availability" for the citizens of
every nation, especially you.
These antigun extremists don believe in the basic human liberties
that you and I cherish. They come from antigtm countries like Great
Britain, where citizens have recently lost the right to keep and bear
arms, a ght they had held for alnx 700 years.
Unless you and I make our own voices heard, this UN gun-scheme
o00!d become a 00._gh00am foryou, me, m00A-ILA, and every law
Honor Roll
Mrs. Hamby's Silver Peak Honor roll for the first quarter.
Ashley Toner A
Fritz Jordan B
Scan Reed B
Nathan Viljoen B
Marcus Lehner B
Michael Martino B
Anthony Viljoen B
Earth tremors felt in Sliver Peak again
On the evening of November 14, residents of Silver Peak again felt
the ground shake around 10 p.m. As Commissioner Ben Viljoen
quoted," It was quite a jolt!" Even a few Goldfield locals felt it.
The following is taken from the Review Journal in Las Vegas, issued by
the Associated Press: t
BIS HOP, CALIF. - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of
5.3 rocked Inyo County's Big Pine near the Nevada border Friday, but
there was no immediate reports of injuries or damage, authorities said. 1
The quake, which struck at 10 p.m. was centered 27 miles east-northeast
of Big Pine in Owens Valley, according to seismologists at the US
Geological Survey and the University of California, Beridey. The
tremor was an earthquake, not an aftershock, said Steve Bryant, a
seismologist for the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
The shaker was felt as far south as Long Pine and as far north as
Bishop, said Carol Drew, dispatcher for the lnyo County Sheriffs
Department. No injuries were reported.
abiding American gun owner. Frankly, there's no way to predict what
would happen if a UN gun-ban treaty was to he ratified by our senate.
Would you be forced to get a government license to keep a gunin your
home? Would you he forced to register all the firearms you now own?
Would your handguns, semiautomatic rifles and pump shotguns he
outlawed, and subject to government seizur like we have witnessed
in Australia and Britain? What would happen if the UN
demands gun confiscation on Ameri can soil?
There's no way I can answer these questions for certain. BUT I do
know this: When it comes to the Japanese and other foreign powers
meddling in the intemal affairs of the United States, and attempting to
ban our guns, you and I can't give even an inch. We can't give the
Japanese andotherUN gun-bannerseven halfa chance to ban ourguns
and attack our US Constitution. You and I must make it crystal clear
that the American people will not tolerate UN interference in our
internal affairs, especially when it comes to our Constitutional right to
keep and bear arms.
Ore r the next few day s, I want more than one million pieces of mail
to arrive at the UN's doorstep in New York, enough to cause a small
army of mail trucks to line up outside of UN headquarters, waiting to
deliver our mail. And believe me, when you r letter is added to 999,999
letters from NRA-B_,A supporters like you from across America, it can
make a huge impact on whether or not Kofi Annan will issue an
antigun UN Declaration/
Form Letter
His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan
Secretary General of United Nations
% United Nations Headquarters
First Avenue and 42nd Street
New Yolk, NY, 1001?
Dear Mr. Secretary General:
As a citizen and taxpayer of the United States, I am extremely
opposed to UN global gun control schemes.
The United Nations was chartered to prevent international con-
flict, not to meddle in the internal affairs of sovereign nations.
Therefore I hearby demand that the UN cease and desist in its
efforts to undermine my personal right to keep and bear arms as an
American citizen.
And I insist that any Declaration by the UN on the subject of
firearms should affmn my right as an American citizen, as guaranteed
by the United States Constitution, to keep and hear arms. I will be
watching your action closely on this matter.
This is something for all of us to think ahout and anyone wishing
to write Kofi Annan, feel free to do so.
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