Update from 4-28-2010 Civic League Meeting:
Following is a list of the members of our comunity/family who attended:
Note: Although I have the email addresses and phone numbers of most who attended, I'm not publiching those in this blog for security.
The following are not intended to be meeting minutes which will be prepared by our re-elected secretary Karen Scott.
Election of Officers (for a 1-year term):
Eldon L. Karr - President
Kay Moore - Vice President
Karen Scott - Secretary
Carson King - Treasurer
Board of Directors (according to by-laws):
Eldon L Karr, President
Ed Elswick, Past President
Annie Krochalis, Past President
Bruce Coffey, Past President
Ed Frost, for Frank Terry, Past President
Attendees:
Annie Krochalis
Bob Johnson
Kay Moore
Paula Bittinger
Joanie & Ed Kinser
Karen Scott
Sherwin Little
Ellen & Bob Rummel
John Nicol
Kasie & David McClamma
Mary Beth & Bruce Coffey
Mary & Jerry Gross
George & Sherry Penney
Joan & Dick Carver
Ann M. Kovats
Kathy E. Chandler
Bradley R. Foro
Ed Elswick
Frank Wilkins, SR
Genesis Chapman
Peter & Jenny Chapman
Helen Lamb
Hunter Smith
Eldon Karr
Drew Barrineau
Those who wish to be on the Planning Committee:
Eldon Karr ad hoc
Paula Bittinger
John Nicol
Mary Beth Coffey
Sherry Penney
Joan Carver
Ann M. Kovats
Kathy E. Chandler
Ed Elswick
Jenny Chapman
Helen Lamb
Annie Krochalis
Please comment with any changes, suggestions or additions to this form of communication.
Love you all like brothers & sisters,
Eldon
I'm just testing the comments part of this "cloud computing"
ReplyDeleteEldon
The picture of the wind turbine installation at the top of the page makes it look like the civic league is promoting the project.
ReplyDeleteHi Carol,
ReplyDeleteThat was not the intent. I wanted to also show a picture of the school in the header to describe the 3 major issues that the community is currently facing:
Gypsy Moth infestation, Industrial Wind turbine installation, and the loss of our elementary school.
I'll be updating the header soon to include the school and I will revise the entire header. Although, as Civic League President, I do not want to try to manipulate the community's opinion on any issue.
I'll just present the facts and occasionally offer my perspective openly and as such.
http://www.kselected.com/?page_id=6560
ReplyDeleteWind Turbine Syndrome:
A Report on a Natural Experiment
by Nina Pierpont, MD PhD
US $18
Wind energy is a multi-billion dollar a year industry. It’s billed as “clean, green, renewable.”
In this engagingly written, peer-reviewed report by a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine trained M.D. and Princeton (Population Biology) Ph.D., we discover wind energy’s dirty little secret. Many people living within 2 km (1.25 miles) of these spinning giants get sick. So sick that they often abandon (as in, lock the door and leave) their homes. Nobody wants to buy their acoustically toxic homes. The “lucky ones” get quietly bought out by the wind developers—who steadfastly refuse to acknowledge that Wind Turbine Syndrome exists. (And yet the wind developers thoughtfully include a confidentiality clause in the sales agreement, forbidding their victim from discussing the matter further.)
Thanks Annie,
ReplyDeleteI'm coming to understand that the size of these turbines is the most threatening element to our health and the health of our Bent Mountain environment. I'm becoming concerned about becoming geographically displaced. We are almost 2km from the nearest tower and within 3km of several and downwind.
Eldon, Thanks for working on these issues facing our Bent Mountain Community...the more information we have, the better informed we obviously will be All(3) of these issues,have a major impact on our life here, environmentally,financially, and our spirit of community.
ReplyDeleteThese important issues will be felt for many generations that follow us.
I am studying wind power at Dabney Lancaster and am very interested in fact finding about all the swirling opinions on the viability of wind turbine power generation. I plan on researching Pierpont and Etherington's works to determine what's real and what's not. I admit my predisposition is that wind power is a viable and economical source of energy, but the facts will either bear that out or prove it wrong. Either way, it will be exciting to get to the bottom of things and report back to this group.
ReplyDeleteHi Doug Jones,
ReplyDeleteAfter spending nearly 18 months investigating the viability of industrial scale wind turbines, only to have my questions ignored or belittled by those whose jobs depend upon the promotion of this industry and those who find this a "feel good" alternative to actively pursuing energy conservation, your comment is truly a breath of fresh air.
I am an Architect. I have evaluated the wind potential on residential scale sites for four clients over my career. Two of those clients installed wind turbines, one (10kw) as late as 4 years ago.
Reading Pierpont and Etherington is certainly worth the time, however real mathematically-based research is necessary to confirm the economic viability of the technology on an industrial scale. The mathematical evaluation of a year's worth of 3 - 5 minute wind data from a "productive" wind site (Class IV,or higher)weighed against all costs including subsidies and private investment for the wind farms, grid improvements, federal and state supported promotional expenditures (college & university programs, etc.) would be by far the most beneficial to you as a student.
Since the early 1970's, I have dedicated my professional career to seeking viable alternative sources of energy, so I also share your enthusiasm for seeking such alternatives.
Contact me if you would like any further guidance in your pursuit of the truth.