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Imagine i an American papercompany cut down one third o Virginia’s trees, drove amiliesrom land they had lived on orgenerations and destroyed habitator black bears, bobcats and whitetailed deer -- all so they could selltoilet paper in Indonesia?Virginians would have a right tobe angry and to demand that thecompany respect local communi-ties and protect critical habitat orwildlie, especially in places such asShenandoah National Park – oneo our country’s natural treasures.Tis scenario may sound ar-etched or Virginians, but it’s adaily act o lie in Sumatra, In-donesia. Sumatra’s rainorests aredisappearing at an alarming rate,and leading the charge is Asia Pulp& Paper (APP), which suppliesStrasburg, Virginia’s newly openedMercury Paper plant.APP and the companies that sup-ply it with wood or its paper prod-ucts have destroyed critical habitator tigers and elephants, displacedindigenous communities who havelived o the land or hundreds o years, and clearcut orests contain-ing some o the world’s richest bio-logical diversity.All told, APP and its suppliershave chain-sawed and bulldozedtheir way through the heart o Su-matra, causing the destruction o nearly ve million acres o rainor-est -- an area more than 25 timesthe size o Shenandoah NationalPark. Tat’s roughly one-third o all the orested land in Virginia.And some o the pulp that APPmakes rom this destructive har- vest is shipped to Mercury Paper,where it is processed into toilet pa-per under the brand names Paseoand Livi.In addition, the company wasdelisted rom the New York andSingapore stock exchanges a de-cade ago ater deaulting on $13.9billion in loans rom numerousnancial institutions – the largestprivate deault in history up untilthat time. And in 2008, a US Fed-eral judge ordered APP to pay backmore than $100 million o that debtto the taxpayer-unded US Export-Import Bank. (A debt that is stillpartially outstanding.)Indonesian and internationalhuman rights and environmen-tal groups have campaigned or years to get APP to respect envi-ronmental standards and protectthe rights o indigenous people.World Wildlie Fund even joinedwith APP to help it improve itsorestry practices, but was orcedto disengage when it became clearthat the company was reusing toimplement even the most basic en- vironmental standards.Instead o changing its practiceson the ground, APP has launcheda multi-million dollar global publicrelations and lobbying campaignto tar its critics as environmentalextremists and paint itsel as envi-ronmentally responsible. Field sur- veys and satellite imagery, howev-er, expose this campaign or whatit is: pulp ction.Now APP has its sights set onbecoming America’s top maker o toilet paper. And central to thatplan is the recently opened Mer-cury Paper processing plant thatemploys over 100 people in a parto the state hit especially hard dur-ing the economic downturn.Because o Mercury Paper’s im-portance to the local economy there are understandable concernswhen allegations o environmentalabuses are raised. Te recent high-prole cancellations o ordersrom companies such as Krogerand Food Lion have raised anxiety about the uture o Mercury Pa-per.WWF does not want to shutdown Mercury Paper or elimi-nate a single job in Virginia. Butwe do want APP, the giant Asianconglomerate supplying paper toMercury, to stop destroying therainorests o Sumatra and respectthe local Indonesian communitieswho depend on the health o thoseorests or their own livelihoods.Specically, we want APP to stopall clearance o natural orests inSumatra and restrict new planta-tions to areas that have already been cleared, are truly degradedor are o no value to biodiversity conservation – all viable optionsor the company. In addition, APPshould submit its operations to atruly independent, third-party as-sessment.Hundreds o logging and otherpaper products companies aroundthe world, including many in In-donesia, are already doing this by adopting the environmental andhuman rights standards advocatedby the Forest Stewardship Council(FSC), which certies sustainably sourced wood products.Mercury Paper enjoys an idylliclocation in picturesque Strasburg,in the shadow o Appalachia’s lushorests and mountains. It’s a jarringcontrast to the millions o acres o devastated orests created by APPand its suppliers in Sumatra. So thenext time the citizens o Shenan-doah County go hiking and enjoy their region’s abundant plants andwildlie, they should consider ask-ing their newest corporate neigh-bor to help the citizens o CentralSumatra do the same.
Virginia resident Ginette Hemleyis a Senior Vice President at World Wildlife Fund, which has 36,000members in Virginia.
Newtown history center to make thecase for museums on Capitol Hill
Smith, executive director and curator o the Newtown History Center,along with Eldred, the museum’s manager o collections and programs,will travel to the nation’s capital February 27-28 to make the case ormuseums with Virginia’s congressional delegation. Tey will be one o more than 300 museum proessionals rom across the country who willparticipate in Museums Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, an annual eventorchestrated by the American Association o Museums (AAM).According to Smith, he and his ellow amateur lobbyists will be ex-ercising a right guaranteed by the Constitution, that o petitioning thegovernment about issues o concern.“I am anxious to get to Washington to let our elected leaders know how local history museums are vital to smaller communities o this na-tion, and particularly right here in the Valley o Virginia,” said Smith.“Local history museums are essential elements in America’s educationalinrastructure. Tey are essential parts o the economic engines that willhelp to revitalize older “Main Street” communities like Stephens City.Once revitalized, historic downtowns can generate valuable tax dollarsor local government coers, and they become the centers o a commu-nity’s identity and culture. For these and many other reasons, local his-tory museums merit strong ederal support.”Smith cited the many benets the Newtown History Center brings toStephens City and the lower valley region. In addition to the NewtownHistory Center’s museum galleries and exhibition buildings, Smith dis-cussed the school outreach programs they oer including the “Old oolsas Simple Machines” presentation or 3rd graders who are preparing orVirginia’s Standards O Learning exam. Smith also addressed the rolethat he and other members o the organization have played in local his-toric preservation eorts.Tis is emblematic o what museums contribute to communities na-tionally. According to AAM, museums invest more than $2 billion an-nually in education programs, and welcome some 55 million schoolchil-dren each year. And a study by the U.S. Council o Mayors reported that,or every tax dollar invested in museums, $7 is returned to local govern-ments. Another study by the ederal Institute o Museum and Library Services ound that museums - along with libraries - are the inormationsources most trusted by the American people.Smith and Eldred will be sharing these and other acts about museumswith Virginia’s ederal representatives.“In these times o tightening budgets, it is more important ever thatmuseums share with Congress the value we bring to communities ev-erywhere,” said Smith. “Every tax dollar invested in museums pays bigdividends, in our education system, in generating economic growth andmaintaining our economic competitiveness, and in our overall quality o lie.”For more inormation please contact Byron Smith at 540-869-7102 ore-mail him at bcsmith@newtownhistorycenter.org.
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Connie M. Dailey
Connie Marie Largent Dailey, 65, o Stephens City, Virginia, died Mon-day, February 6, 2012, at her home. Memorial contributions may bemade to Fibromyalgia Support Group “Daily Pain”, 2491-5 MartinsburgPike, Stephenson, Virginia 22656.
William “Bill” McKay
William “Bill” McKay, 58, o Lutz, Florida, ormerly o Winchester, Vir-ginia, lost his courageous battle to cancer, with his daughter by his side,on Tursday, February 2, 2012, in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Lutz, Florida.Memorial contributions may be made to Brayden Roberts College Fund,4212 Harbor Lake Drive, Lutz, Florida, 33558.
Robert Stewart Castleman
Mr Robert Stewart Castleman, age 88, o Winchester, VA, died Friday,February 10, 2012, at a local nursing acility. Memorial contributionsmay be made to North Mountain Fire and Rescue, 186 RosenbergerLane, Winchester, VA 22602.
Charles Anthony Cooke
Charles Anthony “Jug” Cooke, 62, o Clear Brook, Virginia, died Mon-day, February 13, 2012, in his home. Memorial contributions may bemade to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Suite 405, Win-chester, Virginia, 22601.
Jon Wayne Klein
Jon Wayne Klein, 68, o Winchester, VA, died uesday, February 14, atWinchester Medical Center. Te amily suggests that in lieu o owers,donations be made in Jon’s memory to the Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging (SAAA), Front Royal, VA (www.shenandoahaaa.com).
Doris Eleanor McGee Kramer Wheeler
Doris Eleanor (McGee) Kramer Wheeler, 81, o Strasburg, Virginia,went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tursday, February 16,2012, in Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center. Memorial contri-butions may be made to Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church, GeneralFund, P.O. Box 1360, Stephens City, VA 22655.
Richard C. Creswell
Richard Calvin Creswell, age 86, o Winchester, Virginia, died Wednes-day, February 15, 2012, in Evergreen Health and Rehab Center. Me-morial contributions may be made to Northwestern Workshop, 3085Shawnee Drive, Winchester, VA 22601.
Michael W. St. George
Michael William St. George, 40, o Winchester, Virginia, died Wednes-day, February 15, 2012, in Winchester Medical Center. In Lieu o owers,memorial contributions may be made to Graton School Adult ServiceProgram, 120 Bellview Avenue, Winchester, Virginia, 22601
Carol L. “Joe” Turner
Carol Loraine “Joe” urner, 82, o Frederick County, Virginia, diedFriday, February 17, 2012, in his home. Memorial contributions may bemade to Round Hill Fire and Rescue, 759 Round Hill Road, Winchester,Virginia 22602.
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Winchester Crime of the Week – February 13, 2012
Location: 600 block o National Ave.Date o Crime: January 7, 2012ype o Crime: attempted larceny rom a vehicleIn the early morning hours o January 7th, the victim noticed 2 malesin his vehicle. Both suspects were described as white males with lighthair, in their late teens or early 20’s. One was wearing a sweatshirt andthe other was wearing a dark jacket, ball cap and a back pack with areective stripe.I you should have any inormation in reerence to this or any othercrimes, please contact the Crime Solvers Hotline at (540) 665 – IPS.Case # 12000974 Ofcer Shambaugh
Frederick county Crime of the Week – February 20,2012
At approximately 7:22 a.m. on December 18, 2011, a lone black malewalked into the Liberty Station on U. S. 50, East o Winchester. He dis-played a large knie to the clerks, then walked behind the register andremoved an undetermined sum o money. Te robber is described as ablack male, 5’9” tall, slender build, wearing a dark hoodie, tan cargo pantsand black and white sneakers. He had a white t-shirt type material overhis ace with slits cut out or his eyes. He said nothing to the clerks.I you have any inormation regarding a suspect or suspect vehicle inthis incident, please contact the Crime Solvers Hotline at (540) 665 IPS(8477). Inormation leading to the arrest o a suspect may result in areward o up to $1,000. Case #11007505 Investigator K. C. Bohrer
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