HomeMy WebLinkAboutComplaint Winter Ice VillageTO: Marc Abshire, Executive Director
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Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce
121 E Railroad AveD ' �7 !
Port Angeles, WA 98362
FROM: Eldon Baker, Ph.D.)All
DEC - 7 2018 iLj
80 Sundial Loop Oma'
CITY OF PORI ANGELES
Sequim, WA 98382 CITY CLERK
SUBJECT: Front Page Photo, Title, and Caption,
PENINSULA DAILY NEWS, December 2, 2018
("Downtown PA skating rink off to good start;"
"Jen Swanson, Marketing Manager, First Federal
[Port Angeles, WA] tosses a frozen turkey down
the ice in a round of 'turkey curling' during the
official grand opening the Port Angeles Winter
Ice Village.") (Photo by Keith Thorpe, PENINSULA
DAILY NEWS.)
DATE: December 3, 2018
To me, the front page photo and caption, PENINSULA DAILY NEWS, December 2, 2018 featuring
Jen Swanson, Marketing Manager, First Federal (Port Angeles, WA) tossing a frozen turkey
down the ice in a round of "turkey curling" during the official grand opening of the Port Angeles
Winter Ice Village are nothing short of disgusting. The photo and caption clearly demean a vital
food source for human subsistence. Meanwhile, malnutrition and hunger remain abhorrent
realities. Point -by -point:
1. On the international level: Forty-five percent of all child deaths worldwide are from
causes related to undernutrition, or 3.1 million children a year. (Source:
www.actionagainsthunger.org/global-poverty-hunger-facts) Tossing a frozen turkey
down the ice for a "turkey curling" event in a skating rink demonstrates contempt for
this reality!
2. On the national level: More than 30 million Americans experience hunger regularly or
are at risk of going hungry; some 8.5 million Americans experience hunger on a daily
basis. (Source: www.livestrong.com/article/487412-malnutrition-in-america) Tossing
a frozen turkey down the ice for a "turkey curling" event in a skating rink demonstrates
contempt for this reality!
3. On the local level: PENINSULA DAILY NEWS highlights free turkey dinners for the less
fortunate during the Thanksgiving holiday (e.g., dinners hosted by Salvation Army, Port
Angeles, WA). Tossing a frozen turkey down the ice for a "turkey curling" event in a
skating rink demonstrates contempt for this reality!
An argument that the frozen turkeys used in the "turkey curling" event were never thawed or
wasted is irrelevant. The blatant disregard of precious food is the closing message from the
Mark Abshire
Page two of two
"turkey curling" event, imaged and reported by PENINSULA DAILY NEWS. (In principle, the
closing message would remain the same had other food sources [e.g., frozen salmon; pumpkins]
been used in the "curling" event.)
P.S. I admit to being sensitive over the demeaning of 2Dy food source; during a stage in my earlier
life, I selectively removed contents of garbage cans outside grocery stores and restaurants in
order to get food into my stomach.
c. Lindsay Fox, Events Manager
Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce
Jen Swanson, Marketing Manager
First Federal
Terry Ward, Publisher
PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Steve Perry, General Manager
PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Keith Thorpe, Photographer
PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Sissi Bruch, Ph.D.
Mayor, Port Angeles, WA
Frances Charles, Chairwoman
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Edna Petersen, Owner, Necessities and Temptations;
Board Member, Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce
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