Sorry it’s been so long
Mrs. Gentry, Mr. Mason and Keelen and his new 9th gup belt
It’s been a while since I have posted here. Yes…I have been remiss! MsSparky.com has been keeping me busy for hours a day but I am happy to say we are making progress. Click HERE to read that. Keelen is keeping me hopping. He just turned 7 and is now a 9th gup in TaeKwonDo. He is clearly not one of the those easy “push button” kids. He tests and tests and tests and tests. But I am happy to say he is sweet and compassionate and not a mean person. He can be ornery, but he is not mean.
Tiffany is in her last two years. Woo Hoo. She may be able to get some taken off her sentence if they change the sentencing guidelines for Measure 11 crimes. Measure 11 has all but bankrupted the State of Oregon. I am not banking on an early release so as of now her release date is Dec 8, 2011.
I will try to do better about posting updates. I urge you to head over to MsSparky.com and see what’s going on in the corrupt world of Defense contracting.
Coffee Creek Endangers Inmates By Turning Off Heat To Save Money
I am so amazingly concerned about what has happened here. During the worst winter storm in nearly 40 years Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) in Wilsonville, OR chooses to turn off the heat instead of paying the higher fuel rates. Endangering the health and safety of 1500 inmates. ONE OF WHICH IS MY DAUGHTER.
I understand all too well this is not a resort. It is a a prison. But…Tiffany was not sentenced to death. This decision that CCCF made was so amazingly irresponsible. I feel helpless. There is nothing I can do to help her.
Cold spell means cold showers at women’s prison
by Steve Mayes, The Oregonian
Saturday December 20, 2008, 2:18 PM
Inmates at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility learned Saturday morning that they weren’t immune from the crummy weather.
The prison is one of 180 large NW Natural customers who were given a choice: shift to the back-up fuel systems or pay higher rates during the current cold spell.
The prison, some universities and big manufacturing firms among others have “interruptible service contracts,” said NW Natural spokesman Cory Beck. Those customers pay lower rates because they agree to shift to an alternate fuel sources or pay higher rates under certain conditions, such as long periods of cold weather, Beck said.
The company notified customers a few days ago that it was imposing the requirement. It will be in effect until at least Monday, Beck said.
Until then, almost 1,500 Coffee Creek inmates won’t get hot showers or more than one hot meal a day, said Department of Corrections spokeswoman Jennifer Black. The Wilsonville prison started using it’s propane-fueled back-up system Saturday morning.
I Must Be Crazy
As if trying to get one blog under control isn’t hard enough, I have decided to make it harder!! For those who know me, you are just grinning and saying “Yep!!”
In my defense…my Ms Sparky blog has gotten almost exclusively political and anti-KBR. That’s not a bad thing. But I think it might confuse my readers when I am just flaming KBR with the mouth of sailor and then do a complete 180 and blog something cute about my grandson Keelen. I don’t blog about a lot of stuff on Ms Sparky because it just doesn’t fit with where the blog has gone.
So…here’s how the split is going go…
Ms Sparky’s Mishaps & Misadvenutes will be my political blog. It will be primarily about working overseas, KBR, DoD, Government and whatever is going on in the news. It will still be a contact point for people to send me info about Iraq and Afghanistan. I will blog about it and/or forward it to Congress, the media or whomever can resolve the issue.
Blue Behind Bars will be my personal blog. It will chronicle the journey of my daughter Tiffany’s (aka Blue) incarceration, the adoption of one grandson, the raising of the other, women in construction, working overseas, my friends, my family, my pets, my life.
Your Emergency Plan will be my emergency preparedness blog. Info for 72-hour kits, grab & go kits, food storage etc.
Ms Sparky will for the most part not be changed. I will be transferring posts to Blue Behind Bars and Your Emergency Plan. Those two blogs are likely to change on a daily basis until I get them how I want them.
You input is welcome.
Debbie
