[Fresh Press] Tribal Territory, Seattle Hotel Hiring & Hearing Aid Benefits

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NOV 10, A Week of [Fresh Press]

The Seattle Times Opinion: On this Veterans Day, where is the outrage over mental-health crisis?

While the national news media, political pundits and our political leaders fixate on such gripping scandals as NFL players protesting during the national anthem and President Donald Trump’s alleged bumbled interaction with a Gold Star family, 20 veterans die from suicide every day, as the tragedy of the current military mental-health crisis impacting millions of Americans has completely fallen off the national radar.

This Veterans Day, 75,000 Americans are reportedly moved to boycott NFL games as a demonstration of their allegiance to the sacrifices of veterans who fought and died to preserve the freedoms symbolized by our flag and anthem. However, where is the outrage and organized efforts to end the generational cycle of preventable wartime mental-health crises?

 

The Seattle Times: Atlantic salmon net pen’s Puget Sound collapse wasn’t first problem at fish farm

The collapse of an Atlantic salmon net pen last August was preceded by a serious breakdown less than a month earlier in which nearly half of its anchor lines snapped, according to a report to state regulators.

“It seems they downplayed the July incident,” said Tom Wooten, chairman of the Samish Indian Nation, whose territorial waters include the fish-farm site. “They made it sound like everything was fine, like they had re-secured everything.

The farm has since been completely removed from the water, and the state is continuing its investigation of what happened and why. Some saw an accident bound to happen.

KNKX Radio (NPR): Tom Wooten, Chairman, Samish Indian Nation

KUOW Radio (NPR): 911 call on salmon farm: ‘The whole thing is buckling’

The Cooke Aquaculture Atlantic salmon farm in Deepwater Bay, that suffered a major accident (or two) this summer sat in the heart of the Samish Indian Nation’s traditional territory. Washington and British Columbia tribes want the whole salmon farming industry hauled out of their waters.

“I believe that there’s a place for Atlantic salmon to be raised, and it’s not the Salish Sea,” said Samish tribal chair Tom Wooten. Wooten said the company and the state should have taken that first near-collapse in July more seriously.

 

KIRO 7: Need a job? New Seattle hotel looking to hire

Eager applicants filed into Safeco Field on Monday for a two-day job fair hosted by Embassy Suites. Unemployed candidates were ushered through a series of interviews in hopes of landing a job offer from the upcoming SODO hotel.  The 23-story Embassy Suites is scheduled to open February 1, 2018 next to King Street Station in Pioneer Square.

 

Beverage Industry: Reader’s Choice: New Product of the Month, Oct 2017

Caskai Sparking Cascara Infusion is featured in the latest, Beverage Industry “Product of the Month” list. The list allows readers to vote on their favorite product. Vote now for your favorite new product, but hurry, voting ends November 20.

 

The Daily Herald: Checking hearing aid benefits before enrollment period

 

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