Tom: I've also been advised by the Silver List moderator that the list currently has about 420-440 members, not "about 200" as I informed you.
Regards, Bill Missett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Kotynski" <tribfeatu...@sofast.net> To: "Bill Missett" <miss...@prodigy.net.mx> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:26 PM Subject: blue candidate > Bill: > Boy, was I surprised at the attention my column received. > As an experienced political journalist, I'm always included on journalist > panels that ask questions of candidates during debates (I've covered Montana > political campaigns for the past 30 years at the Great Falls Tribune as a > reporter or editor). > Anyway, when Jones took the platform it was apparent that something was > wrong with him. I could hear people in the audience buzzing about it. He > looked blue-gray. When standing near any of the other candidates his > coloring disorder was even more pronounced. Many folks wondered if he might > have circulatory problems serious enough that he might keel over during the > debate. > Anyway, I wasn't writing the debate, but I was so curious about Jones' looks > that I decided to approach him afterward. As I made my way toward the > candidate several folks in the audience came up to me and asked what was > wrong with him, and said I should ask him. I told the folks to follow me and > they'd get their answer in person. They did. That's when he explained he > had "overdosed." > It didn't seem that any of the reporters present were pursuing the story > about his looks, so I decided I'd put it in my weekly column that appeared > the following Monday. I even contacted Jones for some elaboration, which he > gave me in a telephone interview. It was top of three items I used that > week. > > When it ran the Associated Press in Helena picked it up, and in turn it was > picked up by AP in New York City and put on the "A" wire and circulated > worldwide. > > As to the photo. It was a single shot taken at the debate. It was taken by > our photo chief, John Liston, who can verify that the photo used in the > Great Falls Tribune was what he saw. It reflected Jones' blue-gray > appearance. It was transmitted to AP, as per AP request. What other > newspapers did with it, I don't know. > > I can tell you that in addition to his face, you can see the "blue" or > almost purple hue underneath his fingernails. The man has a very noticeable > skin discoloration. > > Jones has never disputed the contents of my column or the Liston photo. He's > had plenty of opportunity to do so. He met with a Tribune editor only last > week, and just mentioned the extensive coverage. > > He told me for my column that incumbent U.S. Sen. Max Baucus had at one > point asked him what was the matter with him in another public appearance. > > We're going to follow with an in-depth story on colloidal silver and > argyria. I hope we can count on your insights for that story. Reporter > Richard Ecke is working that story. > > Incidentally, I started in this business with the former Hammond Times and > do know Richard High, who had been a reporter at The Times when I began. I > know that he later worked for Casper and Twin Falls. Did you know that Lee > Newspapers bought all three papers? > > Following is the part of my column that dealt with the Jones skin condition. > > Sincerely, > > Tom Kotynski > associate editor > Great Falls Tribune > > Talk of the town > > Senate candidate sports a ‘healthy’ shade of blue > > Good morning, Great Falls! > > There may have been bigger-name draws at last week’s U.S. Senate debate at > the Civic Center, but the crowd’s eyes were on Libertarian candidate Stan > Jones. > > Jones has a startling bluish-gray complexion that had folks wondering out > loud about his health. I wondered if his circulation might have been cut off > and feared he might have a heart attack right there. > > “I’m healthy,” Jones assured me after the gathering. > > Ironically, his skin coloration is because Jones is “into health.” He says > his skin is that color from taking colloidal silver, a natural > anti-bacterial of pure silver. > > Unfortunately, he has taken too much — “overdosed” — which has resulted in > this permanent skin condition, also known as argyria. He isn’t familiar with > the term. > > He started taking the supplement in 1999 in anticipation of Y2K, in the > event that such remedies might be in short supply in the wake of an > anticipated worldwide computer disruption. He made his own dietary > supplement by electrically charging a couple of silver wires in a glass of > water. The charge created particles that he mixed with his drinking water. > > His skin began changing color a year ago. Even the skin under his > fingernails are the blue-gray hue. “People in church noticed it and then > people around the community,” said the Bozeman resident. This year, even his > opponent, incumbent U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, asked him about it. > > “People ask me if it’s permanent and if I’m dead,” he said. “I tell them I ’m > practicing for Halloween.” > > He doesn’t take the stuff anymore, though. > > Jones notes that the royalty of Europe inadvertently survived the Black > Plague by eating off silver platters, unknowingly ingesting the > antibacterial benefits of silver. > > Moving on up > > A couple of Great Falls women are working their way up the Hollywood ladder. > > Watch for Great Falls native Neala Cohn, who will play “Nurse Mona” on an > Oct. 17 episode of “ER.” > > Cohn, a 1989 Great Falls High School graduate and University of Montana > graphics arts grad, moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. In > addition to waitressing, she has done some commercials. > > ER airs at 9 p.m. on Thursdays on NBC, Channel 12 (16) in Great Falls. > > “She is so excited about the role,” said her aunt, Arlyne Reichert, who > noted that it is a brief appearance, but took four days to film. > > Cohn is the daughter of Peggy Archer of Choteau and the late Gary Cohn. > > Casey Ayres, a 2002 Great Falls High School grad familiar to any who have > attended the school’s plays in recent years, moved to LA a month ago and > already has an extra role in a “CSI” episode and is a featured extra in an > NBC mid-season replacement series, “Not About Me.” The series is about > less-than-serious high school students. > > She is the daughter of Don Ayres and Dianne Hanson. > > Her father says her goal is to get on the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” > > “She’s the funniest person I know,” he said. To that end, she’s auditioned > for and was selected for “Groundlings,” the LA based improv and theater > comedy group. She’ll begin training in October. > > She’s been in commercials all her life, thanks in part to her father’s > position with KRTV as a producer. > > Even better > > The F-16 flight that artist and author Stan Lynde was given by the Montana > Air National Guard had even more significance than what I had written about > last week. > > It was Lt. Col. Matt Lynde who flew the Montana Air National Guard F-16 with > his father to honor Stan Lynde for having created a new logo for the 186th > Fighter Squadron. > > Matt Lynde, who lives in Great Falls, is MANG’s chief for safety. Stan > Lynde, the creator of cartoon characters Rick O’Shay and Latigo and the > author of numerous books, formerly lived in Red Lodge, but now resides in > Helena. > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. 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