Good letter and good response. Will be interesting to see the follow-up article, hopefully with unbiased, unsensational information.
Nancy Estes [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Missett" <[email protected]> To: "Tom Kotynski" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:14 PM Subject: CS>Re: blue candidate Tom: Thanks for your time, and your explanation of the situation. Your version sounds reasonable, well-balanced, and fair. We don't have any suspicions about your reportage, just the photo which we've seen. Did your photo of Jones, as used, appear strongly blue? I know you can't compare it to all others across the country. Maybe I can get a version of it posted again, and forward it to you for comparison. I don't have the source at my fingertips, but I'm sure someone on the list does. (Incidentally, we have common roots. I served for two intense years ('64-'66) at the Hammond Times under Bill Chapman (ex-Detroit Free Press) and Clint Wilkinson (ex-Chicago Sun Times) working as rewrite, features and investigative reporter. Wow, what an education. I know Dick High well -- he is now publisher of the North County Times, my old newspaper which had other names when I worked for it. And it is my understanding that Lee bought all 20 of the Howard Publications papers for $794 million.) I think it may be best if some other hands on the Silver List jumped in here and provided you with their expertise on CS. I can provide a lot of info, but they are more scientific than I, and can provide you with more than one source for information. We'll get back to you soon. Thanks again! Regards, Bill Missett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Kotynski" <[email protected]> To: "Bill Missett" <[email protected]> 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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