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A6 Wednesday, October 8, 2014 theolympian.com SAN FRANCISCO Gay marriage bans in Idaho, Nevada axed A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld gay marriage in Idaho and Nevada, saying bans on the practice in those states violate same-sex equal protection rights. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling that laws that treat people differently based on sexual orientation are unconsti- tutional unless there is a compelling government interest. Neither Idaho nor Nevada offered any legitimate reasons to discriminate against gay couples, Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote for the unanimous three-judge panel. He rejected the argument that same-sex marriages will devalue traditional marriage, leading to more out-of-wedlock births.

NEW YORK Twitter sues FBI, DOJ to release request info Twitter is suing the FBI and the Department of Justice to be able to release more information about government surveillance of its users. The social media company filed a lawsuit Tuesday in a California federal court to publish its full which documents government requests for user information. Twitter Inc. published a surveillance report in July but include the exact number of national security requests it received because Internet companies are prohibited from disclosing that information, even if they get any requests. The U.S.

government has been able to access phone networks and high-speed Internet traffic for years to catch suspected criminals and terrorists. The FBI also started pushing technology companies like Google, Skype and others to guarantee access to their data streams and grab emails, video chats, pictures and more. It recently emerged that Yahoo was threatened with a daily fine of $250,000 by the U.S. government if it comply with demands to give up information on its users. A secret 2007 lawsuit and subsequent appeal was ultimately unsuccessful, the company said last month after a federal judge ordered some material about the court challenge to be unsealed.

WASHINGTON Doctor says Gitmo practices ill-advised The government is applying ill-advised procedures as a form of punishment for hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay prison, a medical doctor told a federal court Tuesday. The assessment by Dr. Steven Miles came at a hearing where lawyers for Abu Wa'el Dhiab are seeking to improve the conditions of confinement that Dhiab faces at the hands of his jailers. Lawyers for the Justice Department told the court that the military only feeds prisoners against their will to keep them alive and follows all laws when it does so. TRAVERSE CITY, MICH.

Asian carp DNA found in Michigan river Genetic material from Asian carp has been found in the Kalamazoo River in southwestern Michigan, but no indication the invasive fish have become established in the river that flows into Lake Michigan, officials said Tuesday. DNA from silver carp was detected in one of 200 water samples taken in July from the river in Allegan County, this one from below the Caulkins Dam about 24 miles from Lake Michigan, the state Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said. The discovery marks the first time so-called environmental DNA for silver carp has been found in Great Lakes waters outside of Maumee Bay in Lake Erie. News services VATICAN CITY Pope Francis, cardinals and bishops from around the world have gotten an unexpected lecture on the joys of sex, from a Catholic couple brought in to talk about what makes a marriage last.

Ron and Mavis Pirola, parents of four from Sydney, Australia, told a Vatican gathering of some 200 prelates that sexual attraction brought them together 57 years ago and that sex has helped keep them married for 55 years. little things we did for each other, the telephone calls and love notes, the way we planned our day around each other and the things we shared were outward expressions of our longing to be intimate with each the couple said in a joint statement to the closed meeting late Monday. we came to see that the only feature that distinguishes our sacramental relationship from that of any other good Christ-centered relationship is sexual intimacy, and that marriage is a sexual sacrament with its fullest expression in sexual The audience of celibate men was a bit taken aback. not what we bishops talk about mostly, quite British Cardinal Vincent Nichols sheepishly told reporters Tuesday. Francis called the two-week meeting of bishops to try to figure out how to make church teaching on a host of Catholic family issues marriage, divorce, homosexuality and yes, sex more relevant to Catholics.

VATICAN ALESSANDRA TARANTINO The Associated Press Pope Francis speaks Tuesday with Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri at the start of a synod on family issues at the Vatican. Pope, prelates get joy-of-sex lecture BY NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press This Nobel Prize in physics goes to researchers whose findings you probably rely on just about every day (or, if like me, just about every minute). The blue light-emitting diodes they helped create are taking over lightbulbs as we know them, but already see universal use in smartphone flashlights and displays. At an announcement Tuesday in Stockholm, the Nobel Prize committee awarded this prize in physics to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura. The three men Akasaki from Meijo University, Amano from Nagoya University (both in Nagoya, Japan) and Nakamura from UC Santa Barbara produced blue light beams from their semiconductors in the early 1990s.

Until then, we could create red and green light, but blue remained elusive. Red, blue, and green light combine to make the bright white produced by LED lightbulbs. Bulbs using blue light-emitting diodes are more efficient and have a longer lifetime than old fashioned bulbs (up to 100,000 hours, compared to 1,000 for incandescent bulbs and 10,000 hours for fluorescent lights). You probably know light-emitting diodes as LEDs. little light bulbs that rely on the filament you can see burning inside an old-fashioned bulb.

Instead, electrons move through several layers of semiconducting materials directly converting electricity into light, sparing the heat-waste of a traditional bulb (and keeping your fingers from getting burned). Even in fluorescent lamps, which use less energy than fluorescent bulbs, the gas used creates both heat and light. NOBEL Physics prize for bright idea BY RACHEL FELTMAN The Washington Post WASHINGTON Supreme Court justices appeared united Tuesday as they picked apart prison rules in Arkansas that allow full Afros and mustaches, but no beards, in a case about a Muslim claim that his religious beliefs require that he be allowed to keep a half-inch beard. The court heard arguments in its first religious liberty case since the Hobby Lobby case bitterly divided the justices in June over whether family-owned corporations could mount religious objections to paying for contraceptives. There was no such division evident in the courtroom Tuesday as several justices were openly skeptical of arguments made by a lawyer for Arkansas in defense of the no-beard policy, which has no exception for religious beliefs.

The state has a legitimate security interest in prohibiting beards because prisoners can hide items in them and change their appearance by shaving, Arkansas Deputy Attorney General David Curran said. Justice Samuel Alito, sounding like the prosecutor he once was, suggested a simple solution to the concealment issue: Give the inmate a comb and instruct him to comb the beard. anything in there, if a SIM card in there or a revolver or anything else you think can be hidden in a beard, a tiny revolver, fall Alito said to laughter. Curran agreed. sounds like something that could be he said.

case stems from 39-year-old Gregory claim that he has a right to grow a beard under a federal law aimed at protecting religious rights. The law is similar to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that the court said in a 5-4 outcome in late June could be invoked by business owners who object to paying for contraceptives. SUPREME COURT Justices signal support for beard BY MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press Patrick Joseph Haskett West Coast Artist and world- renowned painter, Patrick Joseph Haskett, 66, passed away August 30, 2014, with the love of his life and wife of 41 years, Debbie, at his side. He was born on March 11, 1948 in Olympia, Washington to Major General George M. Haskett, Commanding Gener- al of the Washington State National Guard and Pearl Cozens Haskett, a noted Cali- fornia School abstract artist.

Patrick enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1967 and served on a Quick Reaction Force in Ko- rea in the aftermath of the Pueblo Crisis. Patrick re- ceived the Armed Forces Ex- peditionary Medal and served as an Army Artist for the rest of his enlistment. After his military service, Patrick attended the Cornish College in Seattle where he studied painting and print- making under artists William Cumming, Paul Heald and Charles Stokes.

Patrick had exhibitions in over 30 muse- ums and collections through- out the world. He was known for his combat, military and maritime prints and paint- ings. Patrick frequently was commissioned to commemo- rate combat action and hero- ism. Patrick took great pleas- ure in contributing his art to soldiers and their families who had been in combat sit- uations. Patrick and his wife, Debbie, were the founders of Olympia Harbor Patrick was also the Chair- man for the first nine tugboat races.

parents both pre- ceded him in death. He is sur- vived by brothers, George and Michael (Sweden), half- brother Jimmy Stott, and sis- ters, Liz and Sarah, half- sister, Jennifer Sedeberg, daughter, Connie and her husband, Dennis, and three grandchildren, Lauren, Emily and Joe. Memorial Services will be at Camp Murray Museum on October 11, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, remembran- ces be given to the Wounded Warriors Fund. Jerry C.

Wells Jerry C. Wells was born in Okanogan, Washington on July 19, 1936 and passed on October 6, 2014. He was born to Jeter and Leila Wells. Jerry had 7 siblings: 4 sisters and 3 brothers. He graduated from Okanogan High School in June 1955.

In 1960 Jerry moved to Olympia where he met Becky Sheffler. Jerry and Becky married on October 22, 1960. Jerry worked in the road construc- tion industry operating heavy equipment for Tom Martin Construction, Dozing, and Fuji Construction from which he retired. Jerry is survived by his 3 children, Butch (Andrea Parker), Willie and Andi (Frank May); 4 grandchildren; Brandy, Lindsey, Brock and Kendra and 4 great-grand- children: Ayhden, Ryder, Bridgette and RemiLynn. memorial service will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.

at Mills and Mills Funeral Home in Tumwater. Please see Mills and Mills website (www.millsandmillsfunerals.com) for more details. Please join us in a Celebration of Life fol- lowing the memorial service at the home of Frank and Andi May. Shirlee N. Pierson Shirlee N.

Pierson born on October 23, 1924 passed away on September 27, 2014. She was preceeded in death by her husband, Floyd William Pierson. She is survived by sisters, Betty Noski and Marvel Marelius; daughter, Robyn Klug; son, William Pierson (Kandyce); grand- children, Cindy Von Bloes (Eric), Ronna Drayfahl, Kymberlee Drazel (Keith), Michael Pierson (Stacey), Jeff Pierson (Jenny), Darci Ebinger, and Jennifer Peterson (Jeff); and sever- al great-grandchildren. Shirlee worked for the State of WA for several years. She was an avid boater, camper, and loved to fish.

She won several trophies for jitter- bugging, loved to play pinnocle, and loved her fami- ly. She was our guiding 1ight! Love you mom! Graveside service will be held Saturday, October 11, 2014, at 1:00 p.m., at Odd- fellow Cemetary. A celebra- tion of life will follow at the home of William and Kandyce Pierson. Evelyn E. Scott Born August 24, 1925 in Ma- son City, Iowa and passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2014 in Olympia, Washington.

Evelyn is survived by her be- loved Tom Thompson, her daughters (and spouses) Sue Komarzec, Rebecca Scott and Larry Aalbers, Leslie and Vince Carlington, Deborah and Rick Obermueller, her sons (and spouses) Robert and Bea Scott, and David and Ellie Scott. Evelyn is also survived by 15 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Evelyn was a wonderfully tal- ented artist, sharing her oil paintings, watercolors, and sculptures with all her friends and family. A Cele- bration of Life was held in her honor on Monday, Octo- ber 6, 2014 with loved ones present. Gerald R.

Carter Born on August 20, 1939 to Randall and Jennie Carter in Newberg, OR, Jerry died of leukemia on August 9, 2014 at home in Tumwater, WA, at age 74. He is survived by wife, Sharon; and daughters, Lisa Corcoran and Lori Greenwood. Jerry worked for various lumber mills and lat- er as an accountant for Weyerhaeuser. When de- clared legally blind, he went to culinary school, managed the cafeteria in the state cap- itol legislative building, and then started his own restau- rant in Shelton. A celebration of his life will be held on Sun- day, October 19, 2014, 2:00 p.m., at Tumwater Mobile Estates Clubhouse, 930 Trosper Rd.

SW, Tumwater, WA. Please leave memories at www.FuneralAlternatives.org. Blanche Kalama Simmons Blanche Kalama Simmons, age 95, died peacefully on Oc- tober 3, 2014 at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olym- pia, WA. Blanche was born on January 23, 1919 in Nisqually, WA.

Blanche thor- oughly enjoyed huckleberry picking, fishing, selling fire- works, baking, crochet and cowboys. Blanche was also proud of graduating from the school of hard knocks. She was preceded in death by her parents, Peter Kalama and Alice Jackson Kalama; husband, John "Jack" Simmons; brothers, Lawrence, Elmer, Fred, Roy, and Edward Kalama; sisters, Sadie Kalama Squal- ly Mounts, Mildred Kalama Ikebe, Violet Kalama, Carmen Lottie Kalama Holmes, Zelda Kalama Thompson, and Josephine Wells. She is sur- vived by her sister, Zelma Kalama McCloud; sons, John Simmons and Roger Simmons; daughters, Barbara Simmons, Mugsy, and Norma Simmons; caregivers and grandchil- dren, John Anthony Simmons, Joan Claudio Simmons, and Jason Sharp; nieces, Lorna, Carmen, Judy, Alice, Terry, Tina, Annie, Cook, Joni, Marie, Sue, Pauline, Alonna, Annette, Cathy, Sheila, Robin; nephews, Brian, Rick, Chief, Lewis, Joe, Jeff, and Pete. Blanche is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, friends, and fisher- men.

A Candlelight Service will be held at the Nisqually Gym on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., and Funeral Services will be held at the Nisqually Gym on Thursday, October 9, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. Kenneth W. Ensley Kenneth W. Ensley, 99, passed away September 24, 2014 in Olympia, WA. He was born January 31, 1915 to Ella and William Smith Ensley in Saginaw, OR.

Ken graduated from Olympia High School in 1932 and worked at the Olym- pia Brewery. In 1941, he be- came a flight instructor at Boeing and Washington Air- craft in Wenatchee, WA. He served in the U.S. Navy as a pilot during World War II. After the war, he started a flying school in Shelton, WA, and later flew as a crop duster in Wenatchee, WA, before returning to work at the Brewery.

His career took a turn when he became captain of a fishing vessel, before acquiring his own charter boat in Westport, WA, where he spent 17 summers hosting tourists and locals during fishing seasons, filling the rest of the year as flight instructor and home builder. In 1970, Ken changed careers again and raised Christmas trees for another 17 years on a 10-acre farm in Littlerock, Washington. Ken outlived three wonderful wives, Laverne Shaw, Fay Thyberg, and Wilma Downing; and his sister, Mae Mann. He is survived by his brother, Ray E. Ensley of Tumwater; four stepchildren and several step-grandchildren; four neph- ews; and a niece.

A graveside service will be held at the Odd Fellows Me- morial Park in Tumwater, WA, on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., with a gath- ering to follow at nearby South Sound Manor. To read the full obituary or leave memories, go to www.Funera lAlternatives.org. Obituaries Exclusive Online Content View and create a personalized Moving Read and sign the online Guest Book Revisit and share your memories anytime Send owers or gifts www.theolympian.com/obits Phone: 360.570.7791 Paid Notices OBITUARY COPY AND PHOTOS DUE: For Sunday Monday publications by Friday For Tuesday through Saturday publications the day prior by We are closed Saturday, Sunday, and all major holidays Hours: to Phone: (360) 570-7791 Fax: (360) 754-5408 Online Submission Forms: olympian.adperfect.com Select OBITS and click on the package available. You will be routed to our online submission form. E-mail photos to com.

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