In an announcement Thursday at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce Business Roundtable Lunch, Hecla Greens Creek spokesman Ron Plantz said the mining company is donating $2,000 to Juneau Jazz & Classics.
Platz presented an oversized check to Linda Rosenthal, founder and executive director of Juneau Jazz & Classics and her production manager, Jessalynn Rintala.
The donation, Platz said, is “an important part of being a good corporate member of the community.”
Platz said if you’ve ever heard a miner sing along with jazz, you’ll know why the mine donates to “professionals” to come to Juneau and perform.
“What we are going to do with this donation is put on a fabulous festival,” Rosenthal said.
Juneau Jazz & Classics is holding its annual 2012 Festival! May 4-19. The family-friendly event offers concerts, music cruises and workshops over two weeks, according to the organization’s website. This is the festival’s 26th year.
Rosenthal said the donation also goes to help keep traveling artists in Juneau after their concerts to work with students in Juneau’s schools.
Though the program is a bit behind the scenes, she said, “It is just absolutely core to our program.”
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Hecla Greens Creek spokesman Ron Plantz presents an oversized check to Linda Rosenthal, founder and executive director of Juneau Jazz & Classics and her production manager, Jessalynn Rintala for the amount of $2,000 at Juneau Chamber of Commerce Business Roundtable Lunch on Thursday.
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Add comment$2000.00 is an oversized
$2000.00 is an oversized check from a company "netting" more than one hundred million in yearly revenues?? I looked up compensation for CEO Phillip S. Baker and found in 2010 it was $2,915,255.00
Greens Creek is the second-largest producer of mining-related waste in Alaska
The mine has a tailings impoundment and dam which is used to store and treat water.
These toxic waste disposal sites originally covered 29 acres, then 85 and now its 200 acres of waste storage at Greens Creek
To process the ore, Greens Creek uses a floatation process, which involves the addition of compounds such as copper sulfate, diesel fuel, and sodium cyanide to the ore before separation of the valuable components. The resulting mine tailings are then thickened and disposed of, either as backfill in the mine or at dry tailings disposal sites . This will be a source of acid mine drainage for Alaskans - for ever
Some jobs are not worth the price tag
amariner - SEACC is
amariner - SEACC is non-profit group of Alaskans.
Greens Creek on the other hand is a for-profit Mining Corporation, based out of Coeur Dalene, Idaho that creates massive amounts of wealth for CEO's & shareholders from the use of "public land" & "public resources" for very little cost.
The costs price-tag for todays and tomorrows Alaskans, the gen. public, on the other hand, is and has been enormous.
Read this: "We cant afford
Read this: "We cant afford the jobs that mining promises"
The mining industry promises jobs but in the process, they destroy the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness Area — extreme damage to all water draining downhill from proposed tunnel digging, including the beautiful Bull River.
http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_13...
Just look up: Helcal Mining a
Just look up: Helcal Mining a superfund sites
The Superfund site, known as Bunker Hill, is among the biggest and most contaminated in the U.S., according to the Justice Department. The region, once one of the world’s largest silver-producing districts, was harmed by the release of metals such as lead and arsenic, according to the department....
Look up Hecla mining
Look up Hecla mining superfund sites..
Hecla Mining Co. (HL), the biggest U.S. silver producer, agreed to pay more than $263 million to settle one of the nation’s largest Superfund lawsuits after two decades, according to the Obama administration.
@abnotey - Didn't your mother
@abnotey - Didn't your mother ever tell you not to look a gift horse in the mouth?
Nothing is ever enough for these lefties.
same mindset
people like @abnotey complain whenever corp america donates to anything except Obama.. if AK air or Wal mart donates to big brothers they complain about pollution and workers rights.the only one with even a right to voice their opinion is the shareholder because of the fiduciary responsibility they have to them.
Stupid
Dam???? I've been there for 15 years and have yet to se anything dammed up. Get your facts straight stupid
Did Kensington donate anything?
I too had to wonder about an oversized check for $2000 for a company that size with the profits they rake in. The donation was wonderful. The presentation, um, tacky.
Hey Kensington! Dare you to try to one-up them, or at the very least, match them. If anyone needs to demonstrate being a good corporate member of the community, it's you.
And the last paragraph of this story is either redundant, or gives the impression there should be a picture there.
Whiners
Sheesh, at least they donated something. You people seriously complain about anything and everything. It's not like ti's the only local donation they've made to any organization. Is there a dollar amount you would find acceptable? If my business is going to be chastised for making small donations to local organizations, perhaps I just shouldn't do any of them at all.
Take heart Silent, for Jo is half right...
Silent, you're dead on and comments like Jo's have to be taken in context.
Remember, this person calling the presentation tacky also ranted against Salvation Army bell ringers and their cause last Christmas, claiming there were better targets for charitable giving.
But Jo self-corrects in the same post, albeit without realizing it, in the challenge to the Kensington Mine. The reason anybody presents in front of the Chamber or anywhere else is to encourage additional donations to a worthy cause from the business owners and agents in the audience.
Don't be discouraged Silent. The charitable giving by your business and Greens Creek are very much appreciated by the community and deserve to be recognized.
please do look up the history of Bunkerhill.
When you do, you will find out that the Bunker Hill lead smelter operated from 1917 to1982 by the Bunker Hill Company (SURPRISE, that's where the name came from!). Yes, HECLA paid into the superfund for the Site, but did so as part of the aquisition agreement for the area. Not because they caused the contamination.
Thank you HECLA for donating to the festival!