Energy News Digest for October 27, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

One Person Killed in Collision with School Bus on Hwy 101 Near Shelton (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013270523_apwasheltonschoolbusaccident.html

Study Finds Fewer Salmon Being Eaten by Sea Lions at Bonneville (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/16768-study-finds-fewer-salmon-being-eaten-sea-lions-bonneville/

Benton PUD Customers’ Bills to Climb by 32% (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/10/27/1225636/benton-pud-customers-bills-to.html

Clallam Electrical Rates Rising 8% for Customers Outside Port Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101026/NEWS/101029986/clallam-electrical-rates-rising-8-for-customers-outside-port-angeles

Washington State - World’s First Carbon Capture & Storage Project in Basalt Begins in USA (Clean Technica)

http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/26/worlds-first-carbon-capture-and-storage-project-in-basalt-begins-in-usa/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Benton PUD Customers’ Bills to Climb by 32%

·         Clallam Electrical Rates Rising 8% for Customers Outside Port Angeles

·         NERC - New EPA Rules Will Erode Power Grid Reliability, Report Finds

·         Utility Rate Assistance Underutilized in Seattle

·         Electricite de France (EDF), Constellation Announce Deal on Maryland Nuclear Reactor

·         California - Pacific Gas & Electric Fixes 38 Leaking Pipelines in Wake of Blast

·         Mapping Out Hydro’s Future - Small Hydro Has an Important But Limited Role to Play in Renewable Energy Generation

·         One Electro Magnetic Pulse Burst & the World Goes Dark

·         Study Finds Fewer Salmon Being Eaten by Sea Lions at Bonneville

·         British Columbia Sees Largest Salmon Run in a Century, 34 Million Strong

·         Canada - Public relations moves mark start of sockeye salmon inquiry

·         Poulsbo’s Dream? Dogfish Creek Overrun with Spawning Salmon

·         Feds Say Tiny Columbia Basin Rabbits Remain Endangered

·         Feds Propose Drawing More Irrigation Water from Columbia Reservoirs

·         Engineers Prodded to Delist Capitol Lake Estuary Plan

·         Looming Sewer & Water Utility Rate Increases Back on the Table in Longview

·         Op/Ed - America’s Water Systems Are in Sorry Shape

·         Clallam County PUD Plans for Renewable Energy Investments

·         New Wind Farm Proposed on Palouse - Permits Sought for Ridge Near Oakesdale

·         Oregon - About 350 Redland Area Residents Show Up to Testify Against Proposed Biomass & Composting Facilities

·         Oregon Hot Springs Could be Power Plant Site

·         Op/Ed - Harnessing Wind Makes Economic Sense for Montana

·         Biomass Boiler – Alaska: Sealaska Switches Boiler System to Pellet Power

·         US Solar Boom Requires Policy & Money (Not Sunshine), Says Report

·         Editorial – Canada: Making It Easier to Tilt at Windmills

·         GE Recalls Dishwashers Due to Fire Hazard

·         Washington State - World’s First Carbon Capture & Storage Project in Basalt Begins in USA

·         California - Global Warming Seen as Threat to State’s Parks

·         Regulators Should Carefully Scrutinize CenturyLink & Qwest Deal

·         Why Broadband Changes Everything

·         Yahoo Tries to Entice Users with E-Mail Facelift

·         Two Oregon Petition Gatherers Indicted on Fraud Charges

·         One Person Killed in Collision with School Bus on Hwy 101 Near Shelton

·         Missing Plane Found in SW Washington - Pilot of Doomed Plane Fought to Keep It Aloft

·         Washington Falls Out of Top Ten ‘Best for Taxes’ List

·         Power Failure Cut a Communications Link to Nuclear Missiles

·         Deep Impact Spacecraft Readies for Comet Encounter

·         New Zealand Reaches Deal on ‘Hobbit’ - Labor Laws had Threatened Production

WORD OF THE DAY

Harried • \HAIR-eed\ • Adjective – Stressed: looking or feeling tired and annoyed

The harried news digest editor hurried out of the office for a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Belfair

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Benton PUD Customers’ Bills to Climb by 32% (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/10/27/1225636/benton-pud-customers-bills-to.html

Clallam Electrical Rates Rising 8% for Customers Outside Port Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101026/NEWS/101029986/clallam-electrical-rates-rising-8-for-customers-outside-port-angeles

NERC - New EPA Rules Will Erode Power Grid Reliability, Report Finds (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1026/New-EPA-rules-will-erode-power-grid-reliability-report-finds

Utility Rate Assistance Underutilized in Seattle (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1717678/KPLU.Local.News/Utility.Rate.Assistance.Underutilized.in.Seattle.

Electricite de France (EDF), Constellation Announce Deal on Maryland Nuclear Reactor (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013266389_apusedfconstellation.html

California - Pacific Gas & Electric Fixes 38 Leaking Pipelines in Wake of Blast (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/26/MNMO1G1TB0.DTL

Mapping Out Hydro’s Future - Small Hydro Has an Important But Limited Role to Play in Renewable Energy Generation (Water Power Magazine)

http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=46&storyCode=2057880

One Electro Magnetic Pulse Burst & the World Goes Dark (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2010-10-26-emp_N.htm?csp=34tech

FISH & WILDLIFE

Study Finds Fewer Salmon Being Eaten by Sea Lions at Bonneville (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/16768-study-finds-fewer-salmon-being-eaten-sea-lions-bonneville/

British Columbia Sees Largest Salmon Run in a Century, 34 Million Strong (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/10/26/130842386/british-columbia-sees-largest-salmon-run-in-a-century

Canada - Public relations moves mark start of sockeye salmon inquiry (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/Public+relations+moves+mark+start+sockeye+salmon+inquiry/3724474/story.html

Poulsbo’s Dream? Dogfish Creek Overrun with Spawning Salmon (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/26/poulsbos-dream-dogfish-creek-overrun-with-salmon/

Feds Say Tiny Columbia Basin Rabbits Remain Endangered (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/27/1417710/feds-tiny-rabbits-remain-endangered.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Feds Propose Drawing More Irrigation Water from Columbia Reservoirs (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/10/feds_propose_drawing_more_irrigation_water_from_columbia_reservoirs.html

Engineers Prodded to Delist Capitol Lake Estuary Plan - Army Corps finds itself in middle of dispute over proposed Deschutes River-Capitol Lake project (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/27/1417108/engineers-prodded-to-delist-estuary.html

Looming Sewer & Water Utility Rate Increases Back on the Table in Longview (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_81f670ec-e15d-11df-9c75-001cc4c002e0.html

Op/Ed - America’s Water Systems Are in Sorry Shape (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2013264530_herbert27.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Clallam County PUD Plans for Renewable Energy Investments (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2010-10-27_pud_plans_for_renewable_energy_investments

New Wind Farm Proposed on Palouse - Permits Sought for Ridge Near Oakesdale (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/27/wind-farm-proposed-on-palouse/

Oregon - About 350 Redland Area Residents Show Up to Testify Against Proposed Biomass & Composting Facilities (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/10/about_350_redland_area_residen.html

Oregon Hot Springs Could be Power Plant Site (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/105837778.html

Op/Ed - Harnessing Wind Makes Economic Sense for Montana (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/article_b6417cf6-e163-11df-816d-001cc4c03286.html

Biomass Boiler – Alaska: Sealaska Switches Boiler System to Pellet Power (Juneau Empire, AK)

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/102710/loc_726731593.shtml

US Solar Boom Requires Policy & Money (Not Sunshine), Says Report (Grist Online)

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-10-26-report-policy-and-money-not-sunshine-will-drive-u.s.-solar-boom

Editorial – Canada: Making It Easier to Tilt at Windmills (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/the-law-page/making-it-easier-to-tilt-at-windmills/article1773834/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

GE Recalls Dishwashers Due to Fire Hazard (Consumer Products Safety Commission)

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11022.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington State - World’s First Carbon Capture & Storage Project in Basalt Begins in USA (Clean Technica)

http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/26/worlds-first-carbon-capture-and-storage-project-in-basalt-begins-in-usa/

California - Global Warming Seen as Threat to State’s Parks (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F10%2F26%2FMN4F1G291R.DTL

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Regulators Should Carefully Scrutinize CenturyLink & Qwest Deal (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2013264580_guest27slater.html

Why Broadband Changes Everything (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/10/26/why-broadband-changes-everything/

Yahoo Tries to Entice Users with E-Mail Facelift (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013264776_apustectechbityahooemail.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Two Oregon Petition Gatherers Indicted on Fraud Charges (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/16770-two-petition-gatherers-indicted-fraud-charges/

GENERAL NEWS

One Person Killed in Collision with School Bus on Hwy 101 Near Shelton (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013270523_apwasheltonschoolbusaccident.html

Missing Plane Found in SW Washington - Pilot of Doomed Plane Fought to Keep It Aloft (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Missing-plane-found-SW-Washington-105780788.html

Washington Falls Out of Top Ten ‘Best for Taxes’ List (Puget Sound Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2010/10/26/washington-falls-out-of-top-10-best.html

Power Failure Cut a Communications Link to Nuclear Missiles (Associated Press)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/us/27missile.html

Deep Impact Spacecraft Readies for Comet Encounter (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013261563_apusscicometencounter.html

New Zealand Reaches Deal on ‘Hobbit’ - Labor Laws had Threatened Production (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/business/media/28hobbit.html

DIVERSIONS

Victim Takes Fake Gun, Beats Would-be Robber - Attempted Robbery Suspect Hospitalized

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25509549/detail.html

Rocky & Bullwinkle creator Anderson dies

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2010/10/25/alex-anderson-rocky.html

Potato Eater Already Tired of 60 Day Challenge

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=383152

Man Calls 911 to Complain About Bad Pot - But ‘Nasty’ Marijuana Turns Out to be Something Other Than Pot

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25503321/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Rocky & Bullwinkle Opening Theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65t-OzhlmvE

Energy News Digest for October 26, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Grays Harbor PUD Crews Spot Housefire, Act (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2085

Port Townsend Paper Biomass Project Given Green Light by Ecology - The order also sets stricter pollution limits for the upgraded boiler than the mill’s current limit (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101026/news/310269994/port-townsend-paper-biomass-project-given-green-light-by-ecology

Proposals to Expand Columba Basin Irrigation to be Released (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013255916_apwacolumbiariverwater1stldwritethru.html

Mason County PUD 3 Smart Grid Project Featured in Time Magazine - PUD 3, Allyn Technology Group, Grid Mobility & the Bonneville Power Administration (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3636-pud-3-project-featured-in-time-magazine

Petition Filed to Recall Port of Shelton Commissioner Jay Hupp (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3640-petition-filed-to-recall-port-of-shelton-commissioner-jay-hupp

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Grays Harbor PUD Crews Spot Housefire, Act

·         Potlatch Power Line Explosion & Fire – Tacoma Power Transmission Lines

·         Jacobs Receives Contract from Bonneville Power Administration to Provide Construction Administration & Inspection Services

·         California - Welds Put Most of Pacific Gas & Electric Pipelines at Risk of Failure

·         Navajos Hope to Shift from Coal to Wind & Sun

·         Hydroelectric & Irrigation Dam May Hold Promise for Peace in Wild Pakistan Region

·         New Jersey - PSE&G Customers Could Win a Ford Fiesta by Enrolling in Paperless Billing

·         Idaho - Anglers Lose Crowds, Find Bountiful Runs on Salmon River

·         Idaho - Funds Sought for Clark Fork Delta Restoration; Possible Assistance from Bonneville Power Administration

·         Baby Seals Saved, Returned to Wild - Then What? Scientists Now Track Them

·         Serving Up Feathered Bait to Attract Ecosystem Data

·         Proposals to Expand Columba Basin Irrigation to be Released

·         Chehalis River Basin - Which Properties Will New Flood-Control Authority Include?

·         Hood Canal: One of Puget Sound’s Most Scenic Places...And Most Troubled

·         Smelter Aftermath - Public Hearing Thursday on Alcoa Monitoring Plan

·         Port Townsend Paper Biomass Project Given Green Light by Ecology

·         Biomass Facility at The Evergreen State College Protested in Olympia

·         Wisconsin - Construction Starts on Madison Biomass Power Plant

·         Mojave Desert - US Approves Solar Project in Desert, the Largest Planned on Public Lands

·         Wind Turbine Giant Vestas Cuts 3,000 Jobs

·         Canada - Wind: The New Nuclear

·         Editorial – Massachusetts: Mass. Study: Fuel, Conservation, Anti-Pollution Rules Add Up

·         Could Yellowstone Power My Home? The Pros & Cons of Geothermal Energy

·         Mason County PUD 3 Smart Grid Project Featured in Time Magazine

·         Report Says ‘Green’ Product Claims Are Often Misleading

·         100 Mbps DSL is Here & 800 Mbps is Around the Corner

·         Chinese Telecom Giant in Push for US Market

·         White House Forms Federal Committee on Internet, Privacy Policy

·         Tourism Bureaus Use Social Sites to Promote Sights

·         Washington Political Strategist Under Fire for Donor Disclosure

·         Murray-Rossi Race Draws $12M in Independent Spending

·         Clallam Treasurer Candidates Take Off Gloves in Final Forum; $617,000 Embezzlement at Issue

·         Petition Filed to Recall Port of Shelton Commissioner Jay Hupp

·         South Kitsap Woman Shot by Her 4-Year-Old Son

·         Trees, Floods Hit South Sound Streets

·         Oregon’s Wasco County Designated Disaster Area After Cold, Wet Spring

·         CWU Students Sickened by ‘Four Loko’ Alcohol/Caffeine Drink

·         State Planning for Future of Green Mountain, Tahuya Forests

WORD OF THE DAY

Lethargic • \luh-THAR-jick\ • Adjective - 1: of, relating to, or characterized by lethargy: sluggish 2: indifferent, apathetic

“Lethargic as the word of the day?” grunted the editor in his morning stupor. “Sure, why not,” he murmured as his hammy hand pounded the “snooze button” on his clock-radio for the fifth time.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Grays Harbor PUD Crews Spot Housefire, Act (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2085

Potlatch Power Line Explosion & Fire – Tacoma Power Transmission Lines (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/your-news/105718693.html

Jacobs Receives Contract from Bonneville Power Administration to Provide Construction Administration & Inspection Services (Yahoo! Finance)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Jacobs-Receives-Contract-from-prnews-3465063494.html?x=0&.v=1

California - Welds Put Most of Pacific Gas & Electric Pipelines at Risk of Failure (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/24/MNC31G03P5.DTL

Navajos Hope to Shift from Coal to Wind & Sun (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/science/earth/26navajo.html

Hydroelectric & Irrigation Dam May Hold Promise for Peace in Wild Pakistan Region (Bloomberg News)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013257360_dam26.html

New Jersey - PSE&G Customers Could Win a Ford Fiesta by Enrolling in Paperless Billing (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=142718

FISH & WILDLIFE

Idaho - Anglers Lose Crowds, Find Bountiful Runs on Salmon River (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/24/upstream-steelhead/

Idaho - Funds Sought for Clark Fork Delta Restoration; Possible Assistance from Bonneville Power Administration (Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)

http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/news/local/article_2d75b5aa-df23-11df-91b3-001cc4c03286.html

Baby Seals Saved, Returned to Wild - Then What? Scientists Now Track Them (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013257220_seal26m.html

Serving Up Feathered Bait to Attract Ecosystem Data (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/science/26raptor.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Proposals to Expand Columba Basin Irrigation to be Released (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013255916_apwacolumbiariverwater1stldwritethru.html

Chehalis River Basin - Which Properties Will New Flood-Control Authority Include? (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/26/1416016/which-properties-will-new-flood.html

Hood Canal: One of Puget Sound’s Most Scenic Places...And Most Troubled (Seattle Post-Globe, WA)

http://seattlepostglobe.org/2010/10/25/hood-canal-one-of-puget-sounds-most-scenic-places-and-most-troubled

Smelter Aftermath - Public Hearing Thursday on Alcoa Monitoring Plan (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/26/public-hearing-thursday-alcoa-monitoring-plan/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Port Townsend Paper Biomass Project Given Green Light by Ecology - The order also sets stricter pollution limits for the upgraded boiler than the mill’s current limit (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101026/news/310269994/port-townsend-paper-biomass-project-given-green-light-by-ecology

Biomass Facility at The Evergreen State College Protested in Olympia (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2082

Wisconsin - Construction Starts on Madison Biomass Power Plant (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/business/105716338.html

Mojave Desert - US Approves Solar Project in Desert, the Largest Planned on Public Lands (Associated Press)

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/26/3131671/kamala-harris-lodges-fppc-complaint.html

Wind Turbine Giant Vestas Cuts 3,000 Jobs (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11625339

Canada - Wind: The New Nuclear (National Post, Canada)

http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Wind+nuclear/3715963/story.html

Editorial – Massachusetts: Mass. Study: Fuel, Conservation, Anti-Pollution Rules Add Up, $9.8B for ‘Green’ Effort (Boston Herald, MA)

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20101026utility_ratepayers/

Could Yellowstone Power My Home? The Pros & Cons of Geothermal Energy (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/id/2271717/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Mason County PUD 3 Smart Grid Project Featured in Time Magazine - PUD 3, Allyn Technology Group, Grid Mobility & the Bonneville Power Administration (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3636-pud-3-project-featured-in-time-magazine

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Report Says ‘Green’ Product Claims Are Often Misleading (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/10/green-product-claims/1?csp=34money

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

100 Mbps DSL is Here & 800 Mbps is Around the Corner (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/10/25/100-mbps-dsl/

Chinese Telecom Giant in Push for US Market (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/technology/26telecom.html

White House forms federal committee on Internet, privacy policy (Washington Post)

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/10/obama_admin_forms_federal_comm.html

Tourism Bureaus Use Social Sites to Promote Sights (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013251686_apusfacebooktourism.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington Political Strategist Under Fire for Donor Disclosure (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/25/1415726/wa-strategist-under-fire-for-donor.html

Murray-Rossi Race Draws $12M in Independent Spending (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013257531_outsidemoney26m.html

Clallam Treasurer Candidates Take Off Gloves in Final Forum; $617,000 Embezzlement at Issue (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101026/NEWS/310269991/clallam-treasurer-candidates-take-off-gloves-in-final-forum-617000

GENERAL NEWS

Petition Filed to Recall Port of Shelton Commissioner Jay Hupp (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3640-petition-filed-to-recall-port-of-shelton-commissioner-jay-hupp

South Kitsap Woman Shot by Her 4-Year-Old Son (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/25/1396152/south-kitsap-woman-hurt-in-shooting.html

Trees, Floods Hit South Sound Streets - Drivers going over mountains can use studded snow tires (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/26/1416004/trees-floods-hit-south-sound-streets.html

Oregon’s Wasco County Designated Disaster Area After Cold, Wet Spring (Oregon Public Radio)

http://news.opb.org/article/16668-wasco-county-designated-disaster-area-after-cold-wet-spring/

CWU Students Sickened by ‘Four Loko’ Alcohol/Caffeine Drink (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25501456/detail.html

State Planning for Future of Green Mountain, Tahuya Forests (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/oct/25/state-planning-for-future-of-green-mountain/

DIVERSIONS

Man Kicked in Eye Wins $605,000 from Careless Stripper

http://www.onpointnews.com/NEWS/Man-Kicked-in-Eye-Wins-$605K-From-Careless-Stripper.html

Calling Elaine Benes - Students Win Ugly Dance World Cup

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69O1KA20101025

400 Pound Pumpkin Stolen from Grocery Store

http://www.king5.com/news/local/400-pound-pumpkin-stolen-from-grocery-store-105735728.html

Crows Can Pick You Out of a Crowd

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=382775

SONG OF THE DAY

Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvtJPs8IDgU