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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Columbia Falls Aluminum to Shut Down by End of the Month
• Study’s Conclusion: Hydro Boom Means Jobs for West
• A City of 'Experts' Ponders a New Energy-Saving System
• Pikeminnow: Salmon Predator Catch Down, But Officials See Success
• Coho Bag Limit Will Increase By One Fish in Columbia River
• Coho Run Remains Strong With Season Winding Down
• Chronicle Editorial - Baird Opens Door for Water Retention Proposal
• State Clarifies Muddy Rain Collecting Law
• Shades of Nisqually - State's Habitat Project near Stanwood Raises Farmers’ Ire
• We’re Number Two! Rural Oregon Ranks High In Wind Energy
• Wind Industry Uses Federal Grants To Add Capacity
• Raft River Resurgence
• Arlington Firm Leads Way in Solar Panels
• United Kingdom - Inquiry Re-Opens On Wind Turbines
• Washington Ranked 7th among States for Energy Efficiency Policies
• Olympian Editorial - Wise Energy Use Creates Unique Partnerships
• BP Chief Sees Decades of Fossil Fuel Use
• DSL Provider CenturyTel Gets New Name
• FCC Set To Take on Aggressive Role as Internet Traffic Cop
• Seattle Times Op/Ed - Net Neutrality
• Google goes global with Apps
• Yahoo’s Profit Triples Despite Sales Decline
• Internet Advertising Appears To Begin Its Comeback
• Boeing Posts $1.6B Loss in 3Q on Plane Charges
• Port of Shelton Beginning to Look at Running Fairgrounds
• For $15 Scrap Metal Value, Thieves Do $2,000 Damage
• Couple Sentenced for Dropping Rocks on Interstate
WORD OF THE DAY
Defunct • \DEE-funkt\ • noun – No longer living, existing, or functioning
Here’s a do it yourself word of the day example sentence. Make up your own, maybe even use it in a haiku. It’s easy and fun!
WEATHER
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
Columbia Falls Aluminum to Shut Down by End of the Month (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/cfac_to_shut_down_by_end_of_the_month/13705/
Study’s Conclusion: Hydro Boom Means Jobs for West (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/20/studys-conclusion-hydro-boom-means-jobs-for-west/
A City of 'Experts' Ponders a New Energy-Saving System (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/21/21climatewire-a-city-of-experts-ponders-a-new-energy-savin-78056.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Pikeminnow: Salmon Predator Catch Down, But Officials See Success (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/760908.html
Coho Bag Limit Will Increase By One Fish in Columbia River (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/10/coho_bag_limit_will_increase_b.html
Coho Run Remains Strong With Season Winding Down (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/923607.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Chronicle Editorial - Baird Opens Door for Water Retention Proposal (Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/20/opinion/our_views/doc4addf442e10a3864836741.txt
State Clarifies Muddy Rain Collecting Law (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_102109WAB-rain-collecting-law-LJ.23ac3c091.html?rss
Shades of Nisqually - State's Habitat Project near Stanwood Raises Farmers’ Ire (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091021/NEWS01/710219689/-1/RSS02
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
We’re Number Two! Rural Oregon Ranks High In Wind Energy (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6060-were-number-2-rural-oregon-ranks-high-wind-energy/
Wind Industry Uses Federal Grants To Add Capacity (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/20/financial/f131238D51.DTL&feed=rss.business
Raft River Resurgence - U.S. Geothermal builds Idaho's first commercial geothermal power plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/raft-river-resurgence
Arlington Firm Leads Way in Solar Panels (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091021/BIZ/710219982/1005
United Kingdom - Inquiry Re-Opens On Wind Turbines Four Years After They Were First Proposed (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8317739.stm
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Washington Ranked 7th among States for Energy Efficiency Policies (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/182702.asp?source=rss
Olympian Editorial - Wise Energy Use Creates Unique Partnerships
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/1009398.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
BP Chief Sees Decades of Fossil Fuel Use (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/bp-chief-sees-decades-of-fossil-fuel-use/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DSL Provider CenturyTel Gets New Name (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/21/in-brief-dsl-provider-gets-new-name/
FCC Set To Take on Aggressive Role as Internet Traffic Cop (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13603357?nclick_check=1
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Net Neutrality: Don't Subject the Internet to Politicians and Bureaucracies
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010102051_guest21gipson.html?syndication=rss
Google goes global with Apps (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE59I09A20091019?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Yahoo’s Profit Triples Despite Sales Decline (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/technology/companies/21yahoo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Internet Advertising Appears To Begin Its Comeback (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/20/financial/f130354D90.DTL&feed=rss.business
GENERAL NEWS
Boeing Posts $1.6B Loss in 3Q on Plane Charges (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/923795.html
Port of Shelton Beginning to Look at Running Fairgrounds (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=426:port-beginning-to-look-at-running-fairgrounds&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
For $15 Scrap Metal Value, Thieves Do $2,000 Damage - Concern grows over fire system thefts from Tulalip and Marysville buildings (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091021/NEWS01/710219729/-1/RSS02
Couple Sentenced for Dropping Rocks on Interstate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010101691_apusinterstaterocks1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Do We Need A Doggy Tax Break?
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2009/10/19/do-we-need-a-doggy-tax-break.aspx
Wisconsin Bill Would Waive License for Home Canners (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/20/financial/f134801D70.DTL&feed=rss.business
Vic Mizzy, Songwriter of ‘Addams Family’ Fame, Dies at 93
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/arts/television/21mizzy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
The Addams Family Theme Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVRX_5tGOlo&feature=related
Green Acres Theme Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbk81X6WHA4
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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