All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Heavy Rainfall This Weekend May Cause Minor Flooding (KMAS Radio, Shelton , WA
Old Dams, New Power – Power plant owners are swapping turbines and upgrading powerhouses to wring more generation from old plants (Engineering News-Record)
Smart Grid Woes Move to Illinois
Broadband Summit Set in Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake
Mason PUD 3 Keeps Low Density Discount from BPA (KMAS Radio, Shelton , WA
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· Old Dams, New Power
· Go Inside McNary Dam at Open House
· DOE Says Hanford
· Mason PUD 3 Keeps Low Density Discount from BPA
· Port Angeles City
· Beginning October 11 – Mason PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming in Agate Loop Rd
· Demand Up - Alcoa Q3 Profit Beats View, Stock Up on Outlook
· Arizona
· Indiana
· Smart Grid Woes Move to Illinois
· 'We Need Electricity 2.0' Says US Energy Department's Johnson
· White House 'Asian Carp Czar' Outlines His Strategy for Eradicating Species
· Faulty Science Behind California
· Restoration Work Begins on Klingel Wetlands Near Belfair
· Congressman Reichert: 'I Took Heat' Over Climate Bill
· Clean Energy is Popular, But is It a Good Investment?
· First Buyers of Nissan Leaf Get a Trunkful of Perks
· Broadband Summit Set in Moses Lake
· Verizon's New High-Speed Network Coming to Seattle
· Yahoo Upgrades Its Search Engine
· Adobe Shares Soar on Rumor of Microsoft Bid
· Survey Finds Deep Distrust of State Governments, Revealing Fiscal Conundrum
· 72,000 Stimulus Payments Went to Dead People
· Centralia & Shelton
· City of Olympia
· Heavy Rainfall This Weekend May Cause Minor Flooding
· Car Crash Closes Old Belfair Highway
· $1 Million Bail in Wenatchee Beauty School
· Deadly Gun Fight after Camouflaged Group Storms Marijuana-Grow Operation
WORD OF THE DAY
Untoward • \un-TOE-erd\ • adjective - 1: difficult to guide, manage, or work with: unruly, intractable 2: not favorable: adverse, unpropitious 3: improper, indecorous
The owner of the small widget company was humming in a tuneless manner after the untoward visit from the oily salesmen representing Conhugeco Corporation. “Never again will he bother us, or any other small company,” he mused, as he put the finishing touches on his latest taxidermogical creation…which he placed over the entranced as a warning to other nefarious poachers of the local firm.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Old Dams, New Power – Power plant owners are swapping turbines and upgrading powerhouses to wring more generation from old plants (Engineering News-Record)
Go Inside McNary Dam at Open House – Do they have some of those cool, old Schwinn fat-tire bikes? (News Tribune, Tacoma , WA
DOE Says Hanford
Mason PUD 3 Keeps Low Density Discount from BPA (KMAS Radio, Shelton , WA
Beginning October 11 – Mason PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming in Agate Loop Rd
Demand Up - Alcoa Q3 Profit Beats View, Stock Up on Outlook (Reuters)
Smart Grid Woes Move to Illinois
'We Need Electricity 2.0' Says US Energy Department's Johnson (CIOU Update)
FISH & WILDLIFE
White House 'Asian Carp Czar' Outlines His Strategy for Eradicating Species (Nat’l Public Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Faulty Science Behind California's Landmark Diesel Law - The state grossly miscalculated pollution levels in a scientific analysis used to toughen the state's clean air standards (SF Chronicle)
Restoration Work Begins on Klingel Wetlands Near Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton , WA
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Congressman Reichert: 'I Took Heat' Over Climate Bill
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clean Energy is Popular, But is It a Good Investment? (Seeking Alpha)
First Buyers of Nissan Leaf Get a Trunkful of Perks (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Summit Set in Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake
Verizon's New High-Speed Network Coming to Seattle (Associated Press)
Yahoo Upgrades Its Search Engine (USA
Adobe Shares Soar on Rumor of Microsoft Bid (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Survey Finds Deep Distrust of State Governments, Revealing Fiscal Conundrum (Washington
72,000 Stimulus Payments Went to Dead People (Associated Press)
City of Olympia
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy Rainfall This Weekend May Cause Minor Flooding (KMAS Radio, Shelton , WA
Car Crash Closes Old Belfair Highway Bremerton , WA
$1 Million Bail in Wenatchee Beauty School
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013098018_apwawenatcheeteenslain1stldwritethru.html
Deadly Gun Fight after Camouflaged Group Storms Marijuana-Grow Operation (KIRO-TV, Seattle
DIVERSIONS
Gap Introduces New Logo, Mass Criticism Ensues
Woman on Scooter Chases Husband around Greensburg
Woman Mistakenly Uses Glue Instead of Eye Drops
Extravagant Gifts Ideas Offered by Neiman Marcus – Includes $6,000 for ukulele made from gourd
SONG OF THE DAY
Jackson Browne – Doctor My Eyes
