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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Feds Cite Issues Behind Massive Southwest Blackout
(Associated Press)
Salmon Counts at Bonneville Dam Won’t Reach
Prediction Say Oregon & Washington State Managers (Oregonian, Portland)
Port
Angeles Power Plant Construction under Way, But Biomass Debate Continues
(Sequim Gazette, WA)
Report: Hydro Emissions Can Rival Those of Natural
Gas (Midwest Energy News)
Violence, Arrests at Seattle May Day protests -
Black-clad protesters using sticks & bats smashed stores & automobile
windows (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Feds Cite Issues Behind Massive Southwest Blackout
- US Blackout Report Cites Lack of Grid Awareness in the Southwest
- FEMA Dollars For WA – Mason PUD 3 expected to receive appx $500,000
- Report: Hydro Emissions Can Rival Those of Natural Gas
- California - Marin, Fairfax Seek Halt to Pacific Gas & Electric Wireless Meters
- Texas - Proposal Could Hike Electricity Rates Despite Lower Fuel Costs
- Salmon Counts at Bonneville Dam Won’t Reach Prediction Say Oregon & Washington State Managers
- Salmon: Students Release Salmon Fry Into River at Columbia Park
- Port of Shelton Receives Grant for Johns Prairie Water Project
- Port Angeles Power Plant Construction under Way, But Biomass Debate Continues
- Balking at Biomass - Mercer Seeks NAFTA Ruling on BC Hydro’s Electricity Policies
- Power: Big Wind Farm Planned for the Palouse
- Snohomish PUD - Learn About the Benefits of Solar Power
- Wind Industry Looks to Karl Rove for Answers
- Map Shows Growth of Renewables in US
- Builders: Energy Efficiency Greens Most New Homes
- LED - Casting a Greener Light on Puget Sound
- Washington State’s Coastal Tribes Create National Symposium on Climate Change
- Political Success Lies in Grassroots
- Violence, Arrests at Seattle May Day protests
- Three Juveniles Arrested on Suspicion of Lacey Arsons, One at Large
- Man Falls from Railroad Trestle in Shelton
- Mason County Hires Matthews as PW/Utilities Director
- Grand Opening of New Ball Fields At MCRA – Mason PUD 3 Helped with Lights
- Study: State is 45th in Church Membership & Attendance
WORD OF THE DAY
Cachinnate • \KACK-un-nate\ • Verb - To laugh
loudly or immoderately
“Cachinnate…cachinnate,” cackled the obnoxious
stenographer during the otherwise sober court hearing. Snorting furiously in
her efforts to keep her laughter under control, the otherwise sedate court reporter
couldn’t restrain from unrestrained cachinnation in the courtroom. Similar to
the Mary Tyler Moore show’s “Chuckles the Clown Funeral”
episode, the narrative regarding the clown car accident sent her into paroxysms
of laughter, especially the state trooper’s report which stated “clown white
makeup was spread all over the highway…it was horrible.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Feds Cite Issues Behind Massive Southwest Blackout (Associated
Press)
US Blackout Report Cites Lack of Grid Awareness in
the Southwest (Reuters)
FEMA Dollars For WA – Mason PUD 3 expected to
receive appx $500,000 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Report: Hydro Emissions Can Rival Those of Natural
Gas (Midwest Energy News)
California - Marin, Fairfax Seek Halt to Pacific
Gas & Electric Wireless Meters (SF Chronicle)
Texas - Proposal Could Hike Electricity Rates
Despite Lower Fuel Costs (Houston Chronicle, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Counts at Bonneville Dam Won’t Reach
Prediction Say Oregon & Washington State Managers (Oregonian, Portland)
Salmon: Students Release Salmon Fry Into River at
Columbia Park (Tri-City Herald, Wa)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Port of Shelton Receives Grant for Johns Prairie
Water Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Port
Angeles Power Plant Construction under Way, But Biomass Debate Continues
(Sequim Gazette, WA)
Balking
at Biomass - Mercer Seeks NAFTA Ruling on BC Hydro’s Electricity Policies (Vancouver
Sun, BC)
Power:
Big Wind Farm Planned for the Palouse (Associated Press)
Snohomish
PUD - Learn About the Benefits of Solar Power (Snohomish County Business
Journal, WA)
Wind
Industry Looks to Karl Rove for Answers (Renewable Energy World)
Map
Shows Growth of Renewables in US (Sustainable Business)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Builders: Energy Efficiency Greens Most New Homes (USA
Today)
LED - Casting a Greener Light on Puget Sound (KING-TV,
Seattle)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State’s Coastal Tribes Create National Symposium on Climate Change (KXRO-Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Political Success Lies in Grassroots (Electric
Co-op Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Violence, Arrests at Seattle May Day protests - Black-clad
protesters using sticks & bats smashed stores & automobile windows (Associated
Press)
Three Juveniles Arrested on Suspicion of Lacey Arsons,
One at Large (Olympian, WA)
Man Falls from Railroad Trestle in Shelton (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Hires Matthews as PW/Utilities
Director (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Grand Opening of New Ball Fields At MCRA – Mason
PUD 3 Helped with Lights (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Study: State is 45th in Church Membership &
Attendance - Thurston County ranked 28th out of 39 counties with 28.9 percent
affiliation (Olympian, WA)
DIVERSIONS
1958 Postcard Mailed from Chicago Finally Arrives
Old $50 Bill Found Real, But Not Before Bearer
Arrested
Prices Go Thigh-High as Consumers Seek Dark Meat
Meet Mensa’s Youngest US Member: She Joined at Age
2 (and CUTE as a button!)
SONG OF THE DAY
Joe
Cocker - The Letter
