Occasionally get out the feather duster to clear the cache
& history of your internet browser. It will help when trying to access news
sites that count your visits.
PROGRAMMING NOTE:
The energy news digest will be celebrating the holidays with
port wine and chocolate covered cherries (hic) beginning tomorrow. Have a
joyous Christmas weekend. And as much as it pains me, let’s hope it is a green
one.
CHEERS!
Brenda White – Christmas in the (Pacific) Northwest
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Richland Nuclear Power Plant to Restart Within Days
Feds Request Comments on Future of Snake River Dams
(Longview Daily News, WA)
460,000 Fish Saved at Entiat Fish Hatchery (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Tesla Vehicles Arrive 20 Minutes after City of Aberdeen Charging
Stations Open (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Electric Charging Stations Come to Richland, With PUD
Partnerships (KVEW-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Kittitas County Commissioners Divided on Solar Farm Permit
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Oregon Wins $40 Million for Coveted Wave Energy Test Center
Off Newport (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Arizona Regulators End Retail Net Metering in Value-Of-Solar
Proceeding (Utility Dive)
Mason County Lifts Moratorium on Medical Cannabis
Cooperatives (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Woman Injured in Crash North of Allyn Dies (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Lowland snow possible prior to Christmas Day (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Rare Snow in the African Desert (NASA)
WORD OF THE DAY
Propitiate • \pro-PISH-ee-yate\ • verb - To gain or regain
the favor or goodwill of: appease, conciliate
The famous “turkey drop” from ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ was no
match for the “Ferret Drop” promotion of KFER radio one bleak, wintry day in
December. The promotion, meant to propitiate listeners who had been stiffed by
the limited edition “ball of sisal twine” give-away, went horribly wrong when
the helicopter pilot misread his instructions and hovered 1,000 feet above the
mall parking lot (instead of the ten feet as directed in the crumpled and
smudged instruction sheet.) Fortunately for the apparently ill-fated weasels,
their leader fashioned a makeshift parachute from a discarded mascot
costume…which delivered the lucky ferrets into a briar patch from which the
fabled “Ferret Foundation” grew.
SONG OF THE DAY
Home Free – Do You Hear What I Hear?
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