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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement
(Courthouse News Service)
U-S House Votes to Curb Salmon Eaters: Bill Would Allow
Problem Sea Lions to Be Euthanized; Senate Still Must Act (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
What’s It Like to Rely on Renewable Energy? Look at Life in
Idaho. (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Property Tax Refunds Owed to Mason County Residents Stuck in
Backlog (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Officers Elected to Energy Northwest Executive Board (Energy
Northwest, Richland, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Officers Elected to Energy Northwest Executive
Board
2.
Mason PUD Commissioners Janda (PUD 1) & Gott
(PUD 3) Elected Energy NW Board Officers
3.
Douglas PUD Commissioner Skagen Selected to
Serve on National Board
4.
Auditor Rules In Favor Of Kitsap PUD Candidate
Ed Hallda in Residency Challenge
5.
Editorial: Tacoma City Council Creates Troubling
Conflicts with Utility Board Choice
6.
SMUD Offering Up to $13,750 in Rebates to
Convert Homes to Electric
7.
U-S House Votes to Curb Salmon Eaters: Bill
Would Allow Problem Sea Lions to Be Euthanized; Senate Still Must Act
8.
Photo Gallery: Sea Lions versus Salmon
9.
Dead Seabirds Are Washing Ashore in Western
Alaska Again
10.
The Seabots Are Coming! Ocean-going Drones
Launched on West Coast Fish Survey
11.
What’s It Like to Rely on Renewable Energy? Look
at Life in Idaho.
12.
Can Wind Turbines Make You Sick?
13.
Small-Scale Concentrated Solar Power Could
Benefit Remote Areas
14.
EIA Study Examines the Role of High-Voltage
Power Lines in Integrating Renewables
15.
Wahkiakum County Committee Begins Broadband
Research
16.
Industries, Looking for Efficiency, Turn to
Blockchains
17.
Confused About Blockchains? Here’s What You Need
to Know
18.
Jefferson PUD Declares Coyle Water System
‘Public Works Emergency’
19.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces
Retirement
20.
What to Expect in Washington State’s Prime Signature-Gathering
Season for Ballot Initiatives
21.
Voters in Google’s Hometown to Decide Employee
‘Head Tax’
22.
Property Tax Refunds Owed to Mason County
Residents Stuck in Backlog
23.
Police Seek Missing Shelton Man
24.
Supreme Court Ruling Delivers a Sharp Blow to Labor
Unions
25.
Shelton School Leaders Dedicate New Mountain
View Elementary School at Ceremony
26.
Petition Filed Against Resort Plans in Brinnon
27.
Washington Is the 4th Most Dangerous State for
Fourth of July, Report Says
28.
Shelton Football Field Now Jack Stark Field
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
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Ride the tidal surge
Inner tube in deasil spin
Give me ‘Dramamine’
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Officers Elected to Energy Northwest Executive
Board (Energy Northwest, Richland, WA)
2.
Mason PUD Commissioners Janda (PUD 1) & Gott
(PUD 3) Elected Energy NW Board Officers (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
3.
Douglas PUD Commissioner Skagen Selected to
Serve on National Board (Douglas PUD, East Wenatchee, WA)
4.
Auditor Rules In Favor Of Kitsap PUD Candidate Ed
Hallda in Residency Challenge (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
5.
Editorial: Tacoma City Council Creates Troubling
Conflicts with Utility Board Choice (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
6.
SMUD Offering Up to $13,750 in Rebates to Convert
Homes to Electric (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
U-S House Votes to Curb Salmon Eaters: Bill Would
Allow Problem Sea Lions to Be Euthanized; Senate Still Must Act (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
8.
Photo Gallery: Sea Lions versus Salmon (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
9.
Dead Seabirds Are Washing Ashore in Western
Alaska Again (Associated Press)
10. The
Seabots Are Coming! Ocean-going Drones Launched on West Coast Fish Survey (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11. What’s
It Like to Rely on Renewable Energy? Look at Life in Idaho. (Idaho Statesman,
Boise)
12. Can
Wind Turbines Make You Sick? (Public Broadcasting Service)
13. Small-Scale
Concentrated Solar Power Could Benefit Remote Areas (Clean Technica)
14. EIA
Study Examines the Role of High-Voltage Power Lines in Integrating Renewables (U-S
Energy Information Administration)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15. Wahkiakum
County Committee Begins Broadband Research (Wahkiakum County Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)
16. Industries,
Looking for Efficiency, Turn to Blockchains (NY Times)
17. Confused
About Blockchains? Here’s What You Need to Know (NY Times)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
18. Jefferson
PUD Declares Coyle Water System ‘Public Works Emergency’ (Port Townsend Leader,
WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
19. Supreme
Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement (Courthouse News Service)
20. What
to Expect in Washington State’s Prime Signature-Gathering Season for Ballot
Initiatives (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
21. Voters
in Google’s Hometown to Decide Employee ‘Head Tax’ (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
22. Property
Tax Refunds Owed to Mason County Residents Stuck in Backlog (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
23. Police
Seek Missing Shelton Man (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
24. Supreme
Court Ruling Delivers a Sharp Blow to Labor Unions (NY Times)
25. Shelton
School Leaders Dedicate New Mountain View Elementary School at Ceremony (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
26. Petition
Filed Against Resort Plans in Brinnon (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
27. Washington
Is the 4th Most Dangerous State for Fourth of July, Report Says (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
28. Shelton
Football Field Now Jack Stark Field (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
UKULELES IN THE CLOSET – DIVERSIONS
After Bankruptcy, Gibson Plots Return to Basics, &
Possibly Ukuleles
Pest Killing Olive Trees in Italy Threatens Mainland Europe
It Costs Seven Cents to Make a Nickel, So the U.S. Mint Had
a Computer Simulate Cheaper Coins
Paranormal Investigator Claims to Find ‘Time Warp’ Near Las
Vegas
SONG OF THE DAY
Rocky Horror Picture Show – The Time Warp
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