Energy News Digest for July 26, 2012

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.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Sierra Club to Sue Puget Sound Energy for Violations at Montana Coal Power Plant (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Sierra-Club-to-sue-PSE-for-violations-at-Montana-coal-power-plant-163738476.html

FCC to Spend $115 Million on Rural Broadband Subsidies (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2012/07/fcc-to-spend-115-million-on-rural-broadband-subsidies/1#.UBFdPrXAEgc

Did the Huge Greenland Glacier Break Apart Because of Global Warming? Maybe Not (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0726/Did-the-huge-Greenland-glacier-break-apart-because-of-global-warming-Maybe-not

Election Year Politics Snag Wyoming Wind Tower Plant (Casper Star Tribune, WY)

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/election-year-politics-snag-wyoming-wind-tower-plant/article_7de8efe4-79c9-587a-9f94-dfcea6ea83f6.html

California, Federal Officials Reveal Water-Tunnel Plan (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018773226_watertunnel26.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Sierra Club to Sue Puget Sound Energy for Violations at Montana Coal Power Plant
• Poll Finds Support for Northwest Coal Export Projects, But Many Are Undecided
• Op/Ed - Should Thurston County Switch To A Public Power System? Pro: It will keep control & money here at home
• Op/Ed - Mason County PUD Officials Oppose DOE’s Directive on Power Marketing Administrations
• Canadian Op/Ed - Existing Dams Can Provide Renewable, Cheap Power: Columbia River is an underutilized resource
• Classic Alaska Resource Battle Brewing over Wood-Tikchik Hydropower
• China’s Three Gorges Dam handles record flow
• Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for July 24, 2012 – PUD declares warehouse on “K” street as surplus; “Negative pricing” for electrical generators may have local rate implication; PUD 3 contributes to Northwest RiverPartners education program; Downtown Shelton payment center to be site of new telecommunications colocation facility
• Montana-Alberta Wind Power Line Seen Nearing Completion
• U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
• Weather Extremes Leave Parts of U-S Grid Buckling
• Steelhead Run a Sign of Elwha Dam Removal’s Success
• California, Federal Officials Reveal Water-Tunnel Plan
• Election Year Politics Snag Wyoming Wind Tower Plant
• U-S Senate Finance Panel Members to Huddle on Fate of Extenders
• Efforts Heat Up to Bring Solar to Mukilteo
• China Solar Makers Decry Trade Spat, Urge Dialogue
• Garbage Today, Co-op Power Tomorrow
• Did the Huge Greenland Glacier Break Apart Because of Global Warming? Maybe Not
• A Climate & Energy Stalemate
• Controversial ‘Deep Green’ Seattle Building Moves Forward
• FCC to Spend $115 Million on Rural Broadband Subsidies
• Broadband Access Remains Scarce in Rural U-S Despite FCC Efforts
• Twitter Goes Down, Company at Work on Fix
• Watch What Apple’s OS Update Did to One Network’s Traffic
• Cable Still Dominates Least Popular Company List - While CenturyLink is the Worst Ranked Phone Company
• Church Steeples Doubling As Cellphone Towers
• Oregon Revenue Employees Disciplined over $2.1 Million Tax Refund Mistake
• Public Employee Benefits Board - Many Washington State Workers’ Health Premiums to Drop
• Shelton Man Arrested after Hit-and-run near McCleary
• Mason Area Fair & Rodeo Friday, Saturday & Sunday
• Pacific Northwest Tribes Paddling Canoes to Olympia for Potlatch
• King & Snohomish County Garbage Pickup Halted as Waste Management Strike Spreads
• Drought to Push up Prices for Meat, Dairy, Eggs in 2013
• More Drama in Town Of Pacific as City Clerk, Cops Fired

WORD OF THE DAY

Vanward • \VAN-werd\ • Adjective - Located in the vanguard: advanced

“Dude, you are an absolute peacock in that suit,” shrilled the ‘Men’s Storage Locker’ salesman to the dubious customer. Although he wanted to be among the vanward fashion crowd, Barty was unsure that a horizontal pinstripe suit was the way to go.

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

Sierra Club to Sue Puget Sound Energy for Violations at Montana Coal Power Plant (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Sierra-Club-to-sue-PSE-for-violations-at-Montana-coal-power-plant-163738476.html

Poll Finds Support for Northwest Coal Export Projects, But Many Are Undecided (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/poll-finds-support-northwest-coal-export-projects-many-are-undecided

Op/Ed - Should Thurston County Switch To A Public Power System? Pro: It will keep control & money here at home (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/07/26/2186270/should-thurston-county-switch.html

Op/Ed - Mason County PUD Officials Oppose DOE’s Directive on Power Marketing Administrations (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=184698&issueID=26810

Canadian Op/Ed - Existing Dams Can Provide Renewable, Cheap Power: Columbia River is an underutilized resource (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Existing+dams+provide+renewable+cheap+power/6990361/story.html

Classic Alaska Resource Battle Brewing over Wood-Tikchik Hydropower (Alaska Dispatch)

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/classic-alaska-resource-battle-brewing-over-wood-tikchik-hydropower

China’s Three Gorges Dam handles record flow (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018774261_apaschinathreegorges.html

Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for July 24, 2012 – PUD declares warehouse on “K” street as surplus; “Negative pricing” for electrical generators may have local rate implication; PUD 3 contributes to Northwest RiverPartners education program; Downtown Shelton payment center to be site of new telecommunications colocation facility (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1066

Montana-Alberta Wind Power Line Seen Nearing Completion (ReCharge News)

http://www.rechargenews.com/regions/north_america/article318626.ece?WT.mc_id=rechargenews_rss

U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2018777735_apusnaturalgasstorage.html

Weather Extremes Leave Parts of U-S Grid Buckling (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/us/rise-in-weather-extremes-threatens-infrastructure.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Steelhead Run a Sign of Elwha Dam Removal’s Success (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Steelhead-returning-to-upper-Elwha-River-163794366.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

California, Federal Officials Reveal Water-Tunnel Plan (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018773226_watertunnel26.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Election Year Politics Snag Wyoming Wind Tower Plant (Casper Star Tribune, WY)

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/election-year-politics-snag-wyoming-wind-tower-plant/article_7de8efe4-79c9-587a-9f94-dfcea6ea83f6.html

U-S Senate Finance Panel Members to Huddle on Fate of Extenders (Governors’ Wind Energy)

http://www.governorswindenergycoalition.org/?p=2886

Efforts Heat Up to Bring Solar to Mukilteo (Mukilteo Beacon, WA)

http://mukilteobeacon.villagesoup.com/news/story/efforts-heat-up-to-bring-solar-to-mukilteo/871549

China Solar Makers Decry Trade Spat, Urge Dialogue (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2018774363_apaschinaeusolar.html

Garbage Today, Co-op Power Tomorrow (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/power-supply/renewable-energy/indiana-coop-alternative-energy-program/46598

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Did the Huge Greenland Glacier Break Apart Because of Global Warming? Maybe Not (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0726/Did-the-huge-Greenland-glacier-break-apart-because-of-global-warming-Maybe-not

A Climate & Energy Stalemate (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/a-climate-and-energy-stalemate/?partner=rss&emc=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Controversial ‘Deep Green’ Seattle Building Moves Forward (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2018772528_skanska26.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC to Spend $115 Million on Rural Broadband Subsidies (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2012/07/fcc-to-spend-115-million-on-rural-broadband-subsidies/1#.UBFdPrXAEgc

Broadband Access Remains Scarce in Rural U-S Despite FCC Efforts (E-Week)

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Broadband-Access-Remains-Scarce-in-Rural-US-Despite-FCC-Efforts-735770/

Twitter Goes Down, Company at Work on Fix (C/Net News)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57480653-93/twitter-goes-down-company-at-work-on-fix/

Watch What Apple’s OS Update Did to One Network’s Traffic (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2012/07/25/watch-what-apples-os-update-did-to-one-networks-traffic/

Cable Still Dominates Least Popular Company List - While CenturyLink is the Worst Ranked Phone Company (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cable-Still-Dominates-Least-Popular-Company-List-120530

Church Steeples Doubling As Cellphone Towers (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/26/157400866/last-word?ft=1&f=3

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Oregon Revenue Employees Disciplined over $2.1 Million Tax Refund Mistake (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/oregon-revenue-employees-disciplined-over-21-million-mistake

Public Employee Benefits Board - Many Washington State Workers’ Health Premiums to Drop (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/07/25/2186084/pebb-many-state-workers-health.html

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton Man Arrested after Hit-and-run near McCleary (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/6561

Mason Area Fair & Rodeo Friday, Saturday & Sunday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/6565

Pacific Northwest Tribes Paddling Canoes to Olympia for Potlatch (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/07/26/2186716/nw-tribes-paddling-canoes-to-olympia.html

King & Snohomish County Garbage Pickup Halted as Waste Management Strike Spreads (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Garbage-pickup-paralyzed-as-Waste-Management-strike-spreads-163850316.html

Drought to Push up Prices for Meat, Dairy, Eggs in 2013 - USDA sees 4 to 5 percent increase in price for beef (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jul/26/drought-to-push-up-prices-for-meat-dairy-eggs-in/

More Drama in Town Of Pacific as City Clerk, Cops Fired (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/More-drama-in-town-of-Pacific-as-city-clerk-cops-fired-163852976.html

DIVERSIONS

Drivers Befuddled By Area of Bermuda Triangle Parking That Renders Car Remotes Useless

http://consumerist.com/2012/07/drivers-befuddled-by-area-of-bermuda-triangle-parking-that-renders-car-remotes-useless.html

In New Mexico, Daredevil Skydives from 18 Miles above Earth

http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-daredevil-skydives-18-miles-above-earth-152351709.html

Adventures in Deep Fat Frying - Iowa State Fair Vendor Offering Double Bacon Corn Dogs

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/iowa-state-fair-vendor-offering-double-bacon-wrapped-234657760.html

$140 Sewer Bill Turns into Foreclosure Notice & $50,000 Tab for Homeowner - Private companies buy up existing debts from local governments and then pursue the responsible parties, charging interest and fees

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/140-sewer-bill-turns-foreclosure-notice-50-000-185124272.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Jigsaw - Sky High

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn1RDvZVg24

Energy News Digest for July 25, 2012

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.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

TransAlta, Puget Sound Energy Sign Power Purchase Agreement (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.generation.coal.2012.July.TransAlta__Puget_Sound_Energy_sign_power_purchase_agreement.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Richland Electric Rate Payers to Face Steep Bill Increase (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/07/25/2226370/richland-electric-rate-payers.html

Grays Harbor PUD OK’s $1 Million Warrant for City of Montesano (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/pud-ok%E2%80%99s-warrant-monte.html

Report: Oregon Should Get Ten Percent of Its Power from Solar (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/07/report-oregon-should-get-10-of-its.html

Evergreen State in a Less than Green Mood this Election Cycle (E&E Publishing)

http://www.eenews.net/public/EEDaily/2012/07/24/1

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• TransAlta, Puget Sound Energy Sign Power Purchase Agreement
• Richland Electric Rate Payers to Face Steep Bill Increase
• Grays Harbor PUD OK’s $1 Million Warrant for City of Montesano
• Douglas County PUD Confirms Outstanding Credit Rating
• No Contest for Five Central Washington PUD Seats
• Bonneville Power Administration Lends a Hand to Storm-Ravaged Midwest
• Bellingham May Hold Advisory Vote on Coal Trains
• Pepco Says Improvements May Not Be Sustainable After Maryland Rate Hike Decision
• Utilities, Customers at Odds over Downed Trees
• Tennessee Valley Authority Considering Fuel Made from Nuclear Weapons to Power Local Plants
• Summer Heat Pushes Natural Gas Prices to Year’s High
• Op/Ed - Will Drought Cause the Next Blackout?
• Editorial - Preserving Fish Populations No Cheap Venture
• Mason County Hosting Monday Ribbon-Cutting for Belfair Wastewater Facility
• Report: Oregon Should Get Ten Percent of Its Power from Solar
• SolarWorld Files Anti-Dumping Complaint in European Union
• U-S Creates 17 Zones for ‘Faster’ Solar-Farm Development
• Biomass Plant the Reason - Sequim City Council to Again Ask Agency for Air Monitor
• Agencies Buying Energy Credits to Meet Renewable Energy Mandates
• After Much Trial & Error, We’re Finally Generating Power from the Ocean
• Local Utility Companies Test Energy Storage Device
• Audit Finds Fraud in Florida Energy Grant Program
• Six Ways to Save on Home Energy in the Heat of Summer
• Sudden Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Baffles Scientists
• Solar-Powered Plane Comes Home after 4,000-Mile Odyssey
• Google Fills Kansas City with Fiber, Congratulates Itself
• Social Media Is Now a $16.9 Billion Business
• AT&T, Verizon Decline Connect America Subsidies
• Evergreen State in a Less than Green Mood this Election Cycle
• Jobless Rates Lower in South Puget Sound in June
• Washington State Transportation Chief - Deteriorating Roads Could Lead to More Freak Accidents
• Shelton Teacher Wins National Award
• Mason County Forest Festival Royalty Wins at Lakefair
• Eastern Washington Tree to Adorn Capitol Lawn for Christmas 2013
• Sign Wavers Shake Up Business

WORD OF THE DAY

Anthophilous • \ann-THAW-full-luss\ • Adjective - Feeding upon or living among flowers

Browsing deer descend

Anthophilious creatures

Gardeners shed tears

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

TransAlta, Puget Sound Energy Sign Power Purchase Agreement (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.generation.coal.2012.July.TransAlta__Puget_Sound_Energy_sign_power_purchase_agreement.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Richland Electric Rate Payers to Face Steep Bill Increase (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/07/25/2226370/richland-electric-rate-payers.html

Grays Harbor PUD OK’s $1 Million Warrant for City of Montesano (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/pud-ok%E2%80%99s-warrant-monte.html

Douglas County PUD Confirms Outstanding Credit Rating (North Central Washington TV)
http://www.ncwtv.com/douglas-county-pud-confirms-outstanding-credit-rating-3733/

No Contest for Five Central Washington PUD Seats (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jul/25/no-contest-for-five-pud-seats/

Bonneville Power Administration Lends a Hand to Storm-Ravaged Midwest (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/BPANews/ArticleTemplate.cfm?ArticleId=article-20120724-01

Bellingham May Hold Advisory Vote on Coal Trains (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Bellingham-may-hold-advisory-vote-on-coal-trains-163558746.html

Pepco Says Improvements May Not Be Sustainable After Maryland Rate Hike Decision (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/pepco-says-improvements-may-not-be-sustainable-after-md-rate-hike-decision/2012/07/24/gJQA8D3t6W_story.html

Utilities, Customers at Odds over Downed Trees (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/25/157342073/utilities-customers-at-odds-over-downed-trees?ft=1&f=3

Tennessee Valley Authority Considering Fuel Made from Nuclear Weapons to Power Local Plants (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/25/chattanoog-tva-considers-use-of-controversial-fuel/

Summer Heat Pushes Natural Gas Prices to Year’s High (Houston Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2012/07/summer-heat-pushes-nat-gas-prices-to.html

Op/Ed - Will Drought Cause the Next Blackout? (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/opinion/will-drought-cause-the-next-blackout.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Editorial - Preserving Fish Populations No Cheap Venture (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/opinion/preserving-fish-populations-no-cheap-venture/article_bac43746-d5f9-11e1-896b-0019bb2963f4.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Mason County Hosting Monday Ribbon-Cutting for Belfair Wastewater Facility (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/jul/24/mason-county-hosting-ribbon-cutting-for-facility/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Report: Oregon Should Get Ten Percent of Its Power from Solar (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/07/report-oregon-should-get-10-of-its.html

SolarWorld Files Anti-Dumping Complaint in European Union (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/25/solarworld-eu-complaint-idUSL6E8IPBD920120725

U-S Creates 17 Zones for ‘Faster’ Solar-Farm Development (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-24/u-s-creates-17-zones-for-faster-solar-farm-development.html

Biomass Plant the Reason - Sequim City Council to Again Ask Agency for Air Monitor (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120725/news/307259988/sequim-council-to-again-ask-agency-for-air-monitor

Agencies Buying Energy Credits to Meet Renewable Energy Mandates (Federal Times)

http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20120722/FACILITIES02/307220006/Agencies

After Much Trial & Error, We’re Finally Generating Power from the Ocean (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/article/after-much-trial-and-error-were-finally-generating-power-from-the-ocean/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Local Utility Companies Test Energy Storage Device (KVEW-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kvewtv.com/article/2012/jul/24/local-utility-companies-test-energy-storage-device/

Audit Finds Fraud in Florida Energy Grant Program (Associated Press)

http://www.wtxl.com/content/state/story/Audit-finds-fraud-in-Fla-energy-grant-program/1aQ6QuYzb0qebgvjYSpiJA.cspx

Six Ways to Save on Home Energy in the Heat of Summer (U-S News & World Report)

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/2012/07/24/6-ways-to-save-on-home-energy-in-the-heat-of-summer

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Sudden Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Baffles Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0725/Sudden-Greenland-ice-sheet-melt-baffles-scientists-video

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Solar-Powered Plane Comes Home after 4,000-Mile Odyssey (MSNBC)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48311607/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/#.UBALNbXAEgc

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Fills Kansas City with Fiber, Congratulates Itself (All Things D)

http://allthingsd.com/20120724/google-fills-kansas-city-with-fiber-congratulates-itself/

Social Media Is Now a $16.9 Billion Business (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2012/07/25/social-media-business-2/

AT&T, Verizon Decline Connect America Subsidies - As Their Interest in DSL & Rural Markets Disappears Entirely (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Verizon-Decline-Connect-America-Subsidies-120519

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Evergreen State in a Less than Green Mood this Election Cycle (E&E Publishing)

http://www.eenews.net/public/EEDaily/2012/07/24/1

GENERAL NEWS

Jobless Rates Lower in South Puget Sound in June (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/July-2012/Jobless-rates-lower-in-South-Sound-in-June/

Washington State Transportation Chief - Deteriorating Roads Could Lead to More Freak Accidents (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/DOT-chief-Deteriorating-roads-could-lead-to-more-3729575.php

Shelton Teacher Wins National Award (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/6527

Mason County Forest Festival Royalty Wins at Lakefair (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/local-news/35464-forest-festival-royalty

Eastern Washington Tree to Adorn Capitol Lawn for Christmas 2013 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jul/25/eastern-washington-tree-to-adorn-capitol-lawn-for/

Sign Wavers Shake Up Business (Idaho Press-Tribune, Nampa, ID)
http://www.idahopress.com/members/sign-wavers-shake-up-business/article_79b48ea6-d54d-11e1-95c7-001a4bcf887a.html

DIVERSIONS

Women Forget the “Take the Baby with You” Part of Their Wal-Mart Shoplifting Plan

http://consumerist.com/2012/07/women-forget-the-take-the-baby-with-you-part-of-their-walmart-shoplifting-plan.html

Concrete Watches Might Even Outlive Your Timex

http://gizmodo.com/5928291/concrete-watches-might-even-outlive-your-timex

Almost Everyone Doesn’t Trust the Internet

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/23/almost-everyone-doesnt-trust-the-internet/

Plane Towing Marriage Proposal Crashes in Rhode Island, Pilot Ok

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0724/Plane-towing-marriage-proposal-crashes-in-R.I.-pilot-ok

SONG OF THE DAY

Laura Nyro - Wedding Bell Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8kuo-TRZU8

The 5th Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZlnSGn_OrI