Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Pacific NW`News

HELENA, Montana — A 57-year-old man from Spokane, Washington, has died in a forklift crash on a U.S. Forest Service road south of Plains.

The Montana Highway Patrol says the man was operating a Gradall material handler on a downhill grade Tuesday afternoon when the forklift veered off the right side of the road and rolled down a steep hill. The man was thrown from the equipment and died at the scene.

His name has not been released.

Sunrise in Alberta by Rick Price
The eastern world, it is exploding
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'

But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction.

Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say
Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?
If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away
There'll be no one to save, with the world in a grave
[Take a look around ya boy, it's bound to scare ya boy]

And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin'
I'm sitting here just contemplatin'
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation.
Handful of senators don't pass legislation
And marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'

And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You may leave here for 4 days in space
But when you return, it's the same old place
The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace
And, tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don't believe
We're on the eve
Of destruction
Mm, no no, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction.
KareKare Falls by Kathy Meader in New Zealand

Washington state's minimum wage will increase 13 cents to $9.32 an hour starting on New Year's Day.

The state's current rate of $9.19 an hour is already the highest state minimum wage in the nation. The state's Department of Labor and Industries announced the new wage on Monday.

Washington's minimum wage is adjusted each year for inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for the past 12 months, ending Aug. 31, which is up 1.45 percent. The yearly recalculation is required by Initiative 688, which was approved by Washington voters in 1998.

SubTropical Stream
Kathy Meader

Before legal marijuana in Washington hits store shelves, it will have to be tested. Special pot labs will check for potency, molds, foreign matter and bacteria like E. Coli.
It’s a key part of the recreational marijuana market approved by Washington voters last fall. But setting the standards for how to lab test pot turns out to be pretty complicated. And now some lab managers are worried they won’t be ready in time.
At Analytical 360 lab in Seattle, Caitlin Reece breaks the seal on a small, clear package of goldfish-shaped crackers.
They look just like the ones my kids and I love to eat. But they’re not.
The crackers she’s pureeing in a grinder are cannabis-infused goldfish called Purple Haze. Reece’s job is to test their potency.
http://kuow.org/post/labs-worry-marijuana-testing-standards-lag 


Today the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office sent out a warning about a scam: This past weekend, a Liberty Lake resident was called by someone who claimed to be “Officer Lambert” and told to wire money to pay $1,800 to bail a granddaughter out of jail after she was caught in a vehicle with drugs.
Of course, no granddaughter was really in jail. Law enforcement officers never ask people for bail money to be sent anymore to release inmates, the press release says. “If anyone receives a call from anyone claiming to be an officer requesting money, please report the incident to Crime Check at 509-456-2233. Please provide any phone numbers and or names provided by the individual calling.”
MORE SCAM

The above helicopter was spotted by our Grand Forks journalist Ron Rattray. I suspect it may be part of a new ongoing effort to shore up the border in advance of the Black Friday holidays. There are lists of what is legal and what is not at borders for you to pick up. for instance one medicine which needs a doctors OK in the US may be over the counter in Canada. And Canadian beer is like 8 bucks a 6 pack which is why I am told most Canadians who drink bottle their own or come over the border to the US, drink and then drive back into Canada. Truly I have seen this done. The other thing to remember is no meat comes into the US from Canada if it comes from an animal with more than one stomach. For some odd reason hamburgers are OK. The rest must either be turned over to the guard or consumed on the spot. I suggest carrying a large outdoor BBQ grill especially during the holidays. Oh and Bank Holidays as well.

SPOKANE, Washington — The Spokane City Council approved a package of five ordinances Monday night to give police more authority to maintain order downtown.

The Spokesman-Review reports (http://bit.ly/16TFpgP) the measures outlaw disrupting transit buses, riding a skateboard on downtown sidewalks, failing to remove graffiti in a timely manner, interfering with health care providers, and making non-emergency calls to 911.

My healthcare provider just shrugged her shoulders...I chuckled! Oh remove your graffiti in timly manner is like right away...Take paint and paint remover. Become a Buddhist.

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