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Ron Rattray, British Columbia--Rick Price, Alberta

Bob Shannon, Bill Shannon, Ferry/Stevens Counties

PJ Bowen, NW Oregon - Bob Whittaker Seattle
Ma Kettle, Danville - J.Foster Fanning, Curlew
Kathy Meader Associate Editor

If you accept chipping your pets, you are accepting the technology behind later micro-chipping of humans...

SPOKANE, Wash. -

While the summer months is typically a busy time of the year for SCRAPS, the number of pets they've received this year far exceeds that of past years.

On average the shelter will take in just over 100 animals during what they call their busy season. As for this year, Janet Dixon with SCRAPS said that since July 1 they've taken in 89 dogs and 145 cats. cases they have no way of contacting animal owners, adding that collars are not fashion statements, they should have tags hanging on them.

“Many of the dogs that we have received have no identification what so ever. Your license, your microchip, is your animal's phone call home,” she said.

 Community Gardens - bobshannon.org

One of the employment opportunities Spokane’s first legal pot purchaser said he’d lost as a result of his fame has been reinstated, a company official said.

One Step Enough for Me
by Max Lucado

Arthur Hays Sulzberger was the publisher of the New York Times during the second World War. Because of the world conflict, he found it almost impossible to sleep. He was never able to get worries from his mind until he adopted as his motto these five words:  “One step enough for me” . . .taken from the old hymn, “Lead Kindly Light.”

“Lead, kindly Light. . .
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.”

God isn’t going to let you see the distant scene either. So you might as well quit looking for it. He promises a lamp to our feet, not a crystal ball into the future. We don’t need to know what will happen tomorrow. We only need to know He leads us.  As Hebrews 4:16 promises, “we will find grace to help us when we need it.”

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 Kettle River - Ron Rattray

Heading into the weekend fire officials from the South East Fire Centre want to remind campers to be extra careful with campfires.

According to Communications Officer Jordan Turner the danger rating is high to moderate with pockets of extreme.

Its recommended to have 8 litres of water near by and a hand tool to ensure the fire is properly extinguished.

Psychedelic Flora-Butterfly Over-Reacts

Chances are you saw the headlines on Wednesday: "Casual marijuana use linked to brain changes," "Marijuana re-shapes brains of users, study claims" or "Casual marijuana use may damage your brain." Oh my god, marijuana is bad for my brain!

Not so fast.

"I think I saw one headline that was 'Marijuana reshapes the brain' and I groaned — that's not what we did," said Dr. Jodi Gilman, 31, author of the now-famous Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital study on marijuana's effects, in an interview with PolicyMic.

http://mic.com/articles/87875/here-s-the-real-story-behind-that-marijuana-changes-your-brain-study

This page is to discuss HEMP - the legalities, the options, the possibilities here in Ferry County! Please keep this to hemp interest only! Thanks.
Our current DRAFT Mission Statement is as follows - To educate ourselves and our community at large, about how industrial hemp could benefit and stabilize our economy.
For further information regarding Hemp History Week as well as HEMP information in general - please visit - http://hemphistoryweek.com

Enigma

Due to the copyright, I cannot show you this picture but the persons name is the Enigma and he was in Spokane to entertain and scare a few or more than a few folks. To see the whole picture try this:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8gkDUn2U2fevZ4WvdWXo3idhjRBfXpq5xyxT21wxAufgTSBgKT3GF6FKswlgXMWomz7aZ-AH6FybU-fX-ccSeb3UJlBtG3ZbgW8SZMwxwJijgjTcOUtA5_bbIQfNUxslYceP8_C5yw/s800/enigma22.jpg

and see where he was in the Spokane area..
http://www.krem.com/news/oddities/The-Enigma-shocks-Spokane-Valley-fans-266907061.html

 Jane Shannon

On July 4, Mike Sprecher, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police officer, investigated the scene where two llamas apparently were killed by cougars near the Newman Lake public fishing access.

On July 5, Sprecher responded to a cougar in a tree near a home just south of Newman Lake, reported by a woman concerned for the safety of her kids and pets. The cat was gone when the officer arrived.

Sprecher received several night calls on July 5 of cougar sightings in the Five Mile-area.

Rich Landers Article