Kelley Shelton

Boy Scout Troop 61 Republic, WA has a FB pageWe meet every other Monday at the YD building 5:30. Our next meeting is Oct 20th hope to see him there! And you come too, to meet all the parents, we typically have a parent meeting while the scouts have their activity. We also have a FB group! AND you can also call Janine Koffel or Rick Rose

Cheney has only a few old homes left. Most are close to campus and a few of those have been purchased for campus use. The odds and ends left are quite a way from campus and rented to students who are well known at demolishing. A very few are owned by folks who obviously take good care of their homes and even fewer are all brick, not unusual to easterners but have succumb to time in small western towns.
I don't know who owns this one but I pass it frequently and it is always looking well kept. Just happened to pass by yesterday with camera in hand and grabbed a quick shot to share...

It’s the early days of California’s rainy season. Problem is, rain isn’t in the forecast.

For a state racked by drought, there couldn’t be much worse news.

“California's record-setting drought will likely persist or intensify in large parts of the state,” NOAA said Thursday in an online statement.

In their annual winter outlook and accompanying press conference Thursday, NOAA officials painted a grim picture. Odds are, rainfall and snowpack will again be below average this year, worsening the state’s position and forcing more extraordinary measures to protect the state’s wildlife, agricultural industry, and growing coastal cities. As an example of the kinds of actions that may become more common, the state is making plans to install nearly $1 million worth of water chillers to insulate salmon from warming water in dwindling streams.
 http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/10/16/noaa_forecast_suggests_california_drought_isn_t_going_anywhere.html

 Ron Rattray

Takakkaw Falls /ˈtækəkɔː/ is a waterfall located in Yoho National Park, near Field, British Columbia, in Canada. Its highest point is 384 metres (1,260 ft) from its base, making it the second-highest officially measured waterfallin western Canada after Della Falls on Vancouver Island and third-highest in the entire country.[1] However its true "free-fall" is only 254 metres (833 ft).

"Takakkaw", loosely translated from Cree, means something like "it is magnificent". The falls are fed by the DalyGlacier, which is part of the Waputik Icefield.

California Drought Might "Persist or Intensify" During Warm Winter: NOAA

Drought conditions are likely to "persist or intensify" during what forecasters expect to be a warm winter in California, where water scarcity led to critically low reservoir levels and calls to conserve during the state's third consecutive dry year.

The dire winter outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration comes after a summer of punishing heat and disappointing 2013 rain season that was part of California's driest year on record.

A busy day taking pictures and working on finding our funds for Jane...More Tomorrow