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SHARING TREE still has about 17 gift tags left to claim. If you would
like to help a family in need please come by Washington Federal and pick
up a tag. Thank you!
WINTERFEST in Republic is coming!! January 16-17 is the date- check out the 2015 Winterfest in Republic FB page and see what YOU can do to participate!!!
Be int he Friday night parade? Petanque? Bingo? Outhouse races? Lazyboy race? Sasquatch calling contest? and so much more..
Time to start building that outhouse or planning that float or other parade entry!!!
Visit 2015 Winterfest page to find more info and think snow!!!
If you want to be insured through Washington Healthplanfinder by Jan. 1, you must select and pay for your plan by Dec. 23 at 5 p.m.
If you don't need insurance by Jan. 1, the deadline for the second enrollment period is Feb. 15.
The exchange is hoping to bring in an additional 85,000 customers.
If you live in Idaho, the state program Your Health Idaho has extended their deadline for enrollment to Dec. 20.
The deadline to sign up for the federal program through healthcare.gov has passed. The deadline was Monday at 5 p.m.
Kids are not using marijuana more since legalization became all the rage in America.
With 32 states and D.C. having some form of legal medical marijuana on the books; Washington and Colorado with years-old systems for legalizing and selling recreational marijuana … AND Alaska, Oregon and D.C. jumping on the bandwagon — critics predicted doom for America’s children.
Well, it didn’t happen.
The latest data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s annual “Monitoring the Future Study: Trends in Prevalence of Various Drugs” shows a slight drop in marijuana use for all ages across the board.
What NIDA said:
… look at it from the other side: In the early 1990s the federal drug war was in full swing. But teen marijuana use spiked sharply during that period. It didn’t start falling until the late ’90s, when the first states began implementing medical marijuana laws.
This isn’t to say that repealing harsh marijuana laws will necessarily causeteen use to trend downward. But it does at the very least illustrate that it’s impossible to draw a straight line from “relaxing marijuana laws” to “increased teen use,” as Harris and other prohibition enthusiasts do. And there are compelling arguments to be made that taking the marijuana trade off the black market, and letting government and law enforcement agencies, rather than criminals, control the marijuana market, will lead to better overall drug use outcomes among teens.
Authorities on Sunday blamed an ice resurfacing machine for a suspected carbon monoxide leak that sent dozens of people to hospitals after a junior hockey game at a Wisconsin rink.
At least 81 people were treated for symptoms of
carbon monoxide poisoning after the leak was discovered Saturday at
Poppy Waterman Ice Rink in Lake Delton.
Delton Fire Chief Darren Jorgenson told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis the carbon monoxide was coming from one of the rink's two propane-fueled resurfacing machines. Jorgenson said the machine "wasn't fully combusting the propane," and the ventilation system was unable to offset the problem.
The employee operating the machine thought it was functioning properly, Jorgenson said. Both machines, which the fire chief said passed inspections just before the hockey season began this fall, will be inspected Monday.
While the rink is not required by law to have a carbon monoxide detector in the building, Jorgenson said, "any space that people occupy where there is a fuel-burning appliance, it's great to have as many (CO detectors) as possible."
Players reported having headaches, dizziness and nausea after a game between the Dells Ducks and the Rochester, Minnesota, Ice Hawks, the Delton Fire Department said. One player fainted, the department said.
Only one person was known to still be receiving treatment Sunday. One Ducks player was getting oxygen therapy at a hyperbaric chamber in Milwaukee, the Minnesota Junior Hockey League said.
Rochester coach Nick Fatis and at least one other Ice Hawks player will receive further treatment at Mayo Clinic, the league said.
WINTERFEST in Republic is coming!! January 16-17 is the date- check out the 2015 Winterfest in Republic FB page and see what YOU can do to participate!!!
Be int he Friday night parade? Petanque? Bingo? Outhouse races? Lazyboy race? Sasquatch calling contest? and so much more..
Time to start building that outhouse or planning that float or other parade entry!!!
Visit 2015 Winterfest page to find more info and think snow!!!
Steven Cole with Los Rusteros and 2 others
What are you doing New Years Eve?... Come ring in the new year with Los Rusteros at the REPUBLIC EAGLES #68 New Year's Eve Party and Prime Rib Dinner! Joining us is our very special guest, on his 21st birthday, Hudson Stanton
coming all the way from Boston, MA! Dinner is from 6pm-8pm with live
music and lots of fun to follow! Pre-sale tickets are $25 per person or
$30 at the door. Includes champagne and party favors. If you can't make
dinner, there will be a $5 cover charge after 8pm.
NASA GRACE satellite data reveal the severity of California’s drought on water resources across the state. This map shows the trend in water storage between September 2011 and September 2014.
Image Credit:
NASA JPL
It will take about 11 trillion gallons of water (42 cubic kilometers) -- around 1.5 times the maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir -- to recover from California's continuing drought, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.
The finding was part of a sobering update on the state's drought made possible by space and airborne measurements and presented by NASA scientists Dec. 16 at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco. Such data are giving scientists an unprecedented ability to identify key features of droughts, data that can be used to inform water management decisions.
A team of scientists led by Jay Famiglietti of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California used data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites to develop the first-ever calculation of this kind -- the volume of water required to end an episode of drought.
Image Credit:
NASA JPL
It will take about 11 trillion gallons of water (42 cubic kilometers) -- around 1.5 times the maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir -- to recover from California's continuing drought, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.
The finding was part of a sobering update on the state's drought made possible by space and airborne measurements and presented by NASA scientists Dec. 16 at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco. Such data are giving scientists an unprecedented ability to identify key features of droughts, data that can be used to inform water management decisions.
A team of scientists led by Jay Famiglietti of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California used data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites to develop the first-ever calculation of this kind -- the volume of water required to end an episode of drought.
Curlew Creek - BobShannon
If you want to be insured through Washington Healthplanfinder by Jan. 1, you must select and pay for your plan by Dec. 23 at 5 p.m.
If you don't need insurance by Jan. 1, the deadline for the second enrollment period is Feb. 15.
The exchange is hoping to bring in an additional 85,000 customers.
If you live in Idaho, the state program Your Health Idaho has extended their deadline for enrollment to Dec. 20.
The deadline to sign up for the federal program through healthcare.gov has passed. The deadline was Monday at 5 p.m.
Saw this at Bimart
With 32 states and D.C. having some form of legal medical marijuana on the books; Washington and Colorado with years-old systems for legalizing and selling recreational marijuana … AND Alaska, Oregon and D.C. jumping on the bandwagon — critics predicted doom for America’s children.
Well, it didn’t happen.
The latest data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s annual “Monitoring the Future Study: Trends in Prevalence of Various Drugs” shows a slight drop in marijuana use for all ages across the board.
What NIDA said:
Marijuana use did not increase despite softening of perceived risks. Past month use of marijuana remained steady among 8th graders at 6.5 percent, 10th graders at 16.6 percent and 12th graders at 21.2 percent. Close to 6 percent of 12th graders report daily use of marijuana. 81 percent of high school seniors say it is easy to get marijuana. Among 8th graders, there was a drop in perceived availability, with 36.9 percent saying it is easy to get marijuana, compared to last year’s 39.1 percent.Washington Post makes a good point, also:
… look at it from the other side: In the early 1990s the federal drug war was in full swing. But teen marijuana use spiked sharply during that period. It didn’t start falling until the late ’90s, when the first states began implementing medical marijuana laws.
This isn’t to say that repealing harsh marijuana laws will necessarily causeteen use to trend downward. But it does at the very least illustrate that it’s impossible to draw a straight line from “relaxing marijuana laws” to “increased teen use,” as Harris and other prohibition enthusiasts do. And there are compelling arguments to be made that taking the marijuana trade off the black market, and letting government and law enforcement agencies, rather than criminals, control the marijuana market, will lead to better overall drug use outcomes among teens.
Lightning by Bob Shannon
Authorities on Sunday blamed an ice resurfacing machine for a suspected carbon monoxide leak that sent dozens of people to hospitals after a junior hockey game at a Wisconsin rink.
Delton Fire Chief Darren Jorgenson told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis the carbon monoxide was coming from one of the rink's two propane-fueled resurfacing machines. Jorgenson said the machine "wasn't fully combusting the propane," and the ventilation system was unable to offset the problem.
The employee operating the machine thought it was functioning properly, Jorgenson said. Both machines, which the fire chief said passed inspections just before the hockey season began this fall, will be inspected Monday.
While the rink is not required by law to have a carbon monoxide detector in the building, Jorgenson said, "any space that people occupy where there is a fuel-burning appliance, it's great to have as many (CO detectors) as possible."
Players reported having headaches, dizziness and nausea after a game between the Dells Ducks and the Rochester, Minnesota, Ice Hawks, the Delton Fire Department said. One player fainted, the department said.
Only one person was known to still be receiving treatment Sunday. One Ducks player was getting oxygen therapy at a hyperbaric chamber in Milwaukee, the Minnesota Junior Hockey League said.
Rochester coach Nick Fatis and at least one other Ice Hawks player will receive further treatment at Mayo Clinic, the league said.
Annual Christmas Parade in Grand Forks, Ron Rattray
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