April's Mop Up
Posted by April Baer at September 6, 2005 12:00 PM
A wrap-up of stories we found in this morning's papers.... some from Oregon, some from out of state. Compiled by Morning Host April Baer
Today in April's Mop-Up
--Guard, more volunteers mobilize for Hurricane relief
--U of O physicist at work on supercollider
--Better late than never: Japanese American gets his diploma in Hood River
APRIL'S PICK: 22 Reasons the US needs New Orleans
Latest wildfire updates here.
Today's hits from the big national dailies:
New York Times
Vanished, Under Force of Time and an Inconstant Earth
Last night, I came dangerously close to getting into a barfight with some schlep from Fort Lauderdale who suggested that New Orleans should not be rebuilt. I feel almost physically ill to think of that lovely, wild city drowning in a toxic sludge. That said, this article on other famous societies swallowed by nature made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Note the quote from U of O archaeologist William Ayres. Food for thought.
Washington Post
2005 Fire Season Marked by Big Range Fires
Generally speaking, it's been a pretty mild fire season, but one interagency guy notes: "In the area that runs from Northern California through central and eastern Oregon on into central Idaho, we are seeing energy release components that are setting records."
Los Angeles Times
O'Connor's Staying on Court May Carry Little Weight
A reminder of the stakes in the post-Rehnquist/post-O'Connor era....
Seattle Times
200 evacuees arrive Thursday at McChord base
"About 200 evacuees from hurricane-hit Louisiana are expected to arrive at McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma on Thursday, Gov. Christine Gregoire announced yesterday. The evacuees are the first of up to 2,000 that Washington state will be welcoming."
Research project just rotting away in forest
Would it surprise you to know that dead trees are like condos for thousands of tiny critters? OSU researcher studying rotting trees in the Willamette National Forest.... this actually sounds like fun.
Issaquah climbs aboard growing streetcar line
...and from the northwest's regional papers.
Salem Statesman Journal
Oregon Guardsmen lend support, see New Orleans destruction
Yow. Welcome to New Orleans, soldiers. Or what's left of it. Kristian F.V will have more on this for today's Oregon Considered. That's 4:30 PM on your radio.
Eugene Register Guard-posted at noon
UO physicist works on collider
Jim Brau is a UO physics professor and co-leader of the International Collider Project, a worldwide effort to build the most sophisticated atom smasher ever.
East Oregonian (subscription only)
There's word here of some soldiers from Milton-Freewater arriving in the Gulf Coast, and also a call for health care volunteers--our subscription info is still whacked out, but maybe you can read it and send me your Cliff Notes.....
the Source (Bend's alternative weekly)
Central Oregonian (Prineville)
Argus Observer (Ontario)
Katrina sparks memories of local flood
Gulf Coast victims in need of sympathy will find what they're looking for in Eastern Oregon. It wasn't that long ago that the Payette River spilled over its banks, flooding parts of Malheur County & surrounding areas....
Corvallis Gazette Times
Health care personnel sought for relief efforts
Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis is coordinating a statewide data base of health care personnel willing to travel to the South to assist with the Hurricane Katrina medical relief efforts.
Lebanon Express updated late morning
The Columbian (Vancouver) updated late morning
Hood River News
(Saturday) The Graduate
Weekend leftovers, but really worth your time...81 year old Joe Sumoge earns his long-overdue high school diploma sixty years after his internment prevented him from finishing school in Hood River County.
The Daily Astorian (most stories subscription only)
Tillamook Headlight Herald
Dispute sidelines rescuers
So say you're boating off the coast and get in over your head. Who's coming to get you? A water rescue team near Tillamook is not getting along, leaving only the Coast Guard on watch.
APRIL's PICK
(Sunday) What It Means to Miss New Orleans
(sigh...) I can vouch for most of these...
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