Letters to the editor (Las Cruces Sun-News)
I am writing to you in regards to the Child Helmet Safety Act taking effect on July 1. I am in full support of this new statewide law. I feel as though this law will aid in reducing the number of physical injuries, brain injuries, and fatalities in children....more...July GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights (EurekAlert!)
Boulder, CO, USA -- Topics include: new insights into dynamics of seafloor spreading; erosion of Alaska's Arctic coast; a challenge to hypothesized glaciation in the mid-Cretaceous; evidence of vegetation causing erosion rather than preventing it; a case for a Hadeon ocean; and dating of Earth's earliest and largest global carbon cycle imbalance....more... METHOW VALLEY WINTER 2006-07 (Methow Valley News)
We live a seasonal existence in the Methow Valley. Climate shapes our social, economic and recreational landscapes....more... COUNTYWIDE (Provo Daily Herald)
The Utah Transit Authority has launched an updated and improved Web site to better help the public find information on the authority's public transportation offerings. The site, located at www.rideuta.com, makes it easier for the public to access information on current and future projects, view rider information such as maps and schedules....more... Border residents fuming over fence plans (Dallas Morning News)
LAREDO ? From the Rio Grande Hotel overlooking new parkland carved out along the downtown riverfront, general manager Abel Castro III can see clearly where Homeland Security plans to run 19 miles of double-row steel fence through the city....more... Classroom (The Herald News)
Employees celebrating 25 years with Joliet Public Schools District include: Joanne Culp , secretary, Eisenhower Academy; Cindy Fuchs , paraprofessional, Thomas Jefferson Elementary; Jack Hicks , engineer, Marycrest Early Childhood Center; Joan Landry , teacher, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Debra Liebermann , clerical aide, Dirksen Junior High; Bonnie Simpson , coordinator for food services; JFK ......more... Risk maps tapped new knowledge of Gulf hurricanes (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
To create the series of maps released Wednesday that show the risk of flooding within the New Orleans area hurricane protection system from a 100-year hurricane, a team of more than 150 scientists and engineers had to exhaustively research the variety of hurricanes that might strike the area and identify any ways that pieces of the protection system could fail....more... Culpeper man attempts to hike Continental Divide Trail (Culpeper Star-Exponent)
Culpeper?s John Kincheloe is no stranger to outdoor adventure, but Friday he embarked on a journey that he calls the most challenging of his life....more... Conquering the Divide (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Local duo joins challenging three-day hike to help with Western GPS mapping project....more... |