Traffic lights still trip up drivers (Baltimore Examiner)
There is a reason that many of the traffic light systems tend to work against drivers instead of for them. According to new research, much of the investments in traffic control systems were made in the 1960s and 1970s. Even though many of the systems have been upgraded over the years. researchers say that the amount of computing power needed to truly "control" traffic is not in place. There are ......more...Arts & Entertainment Calendar (Santa Maria Times)
THANKSGIVING ...more... Oregon Recreation Report (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Visit the Oregon Hatchery Research Center in Alsea this weekend for an opportunity to view salmon spawning and wildlife native to coastal streams. Brilliant red, orange and gold leaves against a backdrop of l green mountains and verdant fields, make the drive part of the destination....more... New Gold Target Identified by Firestone Ventures from Final Drill Results on Sonora Project, Yukon (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
EDMONTON, ALBERTA-- - Firestone Ventures Inc. has received and compiled all results from the 2007 diamond drilling program on the Company's Sonora gold-silver-copper property, located 110 km northwest of Carmacks, Yukon Territory, Canada....more... Va. must follow through on rail project (The Washington Examiner)
When I was a little boy, my family lived in Boulder, Colo. During that time, there was a stretch of a connector ramp along the highway to Denver that rose high into the sky and just stopped. It was like one of those pieces of road that the "Dukes of Hazzard" or "Smokey and the Bandit" used to fly over although neither one of those shows or movies had been created yet. It was a thing of wonder ......more... A magnetic warning sign for vehicles of rookie drivers (Baltimore Examiner)
When my kids were just starting to drive I wanted to put a sign in the back window to alert other drivers that they were still new to this whole driving thing....more... Deer-gun season around the corner (The Advertiser-Tribune)
Hunters in Seneca County are allowed to take two whitetails during Ohio?s deer-gun season, which opens statewide Nov. 26. In surrounding counties, Wyandot, Huron, Crawford and Hancock county hunters can take two deer, but our northern neighbors in Wood and Sandusky counties are allowed only one....more... Portsmouth area community calendar (Portsmouth Herald)
Portsmouth ...more... Local news briefs (Red Deer Advocate)
Red Deer County is holding off on a bylaw that would make the owner of a Les?s Trailer Park responsible for all property taxes in the development....more... |