The Olympian

To view this email as a web page, go here.

Daily News Digest

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Fort Lewis sees growth, change
Before bombs dropped on Baghdad in 2003, Fort Lewis already was on the forefront of change in the Army, developing and fielding a new, cutting-edge combat brigade.

Election could hinge on state budget
Going into the legislative session, the majority Democrats already were thinking about the fall elections.

List of fallen soldiers from Fort Lewis
•March 14, 2008: Chevalier, Brian, improvised explosive device attack, Mufrek

Dubik sees tough time ahead with insurgents
Security has improved in Iraq, but the challenge ahead will be sustaining those gains as insurgents work to undo them, says a former Fort Lewis commanding general now in charge of training Iraqi security forces.

E-mails, then apology from Port of Tacoma
Port of Tacoma executives have apologized for internal e-mails that criticized the Port of Olympia and angered activists known as Friends of Rocky Prairie who oppose a planned Maytown cargo facility.

• Letter to the Port of Olympia (pdf)
• Letter to the Friends of Rocky Prairie (pdf)

South Sound

Vocalists show off skills at U.S. anthem contest
Troy Kochel of Olympia started his Saturday by singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in his car on the way to Cheney Stadium, the home ballpark for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers baseball team.

Tumwater explores growth
The backlash from the City Council's close and controversial decision to limit warehouse size spewed over into a daylong council retreat Saturday.

Cousteau supports Sound cleanup
Jean-Michel Cousteau was thrown overboard at the age of 7 by his father, Jacques Cousteau, equipped with primitive scuba gear and invited to join in a great ocean adventure.

Sports

Play-making pair
LACEY - For a brief time, they shared the same home basketball court and walked through the same hallways.

UCLA claims Pac-10 tourney title
LOS ANGELES - UCLA's big man was hurting, so UCLA's little man put a hurt on Stanford that won't soon be forgotten.

Cutdowns loom as spring wears on
PEORIA, Ariz. - When faced with some seemingly difficult roster decisions at the end of spring training, former Seattle Mariners manager Lou Piniella would shrug as if it wasn't that hard.

Business

South Sound malls full
Though the national and regional economies are cooling, South Sound's two major shopping centers are avoiding increasing vacancies that are hurting malls elsewhere.

Living

Bilingual education: Evergreen Elementary School builds skills with a two-language curriculum
Second-graders in teacher Maribel Vilchez's class piled mounds of silt and clay on paper plates to test their hypotheses - "las hipotesis" - about which material would have the most porosity - "porosidad."

Outdoors

Where is this?
This is a chance for outdoors enthusiasts with knowledge of the Northwest to win prizes in The Olympian's weekly outdoors photo contest.

Back to newsletter list

Date:

From:

Subject:

The Olympian - Daily News Digest