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Daily News Digest

Friday, March 21, 2008

No off-leash area planned for Lacey park
There won't be a designated off-leash dog area at Woodland Creek Community Park, but dogs could end up being allowed to run free somewhere else.

Clinic for veterans on its way
A new Department of Veterans Affairs clinic will open in Thurston County or Lewis County, likely serving 5,600 people each year, the federal agency announced Thursday.

2 fired for reading Obama records
WASHINGTON - Two contract employees for the State Department have been fired and a third disciplined for inappropriately looking at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's passport file, a spokesman said Thursday.

Leery lenders demand more from borrowers
Just when consumers and the U.S. economy need banks to lend more freely, the mortgage industry is making it harder to borrow - even for those with good credit.

Science, Bible agree: Giving is better
The Bible counsels misers that it's better to give than to receive. Science agrees. People who made gifts to others or to charities reported they were happier than folks who didn't share, according to a report in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

South Sound

Environmental lessons put into practice by students
More than 350 students compared notes and brainstormed ways to protect the environment Thursday.

Groups put forth effort to clean South Sound
A cleanup Thursday along Percival Creek to improve fish habitat ended up showing the extent of the homelessness problem, too.

Found bones ID'd
For more than two years, Marilyn Stone held out hope that her older brother, Gary Skinner, 56, a disabled Vietnam War veteran who lived in Tumwater, would turn up alive after he went missing from his Douglas Street home Sept. 13, 2005.

Sports

Hawks set to soar again
Miles Coats wasn't going to turn out for track his sophomore year at River Ridge High School.

Cougars hammer Winthrop
DENVER - Tony Bennett was livid. His Washington State Cougars were tied at the half with a Winthrop team that could generously be described as underwhelming, and Bennett let his players know precisely what he thought of their performance in no uncertain terms.

Bullpen still provides questions for M's
PEORIA, Ariz. - Most of the uncertainty over the shape of the 2008 Seattle Mariners centers around the bullpen.

Business

Businesses honored by nominations
A cosmetic dentistry business, a cafe and a bike shop are among 12 businesses nominated by Thurston County Economic Development Council for the organization's 24th business recognition awards.

Living

Author chats about gluten-free eating, offers cooking class at Bayview
Three years ago, Shauna Ahern was struck with a terrible flu.

Outdoors

'Expert' label applied to anglers is misleading
I led a seminar on fishing for sea-run cutthroat trout at the Lacey Cabela's last weekend, and it was a lot of fun - especially when people started asking questions and sharing their own experiences.

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