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Daily News Digest

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Spring show for local art brings crowds to downtown
Arts Walk is here. Procession of the Species, too. So is - gasp! - the sunshine.

Cities pay for water rights
The cities of Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater have taken formal possession of the water rights held by the former Olympia brewery.

Was student's WASL unfair?
Margaret Dutch's daughter ran into an unusual math problem while taking the Washington Assessment of Student Learning at Capital High School last week.

Their profit, your pain: Oil costs show no signs of decline
HOUSTON - Oil's meteoric rise to near $120 a barrel looks like more than just another econom ic bubble - growing demand and tighter supplies are likely to keep prices high. Some analysts say even $200 a barrel would not be out of the question.

Rats from Rochester house up for adoption
ROCHESTER - Volunteers from a Seattle organization are trapping the rats that overran Michele Diller's home and hope to put the rodents up for adoption.

South Sound

Transportation department memorial stresses caution
The Washington State Department of Transportation's worker memorial, held Friday at the agency's headquarters in Olympia, is a tradition that is turning into more of a reminder than an annual tally.

Tumwater forum covers road work
Detour maps and a public forum Thursday will help residents prepare for the launch of the North Street reconstruction project May 5.

Falcon found dead at port
A dead peregrine falcon was recovered by a Port of Olympia employee Thursday a short distance northeast of a port crane where two adult falcons have been nesting with spotty success since 2003.

Sports

Little things add up for Hawks
LACEY - As River Ridge coach Chad Arko likes to say, there's no "wow factor" when it comes to his baseball team.

Seattle could turn first-round focus to offense
When Tim Ruskell took over as team president of the Seattle Seahawks in 2005, the predicament matched up with his area of expertise.

Baek a bright spot in M's loss
SEATTLE - As the Seattle Mariners flipped to another page in their book of muscle tweaks - this time it was a strained groin to pitcher Miguel Batista - they learned something else Friday night.

Business

Couple hopes kids find fun on safari in Lacey
Kurt Kageler thinks families with young children are missing a South Sound social destination he's getting ready to open May 10.

Living

Birds, beaches, boats: Trip to Texas coast offers eye-popping sights, history
PORT ARTHUR, Texas - We were on the first leg of our Texas birds-beaches-and-boats tour along the upper and middle edge of the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail with stops in cities and towns along the way.

Outdoors

State restricts fall chinook fishing
Sportsmen in the lower Columbia River and its tributaries face a variety of fall chinook salmon angling restrictions this year, including only 16 days to retain a fish between the mouth and Bonneville Dam.

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