* Apple growers going organic to stay in business
* Beaver relocation
* Local organic farms/grass-fed beef, localharvest
* superfund site
* Green Bluff Harvest festival - increase or decrease in people, green trend? local trend?
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Quotes
1. "Mary is trying hard in school this semester," her father said.
2. Early in the show, Steven Wright asked, "How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?"
3. Did Steven Wright say, "If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you"?
4. "No," the taxi driver said, "I cannot get you to the airport in 15 minutes."
5. Gov. Peterson said she will support a tax increase this session.
"Without it, schools will close," she son said .
6. "My favorite line is when Jerry Seinfeld said, 'My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law,'" Smitty said.
7. My French professor told me my accent is "abominable".
8. "Is Time a magazine you read regularly?" she asked.
9. When did Roosevelt say, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"?
10. "Can you believe," Dot asked me, "that it has been almost five years since we've seen each other?"
2. Early in the show, Steven Wright asked, "How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?"
3. Did Steven Wright say, "If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you"?
4. "No," the taxi driver said, "I cannot get you to the airport in 15 minutes."
5. Gov. Peterson said she will support a tax increase this session.
"Without it, schools will close," she son said .
6. "My favorite line is when Jerry Seinfeld said, 'My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law,'" Smitty said.
7. My French professor told me my accent is "abominable".
8. "Is Time a magazine you read regularly?" she asked.
9. When did Roosevelt say, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"?
10. "Can you believe," Dot asked me, "that it has been almost five years since we've seen each other?"
Monday, September 28, 2009
September 29 Blog Update
Related Stories:
* Spokesman-Review, 9/28/09, Glass pile shows recycling challenge:http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/28/glass-pile-shows-recycling-challenge/ states battling to find a solution for glass that has been collected but can't be recycled because it is cheaper to make new glass, this relates to my beat because it is about an environmentally friendly process that isn't working
*Spokesman-Review 8/28/09, Transplanting Beavers: http://www.spokesman.com/video/2009/aug/28/transplanting-beavers/ A local man is transplanting beavers to restore damaged stream areas and improve the water and environmental quality of the area. This is related to my beat because it is a creative and inexpensive environmental restoration project.
Story Ideas:
*Go more in depth with the beaver story, now that they have been transplanted, how is it going? etc
*new community center in cheney, community friendly but environmentally friendly?
* Spokesman-Review, 9/28/09, Glass pile shows recycling challenge:http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/28/glass-pile-shows-recycling-challenge/ states battling to find a solution for glass that has been collected but can't be recycled because it is cheaper to make new glass, this relates to my beat because it is about an environmentally friendly process that isn't working
*Spokesman-Review 8/28/09, Transplanting Beavers: http://www.spokesman.com/video/2009/aug/28/transplanting-beavers/ A local man is transplanting beavers to restore damaged stream areas and improve the water and environmental quality of the area. This is related to my beat because it is a creative and inexpensive environmental restoration project.
Story Ideas:
*Go more in depth with the beaver story, now that they have been transplanted, how is it going? etc
*new community center in cheney, community friendly but environmentally friendly?
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Political Story
OUTLINE
I. Intro: WSU PSU protest
a. Lede quote: right thing to do
II. Washington state’s project intro
III. Background
a. Sweatfree definition
b. Sweatshop abuses list
c. Why people want to go sweatfree
IV. What wsu did
a. WRC
b. FLA
c. prices
V. What state is going to do
a. Cost
b. SPC
VI. Problems
VII. Project future and how likely implementation is
ARTICLE
Two years ago, Washington State University students joined the long line of college activists to protest Cougar gear made in sweatshops. Progressive Student Union members prepared to fight, in cardboard boxes emblazoned with their battle cry – “I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Sweatshop Clothing.”
However, the fight was not to be had. WSU officials were already considering going sweatfree and willingly signed a policy within a week, WSU Trademark Department Program Administrative Manager, Alyce Anderson said.
“I think the PSU expected more of a push back,” Anderson said. “But it’s just the right thing to do.”
Today, the state of Washington is considering a similar measure. The House of Representatives Committee on Commerce and Labor held a work session in March to discuss why the state should put together a sweatfree purchasing policy and how to do that.
Sweatfree means a product is not made under sweatshop conditions. Sweatshop conditions are any internationally recognized unsafe or unfair working conditions, said Kristen Beifus, SweatFree Washington Coordinator, at the March Commerce and Labor work session.
Sweatfree policies combat these issues by protecting workers and fighting a global economy based on exploitation and a race to create the cheapest products, said Rebecca Johnson, Washington State Labor Council Government Affairs Director, at the March meeting.
“An injury to one is an injury to all,” Johnson said.
In October of 2007, WSU signed on to the Worker’s Rights Consortium and the Free Labor Association. The WRC is a watchdog organization that monitors suppliers and works with them to fix violations, Anderson said. The FLA is an organization that all suppliers must be members of in order to manufacture products with a Cougar logo, she said.
“These organizations get all people together working for solutions,” she said.
The price of Cougar gear has not increased significantly due to FLA membership, Anderson said, because many suppliers, such as Nike, were already members.
The state policy would be similar. It would join the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, a group of almost 200 public institutions. The purpose is a collective effort for transparency from suppliers by pooling resources, said Dick Meyer, South Sound Clean Clothes Campaign and Founder, at the March meeting.
States in the U.S. spend $400 million per year on apparel such as uniforms for employees, Beifus said. A procurement policy will include a code of conduct for suppliers including respecting international labor standards and submitting to investigation and necessary corrective action.
The enforcement of this code is up to the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, which uses members’ $500 initial fee and $5,000 yearly member fee to monitor and improve conditions, said Bjorn Claeson, Executive Director of SweatFree Communities.
However, joining these watchdog organizations does not make sweatfree purchasing “as simple as waving a magic wand,” Anderson said.
“It’s like saying your house will never catch on fire because you have insurance,” she said. The point of the policies is to find the problems and create solutions.
The state’s sweatfree purchasing project is just beginning , Commerce and Labor Committee Chair, Steve Conway said during the work session, but he and several other committee members are very interested in working towards a policy for Washington. The committee’s goal is to produce a policy by Jan. 1.
SOURCES
Alyce Anderson, WSU Trademarks Administrative Program Manager, 509-335-2202
Alison Hellberg, Commerce and Labor Counsel and Sweatfree Purchasing Project Manager, 360-786-7152
Steve Conway, Commerce and Labor Chair, 360-786-7906
http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2009031018&TYPE=V&CFID=697859&CFTOKEN=29830829&bhcp=1 , video of work session from which Beifus, Conway, Johnson, Claeson and Meyer were quoted
I. Intro: WSU PSU protest
a. Lede quote: right thing to do
II. Washington state’s project intro
III. Background
a. Sweatfree definition
b. Sweatshop abuses list
c. Why people want to go sweatfree
IV. What wsu did
a. WRC
b. FLA
c. prices
V. What state is going to do
a. Cost
b. SPC
VI. Problems
VII. Project future and how likely implementation is
ARTICLE
Two years ago, Washington State University students joined the long line of college activists to protest Cougar gear made in sweatshops. Progressive Student Union members prepared to fight, in cardboard boxes emblazoned with their battle cry – “I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Sweatshop Clothing.”
However, the fight was not to be had. WSU officials were already considering going sweatfree and willingly signed a policy within a week, WSU Trademark Department Program Administrative Manager, Alyce Anderson said.
“I think the PSU expected more of a push back,” Anderson said. “But it’s just the right thing to do.”
Today, the state of Washington is considering a similar measure. The House of Representatives Committee on Commerce and Labor held a work session in March to discuss why the state should put together a sweatfree purchasing policy and how to do that.
Sweatfree means a product is not made under sweatshop conditions. Sweatshop conditions are any internationally recognized unsafe or unfair working conditions, said Kristen Beifus, SweatFree Washington Coordinator, at the March Commerce and Labor work session.
Sweatfree policies combat these issues by protecting workers and fighting a global economy based on exploitation and a race to create the cheapest products, said Rebecca Johnson, Washington State Labor Council Government Affairs Director, at the March meeting.
“An injury to one is an injury to all,” Johnson said.
In October of 2007, WSU signed on to the Worker’s Rights Consortium and the Free Labor Association. The WRC is a watchdog organization that monitors suppliers and works with them to fix violations, Anderson said. The FLA is an organization that all suppliers must be members of in order to manufacture products with a Cougar logo, she said.
“These organizations get all people together working for solutions,” she said.
The price of Cougar gear has not increased significantly due to FLA membership, Anderson said, because many suppliers, such as Nike, were already members.
The state policy would be similar. It would join the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, a group of almost 200 public institutions. The purpose is a collective effort for transparency from suppliers by pooling resources, said Dick Meyer, South Sound Clean Clothes Campaign and Founder, at the March meeting.
States in the U.S. spend $400 million per year on apparel such as uniforms for employees, Beifus said. A procurement policy will include a code of conduct for suppliers including respecting international labor standards and submitting to investigation and necessary corrective action.
The enforcement of this code is up to the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, which uses members’ $500 initial fee and $5,000 yearly member fee to monitor and improve conditions, said Bjorn Claeson, Executive Director of SweatFree Communities.
However, joining these watchdog organizations does not make sweatfree purchasing “as simple as waving a magic wand,” Anderson said.
“It’s like saying your house will never catch on fire because you have insurance,” she said. The point of the policies is to find the problems and create solutions.
The state’s sweatfree purchasing project is just beginning , Commerce and Labor Committee Chair, Steve Conway said during the work session, but he and several other committee members are very interested in working towards a policy for Washington. The committee’s goal is to produce a policy by Jan. 1.
SOURCES
Alyce Anderson, WSU Trademarks Administrative Program Manager, 509-335-2202
Alison Hellberg, Commerce and Labor Counsel and Sweatfree Purchasing Project Manager, 360-786-7152
Steve Conway, Commerce and Labor Chair, 360-786-7906
http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2009031018&TYPE=V&CFID=697859&CFTOKEN=29830829&bhcp=1 , video of work session from which Beifus, Conway, Johnson, Claeson and Meyer were quoted
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tweaked Political Pitch
House Sweatfree Project with the local angle of the Bookie. How their implementation is going and is this something that could work across the state? How would this impact the Pullman Economy with Shopko and Wal-Mart? How likely is the implementation and what exactly is the plan? Prices? What other states have that we are looking at.
During the 2009 session, the House Commerce & Labor Committee held a work session to discusssweatfree purchasing policies and the multi-state Sweatfree Consortium. During the 2009 interim, theCommittee will continue to examine polices adopted in other states and begin developing a proposedpolicy for Washington.January 1, 2010NoneCompletion Date:Project Title:Staff Assigned:Number & Type of Meetings
During the 2009 session, the House Commerce & Labor Committee held a work session to discusssweatfree purchasing policies and the multi-state Sweatfree Consortium. During the 2009 interim, theCommittee will continue to examine polices adopted in other states and begin developing a proposedpolicy for Washington.January 1, 2010NoneCompletion Date:Project Title:Staff Assigned:Number & Type of Meetings
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Sept 22 blog update
* 09/17/09 Under the Big Red Tent Debate: locavore's dilemma the costs and benefits of eating local food and what WSU and individuals can do and are doing
* 09/16/09 http://dailyevergreen.com/story/29405 WSU Health and Wellbeing seminar on eating local and organic to stay healthy
* Sept 2009 http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/food-for-the-soul/article160121.html an organic farm that educates young children about healthy eating, this relates to Pullman because the WSU organic garden and other local gardens are also trying to reach out to locals and work on education
Story ideas
* WSU organic farm/Mary Jane's Farm and the outreach efforts they are making
* Pullman wastewater diversion project
* 09/16/09 http://dailyevergreen.com/story/29405 WSU Health and Wellbeing seminar on eating local and organic to stay healthy
* Sept 2009 http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/food-for-the-soul/article160121.html an organic farm that educates young children about healthy eating, this relates to Pullman because the WSU organic garden and other local gardens are also trying to reach out to locals and work on education
Story ideas
* WSU organic farm/Mary Jane's Farm and the outreach efforts they are making
* Pullman wastewater diversion project
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Political Story Ideas
* HR Ecology and Parks Committee meeting on increasing recycling collection
* HR Environmental Health Committee meeting on the impacts of pesticide use on humans
* Senate Environment, Water & Energy Committee Ewaste program
* Senate Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation Committee update on invasive species
* Senate Stock Water Work Group - a group to provide for a supply of water for increasing stock needs, also a concern about the number of stock farms and number of stock
* Senate EW&E C project on climate change response - how would agriculture need to change to be ready for climate change?
* S NRO&R C project on land preservation - land use changes? changing farming techniques?
* HR Ag & NR C project on water policy considerations - stock watering and storm water are some of the considerations
* HR Sweatfree Purchasing project
* WSU's organic farming program and budget cuts
* HR Environmental Health Committee meeting on the impacts of pesticide use on humans
* Senate Environment, Water & Energy Committee Ewaste program
* Senate Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation Committee update on invasive species
* Senate Stock Water Work Group - a group to provide for a supply of water for increasing stock needs, also a concern about the number of stock farms and number of stock
* Senate EW&E C project on climate change response - how would agriculture need to change to be ready for climate change?
* S NRO&R C project on land preservation - land use changes? changing farming techniques?
* HR Ag & NR C project on water policy considerations - stock watering and storm water are some of the considerations
* HR Sweatfree Purchasing project
* WSU's organic farming program and budget cuts
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Sept 8 Blog Update
Two Related Stories:
* http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/sep/13/a-slice-of-the-future/ - 09/13/09 a look at green business claims, how they are catching on and why and if they will continue to gain momentum. This applies to my beat because it is following a trend in a local area of people relating to the environment in a new way.
* http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/sep/02/organics-beneficial-humans-and-animals-too/ - 09/02/09 an article about the benefits of organic food, mostly to people and animals. This article also relates to my beat by looking at an environmental trend in the area.
Three Story Ideas:
* How to read labels. The policy behind organic food labels, green paper products, green business claims etc. How green do they have to be to claim it? Who regulates these claims?
* Pullman and surrounding towns green policy. Is a big city like Spokane greening more than places like Palouse, or is it mid-sized places like Pullman/Moscow, and why?
* WSU/Pullman recycling program, where does our recycling go, recycling policy-- can we recycle plastic bags, glass, what is the deal with co-mingling?
* http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/sep/13/a-slice-of-the-future/ - 09/13/09 a look at green business claims, how they are catching on and why and if they will continue to gain momentum. This applies to my beat because it is following a trend in a local area of people relating to the environment in a new way.
* http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/sep/02/organics-beneficial-humans-and-animals-too/ - 09/02/09 an article about the benefits of organic food, mostly to people and animals. This article also relates to my beat by looking at an environmental trend in the area.
Three Story Ideas:
* How to read labels. The policy behind organic food labels, green paper products, green business claims etc. How green do they have to be to claim it? Who regulates these claims?
* Pullman and surrounding towns green policy. Is a big city like Spokane greening more than places like Palouse, or is it mid-sized places like Pullman/Moscow, and why?
* WSU/Pullman recycling program, where does our recycling go, recycling policy-- can we recycle plastic bags, glass, what is the deal with co-mingling?
Speech
Tuesday, during an afternoon of studying at the CUB lounge, onlookers were 'treated' to a fellow student being Tased in a demonstration by local police during a forum on less-lethal methods of force.
"It was an extreme amount of pain at once," Taser volunteer and WSU police intern Brandon Wilson said.
Wilson, a junior criminal justice major at WSU, stiffened when the barbs hit him and had to be lowered to the ground by the police officer supports at his sides.
The Taser demonstration was the capstone of the day's presentation by WSU and Pullman police officers, organized by the WSU Police Advisory Board. The goal of this and the two upcoming forums (on Oct. 13 and Nov. 10) was to create more face to face time for police officers and students, WSU Chief of Police Bill Gardner said.
The most effective way officers have found to reduce crime in Pullman is to know students and residents on a first-name basis and build relationships with them, Gardner said. The forum series is a step in that direction as well as a source of information for students about police action.
This forum covered force police officers employ, from presence to lethal action, focusing on tactics in the middle such as physical force, various sprays and smokes and the Taser.
"We want to let students know that officers have a lot of choices and we try to use the minimum force, we are not trying to seriously harm," Pullman Police Officer Scott Kirk said.
Kirk discussed police force resources to a fluctuating crowd of about 30 students pausing on their walk through the CUB or in their work to listen. He explained how each tool functions, its uses and reactions. When he came to Tasers he went into especial detail, explaining the science behind the volts and amps to be clear that Tasers are not lethal.
After the demonstration, students asked questions about Tasers and how they work.
WSU Police Officer Kelly Stewart began the forum with a PowerPoint overview of the use of force, discussing important court cases, concepts like the Use of Force Continuum and the meanings of 'objectively reasonable' and 'necessary'.
Stewart explained that each agency has a Use of Force Continuum to explain the escalation of force and how officers should respond to actions. He showed the WSU Police Use of Force Continuum, detailing each step.
Police action must be considered reasonable and necessary by an objective third party to be considered justified, Stewart said.
"No reasonable effective alternative to the use of force you used appeared to exist and the amount of force used needs to be reasonable to affect your lawful purpose," Stewart said was the definition of 'necessary'. This is a definition all officers must have memorized, he said.
Gardner compared police force today to when he started in the police force and officers only carried a baton. Today’s force is preferable, he said.
"I’ve got zero to baton," he said about the continuum of force years ago. Even compared to a Taser, a baton is going to cause more damage and have a lasting impact, he said.
The next two police forums from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 13 and Nov. 10 are about crime scenes and drug dogs respectively.
Sources:
* WSU Police Chief Bill Gardner: 509-335-8548
* WSU Police Officer Kelly Stewart: 509-335-4408
* Pullman Police Officer Scott Kirk: 509-332-0802
* WSU student Brandon Wilson: banw83@msn.com
Questions:
* Are any of the sprays used by police officers harmful to the environment?
* Why does each agency create its own Use of Force Continuum, how do you create it and what is its purpose?
* Who organized these forums and what was their purpose?
"It was an extreme amount of pain at once," Taser volunteer and WSU police intern Brandon Wilson said.
Wilson, a junior criminal justice major at WSU, stiffened when the barbs hit him and had to be lowered to the ground by the police officer supports at his sides.
The Taser demonstration was the capstone of the day's presentation by WSU and Pullman police officers, organized by the WSU Police Advisory Board. The goal of this and the two upcoming forums (on Oct. 13 and Nov. 10) was to create more face to face time for police officers and students, WSU Chief of Police Bill Gardner said.
The most effective way officers have found to reduce crime in Pullman is to know students and residents on a first-name basis and build relationships with them, Gardner said. The forum series is a step in that direction as well as a source of information for students about police action.
This forum covered force police officers employ, from presence to lethal action, focusing on tactics in the middle such as physical force, various sprays and smokes and the Taser.
"We want to let students know that officers have a lot of choices and we try to use the minimum force, we are not trying to seriously harm," Pullman Police Officer Scott Kirk said.
Kirk discussed police force resources to a fluctuating crowd of about 30 students pausing on their walk through the CUB or in their work to listen. He explained how each tool functions, its uses and reactions. When he came to Tasers he went into especial detail, explaining the science behind the volts and amps to be clear that Tasers are not lethal.
After the demonstration, students asked questions about Tasers and how they work.
WSU Police Officer Kelly Stewart began the forum with a PowerPoint overview of the use of force, discussing important court cases, concepts like the Use of Force Continuum and the meanings of 'objectively reasonable' and 'necessary'.
Stewart explained that each agency has a Use of Force Continuum to explain the escalation of force and how officers should respond to actions. He showed the WSU Police Use of Force Continuum, detailing each step.
Police action must be considered reasonable and necessary by an objective third party to be considered justified, Stewart said.
"No reasonable effective alternative to the use of force you used appeared to exist and the amount of force used needs to be reasonable to affect your lawful purpose," Stewart said was the definition of 'necessary'. This is a definition all officers must have memorized, he said.
Gardner compared police force today to when he started in the police force and officers only carried a baton. Today’s force is preferable, he said.
"I’ve got zero to baton," he said about the continuum of force years ago. Even compared to a Taser, a baton is going to cause more damage and have a lasting impact, he said.
The next two police forums from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 13 and Nov. 10 are about crime scenes and drug dogs respectively.
Sources:
* WSU Police Chief Bill Gardner: 509-335-8548
* WSU Police Officer Kelly Stewart: 509-335-4408
* Pullman Police Officer Scott Kirk: 509-332-0802
* WSU student Brandon Wilson: banw83@msn.com
Questions:
* Are any of the sprays used by police officers harmful to the environment?
* Why does each agency create its own Use of Force Continuum, how do you create it and what is its purpose?
* Who organized these forums and what was their purpose?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Legislative Exercise
1. HB 1594 --Creating the environmental cleanup opportunity grant program
2. 9/30/09 Pesticide Drift - Report on the airborne pesticide concentrations levels of possible concern to human health
3. Tom Campbell
4. Pam Madson, Counsel
5. Mark Schloesler, Don Cox, Joe Schmick
6. Agriculture& Rural Economic Development, Financial Institutions Housing & Insurance, Rules, Ways & Means -- Sponsored: SB 5076
7. (360) 786-7844
8. April 9 Environmental Health Committee http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2009041030&TYPE=V&CFID=3518299&CFTOKEN=25861960&bhcp=1
9. Sept. 30, 2009
10. RCWs are laws, WACs are administrative codes- how different departments need to implement laws
13. $13,656,561.01 total 2008 contributions to Gregoire's campaign
(a)$1,442,687 total campaign contributions to McMorris-Rodgers through 2008
(b)top five campaign donors to McMorris-Rodgers in 2008: Avista Corp, Hecla Mining, Microsoft Corp, Wells Fargo, Alltel Corp
14. An RSS Feed is an optional feed that alerts people as soon as information is published. This would be helpful so we would not only get all relevant information but we would get it asap.
2. 9/30/09 Pesticide Drift - Report on the airborne pesticide concentrations levels of possible concern to human health
3. Tom Campbell
4. Pam Madson, Counsel
5. Mark Schloesler, Don Cox, Joe Schmick
6. Agriculture& Rural Economic Development, Financial Institutions Housing & Insurance, Rules, Ways & Means -- Sponsored: SB 5076
7. (360) 786-7844
8. April 9 Environmental Health Committee http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2009041030&TYPE=V&CFID=3518299&CFTOKEN=25861960&bhcp=1
9. Sept. 30, 2009
10. RCWs are laws, WACs are administrative codes- how different departments need to implement laws
13. $13,656,561.01 total 2008 contributions to Gregoire's campaign
(a)$1,442,687 total campaign contributions to McMorris-Rodgers through 2008
(b)top five campaign donors to McMorris-Rodgers in 2008: Avista Corp, Hecla Mining, Microsoft Corp, Wells Fargo, Alltel Corp
14. An RSS Feed is an optional feed that alerts people as soon as information is published. This would be helpful so we would not only get all relevant information but we would get it asap.
Floyd Blog
President Elson Floyd praised WSU's flu response efforts in a Tuesday blog post meant to placate the school's community and temper media coverage.
"[I have] pride in how our university has dealt with and is continuing to deal with this outbreak," he said. "Cougars helping Cougars is very much part of our mindset on all of our campuses."
"[I have] pride in how our university has dealt with and is continuing to deal with this outbreak," he said. "Cougars helping Cougars is very much part of our mindset on all of our campuses."
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Public Disclosure Commission
1. Susan Fagan (R), Patricia Hailey (R), Glen Stockwell (D), Arthur Swannack (R), Darin Watkins (R)
2. (a) $9,815 cash contributions for July. $964.33 in-kind contributions for July. $10,779.93 total cash and in-kind contributions for the period. $51,147.08 total contribution for campaign.
(b)$11,301.87 in account
(c)$118.83 candy for parades of July 6
2. (a) $9,815 cash contributions for July. $964.33 in-kind contributions for July. $10,779.93 total cash and in-kind contributions for the period. $51,147.08 total contribution for campaign.
(b)$11,301.87 in account
(c)$118.83 candy for parades of July 6
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Using familiar language to increase his connection to Abraham Lincoln and the Bible, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke of freedom, today, to an increasingly excited black, and white, crowd at the end of the March on Washington.
"I have a dream..." King echoed again and again. "It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream... I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the promise of its creed."
Calls for righteousness, justice and hope echoed over the tranquil pool as audience members eagerly listened to King's soothing tones rising to crescendo in the lyrics of a hymn.
"I have a dream..." King echoed again and again. "It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream... I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the promise of its creed."
Calls for righteousness, justice and hope echoed over the tranquil pool as audience members eagerly listened to King's soothing tones rising to crescendo in the lyrics of a hymn.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Story Ideas:
*Food in Pullman schools, where it comes from, how healthy and green it is
*How WSU budget cuts impacted the environment. If cuts were eco-friendly, like printing less, or eco-unfriendly, like buying cheaper but less responsibly made products
Related Stories:
*A Spokane group holds a picnic to raise awareness about making school food "that tastes good, is good for them, is good for the people who grow and prepare it, and is good for the planet” 8/28/09http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/aug/28/food-group-plans-eat-labor-day/
*A local woman grows organic food in her backyard to share with local food banks 9/6/09http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/06/snyder-shares-her-bounty-with-homeless/
*Food in Pullman schools, where it comes from, how healthy and green it is
*How WSU budget cuts impacted the environment. If cuts were eco-friendly, like printing less, or eco-unfriendly, like buying cheaper but less responsibly made products
Related Stories:
*A Spokane group holds a picnic to raise awareness about making school food "that tastes good, is good for them, is good for the people who grow and prepare it, and is good for the planet” 8/28/09http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/aug/28/food-group-plans-eat-labor-day/
*A local woman grows organic food in her backyard to share with local food banks 9/6/09http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/06/snyder-shares-her-bounty-with-homeless/
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Beat Note
For this class, I am going to cover an environmental beat. I want to narrow the scope of what could be a broad topic to local human interactions with their environment. So instead of stories about what WSU environmental researchers are discovering in other states or countries, I would rather write stories about WSU students that are trying to ‘green’ WSU policy. So, while a great source will be the Environmental Science Department at WSU, an even better source will be the Environmental Science Club, which is trying to establish a ‘green fund’ to use to make eco-friendly changes at WSU.
Other important local issues are water quality, endangered and threatened species, agriculture practices, and local and/or organic food. Something I would be interested in looking in to is if people are less willing to take eco-friendly measures in the current economic climate. I could talk to people at the Moscow co-op and local farmers’ markets and produce sales.
Two other key sources for this beat are going to be MaryJane’s Farm and downtoearthnw.com, which are both local environmentally-oriented media. I am also interested in looking at local agriculture journals to see if and how they deal with environmental concerns.
I am trying to steer away from national and international issues for this beat because I want to keep it very local, but, because the environment is not an isolated regional entity, but a global system, international environment issues do impact everyone. I assume there is a national trend at universities that will become even more pronounced, of focus shifting to environmental departments. Environmental issues will come out (if they haven’t already) in all departments from architecture and engineering students learning about new environmental requirements and green building practices, to international relations students study international environmental negotiations. So, state, national and international environmental developments are going to impact what WSU students are going to be learning in their classes and the path their careers will take.
Required Elements:
This beat is relevant because many people are unsure about environmental issues: what the truth is, what the policy is and how to be 'green'. This beat would attempt to enlighten Palouse readers about environmental problems in the area, what the impacts are on their life and how their life impacts the problems. Some past topics are agricultural practices, invasive species, and WSU-specific: green building, recycling and the green fund. Upcoming issues include weather changes, an increase of local and organic produce sales, and the judge's ruling on whether to allow wolf hunting to continue. I would like to confine the scope of this beat to human/environment interaction stories in which it is clear what the relevance is to Palouse readers and their lifestyles.
Story Ideas:
*Organic eating in the Pullman area (especially on-campus options) including benefits of organic eating
*Impact (including cost) of last year's implemented co-mingled recycling program, how it is going
*Green buildings on campus - Olympia Avenue dorm, CUB, how green are they? what directions will the campus go toward in the future? how is this impacting Pullman construction projects?
Recent Stories:
*Wolf hunting debate in Idaho
---http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/01/real-estate-agent-takes-idahos-first-gray-wolf/
*Spokane WSU campus going green
---http://dailyevergreen.com/story/29212
*Spokane elementary school
---http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/31/green-pieces/
Sources:
* Bart Mihailovich bartly7@gmail.com (509)951-8750
---Writer for Spokesman-Review environment blog downtoearthnw.com
* Annie Roe annie_roe@wsu.edu (509)335-3561
---Dining Center Dietician
* Louise Sweeney lasweeney@wsu.edu (509)335-4437
---Capital Planning and Development Project Manager
Other important local issues are water quality, endangered and threatened species, agriculture practices, and local and/or organic food. Something I would be interested in looking in to is if people are less willing to take eco-friendly measures in the current economic climate. I could talk to people at the Moscow co-op and local farmers’ markets and produce sales.
Two other key sources for this beat are going to be MaryJane’s Farm and downtoearthnw.com, which are both local environmentally-oriented media. I am also interested in looking at local agriculture journals to see if and how they deal with environmental concerns.
I am trying to steer away from national and international issues for this beat because I want to keep it very local, but, because the environment is not an isolated regional entity, but a global system, international environment issues do impact everyone. I assume there is a national trend at universities that will become even more pronounced, of focus shifting to environmental departments. Environmental issues will come out (if they haven’t already) in all departments from architecture and engineering students learning about new environmental requirements and green building practices, to international relations students study international environmental negotiations. So, state, national and international environmental developments are going to impact what WSU students are going to be learning in their classes and the path their careers will take.
Required Elements:
This beat is relevant because many people are unsure about environmental issues: what the truth is, what the policy is and how to be 'green'. This beat would attempt to enlighten Palouse readers about environmental problems in the area, what the impacts are on their life and how their life impacts the problems. Some past topics are agricultural practices, invasive species, and WSU-specific: green building, recycling and the green fund. Upcoming issues include weather changes, an increase of local and organic produce sales, and the judge's ruling on whether to allow wolf hunting to continue. I would like to confine the scope of this beat to human/environment interaction stories in which it is clear what the relevance is to Palouse readers and their lifestyles.
Story Ideas:
*Organic eating in the Pullman area (especially on-campus options) including benefits of organic eating
*Impact (including cost) of last year's implemented co-mingled recycling program, how it is going
*Green buildings on campus - Olympia Avenue dorm, CUB, how green are they? what directions will the campus go toward in the future? how is this impacting Pullman construction projects?
Recent Stories:
*Wolf hunting debate in Idaho
---http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/01/real-estate-agent-takes-idahos-first-gray-wolf/
*Spokane WSU campus going green
---http://dailyevergreen.com/story/29212
*Spokane elementary school
---http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/31/green-pieces/
Sources:
* Bart Mihailovich bartly7@gmail.com (509)951-8750
---Writer for Spokesman-Review environment blog downtoearthnw.com
* Annie Roe annie_roe@wsu.edu (509)335-3561
---Dining Center Dietician
* Louise Sweeney lasweeney@wsu.edu (509)335-4437
---Capital Planning and Development Project Manager
Jonathan Randal
1. What do you feel is the biggest problem facing the journalism industry?
2. What do you think is going to be the result of the reduction of foreign bureaus and international reporting?
3. What are the benefits of being an international reporter?
4. Did you know the risks you were facing before you began foreign reporting? If not, would you still do it if you could go back?
5. What tips would you give to students who hope to work internationally in the future?
2. What do you think is going to be the result of the reduction of foreign bureaus and international reporting?
3. What are the benefits of being an international reporter?
4. Did you know the risks you were facing before you began foreign reporting? If not, would you still do it if you could go back?
5. What tips would you give to students who hope to work internationally in the future?
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