Crime Blotter – County Highway

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Bouquets and Brickbats

By The Editors

To the town fathers of Hoquiam, Washington are trying to ram through the construction of a British-owned wood pellet plant across the street from the city’s high school and middle school. The plant will produce 1,349,874 lbs. of toxic pollutants, poisoning students and area humans as well as pets, birds, and fish. The bulk of these pollutants will be airborne. These include Acetaldehyde, Acrolein, Benzene, 2-Ethylhexyl Phthalate, Chloromethane, Formaldehyde, Hexane, Naphthalene, Phenol, Toluene, Mercury, Methylene Chloride, and Sulfur Dioxide. The wood pellets that will be produced by the plant are illegal for use in the United States. As unbelievable as this sounds, it’s true. Nor are the members of the city council of Hoquiam uniquely venal and stupid. Toxin-spewing plants have been proliferating in the United States for the past decade or more, mostly in southern states and rural areas of the country. In part, that’s because the large federal agencies responsible for the safety of …

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Official State Cartoon and Comic Book Characters

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Alabama — Fred Flintstone Alaska — Rocky the Flying Squirrel Arizona — Dora the Explorer Arkansas — Bugs Bunny California — Mr. Natural Colorado — Lucy Van Pelt Connecticut — Richie Rich Delaware — Scrooge Duck Florida — Snow White Georgia — Porky Pig Hawaii — Moana Idaho — Woody Woodpecker Illinois — Roger Rabbit Indiana — Dilbert Iowa — Cow and Chicken Kansas — Archie Kentucky — Betty Boop Louisiana — O’Malley the Alley Cat Maine — Donald Duck Maryland — Velma Massachusetts — Daria Michigan — Charlie Brown Minnesota — Caspar the Friendly Ghost Mississippi — Barney Rubble Missouri — Jessica Rabbit Montana — Bullwinkle Nebraska — Dogie the Doggie Nevada — Yosemite Sam New Hampshire — Beavis New Jersey — Stitch New Mexico — Snoopy New York — Woodstock North Carolina — Jughead North Dakota — Ren Ohio — Butthead Oklahoma — Road Runner Oregon — Scooby Doo Pennsylvania — Goofy Rhode Island — Dory South Carolina — Betty South Dakota — Stimpy Tennessee — Sylvester Texas — …