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Heating Plant to Cut Greenhouse Gas
C la rk C o u n ty has selected
T he proposed central heating
S ch n eid er E lectric o f S eattle to plant w ould use the latest tech
d evelop a proposal for a new n o lo g y to g e n e ra te h e at fo r
central heating plant that, if a p county buildings and electricity
proved, could provide a clean, from recycled forest debris that
cost-effective way to low er fuel otherw ise w ould be burned in
costs and g reenhouse gas em is open “slash” piles.
sions.
“T his central heating plant has
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the potential to be a w in for
The facility w ould reduce fos-
taxpayers and the en v iro n m en t,”
said G eneral S ervices D irecto r
M ark M cC auley.
sil fuel em issions by about 28,660
tons per year, the eq u iv alen t o f
taking 6 ,2 0 0 cars o ff local roads
o r 3,700 hom es o ff the ele ctric
ity grid each year.
T he facility w ould also save
taxpayers an estim ated $ 1.5 m il
lion o v er the next 20 years.
T o proceed, S ch n eid er E lec
tric m ust ensure the facility would
be in full co m p lian ce w ith air
quality law s and all regulatory
requirem ents at a co u n ty -o w n ed
site in d o w n to w n V an co u v er
near the co u n ty ja il and co u rt
house.
“C lark C ounty is co m m itted
to being a lead er in using ren e w
able energy and reducing our
d ep en d en ce on fossil fuels. T his
project w ill m ake the county one
o f the few public entities in the
country to produce m ore green
e n e r g y th a n it c o n s u m e s ,”
M cC auley said.
An Evening of Poetry
Dr. Billy R. Flowers (above center) and his skilled s ta ff are ready to help th o se in need.
THE
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An ongoing series of questions and answers about America’s natural healing profession.
Part 27. Chiropractic VS Migraines: Saying
goodbye to the most menacing of headaches
Can anything be done for this!” That’s one comment I’ll here for only a while. Why waste
for migraines? I’ve had them never forget! The story had a happy, one precious moment, let alone
for the last 20 years and I sincerely but isn’t it sad that it had such an years suffering needlessly? Find
can’t take it much longer.
unfortunate beginning. So many your freedom through good health
: I had a patient once ask suffer for so long with their pain. N O W ... naturally. Find your free
the same question. Her con They literally waste years of their dom through Chiropractic...and
cern, however, was that Chiro lives, waiting, thinking that it is just make each day count. Isn’t it time
practic might hurt. After becom a temporary condition. Life itself is you stepped up to safe, effective
ing a patient, she began to make a temporary condition. We are all Chiropractic?
progress. Slowly but surely the
nauseating effects of the migraine
were leaving her. One day, relaxed
2124 N .E. Hancock Street. Portland Oregon97212
and without pain, she said to me “I
:an’t believe that I waited 20years
Phone: (5 0 3 ) 2 8 7 -5 5 0 4
Flowers' Chiropractic Office
An ev en in g o f bilingual p o
etry w ith poet Sheryl C lo u g h an d
several local poets will be held at
the N iche W ine and A rt B ar in
V ancouver, 1013 M ain Street,
on Saturday, July 30 at 6 p.m .
Poetry and m usic will fill the
room at the event, w here C h ris
to p h er L una will p resent the lat
est in a series o f b ilingual re a d
ings follow ed by several guest
readings.
C lo u g h re c e iv e d a m a ste rs
o f fin e a rts d e g re e in c re a tiv e
w ritin g fro m the U n iv e rs ity o f
A la sk a F a irb a n k s, w h e re she
d e sig n e d and ta u g h t w ritin g
c o u rse s lin k e d to e n v iro n m e n
tal lite ra tu re . H e r p o e m s, s to
rie s an d e ssa y s h av e a p p e a re d
in S p i n d r i f t, E x p lo r a ti o n s ,
S to ry b o a rd , S ie rra , T ra v e le rs
T a le s, S o u n d in g s R ev iew and
m an y o th ers.
A fter a visit to A u stria and
G erm any w ith the Foreign L an
guage L eague, C lough started a
lifelong interest in G erm an lan
guage. She finds in the language
m usicality and ex p ressiv en ess
that refute the co m m o n p e rc ep
tion o f G erm an as “g u ttu ral.”
Health Care Reform Discussion
In an effo rt to a n sw e r the
com m unity ’ s questions about the
new health care reform , a public
d iscu ssio n and presentation w ill
be held at the V an co u v er C o m
m unity L ibrary on M onday, July
25.
C a re A c t, c o m m o n ly c a lle d
health care reform , w hich will
g o into full effect in 2014.
At the event she w ill review
the state o f cu rren t health care
w ithin the country and address
the ch an g es ahead, including the
B ianca S to n en an analyst and new la w ’s im pact on children,
co n su m er advocate at the O f sen io r citizen s and o th er adults.
fice o f the W ash in g to n State
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