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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
SPINA COLUMN
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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
T he p resen tatio n will be held
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