Outdoors briefs

09/11/09 The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation will host a dedication and open house of the new visitor center at Lake Walcott State Park, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the ceremony commencing at noon on Wednesday. Light refreshments will be served.

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MORE THINGS TO DO

08/23/09 'CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN,' 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, through Sept. 18, Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 99 E. 4700 South, Washington Terrace. $9-$11; $8-$10/students, seniors. (801) 393-0070.

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Events Calendar

08/14/09 Faulkner Planetarium at Herrett Center for Arts and Science presents "Here Comes the Sun" at 2 p.m.; "Two Small Pieces of Glass" with live sky tour at 7 p.m.; and "Space Jammin" at 8:15 p.m. Education-show tickets are $4.50 for adults, $3.50 for seniors and $2.50 for students.

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Oregon Recreation Report

08/14/09 The Oregon Recreation Report (fishing, hunting, viewing), updated Tuesday, Aug. 11, by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Community Calendar: Aug. 14, 2009

08/14/09 The Press-Republican events calendar appears every Friday. Be sure submissions reach the Press-Republican newsroom at least one week before the calendar in which they need to appear.

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Cambria Village Board, residents want better communication with Didion ethanol plant officials

08/11/09 CAMBRIA - The Village Board and some residents again are calling for better communication from Didion Milling ethanol plant officials, who they say failed to immediately inform the village or its fire department of a recent chemical spill at the plant.

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Historic hand-cranked drawbridge reopens in Piermont

08/09/09 PIERMONT - When Patricia McKillop was a girl growing up in the village in the 1950s, she and her friends would sit on the edge of the Bridge Street bridge and fish for carp in the Sparkill Creek.

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Community Calendar: Aug. 7, 2009

08/07/09 DID YOU KNOW? You can view Legal Ads reprinted from the Press-Republican daily. You can also look through the Legal Ads Archive going back to July 2008.

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Didion to meet with DNR over spill

08/05/09 CAMBRIA - A recent ammonia spill from the Didion ethanol plant just outside of Cambria has prompted citizens and village trustees to raise questions not only about the village's ability to respond to Didion-related emergencies, but also about the company's compliance with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources air and water quality standards.

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