In the news, Sunday, June 17, 2012

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SAT 16      INDEX      MON 18

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Baby boomers change demographics of working population

Rebecca Nappi      The Spokesman-Review

related story:

Older workers admit they can’t sit still

Rebecca Nappi      The Spokesman-Review

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School lunch blogger free to post pics

Associated Press

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Unmanned spacecraft returns safely

Alicia Chang      Associated Press 

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Queen marks official birthday
Philip rejoins wife for celebrations
Anna Tomforde      McClatchy

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Female astronaut joins Chinese trip to module

Ng Han Guan      Associated Press

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Jim Kershner’s this day in history

Jim Kershner      The Spokesman-Review

From our archives, 100 years ago

The Spokane Parks Board announced plans to build several public swimming pools and public bath houses. Safety was the primary reason.

“The river looks so good to older children that they cannot resist the temptation to wade into it also,” said a parks official. “They are soon into the current and another death is reported. We have decided that the only thing to do is to make swimming pools at the edge of the river.”

The board planned to erect concrete dykes at several locations along the river where river-water pools could be constructed. They also planned to build enclosed bath houses.

Also on this date
(From the Associated Press)

1972: President Richard M. Nixon’s eventual downfall began with the arrest of five burglars inside Democratic national headquarters in Washington, D.C.’s Watergate complex.

1885: The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isere.

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Heart disease deaths down
Spokane County dropoff mirrors declining national rate
John Stucke      The Spokesman-Review

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Hundreds mark Gaiser Conservatory’s 1912 roots

Justin Runquist      The Spokesman-Review

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Gentle touch earns trust of mustang

Alex Paul      Albany (Ore.) Democrat-Herald

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Opinion:

Kathleen Parker: Watergate’s legacy of cynicism

Kathleen Parker is a columnist for the Washington Post

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Field reports: Illegal perch plant grim for Curlew trout

Rich Landers      The Spokesman-Review

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Wild mallards teach lessons at Ferris High School courtyard

Rich Landers      The Spokesman-Review

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Partners give boost to Riverside State Park

Rich Landers      The Spokesman-Review

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Whichever the type, plant now and enjoy berries often

Susan Mulvihill      The Spokesman-Review

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Book Notes: ‘Ice Age Floods’ authors set to party

Carolyn Lamberson      The Spokesman-Review

Bruce Bjornstad and Eugene Kiver will celebrate the release of their geological guidebook “On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods: The Northern Reaches,” with a series of parties this summer.

The first event will be from 2 to 4 p.m. June 23 in the Eastern Washington University Science Building, on Washington Street across from Roos Field. The second event, hosted by Kiver’s employer, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 16 in the Battelle Auditorium on PNNL campus, 902 Battelle Blvd. in Richland.

And on July 11, Bjornstad will be at Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave., for a slide show and book signing at 7 p.m.

After Bjornstad’s first book, “On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods: A geological field guide to the Mid-Columbia Basin,” he teamed up with Kiver, his former professor at EWU, for a look at how the Ice Age floods carved out the Channeled Scablands and left a mark in North Idaho.

Bjornstad, who graduated from EWU, now lives in Richland. Kiver retired from Eastern in 2002 and divides his time between Cheney and Anacortes, Wash.

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