BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard EWEB EWEB Eugene Water and Electric Board (Oregon) advises against drinking fountain water Don't drink that water. The Eugene Water & Electric Board does not advise those who cool off in the fountain at EWEB's headquarters next to the Willamette River Willamette River River, northwestern Oregon, U.S. It flows north for 300 mi (485 km) into the Columbia River near Portland. Oregon's most populous cities are in its valley. The Fremont Bridge, a steel arch with a main span of 1,225 ft (373 m), crosses the river at Portland. to drink the water. That's because the water is recirculated, a spokesman said. There's human waste, bicycle grease and other pollutants in there, he said. A front-page photograph in Thursday's Register-Guard showed a 5-year-old girl drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. from the fountain out of her hat. Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. fire station offers the public a peek The public is invited to take a look at the new Santa Clara fire station on Saturday. The open house, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will include a neighborhood barbecue and tours of the 16,800-square-foot building at 111 Santa Clara Ave., off River Road, in Eugene. Since 2002, the city has been providing fire and emergency medical response to the area from a converted house near the new station. The house has been sold to the Neighborhood Economic Development Corp., which will use it for low-income housing. The new $4 million station was designed by Berry Architects of Eugene, in association with Peck Smiley Ettlin of Portland. John Hyland Construction of Springfield was the general contractor A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. . REGION Mohawk-Marcola area feels another tremor MOHAWK - For the third time this year, a small earthquake rattled an area northeast of Springfield on Thursday night. The county had received no reports of damage. The quake, which occurred 6:12 p.m., was between Mohawk and Marcola, measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale and originating 4.8 miles underground, according to the University of Washington's Pacific Northwest Seismology seismology (sīzmŏl`əjē, sīs–), scientific study of earthquakes and related phenomena, including the propagation of waves and shocks on or within the earth by natural or artificially generated seismic signals. Network. The county received a couple phone calls reporting some minor shaking from residents in that area, according to a county dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. . On April 11, another magnitude 2.3 earthquake shook the area. On Jan. 12, a magnitude 2.4 quake occurred, also near the unincorporated town of Mohawk. |
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