I debated long and hard about posting a link to this story, but decided the laugh/head shaking factor is too much not to share.  Gotta be a yakima thing.  To keep with hyperlocal, the link takes you to my commentary about it on my website. 

I still shudder thinking of it! 

This article says it's from a renewable plant. Rapeseed. Rapeseed oil has many industrial uses. This firm claims they can make biodiesel from rapeseed for as little as $0.25 per gallon. A GMO variant of rapeseed is the canola plant from which we get the famous cooking oil.

Seems like a useful little plant. Perhaps instead of turning corn into fuel, more rapeseed should be planted instead.

EDIT:  Forgot the link for the biodiesel firm.  Oops. 

12 mini-reviews for the short attention span, taken from dark corners of stevenl's video vault:

April 15, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Carol Huske
360-464-6702

The Educational Service District 113 Board of Directors is accepting applications for appointment to the position of Olympia School District Director 2 position. The successful candidate will serve until the next regular school board election, which is in November of 2009. The applicant's permanent resident must be in the Olympia School District within the boundary of Director District 2 (attached). Interested persons should contact Carol Huske, ESD 113 Executive Secretary, at (360) 464-6702, or chuske@esd113.k12.wa.us for application requirements (attached).

Applications will be accepted until April 25, 2008.

Part 2
Part 3

Do you have an opinion about what's important to think about when identifying a site for the new downtown Olympia Food Co-op? We want to hear from you!

The Site Criteria and Selection Committee is hosting a public and member forum on April 24th from 7-9pm in room 102 of the Olympia Center.

The forum is a chance to review and comment on the the site criteria developed by the committee, and to offer your ideas about what's important to think about as we consider potential sites for the new store.

Please join the conversation on April 24th, and make your voice heard.

If you can't attend the forum but have ideas or questions, contact expansion@olympiafood.coop

TJ Johnson
Expansion Coordinator
Olympia Food Co-op

Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 8:09am.
I'll never forget how Sound to Harbor Head Start/ECEAP nearly lost a grant that allowed more children to be taken into the program because the illegal street-blockers jeopardized the paperwork being delivered on time.

Let's see, bongo drums at the intersection of Cooper Point and Black Lake, or children (and their families) below the poverty line getting food, education and health services - it's not a tough choice to make at all.

"Never forget?"
Submitted by Guglielmo on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 9:29am.
Man, that is one traumatic, nearly delayed papers delivery!

Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 9:49am.