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The Petri Dish

May 9, 2008

From today's edition: Wild Sky, right-to-die and Obama guy

Posted at 9:55 am by Jerry Cornfield

It’s done. President Bush signed the law creating the Wild Sky Wilderness.

From Herald writer Jim Haley:

In July 2001, environmentalists, east Snohomish County residents and federal lawmakers marched along a path among old-growth trees near Troublesome Creek north of U.S. 2. It was a part of a tour to show off a wild area that some thought should be preserved forever.

On Thursday, most of those areas north of Index and Skykomish in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest were added to Washington's list of protected areas.

Read the story here.

It’s coming. Former Gov. Booth Gardner pushed his right-to-die initiative in Lynnwood:

From Herald writer Bill Sheets:

Former Gov. Booth Gardner no longer runs the state, but now he'd like to be in control in a different way.

He wants to be able to die on his own terms if his quality of life becomes seriously diminished, he said at a meeting of the Lynnwood Rotary Club on Thursday.

Read the story here.

It’s over. Rep. Rick Larsen committed to Sen. Barack Obama

From me:

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen moved out of the column of uncommitted Democratic superdelegates Thursday and into the growing line of supporters of Sen. Barack Obama for president.

Larsen ended weeks of neutrality, saying Tuesday's primaries made "very clear" that the Illinois senator has the skill and resolve to win his fierce battle with Sen. Hillary Clinton for the party's nomination.

Read the story here.

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