AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Inmates and guards at a state prison here donated more than $8,000 to assist with Red Cross relief efforts for victims of the terrorist attacks.
Inmates at the Airway Heights Corrections Center west of Spokane contributed nearly $3,500 of that from their personal accounts.
“This is a very significant donation when you consider that inmates earn anywhere from 40 cents to $1 per hour in their jobs at the institution or when they are fighting fires,” said Kaye Adkins, regional administrator for the state Department of Corrections.
Staff and offenders at the Eleanor Chase House work release center held a car wash and raised an additional $500, she said.
“The offenders are giving back to the community,” Adkins said.
Landfill gas could power 60,000 homes: King County is ready to tap the methane gas coming off its Cedar Hills Regional Landfill – as a power source. Now being burned off in a flare, the gas could be used to generate enough electricity to supply 60,000 homes, County Executive Ron Sims said Monday. King County will contract with a private company to develop the project. Companies will submit proposals in December. Sims says when the gas-to-energy project is running, which is expected by 2003, it will be the fourth-largest landfill gas project of its kind in the nation.
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