MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE – About 120 Air Force reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing have been mobilized to active duty after serving as volunteer support since Sept. 11, 2001.
The reservists are from the 313th Airlift Squadron and are mostly pilots and loadmasters. They will be activated for at least one year.
“This mobilization is no surprise,” said Lt. Col. Mike Keenan, the squadron’s commander. “We’ve got some highly skilled people who’ve flown monthly missions into Iraq in the last two years.”
The crews operate C-17 Globemaster cargo planes and have been supporting airlift missions for Iraq.
Associated Press
Aberdeen: Clam season may be extended 3 days
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife says there could be three more days for clam diggers on Washington state ocean beaches. Final tests for possible marine toxins will be conducted Monday, fish and wildlife officials said. If the clams are clean, four beaches – Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks – will be open for clamming Dec. 10-12. During the first fall dig in October, diggers collected more than 400,000 clams along the Pacific Ocean beaches.
Associated Press
Port Townsend: City Hall restoration debated
After deciding to restore City Hall, City Council members must now decide on how to pay for the project. The council, in a 5-2 vote Monday night, chose to move ahead on the restoration project, an issue that has been on the table for nearly 30 years. City manager David Timmons said the cost of restoring the 112-year-old building plus building an annex is estimated at $5.4 million. At this point, the city is about $750,000 short.
Peninsula Daily News
Bellingham: Few talk about waterfront land
Fewer than a dozen people showed up at Meridian Middle School Tuesday night to hear Port of Bellingham officials explain the proposed takeover of Georgia-Pacific West Inc.’s real estate on the Bellingham waterfront. Port officials are studying the feasibility of acquiring 137 waterfront acres and taking on the environmental cleanup costs that would be required to redevelop the site for homes, offices and shops, while dredging out the waste treatment lagoon to create a marina for 350 to 450 pleasure boats. A similar public meeting on the proposal at the Mount Baker Theatre two weeks ago drew about 300 people.
Bellingham Herald
Bellevue: Computers stolen from school
The downside of having cutting-edge technology in the classroom may be the desire by some people to steal it, as demonstrated by two burglaries at Bellevue schools over the long Thanksgiving weekend. More than $6,000 worth of computers and other electronic gear was stolen sometime between Nov. 24 and 29 from Eastgate Elementary School. And in the early morning hours of Nov. 27, equipment was taken from Highland Middle School.
King County Journal
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