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Border Patrol in ONP? Bill adding powers in wilderness mulled By Paul Gottlieb
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The U.S. Border Patrol could build roads in Olympic National Park and other wilderness areas without approval from the federal departments of Interior and Agriculture under legislation that has survived a key congressional committee’s vote. House leadership is deciding if the National ONLINE . . . Security and Lands Protection Act, approved 26-17 on Oct. 5 by the House Committee on Natural Resources, will go to the House floor for a vote, committee spokeswoman Crys- ■ Text of bill, other tal Feldman said Friday. The bill, HR 1505, would details: grant broad new powers to http:// U.S. Customs and Border tinyurl.com/ Protection — the umbrella pdnbill1 agency for the Border Patrol — within 100 miles of the northern border with Canada and southern border with Mexico. Under the provisions of the bill, the agency would have “immediate access” to any public land managed by the federal government “for purposes of conducting activities that assist in securing the border (including access to maintain and construct roads, construct a fence, use vehicles to patrol and set up monitoring equipment).” Turn
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arth and debris are lifted by explosives in the above image of a former spillway of the Elwha Dam taken from video by John Gussman of Sequim, who is chronicling the removal of the dam and its companion Glines Canyon Dam up the Elwha River. The blasting of layers of the spillway’s concrete foundation and bedrock will form a diversion channel through which the river will run starting Monday. At right, an image from the Glines Canyon Dam webcam just before dusk Saturday shows water cascading over notches cut into the dam. Lake Mills behind it is draining as the former high dam is lowered and eventually removed. Gussman’s video — including a slow-motion replay — as well as the dam webcams are accessible via www.peninsuladailynews.com. Related story on Page A5
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■ Occupy demonstrations grow PORT TOWNSEND — More across U.S., around globe/A4 than 200 people gathered in the triangle park in front of Chase 99 percent of the population is Bank during the noon hour Fri- getting poorer while the wealth is day during “Occupy PT,” a rally held by the remaining 1 percent. that reflected demonstrations Many of the protesters carried signs, with such slogans as “End throughout the country. “Corporate greed and Wall Corporate Personhood,” “When Street has vacuumed up the Does the Greed Stop?” and “I’ll American dream and spat out the believe that corporations are peomiddle class,” said Linda Brews- ple when Texas executes one.” Many of those in the crowd ter, who was one of several speakwere old enough to remember and ers who addressed the crowd participate in protests against the using a portable loudspeaker. “People graduate from college Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s. if they are lucky, and they can’t pay off their loans because they More heartfelt can’t get a job,” she said. “This protest is less organized The demonstration followed the theme of the national Occupy and more heartfelt,” said George Wall Street movement that began Yount of Port Townsend, comparing the two eras. last month in New York City. “The people here are genuinely A similar rally in Port Angeles Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News on Saturday drew an estimated concerned about the future of America.” 200 people. Jennifer Prime of Port Townsend holds a “Grandmas Revolt” sign at the “Occupy PT” Turn to Occupy/A4 demonstration in Port Townsend on Friday. The movement asserts that
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