SIERRA WILDLIFE REHABBING CLASSES CONTINUE IN APRIL
If you would like to learn more about the fascinating lives of El DoradoCounty wildlife, or if you are interested in caring for orphaned and injured birds or animals, Sierra Wildlife Rescue will continue its 2008 wildlife classes in April. Classes will be held on the following wildlife species in April:Fawns, April 5, 10 a.m. – noon
All classes are held at the SWR Center, 6236C Pleasant Valley Road, in the El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado, and are free to members of Sierra Wildlife Rescue; a $5.00 donation is requested from members of the public. For moreinformation on the classes, please call Barbara Barker, at 530-621-2650, or e-mail bsb@d-web.com.
Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the U.S. Atlantic coast.
The federal government says it will pay hotel expenses for some of the nearly 2 million Gustav evacuees, but exactly who will be eligible and how much it will cost taxpayers is uncertain.
As traffic lined up leading to New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin decided Wednesday to let residents who fled Hurricane Gustav back after all ? with a warning the city was still vulnerable.
If Hurricane Katrina was one big lesson in government bungling, Gustav has been an open-book test of whether the politicians learned anything from the disaster.
Trying to burnish his government's reputation for handling a stormy crisis, President Bush said Wednesday the response to Hurricane Gustav has been "excellent" and praised improvement since Hurricane Katrina.
The tropics seem to be going crazy what with the remnants of Gustav, the new threat from Hanna, a strengthening Ike and newcomer Josephine. Get used to it.
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