Podunk Below the Masthead, Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The St. Patrick’s Day edition of the Daily News features a marine activist and author, a review of your dietary requirements and a look how the Hecate Strait Employment Development Society may be a winner as employment numbers decline.

SHADOWS OF THE PAST - TWENTY YEARS AFTER VALDEZ, ALASKA-- Monday’s front page featured a look at the examination of the impact of oil spills on the environment, featuring a conversation with Doctor Riki Ott, a marine biologist, activist and author who was in Prince Rupert on Monday for a speaking engagement. The article featured a look at the oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound in 1989 and the lessons that should be learned from that event…

(from  the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … 8508670072 )-