Summers County couple nurses birds back to health
Ron and Wendy Perrone run the Three Rivers Avian Center in Summers County since 1990, treating 2,965 birds of 131 species with a 50 percent release rate. They expanded from a tarpaper shack to a 52 by 64 foot flight barn ahead of their 20th anniversary on July 3, supported by 22 volunteer veterinarians and 28 transport volunteers, with a $90,000 annual budget and broad educational work reaching more than 215,000 people in 47 counties.
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Brooks
Ron
Wendy Perrone
Three Rivers Avian Center
Wendy
Perrones
Morgantown
West Virginia
Summers County
Brooks Mountain
New River Gorge National River
Avian Haven
Maine
Twister
Nick
Sensors track Gulf spill as BP faces funding demands
Undersea sensors were deployed to the ruptured Gulf well to measure flow as BP faces calls to create escrow accounts totaling billions for spill claims. Estimates show up to 2 million gallons daily earlier, with about 66 million gallons in a middle estimate, while containment efforts and political pressure intensify ahead of Obama’s Gulf visit.
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Chriever
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Obama
Point Mar
Thad Allen
Allen
Jon Pack
CBS
White House
Gulf States
Barack Obama
Florida
Louisiana
Kennedy
Coast Guard
Doug Suttles
Oval Office
Gulf Coast
Orange Beach
Ala
Margaret Hartig
Chicago
Oil leak in Utah near Great Salt Lake slowed, but spill harms birds
Emergency crews contained a 21,000 gallon oil spill from a broken underground pipeline near the University of Utah that streamed into a creek, a Salt Lake City park, and the Jordan River. More than 100 birds, mostly Canada geese, were coated. Liberty Park pond stayed closed. Local officials urge avoidance of affected waterways as Chevron investigates causes and EPA compliance.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
West
University of Utah
Jordan River
Jason Olsen
Red Butte Creek
Liberty Park
Olsen
U.S
Jim Matheson
Dutah
Chevron
Becky Roberts
Matheson
Roberts
Environmental Protection Agency
Salt Lake
Trapped man who lost arm out of intensive care
Hartford AP report says Jonathan Metz is out of intensive care after surgery to close a wound from where he cut off most of his arm while trying to repair a basement furnace. Paramedics completed the amputation and he is expected to receive a prosthetic. A local firm will donate a new furnace for his home.
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Metz
Heloise hints on baskets and handy home tips
Readers share tips from Heloise including care instructions for plant baskets after funerals, using ash trays for art and organization, hand sanitizer as a foot rub, blueberry bushes as hedges, a clasp fix for swimsuits with a key ring, and bathroom note reminders to cut messes, all with reader letters and responses.
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Heloise
Wanda
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Grand Isle
Axelrod
Sheila Williams
London
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Associated Press
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Kathy
Terre Haute
Ind
Heloise PO
San Antonio
Heloise.com
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Raymond, N.H
Lorrie
Rocky Gap Tree Works
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