Kate....Re: fire update tonight

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Thanks Kate for being concerned! The grandkids are doing okay. The older kids are very aware of the fire and keep up on the news resports. listens to the radio on her MP3 player and will tell me what station to listen to for the best news:) When the smoke is bad here it seems more real to little but otherwise she is not as involved in the daily news on the fire. Challis is having a hard time with her asthma with the smokey air. But we are all fortunate we aren't included in the evacuation areas!hugs SharonThis email is a

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MSersLife Sent: Fri, June 17, 2011 4:35:21 AMSubject: Re: fire update tonight

I'm concerned about your grandchildren; how are they faring with all thisnews? Please stay in and away from the smoke, my friend.love,KateTo: MSersLife Sent: Thu, June 16, 2011 11:19:54 PMSubject: fire update

tonight

I listened to the daily press conference on the fire at 5 p.m.. They said the fire is around 500,000 acres. I wonder what the official number will be tomorrow morning. Those poor folks from Eagar are back on pre-evacuation orders. The wind was really high today and we have a red flag warnings for the next few days.All I can say is pray for rain.hugs SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or

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Oh Sharon that is so sad. Are they getting it under control?HugsnneTo the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world""May the Lord Bless you and keep you,May the Lord Make his face shine upon you, and give you Peace...Forever"Breast Cancer Patients Soul Mates for Lifehttp://breastcancerpatientssoulmatesforlife.bravehost.com/ Anxiety Depression and Breast Cancerhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AnxietyDepressionandBreastCancerAngel Feather Loomerwww.angelfeatherloomer.blogspot.comThe Cancer

Clubwww.cancerclub.com> finally a forest thinning project is planned> > Too bad they didn't do this sooner. 487,016 acres total destroyed at> last> count. Not to mention the 32 homes burned and animals and humans> displaced.> > > Thinned forests are healthy forests that provide a habitat for wild> animals.> There will always be forest fires but the fires are much less

destructive> in a>

properly thinned forest.> > > > Sharon>

This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in> spelling> and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way> are to be> considered flaws or defects.> > > http://www.azdailysun.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/08eb8361-0b58-527b-a524-72ab12f07a77.html> > > > Massive forest thinning project advances> CYNDY COLE Sun Staff Reporter | Posted: Thursday, June> 16,> 2011 5:05 am | (2) Comments> > > > The U.S.

Forest Service put

out bids on

Wednesday for the biggest> thinning> project ever contemplated in the West, spanning four forests and 300,000> acres.> This is significant because it is a first step toward starting work,> perhaps in> October, following years of planning by a collaborative group known as> the Four> Forests Restoration Initiative.> The goal of the decade-long thinning project -- which includes the> Coconino and> Kaibab national forests and would cover 468 square miles -- is to make> big> stretches of the national forests healthier, largely by thinning> small-diameter> ponderosa pine trees that have grown up during a century of fire> suppression.> Eventually, more than a million acres in Arizona could be thinned. The> Forest> Service estimates this would reduce the likelihood of very large> wildfires.> And it hopes the work can

be done at little cost to the federal> government.> Businesses in the United States and Canada, including a local plant that> intends> to make a product somewhat like plywood, have shown some interest in the> project.> It could yield wood for building purposes, biomass and landscaping -- or> uses> yet to be known.> Businesses are invited to submit proposals over the next two months, then> are> ranked based on whether they would charge the government for the thinning> or pay> for the timber, how they would contribute to local employment, the skill> and> experience their employees have in removing small-diameter trees, and> whether> they have feasible business plans.> The Southwest region of the Forest Service is offering the project up for> bid> even before a legally required environmental analysis weighing the

costs> and> benefits is completed, and this is somewhat unusual.> It's possible because timber employees on the Kaibab, Coconino, Tonto and> Apache-Sitgreaves national forests have already lined up enough> pre-approved> thinning projects for about three years, starting with a series of> projects on> the Coconino and Kaibab. Subsequent thinning presumably will have> obtained> environmental clearance by the time the projects are needed.> Cyndy Cole can be reached at 913-8607 or at ccole@....____________________________________________________________Publish your photos in seconds for FREETRY IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if4------------------------------------