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		<title>Caption That Photo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another great Snowy Owl pic, from Stuart May (taken Monday afternoon):

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		<title>Pizza, politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the mayor, city council and staff broke for a pizza lunch (public not invited), the retreat is back on, with finance director Steve Ensley giving the latest General Fund projected beginning balances: 2012, $243,000 (down from $385,000 in 2011, and more than $2 million in 2007-08); 2013, $130,000; 2014, $2,000; 2015, -$124,000; 2016, -$247,000. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retreat photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goals on a white board and longshot of the brainstormers (facilitator Lynn Norby at head of table):


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		<title>Name That Bird</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone know what kind of bird this one photographed by Stuart May is? He believes it&#8217;s from &#8220;the frozen north&#8221;:

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		<title>From the retreat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Councilors Ed Engel, Ginny Hill pointing to the $500,000 2012 budget that the previous council demanded of then-Mayor Garland French. Engel: &#8220;That process never happened . . . money was never there.&#8221; Hill: &#8220;We have repeatedly asked for that ($500,000),we keep getting shot down by the city attorney.&#8221;
Facilitator Lynn Norby (corrected, Dennis Morrisette is this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember when? Snowy Owl scene in November</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few months ago, before they apparently settled in for extended camping at Damon Point, Snowy Owls were cruising around the beaches of Ocean Shores. In November, Steve Hill (&#8220;The Eagle Whisperer&#8221;) took dozens of photos like this, in the Taurus beach approach area:


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		<title>&#8220;Amending the Budget&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the 2007-08 Ocean Shores budget: &#8220;When the Council determines that it is in the best interest of the City to increase or decrease appropriation for a particular fund, they may do so by adopting an ordinance with a simple majority vote.&#8221;
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		<title>The camping issue?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve heard from a few people interested in &#8220;what&#8217;s going on with camping days?&#8221; This was a hot topic in the middle of last year, with the Planning Commission hosting an open house that drew a huge crowd &#8211; many of them RV campers hoping the city would extend the number of days they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Snowy&#8217;s spotted yesterday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note to potential travelers to Ocean Shores: A couple reported seeing five Snowy Owls at Damon Point, yesterday. This couple came from Whidbey Island to see the &#8220;Super Birds,&#8221; and stayed at a local hotel.
Forget &#8220;eco-tourism,&#8221; how about &#8220;owler-tourism&#8221;?
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		<title>&#8220;Retreat&#8221; tomorrow: The Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where City Council &#8220;Retreats&#8221; in years past have been leisurely, cordial sessions, with department heads doing show-and-tells followed by councilors setting goals, tomorrow&#8217;s could be . . . interesting. Several new councilors have expressed a desire to &#8220;open the 2012 budget,&#8221; and hack away hundreds of thousands of dollars; they want that $500,000 General Fund [...]]]></description>
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