Photo
info: Clouds move toward and over Moscow Mountain as a rainbow appears over the
WSU campus. Keith Collins took the March 31 photo (in Pullman from) the Zeppoz (bowling
center, restaurant, entertainment center, etc.) parking lot. He submitted the
shot to the Lewiston Tribune’s Inland 360’s “Share Your Snaps,” an online
community photo album.
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Pullman
cleans up nicely
Pullman
celebrates 15 years of waterway preservation efforts
By Scott
Jackson, Moscow Pullman Daily News staff writer Apr 22, 2019
More than
200 people volunteered their time to clean up Pullman’s waterways Saturday
morning, in spite of the dreary, damp drizzle that settled in during the early
hours of the day.
While each
person in attendance received a large plastic bag to store collected trash,
only about 7 cubic yards of garbage was collected, down from 10 cubic yards
last year.
Each
spring, the city of Pullman’s Stormwater Services partners with local entities
including the Palouse Conservation District and the Pullman Civic Trust to host
a community-led stream cleanup event.
Stormwater
Services Program Manager Shilo Sprouse said the event has grown dramatically
since it began 15 years ago and each year, volunteers appear to collect less
litter than the year before.
He said
this not only shows that cleanup efforts have started to take hold but also
that people are likely littering less, which indicates a growing community
consciousness and ownership of local waterways.
He said
this may also indicate that the city’s “adopt-a-stream” program, started in
2012, has been effective.
“It mimics
the adopt-a-highway program — so community groups adopt a certain stream
segment, and there’s signs delineating that segment,” Sprouse said. “We’ll put
your group logo on your stream segment and then you’re asked to go out three
times per year and clean up your stream segment.”
Attendees
to Saturday’s cleanup ranged from families to city leaders and student
organizations — all of which were grouped into teams named for animals like
muskrat and beaver.
The teams
meet in Pullman’s Spring Street Park before being bused to locations along
various local streams with the expectation that they will work their way back
to the park, picking up litter the entire way.
Pullman
City Councilor Brandon Chapman said alongside a wealth of local benefits
including cleaner waterways, these kinds of events help to promote civic
engagement among city residents.
“Now, the
next time a service experience comes up, they remember this one fondly and they
might be willing to do the next thing,” Chapman said. “This is the first step,
the second, higher (step) in service would be when they’re walking down the
road, not part of a formal event, and they see garbage there — are they willing
to reach down and pick that up even though that’s not their garbage?”
Local Boy
Scout Den Leader Daniel Funke, in attendance with two of his children, said he
was expecting to see a lot more trash.
A lifelong
resident of the Palouse, he said it is important to him to preserve the beauty
of this unique natural space for both current and future generations.
“I feel
like today gave me a little hope for humanity. I was really expecting to see
full garbage bags — I mean, even a little bit is too much, but nonetheless,
it’s a lot less than I expected,” Funke said. “I’ve been in this area all my
life, and I’ve seen some bad years and some good years and it’s just great to
be able to come out to a natural area and not have to see garbage or evidence
of mistreatment.”
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Info from
Internet:
=The
Wonderlic test has been used for many years as one way that NFL teams assess
players at the combine leading up to the NFL draft.
=The
Wonderlic Personnel Test is a popular group intelligence test used to assess
the aptitude of prospective employees for learning and problem-solving in a
range of occupations.
…………
NFL Draft:
Coug QB Gardner Minshew scores sky high on Wonderlic
By BARRY
BOLTON Cougfan.com
FROM ALEX
BRINK to Jack Thompson, Dennis Erickson to Scott Pelluer, a consistent theme in
Cougar Nation around Gardner Minshew and his NFL chances is that the kid is
smart. Now we have empirical evidence proving it.
The
Wonderlic test at the NFL Combine is a tool used to assess learning potential
and intelligence. The scores are supposed to remain confidential but they
always leak -- this year MSN.com and others have reported several of the scores
via reporter Bob McGinn on the orangemane.com message boards.
Minshew
was off the charts. He had the second-highest Wonderlic score -- both overall
at the NFL Combine and among the QBs in the 2019 draft class -- with a 42. Only Ryan Finley of North Carolina State
scored better, with a 43.
Per 247 ,
the average score for an NFL QB is 24.
The average score for a chemist is 31 and an electrical engineer is 30.
Wonderlic scores of notable QBs in past drafts include Drew Bledsoe at 36, Tom
Brady at 33, Luke Falk at 29, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees both at 28 and Ben Roethlisberger at 25.
Here’s the
QBs Wonderlic test scores from McGinn:
Ryan
Finley: 43
Gardner
Minshew: 42
Daniel
Jones: 37
Easton
Stick: 32
Clayton
Thorson: 32
Trace
McSorley: 31
Will
Grier: 30
Brett
Rypien: 28
Jarrett
Stidham: 27
Drew Lock:
26
Tyree
Jackson: 25
Dwayne
Haskins: 25
Sean
McGuire: 22
Kyler
Murray: 20
Minshew is
generally being projected as a Day 3 choice (Rounds 4-7) in the NFL Draft that
kicks off Thursday and runs April 25-27.
Minshew is
coming off a magical season in his only year at Washington State, where he
completed 468-of-662 (70.7 percent) passes for 4,779 yards, 38 TDs with 9 INTs.
He also scored four rushing touchdowns on 58 carries for 119 yards in helping
lead WSU to a program record 11-win season. He finished the 2018-19 campaign
ranked second in the nation in completion percentage and passing yards and
fourth in TD passes.
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