Washington

Jerry Aiken Joins Passport Potash Board of Directors
MarketWatch (press release)
Prior to beginning work as a consulting geologist, Mr. Aiken worked for 29 years for US Borax (Rio Tinto Exploration) ("Borax") in Tucson, Arizona and Valencia, California. Before focusing his career in borates, potash and lithium he worked for five

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Military families get free entry into national parks
msnbc.com
Mount Rainier National Park, located in Washington state, offers incredible scenery and a diverse ecology. The park aims to be carbon neutral by 2016. (National Park Service) Share Back to slideshow navigation Two of the world's most active volcanoes

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eBay Item Of The Day
Baseball Nation (blog)
if you want to take them out of their frame for that purpose. (Pictured, American League scrapers. NL after the jump.) The Washington Senators ice scraper bears a striking resemblance to the Borax Kid from the "Neutopia" episode of Futurama.

EVENTS CALENDAR for Week Starting May 18
New Haven Register
Oddfellows Playhouse, Spring classes and programs for students ages 3-11, call for dates, times, prices, 128 Washington St., Middletown; 860-347-6143. Continued... Playhouse on Park, Spring Youth Acting Classes for ages K-8, through June 20,

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EVENTS CALENDAR for Week Starting May 11
New Haven Register
Gunn Memorial Library and Museum, Discussion/book signing by Michael Quadland, author of “Offspring”, 6:30 pm May 17, free, must register, 5 Wykeham Road, Washington; 860-868-7586. Hagaman Memorial Library, Personalized Resumes Critique and

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