Blue River NewsLocal news for Blue River, OR continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Tokatee founders fund $1-million turf professorship- February 29, 2008 "He would be very pleased with this gift." RAINBOW: A Northwest family with more than 40 years in the golf business has donated $1 million to endow a faculty position in turf management at Oregon State University. The N.B. and Jacqueline Giustina Professorship in Turf Management will help recruit a top faculty member to the program established by Tom Cook, who is planning to retire in fall 2008. The gift was a decision by the Giustina family to honor the late Nat Giustina, a 1941 OSU graduate,.http://www.topix.net/city/blue-river-or/2008/02/tokatee-founders-fund-1-million-turf-profe... FERC nixes initial application for McKenzie River hydro plants- February 17, 2008 "I question if they know what they are doing at all" The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a request by a California hydroelectric company for a preliminary permit application to build multiple small hydroelectric power plants along the McKenzie ... via KGW-TV Portlandhttp://www.topix.net/city/blue-river-or/2008/02/ferc-nixes-initial-application-for-mckenzi... |