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Some people in the Roanoke and New River Valleys are fed up with the current tax system. Those folks met in Salem Saturday. The Fair Tax event was part of a grassroots effort to spread the word about the tax alternative. This afternoon, Genie Hayes, grassroots director of Fair Tax, taught folks how to interact with the media and how to network and educate others. She says the Fair Tax plan seems to draw backing from folks who fall between the current tax cracks and those who feel like they're being ripped off. "It's a progressive national sales tax that...

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Tuesday, July 19, 2005 · Last updated 4:21 a.m. PT Squirrel fires regular occurrence in Canadian border town Squirrel fires regular occurrence in Canadian border town OSOYOOS, British Columbia -- Once again, a squirrel clambering onto a power line has been blamed for a brush fire in this border town north of Oroville, Wash. Firefighters were summoned Monday after a squirrel scrambled up a Fortis Inc. utility pole, got zapped and landed in flames on some dry brush outside a fruit packing business, Fire Chief Ross Driver said. By the time a pumper truck and a bush truck...