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News and sports for the last day of the year

by Tryan Hartill

End of the year Web Roundup

I have 2 stat counters now and there is a fairly large difference between the numbers. My old one is at 23,000 hits for the month (30 days total) and my new one is nearing 10,000 since Dec 11th (20 days total)...it’s at the bottom of the front page.

The reason they are so different is because my old one counts RSS/Subscribe reads as hits (i.e. someone reads an article from Google Reader/Bloglines and doesn’t visit the site) and counts hits from other countries. My new one seems to filter those 2 out.

I’m planning on setting up some ads in the near future in order to cover local news a little better, so these numbers will be important when I talk to potential advertisers. (if you or someone you know want to do ads, I will have the contact info up shortly) In terms of viewers, the one at the bottom is probably a better indication of how many times the ads will be seen per day. Just a W.A.G….but I would say 60% of my hits are from locals, 25% are from people around Oregon (Mostly Portland and Eugene) and the remaining coming from the rest of the country.

Sports

• The Seattle Seahawks lose at Atlanta in a fairly meaningless game. They will play Washington at home on Sat. in the first round of the playoffs.

• The Portland Trailblazers stretch their win streak to 13 games and will play in Utah tonight.

• Astoria wins the Vince Dulcich tourney by barely slipping by the Naselle Comets 37-35 in the first round and beating up on Knappa in the finals…50-29.

• The Beavers Defense steps up in the second half as they win the Emerald Bowl 21-14. This is 4 bowl game wins in a row for the Beaves.

• The Ducks will play in the Sun Bowl today at 11am today on CBS. They will meet South Florida who also made it to #2 in the polls, but faded down the stretch much like the Oregon Ducks.

Local News

• Starting January 15th, all gas sold in Clatsop County will be 10% Ethanol.

“The consumer should see minimal difference in mileage or the performance of their vehicle with the new fuel standard,” said Russ Wyckoff, administrator of the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Measurement Standards Division.
Older vehicles that already may have some water contamination in their tanks may be affected by the change, he said. And motorists may need to change a fuel filter soon after the ethanol-blended product is put into the tank for the first time. As of Sept. 16, the only gasoline to be sold in Oregon without the ethanol requirement is fuel used exclusively for aircraft, Wyckoff said.

• 5 people were injured in a crash on 26 near Elsie. It happened about 4:45 yesterday, here are some photos and story.

• Watch out on your way to work this morning…it’s a sheet of ice out there…

Links

Local Weather

• Buoy reports
• Forecast Glance
• MSL Forecast Center
• NOAA Satellite Loop
• Pacific Satellite
• Road Conditions
• Tide Book

Local Links

• Astoria Dispatch
• CCFog
• Josephson's Smokehouse
• Local Gas Prices
• OPB Public Newsroom
• Oregon Live-Oregonian
• The Daily Astorian

Local Government

• Astoria-Warrenton Chamber
• Betsy Johnson
• Brad Witt
• City of Astoria
• City of Seaside
• Clatsop College
• Clatsop County
• Port of Astoria
• State of Oregon
• Ted Kulongoski

Clatsop Blog Network

• Jeff Hazen IS Commish
• 33 Days
• Tom Freel's Coastwatch
• Astoria Citizens Journal
• Astoria Kiwanis Blog
• Astoria Mung
• Astoria Rust
• Astorianna
• Auntie L
• Burning Corn
• Dried Salmon Matters
• Dried Salmon Mess. Board
• GrassRootsPeople
• Josh Marquis
• KAST ProBrd Forum
• Life in the Great Northwet
• Mom of Three
• Oregon Guy
• Peter Huhtula
• The Rust Message Board
• Walluski Babble

Oregon Blogroll

• NW Republican
• BlueOregon
• Jack Bog
• Loaded Orygun
• Oregon Catalyst
• Oregon Country
• The Grich

National Blogroll

• DailyKos
• Digg
• EconBrowser
• Lew Rockwell
• Reason Online
• Reds Trading Post
• RedState
• The Oil Drum

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