Monthly Archives: October 2014

Is pollution to blame for autism? Researchers say breathing toxic air in the first two years of life linked to disorder

Posted on October 23, 2014 by John Blair

October 23, 2014 – In the MailOnline. Editor’s note: Southwest Indiana  is virtually inundated with toxic emissions from metals and plastics manufacturing and coal fired power plants. According to the USEPA’s Toxic Release Inventory, emissions from power plants alone exceed 40,000,000 pounds per year. … Continue reading →

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An American Queen graced the region on a beautiful day, today.

Posted on October 21, 2014 by John Blair

October 21, 2014 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor The American Queen cruised by Henderson today. Evansville misses out on these grand boats landing here because we made the Riverfront as boater unfriendly as we could, discouraging museum and other watercraft … Continue reading →

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Check out the updated 2014 Valley Watch Nature Photo Album

Posted on October 9, 2014 by John Blair

October 9, 2014 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor We just updated the valleywatch.net 2014 Nature Photo Album with some really nice pictures of colorful closeups of bugs. While you are there, we recommend browsing all the Nature Photo Albums of … Continue reading →

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Blair Steals Show at Ground Breaking December 19, 1985

Posted on October 2, 2014 by John Blair

October 2, 2014 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor This is a video shot by Fred McCool and Leonard Judd for WEHT-TV on December 19, 1985. Music and Editing were by then WEHT anchor, Paul Morrison. It shows me, John Blair, … Continue reading →

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Bell Telephone Science Hour discusses Photovoltaics in 1954 and a bit of local history

Posted on October 1, 2014 by John Blair

October 1, 2014-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor This video definitively shows that solar electricity had its roots more than 60 years ago. A few years later, I was working in a Rexall drug store and we had a promotion of … Continue reading →

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