*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

+ City of Yelm: The City is Seeking Public Comment on the 2022 [20 year long-range] Transportation Plan – The City’s Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the draft plan via Zoom on Monday October 18, 2021 at 4PM.

+ The Olympian: Gov. Inslee names Thurston County Superior Court Commissioner as ninth judge

+ CNBC: Costco brings back purchase limits on toilet paper, cleaning supplies and more

+ The Olympian: Longtime business Johnson Smokehouse & Sausage Kitchen in East Olympia to open a new store

+ Guinness World Records: Yelm, Washington resident and record-holder Joel Strasser and his majestic beard were on-set to break his existing record for the most pencils in the beard at 450 pencils.

+ Thurston Talk: Yelm Junior Kyler Ronquillo Lifting Tornados to New Gridiron Heights

*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

USA Today: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former female ABC News boss, The New York Times: Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me. I Hope He’ll Use His Power to Make Change. [Ed. note: This is pertinent in Yelm with the recent multiple sexual harassment allegations against City Administrator Graham!]

CNBC: Delta wants other airlines to share ‘no-fly’ lists of unruly passengers

*** VIRUS NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

Springer Link published paper: The sufficient vitamin D and albumin level have a protective effect on COVID-19 infection

Pub Med published paper: Vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19: A case-control study at a tertiary care hospital in India

American Journal of Physiology: Vitamin D and lumisterol novel metabolites can inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication machinery enzymes

Kaiser Health News: Scientists Say a Daily Pill to Treat COVID Could Be Just Months Away

*** TRUMP NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

Politico: Biden won’t invoke executive privilege to shield Trump White House records from Jan. 6 committee

The Hill: Arizona draft audit report shows Biden lead widened by 360 votes

Business Insider: Trump actually lost Arizona’s largest county by hundreds more votes, according to GOP ‘audit’

The Washington Post: The Arizona election review did exactly what it was intended to do – The point was always to try to bolster reasons to be skeptical of the results.

New York Daily News: Rudy Giuliani not welcome at Fox News: report

Newsweek: Ex-Trump Attorney Asks Court to Reduce City of Detroit’s Bill for Cost of Bogus Election Fraud Cases

CNN: Judge orders Trump Org. to explain its response to subpoena by New York attorney general for company records

The Washington Post: Judge orders Trump Organization to hand over documents more quickly to New York AG

Daily Kos: Trump lawsuit admits Trump is addicted to Twitter

MSNBC’s Opinions: Trump’s election lies would have died out without help from his lackeys – There are simply no remaining good faith disagreements about the result of the 2020 election.