participants celebrated recovery with ceremonies on both the vancouver and portland sides of the columbia rivertizens gathered together in york, pennsylvania, to celebrate recovery with a day at the ballpark. during the york revolution versus lancaster barnstormers ballgame, the recovery community joined together and formed the first human chain around the stadium in honor of those affected by the disease. there were fun activities along with live music, all-you-can-eat hot dogs, nachos, and soda, plus the ballgame! recovery schools and friends in madison, wisconsin, held a kickball tournament and art show for their community. attendees were able to create their own art masterpieces as well as look at other paintings, listen to stories of recovery, and enjoy each other's company. community members spread the word of recovery by wearing t-shirts promoting recovery every friday during september. getting the recovery voice out there is an important goal of friends and neighbors in rock springs, wyoming. the celebrate recovery walk and rally in lansing, michigan, commemorated the successes of those

indeed, and look upon the settlement of the columbia river by the band of the caucasian race as the most momentous human events in the history of man since his dispersion over the face of the earth. and if the nation was indifferent, to the plight of the cherokees, harriet teachers though was holding all of america and not just the south to blame for her slavery. i think i at least had not known her conclusion to uncle tom's cabin. one of those books that we all know but nobody probably actually reads. what she wrote at the end was this. the people of the free states have defended, encouraged and participated in the evil of slavery. they were the more to blame, because they did not have the excuse of their upbringing or the culture around them. both north and south had been guilty before god and the christian church has a heavy account to answer. i understood that indictment better because i grew up during world war ii. i was 12 and at a saturday matinee at the neighborhood movie, when i first saw those newsreel pictures of gis unearthing the skeletons from the auschwitz death camp's, ev

rivers peaked today without causing anymore major damage. a week of heavy rain flooded an area larger than france and germany combined and caused billions of dollars in losses. >>> a january tradition in northern columbias living up to its dangerous reputation. at least 48 people have been injured in week during amateur bullfights. on average, 20 people are killed in the amateur fights each year. >>> and talk about taking the wrong turn, with just 200 meters to go at this weekend's tokyo marathon, matsuki turned right instead of going straight and so lost the first place standing he had been holding for most of the 26.2 miles of the race. heart breaking. it is now 8:04. let's now go back to al who's got a check of the weather. >> that's a tough one, ann. we have got some guys from minnesota. msu. and so this is like a heat wave for you guys? >> we're used to like negative 6, negative 20, come on. >> this is nothing. >> you guys on spring break? >> yeah, take those shirts off. yeah. come on yeah! get ready, ladies. wow, suddenly our senior producer don nash is pretty excited. let's show you what what's going on as far as your forecast is concerned. san francisco, the bay area, nbc, sunny and cool, 53 de