Local news...

So I turned on and watched the local news for a few minutes while having lunch today. Two big things that stuck in my mind...

Bio-diesel fuel. A bunch of farms in eastern Oregon basically decided that food wasn't enough of a cash crop, and swapped over to making diesel fuel from crops. Big thing right now actually. Growing demand for it in Portland from the rather large population of environmentalists we have ( it pollutes less when burnt, is renewable from crops, and is local instead of imported ) and a couple of the large in-state trucking companies have said they are converting their entire fleet of trucks over to using just bio-diesel fuel in the next year. Will be nice if it continues to catch on, a nice kick into the states economy.

An upcoming 'annual' holiday parade. Okay, I grew up in Portland. I've been back here for a couple of years now. I have never heard of this parade before. Can it really be an 'annual' event if it is the first time it is happening? Or are they referring to the holiday itself as being an 'annual' event and not the parade?