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Power is restored in the Wenatchee area after a second outage affecting more than 1,000 customers is blamed on a squirrel. The Douglas County PUD reports the

The cause: a squirrel outside a substation in Wenatchee. The Lake Wenatchee outages are expected to also be animal-related.

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The way that black people in west virginia have to survive, that we dont explore enough. a lot of times, what happens for us in west virginia is that even on the outside, black communities dont necessarily see us. these people, when they eat squirrel out of necessity, when people frown on these kinds of things, it is because they are willing to accept a narrative handed to them and not explore any further. you can either accept it or get to know somebody. >> united states of america is sponsored...

Appalachian people eating squirrels, this is not an everyday meal. squirrel is how they teach newbies to hunt, they are doing this for me. welcome to the family. >> there we go. nice. >> make sure you dont get buckshot. >> i think it passed. >> you have to have a lot of skills. >> necessity is a good teacher. >> there were no dear, and the whole thing, that my dad taught us how to hunt was squirrels and rabbits. >> what you feel like, generally, the rest of the country understand about west virg...

>> so what do you feel like generally the rest of the country doesnt understand about west virginia? >> some people dont want to come here because they think were all hillbilly and backwards. they think were going to come out with a hat and overalls on and say hey, get off my lawn. >> i think there is something around the way black people in west virginia have to survive, that we ourselves dont explore enough. i think a lot of prime minister what happens for us in west virginia, each on the outs...

Person? you learn patience. you learn sustainability. we should be hunting squirrels right now. were eating paw-paw. lets get right back to it. >> all right. >> it goes without saying that not as many black folks spend their time hunting and foraging as we used to. a lot of it is because of access to land. also, we moved to urban centers where you cant be a black person carrying around a gun, even if you are a hunting. >> twho brought you out the firt time? >> dad. dad was everything. its someth...

My finger went in a hole. >> mike, marcus dad, is the chef. a master of coalfield cuisine where you make good with what you got. in this case, venice son, biscuit, and that sweet squirrel gravy. ♪ before you start making fun of appalachians eating squirrel, this is not an everyday meal anymore. squirrel is how they teach newbies to hunt. theyre doing this for me. my welcome to the family. >> wow. >> all right. there we go. >> nice. >> give it a shot. >> make sure you dont get some buckshot. >>...

Dead squirrel. >> did you get him? >> hes on the ground. >> wow. it was a little tony montana at the end. and right in the walmart bag. >> right in the walmart bag. >> we got one. we got one. >> back at the homestead, its marcus brother scott and his kids, tayson. mountain is marcus son. lets get our hands dirty, shall we? >> oh my god. >> now, you got get the rest of that out of there. >> what are you talking about? >> you shoot it, you clean it. or you stand next to the dude who shoots it and ...

>> i understand how hunting works. there is still a stigma about going out there and killing stuff. >> a lot of people think it is nature and us. we are nature. we are predators. hes back. cover your ears. right on that tree. dead squirrel. >> did you see that? >> he is on the ground. >> a little tony montana, at the end. right in the walmart bag.