Thousands of Auburn’s high school seniors will receive their diplomas as their families and loved ones look on with pride this weekend. Some of these students and their families had dreams of going to college, but financially cannot afford it. So instead, they will face the economy’s uncertain job market.
One of the more rewarding aspects of holding a statewide office is to visit schools across the state, especially high schools where students are nearing the end of their 13-year incubation period as young scholars, ready to fly out of the classroom and land in college, the military or directly in the workplace.
The pictures don’t lie. Climate change combined with the continued loss of salmon habitat caused by human development is taking a toll on natural resources. The damage to salmon and the people who have always depended on salmon is significant.
They were special people, wonderful men and women, great fathers and caring mothers.
Auburn has gone to the dogs, and the rest of the country has taken notice.
The City’s award-winning Petpalooza, a local mardi gras for beloved animals, invades fittingly, Game Farm Park, next Saturday.
In the hours after President Obama announced that Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, crowds spontaneously gathered in many cities to celebrate. People in Times Square, at the White House, on college campuses and all around the United States assembled to commemorate the killing. The jubilation was seen on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites as well.
What began in 1775 will once more be celebrated in the new City Hall Plaza from noon-1 p.m. Thursday, May 5, when believers throughout Auburn will gather to pray for our country, our civil servants, and our elected officials.
“The surgery was a success. We removed a large, cancerous tumor. Osama Bin Laden is dead.”
On Sunday morning, and again Monday, we are in our home, windows and doors closed. Pacific Raceways is louder at our home than ever before.
As a resident in Southeast King County and the executive director of an organization preserving land in rural southeast King County, I am very aware that when it comes to getting projects funded, southeast King County is a challenge. The area has traditionally been under funded compared the rest of King County.
Last fall, voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 1053 (I-1053), which requires a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to approve tax increases. Voters in the 30th Legislative District approved I-1053 by more than 66 percent.
All of us in the Legislature are well aware of the challenges facing families in this difficult economy. As citizens have tightened their belts to live within their income, the message they sent in November is they believe government should be doing the same.
I have been actively involved in environmental stewardship since 1990 when I became a watershed educator with Washington State Cooperative Extension. Since that time, I have been involved in several planting projects in the Green/Duwamish watershed, from Enumclaw to the turning basin in the Duwamish.
Many people are calling this an “off election year” and not thinking about politics or who is running for office. But don’t forget, all politics is local, and 2011 is a year where hundreds of city and county council, school board, fire district and water district seats are on the ballot.
To encourage Seattle-area residents to take part in NHDD and start these important conversations with their families, Dr. Eric Troyer, has written the bylined article below for consideration.
Five seconds, that’s all it takes for tragedy to shake a child’s world. Tara Mitchell knows all about that, knows, too, the sting of pain she cannot forget.
Have you ever known someone who was always down on their luck and expecting the worst?
The readers have spoken, and a slight majority of them came up smelling pansies.
Over the past 48 hours many people have contacted the City of Pacific and other entities concerning fears of radiation exposure from the Japanese nuclear plants. I was asked to write this to help calm those fears and empower our citizens with credible information.
We have all watched in horror at the news out of Japan following their massive earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis.