A down-on-his-luck man in tattered clothes stood outside an Auburn grocery store, helpless against the frigid night, holding out a feeble hand.
While walking through the parking lot of our local mall, I witnessed a scene that bothers me to this day.
The Auburn School Board was expected to pass a resolution this past Monday to put a $239 million bond measure on the March 10 ballot that includes, among its many options, tearing down the current Auburn High School and replacing it with a building south of the current one.
What is going on in this state? Voters elect a “tax and spend” governor who has run up a projected debt of billions.
The citizens of Auburn might not be aware, but there will soon be built a $5 million Taj Mahal fire station to be located on the most southeasterly border of the city. This station is supposedly being built to service the Lakeland Hills area. Are there really that many calls in the Lakeland area to warrant this type of expense?
Last year, after one of this area’s odd and paralyzing snowstorms, I watched a very dumb guy in a very fancy SUV suddenly whip around the traffic in front of him and barrel at breakneck speed up an icy hill.
Way Scarff is no activist, just a concerned businessman who understands “Main Street,” the automobile industry and how important a long-standing family-held dealership can be to a tight-knit community.
If you have a loved one serving in the U.S. military this holiday season, you understand the sacrifices of a military career.
Most people who read this column drive, so here’s an early Christmas present: Log onto seattlegasprices.com and you’ll find the…
That was an interesting editorial cartoon (“Chez Gregoire” and the state budget, Auburn Reporter, Dec. 3).
What a mess. A celebration of holiday traditions during the festive season has instead become a free fire zone in…
The Seattle Times recently launched a three-part investigative series titled “Culture of Resistance” regarding the protocols of Washington State hospitals to control MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, an antibiotic-resistant form of the common staph germ.
The average African-American high school senior has the academic skills equal to the average white seventh-grader, according to Jonathan Kozol, an author, educator and activist.
It was a dark and stormy night. Plenty of lousy novels have begun that way, so why not a lousy column?
Each day it seems as if our budget deficit for Washington grows exponentially.
I am so thankful this holiday. What a wonderful place Auburn is to live and raise a family.
In the debate over our state’s budget woes an important fact is too often ignored. During an economic downturn there is no wiser investment for our state to make than in higher education.
