The three main reasons for hospital care are respiratory, gastrointestinal and depression.
We hardly think about it. Turn on the tap and water comes out. Safe, affordable and plentiful drinking water is essential to our daily lives. It is so important that Congress passed the Safe Water Drinking Act in 1974 to protect public health by regulating the nation’s drinking water supply.
For over 140 days my colleagues and I have been working in Olympia to craft a budget that reflects the values of Washington state: growing a vibrant economy, investing in an education system that will prepare our children for the challenges of the future and supporting programs that assist the most vulnerable men and women in our state.
With the 2012-13 school year now at an end, students are no doubt enjoying that sweet taste of freedom — freedom from having to wake up early, freedom from late-night study sessions and cramming for that exam.
Welcome to the real world. That’s basically the sort of feeling I got almost immediately after returning home from my university last month.
It’s no secret that there’s been tension between the current Central Kitsap School District Superintendent and some members of the Central Kitsap School Board.
Wedding rings come in small boxes. Pay raises come in small memos. Encouraging words come in small whispers.
“Twenty-two years later, when I married my own Navy pilot, my dad had accumulated 11 years of sea time. He had literally been gone half my life.”
The cartoon of the day comes from John Cole of The Scranton Times-Tribune.
We live in a world of mixed signals at Fishline. On one hand, we watch as the Dow soars to historic levels, celebrate because jobs are more plentiful and homes are selling again.
Approximately 502 high school seniors from two public schools and one private school are graduating in commencement ceremonies that began June 6.
The CKHS seniors who acted in the school’s mock crash say it was a success. For that they thank the community.
This week is a special time for many of our county’s young people. Seniors at Central Kitsap, Olympic and Bremerton high schools, Klahowya Secondary School and Crosspoint Academy will graduate. There will be formal graduations, dinners with family and friends and following the ceremonies, celebrating with fellow graduates.
In the city of Bremerton, a review and reassessment of the city auditor position and function is currently underway. The ability to audit at the city level is a very important component in government accountability and transparency and it should continue as an available service and option.
Congratulations to more than 580 seniors — the South Kitsap High School Class of 2013 — who received their diplomas Tuesday night.
This month, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on the Constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act as well as California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman in their state constitution.
Every now and then you open the paper and see a letter from a child that reads, “Can you help me? I am doing a project and I need…” You smile and think, “Sure, I can do that.”
As lawmakers scramble to fund the state budget, some legislators and interest groups are targeting tax incentives designed to attract businesses and create jobs.
I’m happy to see that your lawmaking session is ending with no huge amounts of new funding via taxes being appropriated for this states bloated and failing school system.
The daily cartoon for June 10, 2013, is by David Fitzsimmons.