By Kelly Munn
Children in Issaquah and Sammamish, and across our state have benefited from recent investments in our public schools.
The stories of all the nominees at Saturday night’s SAMMI awards were full of heart, courage, commitment, generosity, and vision.
I heard a crazy story the other day, a terrible story. In the aftermath of the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein drained the vast southern marshland between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, a unique and vibrant wetland comparable to the Florida Everglades.
You don’t need me to tell you, the news is pretty heavy these days. In this job, I try to stay abreast of what is going on, at a state level, and nationally, as best as I can. But I’ve got to say, listening to the news these days is a bit of a downer.
By Kelly Munn and Frank Ordway
Today’s schools should not have to choose between basic needs, yet that is exactly what is happening as school administrators make plans to cut their budgets.
I was lucky enough to get a guided tour of the Issaquah Highlands the other day.
I caught up with a buddy of mine the other night, a young guy from Australia who has been in the United States for just a few months.
In Olympia, everyone is trying to save money. Ideas that were unheard of a year ago are now getting serious consideration.
The missus and I trekked up “Little Si” on Saturday, the hill that adjoins the mountain of “Big Si,” a few miles east of here.
Last week I got the chance to sit in on the Sammamish Council’s annual “retreat.”
By Mark Lowry – Reporter Photographer
My home town in Australia is one of those places where the main street is the center of the world.
What a mess.
Even in the year 2050, newspapers will still line birdcages.
I am very concerned by the way that our city continues to disregard the overwhelming outpouring from the citizens in Sammamish against expensive projects that are ill-conceived. In the case of East Lake Sammamish Parkway (ELSP) — in the face of continued public opposition, even several of our City Council members have raised questions related to design and scheduling that have gone unanswered. Just this past week, Councilmember Kathy Huckabay stated that “There are a lot of questions that I’ve been hearing from the community that I can’t answer.” What is appalling is that some council members raised the same concerns a year ago when they were being pushed to approve. The city promised and failed to answer.
Be careful what you wish for.
Almost everyone has heard of algae — that green, slimy stuff that floats around in lakes and ponds. Many people know that algae is essential to the ecosystem and produces about 70 percent of Earth’s oxygen. But what almost no one knows is that algae has an alter ego: cyanobacteria, a problem-causing bacteria on steady rise all around the world.
Stratification exists in society, that is a fact. It is also a fact that from this stratification one child does not have the same opportunities as another. If you are born into a family with little money, you may never get to embrace your true academic potential.
The election is over. The campaign commercials have stopped, the yard signs have been removed, the votes have been counted, and all of the races (or nearly all of the races) have been decided. Now comes the hard part: governing.
In the later years of my grandfather’s life, he began volunteering with people who spoke English as a second language.
