The Competitive Edge | GUEST OPINION
Attention employers! Are you looking for better margins, higher productivity, and employees who really care about their work? Then you need to meet Randy Lewis and hear what he has to say about what happened when his company began hiring people with disabilities. We're talking about Walgreens, the largest drugstore chain in the United States with annual sales of $72 billion and the razor-thin margins characteristic of most retail business.
May 17, 2012
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Haunted by lingering effects | OPINION
It seems that when some processes get started there’s no stopping them. It’s not that they‘re unstoppable. Rather, we don’t muster up the gumption to pull their plugs. Crab traps for instance: not crab-rings or the fold-up kind, but rigid traps that lure crabs in to the bait but don’t let them out again.
May 8, 2012
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Experience the magic at Relay for Life | GUEST OPINION
As someone who has relatives, friends and co-workers who have fought courageous personal battles against cancer, I urge you to join me in the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Marysville/Tulalip as we come together as a community on June 9 to celebrate survivors, remember those who are no longer with us and raise money to find a cure.
May 8, 2012
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Preparing students for the future | GUEST OPINION
Yes, Marysville School District is all about literacy, math and graduation. In addition, our mission statement says “Every student ... 100 percent ... prepared for success in college, career and responsible citizenship”.
May 8, 2012
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A touch of socialism might be good | OPINION
Seeds of Socialism are being sowed in every pre-school and kindergarten in Snohomish County. You find them reflected in children’s progress reports as, “Has learned to share toys.” Kids who carry that attitude through life might even fall for radical ideas like sharing a medical system. Lucky for conservatives that not every child goes to kindergarten.
April 25, 2012
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Getting Washington working again – a missed opportunity of the 2012 legislative session | GUEST OPINION
It’s encouraging to see the state’s unemployment rate drop to 8.2 percent in February. That’s down almost a full percentage point from February 2011 when unemployment was at 9.1 percent. It demonstrates our state’s economy is slowly showing signs of recovery.
April 19, 2012
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Learning from our neighbors | OPINION
A first visit to British Columbia is a learning experience. You learn that BC’s marketing motto, Supernatural British Columbia, is an understatement when it comes to the province’s natural beauty. Gorgeous, awe-inspiring and vast, BC offers fierce extremes from storm-swept coasts to glaciered peaks and everything between.
April 10, 2012
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