Since I have most of my money in Washington Mutual Bank, every time I see a WaMu headline in the newspapers, I read the article under it very carefully.
Change is in the air. In spite of the soggy weather activity is picking up at the Ebey Slough Boat Launch. Coatless children shiver at school bus stops, hoping the clouds will part. Truckers off-load racks of bedding plants and hanging baskets at Freddys and Wal-Mart. Given the growth-rate of lawns, its a good thing that skiing is on the wane because spring chores can claim all the outdoor time householders have to spare.
If you saw a fanatical mob pillage and burn a church or synagogue you would not stand silent…
Item After seven years of working on streams and wetlands to restore the Olympia oyster to its natural place in the ecosystem of Puget Sound, the Puget Sound Restoration Fund reports success in its replantings in numerous places, including Olympias Budd Inlet and Poulsbos Liberty Bay, plus maverick colonies showing up at the Manchester fuel depot and a saltwater swimming pool on Bainbridge Island. The once nearly extinct oysters are desirable because they are filter feeders that clean up waters where they live and remove algae that can affect eel grass beds and create low oxygen conditions. The larger Pacific oysters also are being used in select locations.
Normally, we rigorously abide by the journalistic standard of reporting the news, not making it, but, on occasion, well bend…
by Don C. BrunellPresident, Association of Washington BusinessTheres an old saying about fighting with one hand tied behind your back….
by Governor Chris Gregoire
Residents in north Snohomish County have less than a week to complete and send in their ballots to decide the…
by Carolyn A. Diepenbrock
Editors Note: Last Thursday, Feb. 22, newly appointed Snohomish County Auditor Carolyn Diepenbrock announced in a Herald page one story that she would be pulling public documents off the Internet in response to public concerns about identity theft. The records will still be accessible at the auditors office.
Guest Opinion
After reading and listening to a lot of historical opining (I really hate that word but it fits) over Presidents Day, I think I have finally figured out whats wrong with our country.
One of the most fascinating things about attending legislative sessions during the 30 plus years I did that as the first woman political reporter in Olympia, was watching John L. OBrien alternate between pussycat and saber-toothed tiger.
