Controlling a family budget may be thought of as keeping a firm hand on the spending-valve. Relax your grip and the flow increases. Tighten your grip to reduce it to a trickle. Like many, I’m facing a need to cinch the valve a little tighter to get through these troublesome times. Happy-go-lucky shopping and recreational habits of the past just don’t fit my finances.
As we take a look back at 2008, we should take a moment to remember those whom we have lost in the past year and honor their contributions to our communities. It is, after all, the people who make our communities such great places to live.
The Puget Sound Partnership recently released its Action Agenda to restore Puget Sound, a pathway for fixing the problems that are causing Puget Sound’s slow death.
When Ronald Regan took the oath of office as President in 1981, America was suffering through dire times – double-digit interest rates, declining factory orders, a sinking housing market and rising unemployment. Americans were held hostage in Iran and the nation’s confidence was shaken.
Every place has a history, unless it was born yesterday. Histories of places plod along in a measured way — but sometimes not so measured. Through the years, Marysville’s history of running with opportunity or bending to formidable forces has made the town what it is today.
December got off to a great start with Marysville celebrating the 20th anniversary of Merrysville for the Holidays and Arlington welcoming adults and children alike to its Hometown Holidays.
Every person deserves a shot at the American Dream: a good education and a good job, so you can buy a house in a safe neighborhood with good schools.
With the weekend’s winter blast behind us and another one predicted for this week, it’s a good time to refresh ourselves on a few tips for safe winter driving.
With the weather forecast as chilly and blustery, the Marysville Fire District would like to take this opportunity to remind people about winter fire safety.
I’m a strong believer that everyone wins when it comes to partnerships and that belief was reinforced recently with a number of events that would not have been possible without both public and private involvement and cooperation.
State elected officials are in shock over the nosedive in tax collections, rising unemployment and ballooning budget deficits. We are all awakening to the reality that this recession is not traditional, where business activity glides down the rollercoaster track and picks up steam for the upward climb. The slope is steeper, the pace is accelerating and we haven’t found bottom yet.
We were fourteen around the table. With kids’ and grandchildren’s homes no farther than Sammamish, the clan manages to assemble for most holiday feasts. Any need for highchairs is long past. Our youngest grandchild looked wistfully at the black olives before popping one into his mouth. Alas, his pinkies had grown too big to wear olives. They grow and change so fast that I’ll never see them again as they were that day.
For a pleasant evening out, take in the M-PHS concert on Dec. 18. Polished young musicians, some in their final year of high school, will fill the hall with sounds fit to gladden any parents’ ears. Two more concerts slated for March 20 and May 28 will wind up the musical year. Years of practice and lessons on instruments costing up to or above a thousand dollars hit their peak in these concerts. Don’t miss them.
