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Posted by David Haviland
on August 10, 2009 at 5:58 am (668 social interactions)
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TACOMA, Wash. - School will start again before you know it and, for parents, that also means figuring out what to do with the kids in the hours after school. The City of Tacoma has decided it's not just a problem for parents, and wants to include more businesses and community leaders in developing and supporting after-school activities.
Connie Ladenburg, a member of the Tacoma City Council, says it's a way to pass along skills to the next generation - that someday will be running the city.
"It's a paradigm shift of thinking, because now we are really reaching out to our whole community, all of the people involved in our city, and asking them, 'Please, please, please come and be involved with our young people. They need your support and your encouragement.'"
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Posted by David Haviland
on August 10, 2009 at 5:57 am (574 social interactions)
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SEATTLE - The primary election is coming up next week here in Washington, and even the convenience of mail-in ballots in 38 counties is not expected to improve the turnout, which is projected at only 30 percent.
Since it's not a national election year, the August 18 primary is mostly local, for mayors, city and county officials and some judges. If you think there aren't enough important reasons to cast a ballot, says Aaron Ostrom, executive director of the progressive voters' group Fuse Washington - think again.
"If people care about transportation or development and smart growth; about property taxes, about public health or public safety; about parks or libraries, they need to vote in this election. Because these are the folks who are going to be making those decisions."
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Posted by David Haviland
on August 10, 2009 at 5:22 am (769 social interactions)
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August 7, 2009 –Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $95,779 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program to local fire departments and organizations in the state of Washington. Nationally, the fiscal year (FY) 2008 AFG awards will provide approximately $500 million to fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical service organizations throughout the country. This week’s round of the national Assistance to Firefighters Grants amounts to $21,048,139 and includes grants provided to the following fire departments in Washington State:
- Lincoln County Rural Fire Protection District #8 in Almira received $61,750
for self-contained breathing apparatus
- The Elma Fire Department received $34,039 for firefighting gear
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Posted by David Haviland
on August 7, 2009 at 9:40 am (2319 social interactions)
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Aberdeen, WA - An agreement has been reached on a controversial Kurt Cobain plaque that featured a four-letter word. City Councilwoman Kathy Hoder talked with Tori Kovach, and reached an agreement to block out the U, C, and K letters in the four lettered word. The Granite monument was recently added to the unofficial park in Cobain's honor and featured 8 quotes from Cobain's lyrics. One of which was an unedited version of "drugs are bad for you, they will *blank* you up".
Aberdeen Mayor Bill Simpson told KBKW News that he plans to ask the Council to accept the sign with the new changes adding that "I think it's great of Mr. Kovach to agree to work with the city. and to make it possible to have a nice area for [Kurt] to have a spot"
After the City realized that the 'park' was not an offical city park, mayor Simpson moved the issue from the Parks Board to the Public works Department, which Hoder heads. |
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