Get out of the swamp boat business immediately

Posted by on Sep 29, 2011 in All News, Clear Skies, East Wenatchee | 0 comments How did metformin hydrochloride generic name East Wenatchee council members plunge into a self-created swamp miles east of the city and lose $112,000 in two years? Easily. A majority was driven by enthusiastic mayor Steve Lacy, the city’s economic development directives and then urged on by its event director, Dawn Collings and her advisory board, as well as United States Sprint Boat Association officials and fans.
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Proposals made for zoning changes

Posted by on Sep 22, 2011 in All News, Town Council, Waterville | 0 comments Waterville’ s planning metformin 1000 mg pill and zoning committee presented recommendations to town council members at their Sept. 19 meeting to allow caretaker’s residences in industrial or public use zones and to allow recreational vehicles as living quarters in legally established mobile home parks with access to showers and restrooms.
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Save our vision for loop trail, and make it safer

Posted by on Sep 22, 2011 in All News, Clear Skies, Douglas County, East Wenatchee, Featured | 0 comments Those interested in the Apple Capital Loop Trail have opportunities to support future visions and make it safer by removing dangerous curves.
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Hiking Douglas Creek

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in All News, New Local, Waterville | 0 comments Last year, I learned from a friend that there was an interesting place to hike just outside of Waterville.
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Why not improve student graduation rates and save money?

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in All News, Clear Skies | 0 comments Surveys of high school dropouts found that 81 percent of them believed high school would have been more relevant with real-world learning and connecting school with work. From the 1870s to the 2000s, the United States has fallen from the highest high school graduation rate to 13th and has the worst college dropout rate of industrialized countries.
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Water, sewer rates to increase

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in All News, Town Council, Waterville | 0 comments Town of Waterville council members approved increases to the town’s water and sewer rates at their Sept. 6 meeting.
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A personal journey to reunite with families of 9/11 victims

Posted by on Sep 8, 2011 in All News, Clear Skies | 0 comments As 9/11 approaches, I mourn with 10 years of images for the families and people who died working, traveling or responding to the terrorists’ attacks.
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Moving on

Posted by on Sep 1, 2011 in All News, Housewife | 0 comments I remember when four years ago Jamie Howell announced that he was moving on from writing the column that once appeared on this page.
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Families remind us working together takes commitment, humility

Posted by on Sep 1, 2011 in All News, Clear Skies | 0 comments My wife and I returned to our home states of Michigan and Illinois to visit our brothers and sister and their families, and celebrate 70th birthdays with Karen’s high school classmates.
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What a great weekend

Posted by on Sep 1, 2011 in All News, New Local | 0 comments Well, we didn’t make it to Harvest House for my mom’s birthday like I had planned, so Adam and I decided we would go by ourselves the following weekend. It was the perfect way to wind down after a week of back-to-school meetings and classroom preparation and an excellent jump-start to our favorite weekend in Waterville... fair weekend.
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