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FOOTBALL: AT A GLANCE
Nearly 3,000 children in King County are registered for health insurance and have access to doctors and dentists through a county program for uninsured families, and there’s room for more.
The Kent School Board has selected a firm from Iowa to aid with the search for a new superintendent to replace Barbara Grohe, who is retiring at the end of the 2008-2009 school year.
Money would be taken from the pocket of the offenders and given to the victims in cases of illegal dumping if King County enacts a proposed law.
Dan Satterberg, King County’s prosecuting attorney, has a transportation policy.
“Transportation. First, I’m in favor of it,” he said. “Second, I think you should get to drive your car whenever you want. And third is no one else should get to drive your car.”
The School Board last week got its first look at the Kent School District’s latest proposed budget, which is designed to meet a projected $2.6 million gap between expected revenues and expenditures.
In saving his best strides for last, Wasserman came home with another first.
The Jade Greens Women’s Club and Jade Greens Golf Course held the second annual fund-raising “Tee It Up For Our Troops” golf tournament on July 9. All proceeds from this tournament go directly to support the gym therapy patients with equipment at American Lake Veterans Hospital, which is a regional hospital near Tacoma treating our returning and current veteran population of the Northwest.
“The oldest and strongest emotion in mankind is fear.” H.P. Lovecraft
Master Gardener: 10 a.m. Aug. 23, Covington Library, 27100 164th Ave. SE. Master Gardeners from Washington State University Extension will provide advice on gardening and plant problems.
With food prices so high, people are turning back to the days of canning and dehydrating their own food – which will be the subject of a how-to presentation next Wednesday at Maple Valley Library.
I recently bought an organic pear for my 14-month-old son that cost $1.52. Yes, that’s right – one pear. With the rising cost of food, I’m sure that I’m not the only parent wondering if the higher cost of organic produce is worth the expense. So what is organic?
The Maple Valley Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will host a blood drive for Puget Sound Blood Center Aug. 25 from 1 to 7 p.m.
Donations for U.S. military troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan will be accepted in Covington today as part of a drive organized through Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church.
“This is my angel on earth here,” says Henri Ann Buford as she puts an arm around Maureen Carney. “I don’t know what I’d do without her.”