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America’s manned space program may end
America’s manned space program may end
By Don Brunell • October 4, 2009 8:30 pm

If all goes as planned, Vancouver teacher-astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger will be on board Space Shuttle Discovery when it lifts off next March 10. It may be the last time she flies in space because the current shuttle flights end in 2010. The replacement orbiter, the Constellation, may not fly until 2014 at the earliest.

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Simple steps to reduce availability of drugs
Simple steps to reduce availability of drugs
By Sheriff Sue Rahr • September 30, 2009 9:58 pm

As kids across King County head back to school, parents, teachers and law enforcement are all thinking about ways to keep them safe at school. For years, we’ve emphasized the risks of narcotics and we’ve made great headway against methamphetamine. With those successes, however, some students are turning to the medicine cabinet.

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Protecting the public and doing the right thing when it comes to the criminally insane
Protecting the public and doing the right thing...
By Rep. Christopher Hurst • September 29, 2009 9:30 pm

Last weekend my wife and I saw Crosby, Stills, and Nash at the Puyallup fair, a fun memory. As a former police detective and commander of a homicide task force, I’ve seen things I’d like to forget. As a lawmaker, and chair of the House committee that deals with crime and public safety, I can’t imagine why it’d make sense for mental hospitals to take a criminally insane murderer on a field trip to the fair.

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‘Tis the season to stop holiday political correctness
‘Tis the season to stop holiday political correctness
By John Carlson • September 28, 2009 3:32 pm

Every year for the past half decade or so, a holiday controversy has turned the Puget Sound area into a national laughingstock.
In 2005, the giving tree at Medina elementary school was taken down because some people speculated that other people might be offended by a Christmas tree in a public school.

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Protecting the doctor-patient relationship with a health insurer code of conduct
Protecting the doctor-patient relationship with a health insurer...
By Jeff Peterson M.D. • September 23, 2009 12:02 am

After walking out of your doctor’s office with a prescription many believe it is the end of the process to determine the treatment a patient receives. These days, unfortunately, the doctor’s decision is only the beginning of that process.

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Appreciating the life and work of Norman Borlaug
Appreciating the life and work of Norman Borlaug
By John Carlson • September 22, 2009 11:55 pm

Sometimes you can step into controversy while trying to avoid it. This happened a couple weeks ago when the Bellevue School District opted not to carry President Obama’s speech to school kids, and instead made a video available to teachers on request. Rather than irritate the few, the district angered the many.

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Bitter education battles can bear fruit
Bitter education battles can bear fruit
By Rep. Pat Sullivan • September 20, 2009 1:45 pm

Aristotle once said, “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
Harvesting that fruit will require some hard work. Especially as our school administrators and teachers try to do more with less.

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A haircut for all the best reasons
A haircut for all the best reasons
By Kris Hill • September 15, 2009 11:30 pm

All this discussion we’ve been having around the office lately about hair (see Dennis Box’s Sept. 3 Our Corner) got me thinking about my own hair dilemma.

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Sports can teach lessons about politics
Sports can teach lessons about politics
By John Carlson • September 14, 2009 7:21 pm

Last year was the single worst season in Seattle sports history. The University of Washington Huskies, a dynasty under Don…

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How not to reform health care
How not to reform health care
By John Carlson • September 8, 2009 8:52 pm

Over the past couple of months I’ve written two columns about health care reforms that actually hold down costs while improving people’s health care.

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Finger pointing will not resolve Kent teachers’ strike
Finger pointing will not resolve Kent teachers’ strike
By Sen. Claudia Kauffman • September 7, 2009 2:45 pm

On the eve of the Kent teachers’ strike, I attended the Kent School Board Meeting. The discussion was charged with emotion. Parents, educators, classified staff and students spoke passionately to school board members. Every person in that room wanted a resolution to the impending strike, but the Board’s response was to tell the audience to contact their state legislators for additional dollars.

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Breaking the secret hair code
Breaking the secret hair code
By Dennis Box • September 3, 2009 5:31 pm

I am going to reveal a few shocking secrets in this column.
There are people around here who think I do not understand hair lingo when it comes to… women (more commonly known to men as the unknowable ones).

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Making the climb for a good cause
Making the climb for a good cause
By John Carlson • August 31, 2009 8:47 pm

Have you ever gazed at Mount Rainier on a cloudless day and wondered what it would take to climb it?

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Beware of the death stare while playing the naming game
Beware of the death stare while playing the...
By Dennis Box • August 26, 2009 6:18 pm

Talk of naming babies had been a subject around the office lately because certain pregnant reporter who shall remain anonymous, we will call her Kris Hill, has a naming contest on her blog, Baby Babble.
Let me tell you something about naming babies. Naming the first child is when men finally discover their place in the world.

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Babbling about the baby on the blog
Babbling about the baby on the blog
By Kris Hill • August 20, 2009 7:32 pm

Blogging about the pregnancy has saved my sanity, at least to an extent.
During the past few weeks I’ve been posting to my new blog, Baby Babble, on The Reporter Web site, blogs.covingtonreporter.com/babybabble.

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Health reform that can works
Health reform that can works
By John Carlson • August 18, 2009 10:24 pm

One of the great things about call-in radio is that you get to hear ordinary people connect reality to public policy.
Take health care. Last week a caller on KOMO Newsradio told of his mother being diagnosed by three different physicians that an ache in her upper chest wasn’t serious. A fourth doctor caught it: cancer. She was instantly admitted for surgery, which was successful.
The caller’s point is that in a world with Obamacare, four different opinions on a medical diagnosis would be out of the question, especially for an elderly patient. That is why he ardently opposes the health care legislation in Congress.

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The search for the perfect praline
The search for the perfect praline
By Dennis Box • August 13, 2009 9:34 pm

The other day I wrote about pralines on my blog, Slow Simmer, which can be found at The Reporter Web site.
I’ve been obsessed with making the perfect praline for some time.
When I had a life in the dim past, I loved praline ice cream, usually at midnight. I would sneak into the kitchen and attack a half gallon with a spoon the size of a table.

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A primary election rundown
A primary election rundown
By John Carlson • August 10, 2009 11:31 pm

Baseball season traditionally opens in early April. The National Football League season starts in mid-September. And Washington’s political season traditionally begins on Labor Day weekend, about two weeks in front of the September primary. That tradition has changed in three ways.

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Living the dream ruled by Yodie
Living the dream ruled by Yodie
By Dennis Box • August 5, 2009 10:11 pm

I bought a new bed for my dog, Yodie the Yorkie from the underworld. I only call her a (dog)…

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Readers respond to John Carlson
Readers respond to John Carlson
By John Carlson • August 3, 2009 9:00 pm

Columnists love feedback. It means their work is likely encouraging conversation in the community. A few times a year, starting today, I’m going to share some responses sent to me or The Reporter editor from listeners who took the time to sit down and tell me what they did or didn’t like.

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  • King County’s new prosecuting attorney announces task force units
  • Washington pickleball fans may may soon have special license plate
  • Effort begins to lower the legal limit for driving drunk
  • Housing costs, homelessness among top issues in WA, survey says
  • While many were found, work remains to protect Indigenous people

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