Help the post office fight hunger
Did you get your plastic bag in the mail for the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive? Did you remember to gather a bag or two of non-perishable food items? Were your donations by your mailbox on Saturday, May 11?
What's your life thesis? | Rich Elfers
Do you know what your life thesis is? You have one whether you realize it or not. We all do. It’s the spectacles we use to interpret everything that happens to us. That life thesis comes as a result of major life events that shaped our thinking when we were young.
Learning how to sail my own ship | Our Corner
I recently finished reading “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott. For those of you not familiar with the tale it is the coming of age story of the four March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Now, if you talk to someone who has read the book, or seen the movie, you’re likely to hear about Jo and Beth as favorite characters. Meg isn’t really on anyone’s radar, not surprising since she is more or less a non-character in the second half of the book. Amy is the obnoxious one, and it seems she usually gets a bad rap.
Gnome doors display citizens' love of whimsy and escapism | Carter's Community
The doors multiplied and appeared in all the parks and a few other public areas. They are now in residential areas. The phenomenon has been tracked on the Bonney Lake Gnomes Facebook page, created by Scott Anderson on April 6 and managed by myself, Scott and Tom.
What do marijuana and Initiative 502 mean to you?
Beginning May 1 and running through May 31, the Courier-Herald wants your input on Initiative 502 implementation in The Great Plateau Pot Survey. Data from the anonymous survey will be used in an upcoming series on the local aftermath of the law's passage.
Regulation awareness key to safe summers | Carter's Community
Did you ever use the boat launch at Allan Yorke Park and wonder why there is a palm tree and plaque there? The plaque says, “Your memory will never die. With love from survivors and friends.”
Accuracy trumps race to be first | Our Corner
Watching the coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent search for the suspects, I can see why so many people in this country are increasingly skeptical of or frustrated with the national news media.
Marathon bombings illustrate how brutality objectifies | Rich Elfers' Politics in Focus
In 1915, during World War I, Imperial Germany made a fateful decision that has rippled down to us in the recent Boston Marathon bombings. Kaiser Wilhelm, in desperation over the British naval blockade of Germany, ordered a German U-boat to sink the British ocean liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Of the 1,119 passengers who died, 114 were Americans.
Water safety classes offered at area schools | Carter's Community
June 21, 2012 16-year-old Quentin Boggan of Bonney Lake drowned at Allan Yorke Park.
July 21, 20-year-old Marcus Henderson of Minnesota drowned at Lake Tapps North County Park.
Marques Weekly, a 19-year-old Kentridge High graduate, drowned Aug. 5. Three people also drowned during the 2010 season.
Visions of a second calling | Our Corner
I had a vision about my job in the afterlife. I am not big on visions since I am very nearsighted, but forced yard work causes these events for me.
How the Kims leveraged North Korea's shortcomings into power (and why it might no longer work) | Politics in Focus
Since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, North Korea has used a strategy of “ferocious, weak, and crazy” to stay in power. Up until recently the strategy has worked brilliantly for the Kims. But the situation is changing under the leadership of twenty-something Kim Jung Un. Because of his actions and rhetoric China has to reconsider its stance of protecting the North Korean regime. Additionally, the current U.S. response toward North Korea is forcing other changes in the region.
