This past week, the Republican Party held its 40th national convention in Tampa, Florida, where more than 2,000 delegates nominated Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to be their standard bearers for president and vice president.
Technology help, cartoon for the week of Aug. 31.
Changes are common in any job and in any business. Changes have been a big part of journalism during the past decade as shrinking budgets mean less staff.
Admit it, when considering a volunteer opportunity we often ask, “What’s in it for me?” Its OK, I won’t tell anyone that we had this conversation.
The Legislature wants our state parks system to become 100 percent operationally self-sufficient. Our response is that the idea is – where do we start? – “misguided,” “unattainable,” “self-defeating.” OK, let’s just call it what it is – “stupid.”
Should we consider privatizing Kirkland’s ballpark, Lee Johnson Field, and Peter Kirk Pool? I say yes.
Modern segregation, cartoon for the week of Aug. 24.
Empty bandwagon, cartoon for the week of Aug. 17.
Too many times during the last year have we read the words “DUI, vehicular homicide” in the pages of the Kirkland Reporter. It would be too much if it was written just once. Writing those words means that someone innocent, just going about their normal day-to-day life, paid the price for someone else’s carelessness and selfishness. And each time it could have been any Kirkland resident.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has predicted substantial price increases for numerous food items in 2013, if not sooner, due to the devastating impact of the current drought on farms across the country.
To our modern society plastic is one of the most useful and versatile inventions. Every day practically everything we touch, eat or drink involves some sort of plastic.
My husband and I recently ate at a wonderful restaurant. After being seated, I immediately scanned the dining room for other cool people. My eyes quickly settled upon a table of three couples, all very handsomely dressed. The sommelier was anxiously standing by just having presented one of the diners with the bottle of wine they ordered. The wine steward poured the prerequisite 1 ounce of wine to taste for the diner’s approval.
Colorblind Society | Cartoon for the week of Aug. 10.
About four years ago I went to an unfamiliar hospital to get some routine x-rays. I was born with hip dyplasia and the x-rays were to make sure things were running smoothly (and they are). As I hopped up on the table and put the huge lead apron over my chest to protect me from radiation, the technician took the x-rays and nonchalantly asked me where I was from. When I replied, “Renton,” he responded with surprise: “Oh? You look like you’re from Kirkland, not Renton…”
When you own stocks, you know their prices will fluctuate. To ease the effects of this volatility on your portfolio, you could add other types of investments, such as bonds. Yet bond prices will also rise and fall. But there may be — in fact, there should be — a big difference in how you view the ups and downs of stocks versus bonds.
Public school is a failure! These new Charter schools are all about choice.
The pages of the Reporter are filled with the changes in the Kirkland community. Residents have become like family to many of us at the paper, letting us into your homes and sharing your stories with us. We have recently experienced some life-changing events of our own that we would like to share with the community.
While the cause of excessive anxiety in kids is uncertain, research suggests there may be a genetic component. Scientists have found that a particular genetic variation related to introverted personalities also involves the processing of fear and anxiety. Does this mean that anxious parents will have anxious children? It may, but not always.
As we reported in our story about the Heathman Hotel’s re-opening next week, there will also be one significant change unrelated to the hotel’s renovation.
This separation thing isn’t working – we need a full-blown divorce!