Everything Bremerton: Personal Responsibility
Recently the amount of local stories about driving and crashes has me thinking a little more about what it really means to get behind the wheel and the culture of blame that seems to follow many of these incidents when things go wrong.
April 19, 2012
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Saying goodbye — A community education
After a year-and-a-half, reporter Kristin Okinaka says farewell.
Everything Bremerton: Students get 'A,' District gets 'D'
Did you know that Bremerton is the host city for the annual Washington State Science and Engineering Fair? Did you know WSSEF is wide open to all public, private, online and home schooled students in grades 1 to 12 in the state of Washington? Did you know that $1,000,000 in prizes and scholarships are awarded through this fair? Did you know that many school PTA’s and the City of Bremerton have scholarship funds set up to pay for each local student's $15 entry fee? You did not know any of this? Well, neither did I.
April 3, 2012
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In our opinion: Under the walnut
This week we asked the City of Bremerton to let us see under the three walnuts that constantly sit upon their budget table. Again, they refused to lift shells.
March 29, 2012
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Everything Bremerton: Playing nice in the city sandbox
This past week a retreat was held between Bremerton City Councilmembers, Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent and nearly all of the main city department heads. Because of my full time job, I am hard pressed to make public meetings that start before 5 p.m., so I arrived about 40 minutes into the nearly four-hour session. Finding the mayor's conference room where the meeting was being held was also not very easy.
March 27, 2012
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In our opinion: We're taking the chance
Necessity and experience combined to create Veterans Life, our new monthly publication for the 38,000 veterans that call Kitsap County home. And, we mean the veterans of all seven uniformed services that comprise five generations of war time service – including the long years of the Cold War.
Senior Life 101: Sleepless in Silverdale – Part 4
As I conclude my four-part series on the “Importance of getting a good night’s sleep,” I want to focus on two considerations: (1) establishing good nighttime habits, which include our sleep environment, and (2) keeping a regular bedtime routine.
Everything Bremerton: Getting your green on
Top of the day to you, Bremerton. The middle of March brings us the promise of spring, a change in our clocks and the annual Bremerton St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
March 15, 2012
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In our opinion: Bridge for sale
Selling the naming rights to the eastbound Tacoma Narrows Bridge is the right side of simple genius.
Guest Column: Traditional foods are treaty foods
These short, cold, rainy and sometimes snowy days of winter always make me think about our treaties. It was during this time of year more than 150 years ago that the U. S. government negotiated most of its treaties with tribes here in Western Washington.
