Now that some sort of civics class is no longer required for high school graduation, it seems that fewer and fewer people are really familiar with how our form of self-government really works.
Are you thinking about God this week?
What is it around you that brings God to mind?
I tucked these questions inside the cover of my planner so I would be challenged as the week progressed. Visual cues such as these are helpful to people like me who tend to narrow our focus in times of increased stress.
Ruby Roberts has made a habit out of physically assaulting running tracks throughout the state. Her latest victim, the Mount Tahoma High School’s track in Tahoma, fared no better than victims past.
Roberts, a sophomore — yes, she’s only a sophomore — became the one to beat and the one who’s unbeatable all in the same day. During May 24’s 2A state track meet, she surpassed her own expectations with a jaw-dropping 1600-meter time of 4:59.76. She ran an entire mile in just a shade under five minutes.
O, for the days of regulated airlines. Prices and routes were predictable. Airlines provided good customer service. They offered incentives to travel with them: free hot meals, pillows and blankets, unlimited free checked baggage. And that was for all flyers, including coach. Nowadays, that sounds like something from a fantasy, especially if one flies coach.
Probably the most important position in South Kitsap — and by far the highest paying government job — is superintendent of South Kitsap schools.
On Tuesday Bremerton lost a former mayor and city councilman, a family lost a loving, generous husband, father and grandfather and the world lost a great human being as Maurice “Morrie” Dawkins died after battling a long illness.
This issue is the last one where the title, Editor, will follow the name Charles Melton, but that doesn’t mean a complete disappearance from the Bremerton Patriot. It merely means that after 335 days after returning to Bremerton after two years in Poulsbo, a new challenge awaits beginning Sunday afternoon.
Joel Pritchard told me years ago that if you are really thinking about running for public office, get out your Christmas card list and write a note to everybody on it asking if they’d be willing to contribute to your campaign.
On Tuesday Bremerton lost a former mayor and city councilman, a family lost a loving, generous husband, father and grandfather and the world lost a great human being as Maurice “Morrie” Dawkins died after battling a long illness.
Joel Pritchard told me years ago that if you are really thinking about running for public office, get out your Christmas card list and write a note to everybody on it asking if they’d be willing to contribute to your campaign.
When Bremerton Patriot editor Charles Melton offered me the opportunity to write a trio of columns for the newspaper this spring and summer, I reasoned that one of them should contain a review of the 2008 legislative session. That column was published in early April.
There are two kinds of people in the world: sinkers and swimmers. I used to be a sinker. Now I’m…
Last week, a whole lot of people from Sooke took part in the chamber of commerce golf tournament.
The District of Sooke implemented the business licence bylaw and it appears they are having a difficult time finding all of the business owners.
In the wake of an earlier column about our state rejecting a $13.2 million education grant, people are asking, “What is going wrong in Washington?”
On any given day, there are usually a handful of people enjoying the outdoors at Silverdale Waterfront Park.
Last week the Central Kitsap Reporter published a column written by a state senator from Maple Valley critiquing decisions to build new ferries in the state of Washington. The senator from East King County began by comparing our ferry system to a bad Woody Allen joke.
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