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Mar 16 2011, 9:16 AM
LAKEWOOD — With a number of key players returning, the Cougars softball team is ready to climb up the Cascade Conference standings in 2012.
Lakewood baseball finding a home near top of league 
Mar 16 2011, 9:16 AM
LAKEWOOD — As a program, Cougar baseball has found a place near the top of the Cascade Conference and manager Larry Delaney sees no reason for that to change in 2011.
Arlington's Village Community Services needs volunteers, donations for 'Taste of Decadence' Mar 16 2011, 2:12 PM SMOKEY POINT — Village Community Services are aiming to offer a taste of "Wonderland" to those who join them in helping out community members with disabilities, but they could use some support behind the scenes to do it.
VCS's ninth annual "Taste of Decadence" fundraiser on April 9 has adopted "Alice in Wonderland" as its theme, and they're looking for volunteers and donors to help them make it a wonderful experience for everyone involved.
Smokey Point fire displaces mobile home residentMar 17 2011, 12:08 PM SMOKEY POINT — Area firefighters touted the importance of working smoke detectors in the wake of a fire that wrought an estimated $30,000 in damages to a mobile home. MILITARY BRIEFS | Local service members in the news
Mar 18 2011, 7:45 AM MARYSVILLE — The Joint Hometown News Service and the Fleet Hometown News Service have released the following information about local service members in the news. Koster & Puget Sound Blood Center drive draws dozens of donors to Smokey Point
Mar 19 2011, 6:10 PM
SMOKEY POINT — Their reasons for giving varied from thoughtful to tongue-in-cheek, but they all rolled up their sleeves to give of themselves, literally.The Puget Sound Blood Center once again teamed up with the Snohomish County Republican Party in Marysville, this time with Snohomish County Council member John Koster as well, to offer a spring blood drive in the Medallion Hotel on March 16, and Hannah Gustafson estimated that the six-hour event had attracted close to 40 donors by the time it was done.
"It's our first time in this location, but our third year of doing these donation drives," said Gustafson, of the membership committee of the Snohomish County Republican Party in Marysville, whose offices have served as a site for the Puget Sound Blood Center's collection vehicles during previous donation drives. "We wanted to attract folks from both Marysville and Arlington."
Marysville Special Education PTSA connects parents to community resources
Mar 24 2011, 9:08 AM
MARYSVILLE — Marysville mom Dani Rice discovered she wasn't alone when her daughter, Morgan, was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.
Arlington Emergency Management hosts March 24 Earthquake Awareness & Preparedness Workshop Mar 22 2011, 3:27 PM ARLINGTON — As the scenes from Japan continue to unfold, people living along the West Coast have awakened to the fact that this could and probably will happen in this area one day. Therefore, to help answer questions about how this area may be severely impacted due to a catastrophic earthquake, the Arlington Emergency Management Office is offering a 90-minute Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness Workshop on March 24, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Arlington City Council Chambers.
"Emergency preparedness is the responsibility of every citizen," Arlington Mayor Margaret Larson said. "Investing in the preparedness of ourselves, our families, our businesses and our community can help reduce fatalities and economic devastation. This city and its partners — the Arlington Public Schools and the Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics — have been working for more than three years to create community-integrated emergency plans to help facilitate our response and recovery from a disaster like the one in Japan. I highly encourage our neighbors and citizens to do the same."
ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS | Local students earn honorsMar 24 2011, 9:10 AM Marysville, Arlington residents earn honors at Gonzaga University LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Myths of public education
Mar 24 2011, 9:55 AM In order to truly understand some of the rhetoric surrounding the state of public education, the funding of public education and/or the results of public education, a prudent person should have some factual history and data.
First, the NEA began in 1857 as a professional association to provide a common voice among the states regarding public education. It was originally named the National Teachers Association (NTA). On the east coast, several states had the American Federation of Teachers which was organized specifically for collective bargaining and unionization of teachers. Teachers could voluntarily join NEA until 1998 when it joined the AFT for the sole purpose of moving the entire teaching profession toward unionization. Then, in 2006, the NEA joined the AFL-CIO and allowed/forced members to join state and local labor federations.
Additional national historical facts: 1969+/- 2009+/- Number of Public School Teachers 1,710,000 3,380,300 Average Teacher Base Pay $8,626 $51,254 Average U.S. Pay (all occupations) $6,887 $43,460 Number of NEA members ~770,000 ~3,200,00 Percent of Teachers with Master’s Degree or more 23.5% 56.8% High School Graduation Rate as % 77% 68.9% Average Student/Teacher Ratio 25.8:1 16:1 Average $’s Spent Per Student ~$4,200 ~$12,018 (In comparable $’s) Average Reading Score (17 yr old) 285/500 285/500 (National Standardized Test)
