| Super Kid: Laura Koetje, 17, Stanwood High School senior
Football trainer: Wraps ankles and treats minor injuries for the Spartans football teams. Travels to games in the sports medicine van and runs onto the field when players get hurt.
Working with football players: "It's entertaining; that's for sure. They're goofy. It's fun to take care of them."
After high school: Wants to study nursing at Eastern Washington University in Cheney.
Big fan: Watches Seahawks games on TV with her family, but has never been to a live game. Favorite player is middle linebacker Lofa Tatupu.
Lots of science: Currently taking human anatomy, pre-calculus, sports medicine II, current world problems, medical terminology and business communications.
It's a family thing: Enjoys running into cousins Kara and Kyle Koetje in the halls.
Lifestyle Centers Mix Best Elements of Strip Centers, Malls
The hottest trend in retail isn't a brand but rather a name for a type of shopping experience—the “lifestyle center, which is sprouting throughout suburban America as both an adjunct to traditional malls and a stand-alone complex. It is the shopping center industry's version of the “Back to the Future" movies where a professor and his associate travel back in time in a sports car. This 21st century version usually includes a streetscape ambience in an outdoor setting with the attraction of high-end retailers combined with the drive-up convenience of a strip shopping center to create the look of a old-fashioned town square. In addition to one approved shopping center expansion in Joliet and another also being considered in that city also (see related article on page 1), other locations in the western and southwestern suburban areas of planned or recent developments of this type include: Oak Brook Promenade, at Butterfield and Meyers Roads.
Don’t Trust Childproof Packages
A recent study found that a spoonful of honey worked just as well at relieving coughs in children. Maybe it's time for us all to try the Pooh Bear approach to cold care. Tags: CDC | FDA | over the counter drugs | pediatrics Tools: Share | Comments (0) .
It's not perfect, but tax amendment worthwhile
Keeping that in mind, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board recommends a "yes" vote on Amendment 1.
The amendment would double the homestead exemption from $25,000 to $50,000 for all taxes — except those for schools. More importantly — this is why the word "portability" has become very popular in recent months — it would allow homeowners to take their tax breaks with them when they move, allowing a transfer of up to $500,000 in value sheltered from taxation to a new home.
The amendment also caps assessment increases on non-homesteaded properties, such as rental units, at 10 percent a year. That could also end up being an advantage for commercial businesses, which at this point have no cap at all.
Economic incentive That said, this amendment is not tax reform, and it's not really even a significant tax cut for those who stay in their existing homes.
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Informed sources said that the unit was giving trouble and had thus added to the worries of the authorities concerned. What has made things difficult for Punjab is that states like West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, which earlier helped Punjab a lot to deal with the power crisis, have now expressed their inability to extend further help because these states themselves are facing crisis on the power front. Informed sources said that West Bengal, which was earlier diverting good part of its share to the PSEB, had now slashed it to half. The demand for power had gone up all of a sudden in West Bengal. Likewise, Madhya Pradesh, which proved a huge support for the PSEB in the past weeks, has now flatly refused to spare power for Punjab. Obviously, the PSEB pays money to buy power from these states.
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