I am having flashbacks to the mid-1970s, when gas prices rose because of scarcity thanks to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) raised the crude oil price 70%. The action was taken in response to the weeks-long Yom Kippur War pitting Egypt and Syria against Israel – and exacerbated by discord between OPEC …
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BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!!! SILENT AUCTION: in Mid-May for the ART and the SPORT nuts among us – with Mariner, Chiefs and Indians Tickets, a signed Seahawk Football, and the work of local artists – and we are working on more! AN ESSAY CONTEST: Some of our Silent Auction funds will go toward the $500 …
It’s been almost two years since we heard the first reports of a virus that raised concerns. Now there are new fears as we slog through the Delta variant and look ahead to the unknown Omicron variant. For our young children, it must feel normal to see people wearing masks, keeping distant and listening …
“Labor Day marks a new epoch in the annals of human history,” wrote Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in the New York Times in 1910. “Among all the festive days of the year…there is not one which stands so conspicuously for social advancement of the common people as the first Monday in September.” Labor …