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Every three minutes, an athlete between the ages of seven and 19 arrives in the emergency room to receive treatment for a concussion, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in 2014. The epidemic of concussions is expanding. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that the amount of reported concussions doubled from 2002 to 2012. A concussion is a classification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by an impact to the head or body during which the head and brain experience sudden...
Watching the Olympics has been exciting for millions of Americans who root on their fellow citizens to see if years of grueling training will pay off on the world stage. For the athletes who worked to earn gold, silver, and bronze medals, we can imagine a wave of personal fulfillment and pride from representing our country. For the less physically gifted of us, personal accomplishment will likely not come from an Olympic medal. What makes America unique is not that every one of us can vault or run or swim at impressive...
Over here, over there, my ball goes near anywhere, as I tee off with lofty aspires. See it fly 30 feet, must be wind and scorching heat, that messes up my dreams of a par. Then I smack one hard, and it soars into a cart, and the next drive hits a darned tree. Hear me curse, hear me wail, inconsolably aggrieved, as it lands back at my feet, Oh this game, what a shame, it’s the sadist that we blame; for creating a pastime so dire. Players lose all their couth with gambling and naughty words, and that’s nothing compared to the l...
Hillary short circuits the truth! Do you suppose that this is what Bill did when he proclaimed “I did not have sexual relations with that women”? I have wondered for many years if they recognized that they had this trait in common when they were introduced in college. We seniors for sure remember Bill as he was the one who balanced the budget (the only time since 1980) by taxing social security. He had been elected because “Read My Lips” president Bush had promised no new taxes. My memory and history both recall this is just...
Recently, Bloomberg reported that investors in massive data centers are making water availability a critical measurement in their decisions, especially in drought-ridden California. Data centers, giant buildings packed with servers that power our virtual world, generate tremendous amounts of intolerable heat. Traditionally, the centers have large cooling systems that require millions of gallons of freshwater. That’s a big problem because water is increasingly in short supply. For the last five years, California has s...
BEST YARD. The Yard of the Month award for August went to Ritch and Carmen Schumann. The award is presented each month by the Ritzville Area Chamber of Commerce. The Schumann’s received the award for their raised bed gardens in their yard and creative ways of growing produce. -Photo courtesy of Jennifer Saunders...
With society’s recent obsession with taking pictures, it is sometimes hard to find a photographer who has the passion along with the schooling for the profession. Area residents can find those traits and professionalism with Kayli Maier and her new photography business, Kayli Maier Photography. Maier recently moved to Ritzville in August to marry her local high school sweetheart Zach Maier. The small town lifestyle is nothing new to Maier due to the fact she grew up in O...
A Celebration of Life for Marlene Freda (Koch) Clark will be held on Saturday, Sept. 3. Please join us for a graveside service at Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Sept. 3, at 1 p.m. The reception immediately follows the service at the Best Western Plus Bronco Inn in Ritzville....