SEE INSIDE: Deal announced to preserve bus route from Park and Ride to Sounder Station, Page 3 . . . . Family Fun Fest grew out of Health expo conflict, Page 3 . . . Bonney Lake soccer picks up two big wins, Page 12
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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BL Relay for Life chosen as site of cancer study
Give ‘em the heat!
Be sure to spay or neuter your pet for its health.
By Daniel Nash Staff Writer
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Coming Up Bonney Lake’s inaugural Family Fun Fest is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 5 at Mountain View Middle School. For more information, see page 3. For details go to: www.blscourierherald.com
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Conner Smith took advantage of the summer-like temperatures this weekend to get in a little pitching practice Saturday at Lake Tapps Elementary School. Smith, 9, is a pitcher/catcher for the little league Mariners. Photo by Dennis Box/To view or buy photos go to www. blscourierherald.com.
The Sumner and Bonney Lake region has been selected for participation in the third iteration of the American Cancer Society’s ambitious landmark study. Cancer Prevention Study CPS-3 will recruit participants for a population sample at the cities’ Relay For Life in July. Since the first study in the 1950s, the Society’s prevention studies track healthy adults over an extended period of time; in this case, 20 to 30 years. The sample size is large enough that it is likely some of the subjects—all of whom must be cancer-free at the beginning of the study—will develop some form of cancer. As subjects’ bills of health change—or don’t—researchers will track behavior, lifestyle and genetic factors to suss out correlative links. “The first study linked cigarette smoking to lung cancer, and the studies have linked obesity to cancer and aspirin to colon cancer,” said Darina Keller, a Medical Records Director for
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Legislators reflect on a long session each said they came out with some posiBudget concerns dominated the year, lators tive results from their positions. but local representatives point to positives for the region • Rep. Chris Hurst
By Dennis Box Editor
The 2012 legislative session came to a close April 11 after a regular session, a couple of special sessions and plenty of arm twisting. As the effects of the recession continue, state lawmakers have been forced into some dark budget corners. Despite the difficulties, the 31st District legis-
Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Greenwater, said the moderate wing of the Democratic Party in the House that he is part of pushed through essential budget reforms. “I have been a fiscal conservative all the years I have been here,” Hurst said. “I am not one who hates govern-
ment, but it has to be efficient as it can be.” Hurst pointed to the pension reform for state employees this year and unemployment compensation and workers compensation reforms last session as some of the changes he and the moderates moved to the front of the line. The good news we did major reform without cuts to education,” Hurst said. “For too many years we have been living on borrowed money. It had to come to an end.” Hurst said he knew some were upset with the pension system reform affecting early retirement payments, “but we could not afford the cost.”
Rep. Chris Hurst
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