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Bonney Lake, Sumner and officers from the region join in Saturday’s emphasis patrol
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Puyallup resident Lee Brown looks on as Sumner High School senior Katherine Marroquin shows him features on his digital camera during a free Technology Days class at the Sumner Senior Center Jan. 22. Photo by Sarah Wehmann Send us your Super Bowl cheers and tears photos swehmann@courierherald.com
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The forecast for today, Wednesday, calls for an 80 percent chance of rain with a high of 47 and an overnight low of 38. There is a chance of showers Thursday and Friday with highs to 45 and lows to 35. Chance of shower continues for Saturday and Sunday with highs near 42 and lows to 33.
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When it comes to technology, we can always keep learning. Technology is an ever changing field that we all must keep up with because if we don’t, it may leave us in the dust. For the first time, the
Sumner School District hosted Technology Days where they offered free technology classes throughout the community. The idea behind these Tech Days, Chief Technology Officer Sandy Maynard said, was that the district was hearing a lot of feedback from parents that they were unfamiliar with some of the programs
Jumping on the Seahawks fan wagon
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t’s not a bandwagon, it’s contagious. We are four days away from the biggest game the Seattle Seahawks will play this season. For the second time in franchise history, the Hawks won their conference, beating their division rival the San Francisco 49ers 23-17. It secured their place in the Super Bowl, where they will play the Denver Broncos. On Sunday, more than 30,000 fans lined
their students were using. “Those statements expanded our thinking,” Maynard said. “We brainstormed what people in the community would want to learn or know about using technology. So (we) came up with classes we thought parents and commu-
Saturday was a cold, clear night in Bonney Lake. Police chiefs, sergeants and officers from departments across Pierce County congregated at the Public Safety Building for a debriefing with the Tacoma Pierce County DUI and Traffic Safety Task Force. The meeting preceded an all-hands-on-deck emphasis patrol, dedicated to the memory of Gary Slick, the victim of an intoxicated driver. Departments represented included Bonney Lake, Sumner, Milton, Fife, University Place, Fircrest, Pierce County Sheriff and others. Though the patrol focused on Bonney Lake, officers branched out to surrounding areas in the county. They were equipped with flyers detailing the life and death of Slick, which were given to every person pulled over
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the streets cheering them dons a 12th Man flag on Sports on as they made their jourthe side of the building and ney from Renton, the home lining the street through Talk of their training facility, to The Landing are Seahawk SeaTac where they boarded themed flags with Russell the plane to New Jersey. Wilson, Marshawn Lynch Sarah Wehmann The love for the Hawks and a hawk on them. I have Reporter is everywhere and has been even seen former Seahawk for weeks now. You can John Moffitt shopping see navy and neon green at Target and I have sat everywhere you look. behind their newly drafted It is especially noticeable for me because I player Tharold Simon while watching a movie live in Renton, just three miles south of the before the season started. Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC), Many people criticize Seattle fans as being home of the Seattle Seahawks. bandwagon fans and fair weathered but what’s This is nothing new to me, throughout the entire season the Boeing hanger nearby See seahawks, Page 2
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