Mental math and estimation are two topics that have been ignored or minimized in schools. If you graduated from high school before 1990, your math education was mostly computation and other processes (mathematicians call these algorithms). That left little time for other math topics. If you are still in school or graduated after 1990, your math education was expanded to include probability, statistics, geometry and problem solving. Even with the general use of calculators to speed up our learning of all the new material, mental math and estimation were again put on the back burner and left there.
I was turned down for life insurance due to my health. Does this mean I can’t get life insurance at all?
The Washington State Department of Transportation has kicked off the Airport Investment Study.
A new clean energy partnership between the State of Washington and the United Kingdom was signed Sept. 19, a symbol of two leaders’ mutual interest in combatting climate change through innovation.
A Bonney Lake city council meeting will take place at 7 p.m. September 24 at the Justice and Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East.
The City of Bonney Lake Hearing Examiner will convene a Public Hearing at 9 a.m. Oct. 15 at 9002 Main St. E., Suite 150, Bonney Lake, Washington. The purpose of this hearing is to receive public testimony on a Conditional Use Permit application to allow the Resonate Church to locate on the first floor of an existing building within the Downtown Core Zoning District.
The state’s Employment Security Department has distributed $45 million in federal funds to 12 local workforce development councils across Washington.
Starting this week, experts from the Department of Labor & Industries will be available at the Washington State Fair, and later at home shows throughout the state, to offer tips on achieving the remodeling project of your dreams.
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission announced the end of a general campfire ban in state parks east of the Cascades.
I’m on Medicare Part A and B. I want to drop Part B and buy a health plan through the Exchange so that I can get a subsidy.
The Friends of the Sumner Library are hosting a free event at the library titled “Heirs of the American Experiment.” Ben Kodama will share his family’s experiences during World War II and the internment of Japanese-Americans.
East Pierce Fire and Rescue invites the public to join them for their 20th annual Open House, from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, September 28 at the East Pierce headquarters station at 18421 Veterans Memorial Drive East, in Bonney Lake. The free health and safety fair will include booths with public safety partners including the Bonney Lake Police, Sumner Police and Pierce County Sheriff’s Departments, plus many more.
East Pierce Fire and Rescue firefighters responded to a report that an adult male was pinned between two vehicles along the side of the road at the 20020 block of 12th Street East, near North Tapps Middle School.
