The Washington Policy Center has elected Tri-City business owner Robert "Bob" Tippett to its board of directors.
He is the organization's first board member from the Tri-Cities.
Tippett is president and owner of the Tippett Co., in the Tri-Cities, a third-generation family business involved in commercial investments, farm management, real estate land development, financial consulting and real estate brokerage.
Washington Policy Center is a nonpartisan, independent policy research think tank with offices in Seattle and Olympia.
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School clubs
School clubs
This letter is regarding Kennewick School Board's clubs policy. The board made a huge mistake, and blamed the Tri-City Herald for bad media coverage and misrepresentation.
Well we all know the Tri-City Herald isn't a major metropolitan newspaper like the New York Times, but they published several editorials about an issue that was very important to the students and citizens of Kennewick, and I would like to thank the Herald for raising community awareness to a huge issue.
While I would like to also thank the school board for allowing access, explaining themselves and dealing with the angry mob on Sept. 28, I also am upset that the board made such a bad decision in the first place. The board members should hold themselves to a higher expectation.
Letter Best: Student's perspective 9-11-11
Letter Best: Student's perspective 9-11-11
I am a high school senior and vice president of Kamiakin High School's chapter of National Honor Society. NHS is a club that aims to create a better community through service projects while maintaining focus on the four pillars of our club: citizenship, leadership, academics, and character.
In the past, Kamiakin's NHS members have helped with projects such as Relay for Life and have worked to raise money for the Tri-City Cancer Center during Pink Week. However, because of the school board's new policies, NHS is no longer able to function in any of the Kennewick schools, just because our school board does not want to allow a gay-straight alliance to form at our schools.
The school board doesn't seem to realize by making these new policies they are not only hurting students who support gay-straight alliances, but existing clubs like NHS which aim to better our community.
HAPO, Windermere form enrichment foundation
HAPO, Windermere form enrichment foundation
HAPO Community Credit Union and Windermere Real Estate Tri-Cities have formed the HAPO /Windermere Tri-Cities Community Enrichment Foundation.
Dave Schulz, president and CEO of HAPO, Dave Retter, owner and managing broker of Windermere, and key people from both businesses will sit on the foundation board. Their plan is to make donations to organizations in the Tri-Cities, which will increase the educational and health of the community.
The foundation's first donation was $50,000 toward Columbia Basin College's new planetarium project.
On this day: August 26, 1966
On this day: August 26, 1966
Two complaints of discrimination against whites in the Tri-Cities are being investigated by the Washington State Board Against Discrimination. Alfred Cowles, executive secretary of the board, said he takes "a dim view of any situation where a non-white is hired over a white person who is better qualified."
Literature expands minds
Literature expands minds
In response to Aug. 14 articles about how novels get into Tri-City classrooms:
Richland School District's changing policy on literature is concerning. Students are not helped by being sheltered from controversial literature.
I was lucky to have read books such as To Kill a Mockingbird and S pite Fences in my English class at Richland High. These books and others are valuable and necessary. Despite the controversy, I enjoyed reading them. I felt older and wiser through the class discussions and individual assignments that challenged me and other students to express opinions. This is what teachers are meant to do. My teacher that year trusted the students to have the maturity to read these books.
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