Women and poverty: employment no escape
Judy Gardiner reports on rising poverty among women, noting a 54 percent increase in female headed households over 20 years while male headed families fall 50 percent. The piece profiles Edmonds Community College staffers Bonnie Miller and Mary Richter, highlighting wages, part time work, child care costs, and reliance on public assistance, with calls for policy change and equal pay to reverse trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Gardiner
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Ruth McCormick
Edmonds Community College
Bonnie Miller
College
Mary Richter
Health and Human Services
Miller
McCormick
Commission On Civil Rights
Edmonds Mayor thanks community for gala welcome home parade
A letter to The Enter cee from Mayor Harve H. Harrison praises thousands of Edmonds residents, parade participants, and donors. He credits Rosa Lynn for the event, lauds Edmonds Commerce and the Edmonds Business Association, and notes the city’s role in planning and a day of happy memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Earling
Edmonds Chamber of Commerce
Dan ‘Rice
Edmonds Business Association
Rosalynn
Edmonds
Board president explains donated car for parade honor
Edmonds School Board members attended the City of Edmonds parade honoring Rosalyn Sumners with a Cadillac limousine from Limousines Etc. Mountlake Terrace. Crowds questioned district ownership causing confusion. officials clarified the car was a courtesy vehicle and not district property. The board invites the community to May meetings as the 1983 84 budget work begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonds
Harve Harrison
Liza Minelli
Straight
Why Did Mayor Harrison Get Top Billing In Edmonds Parade
Readers describe Edmonds city celebration for Rosalyn Sumners with Rosalyn sharing parade car space with Mayor Harrison. They question if the nod to Roz was a genuine honor or a campaign move by the mayor.
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Harrison
Roz
Single, with kids, means poverty in Linda Keetch story
Linda Keetch speaks of poverty shaped by three bad marriages and raising three sons on welfare in South Everett. She aims to surmount a back problem to return to interior design while keeping her family fed and housed, prioritizing her children over money. Her journey spans Oklahoma to California and Washington, with homelessness in a station wagon and a back injury hindering work readiness. Her story highlights resilience, practical choices like removing a television to boost grades, and the tension between training and health needs.
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Linda Keetch
Everett
California
Judy Gardiner
Linda
South Everett
Snohomish County
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Rosalyn
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Tacoma
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