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• Childhaven Announces 3rd Annual Business of Children Breakfast, May 14

  - 2008-05-09

  Keynote speaker, Lorenzo Romar, Head Coach, University of Washington Men's Basketball Team SEATTLE -- Childhaven, an area not-for-profit provider of therapeutic child care to abused, neglected and at-risk children, today announced the 3rd Annual Business of Children Breakfast to be held Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The event, beginning at...

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• It's a 'home' meet for Utah's Baskett

  - 2008-02-16

  When University of Utah junior Kristina Baskett was a young club gymnast in Normandy Park, Wash., she and her friends went to watch University of Washington meets whenever they could. "I just remember going to all the meets when I was younger. I always had someone I knew...

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• Ousted Spokane mayor James West dies at age 55

  - 2006-07-23

  SPOKANE, Wash. -- Former Mayor James E. West, who opposed gay- rights bills but was recalled from office over an Internet gay sex scandal, died Saturday of complications from recent cancer surgery. He was 55. The conservative former Republican state Senate majority leader was diagnosed in early 2003...

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• ASHFoundation funds higher education goals.(HIGHER EDUCATION IN DEPTH)

  - 2006-04-11

  Over 40 master's and doctoral students, new investigators, and clinical professionals received more than $180,000 in funding from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation in November 2005. The awards include graduate scholarships, research grants, and clinical achievement awards. Recipients in the categories of research and scholarship are ...

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• Briefs.

  - 2006-04-03

  Staff Federal Way, Wash. - ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling recently elected Tom Armour , president of DBM Contractors Inc., as vice president of the board of directors for 2006. ADSC also announced that...

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• Joseph A. Perozzi.(member of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)(Brief article)

  - 2006-02-07

  Joseph A. Perozzi (BA, University of Nevada, Reno; MS and PhD, University of Washington) has been an ASHA member for 42 years. He began his academic career as an assistant professor at the Ohio State University in 1969. From 1971-2001 he was affiliated with the University ...

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• Sports in Brief | Heart problem ends career of Washington player

  - 2006-01-17

  Kayla Burt ended her college basketball career at Washington yesterday, four days after her internal heart defibrillator activated during a game. Burt, 23, had the defibrillator implanted in her chest after her heart stopped on New Year's Eve 2002. She was in her off-campus apartment and teammates came to...

  Tags: CAREER, Ferrari, Games, HEALTHCARE, hospital, University of Washington

• Parlette named to Policy Consensus Center's board.(KEEPING UP WITH PEOPLE)(Linda Evans Parlette)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-10-01

  Sen. Linda Evans Parlette, R-Wenatchee, recently was appointed to the advisory board of the Policy Consensus Center. The Policy Consensus Center, chaired by former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William D. Ruckelshaus, is a joint effort by Washington State University and the University of...

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• Harvey invests in more than stocks and bonds.(Best Financial Advisor)(Curt Harvey)

  - 2005-02-01

  Curt Harvey's goal when he graduated from Chelan High School in 1970 was to operate his own company. After getting a business degree from the University of Washington and some encouragement from his dentist brother, Harvey opened Harvey's Dental Lab in Wenatchee, operating it...

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• UW Bothell hires Bush. (Keeping up with People).(David Bush)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-06-01

  David Bush is the new assistant director of student affairs at University of Washington Bothell campus. Bush will direct a wide range of student events and activities and will be responsible for the oversight of UWB's counseling and veterans services and supporting the university's disabled and...

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