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The city of Leavenworth is offering to reimburse lifeguards for the cost of their training. Nancy Baker, recreation supervisor for the Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Department, said the reimbursement is being offered for people who complete a certification course offered through the city and work for Leavenworth this summer as lifeguards. “We want to encourage lifeguards to come and stay the summer with us,” Baker said. The city charges a $180 fee to Leavenworth residents for the three-day lifeguard class. The fee for non-city residents is $200. Baker said lifeguards will be required t...

Detail from Nancy Baker Cahill’s Contract Killers (2021), animated AR artwork © 2021 Nancy Baker Cahill. All Rights Reserved. When in 1985, a Texas jury awarded Pennzoil $10.53bn in damages for getting the short end of the contractual stick, the world learned just how powerful a handshake could be. One year prior in New York, the oil giant had reached an informal, but binding agreement to purchase a large stake in Getty Oil for $5.2bn. Representatives from each company shook hands and the deal was announced. Shortly afterwards, Texaco made a very appealing countero...

Now streaming on: The film retains all of its power, in the story of a miners' strike in Kentucky where the company employed armed goons to escort scabs into the mines, and the most effective picketers were the miners' wives -- articulate, indominable, courageous. It contains a famous scene where guns are fired at the strikers in the darkness before dawn, and Kopple and her cameraman are knocked down and beaten. "I found out later that they planned to kill us that day," Kopple said later, in a discussion I chaired at the Filmmakers' Lodge. "They wanted to knock us out because they didn't want...

Vaccine fairy works magic for hundreds across Western Washington Vaccine fairy works magic for hundreds across Western Washington Her persistence, patience, and philanthropy have garnered her the nickname of the vaccine fairy. More than 200 people across Washington have her to thank for the shots going in their arms. SNOQUALMIE RIDGE, Wash. - Nancy Baker knows the art of multi-tasking. The mom of three is spending a lot of time at her kitchen table — and that time has a purpose. "We are wheeling and dealing here. I’ve got 25 people on my list trying to find slots for," Baker said.