An early start from Whidbey Island gets us to the busy seaport town of Astoria in time for lunch.
Heavy lifters moving through:
Seeing various posts about how hard it is to pay for a 2 bedroom apartment on minimum wage, the force of government needs to be used to get employers to provide better pay & benefits, public officials need to help more with college expenses, etc.
Looks like it’s not all bad news:
Looming crisis seen for maritime jobs as workers near retirement age
More here from various sources:
Training, jobs open up as maritime sector’s workforce ages
Seattle maritime industry looks to high schools for new work force
Help wanted: Washington State Ferries needs engineers
Report: Maritime industry staying afloat, growing steadily
Tacoma to Add Four More Container Cranes
Washington State Ferries looks to train workforce of its future as retirements loom
Teens can find paid summer internships in Seattle
State ferry system hiring as it faces retirement crisis
Port of Seattle offers 150 paid high school and college summer internship
100 jobs: Cargo company to occupy former Everett mill site
Welders needed: New Seattle program offers training
Now hiring: Maritime industry bustling, but lacking future workforce
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High levels of reverence for the flag?
Meanwhile, Heroin-Trafficking Cartels Move Product into Washington State
Newspeople will not question the US Border Patrol at Port Angeles?
Our free and independent press has stopped asking questions.
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Photo- Early winter morning- Point Wilson, Washington
It’s been done before.
Duna info here.