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July 22, 2021 7:33 PM
The changes are part of a package of police reforms that passed the legislature this year.
Law enforcement agencies across Eastern Washington came together Wednesday to express their concerns about the new bills, which they say will limit them.
There were 13 laws passed during legislative session this year. One of those laws include banning the use of military equipment. Choke-holds and neck restraint will be banned, and tear gas use will be limited.
With all the police reform laws, advocates say it was done to help reduce violence in situations.
“You never hear the thousands of times we come in and calm things down and make things better, but you focus extreme points on the very rare times things go badly,” Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said.
High School Graduates Use Their Senior Trip Money to Help Their Community Instead
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Students at Small High School Raise Money for Neighbors
July 09, 2021
The Class of 2021 – all 13 of them – were eyeing a trip to Greece, or maybe South Korea, but they wound up going nowhere. The students decided to donate $5,000 to help out struggling neighbors after the coronavirus pandemic changed everything. (Melissa Burns via AP)
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There are 13
graduates this year from Isleboro Central, a small high school on an island near the U.S. state of Maine. Most of them live on Isleboro, which has a year-round population of about 700.
The school’s graduating class usually takes a trip to a far away country to celebrate. The 2021 class was considering a visit to Greece or South Korea. The students did jobs around the small island to raise money for their travel costs. They earned about $8,000 from their work.
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They raised $8,000 for a senior trip to remember, but instead the graduating class of Isleboro Central School in Maine won t ever forget the lives they changed by donating that money.
The school is on an island that has 700 year-round residents, making it a tight-knit community. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the 13 members of the Class of 2021 organized festivals, worked concession stands, and held dinners to raise money for their class trip. In previous years, students traveled to Italy, Panama, and Norway, and this class considered going to Greece or South Korea.
The pandemic changed everything, and knowing that international travel was out of the question, the students started discussing going somewhere local. Student Liefe Temple told