Hanford McCloud, left, Bill Kallappa, Willie Frank III and Jerad Koepp at the Wa-He-Lut Indian School at Frank’s Landing. All are happy to see changes made in school mascots, unless those mascots are done with tribe’s and nation’s cooperation and approval. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
Hanford McCloud, left, Bill Kallappa, Willie Frank III and Jerad Koepp at the Wa-He-Lut Indian School. All are happy to see changes made in school mascots. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
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Washington, D.C.’s NFL team changed its racist mascot. Now, a push for change in Washington state schools.

In Washington state, 34 schools have clung to Native-themed mascots, but in the wake of the Washington NFL team's name change, a renewed push for change is taking place.  VIEW

Hanford McCloud, left, Bill Kallappa, Willie Frank III and Jerad Koepp at the Wa-He-Lut Indian School at Frank’s Landing. All are happy to see changes made in school mascots, unless those mascots are done with tribe’s and nation’s cooperation and approval. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
Hanford McCloud, left, Bill Kallappa, Willie Frank III and Jerad Koepp at the Wa-He-Lut Indian School. All are happy to see changes made in school mascots. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
High School Sports

Washington, D.C.’s NFL team changed its racist mascot. Now, a push for change in Washington state schools.

In Washington state, 34 schools have clung to Native-themed mascots, but in the wake of the Washington NFL team's name change, a renewed push for change is taking place.  VIEW

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Eleven kids in Washington have been diagnosed with rare coronavirus syndrome

FILE – This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors about a rare but serious condition in children linked with the coronavirus. In an alert issued Thursday, the CDC called the condition multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. (NIAID-RML via AP, File) NYDB353
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Lolita is the sole surviving southern resident orca from the capture era, still at the Miami Seaquarium after her capture in Penn Cove 50 years ago August 8, 2020.

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Samantha Six and her husband Damien Boyd were arrested after police declared protests a riot in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle Saturday July 25th, 2020. Six, who has been diagnosed with epilepsy, says she was violently arrested and kept in handcuffs without aid while having a seizure, and later denied her anti-seizure medication and mocked while in custody. They maintain they were wrongfully arrested while peacefully protesting. Neither has been charged with a crime. Thursday August 6, 2020. 214701
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Amid chaotic protests on Seattle's Capitol Hill, Samantha Six and her husband say she was falsely arrested, and suffered a night of seizures when she was denied critical medication.  WATCH

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The Seattle School Board prepares to listen to parents and community members testify about gifted education and a partnership between the Technology Access Foundation and Washington Middle School, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 in Seattle. 212754

With one week to decide on fall remote learning, Seattle School Board members criticize plan and push for a new option

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine leave the State Room after giving update on the state’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, April 10, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch/TNS) 1735769 1735769

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Radiological Control Technicians are checking the dose rate in the room after separation of the glovebox which is set aside awaiting the separation of additional gloveboxes in the room before being removed. After months of planning and preparation, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) workers finished safely separating three gloveboxes for removal from Hanfordís Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP). As of April, 183 of 238 glove boxes had been removed from the facility at the Hanford Site. These 7,500-pound gloveboxes were challenging to manage due to a combination of their large size and unusual configuration. The highly-contaminated gloveboxes were once used to handle materials from the plutonium recovery process. Photo date: 05.01.2013

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At Ben Paris in downtown Seattle, bartender Abigail Gullo has prepared the Gin Griffey Juniper, topped off with a smoky rosemary, (lit by the bartender) gin & tonic, lemon thyme shrub, (Pike Place) market botanicals. 214642

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FILE – In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, then Washington Redskins cornerback Quinton Dunbar (23) reacts after intercepting a pass during the second half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md. Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar, New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker and Washington receiver Cody Latimer have been put on the NFL’s Commissioner Exempt List while facing felony charges from offseason incidents. Baker and Dunbar were charged with armed robbery at a cookout in Florida in May 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) NY403

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A woman is surrounded by blueberry bushes as she picks blueberries at Bybee Farms in North Bend Wednesday, July 22, 2020. The farm is one of the many places close to Seattle where you can drive less than an hour and go pick berries this summer. The picturesque farm is at the foot of Mt Si and is open for blueberry picking seven days a week from 9am-8pm. Hours may vary later in the season. Please check their website at bybee-farms.com/index2.html. 214555

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Clouds pass in front of Sunday night’s nearly full moon as it rises behind the Cascade Mountains in this view from Lake Forest Park. August’s 100% full moon, happening Monday night (Aug. 3), is named a Sturgeon Moon after North America’s largest fish, the lake sturgeon. The moonrise is visible rising in the southeast. LO LO LO Photographed on August 2, 2020. 214667
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Photo: A nearly full moon rises over the Cascades

Ahjeawnna Sterling (CQ), captain of the Washington Diamonds Drill Team & Drumline, gets help with her ostrich feather headdress before the Ujoma Fest parade leaves 23rd and Union for Jimi Hendrix Park. REF to more photos online 2020 Parade March & Day of Unity for Black Lives – LO Linesonly Saturday Aug 1, 2020 214652
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Three girls jump off the dock at Green Lake Friday, July 31, 2020. The diving boards are gone but people are still jumping into the lake from the dock. Temperatures are predicted to be in the high 70’s or low 80’s for the next several days. 214656 214656
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Along the first base side, Mariners employee Emily Wright, puts out some of the thousands of cardboard fan cutouts for what the Mariners are calling “Seat Fleet” at T-Mobile Park, Monday, July 27, 2020 ahead of Friday’s Mariners home opener. Fans can take their own photo and send in any time during the season for $30, and according to the Mariners website: “…the Mariners will donate a portion of every purchase to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-related relief efforts in our communities. What’s more? If your cutout “catches” a foul ball during a game, we’ll mail you the baseball!” According to Rebecca Hale of the Mariners, 5000 fans have already participated in the program. 214588
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Take my cardboard image out to the ballpark  VIEW