Medical Lake City Council Position 1
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Heath D. Wilbur | 752 | 59.78% |
| Kathleen Morse | 506 | 40.22% |
* Race percentages are calculated with data from the Secretary of State's Office, which omits write-in votes from its calculations when there are too few to affect the outcome. The Spokane County Auditor's Office may have slightly different percentages than are reflected here because its figures include any write-in votes.
The Candidates
Heath D. Wilbur
- City:
- Medical Lake, Washington
Education: Home-schooled from sixth grade to age 16, when he earned his GED from Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington. Currently attending Eastern Washington University for a bachelor’s degree in urban planning and development.
Political experience: First run for office.
Work experience: Currently a full-time student. Served five years in the U.S. Army, going from a maintenance position to command staff orderly and overseeing the maintenance program for power generation systems. Has experience in a variety of trades, picks up odd jobs while attending EWU.
Family: Married to Suzanne Wilbur, has two sons.
Campaign contributions: Has no reported donations as of Oct. 3, according to the Public Disclosure Commission.
Kathleen Morse
- City:
- Medical Lake, Washington
Education: Graduated Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, Washington. Attended some community college for a prospective nursing degree, did not complete.
Political experience: First run for office.
Work experience: Owner of the European Child, a boutique offering imported children’s clothing and products in Medical Lake. Has been a real estate professional for decades. Worked in title insurance and escrow, does realty photography and now is a licensed Realtor in Washington and Idaho. Formerly an employee of Nordstrom and her husband’s company, TourFactory.
Family: Married to Stacy Morse, has one son.
Campaign contributions: Had no reported donations as of Oct. 3, according to the Public Disclosure Commission.
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Dear Doctors: Why is there so much different advice about walking? I just read that doing 15 minutes a day can help you live longer. I’ve also heard that a few minutes after a meal is important, long walks help your brain and just a few short walks a day are good as long as you walk really fast.
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Ask the doctors: Stragegies for surviving the holiday season
Dear Doctors: My question is about the holidays, and it’s two parts. The to-do list just seems to get longer each year, and I’m already feeling stressed-out. Also, I just turned 44 and I don’t recover from the eating and drinking like I used to. Do you have any realistic ideas other than “just say no”?
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Ask the doctors: GDF-15 and the link to hypermesis gravidarum
Dear Doctors: My daughter suffered from hyperemesis while she was pregnant two years ago, and it was truly a miserable pregnancy. Is there a way to prevent this for future pregnancies? I understand this condition is linked to the hormone GDF-15 and read that the key is to suppress it before it begins.
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Dear Doctors: I suffered a stroke about a year ago and have completed outpatient rehab. I have been having a problem understanding speakers at an event. I hear the sounds but can’t understand all the words. Do you know if this is common? Is there any therapy or exercises that can help?
Ask the doctors: Use dash diet to increase potassium
Dear Doctors: I am interested in the DASH diet you mentioned recently. Could you list some of the types of vegetables and fruits that are rich in potassium and the amount needed daily to meet the potassium requirements?
Ask the doctors: Treatment for osteonecrosis prioritizes restoring blood flow
Dear Doctors: My mom is 61. She started having hip pain and figured it meant a hip replacement surgery at some point in the future. When she saw her doctor, the tests showed osteonecrosis, and the surgery had to happen right away. What causes it, and what happens if you don’t treat it?
Ask the doctors: Have an eating plan before holiday gatherings begin
Dear Doctors: We have young kids, so our holiday party season starts right around Halloween. I just turned 40, and I’ve noticed it’s getting harder to lose the weight I gain this time of year. It’s only around a pound, but it’s adding up. I need a plan so things don’t get out of control.
Ask the doctors: Acting out dreams may be a sleep disorder
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Dear Doctors: I do a lot of hiking and camping, and when there is terrain that is rough, a lot of times I’ll get a blister. How do you take care of that – are you supposed to pop it and drain it, or do you just cover it up? I’ve heard it’s easy for a blister to get infected, and I want to avoid that.
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Dear Doctors: I have had a UTI several times and know the symptoms. This last time, when I went to urgent care, they said they needed a urine culture before they could treat me. It was another day of being uncomfortable before getting the meds I needed. Do you know why that was done?
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Ask the doctors: Volunteering can improve cognitive health
Dear Doctors: I started helping at a food bank for a kind of selfish reason – it made me feel good. But it turns out I made some good friends, which is not easy as you get older. (I’m 66.) Now I’m seeing on the news that volunteering can be good for cognitive health. I would like to know more about that.
Ask the doctors: Exercise intolerance one of th esymptoms of long COVID
Dear Doctors: I’ve been an endurance athlete my whole adult life. After having COVID-19, I’ve gone from running marathons at an 8-minute mile pace to needing walking breaks whenever I run. Are there studies about long COVID and endurance? How I can join one?