Boeing, Microsoft, Starbuck’s, grunge rock, and the Space Needle got some fast company this past weekend. National Hot Rod Association headliner Tony Schumacher painted himself into the Puget Sound mural along with those local icons.
When I was a kid, there was a local guy who we used to see when my parents drove us into town on a rural road. This man had apparently had a long-term drinking problem and had his license taken away. He still wanted to drive from his farm into town, probably to have a drink or two, and he wouldn’t walk the seven miles. A logical answer? Drive the lawn mower. He would mount up the John Deere and rumble along the shoulder of the road, day or night, snow or sunshine.
A shopping destination for south King County has just gotten bigger.
A lot bigger.
Westfield Southcenter, a major retail complex in Tukwila, will celebrate completion of its $240 million expansion project Friday.
The grand opening will acquaint visitors with a longtime shopping center that has expanded by 400,000 square feet and 75 new specialty shops.
Editor’s note: This local recipe also was published in the May 2008 edition of “Runner’s World."
Residents will be able to drop off hazardous household waste items 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the parking lot of the East Hill Fred Meyer store, 10201 S.E. 240th St.
Take me out to the ball game?
Vernon Word scored two touchdowns, the first of which snapped a scoreless tie in the second quarter, and Nathan Proctor notched a pair of second-half TDs as the King County Jaguars rolled to a 42-0 victory against the Valley Mustangs a North American Football League game at Auburn Memorial Stadium.
After erasing portions of the Kentridge High School record book and earning Class 4A State Player of the Year honors, Renado Parker is taking his basketball talent to North Idaho College.
Neighborhoods are invited to participate Aug. 5 in the City of Kent’s National Night Out program, designed to fight crime.
In concert with Pierce County, Kitsap County, Mason County and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, King County called a Phase 1 burn ban.
Thanks to Kent Police Chief Strachan for his article on the Miranda decision and its impact on law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the United States. I applaud the chief’s efforts and intentions in opening up the communication and dialogue with the people of our community and in maintaining a professional police department. However, I have a different perspective on the Miranda decision and its impact on law-enforcement practices and policies.
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Did you know Thomas Edison’s cylinder phonograph could be used to play and record sound? And that magnetic tape-recording technology was actually taken from the Germans after World War II?
What does royalty do the night before a coronation? Well, if the royalty is Miss Cornucopia 2008, the answer is: help perform surgeries.
Rui Li, who stars for the Kentwood High golf team, won the girls 16-17 age division with a 1-under-par 71 in the final Washington Junior Golf Association District Six sub-district tournament last Monday at Lipoma Firs Golf Course in Puyallup.
A list of recreational events happening in Kent.
They dreamed big.
But Chuck and Elena Stowell never imagined things would snowball quite like they have.
Or in such magical fashion.
The Kent couple lost their only daughter, Carly, on April 12, 2007 of an acute cardiac arrhythmia. Just days away from her 15th birthday, Carly collapsed in a North Carolina hotel room while at a tournament with her select AAU basketball team, the Emerald City Legends.
In 1854, a cholera epidemic struck London, England. Thousands of people were dying and no one could determine the cause. Doctors were stumped as deathly ill adults and children filed into the overcrowded hospitals.
Amador Reyes AbrejeraAmador Reyes Abrejera of Kent, passed away July 20, 2008 at the age of 69, in the presence of his wife and daughters.… Continue reading
