Ginger “Mama” Passarelli taught the third in her series of soup classes at her restaurant on March 13.
About a dozen eager students looked on in the kitchen as Passarelli made four different beef soups: roastbeef and horseradish, beef and barley, beef stroganoff and beef stew.
Tahoma’s winning ways to start the season continued on Thursday with a 10-0 victor over Kent-Meridian in the South Puget Sound League North Division opener.
Senior Katie Myers, sophomore Jordan Walley and freshman Lauren Walters combined in the circle for the Bears to pitch a no hitter against the Royals. They collected eight strike outs in total, according to Coach Tom Milligan.
Tahoma bounced back from a non-league loss at Skyline on Monday with a big 4-3 victory over Emerald Ridge on the road on Wednesday.
Kiley Dunn, a junior third baseman for the Bears, started things off with a two run triple with two outs.
Maple Valley was King County Executive Dow Constantine’s eighth stop on a complete tour of every city in the county — 39 in total.
Constantine spent Friday morning here, starting first at Maple Valley Rotary at 7 a.m., where he spoke about his agenda to reform county government.
Elvis will be in the building.
At least as channeled by Steve Fogura, a well known Elvis impersonator and Tahoma School District Employee, who will be the featured guest performer at the district’s Mary Lou Harting Memorial Concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 19, at the Tahoma Middle School Theater.
Tahoma High robotics club, team 2046, in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics competition, returned from Portland last weekend after reaching the semi-finals in the Autodesk Oregon Regional.
Running an art gallery is nothing new to Susie Teierle.
Prior to moving to Maple Valley from Spokane five years ago to be with her husband, Teierle who is an artist in her own right, ran a gallery in her hometown.
While The Soup Ladies are known for warming up emergency personnel with Ginger “Mama” Pasarelli’s soup recipes they will also be able to provide some extra special comfort thanks to a local Girl Scout troop.
Girl Scout Troop 42419 of Maple Valley has adopted The Soup Ladies as its “Gift of Caring” community service project this cookie sale season.
Near the entrance of Jenkins Creek Elementary School, just a stone’s throw from Home Depot, Principal Cathy Lendosky told the assembled students a story.
While the site may be unusual, the setting provided context for the students, to whom Lendosky was teaching a “lesson in perserverance.”
Rainier Christian Middle School students wanted to do something in response to the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.
Students quickly grabbed onto the idea of raising money through a coin drive, according to RCMS Principal Glenn Olson.
News spread quickly in the early morning hours of the deaths of four Lakewood police officers at a coffee shop in Parkland on Nov. 29 and Ginger Passarelli immediately offered the help of The Soup Ladies.
A bartender, a chef and an aspiring restaurateur have come together with their financial backer to fill a gap in Covington’s restaurant scene with the impending opening of 2seven2 Grill and Bar.
Tao Kane, the bartender, has been in the restaurant business since he was 18. Now 35, he first met business partner Chris Rodwell, the aspiring restaurateur, while he was mixing drinks.
Kentwood High’s cheer squads continued their success both at the state and national levels in the past two months.
At the WIAA State Cheerleading Championships Jan. 23, Kentwood’s Green team took third in the non-tumbling division, while the Black squad won the medium varsity division and the top tier squad, Silver, won the state title in the small co-ed division.
From the very start Vine Maple Place has been a grassroots effort.
In early 2000, two women who were members of a local church went to their pastor, explained VMP Executive Director Colleen Starr.
“They went to their pastor and they said they really felt like something should be done to help homeless families with kids, specifically moms,” Starr said. “The pastor quickly said, ‘That’s too big for us.'”
Kentwood held off Federal Way Friday afternoon at ShoWare Center in a West Central District playoff game for seeding into…
Four wrestlers from Tahoma High made it to the finals in their respective weight classes in 4A at Mat Classic XXII on Feb. 20, 2010. Three of the four won, including Nick Bayer, who picked up his third state title.
Officials from the Tahoma School District are forming a committee to evaluate adjusting elementary attendance boundaries.
The district needs volunteers to serve on the committee, which will be made up of parents and other community members, according to district spokesman Kevin Patterson.
A pair of community members were recognized by the Fire District 43 Board of Commissioners last Thursday night.
Justin Bohanick, a 13 year old Maple Valley resident, was honored for his quick thinking under pressure while Jerry Woods was recognized for his work during the winter with the Maple Valley Fire Department’s holiday engine.
Dizzy Grant dreamt of playing professional basketball from the age of 7 years old when he attended a Harlem Globetrotters game.
Grant’s dream came true after he graduated from College of New Jersey in 2005 and he was invited to play with the Globetrotters, who are bringing their family friendly hoops show to ShoWare Center in Kent on Friday, Feb. 19.
Dana Parnello saw Maple Valley’s potential when he moved to the Puget Sound region from Colorado in 1999.
In 2003, Parnello moved with his family to Maple Valley, which suited him perfectly because “I am not a big city boy, I am not a small town kind of guy.”
