Bruce Farr had a rare visitor, a white hummingbird, and it caused quite a stir among people interested in birds.
Farr, who lives in Maple Valley, is an avid bird watcher. He enjoys feeding birds and he has numerous hummingbird feeders around his home.
“I see hummingbirds all year round,” Farr said. “I have pictures of them in snowstorms. They will feed in the dead of winter.”
Aera Shin’s single most important piece of advice for the incoming freshman at Kentwood High was simple.
“Don’t procrastinate,” she told a group of soon to be ninth graders in Michael Takayoshi’s classroom.
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Life experiences have a way of twisting our perspectives, forcing us to see what we purposely overlooked before. This summer I was given an opportunity to spend three weeks in China, and my way of seeing the world is irreversibly altered because of it.
A newly formed Parkinson’s Neighborhood Support Group for people challenged with Parkinson’s Disease is scheduled for 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday. Following…
Down a quiet gravel road just outside the Covington city limits Elinor Maroney makes ceramic art.
In a downstairs studio she throws clay onto a pottery wheel, churning out three pieces in less than 10 minutes, explaining how she forms the clay from a lump into something that can eventually be a functional bowl, cup or other item.
Acoustic finger-style guitar player Trace Bundy, currently a resident of Boulder, Colo., is set to play the Sanctuary at Maple Valley Presbyterian Church 7 p.m. Aug. 29.
There were smiling face and pink hats everywhere Thursday at the Maple Valley Community Center.
But all the fun and games was for a very serious cause, to raise money to help find a cure for breast cancer.
The Highland Greens Homeowners Association created excitement and awareness during its annual National Night Out Aug. 4th.
* Maple Valley Library Guild Meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 2 For further information about joining the Guild, please contact…
Programs for teens at the Maple Valley library
VIDEO: The debate for Maple Valley City Council Position No. 2 – Part IV
Long ago when the Youth Council was planning The Den youth center at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center the…
At about 1:30 p.m. Thursday our clinic at Hacienda San Francisco, about four hours northeast of San Ramon, Nicaragua was humming right along. The triage interviewers were moving patients nicely through the height and weight stations and the pharmacy was filling orders quickly. Outside, the dental team taught groups of kids how to brush their teeth with their new tooth brushes and delighted watching the ninos (children) each receive a toy. We weren’t yet ready to set up the shoes and clothing distribution area, so I decided to take a walk up to the medical providers area where patients were being treated by Corner of Love docs and nurse practitioners.
The prevalence of autism has increased markedly in the past 20 years. It is a neurobehavioral disorder of children characterized…
Maple Valley’s annual Burgers and Blues night begins at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, August 16 at Lake Wilderness Park. Our favorite Night Train Blues Band will perform while Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra sells hamburgers and hot dogs to help benefit their program. Arrive early as the Burgers & Blues night continues to be the most popular Music in the Park concert of the season.
The children, who will be in kindergarten, have spent two hours a day on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Mountain Vineyard Christian Fellowship’s Kindergarten Readiness Camp.
Dace Anderson is stoked about his next couple gigs with the band Sealth in the area.
Anderson, founder and president of Dace’s Rock N More Music Academy in Maple Valley, will be playing with his band that he fronts with a trio of students from the Academy.
Kellee Bradley preformed with her band Thursday at the Music in the Park event Thursday at Lake Wilderness. She sang…