A trio of Tahoma High students came home from the Mu Alpha Theta convention July 18-24 in Knoxville, Tenn., with some serious hardware as well as having earned national math rankings.
Juniors Sean Messenger and Zach Overhauser along with sophomore Anthony Yun from Tahoma participated at the convention against teams from 48 other high schools and 530 competitors from across the country on topics like geometry and calculus.
It is beginning to look a lot like very hot weather. The National Weather Service Web site listed the temperature…
A group of students are growing a garden, cooking vegetables and learning important lessons about life at the Institute for Community Leadership Jack Hunter O’Dell Education Center in Covington.
Maple Valley Community Center offers many ways to prevent falls for seniors
When it comes to healthful aging, a preventive approach is the key to success. By implementing some simple healthy habits today, we can achieve a healthier future. “Our bodies’ health, particularly as we age, requires that we take precautionary measures to strengthen ourselves,” Dr. Donnica L. Moore said, women’s health expert and advocate, and editor in chief of Women’s Health for Life. The following are her tips for healthful aging as part of an improved wellness plan.
Kate Brabham knows how to throw a birthday party, and it all ended up going to the dogs and cats.
When Kate turned 7-years-old on March 26 she told her friends to come to a party, but there was a catch.
Sheryl Mittleider shot a series of pictures at the Maple Valley Farmers Market and children playing in the water in…
The walls of the former Wilderness Tavern came down today.
Billie Flynn, who owns the property in a family partnership, and her son Jim Flynn, were present as the building came down, which is located at the corner of Witte Road and Maple Valley-Black Diamond Highway.
This time, Auburn’s Devanni Partridge was poised, polished and prepared to shine in perhaps her finest hour on center stage.
Partridge, the 2007 Miss Auburn and reigning Miss Seattle, stole the show to capture the prestigious Miss Washington crown July 11 at the Burien Community Center.
A SeaFair sanctioned event, the Covington Quilters will host its 12th Annual Quilt Show, “Summer Breeze”.
The three-day, professionally judged exhibit of members’ quilts will include vendors, a bed-turning event, “Hugs outreach” quilts-in-progress, demonstrations, a bazaar, a tea room for refreshments, door prizes, fat-quarter basket raffle, two quilt raffles and for children an “I Spy” quilt game, prizes and a kids corner.
All 44 community libraries in the King County Library System offer free learning resources and programs for parents, starting with…
Anyone under 18 can take advantage of the new free summer lunch program at Cedar Valley Elementary School which is…
Kathleen Fruge-Brown’s exhibit of more than a dozen pieces done in a unique medium were celebrated Friday night during a…
There is a very special person living in Maple Valley, 11-year-old Lindsey Muskiewicz.
The young girl has been chosen as the 2009 Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Local Goodwill Ambassador.
Her mother, Lisa Muskiewicz said she always called her daughter “angle baby, and know we see her as an angel on earth.”
Music in the video by Darren Motamedy – “The Planning Period” from his “intimate” CD.
There is a very special person living in Maple Valley, 11-year-old Lindsey Muszkiewicz.
The young girl has been chosen as the 2009 Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Local Goodwill Ambassador.
Her mother, Lisa Muszkiewicz, said she always called her daughter “angel baby, and know we see her as an angel on earth.”
Home gardeners can play a very important role in protecting the environment by making eco-friendly gardening choices as we tend our own plot of land. In today’s world of dwindling water supplies, global warming, and air, soil and water pollution, using environmentally friendly gardening techniques is every home gardener’s responsibility.
Check out these summer arts programs for kids at the Maple Valley Arts Center.
Food and community service are wrapped up into one happy package named Ginger Passarelli Senecal, also known as the founder of the Soup Ladies and owner of the Black Diamond Restaurant Mama Passarelli’s.
Q. My neighbor wants me to cut my tree because it blocks his view of Mount Rainier, dumps needles on his roof and scares him during high winds. What should I do?
A. First, attempt to maintain a friendly, reasonable and cool-headed relationship. Too many tree disputes arise when attitudes get in the way of levelheaded discussions that could result in amicable solutions
Summer vacation has arrived, but soon enough young athletes from across the region will be getting ready to participate in…