Kangaroos, anyone? How about hebes, phormiums and disease-free roses?
Dr. Michael DeBakey, the renowned heart surgeon, received the Congressional Medal of Honor recently. He’s going to be a hundred years old this year, so apparently somebody figured they better get to it.
A new column by Tiffany Doerr Guerzon makes its debut in today’s Reporter. Guerzon will write on topics related to parenting, home economics and consumer issues. She lives in Maple Valley with her husband and three children. In addition to her writing, she is a certified physician assistant and worked in family practice for several years before stepping away six years ago to be at home with her children – two daughters who are 8 and 4 years old and a son who is a month short of his first birthday. Besides spending a lot of time with her family, her interests include organic gardening, scrapbooking, reading and ballroom dancing.
For its spring production this weekend, Ensemble Ballet Theatre has been preparing for a fight.
South King County Cultural Association Open House and Resource Fair: 5:30-8 p.m. May 14. Event showcases area resources in dance, heritage, literary arts, music, theater, visual arts, botanical gardens and municipal organizations. Refreshments provided. Admission: Free. Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St., Kent. 253-333-8138 or www.sococulture.org.
The annual Maple Valley Fishing Derby is in full swing today.
“Intro to Botanical Art”: Lecture by Linda Vorobik, 7 p.m. May 2. Maple Valley Community Center, 22010 SE. 248th St., Maple Valley. 425-413-2572 or register@lakewildernessarboretum.org.
The fourth week of April is a the time to start feeding your vegetables, roses and flower beds, because plants that you want to produce need energy now.
Experts say school-age children should engage in physical activities for at least one hour every day to be healthy.
The Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra, combining with a community choir, will perform Vivladi’s “Gloria” in a concert at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church this Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Nurse: “Doctor! There’s an invisible man in the waiting room!”
Mixed in with the books and other more traditional items at Maple Valley Library and Covington Library are video games…
Boots and Laces Square Dance Club: 7:30-10:30 p.m. the first and third Fridays of the month. Meridian Grange, 15422 S.E. 272nd St. 425-413-0084 or www.bootsandlaces.org.
Fill those indoor flats, seed trays, egg cartons and small plastic pots, because this is the week to start vegetable seeds indoors for setting out later.
Stay at Home Fitness, operated by Miki Halvorson and Kelley Terwillegar, offers personal training for individuals and groups in the privacy of their clients’ homes in the Covington and Maple Valley areas. In addition to individual sessions, a co-op group (for women to bring their children to a host home for a one-hour workout), family exercising and “buddy” sessions are offered.
What’s the fun in not getting lost?
The Rachael Contoerer Quartet will be featured in a Friday Night Jazz show April 25 at Baker Street Books in Black Diamond.
The Covington Arts Commission has tapped photographers Jan Wieser and Kathryn Stoll as its Display Artists for the month of April.
Black Diamond Historical Society Museum: Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursdays; noon-3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. 32627 Railroad Ave., Black Diamond. 360-886-2142, museum@blackdiamondmuseum.org or www.blackdiamondmuseum.org.