Hooked up to an intravenous line for a 36-hour chemotherapy treatment Janet Swisher fumed in her hospital bed.
Tahoma’s boys soccer team found what it had been lacking late in the season when it knocked Kentwood out of the playoffs on May 12 — heart.
Campers don’t have to wait much longer for campfires, s’mores and star-filled nights. The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest will open most campgrounds before Memorial Day weekend, by May 24.
The Rainier Youth Choirs “Made in America” concert will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Kent United Methodist Church, 11010 SE 248th St., Kent. The concert features RYC’s three youth choirs singing traditional American folk tunes and songs created by American composers with guest instrumentalists on banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and bass. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.rainieryouthchoirs.org for $12/$10 or for $15/$12 at the door.
A trio of Kent schools fastpitch teams along with Tahoma took the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh seeds into the West Central-Southwest District tournament with Kentwood finishing highest with a 3-1 showing at the South Puget Sound League fastpitch tournament Thursday and Friday.
Tahoma had the opportunity to get a little revenge against two teams it had lost to this spring and did just that on both counts in the West Central Southwest Bi-District tournament at Kent Memorial Park on Saturday.
Elizabeth lost her job, her house and her car in 2010.
After five months of couch surfing with her son, who was then 3, Elizabeth found a safe place in Maple Valley to help her get back on track: Vine Maple Place.
Mother’s Day is practically on top of us.
Around Easter I realized someone would have to come up with a plan for celebrating Mother’s Day.
This time around Kentlake didn’t need a coin flip or a tie breaker game to earn the No. 1 seed out of the South Puget Sound League North.
It’s all settled on the pitch now — Thomas Jefferson is No. 1 out of the South Puget Sound League North division while Kentwood is No. 2. and Tahoma is No. 3.
Baseball teams from the North Division of the South Puget Sound League didn’t fare so well in the district seeding games against their South division counterparts.
Tahoma has positioned itself for a battle with Thomas Jefferson for first place in the South Puget Sound League North boys soccer standings.
Covington Days Festival organizers could use some more support — specifically from businesses willing to sponsor the event.
Coordinated by the Covington Lions Club since 2006, the Seafair-sanctioned festival will be at Cedar Heights Middle School for the second year, but there will be some differences from 2011 to this year according to Judy Swanberg, who is chair of the festival for the club.
Tahoma’s fastpitch team is on a roll having won eight straight since its first league loss to Kentwood a month ago.
Winning streaks abound and not just Kentwood’s which stands at 18 but teams like Tahoma which has won four straight as well as Kentridge which had four victories out of its last five games.
Baker Street Bookstore was on the verge of closing when just days before the iconic Black Diamond business was to shut its doors a white knight rode in to save it.
Hidden between the Tall Timbers and Timberlane neighborhoods in Covington and Cedar Downs in Maple Valley is Cedar Creek Park.
Boxes distributed through the food pantry at Black Diamond Community Center will be fuller thanks to donations from Cenex.
While Kentwood’s baseball team has conquered the South Puget Sound League North division there is a battle going on between Tahoma and Kentlake for second place.
The battle for the top spot in the South Puget Sound League North division continued among Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake’s fastpitch teams in the past week.
