The Tahoma School District’s Russell Ridge Center is accepting pre-registration for the 2008-09 school year.
His race for Dufur public office was not going well. The voters in Dufur (DOO-fur), a small town in Oregon, were leaning to his opponent in overwhelming numbers – or at least as overwhelming as a town of 500 can muster.
Training for foster volunteers to temporarily adopt pets from King County animal shelters is scheduled for next week at the shelter in Kent.
Rock for Reason, an effort of Maple Valley teenager Cameron Murray to raise money to build wells in Africa, will host its next concert on May 16 at Warehouse 91 in Maple Valley.
Mo-Dazz for the Arts’ fourth annual Dance for a Cure benefit performance, inspired by a Maple Valley cancer patient and supporting the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Pete Gross House, is scheduled for May 17 at the Moore Theater in Seattle.
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After three decades of being married to the same woman, you would think a guy would have a pretty solid knowledge of that woman’s likes and dislikes. But on Mothers Day, five years ago, I had an apparent brain cramp.
The second week of May is a celebration of Mothers Day, so now is the time to see if you are being a good parent to your plants. They need food, water and your love and protection, but all gardeners must understand that plants in a garden also need discipline. This means showing some tough love this week and getting snippy with winter-weary plants. Make this the week you show your out-of-control plants who’s the boss.
The Presbytery of Seattle, which includes several Presbyterian churches in the Maple Valley and Covington areas, has a new leader.
The Rev. Canon Richard Gillett, an author and social justice advocate, will speak on fair trade and other global issues May 14 at St. George Episcopal Church in Maple Valley
What do moms want for Mothers Day? Well, the answer may be a surprise to some.
The Maple Valley Creative Arts Council will mark an anniversary when it presents the 10th annual Arts Festival next month.
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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.
