Former Kent School District music teacher Motamedy to play at Kent’s Evening of Jazz and Art Showcase June 22
Lately, I have been more aware of how much I’m forgetting. I think it’s a mom’s prerogative to forget things; we are running other lives besides our own, so we have a right to forget a few things. But sometimes we get into situations where there are more things to forget than normal.
State and tribal co-managers today agreed on a package of salmon fisheries that meets conservation goals for wild salmon populations, while providing fishing opportunities on healthy stocks.
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission invites the public to attend the Fourth Annual Earth Day fair at Saltwater State Park in Des Moines.
Hope in Hard Times is the story of how Washingtonians triumphed over adversity during the Great Depression and worked together for change.
With obesity rates in the United States and around the world continuously rising, surgery for weight loss is becoming an ever more acceptable option.
The other night I had a Twilight Zone moment. I’m not talking about the phenomenon that is the Twilight series with the vampires, but rather the old television series the Twilight Zone. People in the series would have some sort of problem, then would find themselves in a weird parallel universe of sorts; often it was a “careful what you wish for scenario.”
Lynette Miller, the Historical Society’s head of collections, curates this exhibit of lantern slides, projectors, and advertising materials organized in conjunction with the national convention of the Magic Lantern Society, which takes place June 21– 24 in Tacoma.
There are multiple causes for the so-called lifestyle-related diseases that plague us today.
Obesity, diabetes, heart disease and hypertension can mostly be blamed on poor nutrition, lack of exercise, stress and, as scientists increasingly find out, sleep deprivation.
Frankly, Hollywood would be wise to use Hunger Games as an example of how they can, in fact, make a film that deals with mature themes without having to show all of the gratuitous, explicit details associated with it.
“Aromas of cassis and boysenberry are accented by soft black tea and anise notes, while the palate is defined by caramel, vanilla, Baker’s chocolate and intriguing layers of toasted bread and pie spices.”
We have had a Japanese exchange student staying with us for the past week. She’ll be here another four days. She attends high school with my oldest daughter during the week; so much of her time is taken up with school activities.
There will be an open mic tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center.
Last week my oldest daughter came home and told me she didn’t have to be at school until 10:45. Apparently because the sophomores were having state testing, the upper classmen who had passed their state testing did not have to be at school until 10:45.
The Maple Valley Idol, Jr. finals will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 23 at the Tahoma Middle School Theatre.
With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, Washington’s Lottery is helping players across the state find their pot of gold.
Exercising the brain as much as exercising the body to keep both fit and healthy has become the new mantra for the aging baby boomer generation.
I woke up on Saturday and decided I was taking back my house. We’ve been making costumes for my daughters’ upcoming anime convention and the house was strewn with random pieces of fabric, thread bits, scissors, wire, boxes full of odds and ends, bolts of fabric, garbage from cutting and trimming, pins and needles. I was really sick of it.
Maple Valley Creative Art Center will hold an open mic on March 10 featuring the talent of Nick Foster, a singer and guitarist, who will play original songs.
Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra is presenting its ”Heavens and Earth” Concert on Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m. at Maple Valley Presbyterian Church.
