School children will find more fruits, vegetables and whole-grain products on their lunch plates under the new nutritional guidelines for the National School Lunch Program issuedby the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
It’s Sunday morning, February 5, 2012. My husband and I turned on “The Road to the Super Bowl.” It got me thinking about my road to the Super Bowl.
Aspiring singers from ages 7-15 can participate in the 2012 Maple Valley Idol, Jr. Competition from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18.
At some point last year, I created a Facebook account and figured out how to link my website to it. It worked, but not the way I had expected it to work. The link just became lost at the bottom of the pile of other postings. How to use this social networking site has eluded me.
The Maple Valley Creative Arts Center will hold an open mic night Saturday, Jan. 28.
What is it with New Year’s resolutions that makes them so prone to failure, it’s almost ludicrous to think of making another one? You know how it goes: This year, it will be different! I can change! I will stick to my plans and see them through, no matter what!
Tahoma High School’s “Literature that inspires” class will hold a public viewing of short documentaries and presentations 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 in the school commons.
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have come up with new assessment tools to determine the likelihood of death within a certain period of time.
Nothing brings a poem to life more quickly than the sense of smell, and Candace Black, who lives in Minnesota, gets hold of us immediately, in this poem about change, by putting us next to a dumpster.
Before we fall asleep at night my husband and I often have laugh sessions over things our daughters do or don’t do. The topic of conversation a few nights ago was over their bathroom trash.
The Maple Valley Creative Arts Center will have an open mic this Saturday, Jan. 14, featuring Michael Wallen.
Warrior is a film which should have never worked. It had all the cliche elements – a recovering alcoholic father, a brotherly feud, and a fight with a cash prize to solve all financial problems – wound up with the underdog theme of the Rocky film series.
But it did.
Loss of memory and other cognitive functions may start much earlier in life than previously thought, according to a clinical study from England. A modest decline of mental abilities such as reasoning and problem-solving was found in participants who were only in their forties.
This new year, Washington’s Lottery will begin offering the new $2 Powerball game Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, taking the place of the current $1 Powerball game.
What the heck is a certified arborist? And why is the designation important to homeowner?
The Tahoma High Jazz Band and Jazz Choir concert will hold an annual benefit concert Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Tahoma High Commons.
Having been a lifelong, sun-loving Californian, who spent as much time on my road bike as humanly possible on a year-round basis, moving to the Northwest was a big deal.
I made a pact with myself that I would not give up on my hobby of cycling despite the weather and decided to give a new discipline of bike riding a try. For those of you not familiar with the sport of cyclocross, let me give you a brief tutorial about this crazy form of bike racing.
If there is nothing else to take away from this film, it’s the notion that somehow legendary director Steven Spielberg is officially losing his magic touch.
College costs are out of control. Total outstanding student loans hover around $1 trillion, second only to home mortgages. Student loan repayment takes a hefty toll on starting salaries even during good economic times. But with so many recent graduates unable to find a decent job – or any job – repayment can be a nightmare.
A wise friend told me that since the Age of Reason we’ve felt we had to explain everything, and that as a result we’ve forgotten the value of mystery. Here’s a poem by Lisel Mueller that celebrates mystery. Mueller is a Pulitzer Prize winning poet from Illinois.
