Suzanne Forte got her goats, and she loves them.
A herd of goats are having an eating party at the former United Rental property across from the Covington library along with their watchdog, Cooper. The dog makes sure coyotes stay away from the herd.
The 30 goats —mostly pygmy — belong to Suzanne Forte, whose father-in-law, Ron Forte, owns the property. She is married to Ron Forte’s son, Paul Forte.
Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety joined with Kent Regional Fire Authority and the SeaTac Fire Department for a three day training involving simulated vehicle accidents and removing victims, which is known as extrication.
The first poem we published in this column, back in the spring of 2005, was by David Allan Evans, the Poet Laureate of South Dakota, and it’s good to publish another one today, having recently had our five-year anniversary.
My man left today
Down to Lawson mine
To earn the family pay.
Left his new born
This Sunday morn
Before the church bells rang
Never to return again.
With two teenagers who know everything and two adults who are so not cool anymore, finding a family outing where we can all have fun is sometimes a miracle.
Chuck Hardaway was a senior when he spotted Marge Burman, a junior, at Mackenzie High School in Detroit, Mich. in 1950. They were in chemistry class together, and when they saw each other a spark lit a flame that has been burning brightly for five decades.
“The best thing I ever did was picking her,” Chuck said.
Where laughs are laughed
Smiles are smiled
Where total serenity,
Is a gentle harmony
The Maple Valley Creative Arts Council presented its annual fundraising event, “A Pairing of Wine and Art” Friday, Nov. 5, at the Lake Wilderness Lodge.
I’m fond of poems about weather, and I especially like this poem by Todd Davis for the way it looks at how fog affects whatever is within and beneath it.
In the history of the Green River coal fields, there were three major mining disasters: Franklin, Aug. 24, 1894, where 37 miners were suffocated in a coal mine fire – the worst coal-mining disaster in King County; Ravensdale, Nov. 16, 1915, where 31 men perished in a coal mine explosion and 100 years ago the Lawson Mine explosion that took the lives of 16 men Nov. 6, 1910.
Every year at this time the sight the of maple trees adorned in their autumn finery, their leaves doing a whirling and final dance in the wind as they fall to the ground, reminds me of a book I read as a child called Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (Disney, 1968).
It was a chance meeting that led Kristy Fassion to Stroller Strides more than three years ago, but it’s no accident that she has taken over the Maple Valley franchise.
The Greater Maple Valley Community Center Tricks or Trucks event brought out children and parents dressed in a wide variety of Halloween costumes.
It’s a rare occasion when I find dozens of poems by just one poet that I’d like to share with you, but Joyce Sutphen, who lives in Minnesota, is someone who writes that well, with that kind of appeal. Here is just one example. How many of us have marveled at how well our parents have succeeded at a long marriage?
The staff at Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More believe there’s a significant lack of singing in the world and there are too many people who are self-conscious about singing so they plan to change that by offering a free vocal class every Tuesday starting Nov. 2.
A packed house at the Tahoma High gym celebrated the 2010 homecoming court Oct. 26.
Zachary Lystedt was the homecoming king and Mande McKinney homecoming queen.
The Make a Difference Day event Saturday was very different for a group of Covington residents, city officials and staff.
A group gathered at about 12:30 to celebrate the reopening of Jenkins Creek Park.
The city was forced to close the 23-acre park in 2006 because funds were not available to fight the vandalism and maintain safe conditions at the park.
To myself as a student
A question is asked
A line is crossed
A voice is spoken
A voice however cannot be heard
Make a Difference Day began with a breakfast served by the Maple Valley Rotary and the Black Diamond Community Center board members. According to Mayor Rebecca Olness Lake Sawyer Christian Church and Lake Sawyer Regional Park Foundation were among the citizens who worked on various projects painting the interior of the Black Diamond Community Center, tree planting and clean up at the new parking lot for the regional park. Also volunteers cut firewood and delivered it to five families.
Here’s our Halloween poem for this year, in the thin dry voice of a ghost, as captured by Katie Cappello who lives in Northern California.
