Everybody loves the Soup Ladies.
And Christy Todd, city attorney for Maple Valley, suggested people would love to support the Soup Ladies.
Started in 2003 by Ginger Passarelli Senecal, known affectionately as ‘Mama,’ the Soup Ladies has grown both in number of volunteers and its reach as a non-profit.
Tori Whitten, 13, sang at the Maple Valley Farmers Market Saturday.
She is from Enumclaw.
It was all fun and serious pie eating at the Maple Valley Farmers Market pie baking contest Saturday.
Councilwoman and market manager Victoria Laise Jonas organized the contest.
Luxuriant beauty, wild
Amorous at heart
Undiminished
Ravishing
Embezzling my heart
Life doesn’t get any less complicated for a survivor of domestic violence after leaving the abuser.
Once away safely, a survivor will look around and ask, “What now?”
After finding a place to live, a way to get around, a job and perhaps child care or a new school, the next step is to figure out how to build a life that doesn’t repeat the patterns the survivor just escaped.
Tina McDonough kissed the street sweeper for good luck on a warm, sunny Friday afternoon in Ravensdale.
The sweeper was about to be loaded up on a truck bound for Los Angeles, Calif., where it is scheduled to be auctioned off by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.
The Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra presented its summer music camp concert titled Epic.
The orchestra performed a variety of movie theme selections including “Over the Rainbow,” “The Fellowship of the Ring,” “Hedgewig’s Theme” and pieces from Star Wars.
The concert was Friday, Aug. 20 at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church.
I’ve read dozens of poems written about the events of September 11, 2001, but this one by Tony Gloeggler of New York City is the only one I’ve seen that addresses the good fortune of a survivor.
It was a day of celebration for 10-year-old Preston Bradbury from Black Diamond and all who participated in the 2010 Chief for a Day event Wednesday, Aug. 18.
The first day of school will mark a homecoming for Chris Thomas.
Thomas, a 1988 graduate of Tahoma High, has taken over as principal at Glacier Park Elementary School.
For more than a decade he had taught and served as a principal in the Bellevue School District, most recently at Sherwood Forest Elementary, but the chance to work in the Tahoma School District was “too big of an opportunity to pass up.”
The city of Maple Valley Music in the Park series at Lake Wilderness Park featured the Magic Bus band Aug. 12.
A large crowd enjoyed the Rock n’ Roll music performed by the group. The band has been touring since 1992.
The Washington State University Extension and state Department of Resources presented the forest owner field day July 31 at Tahoma Junior High in Ravensdale.
Because I’m a senior citizen I’m easily attracted by poems about my brothers and sisters meandering into their golden years….
Marilyn Kallet lives and teaches in Tennessee. Over the years I have read many poems about fireflies, but of all…
It was a simple pitch by Tina McDonough to get a new walker on her team.
McDonough, who founded the Valley Girls and Guys team, teamed up with Abby Steiner to enlist a new member to walk in the Susan G. Komen Foundation 3-Day for the Cure in September.
Kris DiOrio of Maple Valley was diagnosed with stage 3 invasive lobular breast cancer on May 5, 2008.
The third annual Xterra triathlon kicked off Aug. 1 at Lake Sawyer in Black Diamond.
The Highland Greens Homeowners Association celebrated its second National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 3 with the focus on this year’s theme of “Stand against Crime.”
The Covington Police Department was joined by Kent firefighters, city officials and community members in the National Night Out celebration…
Anton Chekhov, the master of the short story, was able to see whole worlds within the interactions of simple Russian…
The Gateway Concert Band will present the second concert of the summer, “Summer Serenade”, 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16 at Rotary Centennial Park in Enumclaw across the street from the library. The program will feature director Jack Prindle playing a trumpet solo with the band.
