While recorded history stretches pretty far back, it doesn’t go back far enough to tell us the name of the person who invented the yard sale. Perhaps it was an early caveman named Og Yard. Maybe Og had decided to unload a bunch of spears and clubs he didn’t need any more by staging a cave sale – or maybe he called it a “spring cave-cleaning sale.” No, wait a minute! That’s preposterous. That had to be Og’s wife. No man would ever get rid of perfectly good spears and clubs.
Nature has established a rhythm through the millennia of our planet’s existence. It’s a rhythm that, for the sake of our children’s children, society cannot continue to ignore.
An 18-year-old Issaquah woman got behind the wheel of her car on July 18, 2006. When she did, she made…
A few weeks ago I surveyed the major contenders to be named for Barack Obama’s running mate and concluded that he will likely select a popular governor in a swing state. Why a governor? Because anything associated with Washington, D.C. is toxic. President Bush’s popularity is in the 20s and the popular rating for Congress is 9 percent!
In 1854, a cholera epidemic struck London, England. Thousands of people were dying and no one could determine the cause. Doctors were stumped as deathly ill adults and children filed into the overcrowded hospitals.
I’m planning to write one of those self-help, motivational books one of these days. That is, if I can get up for it. I almost got around to it yesterday, but I got invited to a chili feed at the last moment.
If you’ve been watching the steady climb of gasoline prices, you may have missed the latest boost by the state to the gas tax. Effective July 1, the state added the final 1.5-cent increase from the 2005 transportation revenue package passed by the Legislature.
But before you scream about adding insult to injury, take a moment to see where that money has gone.
Hundreds of Renton teens are waking up this morning after one of the most exciting days and nights of their lives – high school graduation.
OK, maybe some of them will wake up this afternoon. But the sentiment is the same, following Friday’s day of commencements.
For them, it’s the end of 12 years (and maybe 13, if they went to kindergarten) of education that will lead to a college career or directly to work.
It’s really sad to think that Alvina Popke or anyone who reads her story will harden their hearts to those in need. If that happens, then that is what the con artist has really stolen from us – a giving heart.
But the message is clear.
If someone walks up to you on the street, out of the blue, with a scheme to help you or a charity, keep on walking. Instead, walk down to the Salvation Army and write them a check. Or mail off a check to your favorite charity.
The election season is approaching and the state’s two major political parties are in a twitter.
It’s the oldest piece of advice from those who want everyone to have a good – and safe – time on the water.
The countdown has started for hands-free calling here in our state. It can’t come soon enough.
When it comes to public safety, no one is looking the other way, not Mayor Denis Law and certainly not the Police Department.
Important pieces of mail have been arriving in the mailboxes of voters in the Renton School District.
Here’s part of the reason behind the state’s Open Meetings Act, as outlined by the state Legislature.
That famous (infamous) Public Hospital District No. 1 election of two years ago to expand Valley Medical Center’s service area to better reflect its size is an example of how victory sometimes just isn’t enough for some – and how the bitter taste of defeat can linger.
This is not, I repeat not, a sales pitch for Charlie Conner and his new high-end development on Lake Washington, Barbee Mill.
Sylvia Cavazos has it all wrong when she blames politicking for the groundswell of opposition to Valley Medical feeding at the public trough. I’m no enemy of Don Jacobson and no great fan of Pam Roach, but this time the senator has an idea that makes sense. Far from “interjecting” herself, she is doing just what I wish the legislators in my district would do — acting in the interest of the taxpayers she represents.
A neighbor of mine – Tony – is trying his best to take this “going green” thing seriously. For example, he tells me that he’s recently begun recycling his newspaper each week. “The entire newspaper?” I asked. He shook his head. “No, “he admitted. “ Just your column.”
A grassroots Town Hall meeting will be held Thursday at the Newport Way Library to discuss launching a commuter rail service on the Eastside, sponsored by Eastside Rail Now!
