Work, wine, WOW and welcome are making the news in Issaquah and Sammamish. All of them are big pluses for the community.
It’s been a tough year for public health. The U.S. is facing a particularly harsh influenza season, but this virus represents only one problematic pathogen.
Issaquah is a unique Northwest community and a great way to showcase this is through “Welcome to Issaquah” signage. Have you ever noticed there’s nothing compelling on I-90 exit ramps or other thoroughfares into town that says you’ve officially arrived at Issaquah?
I am a librarian whose children lose books. It happens. When a notice came home that Hairball From Outer Space was overdue from my son’s school library we looked everywhere. We never found it.
When Grand Coulee Dam was completed in 1942, it was called the “Eighth Wonder of the Modern World.” With its 151 mile-long reservoir and ability to produce 6,809 megawatts of electricity, no one could imagine a bigger or more powerful dam — and no one realized the scope of economic development that low-cost, reliable hydropower would create.
The 85th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are the grand finale of the awards season. This year I’ll be there vicariously at a local Red Carpet event at Lincoln Square Cinemas in Bellevue, watching with great interest.
I was on vacation last week taking care of my wife, who had rotator cuff surgery. The arthroscopic surgery was amazing. Check-in to check-out was about four hours. However, recovery shows how much we take things for granted.
Here’s a question we have never heard from a constituent: “Why can’t you be more partisan and divisive and forget about getting things done?” Believe it or not, the state Democratic Party is saying just that. In a resolution adopted at its recent central committee meeting in Olympia, the state party charged us with not reflecting “Democratic values” and being “disloyal” to the party.
Allocation is being confused with conservation as the states of Oregon and Washington move to restrict non-Indian commercial gillnet fisheries on the lower Columbia River.
Hear the word “Harborview” and what do you think? Trauma center? Part of UW medicine? Where the poor can see a physicia? Yes, but so much more.
So, the Sacramento Kings are coming to Seattle. That means the return of the Sonics, right? Maybe not.
For years my friends and I lived vicariously through our single friend, Tina, who had more dating disasters than anyone. The pinnacle of her dating disasters was the time her boss set her up with another company employee from the IT department. His idea of a romantic dinner consisted of fish sticks, macaroni and cheese (from a box) and cut up apples for dessert. It will come as no surprise they had nothing to talk about. Who wouldn’t have faked a headache?
Some in our state are having an OMG moment because Sens. Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon — both DEMOCRATS — have sided with Republicans to take control of the state Senate. Apparently, armageddon is just around the corner.
Interesting to see that Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group that has the backing of the wealthy Koch family, big donors to Republicans, is telling the GOP to take it easy in the battle over raising the U.S. debt ceiling.
President Obama has taken a strong first step in the effort to control the deadly spread of guns and death. While some people may disagree with some parts of his proposal, much of it should be implemented by Congress – now.
When news of the Sandy Hook shooting first broke, my thoughts turned to my own friends and loved ones – not because I feared for their safety, but because I could already see the tenuous link between mental illness and mass murder, starting to take shape.
You know us as the Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter. But we are much more than that. The Seattle Weekly now is part of our family.
At the Y, volunteering is part of our DNA as more than half a million people donate their time and talents at Ys across the country in a variety of capacities. Whether serving on the board of directors or tutoring (and everything in between), the Y relies on volunteers to make an impact in communities.
One of my favorite things to do as a librarian is recommend books. I enjoyed it when Evelyn, a former volunteer, would frequently ask me for recommendations. Her tastes differ from mine so it was always a challenge. One day I made a recommendation for a title that contained a slightly tasteless scene that put her off and she started asking others for recommendations. I was crushed. I should have used Novelist.
It will be two years ago this month that I heard the words “you have cancer.” It was quite a shock to say the least. I was very frightened, confused and unsure of what to do next. How could a healthy person like me have cancer?