He lied to us.
Those four little words are the papier maché shield being used by politicians from Seattle to Olympia to deflect the blame for the Seattle Sonics inevitable departure for Oklahoma City.
Eastside Catholic Middle School Curriculum Nights: 7 p.m. April 24 at St. Jude Parish, 10526 166th Ave. N.E., Redmond; 6:30 p.m. May 8 at North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend; 7 p.m. May 14 at Mary Queen of Peace Church, 1121 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish. www.eastsidecatholic.org.
Packed shoulder to shoulder in a 15-person van with city officials and two reporters, members of the Sammamish City Council last week toured portions of the Town Center planning area.
Neighbors within an unincorporated area called the Duthie Hill “Notch” are not of one mind on the question of whether they should be included in the potential annexation area for Sammamish.
It’s not far as the crow flies from City Hall to the home where Helen and Donovan Albrecht have lived since 1976.
There is a very unattractive trend in the course of public debate these days when it comes to promoting views that are not supported by fact or are inconsistent with the public good. It starts with presenting the issue in terms that if one was to disagree, would be politically incorrect. If the opposition is successful in refuting that argument with facts, the next step is to create your own “facts” and let the opposite side bear the burden of proving your “facts” to be fiction. If all else fails, a personal attack is the next step in preventing substantive argument of vital issues of the day.
We’re number five! We’re number five! We’re number five! Yes, that chant was heard loud and clear across the region as word came from the American Wind Energy Association (that’s “Uh-We-Uh”, kids) that our fair state is now the big number five when it comes to turning wind into electricity.
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 win over Roosevelt. Marissa Guches and Kimi Pohlman also had RBI hits. Katie Bunger earned the victory.
Seventy-degree temperatures and clear skies set the ideal stage for Eastlake’s inaugural track and field invitational on Saturday.
Brittany Tallman’s decision was a difficult one.
Life is the craziest it has ever been for Mona Locke, even more so than her eight years serving as Washington’s first lady.
An Issaquah police officer conducting a vehicle prowl emphasis at 4:14 a.m. on April 10 in the 4600 block of West Lake Sammamish Parkway observed a suspicious male near a vehicle and requested other units respond to the area.
A judge last week adjourned a hearing in the appeal of the certificate of need issued to Swedish Medical Center for a new 175-bed hospital in the Issaquah Highlands.
A juvenile was cited for drinking at 7:10 p.m. on April 9 in the 100 block of Newport Way Northwest. The juvenile’s companion, a 23-year-old North Bend man, was cited for furnishing liquor to minors.
A 26-year-old Federal Way man was arrested for driving under the influence after getting into an accident at 10 a.m. on April 9 at the intersection of Sahalee Drive and Sahalee Way.
Master Chorus Eastside, along with four other performing arts groups, will present “Glorious!” at 2 p.m. on April 27 in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya Hall. In a festival-style format, the event will showcase the solo and combined talents of Master Chorus Eastside, Cantaré Vocal Ensemble, Seattle Bach Choir, Choral Arts and the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra.
If you have driven by the Highlands lately, something new may have caught your eye — all the trees that disappeared.
