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After I applied to audition in Tacoma recently, I got a real telephone call from America’s Got Talent. The person on the line wanted to make sure that I would actually show up and I said I intended to be there in the afternoon with bells on. My…MORE

While working at Boeing in 1943, I bought a 1933 Plymouth for $50.  It was really beat up, rusting out and in need of motor work.  But it steered more easily than my old Model A Ford.  I drove it ‘til the day my wife and I decided to have a…MORE

The Ballard Rotary Club honored students Taylor Stern and Nick Onstad-Hawes as students of the Month last week and here's why:

From the Press Release:

Taylor Stern: Athletic superstar, Taylor is varsity cheer captain, gymnastics…MORE

Featured This Week at the Farmers Markets in West Seattle and the University District, March 14-20, 2011

Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance Markets: University District (UD) – Saturdays, 9 am – 2 pm, YEAR ROUND – West Seattle (WS) –…MORE

Tyrone Curry is a busy man. At 60 years old he works three jobs as the janitor at Evergreen High School in Burien, a seating host at Safeco Field and an assistant lead usher at the Seattle Center. In addition, he coaches track and boys and…MORE

West Seattle Herald reader Kim Hart reported on March 12 that she had found a parakeet. She said via email that evening, "He is doing good. The little guy slept from about 7:00pm - 7:00am and then I found him munching on some seed. He is happy in…MORE

Gabriela Nunes is a West Seattle High School foreign exchange student, a junior from the world's sixth largest city, Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is studying here for one semester. Her hosts include Terese Machmiller and daughter Simone, also a WSHS…MORE

Ballard is about to have a brand new American citizen as Mariam Mussa, known to locals simply as "mama", receives her citizenship at the end of the month. Mussa, 69, is the mother of Steven Saleh, the proprietor of Saleh's Delicatessen on 2401 N…MORE

Marilyn Schoeman a West Seattle-based international speaker, author and business consultant is the driving force behind what she says is a new global movement called Global Green Light Day, on March 21.

Her press release states "The Green…MORE

I can hardly believe the time that has passed since I first picked up a wrench but “time flies” as they say, and here we are in 2011. I've wanted to write about our industry for quite a while – not just service tips and repair advice (my usual…MORE