On a beautiful, sunny Sunday, Dec 19th, Cress and Matthew Drees brought their inflatable Santa down to Golden Gardens to take the family Christmas Card photo. They plugged a portable pump into their car and got Santa to stand upright enough to…MORE
Features
At Large in Ballard: Let Ballard ring
Sun, 12/19/10
Mrs. Bertha Davis has another mission to accomplish in life. Her energy and force of will are incontrovertible – from former student to new acquaintance, one has no choice but to do her bidding. The retired Ballard teacher and reading specialist…MORE
How to find your ‘Burn Fat’ button
Fri, 12/17/10
By PJ Glassey
Did you know that your body has a ‘burn fat’ button, and with one simple command, you can direct your body to dump pounds of fat? Well it's true – but most people push the ‘pack on the fat’ button instead.
We were…MORE
Glass artist working outside at Heavenly Wholesale
Thu, 12/16/10
Lawrence Eichman, has lived in a number of towns in the NW and is currently doing custom glass sculpture work just outside Heavenly Wholesale at 5446 California Ave s.w.
Up to Christmas, Eichman will be producing a number of custom works…MORE
We Never Died a Winter Yet
Thu, 12/16/10
The following is an excerpt from the autobiography of our Publisher, Jerry Robinson called "Listen to Your Father". At age 90 he is still actively writing and contributing to the newspapers. In this excerpt he recalls his father and life with his…MORE
West Seattle Tool Library: Tool of the Week
Wed, 12/15/10
By Micah Summers This week at The West Seattle Tool Library, I unearth one of carpentry's oldest (and most useful) modern tools, the jack plane, which is a general-purpose bench plane. This particular plane, the Stanley No. 5 ¼, predates World…MORE
SLIDESHOW: The five year journey to lighting up White Center’s Christmas tree
Wed, 12/15/10
There was a good chance White Center’s first community Christmas tree wouldn't have power in time to light up “The Triangle” for the holidays.
Located at the convergence of Delridge Way s.w., 16th Ave s.w. and s.w. Roxbury, The Triangle is…MORE
Wrap It Up! ...with Furry Faces Foundation & Animal Aid & Rescue Foundation four wrapping events
Wed, 12/15/10
Furry Faces Foundation is staging four "wrapping events" beginning Dec. 18 in which gifts will be wrapped in style in exchange for a donation to help them help animals.
The events are as follows: 1. Dec 18th, 1 -6 pm, at the Rocksport,…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Chief Sealth Honor Choir hoping to perform at Carnegie Hall
Wed, 12/15/10
The Chief Sealth International High School's Honor Choir has been invited to New York City to sing at the historic Carnegie Hall this spring. They will be part of an ensemble performing John Rutter's Gloria and Claudio Monteverdi's Gloria on…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Signs of rain
Tue, 12/14/10
SLIDESHOW
Rain may leave a mess behind. Sometimes it also leaves time to reflect.
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