Opinion

Meet the real Santa Claus

You can tell he is the genuine guy because the pin he fished off of his shirt front is his wife Carol.

Now that is a true sign of pride and devotion. He has to be a saint.

He is Ron Vailencour and…MORE

By Sally Clark, Seattle City Council

This column originally appeared in the December issue of Sally Clark's newsletter "City View."

At the end of my first two years chairing the Seattle City Council’'s Planning, Land Use and…MORE

"Even a month before Christmas, I would stand outside on the porch and look up at the sky - just in case Santa and his reindeer were out there flying around somewhere," she said, with the facial expressions of a young girl.

At 85, I…MORE

"That" time of year is upon us, the familiar plump sugar plum fairies hovering everywhere with their sweet wares. How could you possibly say no to all those tempting tarts, cakes, cookies, candies and alcoholic beverages that spice up our…MORE

At noon in the parking lot of a local grocery last week I heard a low flying airplane roaring westward.

This startled me. If it was landing or taking off from Sea-Tac, a plane should be flying north or south. Maybe it was lost in the fog…MORE

Recently I have attended two separate college admissions events in the Puget Sound area.

I was dismayed to see how few Federal Way students and parents who could attend either of these two events. For many colleges in this nation a trip…MORE

She informed me this way, “ Are you ready?”

I’m used to this line of inquiry and expected the usual dog walk. “Be sure to grab the checkbook.” This was the clue that there would be the dreaded ‘shopping’ foray, deep into the heart of…MORE

The names, addresses and signatures of those who sign initiatives and referendum petitions would be public information under legislation introduced Dec. 7 by 36th District Rep. Reuven Carlyle.

“Initiatives and referendum are part of the…MORE

Remember when you were a kid and you wrote letters to St. Nick, ticking off the toys, the dolls, the bicycles that you desperately wanted, no..needed in the days before the Jolly Elf made his annual appearance?

I could try to pull a tear…MORE

Several times in England the English chose to bring in a new king from elsewhere. George I, was from what is now Germany and didn’t even speak English, and William and Mary came from Holland.

Federal Way, in a sense, now faces some of…MORE