Members of the Ballard News-Tribune staff will be available to meet with Ballard area residents Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Ballard Neighborhood Service Center conference room.
Neighbors are welcome to show up any time to…MORE
Opinion
Eat 3,000 calories a day-lose fat
Mon, 10/12/09
Few in Hollywood should be considered the ideal for anyone to want to look like. No one is supposed to be a size zero!
At the other extreme, we ought not to be waddling around with 35 to 100 pounds of adipose tissue either.
"…MORE
Getting back in touch during troubled times with Facebook
Mon, 10/12/09
My husband does this thing. I call it "harrumphing."
It is the look and feel of him being dismissive of a fad, of a silly flight of fancy.
The latest wave I have caught which causes Bob endless consternation? Facebook.
I…MORE
No need to stand on head when eating these Burien tomatoes
Mon, 10/12/09
We were passing the Vintage Apartments in Burien when we spotted Dale Vick harvesting in his garden, most of which was hanging upside down.
That is a popular twist for people with limited ground space.
He was picking some…MORE
COMMENTARY: Budget season
Mon, 10/12/09
Add together the annual budgets of the city's Office for Arts and Culture, the Office of Economic Development, the Office of Housing, and the Department of Neighborhoods (not including the Neighborhood Matching Fund) and you still would not have…MORE
Council passes agreements for south end of viaduct
Fri, 10/09/09
On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Seattle City Council unanimously adopted Council Bill 116611, approving three agreements with the State of Washington that will allow the state to proceed with the reconstruction of the Alaskan Way Viaduct from South…MORE
CONTACT US
Fri, 10/09/09
How to contact the West Seattle Herald staff:
Ken Robinson (managing editor) 425.238.4616, kenr@robinsonnews.com
Steve Shay (reporter/photographer) 206.948.0394, steves@robinsonnews.com
Richard Sherman (ad sales) 206.356.…MORE
Greatest Generation ride has been great adventure
Tue, 10/06/09
My generation, identified as "The Greatest Generation," has lived through the best of times and worst of times; gone to bed hungry when food was scarce, wore hand-me-down clothes because money to buy new clothes was nonexistent, struggled to find…MORE
Learn to walk before running
Tue, 10/06/09
(Editor's Note: This is the third and final column in a series entitled "Why Are You Running When You Haven't Learned to Walk?")
If I haven't been taught to use my multifidus, pelvic floor and transverse abdominal muscles in concert with…MORE
Can Mariners use an old shortstop from Burien?
Tue, 10/06/09
This week I sat down next to this man at the grocery store and I said, "Talk to me."
He smiled and said, "Okay."
He is sharp as a needle and I found out he is 98 and once played baseball for the Seattle Indians way back in 1935.…MORE
