Opinion

By Peggy Sturdivant

It is not an exaggeration to say that the pharmacists at Ballard’s Bartell Drugs have saved lives, and that is just within my own family. It was a pharmacist there who realized that an on-call doctor’s prescription…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel Looking at the slick and colorful pages of the Time-Life books covering life through the ages it is amazing to see the sumptuous garments and complicated hairdos of women from the fifteenth through the seventeenth…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

When I first pictured moving in to my own place, my imagination was… a bit ambitious. I had color wheels, floor plans and décor themes. I perused all the apartment style books in Barnes and Noble and consulted more than one…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

One day last summer I noticed a new tenant on Market St in the spot that had been occupied by the Quilting Loft before it moved next to Firehouse Coffee. “Seattle Creative Arts Center,” I read on the glass, before I…MORE

One afternoon, a few weeks after I took over the paper in 1952, I got a call at the office. "Good morning, White Center News," I proudly answered. The man on the line said " This is Dick Scrawge and I want to place an ad in your paper," he said…MORE

By Tim Robinson

It was nearly 35 years in the making but Mike Gain, formerly of Cayce and Gain Realty in West Seattle, knew it would eventually turn out well, becoming Berkshire Hathaway Home Services last week.

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By Tim Robinson

It was nearly 35 years in the making but Mike Gain, formerly of Cayce and Gain Realty in West Seattle, knew it would eventually turn out well, becoming Berkshire Hathaway Home Services last week.

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By Kyra-lin Hom

Making friends was so easy in Kindergarten. The two of you shared a crayon box, a couple of germs and – bam – suddenly you’re inseparable. There were no excuses to be made, no ‘I’d rather have a lazy night in’ alibies. Your…MORE

OP-Ed by De Mehaffy

Odyssey High School should remain open! Most parents in the Highline School District may say... I've never heard of Odyssey High School. Where is it? Why is it important to keep Odyssey open? Looking at the notice in…MORE

By Scott Anthony

I saw on TV that Ben Franklin turned 300 something last year. Mrs. Anthony said, “That’s dumb!”

What’s dumb, honey? “Saying someone is 200 or 300 years old…why? They’ve been gone for all that time, you know..not…MORE