Ballard
Bad Albert's Tap and Grill
5100 Ballard Ave. N.W.
782-9623
Happy Hour: 3 to 6 p.m. daily, $1 off appetizers, beers and well drinks on special.
Thursdays, 8 to 10:30 p.m. No cover
Taste of the Blues, featuring Annieville Blues and her special guests
Sundays, 5 to 8:30 p.m. No cover
Bill Chism, Jazz and guitar
Ballard Care and Rehabilitation, a 142-bed licensed nursing center, will open its new post-surgery Rehab Recover Suites at an open house Jan. 28.
The community is invited to the event from 3 to 6 p.m. at 820 N.W.
Two weeks after last playing, the Ballard High School boys' basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak Dec. 30 thanks to a game-high 23 points from senior guard Eric Taylor.
The Beavers beat Tacoma's Stadium High School 45-41 to improve to 3-4 overall, but have yet to win a conference match.
Taylor's 23 points were his most since dropping 29 on Mercer Island in the Dec. 3 season-opener.
Teens Making a Difference, a Federal Way Youth service group is sponsoring a fundraiser, Give Our Regards to Broadway, for one show only, on Saturday, January 10 at the Knutzen Family Theater in Federal Way from 1 p.m.
Are we, adults, failing our youth?
Recently we have had a rash of teenage youth violence in the Puget Sound area.
M’s open on road
The Seattle Mariners open their season on the road next year, with their home opener scheduled for Tuesday, April 14 against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Pacific Waves
Pacific Waves Synchronized Swim Club is currently offering one FREE synchro lesson to deep water swimmers of all ages interested in trying the Sport that Sparkles. Lesson will be at the Federal Way Community Center Pool on Saturday mornings from 9 - 10 a.m.
Decatur knew how to celebrate the holidays - by winning its own tournament.
The Gator boys basketball team won the BRC Holiday Classic with a 73-66 victory over a talented Foss team from Tacoma.
Both teams entered last Tuesday’s championship game with 6-0 overall records, with Decatur improving to 7-0 and Foss falling to 6-1.
“It was a real good game,” said Gator head coach Kevin Olson.
Boating
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Ongoing
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Des Moines Flotilla No. 32 regularly offers Boating Safety and Seamanship courses in the Federal Way and Des Moines areas.
They cover the full range of boating safety subjects, including federal requirements, basic piloting, marlin spike, seamanship and boat handling.
The instruction is free, although there is a nominal fee for the student text and work books.
The City of Federal Way is once again offering free curbside Christmas tree recycling to all Federal Way residents during the week of January 5-9.
The free service is for all residents, regardless of whether or not they subscribe to yard waste or garbage collection through the City's contracted hauler, Waste Management.
Free holiday tree removal is also available for multi-family complexes in Federal Way on two Fridays, January 2 and 9.
Low-income disabled persons and low-income senior citizens can once again seek a rebate for their utility taxes thanks to the City of Federal Way's Utility Tax Rebate Program.
Low-income seniors have qualified for the program since its inception in 2003 while disabled citizens were eligible for the first time last year.
The rebate program, which helped about 55 seniors and 20 disabled citizens last year, covers the City's portion (7.75%) of tax on utilities -- gas, electricity, telephone, cell phones, pagers, garbage/recycling, and cable TV charges.
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