Boys basketball
Federal Way 71, Decatur 63
The rivalry lives.
Even though Federal Way and Decatur are in separate divisions and do not play each other during the regular South Puget Sound League season anymore, they did get invited to play in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day tournament last Monday, Jan. 19.
They may still collide in the postseason, too.
Charles Salazar misses his friend. Eugene Reets and Eugene's wife, Remy.
The Reets died together in the weekend blaze at the Emerald Place by the Lake Apartments in SeaTac on Jan.
I caught up with an old friend last week.
I met Little Ted Sevold, who stands all of 5 foot tall, in about 1973 when I took a job as a printer's helper.
Ted remembers that first week. "Oh yeah, that was when you backed your Dad's Model A out of the shop and caught the fender on the edge of door," he said.
Ted snorts and laughs loudly. It's infectious, the way he grins hugely. And that's why we're still friends.
A favorite event at Daystar Retirement Village is "Who's the Baby?" where residents bring their childhood pictures to dinner and and everybody tries to identify the children in images. Some of these "children" may now be 80 years old. In this photo, Elsie Benson, long time Daystar resident, shows her baby picture to Activities Assistant Heather McCallum. Elsie won first prize because nobody recognized her childhood photo.
Highline Community College's Marine Science and Technology Center (MaST) is presenting a "Science on the Sound" speaker series beginning Feb. 7.
The semi-monthly seminar features experts discussing issues pertinent to Puget Sound and the region.
Seminar dates are Feb. 7 and 21 and March 7 and 21 from noon to 1 p.m. at the center, 28203 Redondo Beach Dr. S. The seminars are free.
On Feb. 7, Caroline Hempstead will discuss sea otter recovery She specializes in marine mammals at the Seattle Aquarium.
On Feb. 21, the subject is Oceans and Human Health.
A new vision for the downtown Des Moines is slowly unfolding amid much policy direction and planning.
Des Moines City Councilwoman Susan White expressed her desire to put the city's plan in motion sooner rather than later.
"I'm tired of all the planning, I'm ready to start doing things," Councilwoman White said. "I'm ready to move along."
White said the council has been planning downtown development for so long, that she'll probably be dead by the time they actually do anything.
"The community gave us direction, let's do it," White declared.
Directed by Holly Rose, I Hate Hamlet graces the stage at the Knutzen Family Theatre until February 1.
The story unfolds like this: A young and successful television actor relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment.
With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage, but there's one problem: He hates Hamlet.
His dilemma deepens with the entrance of John Barrymore's ghost, who arrives intoxicated and in full costume to the apartment that once was his.
The contrast between the two a
The outrage concerning the third runway's overuse has not died down.
Anguished homeowners are still writing letters to the editor. Savvy residents have moved past the anger stage and are into the organizing stage.
As I listened to the Port of Seattle's explanation during the emergency Highline Forum meeting on Jan.
Duwamish master weaver Mary Lou Slaughter hosted the first of a series of her receptions at the Duwamish Longhouse Museum Jan. 21. She discussed the importance and intricacies of historic Duwamish baskets and other weaving, and described the difficulties of shaping bark, cedar, and other woods.
You may have heard of Ella the Elegant Elephant, and may even have one or more of the very nice children's story books. But what you may not know is that the author and illustrator of the series started right here in West Seattle, working out of a craftsman home near West Seattle High School.
Carmela D'Amico published the first story about the life and adventures of the winsome girl elephant with the 'beautiful red hat' back in 2004, but her creative spark began in Kindergarten.
"... since I was little, writing quite a lot, and my teacher selected a story I had written and had it laminated," as a feature for the whole class to enjoy.
