Highline Times - Opinion

SCOTT, You have no idea how delighted I am to get your garden report and the pictures.

I want to show them to other members of our extended family. It was just great and my heart swells. I have been an advocate of gardens since I was a…MORE

By King County Sheriff Steve Strachan and King Council Councilwoman Julia Patterson Last July, shots rang out and chaos ensued. It was a shocking wake up call. Guns shots were fired by several different people at a car show in Kent (bordering…MORE

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been writing ‘Stringing the Pearls’ columns for almost three years, now.

In the process, I’ve met some of the most incredible senior citizens in our community. The most amazing thing is that we’d never know…MORE

For crying out loud this column has been appearing in this corner for more than 60 years. It has attempted to inform and amuse our readers over the long haul.

Our beloved readers have…MORE

Years past, when men ruled the household, (or so they thought) ladies called for equal rights in America such as voting for President of the United States, being identified with their birth name after marriage, joining historically male-only…MORE

I am still smarting after reading that a Renton boy has been named president of Boeing and feel ashamed that I did not try harder when I might have made the grade during my eight years working there.

While I don't know all the facts of his…MORE

If there is one traveling secret we folks living south of Seattle’s metropolitan congested traffic area wanted to keep to ourselves for commuting purposes, it’s State Route 509.

Where else can you drive these days on a freeway and feel…MORE

I am astounded by the news that the new president at Boeing is from Renton and started from the bottom as a mechanic. Like I did many years ago.

I might have been president if I had been more patient and worn a hard hat.

I was new…MORE

Hurley Ring was chasing moles at the old Earlington Golf Course near Tukwila when I met him in the spring of 1950.

His job was to rid the course of pesky varmints. I had five little varmints of my own and so I was hoping he would trap them…MORE

City of Des Moines Mayor Dave Kaplan called me to clarify the building heights information allowed at the Des Moines Marina as quoted in my June 1 column

He said, “There is no way possible that a 65-foot public building would be allowed in…MORE