Opinion

By Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson

First a local youth group leader, now a Penn State football coach. State Representative Mary Lou Dickerson says those in charge not only knew about the suspected sexual abuse, they essentially allowed it to…MORE

You'll see a colorful Christmas Tree filled with names in this issue.

(Editor's note: for an easier to read version of Jerry's list, please download the word file attached at the top)

I wanted to share with you why the tree is…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

The dictionary defines a window as an opening in the wall of a building for admission of light and air. It is usually enclosed by casements or sashes containing transparent material such as glass and capable of…MORE

The Great Depression hit Portland, Oregon in 1929 and like many other cities it had its struggles. Jobs were scarce and sometimes common sense was scarcer.

I was about nine and standing in line with my mom at the Pay n' Take-It grocery…MORE

By Julia Patterson King County Councilmember

I am often asked how actions in the “other Washington” influence King County residents. Sometimes, these decisions can affect our everyday lives, like the price we pay for gasoline.

Gas…MORE

Hello everyone! I’m writing to all of you from the land of cold and snow that is the US Mountain Time Zone. It’s stunningly beautiful, but traipsing over porches of ice and wet in an open-toed walking boot has been a…shall we say interesting…MORE

Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade with its enormous balloons tethered against the wind are now only in the memory of those who are children at heart. Stars of the entertainment industry after waving from open roadsters to cement their relationship with…MORE

Dear Mom and Dad:

One of my richest memories is of our Thanksgiving Day celebrations. I can’t recall one that didn’t include a turkey and all the trimmings. How you managed it in the Depression years with nine mouths to feed is something I…MORE

Do you remember when everyone was migrating to Silicon Valley, the drawing card for technology nerds? The braggarts from the valley were abruptly told to move over for Bill Gates who became the power to be reckoned with. So Bellevue, once a…MORE

I was wracking my brain this week trying to find a lighter topic to write about. Maybe something that wasn’t so statistics or technical jargon heavy. I’ll leave that for next week. Yet despite my adamant denial of being a die-hard cynic, I was…MORE