If you've been in any of the grocery or drug stores, you'll see that they're loaded with flowers, chocolates, cards and doo-dads, which all speak of love and romance.
Yep, the retailers are ready to take your money in exchange for helping…MORE
Opinion
Be kind to animals
Wed, 02/02/11
How many times have I expounded about the animal kingdom of which we humans are all a part. Not only am I allergic to many, but I have rigid opinions about our relationship to what we sometimes term as the lower animals. In ancient China dogs…MORE
Burien man is 84 and still working every day
Mon, 01/31/11
Meet Dayne Hansen. He is 84 with a smile as bright as a new penny.
He owns Dayne Hansen & Associates at 2215 S.W. 152nd St. in Burien, the former Kirk's Pharmacy. I have often wondered what was in there as I drove by.
Dayne is…MORE
The women and men of 1910
Thu, 01/27/11
I cannot allow 2010 to pass without noting that it represented the centenary of two significant events: women's suffrage in the state of Washington and the birth of my late mother-in-law, also in the state of Washington.
Washington's male…MORE
Last of the Mohicans
Thu, 01/27/11
(Editor's Note: Utter the words 'National Treasure' and images of the Grand Canyon, redwood forests and Sally Field come to mind. To these must also be added ninety-six-year-old Fauntleroy resident Morey Skaret, whose life not only links us with…MORE
Watch Out for Men Turning Left
Thu, 01/27/11
Did you ever wonder why we know so much about some things and almost nothing about other things? It all depends upon who is able to secure a research grant to find out. I know you have heard it from me before but here again it depends upon the…MORE
Police, a pooch, and the public
Thu, 01/27/11
To be safe, how can we know when people or pets really are brewing up a hurricane force of hatred &/or mental instability?
Miss Katrina, my Shih Tzu is a social butterfly. I've gotta watch that little girl every time we're in public…MORE
Burien grew up as a town during Al Sneed's Highline Times tenure
Tue, 01/18/11
By Reid Hale
(Editor's Note: Reid Hale served as editor of the Highline Times for 18 years during the 1950s-1970s.)
Those who now call Burien home, probably do not know that when Al Sneed arrived in 1951 to take charge of the…MORE
Watch out for men turning left
Mon, 01/17/11
Did you ever wonder why we know so much about some things and almost nothing about other things? It all depends upon who is able to secure a research grant to find out. I know you have heard it from me before but here again it depends upon the…MORE
Pets, people, parks and Rosie
Mon, 01/17/11
To be safe, how can we know when people or pets really are brewing up a hurricane force of hatred &/or mental instability?
Miss Katrina, my Shih Tzu is a social butterfly. I've gotta watch that little girl every time we're in public…MORE
