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Meet Bill and Margie Ellis Forty years ago Bill Ellis was selling houses on Sunland golf course in Sequim and twenty years ago Margie was acting in stage plays at Carco Theatre in Renton.

Now they are living full time in Sequim and Bill is…MORE

"One thing that should not be taxed is a walk in the park," said state Sen. Karen Keiser of the 33rd Legislative District. "I've learned in Olympia that nothing's ever over - it's just another chapter."

The year was 2003 when I wrote that…MORE

Let's play a math game - okay? What's the difference between $99 and $25? How about $118.95 and $25?

So, do you want to know what in the blue blazes I'm talking about? I'm talking about the price differences of having a key made at…MORE

Reporters, like fishermen, have tales of the big one that got away. For journalists, it's the fascinating story that didn't get written. Most likely the reporter got too busy and the story lost its timeliness. But unlike anglers, we can sometimes…MORE

Reporters, like fishermen, have tales of the big one that got away. For journalists, it's the fascinating story that didn't get written. Most likely the reporter got too busy and the story lost its timeliness. But unlike anglers, we can sometimes…MORE

Meet Gil Loring He stepped out of the White Center Jubilee Day's booth during the annual celebration and was vehement in his enthusiasm for having his hometown annexed by Burien and not by Seattle.

Why?

'The county doesn't want it…MORE

One of the things guys talk about when we swap stories is the great deals we wrangled on our car purchases. Extra admiration is awarded if the deal involved getting the best of a car salesman.

My dad was an easy-going, low-key Boeing…MORE

Nothing like a getaway, even if by train to Portland. A far cry from adventures around the world but nevertheless a peaceful sense of floating on the updated Amtrak passenger car, suspended on each corner so that you simply float along as you…MORE

I have now spent a few weeks in Massachusetts and I think it will be interesting to do a little comparison between Massachusetts and Washington. Both have approximately the same 6.6 million populations, both have dominant cities that are very…MORE

The first thing I spotted after sitting down was a fawn-colored teddy bear on the bed.

"That's Rosie Resilient," chirped 90-year-old Jean Hueston. "She's my reminder - no matter what, I've been able to bounce back."

Jean has been a…MORE