July 2007

The Strawberry and Arts Festival was somewhat disappointing. It doesn't seem possible to have a strawberry festival without strawberries, but that's what Burien tried to do this year.

At the festival you could find plenty of arts, including jewelry and woodworking for sale, music and dancing on two stages, and even amazing feats of daring at a skateboard contest.

But you had to look hard for strawberries.

TIMES/NEWS

Multiculturalism is an ideology, and at its heart it's anti-Western Civilization.

Dr. Bruce Thornton

Fresno State University

It's Christmas in July-and not just at Sleep Country USA. Or so it seems.

During last week's mini-heat wave, last December's short-lived ban on Christmas trees at Sea-Tac International Airport made headlines once again.

Meet Bill Jensen

Master gardener, raconteur, gourmet cook, Danish born and educated tool and die maker.

Though he is retired he is rarely idle as he maintains a magnificent terraced floral terrain at his hillside Three Tree Point arboretum.

A witty and charming young man of 70, he speaks with a strong hint of his Danish tongue in Copenhagen, Denmark.

I told him about our honeymoon stay at the famous Royal Copenhagen Hotel with which he is familiar.

Elsbeth and I with plans to visit her parents in D

A crowd of people charged straight at me when the garage door opened for my big sale. Helpers jumped behind tables loaded with "good stuff"-and the fun of garage sales began.

The season of yard sales is upon us with signs around town and front yards overflowing with yesterday's gotta-have merchandise.

The great American melting pot.

The country we live in is the U.S.A., but the fact is that we are a red and yellow, black and white mix and getting more mixed, so it's great when an event comes along to boil together ethnic groups into an exciting puree of soccer, cultural awareness and good times.

Starting last Friday, for the fifth year now, the All Nations Cup commenced.

New Cedarhurst School damaged in fire

Highline School District officials say it is too early to tell whether the new Cedarhurst Elementary School will open in September following a stubborn roof fire on Saturday.

A welder's torch may have touched off the blaze at the school that was under construction.

About 100 firefighters fought the blaze.

Des Moines

Arrest ends robbery caper

SeaTac Police and King County Sheriff's detectives were continuing their investigation late last week into the apparent murder of a taxi driver whose body was found in his burned-out cab on July 10.

Firefighters who responded to a 3:30 a.m. alarm for a car fire near South 177th Street and 38th Avenue South, made the gruesome discovery after extinguishing the blaze.

Although Martha Molina didn't win the title of Miss Hispanic Seafair this year, she knows she is making a difference through her involvement with the non-profit Para Los Ninos in Burien.

A 22-year-old graduate of Highline Community College, Molina placed first-runner-up in last week's Miss Hispanic Seafair competition.

Not winning taught Molina that she doesn't "need a crown or sash to be a leader...."

"It is a good feeling to share with the judges what your true passions are," she said of the community platform presentation-her favorite phase of the competitio