SUMNER--Cel-uh-brate good times. C'mon! Let's celebrate....
There was a party going on right there in the middle of the Sunset Chev Stadium soccer field following the defending 1A champ Seattle Christian Warriors' 3-1 victory over Kings in the WIAA Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab/Wells Fargo state championships Saturday, Nov.
The Girls' soccer team from Madison Middle School won the Seattle City Championship by defeating Whitman. The girls progressed to the championship game after winning their first playoff game against Eckstein, with a score of 4-2. In their semi-final game against Washington Middle School, they won a hard fought game that went into overtime and penalty kicks after tying 1-1 in regulation play. They eventually won 3-0 in penalty kicks after Madison goalie Savannah Bogan stopped every shot.
We will never know a fraction as much about wine as Jens Strecker and Julie Howe, owners of Portalis. But with them around, we don't have to! Without a hint of the pretentiousness sometimes associated with fine wine, they guide customers to the right choice with the value of wine an important concept. Portalis offers a wide range of prices and styles and more than 400 wines from around the world in the retail shop, and 30 rotating wines available by the glass in the wine bar.
Last year, Portalis moved down Ballard Avenue a few blocks east of its original location.
Wednesday, Dec. 5
Gymnastics: Emerald Ridge, Bonney Lake, Aub.-Riv., at Decatur; TJ, Federal Way, Kentwood at Kentlake; Beamer, Rogers at Kentridge, 7 p.m.
Wrestling: Federal Way at Kentwood, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 6
Boys swimming: Decatur at TJ, Federal Way at Kentridge, 3:30 p.m.
Wrestling: Kentlake at TJ, Decatur at Tahoma, Emerald Ridge at Beamer, 7:30 p.m.
Rick Bragg, a man who helped start some of area's most popular annual community events, died last month just weeks after being diagnosed with stomach cancer.
Bragg, a regular volunteer in the community, played an integral role in planning and organizing the White Center Jubilee Days parade and festival for the last 21 years.
This year, when some of the regular organizers voted to cancel the event, Bragg and Larry Winkler, a member of the White Center Eagles, stepped up to revive the decades-old tradition.
"Rick didn't want to see it go," said Bragg's long-time
Everybody loves a good spoof ... you know, wonderful comic send-ups of old classic tales, such as Young Frankenstein and Monty Python and the Holy Grail" that still tickle the collective funny bone of America to this day.
So leave it to the theatrical wizards at the Burien Little Theatre to offer a delightfully silly take on that tried and true holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, with their latest show-Mrs.
During Burien's Winterfest this weekend, local author Helen Castle will be singing her book Polina's Journey.
Burien Books, 643 S.W. 152nd St., will host Castle's book signing on Saturday, Dec.
The widow and young son of fallen King County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Cox are inviting community residents to a Remembrance Service on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 2:30 p.m. at Holy Family Parish Church, 9622 20th Ave. S.W., Seattle.
Cox was gunned down in the line of duty last Dec.
Efforts by the Environmental Science Center in Burien's Seahurst Park may provide a needed boost to students' understanding of the fundamentals of math and science, according to interim executive director Jan Glick.
The Environmental Science Center is expanding its work at a time when the state is revising mathematics learning standards for students in grades K-12, and when most school districts, especially in south King County, are looking to improve their WASL test scores, Glick noted.
"National studies have shown that experiential environmental education boost kids' un
Former pharmacy owner
guilty of drug possession
November 19-The owner of BC Drugs in Burien, which was suspended last month, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle to unlawful possession of drugs.
Christina Wageman, 33, owned and operated BC Drugs in Burien before the state Board of Pharmacy suspended the pharmacy.
Federal prosecutors said Wageman removed controlled substances from the pharmacy inventory for her own use. They included oxycodone and hydrocodone.
Wageman will be sentenced on March 3.
