With ridership nearly 7 percent higher than this time last year, Metro Transit is adding two new bus routes and more service on 20 routes throughout King County, as it kicked off its September service change on Sept.
More than 100,000 tons of plastic were tossed in the landfill in 2006, according to the King County Solid Waste Division Web site, yet, Seattle residents are unable to recycle several kinds of plastics that are, in fact, recyclable.
Seattle Public Utilities lists the following plastic items on its Web site that will be picked out and thrown away if mistakenly placed in your curbside recycling collection bin:
* Bubble wrap
* Flower pots
* Bags (such as freezer, frozen food, produce, bread, garbage, and Ziploc type bags)
* Packaging or wrapp
In the Sept. 17 issue of the Ballard News-Tribune ("Missing Link to be built on Ballard Ave."), Ballard Oil owner Warren Aakervik's name was misspelled. Ballard Oil is located on 26th Avenue Northwest, not Shilshole Avenue, as stated in the article. The trail will run from 11th Avenue Northwest to 15th Avenue Northwest on Northwest 45th Street. Nothing will be built for the trail during its time on Ballard Avenue, but signs will be installed directing cyclists. This information was not clear before the story went to press.
We regret the errors.
Last Friday local protestors gathered at both West Seattle and Ballard campuses of Mars Hill Church to protest author Ted Tripp who was speaking at a Biblical Parenting Conference over the weekend.
The conference as designed to give practical advice to parents in the congregation from Tripp, senior pastor of Grace Fellowship Church in Hazleton, Pa., whose book "Shepherding a Child's heart," Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll calls "the best book I've ever read on parenting."
It was specifically Tripp's advocating of spanking that got concerned citizens like Joanne Brayden, a
With Labor Day already past and fall quickly approaching, many homeowners might be looking at their gardens and thinking about making changes in their plantings and designs. Tucked into a traditional Ballard neighborhood, Thyme Patch Park, 2855 Northwest 58th Street, is a demonstration garden and an excellent place for homeowners seeking ideas for plantings, lawns, vegetable beds, small fruit varieties, garden design and tranquility.
Boys tennis
Wednesday, Sept. 17
TJ 5, Kent-Meridian 0
Kainoa Rosa scored a 6-0, 6-0 No. 1 singles win for the Raiders last Wednesday and Nevin Ramanujan took the No. 2 match, 6-1, 6-1.
Joe Lee and Eric Kim combined for a 6-4, 6-1 No. 1 doubles win and Kyle Creek and Anthony Tomyn won the No. 2 match, 6-1, 6-1. Michael Suh and Ty Garceau took the No. 3 match, 6-1, 6-0.
TJ 5, Kent-Meridian 0
The days and nights are getting colder and your thoughts are turning to things like blankets, sweaters, hot chocolate and firewood, right?
That's what my thoughts are about, and because of the high price of natural gas for my furnace, I rely more and more on my wood stove these days.
And according to local firewood purveyors, I'm not the only one.
The Federal Way Symphony begins its new season October 4 and 5 with a bang, or rather with the incredibly smooth and burnished sounds of Joshua Roman, the former darling of the Seattle Symphony.
At age 22, Roman became the youngest member of the Seattle Symphony, only to leave after this lasts season to purse a solo career.
His small intimate concert excursions around Seattle at the Triple Door and Town Hall included lines of young adoring girls waiting to see the mop-headed virtuoso and get his autograph.
The Seattle Symphony quickly took notice and began usin
The City of Federal Way has a long history of taking a single day in September to help with a citywide food drive that benefits the Multi-Service Center's Federal Way Food Bank.
This year Federal Way Mayor Jack Dovey wanted to go a step further. "If one day is good, think what we could do with a whole month," he said.
The City is working with area volunteers and businesses to boost the number of food-drive related activities this month:
Mayor's food drive challenge Sept.
