How much would you bid for a one of a kind football signed by a list of over 50 luminaries that includes Jerry Rice, Steve Largent, Dave Krieg, and even Paul Allen?
Jerry A. Hermanson has made it his mission over the past four years to get all these autographs on a special stainless steel football that was originally created and given to him by his father.
It will be auctioned off on Ebay beginning Dec. 3 (but ending Dec.
The Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division reminds travelers to allow extra time for ferry travel over the busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
There is no passenger-only service between Seattle and Vashon Island on Thanksgiving Day. Four routes will be on a holiday schedule on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27: Point Defiance/Tahlequah, Seattle/Bainbridge, Edmonds/Kingston and Mukilteo/Clinton.
Vehicle theft in King County in 2007 is down by 36 percent from an eight-year high in 2005, and law enforcement agencies are projecting a 55 percent decrease in 2008.
The Seattle School District plans to close more schools due to budget deficits and declining enrollment. It will hold a series of public workshops as a step toward that goal.
The community is invited to two consultative workshops on Dec. 4 and 6 to discuss preliminary recommendations.
Thursday, Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence, Auditorium 2445 3rd Ave. S.
Saturday, Dec. 6, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Filipino Community Center, Main Ballroom, 5740 Martin Luther King Way.
At 16th and SW Lander, a man apparently took offense at a glance made by a passing motorist. The suspect turned around and followed the victim into a parking lot where a verbal altercation began. The victim flipped off the suspect, who then allegedly said, "I'm going to shoot you," as he began rummaging underneath the seat of his car. The victim fled the scene.
How much would you bid for a one of a kind football signed by a list of over 50 luminaries that includes Jerry Rice, Steve Largent, Dave Krieg, and even Paul Allen?
Jerry A. Hermanson has made it his mission over the past four years to get all these autographs on a special stainless steel football that was originally created by and given to him by his father.
It is set to be auctioned off on Ebay beginning December 3rd (but ending December 13th). "We hope to raise at least $25,000 through the auction but hope to see a much higher number, said Hermanson.
All proceeds of this auction will go to the Make-A-Wish(r) Foundation of Alaska, Montana, Northern Idaho & Washington.
The football's dimensions are: 14" tall, it measures 8" x 7" . It weighs 4 pounds.
The winner of the auction will also get:
Here we go again! What a huge waste of very scarce money to even be considering this proposal. Do you guys think that everyone who voted it down last time as part of the Neighborhood Plan has since died?
Enforce the speed limits. Not only on Fauntleroy, but everywhere else as well. We teach people to break the law by looking the other way.
Every fourth Thursday in November, when we sit down as families and friends to enjoy a meal and to give thanks, it is natural for us to acknowledge the divine aspects of our lives and just before we have our special meal, to say a prayer.
In the early autumn of 1621, fifty-three Pilgrims who survived the previous, terrible winter in Plymouth, Massachusetts gathered to give thanks for the harvest.
Ask anyone who commutes in Federal Way what they consider the city's biggest drawback to its steady growth over the past 18 years, and they'll likely settle on one answer: Traffic.
Even before its incorporation in 1990, Federal Way has seen a significant annual increase in its population (2.5 percent annually and 25 percent from 1990-2003), and subsequently a proportional rise in the number of residents and commuters utilizing its ever-crowding roadways.
That rise in traffic has brought with it a disturbing burgeoning in accident statistics as well, with a particular emp
Tucked away in the nooks and crannies of our communities are small treasures that might go unnoticed if we are not made aware of them.
I got a tip from my boss, the Big Gruff Editor about Elfie and Jim Hornby, who live a few blocks behind Metropolitan Market off of Dash Point Road.
The Big Gruff Editor's voice went soft when he told me about the pair, that Elfie was a lovely German lady who had immigrated to the Northwest and taught dance, learned how to paint and had authored three books, and that her husband was a skiing enthusiast, avid bike rider and fine wood worker.
