It was the longest race of the day, and two of the youngest Northshore swimmers tackled the 500-yard freestyle with verve.
Cedar Park Christian’s girls came through in the clutch and live to play another day.
After moving a timpani drum out of the way, sliding past some flutists and dodging students passing around sharp-edged music stands, Jim Rice comes into view at the far end of the room.
Inglemoor High’s 4A state cross-country champion is headed to California.
Ranee Henniger says her daughter, Aly, is rarely home these days. The Bothell High junior spends much of her time either rehearsing to play Dorothy in the school’s upcoming spring musical, “The Wiz,” taking voice and piano lessons and performing with the school’s Madrigals Choir and The Mighty Imps improvisational comedy team.
Community newspapers are a big deal to residents, according to the National Newspaper Association’s fifth readership survey.
Seventy-eight percent of those asked say they read most or all of their community newspaper, and 55 percent say they found their local news on that paper’s Web site.
Dual-meet 4A Kingco title: check. Confidence heading into this weekend’s league tournament: double check.
It must have been an interesting evening, to say the least.
At the Kenmore City Council meeting on Monday, City Manager Fred Stouder asked to be released from his contract because of the “continued disruptive behavior” of councilman John Hendrickson.
Stouder was slated to retire at the end of 2010, but in the end agreed to stay for another year.
Michael Henrichsen doesn’t want to be dancing with himself on his next birthday.
At one point, instructor Allison Muennich was smiling and praising her young actors. A few minutes later, she was still grinning, but was firmly asking the energetic kids to simmer down and pay attention.
As I walked through the doors of the Ananda Meditation Temple in Bothell on Monday night, I was transported to another time and place.
It’s easy to escape from the intense work day within the walls of this peaceful place with the blue roof reaching toward the sky.
College freshmen are faced with a wealth of challenges when they pack their bags and move away from home.
In the case of Bentley University (Waltham, Mass.) student Ashley Nichols, there’s a full load of business courses and becoming familiar with a new town and friends on campus. As an athlete, the Inglemoor High graduate is not only running cross country, but indoor track for the first time, as well.
“Captain Safety” safely flew into Arizona Jan. 9 and attended the BCS football championship game.
Inglemoor High graduate and University of Oregon freshman Connor Eggerman not only rooted for his No. 2 Ducks (12-1) against No. 1 Auburn University (14-0) — 22-19 victors — Monday, but filmed his experience for The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Raynie Hultgren bounced from one event to the next, shaking her ponytail and grinning with a look of confidence in her eyes.
It was a weekly ritual — one that we always anticipated at the Los Altos Town Crier.
When Matt Durham bounced into the newsroom with a smile on his face, a stack of photos in his hands and interesting stories to tell about each print, you stopped what you were doing and were set on being entertained. Swivel your chair around toward Durham, laugh up a storm and admire someone discussing the job he loves.
As Carol Cummings strolled up the steps leading to the Bothell Police Department building on Monday afternoon, one could tell she was already at home. The new chief displayed an air of confidence as she surveyed the scene, said hello to a city employee and later chatted with retiring Chief Forrest Conover like an old pal.
So, how has this year treated you? Are you spending less money going out on the town and more time…
Whether it’s tackling flat or twisting-and-turning, woodsy cross-country courses or training on the streets near her Kenmore home, Amber Rose is one motivated runner, says her mom, Katrina.
Rachel Staudacher and Victor Sviridyuk are cranking things up for Cedar Park Christian basketball so far this season. They’re scorching nets in every gym they’ve played in, and the Eagles are racking up wins along the way.
