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April Sablan isn’t mommy’s little girl anymore.
These days, the 14-year-old Canyon Park Junior High eighth-grader dons a blue-and-gold uniform and tackles boys on the football field.
Mom Lori can’t help but laugh when she recalls April’s early years.
“When she was little, she like cried when she got her hair combed. You know, she wore little dresses and little white tights that couldn’t get dirty,” she mused.
If Mary Pat Sigler’s denim purse could talk, it would tell quite a story.
If a movie were to be made, the title could be “The Mystery of the Traveling Purse.”
Either way, the carryall has logged some 395 miles alone over the last two months and is now safely back on Sigler’s shoulder.
Sigler, a Winthrop resident, lost her handbag near Marble Mountain Aug. 30. Mark Smith found it in the middle of the street near a 7-Eleven on Filbert Road in Bothell — some 180 miles away — two weeks ago.
It’s safe to say that politics are on the minds of Secondary Academy for Success (SAS) students.
Last Thursday morning on a table in the Bothell school’s lounge, a newspaper was open to a page that beamed the headline, “A ‘hockey mom’ gets an expensive makeover.” The story focused on Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and the $150,000 her party spent on clothes for her and her family at Saks Fifth Avenue and Nieman Marcus.
A couple flights of stairs lead students to Room 360 at Cascadia Community College in Bothell. Inside, instructors Danielle Powell and Erin Richards team up to pass on their knowledge in a class that combines Communications 101 and Political Science 202.
There’s the Spaghetti Bowl for football, but for girls soccer, the matchup could be called the Bowl You Over.
Incoming: Buckeye.
In volleyball speak, coach Julie Nelson is set.
Bothell High’s volleyball players mean what they say. And they’ve got the bruises to prove it.
“It’s a big deal at Bothell to hustle for every ball. We have confidence in every player out on the court,” said senior captain and outside hitter Blythe Cannon before practice last Wednesday.
Soccer balls were missing, but the Bothell High tri-captains weren’t going to let them get away.
Ken Kerr’s team may have drawn its first match when a victory was within grasp, but the goals were brilliant.
Pop Keeney Field — the place where magic happens, where dreams come true.
Ah, perfection. We’d all like to achieve it, but — let’s get serious — none of us ever will.
As summertime comes to a close, the city of Bothell opens its doors with a host of RiverFest activities.
It’s about art, but that’s not all.
Kelly Clark is home.
Listen up, and the music of Scotland is with ye.
Barbara Donnelly is at it again.
For Anita Miller, making it to 103 years old seems like a piece of cake.
Balls were flying everywhere. Kids were joking around. And Bryan McNiel was loving every minute of it.
