The 10 years since David Babbitt purchased one of Enumclaw’s older insurance companies have flown.
It does seem odd to set aside a special time specifically designed to meet your neighbors like National Night Out.
Don’t get me wrong, I think NNO, as its called, is a great event and I’m glad Enumclaw is joining communities like Black Diamond, Buckley and Bonney Lake that already celebrate, but shouldn’t we have been getting to know our neighbors from the get-go?
The Acers, made up mostly of athletes from Buckley and Lake Tapps, won four-straight games in the Tri-Cities June 24-26 to earn the first-place trophy.
Enumclaw School District students can look forward to the 2012-13 school year beginning Aug. 29, before Labor Day, and closing, if they’re lucky, June 12. Snow days, if needed, will be tacked on the end.
At Enumclaw Regional Hospital, staff members would stand by a patient’s bedside and explain their upcoming procedure or walk them through their post-operative care. Today, in the technologically advanced St. Elizabeth Hospital, patients get video-on-demand instruction on everything from obstetrics to orthopedics and general topics like wound care and crutch training.
Longtime city of Buckley employee and volunteer firefighter John Justice was surprised to receive the Families First Coalition’s final White River Communities Champion Award during the Buckley City Council meeting June 28.
The Enumclaw Regional Healthcare Foundation leaped over its first hurdle in applying for a coveted federal Drug Free Community Grant when it recently received a $48,589 Catholic Health Initiatives grant.
Group will seek ways to foster kindness, compassion throughout the community.
The summer fun continues with the start of the King County Fair Thursday, Relay For Life Saturday and the Wilkeson Handcar Races July 16.
About 200 gathered for the ground-breaking ceremony at historic Pete’s Pool June 29.
Much like its “What Book Are You Reading?” community literacy campaign, the Enumclaw School District hopes to start a chain reaction toward kindness and compassion with Rachel’s Challenge.
The Enumclaw School Board will review slight changes in its director district boundaries, host a public hearing at its July 25 meeting and vote on the proposal at its Aug. 15 meeting.
It was nearly a year ago that Enumclaw artist Kevin Jones was getting ready to release his second solo album “Winter Moon.”