A grocery store clerk handed me a $2 bill the other day with my other change. My immediate thought was that the bill was bogus. After all, you so rarely see one that’s it easy to forget it is legal tender. But it’s got Thomas Jefferson’s face on it. However, if you ever receive a $3 or $4 bill – with the faces of Millard Fillmore and Zachary Taylor on them – be very suspicious.
The Sumner Arts Commission has a number of programs planned this year. We thank the city of Sumner for their continuing support which enables the commission to continue to bring quality art programs to our community.
You have a gift within yourself. Some of you have found it. Some of you haven’t, but it’s there. Is this the year to find or rekindle a talent that’s been setting still too long? The gifts we possess can range from having carpentry skills to a compassionate heart, being a great listener, a fine surgeon or having just the right knack of putting a bandage on a scraped knee. Usually we like to share our gifts with others. Individuals in the performing arts are no different.
Seattle violinist Geoffrey Castle fearlessly brings the violin back to the center stage with performances on acoustic and six-string electric violins for the city of Enumclaw’s Evenings on the Plateau series.
My latest literary achievement has proved quite rewarding, considering the time involved, the hours of research, a few hissy fits of frustration, possibly 50 cups of black coffee and then it came together rather admirably.
“Crunch! A History of the Great American Potato Chip‚“ by Dirk Burhans, c.2008, Terrace Books, $26.95, 203 pages, includes index.
• Meet Marianne Binetti during book signings and seminars at the Tacoma Home and Garden Show in the Tacoma Dome: 2 p.m. Thursday, “Dirt Cheap Tips for Gardeners” and free seeds; 1 p.m. Friday, “Color your World – Cool new plants for 2009” with free plant samples; and 3 p.m. Saturday, “Dirt Cheap Tips for Gardeners.” Book signings feature her latest books, “Container Gardening for Washington and Oregon” and “Herb Growing for Washington and Oregon.”
With the holiday just over, the snow and ice gone away for awhile, the water subsiding and the last of the Christmas decorations put away until next December, the Bonney Lake Police Giving Tree Committee would like to thank one and all for giving to families and children the most wonderful Christmas of all. Dolls and dishes to brighten the eyes of most every girl, trucks and cars and bright red fire trucks for the little boys. Games and puzzles, books and crayons, crafts and pajamas, warm mittens and fuzzy hats, red and blue jackets, diapers and rattles and sweet little critters for all to hug tight. Through our doors came children and moms and pops, a family tradition to give many toys including blocks, Mickey Mouse and Minnie, Sponge Bob and Elmo. One child wrote a card and gave all her change and a very special blanket to warm a new friend.
Sam Lovelace and McKaela Kilcup placed third and the White River High girls wrestling team finished ninth out of 24 teams Saturday at Emerald Ridge in Puyallup.
The White River High boys wrestling team posted two more South Puget Sound League 3A victories last week, setting up a big finale for its make-up contest with Enumclaw Thursday night in Buckley and its Friday match with Clover Park.
It was close but no cigar for the White River High boys basketball squad again last week as they dropped three more league contests, two by slim margins, to drop their South Puget Sound League 3A record to 2-9.
Plateau grads suit up for Western
