We all need to eat – so why not start in the kitchen?
As my spine begged for mercy after another day recently spent shoveling snow, I asked myself a simple question you may have asked, too. If the climate is changing, why do I need a snow shovel to dig out my driveway? The answer may surprise you.
This is the inaugural column that will appear monthly to discuss tree issues in the Puget Sound region.
Family and friends of Bob Dietrich are asking for the community’s support.
Joshua Anderson considers Oct. 13, 2008, as one of the highest points in his life. That’s the date when the 2001 Enumclaw High graduate discovered he’d passed the bar exam.
For the business community in Puyallup and Sumner, which works together through the Puyallup/Sumner Chamber of Commerce, 2008 was a year filled with great new initiatives. Business wisdom tells us that down economic times are opportunities to get focused on strengthening connections with customers, improving products and building professional networks. Local businesses have been doing all of these things so they are poised for an economic recovery that will find them in better shape than ever. Here is just a quick summary of 2008 highlights for chamber members:
When two of the South Puget Sound League 3A’s winless boys basketball squads, 0-4 White River and 0-6 Bonney Lake, locked horns in White River’s gymnasium Friday night, one thing was certain – one of those scrappy contingents was no longer going to be winless in league play.
With a narrow 36-32 victory over South Puget Sound League 3A neighbor and No. 9-ranked Bonney Lake Thursday night, the young White River High wrestling team finds itself with a 2-1 league record, sitting in second-place behind No. 1-ranked Enumclaw.
The Sumner High Spartans lost to the Enumclaw Hornets Jan. 6 by a score of 100-85 and had swimmers meeting district times in several events.
Sumner High’s wrestlers lost to Timberline and Lakes last week and found themselves still in search of their first league dual match win of the season. They also found themselves finishing eighth in the annual 18-team Ed Arima Invitational, a Sumner High-hosted tournament at the end of this Saturday’s festivities, missing seventh by a half of a point.
The Sumner Spartans roundball girls picked up a big league win Friday at home, its second South Puget Sound League 3A victory of the season.
A long winter hiatus, made even longer by rough weather, came to a sudden end for the Sumner High gymnasts.
The Sumner High boys picked up their first league win of the basketball season Friday, beating Franklin Pierce 51-44 on the road.
