Thirty-two shelters across the State participated from Bellingham to Walla Walla, Spokane to Tacoma and Auburn to Yakima.
Three first places in beer-making at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup is a pretty good argument for naming Robert Jewell Renton’s amateur brewmeister.
All gates opened at 2:30 p.m. and kickoff is at 5:30 p.m. Fans are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy gameday activities and avoid any traffic or parking delays.
Planting bulbs in October will give them the time they need to develop roots before winter arrives.
“I love a good hole-in-the-wall as much as the next person. Burger Addict, sandwiched between a biker bar and an old-school convenience store in a crusty corner off of Maple Valley Highway feels more like the punch line of a bad joke than the new “house” of a classically French- trained executive chef like Marcus Olson.”
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in October, trained volunteer naturalists will be on-site at riverside locations around Renton and Maple Valley to provide free salmon viewing programs for the whole family.
The festivities continue Saturday with all ages welcome from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 21+ from 6 p.m. to midnight.
Fall is best for planting trees and shrubs because the soil is still warm from the summer encouraging new root growth but the autumn rains mean you can let nature take over your watering chores.
It is harvest time in the vegetable garden so keep picking ripe tomatoes, cucumbers and summer squash. Share fresh produce with your local food bank if you’re lucky enough to have a bumper crop.
The Museum of Flight celebrates its 50th Anniversary, Saturday, Sept. 19, with an all-day birthday party and 50-cent admission – the original ticket price.
The play will run from through Oct. 3 with shows on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Renton Civic Theatre opens its fall season Sept. 18 with a production of “Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
The big advantage of doing these chores in the fall rather than spring is that the soil is already warm and ready to encourage new root growth and after such a dry summer the slug and snail population should be less damaging to tender young transplants.
This year the films will be screened by judges from the Los Angeles film community and shown Oct. 17 at Carco Theater.
The end of summer is a good time to rethink and replant your container gardens with the goal of year-round color that will thrive for several years without replanting.
Monica Nevi will perform Thursday at Renton Civic Theatre before heading out on the road.
Attendance this year was doubled from that in 2014.
Want to make homemade apple sauce like columnist Carolyn Ossorio? Here ya go.
Diet to me usually means you have to give up eating the foods that made you squishy to begin with. Which is why I prefer to call what I’ve been doing for the past four months my “healthy eating life plan.”
The last week in August is time to harvest squash, tomatoes and beans, cut back perennials such as daisies and daylilies.
