The first time Starbucks’ chairman Howard Schultz bought a dozen Top Pot Doughnuts, co-founder Mark Klebeck was flattered. The Seattle-based doughnut and coffee shop only had been open for one year.
At age 8, Ed Jiang assembled a computer to meet his own needs. At 12, he placed ads on his own Web site, making it profitable to the tune of $90 the first year and as much as $4,000 in one month at its height.
Evergreen State Fair: Aug. 21-Sept. 1. Features concerts, monster trucks, classic cars, fireworks and more. See Web site for cost, details. Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. S.E., Monroe. 360-805-6700 or www.evergreenfair.org.
Bellevue Chamber Chorus will hold auditions for tenors and bases.
When people in Spokane say “I’ll meet you at the fireplace,” they mean the one at the Davenport Hotel in the heart of the city. Lit by hotelier Louis Davenport in 1914 when the hotel first opened, the fireplace had been constantly kept burning until the hotel closed in 1985.
Speed is the name; croquet is the game and 20 teams turned out for the Rotary Club of Bellevue Sunrise’s 13th annual croquet tournament at the Redhook Ale Brewery in Woodinville on Wednesday.
At the base of Mount Hood in the small town of Welches, Ore., 245 people from 71 families came together to celebrate the Yangchun Family Reunion. The families, representing 25 different states throughout the country, all shared one thing in common. They all have adopted children from the Yangchun Orphanage in the Guangdong province of China.
Art at Marymoor Park: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 16-17. Show features the works of more than 100 artists in glass, jewelry, fine art, clothing, soap, dolls, mixed media and more. Admission: Free. Parking: $1. Marymoor Park, 6046 West Lake Sammamish Parkway N.E., Redmond. 206-525-5926 or www.nwartalliance.com.
The Hi-Liners, a South King County non-profit youth theater company, will take flight with its biggest fall show ever, the high-flying Broadway Musical “Peter Pan.” Several Bellevue residents are part of the ensemble.
Beneath Walter Walcher’s tall chef hat and distinct Austrian accent is a humble, small-town farm boy with old-fashioned business sense.
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Bellevue Chamber Chorus took first prize in the Adult Mixed Chorus category at the 2008 International Choral Kathaumixw festival held in Powell River, B.C., July 1-5.
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Summer Celebration and Children’s Fair: 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 9. Event features garden activities for the whole family. Cost: Free. King County Master Gardener Foundation Demonstration Garden, 15500 S.E. 16th St., Bellevue. 425-485-5942.
The Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra is looking for a new music director. Longtime music director, Fusao Kajima, will step into the post of resident conductor for the 2008-09 season.
Charlotte’s Web is on stage at Youth Theatre Northwest through Aug. 10.
So here I am, running down the street wearing a hard hat, safety goggles and a fluorescent lime green vest, trying to catch a six-month-old puppy that is part-Boxer, part-Terrier and part-Ferrari.
You may find yourself asking this question if you’re the parent of a 12- to 16-year-old. Suddenly, the sweet, loving kid you used to know has been replaced by this … this being that grunts one-word answers, holes up in his room for hours, and spurns any show of affection from you.