Balls were flying everywhere. Kids were joking around. And Bryan McNiel was loving every minute of it.
It’s been 20 years, and kids keep bouncing back to coach Greg Lowell’s doorstep — at his second home, the Inglemoor High gym — for some hoops action.
In my unending quest to get people to be safer drivers, I couldn’t be happier with the start of yesterday’s cell-phone-talking/driving ban.
They ran, they rested, they sang — and then the World Harmony Run crew was off to its next destination.
For about 45 minutes last Thursday morning, 13 athletes from around the globe descended upon the Park at Bothell Landing and shared their visions of unity with a small crowd that included Mayor Mark Lamb and City Manager Bob Stowe.
Emotional times these are in Bothell and Kenmore.
Tough and grueling times, but also hopeful days when good thoughts and actions can reach through the gray moments and make a difference in people’s lives.
And members of the Northshore community are stepping up to the plate to help out those in need: specifically Kelly Clark and Duane Ranstrom.
Amy Sturm ponders the question for a second, smiles and replies: “I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a B … it’s embarrassing.”
The look in her eyes says she knows she’s nailed all A’s — always — in her schoolwork, but she’s not one to brag. But her super success can’t be denied: 4.0 grade-point average, National Merit Finalist, Washington Scholar, editor in chief of the yearbook and more.
When the Cedar Park Christian senior strolled down the hallway last Thursday, one friend nudged her and said, “Hey, Amy, congratulations.”
It’s probably a greeting she’s used to by now, and it will surely continue into her college years and beyond.
Ryan Hogan is a transformer. A survivor. A solid student and friend.
When the Secondary Academy for Success (SAS) senior walked through the Bothell high school’s doors four years ago, he was still devastated from his experiences at his junior high school.
“I was teased, pretty much bullied every day, and the teachers did nothing about it,” he said last Thursday while relaxing in the SAS lounge. “The rumors about my ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) didn’t help. I didn’t understand how to argue — so I sort of gave in.”
Enter SAS, and a new life for Hogan. He’ll graduate with more than full credit and in the top percentage of his class at 7 p.m. June 13 at the Northshore Performing Arts Center.
Victoria Tennant saved her most compelling statement for last — giving people something to think about, to hang onto.
Family, local residents and the Girl Scout community are rallying around Bothell resident Kelly Clark, who was critically injured in a car accident May 19.
Cascadia Community College President Bill Christopher joked that he wanted a bulldozer to commemorate the event.
Family, local residents and the Girl Scout community are rallying around Bothell resident Kelly Clark, who was critically injured in…
The folks over at the Northshore Family Center must be breathing a collective sigh of relief.
The fire was burning bright for the Northshore Public Education Foundation last Wednesday.
Watch out, grown ups — me included, I guess — today’s students are on a writing binge.
