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news: September 2007 After a tour of duty to a war zone, imagine the activities and entertainments you would look forward to when you returned home. Amazing, I recently met the family of a soldier who helps coordinate other soldiers' funerals, when he himself is not on active duty. Tonya Rider is Alive. Amazing. You may know the story by now. She left the Fred Meyer in Bellevue back on September 19th at 9am. Her husband, Tom had not seen her since. Yesterday, on the 27th, her crushed Honda Element was found off of Highway 169. Tom Rider tells an amazing story. This couple, m... In my career I have covered hundreds of unfortunate incidents and tragedies. Just last week I came upon a situation that got me thinking. I'm staying away from some specifics because this is not about the family, it's about how we in the media cover these events. How often have you thought you had a great idea, and after mulling it over or even chatting about it with friends, let if fall by the wayside? Today we did a story about a local guy, Scott Truitt, who thought it would be great if people had a simple gesture to express gratitude to military personnel. He's trying to teach people the American Sign Language sign for "thank you from the bottom of my heart" so it can be gestured to a member of th... Twice this week the Berenshteins of Mill Creek found swastikas painted all over their cars. And during our interview with the mother, Anna, she told me some important things: Tony Murphy and John Preston were driving through Kent last month, when they saw someone's house being consumed by flames. The home already looked as if the roof could cave at any moment... and Tony and John were told there was a man trapped inside. ...This month is a big month not only for Fort Lewis, but for the friends and families scattered across the country anxious for their soldiers to come home. Among those is Adam Rodgers, a Fort Lewis Stryker and dear family friend. For those of you close to a service member during this conflict, you already know how trying and emotionally exhausting these 18 months have been. The rest of us can only imagine what it has been like for Adam and his ... We all laughed when Dan Akroyd said it in a mock newscast on Saturday Night Live a few decades ago, but try to slip the "S" word into a mainstream news program these days and forget it. Seattle's new street car has unofficially been dubbed the S.L.U.T., an unfortunate, albeit clever acronym for the South Lake Union Trolley. The problem in covering After months of trial-and-error fixes, Seattle Schools have finally figured out how fix its broken wheelchair lifts at three of its stadiums (Ingraham, Nathan Hale and Rainier Beach). ...The answer is "Fun...and depressing." The question: "What was it like covering the Boats Afloat Show?? ...On this 6th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, A USA Today poll found that more than two thirds of Americans view 9/11 as the most memorable news event of their lifetime. Like many people, I'd never heard the term "jumbo loan," until recently. On Saturday night, Seattle police arrested 17 nightclub and bar employees as part of a sting to crack down on underage drinking. They had spent several weeks sending undercover detectives and underage Explorer Scouts to the nightspots to see which allowed the youngsters in even when their ID's had been issued to other individuals and had expired, or, clearly stated they're younger than 21. In two cases, police say bouncers discovered conceal... I have a good friend whose mother is not unlike many caring parents. Every month, she sends him a check in the mail with money to help with living expenses. While I applaud her big-hearted intentions, I worry about her outdated method. ...For my segments today, I was at the Everett Events Center visiting with dogs, an elephant and a guy with very tall orange hair. Lorraine Jones has tragically been thrust into the public eye for eleven years. Her son, 23-year-old Rigel Jones, was stabbed in Pioneer Square. When no arrest was made, the Jones family successfully appealed to the public, through a billboard at the murder site. It worked. Two transients were arrested. One man was convicted. Yet, more than a decade later, the Jones family must continue to relive this crime, as a second defendant finds... Dora Anderson is going to have one helluva story to tell. Lost in the Oregon mountains for two weeks, the 76-year-old grandmother was found at the bottom of a ravine, hurt, but ALIVE. Dozens of people searched hundreds of hours over a wide area, but they all missed Dora. By Thursday night Dora's family was with her at the hospital in Baker City, Oregon. So often these stories have a much different ending. Whatever you believe,... Leave it to the Glass Capital of the nation -- Seattle -- to come up with a colorful new place of final repose. Artist Mike Holberg creates hand-blown glass cremation urns. "These are works of art that can be used to hold the remains of a loved one," says Holberg, who worked with Dale Chihuly and has been creating glass art for a dozen years. It makes sense to go this direction in Washington state. We have the nation's second highest cremation... Are you a car person? Are you into cars? Can you tell what the make and model is...even from far away? If you have a personal love affair with the automobile, there is a show that you must not miss. ... Tonight, self-proclaimed pedophile Jack McClellan appeared on a Portland radio station to announce that The Rose City is his new home. After fleeing Snohomish County and being run out of Southern California, he seems to think Portland will be more tolerant of his pedophile views (He says he's never broken the law). High profile cases like this one usually bring fellow attorneys, members of the public and a general "buzz" to the courtroom. None of that, however, happened on day one of the trial of accused Tacoma Mall shooter Dominick Maldonado. I wonder if this is because this case doesn't quite rise to the level of horror that other cases have (be... I always look forward to the first weekend in September because it's the unofficial kickoff to our soccer team's season. I met a 17-year-old kid from Issaquah who just joined the Issaquah High School boys tennis team. Garbage used to be garbage. Think about it, it wasn't that long ago when people never thought about recycling, glass, paper and yard waste. Now it's routine, and in some cases even mandatory. But what about this next idea? ...On Friday, I watched Roy Scott of Port Angeles stand in front of a federal judge in US District Court in Seattle. It was the last day of August 2007, a month in which 81 United States military personnel died fighting a difficult and draining war in Iraq.
Well, as they say...me neither. So you want to go to the Olympics? You want to wear the red, white and blue and hear the trumpets and march in the parade of nations and have a chance to stun the world with one great performance on one special day? You want to travel 80 miles and hour flat on your back, feet-first down a bent-up ice rink draped over a cliff? Well here's your chance to get started. ... |