[ May 17, 2008; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] For over 75 years, Flight Attendants – known as stewardesses or airline hostesses until the 1970s – have worked to make airplane passengers feel safe and comfortable.

Sometimes underestimated, often romanticized and always admired, flight attendants – almost exclusively female before the 1970s – have been the public face of air travel since the 1930s.

On [...]

[ May 24, 2008; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] TUKWILA – Those who know of the Tuskegee Airmen are familiar with many of the tales of the brave “Redtail” fighter group, the 332nd, but many are surprised to learn that there was also a Tuskegee Bomber Group as well.

World War II ended before this group saw action, but some of them were involved [...]

[ May 17, 2008; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] The Tukwila Special Residential Recycling Event is this Saturday, May 17th, from 9am to 3pm, so load up your truck, trunk, or whatever you can safely carry stuff in, and bring all those recyclable items on down:

WHEN: Saturday, May 17, 2008 – 9am to 3pm

WHERE: Tukwila Village site, at the corner of S 144th [...]

Sound Transit reported huge ridership increases on its Sounder commuter trains during the first quarter of 2008.
According to the agency, March posted the biggest gains, with a year-to-year increase of 29 percent. Sounder ridership for the first quarter of 2008 is 28 percent higher than the same period one year ago, building on the [...]

Most people, when they think of Tukwila’s Southcenter mall, do NOT think of wildlife (okay, maybe when they walk into certain stores but that’s another story…).
But now, amidst the hustle and bustle of shoppers and cars coming and going, a pair of Canadian Geese have found a home in the middle of a parking [...]

[ May 14, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] The Seattle Sounders (1-1-2) square off against the Rochester Rhinos tomorrow night (Wednesday, May 14th) at 7pm at Tukwila’s Starfire Sports Complex.

Coming off a 0-0 draw against the Portland Timbers on Saturday night, the Sounders find themselves in seventh place with five points.

The Rhinos are finishing off a west coast swing that included a 0-0 [...]

[ May 29, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Do you get anxious in social situations?

Are you emotionally drained by big crowds?

Then you may be shy, like the young man actor Dick York (the original Darrin Stevens in “Bewitched”) portrayed in this classic 1950s-era film:

According to speaker and shyness expert Frank Selden, the good news is that shy people have some fantastic qualities [...]