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[ August 5, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] Tuesday night, Aug. 5th, starting around 6pm, neighbors around the B-Town area will turn out, get together, meet, talk and get to know each other (and the cops who protect them) better in hopes of keeping their ‘hoods safer.

That’s right – it’s National Night Out, an annual, unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National [...]

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[ August 2, 2008; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ]

The annual (and FREE) Des Moines Pet Festival will happen Saturday, Aug, 2nd, from 9am-3pm at Des Moines Beach Park, with the following activities planned:

Ice Cream Eating Contest
Hot Dog Bobbing Contest
Basic Obedience
King and Queen
Best Trick
Best Costume
Ugliest Pet
Owner/Pet Look-Alike
Agility, Rally & Conformation Training Match
Much more!

Please keep in mind that the above-mentioned contests are for PETS, not [...]

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BURIEN – Infamous former Burien grade school teacher and convicted child rapist Mary Kay Letourneau is back in the news – this time not for having an affair with an underage boy, but for wanting to be a King County Election “Poll Worker.”
We’ll pause a moment while you insert your own inappropriate pun here.
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[ July 16, 2008; 6:00 pm; July 23, 2008; 6:00 pm; July 30, 2008; 6:00 pm; August 6, 2008; 6:00 pm; August 13, 2008; 6:00 pm; August 20, 2008; 6:00 pm; August 27, 2008; 6:00 pm; September 3, 2008; 6:00 pm; September 10, 2008; 6:00 pm; September 17, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] What better way to end every summer Humpday than by competing in mid-week Mountain Bike Racing at South SeaTac Park (aka Des Moines Creek Park)?

Advanced Massage Acupuncturist Philip Kelly sent us this tip; apparently when he’s not treating people’s injuries himself, he’s out trying to get his own at these weekly bike races.

As you have [...]

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DES MOINES – Tragedy struck Friday night when an elderly woman drowned after the car she was a passenger in plunged into Puget Sound at the Des Moines Marina.

Police and fire officials said an elderly couple was driving in the parking lot of the marina when the male driver accidentally stepped on the accelerator instead [...]

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[ June 16, 2008; 9:30 am to 7:00 pm. ] The brand spankin’ new Highline Community College Marine Science & Technology (MaST) Center opens Monday (June 16th) at 9:30am, with a special Dedication Ceremony featuring Congressman Adam Smith at 10am.

Festivities will go on all day until 7pm, and more info is available here (as a PDF file).

Located just four miles south of HCC’s campus at [...]

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Remember back in 2005 when Ronald Whitehead, 61, was fatally shot near Des Moines Memorial Way while driving to work?
The killing looked like a carjacking, and Whitehead’s wife then appealed for the murderer to turn themselves in?
Turned out that the victim’s wife, Velma Ogden-Whitehead, 50, was actually the mastermind behind her husband’s slaying, hiring a [...]

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The Highline Historical Society is holding an online auction through June 22nd, to raise funds for their new museum.
From their auction website:
Highline has a rich heritage to share - from a fire and ice-filled archaeological past, dynamic Native American cultures, and pioneers with extraordinary vision - to recent and present day leaders committed to bringing [...]

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If you’re shy, or know someone who is, TONIGHT is the night you can get some FREE advice courtesy of the Des Moines Soundwaves Toastmasters.
According to speaker and shyness expert Frank Selden, shy people have some fantastic qualities they can access to transform to more social people.
Selden will share his secrets for shedding shyness during [...]

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