It's assessment season in the Sumner School District. See the schedule here.
Today, 6:18 PM
Every spring, the state tests all students in grades 3-8 and grade 10 to measure progress towards meeting standards.
This spring the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) will be replaced by two new tests: the Measurements of Student... More ›
SLIDESHOW: BLHS GIRLS BASKETBALLOvertime victory lifts Panthers to No. 3 seed
Today, 11:38 AM
· UPDATED By John Leggett
Staff Writer
A resilient Bonney Lake High girls basketball squad earned a trip to the state Class 3A basketball tournament.
The Panthers dropped a first-round district game to Prairie High March 3, but bounced back against a physical Mount... More ›
Play opens Friday
Mar 01 2010, 1:42 PM
Bonney Lake High School’s drama department’s spring play “You Can’t Take it With You,” will open Friday.
The play opens at the Sumner Performing Arts Center at Sumner High School at 7 p.m.
The production, a comedy in three acts by... More ›
How these locals are changing comics
Mar 08 2010, 3:23 PM
· UPDATED Those familiar with pop culture know comic books are dominated by tight forms in spandex and two publishing behemoths, Marvel Entertainment and DC Comics. The comic book-savvy know the medium has the capability to tell original stories that go... More ›
BOOKWORM: Thriller set in wine country serves accuracy with screams
Mar 08 2010, 4:55 PM
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
It’s always been your daily indulgence.
Every night for years, you’ve ended your day and started your night with a single glass of wine. Maybe it’s a red, dry as a sandbox on a July afternoon. Perhaps... More ›
POLICE BLOTTER
Mar 08 2010, 4:14 PM
PARAPHERNALIA
• Police stopped a vehicle March 2 on South Prairie Road for a suspected defective exhaust and discovered a man driving with his license suspended and having a Puyallup arrest warrant for third-degree theft. A search of the vehicle... More ›
WORD ON THE STREET: ‘Irish llamas’ on their way to town
Mar 08 2010, 3:26 PM
Every week I write about the various things going on downtown. Between the events, the volunteers, our partners, projects like the community float and citywide branding campaign, there’s always something fun going on in Sumner.
And in Sumner, it’s not... More ›
Twenty-one million dollars is not a lot?
Mar 08 2010, 4:09 PM
I watched a program on the mindless idiot box (that’s a TV for you uninformed folks) where it was reported that $21 million is not a lot of money. This is the amount that could be saved by the... More ›