Bazaar bounty

Arts and crafts, as well as homemade treats, help groups raise funds during holidays.
A list of this year's nonprofit bazaars in South Sound

Living

Paperwhite bulbs in garden stores need no chilling period. Plant them now for fragrant blooms at Christmas. Paperwhite bulbs in garden stores need no chilling period. Plant them now for fragrant blooms at Christmas.

From bulbs to blooms

Spring color and fragrance from bulbs is far from our minds when all we see is the funny dried, brown things in garden stores.

    Photos From bulbs to blooms

    Spring color and fragrance from bulbs is far from our minds when all we see is the funny dried, brown things in garden stores.

    Feminist wine club raises money and spirits

    Women now have an easy way to learn about wine, build community and support female winemakers and feminist causes.

    Photos Rooftop veggie plots take root in Japan

    TOKYO – During his lunch breaks, Hayato Kashiwagi slips out of his office in Tokyo and heads for a nearby building where, on the rooftop three stories up, he tends a garden teeming with vegetables.

    T's raise social consciousness

    Photos Prime time for wildlife show

    There are plenty of reasons to head outdoors to watch wildlife this fall and winter, including opportunities to see feeding elk, spawning salmon and migrating shorebirds.

    Bundle up and get digging

    Most people cringe at the idea of getting out a shovel and digging - unless they're on a coastal beach and digging for razor clams.

    Imagination dominates 'Turn of the Screw'

    Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted or written many horror and mystery stories for the stage, including "Murder by Poe" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." He also wrote the play based on the immensely popular "Tuesdays With Morrie."

    Photos Links Quirky favorite sets tone of cinema celebration

    Imagine a science-fiction film made by the co-creator of "Saturday Night Live."

    Bush, Obama, relationships all fodder for Clinton’s act

    Lesbian political humorist Kate Clinton believes comedy can make a difference. Still, her goal is not so much to effect change as to leave audiences laughing.

    Too much animation makes ‘Christmas Carol’ creepy

    The new Disney “A Christmas Carol” is another epic achievement in motion-capture animation, advancing the art form closer to photo-realism than “The Polar Express” or “Beowulf.” Dazzling, ornate visuals take us to the snowy London of 1837, swooping over its digital rooftops and down its digital chimneys. Faces take on musculature, expression and detail.

Thurston County Health inspections

The listings included in this database were first published in The Olympian newspaper, according to the publication dates indicated. They encompass all listings that ran from January 2009 to present. Updated every Wednesday


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Points Key: Red violations are those most likely to cause food-borne illness and must be corrected immediately if feasible or according to a compliance schedule established by the health officer. Blue violations relate to the overall cleanliness and condition of operation and must be corrected according to a compliance schedule established by the health officer. Any establishment receiving more than 45 red demerit points or over 65 total demerit points shall be automatically reinspected in 10 days. If an establishment exceeds those limits twice in a calendar year, the permit shall be suspended immediately. Comments are taken directly from latest county inspection reports, which are available at each food establishment and at the Thurston County Environmental Health Office. If you have any questions concerning these reports, contact the health office at 360-786-5490.

Source: Thurston County Environment Health Office

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