Calkins Leaves The Seattle Times

Matt Calkins, a longtime sports columnist for the Seattle Times, has left the paper after one of his columns was not run.  Calkins had written about transgender athletes competing in women's sports. 

Calkins said that was one of several columns that the Times had refused to publish.  

Boogie Boulevard 3--Turn The Beat Around

 

Boogie Boulevard 2--Lady Marmalade

 Doing one of the more unique numbers from its time, Boogie Marmalade wows the crowd. 

Boogie Boulevard Entertains Maple Valley

 In what was sadly, the last in the season of  Maple Valley's Music & Movies In The Park series for this season, Boogie Boulevard played two great sets of 70s dance music for an adoring crowd. 

All that and to top things off, the rerun of the classic ET at Lake Wilderness Park last night (Thursday, August 20th, 2026),

Esther Barer Featured

One of brother, Steve's finds.  From the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin archives. An article about my Grandma Esther Barer.  This was from 1958, I was her only grandchild at the time.  Therefore, I get a mention by name, in the article.

Heart--Let Me Roll It

As 50 years have gone by since my high school graduation, I heard this band  for the first time right about that time. Even though this video is over a decade old, the band still tours. 

Nancy Wilson handles the vocals on this number. 

Here is there cover of the Paul McCartney and Wings song, Let Me Roll It.  The song has great hooks. 

 

Diaz Bobblehead

By coincidence, last month when we visited Dodger Stadium, it was Edwin Diaz bobblehead night. The big coincidence is that he once pitched for the Mariners.

Diaz also closed the game for them 

Pitcher Who Underwent Pioneering Surgery--Tommy John Dead

 Tommy John, who old-timers like me, will remember as a great pitcher, but today is better known for undergoing an arm surgery that has prolonged his career and the careers of many pitchers to follow has died.  He was 83. 

To hear a pitcher is undergoing Tommy John Surgery is both good news and bad news, good news in that it can allow that pitcher to resume his career at a similar level and bad because of  the amount of time missed during the procedure and recovery. It generally sidelines a pitcher for 12-18 months.