2014 In Review Part III July To September

July   19th Anniversary dinner at the Space Needle (above).
Frequent UPS Store customer Howard Kaylan in concert with his band, The Turtles. Barers Of Maple Valley was there.
Celebrated my birthday with concert at White River Amphitheater  watching Tower Of Power, The Steve Miller Band and Journey.
Watched a great fireworks display with my family at Safeco Field following the Mariners game
Former Seattle Mayor Paul Schell died.
Longtime Seattle DJ Bob Rivers Retired.

August  Watched the Blue Angels return to the Seattle area at a friend's house in Mercer Island.
Recovered and blogged the old Denney's Hi-Spot commercial with "Singin' Joe Denney.
Beloved commedian Robin Williams found dead from a suicide.
Challenged by my nephews and sister-in-law, I stepped up to the "Ice Bucket Challenge" raising awareness for ALS.
Watched the Cougs play Rutgers at Century Link.

September      Visited Walla Walla with the Todds over Labor Day weekend, took limo tour of area's wineries.
Helped celebrate Deb's grandma's 95 birthday with a surprise party.
Got away for a weekend on the Oregon coast.
Watched Eythan Frost's new snowboard film premier at Fremont tavern, Woodsky's.
Helped my Dad celebrate his 85th birthday at Bellevue Club.
Mariners just miss baseball play-offs

Walla Walla Trivia Posts Mentioned In That Town's Paper

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin feature editor Annie Charnley Eveland has recently mentioned this blog in a couple of separate features. 
First was the Denney's Hi Spot commercial (above), one of my memories from childhood.  It was a local classic and had been hoping that someone had it on tape.  Enter Wa-Hi graduate Hank Unck, who worked at KTEL during the early 1970s and was able to e-mail it to me. 
The next was Eddie Feigner (pronounced Faynor).  Eddie was a legendary fast-pitch softball pitcher, who traveled the world with his 4 man team known as the King And His Court.  Eddie was inducted into the Washington State Sports Hall Of Fame, along with some other better known sports figures in a ceremony before a Mariners game that my wife and I attended earlier this month.

Old Walla Walla Radio Remembered--Part 5

Denney's Hi Spot was a lunch bar on Main Street near Palouse in Walla Walla.  It was known for frequently heard radio commercials featuring owner Joe Denney.  Denney's songs were simple yet conveyed the message of  who, what, and where.   Thank you to former KTEL air personality Lee (Hank Unck) Michaels for digging this up!