First year Principal Lissa Hines gets some help with the morning announcements on the first day of instruction at Hillcrest School on Monday. .  

It's block-party season, and nothing brings folks together like the tangy aroma of barbecued chicken and ribs. It certainly drew us in last weekend, when we saw the party outside the little grouping of businesses on Thornhill Drive, across from the 7-Eleven.  

Bellevue Club launches Sunday Musical seasonThe Bellevue Club Sunday Musicale season will be at 4 p.m. Sept. 18 in the Mural Lounge.The program will feature the Peter Wyrick Quartet: Yun Chu and Amy Hiraga, violin, Nanci Severance, viola and Peter Wyrick, cello.