Florence Ballard sometimes replaced Ballard on stage with the Andantes' Marlene Barrow. In April 1967, Cindy Birdsong, member of Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles, became a stand-in for Ballard. A month later, Ballard returned to the group from what she thought was a temporary leave of absence. In June, Gordy changed the group's name to "The Supremes with Diana Ross", which was how they were billed on the marquee of Las Vegas' Flamingo Hotel. On July 1, the day after her 24th birthday, Ballard showed up inebriated during the group's third performance at the Flamingo and stuck her stomach out from
Ballard News-Tribune Weekly" as of September 6. Ballard News-Tribune The Ballard News-Tribune is a weekly newspaper serving the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1891 and has a circulation of 9,500. It is one of the Robinson Newspapers, a group of newspapers in the Seattle-Tacoma area which includes the "West Seattle Herald", "White Center News", "Highline Times", "Des Moines News", "SeaTac News", and "Federal Way News". It offers local news coverage from Seattle to north Tacoma. On August 21, 2013, it was announced that the paper, along with the "West Seattle Herald", "White Center News", and "Highline Times", would