Twenty seven years ago, Marianne Forssblad walked into the Daniel Webster School and found broken windows, dirty floors and dark rooms.
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Standing room only
Tue, 01/09/07
The Decatur fans heckle a Federal Way player after a turnover. The Federal Way High gym was packed to capacity last Thursday night, as two of the state's top-ranked teams engaged in a battle of the undefeated. Federal Way topped the Gators by…MORE
2007 MLK student contest winners announced
Tue, 01/09/07
The Federal Way MLK Celebration Committee has announced the winners in its annual student contest program. The contests were open to all Federal Way Public Schools students and home school students living within the boundaries of the Federal Way…MORE
Grinch swipes yard display
Tue, 01/09/07
It wasn't that the plastic figures stolen from a nativity scene in an Arbor Heights yard were expensive. Bob Youngs was amazed that anyone would dispossess him of Jesus and Mary.
Thieves stole the figures, each about 3 feet high, from…MORE
Des Moines offering emergency checklist
Tue, 01/09/07
In a joint effort to help Highline residents, the Des Moines Enhanced Public Safety Committee, the Des Moines Police and South King Fire and Rescue have published an Emergency Preparedness Check-List booklet.
It is specifically designed…MORE
Microchips, registration help locate lost pets
Tue, 01/09/07
Unlicensed pets could fetch a hefty fine this year if Seattle Animal Shelter officers can catch them.
Thanks to a $250,000 boost in its annual budget, the shelter hired three additional officers, increasing its patrol staff to 15 as part…MORE
Deaf-blind girl connects with life through pottery
Tue, 01/09/07
Racha Turki is an elementary school student, she is deaf-blind, and she is a potter.
Racha began pottery at the Moshier Community Art Center in Burien in the fall of 2004, working with Donna Shaman and Meg Johnson, a pediatric occupational…MORE
Restricted driver's licenses reduced teen crashes
Tue, 01/09/07
Study results support the effectiveness of restricted driver's licenses for teens that limit nighttime driving and the number of passengers in the car, according to the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety.
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Graduation bill to be offered
Tue, 01/09/07
Across the state, many high school students with developmental disabilities are being denied the privilege of participating in graduation with their classmates.
But, State Rep.
MOREHigh Point profile halfway complete
Tue, 01/09/07
The transfiguration of High Point - biggest construction project in West Seattle in decades - is at the midpoint and a few changes are being instituted for phase two.
Instead of having one contractor as in phase one, separate contractors…MORE