As chairwoman of the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee, Sen.
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Viewlands faces axe - school board considers closures
Tue, 05/23/06
Seattle Public Schools has released a list of preliminary closure and consolidation recommendations for the second year in a row. Four schools in the Northwest quadrant could either be closed down for good or moved to other buildings.
The…MORE
Climbs tree to protest it being cut down
Tue, 05/23/06
An Alki woman was so distraught over the cutting of a western red cedar in her neighborhood that she called the city arborist, had the cutting stopped, and then climbed up into the tree with food and water for a daylong sit-in protest May 16.…MORE
More funds for square
Tue, 05/23/06
The Burien Council approved on May 15 an additional $764,000 for the new City Hall/King County Regional Library project.
On April 24, city Finance Director Linda Gorton reminded the lawmakers prior to their vote, they agreed to add 2,600…MORE
Clear channel - cleaning up the ship canal
Tue, 05/23/06
It started out cloudy but by the end of the day the sun was up, the garbage was out and the halibut steaks were smoking.
The 11th annual Lake Washington Ship Canal cleanup concluded four hours after volunteers began fishing everything from…MORE
War hero tells his story
Tue, 05/23/06
Manuel "Manny" Ventoza is a self-deprecating guy, a Shriner who likes cowboy boots and parks a camper in the driveway. He smiles often and effortlessly. Most of his Burien neighbors probably have no idea he's a war hero.
Memorial Day means…MORE
Des Moines tax hike approved
Tue, 05/23/06
The third time around was a charm as Des Moines voters approved a property tax levy lid lift on May 16 to restore police staffing to 1999 levels.
By a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent, the Des Moines community agreed to raise their…MORE
Two lose Highline Council positions
Tue, 05/23/06
Four new people were elected to the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council May 18 while four incumbents were re-elected and two incumbents were bounced out.
Council members Russ Kay, Steve Cox and Barbara Peters were re-elected but…MORE
Smith foe is running to win
Tue, 05/23/06
Steve Cofchin admits that, in the past, he's voted for Ninth District Democratic Congressman Adam Smith.
But after a friend challenged him, Cofchin checked Smith's voting record in Congress.
"He was only a few points from [Seventh…MORE
Filling the void
Tue, 05/23/06
Before the day he first walked through the doors of the EX3 Ron Sandwith Teen Center, 17-year-old Marcos Fernandez had turned his life down a dead end path of truancy and drug use.
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