July 2005

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Port of Seattle commissioners have approved the first of three agreements with the city of Des Moines that could lead to development of a business park on 90 acres of Port land near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

This is the first of three properties slated for redevelopment following completion of a study that examined development opportunities on parcels of vacant airport-owned land that can be returned to productive business use.

Construction could begin as early as 2007.

The study was conducted by the airport and

Hoop camp returns

Applications are now being evaluated for The Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. The camp is by invitation only. Boys and girls ages 10 - 19 are eligible to apply. Past participants include: Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antawn Jamison. Players from 50 states and 17 foreign countries attended the 2004 camp. College basketball scholarships are possible for players selected to the All-American Team.

Vandalism: July 9 - at Lake Burien Presbyterian, two windows in the fellowship hall and one window in the sanctuary were broken. All windows had holes smashed in them the size of a basketball. The holes were not big enough to allow entry.

Stabbing: July 10 - in the 16300 block of International Blvd., after refusing entry to the suspect a bouncer at the Safari Club was stabbed in the throat with a bladed screwdriver. He was later in stable condition at a hospital.

Fight: July 9 - in the 16300 block of International Blvd., at 2:40 a.m. a fight broke out in the parking lot of the Safari Club.

Explosion: July 4 - in the 19800 block of 8th Ave. S, between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m., a portable toilet exploded by unknown suspects at North Hill school. Total loss is $1,000.

SOAP Violation: July 6 - S. 216th St. and Pacific Highway S, at 9 a.m. An 18-year-old female was in the Stay Out of Area of Prostitution (SOAP) on Pacific Highway. She was jaywalking. When officers questioned her, she claimed to be shopping but failed to produce any evidence.

Assault, 2nd degree: July 1 - 16700 block of Southcenter Parkway, 10:45 p.m. The victim's car was rammed multiple times by an unknown subject in an unidentified vehicle.

Assault: July 10 - in the 4600 block of S 160th St., a 19 year old assaulted another person with an iron and a broom. The suspect also threatened to kill others and burn down the house.

Possession of stolen property and felony eluding: July 5 - 14100 block of 37th Ave. S. A stolen vehicle was spotted by an officer. When he tried to stop it, the car sped away as the driver tried to elude the officer.

Times/News Correspondent

Chuck never dreamed that 33 years later he would be back aboard ship again, this time underway with his 22-year-old daughter, Desiree - a U.S.

Redondo-area teenager Tyler Veit recently was honored for doing the right thing.

Tyler was presented with a bicycle helmet from the Des Moines Police Department and had a $1,000 donation in his name made to Johnson & Johnson and Safe Kids.

All this because he was wearing his bicycle helmet on a ride through Des Moines last summer when this safety precaution paid off - big time.

Tyler's mother, Joan, noted after the honor was announced that it has always been a rule in the Veit household to wear a helmet whenever you ride anything with wheels.

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Sean Yates is dredging up the dirt in Burien - for planting, that is.

Yates' passion for plants blossomed in May into a garden shop in Olde Burien brimming with a bounty of plants, gardening supplies, and nature-related arts and gifts.

For Yates, opening Grassroots: Home & Garden was the logical conclusion of an extended love affair with vegetation that left him dissatisfied with other career paths.

"I've had other jobs, and I haven't really enjoyed occupations that are not related to plants," Yates said recently.

Des Moines City Manager Tony Piasecki said last week that rumors Wal-Mart will build a store on Pacific Highway South are just that - rumors.

Piasecki was contacted by the Times/News, which had received an unconfirmed report that Wal-Mart planned to build a new store on the property currently occupied by Furney's Nursery, 21215 Pacific Highway S.

"Nothing's come through the door," Piasecki said in reference to applications for permits that would be required for such a store.

"We know that Wal-Mart has made an inquiry into the property, but that's where it stand