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To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.
Former Sen. Barry Goldwater
Some readers were amused - others bemused - by a recent exchange of perspectives in these pages between Jeanette Burrage and myself.
Ms.
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On an absolutely gorgeous Saturday when nearly 60 busy people attended an invitational Mayor's Leadership (translate work) Summit, it just figures that something "pretty big" is brewing in Des Moines.
Mayor Bob Sheckler said he called an earlier meeting with the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and Business Boosters to discuss ways they can work together in the economic interest of the community.
"It was during this exchange of ideas I suggested a Leadership Summit and later implemented it," he noted.
I'm reminded of those who
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I was driving down a Burien road and spotted somebody picking wild blackberries in a patch I had never noticed before.
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.
Friday, Sept. 2
Football: Foster at Tyee; Evergreen at Bonney Lake; Kennedy at Tahoma, 7 p.m.; Mt. Rainier at Bellevue, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 8
Football: Kennedy at Peninsula, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 9
Football: Highline at Friday Harbor; Evergreen at Fife; Mt. Rainier at Lakes, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 10
Football: Tyee at Clover Park, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 15
Football: Lindbergh at Mt. Rainier, 7 p.m.
Ms. Anne Holmes just couldn't resist the liberal bashing of Ronald Reagan just 14 months after his death.
Using a Highline Times' 60th Anniversary column, she remarked that President Reagan was an ally of South Africa's president Pieter Botha. This would place Ronald Reagan as a supporter of the racist apartheid policies of South Africa.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
A big THANK YOU for Burien's summer Concerts in the Park series, which ended recently.
For several years, hundreds of people have been enjoying a good variety of band music Thursday nights at Lake Burien School Park, thanks to the hard-working staff of Burien's Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department.
This is a special project of the city's Arts Commission.
Thanks also to additional sponsors, King County's 4Culture and Burien's allcredit Motors.
Thanks to the people who make Burien great.
Here are two examples.
The first was the customer service I received when I took my car in for a repair of a flat tire. My car's flat tire was repaired complimentary, quickly and with a smile. A nice surprise on a day when things weren't going as planned.
The second was participating in an ivy pull at Dottie Harper Park.
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.
Friday, Sept. 2
Football: Foster at Tyee; Evergreen at Bonney Lake; Kennedy at Tahoma, 7 p.m.; Mt. Rainier at Bellevue, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 8
Football: Kennedy at Peninsula, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 9
Football: Highline at Friday Harbor; Evergreen at Fife; Mt. Rainier at Lakes, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 10
Football: Tyee at Clover Park, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 15
Football: Lindbergh at Mt. Rainier, 7 p.m.
