September 2005

sports CORRESPONDENT

What a team, those Highline Pirates - the laughing stock of the league of late.

Burien's free annual Fall Art Walk will take place Saturday, Sept. 10.

The wrong date was listed in the Aug. 31 Times/News.

This annual event will feature more than 50 visual artists, live performances on-stage, strolling performers, food and drink.

From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., browse among artistic expressions ranging from glasswork to mixed media displayed in downtown Burien and Seahurst.

New theatrical experiences have been added, and the lineup on the Sal's Deli stage varies from folk pop to classic rock.

New information about Burien Town Square will be presented to the public by developer Urban Partners LLC at a community meeting on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The first hour of the meeting at Burien City Hall and the Town Square site will be held in the parking lot next to Gottschalks, where the public plaza will be built.

People will be able to view different plans and studies at several booths set up in the lot. The displays will be set up and ready for viewing at 6 p.m.

King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn, joined by Sheriff Sue Rahr, the Prosecuting Attorney's Office and Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound, last week unveiled the first "Meth Watch."

Meth Watch will profile individuals wanted by law enforcement for a meth-based crime in King County.

The first Meth Watch profile is James C.

The Washington State Working Group on Race and Reconciliation in Law Enforcement will hold a summit in Burien on Thursday, Sept. 22.

The event, "Law Enforcement and the Faith Community Working Together to Promote Justice: A One Day Summit to Build Understanding and Promote Collaboration Between Communities of Faith and Law Enforcement," will take place at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center.

King County Sheriff's Sgt.

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.

The 18U North Seattle Lightning Baseball Club will host tryouts for player's ages 16 to 18 years old for the 2006 baseball season. The tryouts are scheduled from 4-7 p.m.

Japanese maples provide variety and color

Coming in a range of sizes and shapes and tolerant of a variety of light conditions, Japanese maples fit into the Northwest garden like soy milk in Chai tea lattes. This month and next are excellent times to purchase and plant Japanese maples in your garden, as the prices can be good and you can see the fall colors. On top of that, dare I say, the rains will be starting soon enough, so you will have time to get some solid root growth this fall.

Great Plant Picks, the plant awards program sponsored by the Elisabeth C.

There's been a lot of confusion and dismay in the last few weeks about the Seattle Monorail Project. It's been discussed in office hallways, in email and in coffeehouses all over the city and we've all been wrestling with the same question: What do we do next?

I would like to introduce a new group that we hope will be the answer to that question. We call ourselves 2045 Seattle.

Thank you for the terrific article (Bookstore Launches Monthly Fundraiser - Aug. 17th 2005) written by your correspondent Melissa Santos. It clearly illustrated the philosophy behind our "Ten Percent For Change" program and we're sure it directly contributed to the success of the event. Thanks to the Ballard community's support, we were able to make a sizeable contribution to Residence XII. This was truly a successful event to launch our "Ten Percent For Change" program.

Thank you,

Epilogue Books