September 29, 2005 King County Executive, Ron Sims came to town and "County gives $15M for White Center projects", I was surprise that the project is making the headline now, where some of those projects circulated in White Center Community since early 2002.
The Greenbridge Hope VI.
Along with a basic silence on our ongoing question about how we in West Seattle will get to downtown if there is no monorail, there is a persisting muttering but little action on statewide and Puget Sound transportation plans.
We are gripped in a paralysis of inaction accompanied by a general desire to pay less and less for the infrastructures we all use, while blaming it on politics and bad government.
When we get up in the morning, we flip a switch and the lights go on; we turn a valve and shower in hot water; and we pop a bagel in the toaster.
Reliable and safe electricity is something we take for granted in America. We assume it will always be there and realize what we have only when the power goes out.
In Washington, low cost and reliable electricity is the foundation of our economy. It is the reason energy intensive industries from aluminum production to high-tech silicon wafer fabrication are located here.
Allegations of "potential misappropriation of funds" at Arbor Heights Elementary School have been investigated by the Seattle School District and "no misuse of funds" was found, Stephen Nielsen, financial and business services manager told the School Board last week.
A group of 13 parents and "certain staff" questioned whether a "potential misappropriation of funds" occurred during the past four years. The questions focused on Dr.
If North Highline residents want about the same services as they have now if the area incorporates as a seperate city, it will cost them nearly $7 million more than tax and fee income estimated by a consultant. hired
The Nesbitt Planning and Management firm, hired by the county to help the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council figure out the future of the unincorporated area, estimates a city government would cost taxpayers $15.4 million a year and another $1.4 million in one-time start-up charges.
Seattle City Council and Mayoral candidates may disagree on many issues, but all agree that building a practical mass transit system and ensuring that the Alaskan Way Viaduct is either replaced or retrofitted are the most serious problems the city must focus on in the next four years.
The two top vote getters for the city council and mayoral races from the Sept.
Merritt Sherman has been a crossing guard at Highland Park Elementary School for 15 years.
This doesn't seem so unusual until you realize that he is 96 years old. He retired from the Railway Express Agency after 40 years and enjoyed retirement for a while. But when he was 80 a policeman suggested that he get a job as a crossing guard, and he has been on the job ever since. He is totally reliable because he has such a concern for the safety of our students. He is at his corner morning and afternoon in rain, snow, or cold.
Mr.
A woman reports that on Tuesday, someone entered her home and cleaned and vacuumed. Washed the dishes, too. The woman says that nothing was stolen, but she had no explanation for it.
Near Harbor Avenue, citizens became concerned when they saw someone throwing items (including a fencing foil) from the window of a house. The thrower then came outside with a baseball bat and broke the windows of a nearby vehicle. When officers arrived, they knocked on the door.
David Hirning
An old public-service ad designed to discourage reckless driving used
the tagline, "Speed kills." The same slogan was on display last Friday
at Memorial Stadium, as the Franklin Quarkers burned the Ballard Beavers
football team time after time for long plays. The end result was a
39-20 thumping by Franklin.
Steve Clark
On the first day of their bike trek for charity, the Logsdon brothers had gone three miles when they noticed they were being hunted by a grizzly bear. It paralleled them beyond the road shoulder, and then it started angling in - closing the flank.
"I was riding along thinking, 'this can't be happening'," said older brother John. "At three miles, we're going to be eaten."
They got off their bikes and shouted at the bear before it was on them.
