October 2005

The Port of Seattle is offering $300,000 in grants to local governments or interested groups for projects that will enhance streams near Sea-Tac International Airport.

These grants will provide $150,000 for projects in the Des Moines Creek watershed, and an equal amount for work in the watershed comprised by Miller and Walker Creeks.

The Port committed to offering these grants as part of its mitigation plan for the environmental impacts of construction at Sea-Tac.

In addition, the Port is doing $155 million worth of mitigation on property it owns

Burien City Council

Regular council meetings are on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7 p.m.

Meetings are held at the Burien City Council chambers, 415 S.W. 150th St.

For information, call 206-241-4647.

Des Moines City Council

Regular council meetings are on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7:30 p.m.

Meetings are held at the Des Moines City Council chambers, 21630 11th Ave. S.

For information, call 206-878-4595.

Highline School

District Board of Directors

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SeaTac's hearing examiner - not city lawmakers - will decide on a conditional use permit for the light-rail link to Sea-Tac International Airport and SeaTac city center.

Sound Transit is planning to extend the light rail line 1.7 miles from Tukwila's South 154th Street Station to a station adjacent to the airport parking garage.

A pedestrian bridge would connect to International Boulevard at South 176th Street. Light rail is scheduled to reach the airport in December 2009.

By a 6-1 vote on Sept.

When Oren Artlip looks out the window of his Roxhill home, he recalls the White Center Dairy he owned and operated there at the tail end of the Great Depression.

Now of course, the former 10-acre farm is a honeycomb of houses, lawns, driveways and streets.

Des Moines council members had difficulty during their Sept. 22 meeting deciding whether paid parking should be extended in the City to generate additional revenue.

During a presentation of a parking revenue analysis for the Redondo Marina, Harbormaster Joe Dusenbury noted that the marina started pay-for-parking at the boat ramp parking lot after the Des Moines annexed the Redondo area.

Until 2004, he continued, the marina used a drop box to collect parking fees from boaters using the ramp.

Sound Transit is "off and running" to bring light rail to Sea-Tac International Airport by December 2009, the transit agency's chief told SeaTac lawmakers on Sept.

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You have to pay the price to win ... Most important, you must pay the price to stay there ... Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Legendary Green Bay Packer

Coach Vince Lombardi

Early autumn is, in many ways, my favorite time of year. As leaves turn to flame, creating unrivaled brilliance on sunny afternoons, the crisp air hints of holidays not far in the future.

Later on, most football fans around Washington will pause again for the Apple Cup.

Football

Kennedy 63, Renton 0

Kennedy scored 42 points in the first quarter to leave Renton far away in its rear-view mirror Saturday, Sept. 24.

Jeremy Bland opened by scoring on a 46-yard run and Trevor Steen kicked his first of eight extra points.

Mark Airhart returned a fumble 32 yards for the second JFK touchdown, then Nate Williams scored on a 49-yard punt return and a 25-yard run.

Tyrese Lopez then connected with Everett Thompson on a 19-yard touchdown pass.

Home robbery gunfight

During a robbery at a home in the 20000 block of 13th Ave. S, two male suspects had their weapons turned on them.

Around 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 26, three adults were sitting inside the house when they saw a car pull up with two men in ski masks inside.

The men walked quickly up to the house and kicked in the door. They were both armed, one with a shotgun and the other with a baton-type weapon.

When a suspect hit one of the victims over the head, the victim started to fight back.

Arrested for rape

A transient was arrested Sept. 28 for the rape of a Des Moines woman with Down's syndrome.

Raymond H.