October 2005

sports CORRESPONDENT

Mount Rainier Rams sophomore Ryan Prentice ran a good race, beating out junior teammate Aaron Smith, for first place on the boys side of things, while Rams freshman Alison Vrbanac took the girls race closely over Highline's Julia Miller.

The Rams teams won both cross country meets at Evergreen High School Thursday.

"Finally got him," said Prentice, who has been eating the dust of teammate Aaron Smith all season in the first four Seamount League meets.

"He and I have been duking it out in workouts, in practice, all season," said P

The campaign for King County Proposition 1 - the Veterans and Healthy Communities Levy - was officially launched last week.

Proposition 1 would increase funding for health and human services - an estimated $13.3 million a year for six years - by raising the county's property tax by 5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value.The average homeowner would pay about $15 more in property tax on a $300,000 home.

Backers of the Veterans and Healthy Communities Levy said it is supported by community leaders, Democratic and Republican elected officials, businesses, hu

The city of Burien will hold its annual community meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Sylvester Middle School, 16222 Sylvester Rd. SW.

This event gives the public an opportunity to meet city council members, the city manager and other officials, ask questions, and learn about the latest city projects.

An open house at which displays will be available for viewing will be followed by a question-and-answer session from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Refreshments will be served.

For information, contact Burien City Hall at 206-241-4647.

The public is invited to join mystery and suspense authors Donna Anders and Kevin O'Brien for book signings on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

ACME Bowling, Billiards and Events in Tukwila, one of the largest bowling and event venues on the West Coast, is scheduled to open in mid-November.

An $8 million entertainment center, ACME blends state-of-the-art technology with completely smoke-free bowling, billiards, dining and event space areas.

"This is definitely not your father's bowling alley," Gary Larson, founder and general manager of ACME Bowling, Billiards and Events, says of the 51,000 square feet facility.

"With ACME Bowl, we've created an entirely new entertainment experience for the region

King County Fire District 2, the Burien/Normandy Park Fire Department, has received a $61,636 grant from the 2005 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.

The funds will be used to institute a Wellness/Fitness program that has been accepted and encouraged by both the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the International Association of Firefighters.

The program focuses on firefighter health, safety and injury prevention through fitness and nutritional counseling and exercise.

It includes close monitoring of the progress of all participants, with m

Greg Buck

When deciding how you will vote on the new monorail proposal, it would be wise to consider the real-world effect the monorail would have on your commute, instead of just the catchy slogans repeated by monorail promoters, like "rise above it all."

If the Green Line is built, all bus routes between West Seattle and downtown will be eliminated.

Ol/! Hot happy hour specials and spicy Tex-Mex cuisine have roared like a mad bull onto the Westside scene.

Bienvenidos to the Matador West, a bustling junction restaurant and tequila bar adorned with bull heads, vibrant stained glass, and intricate wrought iron sculpture inside and out.

With beginnings in Ballard, the Matador was founded by owners Zak Melang and Nate Opper just over a year ago.

The new Barnes & Noble Booksellers store at Westwood Village is scheduled to open Oct.

Your editorial (the one on page A6, not page 1, Oct. 12) finally got it right: We need a plan.

But we also need to understand what a plan is. It is not the daily press releases from Seattle Monorail Project that they have still another "plan" to make the monorail affordable.

It means gathering together knowledgeable people to first define the problem (quantify it, not just that traffic is a mess) and then offer candidate solutions.