November 2005

Highline-area residents can help stop flooding in neighborhoods this fall by clearing leaves and litter from storm drains and ditches around their homes.

The Burien Public Works Department recently stated that its crews are doing "their best to keep the more than 6,000 drains clean" in the city.

But a department spokesman encouraged residents to do "a little fall cleaning of your own" by clearing away the leaves with a rake, push broom or shovel.

Burien residents who need help with a storm-drain flooding problem during normal work hours can call the Public Work

Highline Cancer Center and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will offer a free community class on "Food, Mood and You" on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Presented by Bastyr University Naturopathic faculty and students, the 6 p.m. class will be at Highline Medical Center's Somers Auditorium, 16251 Sylvester Rd. S.W., in Burien.

Information about how food affects you and your mood will include practical tips on how to keep a balance.

A light dinner will be provided and mini massages will be available.

Registration is required by calling 206-439-5576 by Nov. 14.

Highline Medical Services Organization will sponsor a free "Doc Talk" for community residents on "Diabetic and Slow Healing Wounds."

The talk will be Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. at Highline Medical Center's Somers Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Cedar Wing, 16251 Sylvester Rd S.W. in Burien.

The presentations will be given by Chris Porter, ARNP, who is board certified in family practice and certified in wound healing.

He will discuss the cause, exacerbations, treatment and prevention of slow healing wounds.

For more information call 206-878-1985, ext. 234.

Highline public school administrators, teachers, counselors, and PTSAs are planning an After High School program for all district high school students and their parents.

The event, which will be attended by representatives from over 25 universities, apprenticeship programs and community and technical colleges, will be Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S.

The Burien City Council has begun its review of a preliminary budget for 2006.

The proposed spending plan maintains and enhances the current level of services using existing revenue sources.

A big rave to Earline Byers for her recent column informing us of Milluzzo's By The Water's grand opening celebration at the Marina in Des Moines. If it had not been for her column, we would have missed out on a terrific spaghetti dinner, wine tasting and our own Joey Jewell in his great impersonations of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

Thanks again, Earline, for keeping us informed in Des Moines.

Frank and Jeanette Jones

Des Moines

On August 26, 2005, Robert (Bob) Pukitis of Burien suffered a near fatal heart attack while vacationing near Spokane with his wife, Nan-C-Lee.

Initially she was informed that he most likely would not survive. However, doctors were able to get him stable enough to perform a surgical procedure in which they implanted a mechanical heart in his abdomen.

Unfortunately this is only a temporary solution. Bob is currently on the list to receive a heart transplant.

Needless to say, the medical bills are accumulating daily, as are their every day bills.