November 2005

If you think you are a great husband because you get up on Saturday mornings and percolate a pot of caffeine for your mate, forget it.

Ken Selander, now tired and retired Highline attorney, has served his wife Carol her breakfast in bed EVERY MORNING for over FORTY years. And not just some toast and a dish of canned peaches. He can even make a mean omelet, or eggs Benedict. Now that has to be some kind of marital record.

The sign on the door of Miller Paints reads: THIS IS AN EMPLOYEE OWNED STORE.

After attending a King County hosted meeting on annexation of North Highline, it is obvious there is still a great deal of confusion among the residents of both areas.

If 90 percent of the Burien residents do not want Highline annexed to them as the Deputy Mayor stated, they had better step up to the plate and let the Burien City Council know, and quickly.

Many Burien residents think they can just vote no when the issue is placed on the ballot.

While I applaud citizen desire to be involved in community affairs, particularly in taking an active role in their own governance, I question the appropriateness of some members of the North Highline UAC in representing me or my neighbors.

Steve Cox can and should voice his opinion as a resident of the area, however, as a King County Sheriff’s Deputy, his outspoken support of annexing to Burien rather than Seattle is suspect.

An obstetrician and gynecologist who practiced at clinics in Burien and Federal Way until 2003 now faces up to 23 years in prison for sexually abusing four of his patients.

Dr. Charles Momah, 49, was convicted Nov. 16 by a jury in King County Superior Court on two counts of rape and two counts of indecent liberties.

Superior Court Judge Michael Trickey, who presided over the four-week-long trial, will sentence Momah later.

Seattle voters' defeat of the monorail is affecting the public debate over how the North Highline area should govern itself in the future.

Without the monorail tax, the cost of being a resident of Seattle is comparable to the tax expense of living in Burien.

North Highline residents have been comparing tax costs as they study which city the unincorporated area should join.

If the tax costs are about the same in Burien and Seattle, residents of North Highline ought to focus on what government services they want and which city can provide them, said Lisa Benson o

Last week marked the 50th anniversary of a fiery military plane crash in the Boulevard Park neighborhood of North Highline. Twenty-seven people died in the crash.

Five years ago, kids playing in an abandoned lot found metal scraps. They didn’t believe the story told by long-time residents about a military plane that crashed at that site. Many adults didn't believe it either.

Alice Takashima, a former teacher, witnessed the crash and was determined to set the record straight.

You can do the over-the-woods and through-the-river thing if you want, but I’m warning you, once you get to Grandmother’s house, don’t be expecting your usual Thanksgiving feast.

Grandma has no time to cook. She’s much too busy trying to figure out Medicare D, the new drug benefit plan that goes into effect Jan. 1.

A majority of voters chose to keep the gasoline tax on Election Day. The status quo played the fear factor and it provided the margin of victory.

Logically, do taxpayers have a choice? Commuters in the population centers of Washington are at the mercy of the Department of Transportation. When no alternative or competition exists, the desperate victim will do anything for something to be done. They will even support the cause of the problem for an answer. any rationalized that a 9.5 cents per gallon tax over three years is paltry.

Dear Ms. Loop, your recent letter to the editor of the West Seattle Herald was brought to my attention this afternoon. After reading it, I felt compelled to express a few of my thoughts on it to you personally as well as the editorial staff of the Herald.

First of all, I would like to commend you on volunteering your time to procurement activities for your school auction.

My wife is a regular customer and also sells yard art there so we had a chance to hear this story last week.

I would like to say Debbie Loop is out of line. The girls that run In Bloom are struggling to survive. Nobody owes Ms. Loop a donation if you can't afford to donate to everybody that asks it. You shouldn't be held up to ridicule.

They do donate but can't afford to donate to everyone. Ms. loop owes In Bloom an apology and I believe you do too.

Sid Olson

West Seattle