March 2006

Cordova jumps his way into spotlight.

Evergreen high school's Vicente Cordova is moving fast and running is only the half of it.

The other half is jumping and that's because Cordova does not do the sprinting or distance events but instead has concentrated his efforts fully on the field events -- high jump, long jump, and triple jump, and he's dabbling in breaking some school records in the javelin, too.

He's only a sophomore now.

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Introducing some nice people

Meet Tammy Shenefelt, owner of Breaktime, Burien's newest restaurant. She and her husband, Rob (he works at Boeing and was not available for a picture), join a growing list of new family dine outs in the Highline area.

They have two children, Ken and Kristina, both born at Highline Hospital. Ken works helping cook breakfasts and Kristina decorated the place with wall hangings of Burien scenes painted by David Volkert.

Kris is a full time student at the University of Washington.

The full service includes breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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A journey into liberal darkness, back to conservative sunshine

Liberals explicitly view the dissemination of news in America as a vehicle for left-wing indoctrination ... Fox News drives them nuts.

Ann Coulter in “Slander”

Memo to Eric Mathison:

Move on!

My colleague’s remarks last week reflected the dilemma of most liberals, who still haven’t recovered from the shock of the 2000 election.

Meanwhile, their Democratic Party seems able to do little more than attack President Bush and the Republican majority in Congress.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

KING COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #54 COMMISSIONER MEETING TIME CHANGE

Effective May 1, 2006 King County Water District #54's regularly scheduled Commissioner Meeting time will change to 4:00 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

Published in the Highline Times/Des Moines News on MARCH 22, 2006.

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NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE

Southwest Suburban Sewer District issued a determination of nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project:

Adoption of the Comprehensive Sewer Plan Update for the Southwest Suburban Sewer District. Population projections were made over a twenty-year period. Existing sewer facilities were reviewed to determine their adequacy of current and future projections.

VAL VUE SEWER DISTRICT

2006 TRANSFER OF CUSTOMERS FROM VAL VUE SEWER DISTRICT TO MIDWAY SEWER DISTRICT

DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE

Description of Proposal: This proposal is for transfer of nine parcels of land from Val Vue Sewer District to Midway Sewer District.

Proponent:Val Vue Sewer District

Location of Current Proposal: The proposed transfer area consists of nine parcels located in Section 27, Township 23 North, Range 4 East, W.M. The area is in King County and the City of SeaTac. The area is bounded by S. 176th St. on the south and generally by 34th Ave. S.

BOOK SALE 2006

SURPLUS TEXTBOOKS, LIBRARY BOOKS,

CASSETTES, FILMSTRIPS, RECORDS, AND MUCH MORE!

HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Boulevard Park Warehouse

12833 20th Avenue South

STUDENTS ONLY:

May 1st - 3rd, 2006

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

PUBLIC:

May 4th - 6th, 2006

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Published in the Highline Times/Des Moines News on MARCH 29, 2006.

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Tyee band parents upset

Band parents and students from Tyee High in SeaTac protested on March 22 a decision to schedule band after school.

Speaking before the Highline School Board, parents said the principals at the Tyee campus had informed them that band practice would be moved from the last class period of the school day to an after-school activity in September.

Tyee is split into three small learning communities, each with its own principal.

The speakers said the change would effectively end the band program because students have jobs and other important after-school activities.

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D.M. to pay legal fees of 4 ex-lawmakers

The Des Moines City Council voted 4 to 3 on March 23 to award $90,000 to four former city council members to cover legal fees they incurred while in office.

Mixed emotions laced with resentment towards former council members Richard Benjamin, Maggie Steenrod, Gary Petersen and former Mayor Don Wasson permeated council debate on the matter.

In the end, lawmakers decided to pay the legal fees -- a long-standing source of controversy -- and, they said, move Des Moines forward again.

Mayor Bob Sheckler and council members Dave Kaplan, Ed Pina and Carmen Scott

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