March 2006

In track and field, the Ballard Beavers are working towards another appearance at the state meet again despite the loss of some key athletes to graduation.

Last year's team finished second to Gig Harbor by just four points at state. The year before, Ballard was third, establishing a winning tradition that the team hopes to continue. Ballard will also be defending their SeaKing District title.

"We have good kids who want to run and do well.

It will be another challenging year for the Ballard Beavers boys soccer team as it enters its fourth year in KingCo 4A.

"KingCo is always tough, if not the toughest in the state, it's definitely in the top two or three," said Hunter.

During pre-season workouts at the Queen Anne Bowl in recent weeks, Hunter said there would be only three to four seniors on the team. "The team is young, we have only a handful of seniors.

Ballard High School senior Gillian Huggins has been named to the All-KingCo Second Team after she helped lead her varsity basketball team into the playoffs this season.

Huggins was instrumental in the team's success. She was a force on defense, rebounding and scoring, racking up 276 points.

3. Security detained a man who tried to walk out of the Sears at the Commons with a $54.99 pair of shoes. FWPD cited and released him.

4. A 2005 Toyota was the victim of a hit-and-run and 301 S. 320th. No leads in the case so far.

5. A husband living in the 27000 block of 24th Place South slapped his wife of 5 years when they were arguing over their 3-year-old son. The wife said she called police in order to calm her husband down, although she declined to press charges.

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On June 7, 2005, Charlie H. Adamson Jr. died of cancer despite all the efforts, and medical expertise available. Virginia Mason Clinic provided loving care for him and his wife, Jane. Both Korea veterans, they married in Japan and had nearly 50 years together.

After Charlie died, staff at Virginia Mason continued to give moral support (with a hug now and then) to Jane. As both were members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,. Jane noticed there was no flag at VM South. She asked Faye Truskowski and John Schafter, staffer there why not.

After the events of March 7th, Sean Kiteley, 28, of Federal Way, will probably think twice before he attempts to catch a criminal again, at least until he succeeds in his dream of become a King County Sheriff Deputy.

At around 9 A.M. that day, a silver Volkswagen Corrado Coupe rear-ended Kiteley's black Acura in the 35600 block of Pacific Highway South. Kiteley called 9-1-1 to report that the driver had smashed into his car and took off. Kiteley himself then followed the driver that hit him to the Heights Apartments at 125 SW Campus Drive.

Pacific Ballroom Dance is now ranked among the top youth formation teams in the nation after placing fifth at the United States National Youth Standard Formation Dance Championship March 10 and 11.

The 2006 National Amateur Dancesport Championship was held in Provo, Utah, and marked the first time Pacific Ballroom's youth formation team has entered a competition.

A. Brian Davenport, musical director and conductor of the Federal Way Symphony, has a day job. And what he produces there is as refined, delightful and richly textured as the sounds he extracts from his company of musicians.

When he's not conducting, Davenport is making chocolate.

Mrs. Anthony and I choose the beach for nearly all our vacations, opting for cool weather, the solitude and salt air over Mazatlan or the Big Island.

It's not that we don't like crowds, glitzy resorts or hot weather, it's mainly that we're cheap. Also, we can bring our dogs and this is the part that we like best. The dogs are so dependably exultant when they hit the sand that we catch ourselves grinning just watching them frolic.

Walking the beach feels ancient and grounding.

Last week I recounted a miserable winter living with my new bride in a ramshackle summer place on Star Lake and surviving frigid weather through the good graces of sympathetic neighbors who took us in.

Not only did the Cox family put us in a spare bedroom, they shared the dinner table and one day they lent me their '32 Chevrolet to get to Boeing. My rusting '33 Plymouth had failed to start one day. The fuel pump or some other mysterious part had failed. I knew absolutely nothing about cars or how to fix them.