March 2006

A rockin' good musical comedy that will have audiences singing, "Let's get angry!," is coming to Burien. Angry Housewives by A.M. Collins and Chad Henry will open at Burien Little Theatre Friday, March 10.

The story revolves around four "desperate" and angry housewives, frustrated with their everyday lives and kept in insignificance by their husbands or boyfriends.

Then one day, one of them strikes a chord on her guitar and suggests they form a punk rock group to enter a talent show at a local club.

The King County Sheriff’s Office will hold a community meeting Tuesday, March 14, to discuss a registered sex offender living in the 1200 block of Southwest 107th Street in White Center.

The meeting will discuss Kai Scipio, 15, who was convicted in 2005 of first degree rape of a child. Scipio sexually assaulted a four-year-old foster girl that he was living with. He was babysitting her at the time of the offense.

The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the White Center Library, 11220 16th Ave.

As a mother of two school-age boys, I am so happy that they are enrolled in the Highline School District. I have found the teachers to be extraordinary. They respect our children, and push them to excel. As a volunteer PTA president, and volunteer parent lobbyist in Olympia, I have also found that the district administrators have an open ear, and an open door.

The Highline School District in blooming. I think the reason is because we made the decision to re-invest in our schools. After 17 years of not investing in our schools, the 2002 bond brought us nine new schools.

I agree with H.E.B Shasteen in his Feb. 22 letter. I am sick of the way they use taxes rebuilding (Key Arena). Why don't we let them (Sonics) just move.

Pick some ball players from (around the state) and start over. If given a chance I'm sure you would find enough men to apply. Maybe we have passed up some good men in picking named professionals.

We will still make enough money with the building we have built.

I am writing this letter in hopes people will read it and be able to make a decision for themselves as to what is right, and it is about pit bulls.

Last October, my roommate was taking my dog, Coyote, for his afternoon walk. They walked by a house with a pit bull tied up in the front yard. The pit bull went nuts and strained until it broke free and went straight for Coyote's neck with the solid intention to kill him.

Next Tuesday, voters in the Highline School District should approve a $148 million bond measure to keep the momentum going on the district's replacement of aging school buildings.

If approved, the bond will fund the construction of four elementary schools, renovation of Camp Waskowitz, improvement of secondary school security and update technology and repair school roofs. A fifth elementary would be replaced using state matching funds.

Four years ago, voters approved a $189.5 million school-construction bond.

About a mile and a half of California Avenue is scheduled for repaving this summer, from the Admiral District to the Junction and major changes to lanes and crosswalks.

Before they start work, representatives of the Seattle Department of Transportation want to meet with West Seattleites to discuss other aspects of California Avenue, such as its lane configurations, parking and crosswalks.

During a pro-waterfront tunnel campaign event last week, Mayor Greg Nickels announced an amendment had been submitted to the Washington Legislature to extend the deadline for finding money to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel along the downtown waterfront.

Rep. Ed Murray, a native West Seattleite who now lives on Capitol Hill, introduced the amendment last week to extend a previous deadline for the city of Seattle to find more money to help pay for the project.

On March 14, voters will decide on a $148 million bond measure to rebuild five Highline School District elementary schools and finance other district upgrades.

The measure would pay for the rebuilding of Shorewood in Burien, Midway and Parkside in Des Moines and Marvista in Normandy Park.

Katie Kirschke

"If you're in the middle of a field and you're suffering a cardiac arrest, you're going to need to call someone," says Vuthy Roeun of White Center.

In Cambodia, however, there is no one to call, but this is soon to change.

In 2002, Roeun, a Cambodia native, with the help of relative Sos Y. Ouch, founded the Outreach Emergency Services Program to help create fire fighters and pre-hospital care in Cambodia.