April 2006

Highline schools Superintendent John Welch admits it looks odd.

But, Welch noted April 5, the generosity of the state Legislature in raising teacher salaries means the Highline district faces a $3.1 million shortfall in its projected 2006-07 budget.

State lawmakers raised salaries for educators by 3.3 percent.

However, the state does not pay wages for 164 certified instructor positions and 382 classified support personnel in Highline, who are paid through special levy funds.

The district will match the state’s salary increase for those pos

Highline area students protested again on April 7 in opposition to proposed immigration reform before Congress.

This time they took their rally cries to the Department of Homeland Security building located on Tukwila International Boulevard.

About 200 students marched from Angle Lake Park in SeaTac, carrying Mexican flags, chanting rally cries and waving signs as they headed north to denounce House Resolution 4437.

Among its provisions, the resolution, which is now the subject of amendment attempts in the Senate, would make it a felony to be in the country ille

Burien could face a deficit of more than $1 million to build and staff a new fire station if Seattle annexes the North Highline unincorporated area.

Community Development Director Scott Greenberg presented the financial impact to city council members at their April 3 meeting.

Interim City Manager David Cline noted that a key factor in annexation discussions is that the north end of Burien is served by two fire stations.

But, Cline added, if Seattle annexes North Highline, “this would reduce [the stations] to one.”

Greenberg said that

NOTICE OF HEARING

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Notice of Intention has been filed with the King

County Council proposing the annexation of approximately sixty-three acres of land into the Southwest Suburban Sewer District, known as 2006-2 Island Annexation (Woodside Park-Manhattan Village), for the purpose of providing sanitary sewer service.

A public hearing before the Metropolitan King County Council is to be held in Room 1001, King County Courthouse, on April 24, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.

A description of the area is as follows: Begi

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NOTICE OF HEARING

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Notice of Intention has been filed with the King County Council proposing the transfer of a portion of Val Vue Sewer District to Midway Sewer District to provide for better service to the properties.

A public hearing before the Metropolitan King County Council is to be held in Room 1001, King County Courthouse, on April 24, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.

A description of the area to be annexed is as follows:

That portion of the Southwest quarter of Section 27, Township 23 North, Range 4 East, W.

I am a life-long resident of Washington and Des Moines for 10 years. I moved from Federal Way after a home invasion and several car break-ins.

Recently, I have noticed an increase in the type of activity that can lead to crime. And, was accosted in Des Moines Beach Park where I had felt safe to walk.

I feel the Levy Lid Lift is needed and necessary to support our police and give them the tools they need to keep Des Moines a safe community to live.

Susan Corey

Des Moines

So, I'm reading another one of Ralph Nichols’ diatribes and I'm wondering why he is allowed to write a column. But then I remembered the Seattle Times’ pro/con columnists, Diane Glass and Shaunti Feldman, whose severe political polarization of the left and right wing make them self-parodies, neither a mirror of most of America.

Sen. Keiser, D-Des Moines, makes it appear that we are all better off for the spending that the Democratic-controlled Legislature approved this last session.

However, it is the taxpayer and consumer who are really paying for this in every way. It is a cost that the small business person and larger businesses can not afford to absorb.

I just finished ready Ms. Allen’s shopping list of problems at the new North Hill Elementary School, outlined in a letter in a recent edition of the Times/News. To be frank, I had to read through this letter several times because while it is chalked full of complaints, I didn’t catch a single solution.

As a parent leader and active volunteer at North Hill Elementary School, I have not missed a PTSA meeting of our school’s parent group in over three years. I am sad to say I have not had the pleasure of meeting Ms.