July 2006

Camps develop future hoopsters

During his high school basketball career, Michael Johnson once scored 55 points to lead the Ballard Beavers to a win. Now Johnson would like to help develop young talent in the Ballard community and has three basketball camps scheduled this summer for kids grades three to nine.

The Hoopaholics Ballard Basketball Camps are July 24-27 and August 14-17 at Ballard High for boys.

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Memories of Tyee

Just about every golfer in this area has played Tyee, the unique track at the south end of Seatac Airport. Many years ago I played it pretty often.

That was when George Puetz was the pro, it had a driving range, a sizeable pro shop and lot of interesting holes. It was then as now the noisiest course in the world with jets landing and taking off at probably a hundred feet overhead.

It is now owned by the port and undergoing major surgery in the whole layout, and last week I got in nine fascinating holes.

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A Dash Point legend hangs up her scissors

In August, Bonnie Stenberg will remove her business license from where it has hung for 45 years.

The framed document, now faded and streaked with brown tinges, was issued to Stenberg in 1961.

The owner/operator of Bonnie's Dash Point Beauty Salon has decided to retire her scissors and convert her shop, located adjacent to her home behind the Lobster Shop restaurant, into a rental unit.

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Neal Beets named new city manager

The Federal Way city council announced they have selected Neal Beets as the new city manager, to start work on August 1st.

Until July 21, Beets is the city manager of Roseville, Minnesota. A city of nearly 34,000, it borders the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolis and is a commercial and retail hub of the northeast suburban area.

Home to more than 2,200 businesses, the city of Roseville has a budget of $33 million and a staff of 170.

Prior to assuming the city manager position in Roseville, Beets was a city attorney in Mesa, Arizona.

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Burien's needs come first

I have lived in Burien for 13 years. In the last few, I have seen wonderful improvements in many facets of community life. I've been thrilled with the renovation of Southwest 152nd Street and the planned Town Square.

The community events are well organized, increasing in number, and participation is excellent. The city newsletter has done an outstanding job of keeping residents up to speed on city projects, events, and opportunities to get involved.

New homes are being built and existing homes remodeled.

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