September 2006

High-speed I-5 crash

The driver of a speeding Mercedes was arrested after his car slammed into the rear end of a bread truck on Interstate 5 near the Kent-Des Moines exit early Aug. 31.

Witnesses said the car was going over 100 mph when the 1:30 a.m. accident occurred in the northbound lanes, according to the Washington State Patrol.

One passengers in the Mercedes was critically injured, the other sustained serious injuries. The 67-year-old truck driver also was seriously injured.

SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

The Evergreen football team took a few lumps last season under first-year coach Shaun Tarantola, but could very well be doing the lumping before this Seamount League season is over.

"We were 3-7 last year but we felt like there were good reasons for that," said Tarantola, who came from coaching at Liberty two seasons ago and now coaches and teaches at Evergreen.

The good reasons were?

"New coaching staff. To many coaches doing things got things confusing.

Pro instruction offered

Local tennis professional Steve Walters again offers area tennis lessons at outdoor locations this summer. Walters, certifed Pro 1 by the United States Professional Tennis Association since 1986, has coached at some of the world's top tennis resorts and academies in Florida, Caifornia, Texas and Canada. Also he traveled on the men's professional tour, including the 1988 U.S. Open, as a traveling coach for world-ranked pros and nationally-ranked juniors.

As a player, Walters has been ranked No.

After I wrote that I had been viciously attacked by yellow jackets while innocently spraying their secret hideout with some toxic spray, a number of readers have advised me there are several ways to get rid of those pesky critters.

They suggested things like putting a sheet of Bounce on the ground or wearing some in your shirt pocket. Yellow jackets and hornets hate it and would rather swim the English Channel than chase you with Bounce on you. I tried this.

What's missing from about 43,000 residents in the West Seattle area? It's something most of them would like to have. _The answer is a four-year college degree. The most recent census numbers show that more than 43,000 people in our area, 25 years and older, have "some college, no degree."

Most of those people would like to get that degree, according to community awareness and opinion research that South Seattle Community College conducted last summer.

Can you name the three sitting Washington State Supreme Court justices seeking re-election in the Sept. 19 primary election? How about just one of them?

Don't feel bad if you can't. Only a tiny percentage of residents know who are the members of the state Supreme Court.

The Alki Community Council works hard to represent and reflect member views. Council interests are neither narrow, confined nor prescribed.

Dick Nelson's cranky and spurious missive against the Alki Community Council (Letter, Aug. 30), its members and executive board, suggests he needs an education in how effective Alki Community Council is with accomplishing great things for our community. His letter joins similar, uniformed, correspondents to the Herald in recent weeks.

Last month, I wrote a letter to the editor regarding my experience as a Summer Fest vendor who resides in West Seattle. I put my name and address at the bottom. It never occurred to me that the editor of this fine neighborhood newspaper would list another neighborhood under my name.

I could find nothing in the West Seattle Herald that tells a reader they must name a neighborhood in their letter to the editor, so perhaps West Seattle Herald should be certain of the writer's neighborhood before randomly selecting a neighborhood for that writer.

NO: 06-4-04611-8SEA

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS

RCW 11.40.030

In the matter of the estate of: CAROLIN CLABOE, Deceased.

THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE NAMED BELOW has been appointed as personal representative of this estate.

NO: 06-4-04741-6SEA

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

(RCW 11.40.30)

In the matter of the estate of: JOAN MORROW, Deceased.

THE ADMINISTRATOR named below has been appointed as Administrator of this estate.