September 2006

Gertrud C. "Trudi" Smith
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Passed away Tuesday, September 12th at Providence Mount St. Vincent. She is survived by her son Paul, daughter-in-law Daris, and granddaughters Jessika and Jennifer (Carlos). Gertrud was born March 5,1921 in Graz, Austria the only child of Fredrich and Christine Lang. The family moved to Linz, Austria where her electrical engineer father opened an electrical design and parts shop. Trudi was the bookkeeper for the family business. She was an avid skier and tennis player and met her future husband, Herbert Smith, on a tennis court. The couple were engaged in 1954 and married in 1955.

Adolph W. Young
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Adolph W. Young, long time resident of West Seattle, passed away on September 8, 2006 in Seattle, WA. He was born in Anchorage Alaska on August 14, 1922. After high school he moved to Chicago, IL to attend the Sherwood School of Music where he met the love of his life Jean Brightwell. They married in Chicago on March 20, 1953. After Jean and Adolph graduated from the music school they moved to Seattle, WA where Adolph's father and two brothers resided. They settled in West Seattle and started their family.

Adolph worked for Boeing for thirty-five years as a shopkeeper.

Getting Around, To and From

West Seattle Transportation and Access

Despite all the turmoil surrounding West Seattle residents' ability to get to or through downtown on the Alaskan Way Viaduct or Interstate 5, West Seattleites still have a considerable advantage to some other city neighborhoods in getting around town.

Take for instance our two sets of "back" streets which take us either to Sea-Tac Airport or the general Southcenter area. From nearly anywhere in West Seattle it's a breeze to get to White Center, or hook up to West Marginal Way.

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Annexation foes ban together

Bt TIMES/NEWS News Services

Four groups opposed to annexation of North Highline by Burien have united their efforts against any attempt by the city to absorb part or all of the unincorporated area.

The Burien Residents Against Annexation Political Action Committee joined forces with three North Highline groups-Trusted Advocates, a community of over 200 ethnically diverse families, the White Center Homeowners Association, and the Boulevard Park Study Group.

In a press release announcing their united front last week, the organizations stated they took the action

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Update: Dead heat in SeaTac fire levy race

In early returns, SeaTac voters are almost evenly split on the question of whether they want to raise property taxes to fund replacement of two fire stations and hire more firefighters.

As of early Wednesday morning, King County Elections recorded 604 votes yes (50.63 percent) and 589 no votes (36.99 percent) on Proposition 1 that would have lifted SeaTac's property tax levy lid.

All votes cast at polling places were counted. It is unclear how many absentee votes are in the count.

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Junction Street Repair Continues
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The repaving of California Avenue continues with work in the Junction. During the process the Merlino Construction crews unearthed large railroad ties that were buried under the street sometime in the 1940's when a trolley line used to run down the street. The paving of the junction should be complete in the next few weeks but the entire project which extends up to the Admiral District will take until next year to finish.

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Sports Roundup

Forest Ridge 3, Ev. L. 0

The Eagles of Evergreen Lutheran were shut out by Forest Ridge goalie Carolin Beyers in action Wednesday, Sept. 12.

Kennedy 1, Decatur 0

Siera Miller scored the winning goal for the Lancers Friday, Sept. 8 and Ashley Engel earned the shutout.

NW School 4, Ev. L. 0

The Eagles were also shut out by Northwest School in a Friday, Sept. 8 match.

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