October 2006

Pro instruction offered

Local tennis professional Steve Walters again offers area tennis lessons at outdoor locations. Walters, certified 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, California, 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.

I never worried about stones, Mick Jagger or otherwise, but I sure do now.

For two years my occasional bout with belly aches after eating out I often blamed on food poisoning, monosodium glutamate or Salinas lettuce.

I even asked the head cook at our golf course if bad Caesar dressing could be the culprit. He said it is possible. Some cooks use a raw egg and then pour lemon juice on to kill salmonella bugs.

Girls soccer

Kennedy 8, Renton 0

The Lancers finished first in the Seamount League King Division with their Tuesday, Oct. 25 win. Kennedy improved to 11-0-3 in King Division play just ahead of the 10-1-3 record of Highline.

Julia Besagno scored an unassisted goal in the fourth minute to get JFK started, then Riley Boblenz struck on a Lisa Nuss assist in the eighth and Amanda Arntz on a Katie Dunphy assist in the ninth minute.

Amy Holland scored unassisted in the 29th minute and Arntz was assisted by Boblenz on a goal in the 46th.

Feel the heat, foes! Here comes "The Green."

Evergreen stormed through another opponent on the Highline Memorial Field turf Friday, this time thrashing Tyee, 56-14. Evergreen is one of the state's highest scoring 3A teams this season, besides Kennedy -- which beat The Green after having trailed the Wolverines, 27-7, at one point in that game. Now The Green goes into its first round state playoff at Camas Saturday.

The Wolverines finish the Seamount league at 7-1, and 8-1 overall, and were ranked No.

It looked like it was not going to be the Central Washington University football team's night when it went up against rival Western Washington University in the "Battle in Seattle."

But the Wildcats weren't about to let it stay that way in the action played Saturday, Oct.

A Port Orchard man was sentenced last week to 60 years in prison for killing two men in the Southcenter mall parking lot on Sept.

The Department of Ecology has fined the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) $66,000 for water-quality violations along its light rail line under construction between Seattle and Tukwila.

Ecology also issued an order directing the transit agency to make construction-practice changes with its contractor aimed at preventing stormwater problems from occurring again as fall and winter rains arrive.

"The rainy season requires special vigilance and planning, especially with very difficult and complex water-quality challenges on this long, narrow p

A special wine event co-hosted by the owner of an award-winning Walla Walla winery was featured on Oct. 21 at Vino Bello Wine Bar in Burien.

R.G. Hess of Pepper Bridge Winery joined Vino Bello owner Michelle Smith in serving his award-winning wines at the tasting event in the recently opened shop at 636 S.W.

Suppose all the teachers at the three small schools on SeaTac's Tyee High campus quit last year?

That's how many teachers-185, or 16 percent of the district's total-left or took personal leaves during the 2005-2006 school year.

New district human resources director Don Waring also told board members on Oct.

Discover Burien's contract with the city of Burien could be in jeopardy if a conflict-of-interest clause is not included in the 2007 agreement for community services provided by the non-profit agency.

Some local restaurant owners recently alleged that Discover Burien Executive Director Debra George is engaged in a conflict of interest by working at another restaurant in the city.

Discover Burien receives more than $80,000 a year from the city to produce special events and provide other services.