Seattle City Light cleared out overgrown English ivy, weeds and blackberries recently in North Seattle with the help of four legged workers that made a "baaa" sound.
The city hired 260 goats from a Spokane company, Healing Hooves, to maintain a one-acre area behind the North Seattle Substation. Healing Hooves, is a natural vegetation management company.
"They like to eat blackberries. They eat and it does not bother them.
The Ballard Beavers volleyball team faced an uphill battle earlier this week as they tried to win one more game to qualify for the KingCo Tournament with seven of 11 players suspended.
Ballard Athletic Director Doug Bruketta confirmed the suspensions last week but could not provide any details. The players had been caught drinking alcohol at a team bonding party on Oct. 14.
"They broke the rules," said Principal Phil Brockman. "We are dealing with it internally.
Memories of World War II were on Clare Earl Johnson's mind when he visited Ballard recently from his home in Poulsbo. With his fading news clippings in his hand, he stopped by the News-Tribune office to see if anyone would be would be interested in his story.
Johnson, who is now 87 years old, left Spokane and came to Ballard to seek work in the maritime industry back in 1941. He found a job at Seattle Shipbuilding and was assigned to a crew building minesweepers for the U.S. Navy.
He supervised all the joiner work on 12 minesweepers from 1941 to 1944.
The Klahanee Lake Community Center is the place to be on Friday, October 27 from 6 to 8:30 P.M., when the City of Federal Way hosts its annual Tricks N Treats Funfest. Featuring carnival games, costume contest, candy, activites and prizes. Admission is $6 for kids aged 2-12; accompanying parents are free. The community center is located at 33901 Ninth Avenue South. Parking available. Call 253-835-6900 for more information.
Cats are on the prowl at Halloween and a 4-H club is being formed for Federal Way children who are cat-crazy.
No one, except maybe one person -- and some would certainly say no persons -- were better than Todd Beamer golfer Thomas Jun at the biggest stage yet of the season for high school golf -- districts.
Jun took second place at the South Puget Sound League state qualifying district tournament after two days and 36 holes, actually a few more for Jun, at the Gold Mountain Golf Course in Bremerton.
Also making it on to state are Thomas Jefferson's Charles Lee and Quinn Hildebrandt.
Dear Editor:
Our school buildings are falling apart, literally. Sixty percent of our schools are 35 years or older.
Some, if they were a person, would have long ago cashed their first Social Security Check.
In addition, we desperately need to upgrade our maintenance, transportation and food service facilities.
A large but necessary task you say? Indeed. It can, however, be accomplished.
KING COUNTY
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
NO.: 06-3-07376-6KNT
In re: AMBER WILL, Petitioner,
and
Jonathan Quinn,
Respondent.
To the Respondent: JONATHAN QUINN
1. The petitioner has started an action in the above court requesting that your marriage be dissolved.
2. The petitioner also request that the court grant the following relief: Other:
Though modest about her achievements, in the last three years, Camille Bloom has been featured in Performing Songwriter Magazine, created the soundtrack for an HBO sponsored documentary "Not Straight Forward', was picked to be on a compilation CD with Michelle Malone and Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), completed over 25 national tours and has been on several major and college radio stations throughout Washington, Oregon, and California.
Football
Beamer 44, Sp. Lake 28
Todd Beamer racked up the points to outscore the Sentinels Thursday.
Spanaway Lake jumped out to a 7-0 lead, but Beamer bounced right back with Lamardray Fuller scoring on an 8-yard run and Brennan Hall kicking his first of four extra points.
Cole Bixenman then struck on a 1-yard run and Hall's kick made it 14-7.
Last February, the Federal Way Public Schools asked voters to approve a $245 million dollar bond to rebuild its schools and Memorial Stadium, as well as fund construction of a 900-seat performance auditorium and an Environmental Studies Center.
The ballot measure failed to pass, earning six percentage points short of the necessary 60 percent supermajority approval.
The school district is trying again.
