Ongoing water testing results in Seattle Public Schools show elevated levels of toxins in 35 schools including five in the Ballard area; Adams, Ballard High School, Greenwood, Whitman and Whittier.
Lead levels in some of the water samples were more than 10 parts per billion, the school district's mandated standard.
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION OF INTENTION AND OF HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 17, 2006, the Board of Commissioners (the "Board") of Val Vue Sewer District, King County, Washington (the "District") adopted Resolution No. 2006-11 declaring its intention to create Utility Local Improvement District No.
Football
Camas 20, Evergreen 6
Evergreen's season ended with the Saturday, Nov. 4 loss at Camas.
Vincent Cordova scored the Wolverines' only touchdown in the first quarter, catching a 65-yard pass from Luther Leonard. The conversion kick failed, leaving Evergreen with only six points.
Girls soccer
Columbia River 1, Highline 0
Surely the presence of good coaching was in place at Highline Stadium, not to mention, good goalie work by Jessica Kane in the shootout, where the still alive and smiling Seattle Christian Warriors coaches, Kelee Wall and Melissa Bennett, helped their team beat Bellevue Christian, 4-2, in the shootout after a 1-1 tie through regulation and two five minute overtimes of a 1A round of 16 state game Tuesday.
The Warriors improved to 14-2 on the season while the Vikings season ended at 10-8-1.
The rains came down and the floods came up at Highline Stadium last Thursday, but the Kennedy Lancers still rose to the occasion.
Kennedy shook off the rain -- and the Mount Si Wildcats -- by a 2-1 score and advanced into Saturday's Class 3A girls soccer state quarterfinals that were played after press time.
Saturday's winner advances into the semifinals and possibly the finals at Sunset Chevrolet Stadium at Sumner this coming Friday and Saturday.
But it almost looked like the Lancers would not be the team that would go on, as the Wildcats got the early jump on
Superior size and strength enabled John F Kennedy to carry a gorilla off the field Friday.
Behind six feet, four inch 286-pound senior tackle Kevin Freitag and the rest of the Lancers' massive line, running back Nate Williams exploded for 133 of his season high 202 yards on 27 carries to lead Kennedy (11-0) to a 24-13 win over defending Class 3A football champion Ferndale (10-1) in front of an estimated 5,000 fans at Highline Stadium in the first round of the Washington state playoffs.
Kennedy, which stopped the Golden Eagles' state-best 24-game winning streak will match
Opponents of the annexation of North Highline by Burien reacted negatively last week to the city's decision to declare the full unincorporated area a potential annexation area.
"The decision by the Burien City Council to declare all of North Highline as a planned annexation area is not in the best interests of our communities," according to North Highline Trusted Advocates leader Sili Savusa.
"Burien is a nice town, but does not have the resources or history of working with large ethnic minority populations."
And the White Center Home Owners Association restate
Their talents range from martial arts with a fan to Bosnian folk dancing to a drill team routine to classical violin and clarinet and, of course, singing.
The contestants are literally from all over the world and from right here. They are all young, ambitious and committed to making a difference.
And ... all of them want to be Miss Burien.
One of these young ladies will become our new Miss Burien succeeding the reigning queen Melody Gilbert. The pageant will be held on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7p.m.
Burien Little Theatre promises to puts the "fun" into dysfunctional with A Tuna Christmas, the hilarious sequel to the hit comedy Greater Tuna, which opens Friday, Nov.
A $140.4 million, four-year levy for Highline public schools will be on the March 13 special election ballot.
On Nov. 8, Highline board members approved placing the measure before voters.
