January 2007

The Federal Way Eagles girls basketball team overcame a sluggish 22-20 start to beat host Auburn, 54-51, in a nonleague contest Wednesday.

The Eagles are 1-2 in the South Puget Sound League North and 3-2 overall.

First-year head coach Danny Graham, who also coaches the baseball team, said it all about what his girls need to do better.

But he also gave his girls some slack on the start that had them down by so much early that it looked hopeless for a comeback victory.

"We have not played in two and a half weeks," he said.

Boys basketball

Stadium 83, TJ 63

Thomas Jefferson took a high-scoring non-league loss at Stadium High School in Tacoma.

Chris Grove led the Raiders in scoring with 18 points as Michael Hunter hit 15 and Derek Eilertson 14.

Stadium, which draws from the Northeast Tacoma area, was led by the 21 points of Michael Brumsey. Maurice Linton added 17, Mike Scott 14 and Giovanni Lee 10.

TJ 65, White River 48

1. A resident of an apartment complex on 1305 South 312th Street contacted Federal Way police to report that a window in his home was damaged by vandals. Officers examined the window and discovered damaged sustained to the front pane of a double-pane window, a circular hole knocked out of the glass. The police then discovered a ball bearing lodged between the two panes of glass near the hole. The resident determined the damaged to top out around $300.

If Twin Lakes could elect its own mayor, Duane Malo would certainly rank high on the list of worthy candidates.

He carries with him an obvious affinity for his neighborhood and the local Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club-a place Malo considers a close-knit community within a community.

On a tour of the club's nationally recognized 18-hole course last week, Malo shared his intimate knowledge of every challenging dogleg and bunker.

In August, Bonnie Stenberg will remove her business license from where it has hung for 45 years.

The framed document, now faded and streaked with brown tinges, was issued to Stenberg in 1961.

The owner/operator of Bonnie's Dash Point Beauty Salon has decided to retire her scissors and convert her shop, located adjacent to her home behind the Lobster Shop restaurant, into a rental unit.

The Christmas card looked like any of the others that came in the mail. It was from Mrs. Anthony's friend in Montana, Sally. Inside the card, Sally had written a little note:

"Sorry I haven't emailed or called," she wrote. "My boyfriend and me were hit by a drunk driver."

"I got off easy," she continued, "with two fractured bones in my lower back & lots of seatbelt bruises."

"But Rick ruptured his small bowel and had internal bleeding," her letter read.