To the Editor:
I am a social studies teacher in Pennsylvania and I just recently viewed "An Inconvenient Truth." I am considering showing it to my students. I am curious, what did the teachers present in order to "balance" Gores presentation?
I went to the DOE and DEP web sites and they give much of the same information as in the movie.
Dave Fulton
via email
To the Editor:
I'm writing to you today because I feel the need to let you know about a few incidents that happened to our family.
My son attends Todd Beamer High School, and my daughter attends Lakota Middle School.
In the last two weeks we have had two separate disturbing issues with the public schools. First I should tell you a little about my kids.
One of my neighbors when we lived in McMicken Heights after World War II was a Boeing engineer named John Castle who had done an Army stint in the Pacific theatre and mustered out in China.
Decatur Gator heavyweight Tevyn Tillman and Todd Beamer Titans' 119-pound Trevor Mills, both finished fifth in their weight classes at the XIX Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome Feb. 16-17.
Mills and Tillman were the only two wrestlers that advanced past the first day out of all the 20-something wrestlers from the four local high schools.
Neither got as far last year as this year.
Margaret M. Mosley, age 86, died peacefully Feb. 14, 2007.
She was born and raised in North Dakota and received a degree in nursing from St. Joseph's School of Nursing in 1942. In 1945 she moved to Seattle where she met her husband, Warren. Margaret was a nurse at Swedish Hospital for 50 years in the nursery and mother/baby units.
Margaret is remembered by her family as a woman of great faith, always giving and very positive who loved to be around family and friends. She was active at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish.
Donna Lee Hagstrom, 62, died peacefully in her home on February 21, 2007, following a courageous battle with cancer.
She was born December 9, 1944, and graduated from Battle Ground High School in 1964. She married James Andersen in 1963 and they raised their two daughters in Seattle. In 1973 she married Carl J. Hagstrom; they made their home in Burien for 32 years. She worked as a bookkeeper, retiring from Abrasives NW in 2003.
Donna is survived by her husband, Carl J.
Michael David Cofield (Mike), age 52, passed away Feb. 22, 2007. Mike died peacefully from a very short fight with cancer. Memorial Services were held in Bakersfield, Calif., on Feb 24.
Mike graduated from Mt. Rainier High School, class of 1973. He was a good student but classmates would remember him most for sports. He played varsity football and earned statewide championships in the shot-put, discus and javelin throwing.
Mike lived most of his adult years in Kent and Shelton, Washington, raising his three great boys, Bjorn (25), Kyle (23) and Leif (19) Cofield.
_Alfred F. Byrne passed away on February 12, 2007. Alfred (Al) was born December 9, 1921, on a farm near Grangeville, Idaho. He graduated from Grangeville High School in 1939 and farmed with his father until August 1942 when he was inducted into the Army and assigned to the Air Force. He served in the Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and aerial engineer.
As an advocate for North Highline annexation to Seattle, I would like to respond to several recent headlines in the January 31 edition of your newspaper.
On the front page, Ralph Nichols discussed House Bill 1139, which proposes to more equitably distribute state sales tax proceeds to cities that annex adjacent neighborhoods, to offset the costs of annexation and spur compliance with the state's Growth Management Act.
I note your recent coverage of the annexation sales tax rebate legislation. Burien was sure quiet last year when the legislation was originally passed and specifically included Burien and EXCLUDED Seattle. Now that the legislature is correcting this unfair legislation, and giving North Highline residents a real annexation choice, Burien appears to be complaining and asking for an "equitable agreement."
The facts in this case are simple.
