May 2007

Boys tennis

Class 4A West Central District action opened Wednesday, May 16, with the opening round and quarterfinals taking place.

Colin Zalewski and Kyle Christianson of Todd Beamer made it to the quarterfinals but lost to Andrew Sing and Keith Bradley-Hewett of Olympia to be knocked into consolation play. Zalewski and Christianson won their opening match, 7-6 (4), 6-2, over Jeff Collen and Matt Henderson of Gig Harbor.

Sam Yi and Branden Muraki of Thomas Jefferson lost their opener by a 6-0, 6-1 score to Henry and Cameron Williams of Olympia.

Out again. Sigh. Sure, even cry.

For the third straight time the Todd Beamer baseball team made it to but not out of the West Central District playoffs. This time the beating came from Kentwood by a 7-6 score on a seventh inning come-from-behind rally at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma.

A lot took this loss hard, including coach Jerry Peterson.

"I'm not taking this very well right now," said Peterson, obviously choked up over this third state denial.

The year before this the Titans beat Bellarmine, 5-2, then lost to South Kitsap, 1-0.

Great improvement in their second district game, a 7-0 win over the Kentridge Chargers, helped immensely to preserve the chance of the Thomas Jefferson Raiders getting to state in 4A fastpitch.

Talking of what led to the improvement, it was the Raider ladies' first game where they were just not all there most of the game against the Central Kitsap Cougars in an opening 6-1 loss at the West Central Districts III tourney at Sprinker Recreation Center Friday.

The Raiders needed to have beaten Curtis Saturday morning (an 11-1 win in five innings) and Gig Harbor (after press t

It wasn't even close.

After Federal Way had to go into a shootout to beat Todd Beamer in the South Puget Sound League boys soccer championship, the Eagles coasted to a 4-0 victory over the Titans in their rematch at the state quarterfinals Friday.

That sends Federal Way on to a 5 p.m.

Centerstage's production of Georges Feydeau's A Flea In Her Ear, opens Friday May 18 and runs through June 3.

Having found varied success at a young age, playwright Georges Feydeau studied authors who had succeeded in farce, including Eug

The City of Federal Way will soon be displaying a prized statuette from the 28 Annual Telly Awards, a national competition that honors excellence in television, video, web, and film production.

This year's Telly Award winners were selected from more than 13,000 entries received from companies and organizations of varying sizes in all 50 states.

A panel of 27 judges chose award winners, who receive Silver or Bronze Tellies based on creative merit and overall quality.

Federal Way won a Bronze Telly for its quarterly cable television news magazine, "City Update".

Starting on May 21, the Federal Way Police Department along with nearly 75 other law enforcement agencies in the state will be conducting nighttime seatbelt emphasis patrol.

For the first time since the beginning of Washington State's "Click It Or Ticket" campaign, extra patrol emphasis will be conducted at night.

Vehicle occupant deaths in Washington for the years 2001 to 2005, there were 2,366 deaths, 1,153 (49 percent) occurred during the day (6 am - 6 pm) and 1,198 (51 percent) occurred at night (6 pm - 6 am).

With all 151 precincts reporting in at press time, Federal Way Public Schools has announced that it has secured the required number of votes to declare a victory for its school bond measure.

Voters took to the polls last week on May 15, with more than 14,500 ballots cast in favor of the district's proposition.

9,149 voters supported the proposition, giving the measure 62.81 percent of vote.

The proposition required a supermajority of 60 percent to pass.

5,418 voters (37.19 percent) rejected the proposition.

The bond measure advertised a ze

Now that Town Square is well underway, and the Burien business district has a beautifully redecorated street running through it, I propose that the business section of Southwest 152nd Street be renamed "Main Street"-from First Avenue Southwest through Olde Burien.

Main Street could revert to Southwest 152nd Street from the Masonic Temple/St. Elizabeth's west through the residential area.

Wouldn't it be fun to tell our out-of-area friends to "meet us at Town Square on Main Street, Burien"?

Pat Owen

Seahurst