Part one in a two-part series.
After serving the Burien community for 38 years, Rainier Photographic Supply and Dick's Camera closed its doors for good on August 11.
Owner Jonathan Stone, who bought the business at 15421 First Ave. S.
The photo of Jon Hartley holding a dead Chum Salmon near the mouth of Salmon Creek, printed in the Aug. 8 Highline Times, dramatically illustrates the sorry fate of Salmon Creek.
A quarter of a century ago the creek teemed with salmon. And a few still try to return to Salmon Creek, but face not just the obstacles of boulders at the mouth of the stream, but no place to hide or spawn once they get into the stream.
Thank you for printing good news as well as bad.
Your coverage of the Lora Lake Apartments is excellent.
Joy Henley does such a good job telling about human interest-our local heroes!
Edna Levack
Normandy Park
In the Aug. 15 issue, Eric Mathison writes that the Times/News has not endorsed annexation, in response to an election mailer sent by Burien Residents Against Annexation. This is curious, because we never claimed that it does.
Our claim that the paper supports annexation can be determined through less overt means. For example, in a recent issue, there appeared an unattributed article strongly endorsing Stephen Lamphear (a pro-annexation candidate for City Council), which was written by Mr. Lamphear himself.
In the Aug.
In a recent article on the Highline School District budget, a comment made by board member Susan Goding regarding the value of cultural nights needs a response.
I agree that our students need to improve on their academic skills.
Last week I related a litany of narrow escapes I have had in my life and hinted that the ultimate saga I would tell you later.
Wow...I mean wow. It is ridiculously late on a Friday night for me to begin writing this column and I don't even have the slightest clue where to begin. So much has happened in the last week that I could easily fill at least three columns!
I guess tonight will be my first so-called "college" experience: coming in late from sightseeing in Santa Monica, going back to my dorm, grabbing an apple and an energy drink and turning on my computer to start working. Eck, I really don't want to get used to this.
The drive to Los Angeles took my mom, dad and I three days.
You have been kept informed of every phase of my back pain and hopeful recovery. Now be warned. This old "lady" is planning to go back on the open mike comedy stage one more time. Between the tears of stress and frustration there were moments of humor so I decided to take advantage of them to write a new comedy routine.
For example, when I was moaning each morning as my home-helper arrived to do what I couldn't manage to get done on my own, I remarked, "I think I will record all my moans and market them to a sex radio station.
Continual changes in state election primary dates have become so numerous that even the Web sites that track such things are in disarray.
Thanks for your coverage of the critical shortage of affordable housing ("Mayor has new housing help plan" Aug. 22) in the West Seattle Herald.
The paper was remiss in not including mention of the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association in the article.
