August 2007

Groundbreaking has yet to occur for the new Burien City Hall/King County Regional Library at Town Square, but its cost keeps going up.

Burien council members learned about the latest cost overrun at their Aug. 6 meeting.

Originally budgeted at $9.5 million, the projected price tag for the three-story building later was adjusted up to $11. 5 million-and now has risen to $13.1 million.

The new city hall will occupy the top floor of the building at Southwest 152nd Street and Fourth Avenue South.

Pouring the concrete for the third runway made a lot of cement finishers and contractors happy last week.

Father pleads for son

Aug. 9-The father of a 16-year-old Highline High School student missing since Aug. 6 asked the public for help in finding his son.

As of Friday evening, there was no report of his return.

Zaky Kemal was last seen riding his bike near Highline High.

King County Sheriff's detectives said he may have run away, but his father said that is not the case.

Zadik Kemal, the boy's father, said Zaky may have been kidnapped and the boy's twin brother, Ramzy, believes he may be in danger.

On August 1, 2007, at approximately 8:31 PM, officers were dispatched to a shooting located at the Steel Lake Park on the 30800 block of Pacific Highway South in Federal Way.

When officers arrived on scene they discovered a victim, a white male, 16 years-old, suffering from a single gunshot wound as a result of this incident.

The 2007 Han Woo-Ri Northwest Korean Sports and Cultural Festival - a colorful and cultural event that celebrates all things Korean -will be held Sept. 21-23 in Federal Way.

The three-day event features contemporary and traditional music and dance performed by top international and U.S. artists as well as exhibits, demonstrations, crafts, sports, games and food.

This year's festival is timed to coincide with Chusok, the Korean Thanksgiving/harvest celebration and one of the most popular holidays in Korea.

The opening night gala begins at 6:30 p.m.

The sight of a Segway scooter (that nifty two-wheel electric vehicle that balances itself) humming along Alki isn't particularly newsworthy, but the fact that one kept going until it reached Boston is.

On August 4 the Admiral Theatre was host to a special showing of the documentary "10 MPH." The event, which featured an appearance by the filmmakers, is part of a spate of new offerings that promises a renaissance of sorts for the Admiral.

Boasting a title that is exquisitely descriptive, not only of the cruising speed of a Segway scooter, but the languid sensibility of thi

When the Admiral Theater opened with "Weekend in Havana" in 1941 it provided a very different film-viewing experience. The two theaters in the present Admiral were then combined in one grand thousand-seat venue. The walls and lobby were adorned with nautical images and a rotating chandelier that cast a wavering blue light, creating the impression of being underwater.

A lot of the character that made The Admiral special has long since disappeared - but not all.

I am walking with a painful knee this week. I was walking across the front room last week and stubbed my toe on the rug while carrying a haffa cuppa cold coffee. The cup hit Elsbeth in the shoulder and she got all wet.

I landed on my left knee and it meant I was lamed for three days. I can now walk by wincing and use a cane. I should be able-bodied in a week or two.

I should be packing right now. I am leaving for college in one week. I should be going through my room and dividing all of my things into neat little piles: I'm taking this, I might take that, and these are staying behind. But I'm not. I keep telling myself that I will, but so far all I've gotten is partially through my wardrobe. Yeah - procrastination has been kicking my behind.

No matter how much I keep denying it, I'm running out of time. I can't keep wasting my days in lazy-denial-bliss.

As our series of stories on home purchase and rental economics has shown, West Seattle is simply glowing red hot. One of the reasons is the escalating number of apartment buildings, often older ones that have units more affordable to middle- and low-income people, being converted to condominiums.

Because many apartment dwellers simply cannot afford to spend anywhere from $175,000 to nearly $450,000 for a unit that once rented for $600 to $750, these folks are forced to move.