September 2007

Ruth (Feigum) Peterson
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Of Redmond, Ore., died August 15 of natural causes at the age of 101. A private memorial service was held September 22.

Mrs. Peterson was born January 15, 1906, in Minneapolis, Minn., and spent most of her childhood years on a farm in eastern Montana. She lived in Ballard over 50 years where she also owned a beauty salon on Market Street. While her daughters were school age, she was active in PTA and Girl Scouts; she was also a member of Ballard First Lutheran Church and the Swedish Club.

Upon retirement, Mrs. Peterson moved to Scottsdale, Ariz.

IN LOVING MEMORY

James (Jim) E. Cooksey

James Edgar Cooksey, 85, a long time resident of Auburn, WA. passed away at the home of his son in Southern California of natural causes. Jim joined his wife, Barbara Jean Cooksey, on Friday September 7, 2007. Jim and Barbara were married 58 years before her sudden death on November 24, 2004.

He was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 16, 1921 to Edgar E. and Lucille L. Cooksey. In May 1942, he proudly began serving our country in the US Coast Guard as an anti air-craft machine gunner and depth charge operator.

Leadership and Common Sense

Lee Iacocca writes about the 9 "C's" of leadership in his book, Where Have all the Leaders Gone? The ninth "C" is Common Sense. It struck me as funny because I would like to know his definition of "common sense." It's a term that any of us would struggle to define; however, we all know it when we see it, right?

In fact, like Iacocca, other business/management/leadership authors use the same type of words to describe leadership: character, credibility, competence, communication, charisma, conviction, courage, curiosity, etc.

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Break out garlic for BLT's Dracula

Clever special effects, handcrafted fangs and an eerie original musical score that plays almost nonstop throughout the show ramp up the thrills and chills in Burien Little Theatre's Dracula by Steven Dietz.

Burien Little Theatre's 2007-08 season opener has all of the suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker's classic tale of the famous vampire along with Dietz's take on unexpected evil.

Dracula features actors Michael Albert, Jackie Graybill, Ken Holmes, Thomas Maier, Don MacEllis, Joseph McGuire, Carolyn Monroe, Adrian Moynihan, Anna Richardson and Telisa Steen.

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Fall sports schedules

Wednesday, Sept. 19

Volleyball: Port Townsend at Foster, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 20

Football: Hazen at Kennedy, 7 p.m.

Girls soccer: Tyee at Highline, 4 p.m.; Mount Rainier at Kennedy, Foster at Orting, 6 p.m.

Volleyball: Hazen at Highline, Evergreen at Kennedy, Renton at Mount Rainier, Tyee at Lindbergh, 7 p.m.

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Foster wins against Seattle Christian

Foster weathered a Seattle Christian comeback in a girls volleyball match, beating the visiting Warriors in four games, 25-22, 15-25, 25-19, 25-21, a week ago Monday.

"It's a better start than last year," said Bulldogs head coach Tina Brooks, in her second year. "We won three games all year last year."

This four game match was closer than the score, not that the scores were that far apart.

In game one, SCS and Foster were at 16-16 and then 22-21, Foster leading both times, before a couple miss hit shots spelled fate in that one for SCS.

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