September 2007

An unknown person sneaked into a local church, broke into a locked office, and stole a safe containing the church's master keys and a number of checks. Apparently famished by his or her derring-do, the thief then cooked a meal of pasta with red sauce and tamales in the church kitchen.

In North Admiral, a young man was taken to Harborview for treatment of a shoulder injury. According to his grandparents, the 19 year old was high on drugs and jumped out of a second-story window. Uninjured, he returned to the house to retrieve a six-pack of beer.

The South Park community will celebrate the construction of its own skate park later this year; likely before any skate features are built under Seattle's citywide skate park plan.

Adjacent to Cesar Chavez Park, the branch library, and the South Park Community Center, the future River City Skate Park is a true grassroots effort, said Mark Johnson, chair of the River City park steering committee.

All the money, about $167,000, has already been raised.

Preliminary work got underway Sept.

September 7-Citing safety violations and illegal activities, city officials issued a cease-and-desist order against the 3 Bears Motel and revoked its business license.

Located at 2717 S. 216th St.

Thomas Jefferson girls soccer head coach Wade Webber showed up for Thursday's showdown against Federal Way dressed in a black suit, a white shirt and a red tie.

If he was looking for good luck and a win, the ex-TJ and Seattle Sounders player got it in a 2-1 victory over the Eagles at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.

Webber pointed out another reason for wearing it to one of his players after the game, however.

"I'm trying to start a trend," he quipped.

The Raiders were definitely relieved to get the win no matter what the reason, after they watched an e

The new HOV lanes on the freeway through town are done, and though the off-ramp from Eye-Five south to Hwy 18 was an absymally dangerous section for way too long, it's now complete.

The entire project has traffic running smoothly at the usual twelve miles an hour during the rushes.

As long as there are humans and cars, there will never be a chance to catch up for long. This rave is mitigated by a rant.

Wednesday, Sept. 19

Cross country: Rogers, Spanaway Lake at Todd Beamer; Federal Way, K-M at Kentlake; TJ, Kentridge at Tahoma; Decatur at Kentwood, 3:30 p.m.

Boys tennis: Kentridge at Decatur, Kent-Meridian at Federal Way, TJ at Tahoma, Todd Beamer at Curtis, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 20

Girls soccer: Rogers at Todd Beamer, 3:30 p.m. Federal Way at Kentlake, 5:30 p.m. Decatur at Kentridge, 7:30 p.m.

Girls swimming: Decatur at Federal Way, Spanaway Lake at Todd Beamer, TJ at Tahoma, 3:30 p.m.

Girls swimming

All-City meet

The four swimming and diving teams in the Federal Way area competed against each other in an "all-city" meet Tuesday, Sept. 11.

Thomas Jefferson scored 142 points to win the meet, with Todd Beamer scoring 126 for second, Decatur 83 for third and Federal Way 81 for fourth.

Beamer opened the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1 minute, 55.97 seconds.

TJ's Amy Friedhoff then took the 200 freestyle in 2:00.69 and Decatur's Katie Matulic won the 200 individual medley in 2:14.08.

To honor her mother, a victim of breast cancer, Claudia Lindsey laced up her most comfortable pair of shoes and headed out on a three-day walk that covered more than 60 miles.

Flanked by her daughter Vanessa Lindsey, her close friend Kelly Preston and her daughter's friend Cassie Hopper, Claudia's team-the Walking Warriors-joined more than 2,400 other walkers last week in the Three Day to help the Susan G.