September 2007

Well, the weekend is over and Labor Day is through, but the work is just beginning for area high school football teams laboriously preparing for Seamount League season games.

One word comes to mind quickly when watching the Evergreen Wolverines' practice recently at Highline Stadium.

Ready.

"We are pretty ready to play," said Evergreen head coach Shaun Tarantola, who has transformed this team from beginners to winners in this now his third season which included the playoffs last season and an 8-2 record.

"These guys are getting pretty feisty."
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Clearly, we are witnessing rapid change in our Community, Country, and the World.

To the Citizens of Federal Way, Des Moines, and the area of unincorporated King County that we serve:

I personally wish to thank the entire community that South King Fire & Rescue serves for their ongoing support during our 2007 Levy Lid Lift election.

Some proponents of annexation continue to confuse and misinform the public, as witnessed by a letter in the Times/News, Aug. 22.

Chris Reed claims that Burien annexation is less costly (to Burien) than Seattle annexation. Perhaps Mr. Reed would care to read the Berk & Assoc. memo to which he refers. On p. 2, and again on p. 7, it clearly indicates that in year 2025 the deficit for Burien annexation is 40 percent greater than for Seattle annexation, just as we reported. Furthermore, the graphs on pp.

Regarding the recent story about Cedarhurst Elementary School, it is inaccurate to say health investigators found no mold at Cedarhurst. Experts testified that the clean up before testing, methods of testing the district allowed, and the time frame made such a statement unscientific.

Regarding Eric Dickman's letter to the editor of Aug. 22, which responded to my letter printed on July 25, Mr. Dickman obviously failed to understand the meaning and content of my letter.

Nowhere in my letter did I use the Old Testament to state my position. My letter was written in response to Mr. Ottinger's letter of July 11, which suggested that Christians should restrict their reading to the New Testament only.

The New Testament also forbids homosexual behavior. I Corinthians 6:9-10: "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit God's Kingdom? Do not be led astray; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites, nor thieves, not covetous persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit God's kingdom."

Chapter 15 of Acts explains why Christians do not have to keep all the laws of Moses, such as not eating shellfish, etc.

Sarah Schaper

SeaTac

The Olde Burien Merchant's Association would like to thank all those who helped to make our recent "Hot August Nite" event such a success. A great deal of help came in too late to recognize in the print media we used to promote the event.

Part two in a two-part series. Part one appeared in the Aug.