October 2007

Man dies after shooting,

woman held for murder

October 12-A 39-year-old man died at Harborview Medical Center shortly after 6 a.m. after being shot earlier in the morning outside a house in the 13200 block of 4th Ave. S.W.

Following a preliminary investigation, King County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 34-year-old woman in the house and booked her into the King County Jail for investigation of homicide.

The sheriff's office was called to the scene around 2 a.m. by a 9-1-1- call reporting a shooting.

Thunder and lightning joined destructive down linemen to send Evergreen storming by John F. Kennedy, 52-24, in Seamount League Class 3A football action Friday at Highline Memorial Stadium.

Nuve Kongaika and Kyle Tunney combined for 385 rushing yards and the Selio Kelemte-led linemen dominated play to snap the Lancer Seamount League winning streak after 43 games.

Tyee Totems head football coach Marshal Jones has been in an uphill battle following some good gridiron wins to start out this season.

Friday night at Renton Stadium was nothing new to this season, of late anyway, loss after loss after loss. But, hey, let's not forget this doom and gloom now present in the Totems lives like being backed into a corner in Halo 3 did start out 2-0. The Totems downed Chief Sealth and Foster to open the 2007 season.

I am also voting no on King County Proposition 1. Two of many reasons are fiscal issues and the environment.

One of the Voter Pamphlet statement signers in favor of Prop 1 is Mary McCumber, who was director of the Puget Sound Regional Council when PSRC approved removing commercial service at Paine Field from consideration as an alternative to the third runway. It is interesting to ask, "How much traffic could be removed from I-5 and I-405 if Paine Field had commercial service?

As president of the Highline Water District Board of Commissioners, I encourage the ratepayers/voters of the district to retain Dan Johnson as commissioner of HWD.

Dan has proven himself to be a very effective member of our board and deserves to be retained.

Jerry Guite, President

Highline Water District

Board of Commissioners

My name is Scott Hilsen and I am running for Highline Water Commissioner.

At the recent Normandy Park Cove Candidate Forum, my opponent mentioned that he was the only ratepayer running for office. Well, that is true, but not the whole truth.

The Hilsen family has lived on our Normandy Park property since my father made the purchase in 1950, and the well on this property has been in existence since the early 1900s. Our family owns the water rights and, yes, we use well water at our current home.

My wife (April) and I do not own the house in which we live.

For the past several weeks the co-editors of this paper have blathered on, touting the partisanship of their individual political beliefs and that of the political parties they support. A pox on both their houses.

Their mindless adherence to their respective party lines serves no one, least of all the readers of the Highline Times.

If the Roads and Transit measure is rejected on Nov. 6, taxpayers may wake up on Nov. 7 with the feeling they will have a little more money in their pockets.

But they will still be stuck in our traffic nightmare.

King County Proposition 1 takes a major step forward in solving that transportation nightmare.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Gov. Chris Gregoire marked on Oct. 10 the beginning of traffic improvements on state routes 518 and 509 at the Tukwila light rail station, which is still under construction.

They also paid tribute to Sound Transit's light rail system and the three-story, glass-walled station at South 154th Street and Tukwila International Boulevard.

The station is slated to open in July 2009.

After a two-week delay, SeaTac City Council members on Oct. 9 approved partnering with Tukwila on a study of joint fire operations.

Each city will pay $30,000 to Emergency Services Consulting Inc.