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.
Burien police still have no leads on who stole four memorial plaques Sept. 19 from the World War I memorial on Des Moines Memorial Drive. The memorial is located near South 156th Street.
Dick Dahlgard, vice-president of the Highline Historical Society, said last week the plaques are believed to be made out of brass-a metal thieves might find valuable to sell to refineries.
Times/News publisher Jerry Robinson has been awarded a first place for humor writing in the annual Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest.
Robinson, 87, writes a regular column that appears in the Times/News and its sister paper, the West Seattle Herald/White Center News.
He began his newspaper career in 1947 and a year later, won his first award, also a first place, for a sports story.
Over time, Robinson has written thousands of columns, often about local people.
Highline School Board members were told on Oct. 10 that the district should serve better food to its students.
High school student Ifrah Ahmed encouraged the district to offer more food choices, especially vegetarian and ethnic.
She noted that the district does features an ethnically diverse menu once a week, but said, "Every day would be awesome."
Ahmed, a vegetarian, said meatless items should also be more varied.
"I've talked to my peers and they say they want a salad bar," Ahmed added.
Highline residents are encouraged to register for and attend four disaster preparedness classes to learn how to be able to cope better with disaster by preparing in advance
Burien Parks and Recreation will offer classes in both English and Spanish in partnership with the American Red Cross Disaster Education Program and the King County Public Health Department.
An emergency can strike anyone, anytime, and government agencies are encouraging citizens to develop disaster preparedness plan for their families.
Whether it's an earthquake that hits the entire communi
Mount Rainier High School has been named one of 86 "Schools of Distinction" by the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) for dramatic improvements in student reading and mathematics over the past several years.
Highline Superintendent John Welch and Mount Rainier High School Principal Toni Pace recently joined Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr.
Shorewood Community Candidate Night will be held Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Hazel Valley School, 402 S.W.
The city of SeaTac was a winner of the 2007 Governor's Smart Communities Awards announced recently by Gov.
Football
Kennedy 41, Highline 7
Highline got in the first word in the Saturday, Oct. 6 game, but Kennedy got all the rest.
Danny Hignite scored the touchdown for the Pirates on a 4-yard run, then kicked his own point after touchdown.
The Lancers took over from there.
Derick Lewis of JFK struck on a 2-yard run, and Daniel Martiniello booted his first of four straight successful extra point attempts to tie it at 7-7.
To ensure the accuracy of King County elections from start to finish, the Metropolitan King County Council has called on the Washington State Legislature to revise state law and allow counties to adopt customized procedures for conducting post-election audits.
"All King County asks is state authorization to adopt a more thorough post-election audit system," said Councilmember Dow Constantine.
