October 2007

Get Involved Burien!

A few years ago I became more involved with my community. I started volunteering my time in projects and with organizations that moved me. I also got more involved in my neighborhood and I quickly found out what an impact I could have on it.

What I want to do is to get more people involved.

There are so many organizations and causes out there that need your help.

In his Sept. 12 column in the Times, Mr. Nichols decried what he perceived to be a lack of tolerance when some fans were upset with two Seahawk players who gave a numbered jersey to Bush. In the same article, Nichols went on to call Rep.

"The views of Ralph Nichols are his own, and do not necessarily reflect those of Robinson Newspapers." Is this statement true? Robinson Newspapers provides Mr. Nichols the opportunity to rant and rave about any issue that moves his narrow view of the world. Unfortunately for the Robinson Newspapers, Mr. Nichols slips in his personal views through sophomoric attempts at "objective" journalism. Take the Highline Times article on September 26, 2007. In this front-page article, with a Ralph Nichols by-line, about a large condo development in Burien, Mr.

About a month after students started classes at Bow Lake Elementary, parts of the school are still under construction.

The central heating system is set to become operational this week.

The SeaTac school is the first of the Highline District's new buildings not to open on time. Opening was delayed from Sept. 5 until Monday, Sept.

King County Council members voted last week to re-establish a permanent gang suppression unit in the King County Sheriff's Office.

The original gang suppression unit was disbanded in 1996.

Council budget committee members also urged priority funding in the 2008 county budget for the gang suppression unit.

"Every community in King County has felt the impact of increasing gang violence, but for the White Center and North Highline neighborhoods, the reformation of the gang suppression unit has special meaning," said Councilman Dow Constantine, D-West Seattle.

The Burien City Council's dream of having a local hotel soon could become a reality.

Council members heard on Sept. 24 a presentation from the Alliance Property Group, a developer that hopes to gain the exclusive rights to the construction of a new hotel in Burien.

"There are a lot of things that this area has to offer that other areas don't and there isn't a single hotel," said Harley Searcy, CEO of Alliance Property Group.

A $140,000 settlement in a case involving state campaign law violations prior to the 2001 Des Moines city election was announced last week by the Attorney General's Office.

TME Capital Group, Environmental Materials Transport and Monarch Enterprises Inc. illegally funneled contributions through then-Councilman Don Wasson to support the campaigns of Maggie Steenrod, Richard Benjamin and Gary Petersen.

Steenrod, Benjamin and Petersen were elected, creating a 4-3 council majority that favored construction of the third runway at SeaTac International Airport.

More than 20 businesses along Southwest 152nd Street are banding together for Burien's first Ladies Day Out on Saturday, Oct. 6, to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer.

From noon to midnight, these businesses will offer special activities from wine tasting to designer trunk shows. Each business has created its own in-store promotion to benefit the nonprofit Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Start the day off by picking up a detailed map of participating businesses and their offerings.

Des Moines council members added on Sept.