Open letter to the Des Moines City Council:
As a long-time resident of Des Moines I have long been interested in development and use of our distinctive waterfront. Early on my children played on the beach. Many years later my husband and I moored our sailboat in the marina.
King County Council Chairwoman Julia Patterson plans to organize Highline community leaders across city boundaries to lobby for more services for the area.
"The time to talk about it is over-it is time to do something," Patterson declared.
Patterson announced her plans at the Feb. 26 SeaTac City Council meeting.
She lives in SeaTac and was an original member of the SeaTac council when the city incorporated. Her husband, Pat Patterson, is the city's facilities director.
Patterson noted that south King County is broken into small cities.
Burien council members gave a unanimous thumbs down Feb. 25 to a bill designed to help Seattle offset the additional costs of providing services if that city annexes North Highline.
The unofficial rejection of House Bill 1139, which is currently in the state Senate, came during a study session after Seattle and King County officials asked for local support for the measure.
Following a presentation of arguments in favor of HB 1139, six Burien lawmakers explained why they wouldn't back the legislation.
Tim St. Clair, 57, long-serving Robinson Newspapers reporter, died Feb. 25 at Virginia Mason's Bailey Boushay House where he had been moved earlier in the day from Swedish Hospital.
Tim, who worked for the West Seattle Herald/White Center News for just under 20 years, had bravely battled pancreatic cancer for a year.
His articles also appeared in the Times/News.
"Tim St Clair was the consummate reporter," said Publisher Jerry Robinson "I called him the Saint or Mr.
The Highline School District's proposed upgraded policies on sex and AIDS education were introduced at the board's Feb.
Starbucks is coming to SeaTac.
A drive-through Starbucks will be part of a mixed-use development across International Boulevard from the South 154th Street light rail station.
SeaTac City Council members approved on Feb. 26 approved an agreement the development that will include two towers with up to 860 housing units and retail stores.
It will be located on the northwest corner of International Boulevard and South 154th Street.
Des Moines' elegant Landmark on the Sound, an early 20th Century mansion with sweeping views of Puget Sound and Maury Island, hosted this year's Poverty Bay Wine Festival events Feb. 29 to March 2.
All proceeds benefit community service projects of the Rotary Club of Des Moines.
The festival kicked off on Friday, Feb.
The Port of Seattle and the King County Housing Authority agreed last week to delay the transfer of the Lora Lake Apartments pending the outcome of environmental testing at the affordable housing complex.
The sale of the property from the port to housing authority, which is located inside the city limits less than a thousand feet from the third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport, had been set to close Feb.
In loving memory of Aggie Scott who passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the age of 95.
Aggie was born on August 18, 1912, in Valley, Washington, the third of four children born to James and Mary Elizabeth Ryan.
When Aggie was a small child, car were just beginning to replace buggies and homes were still lit with kerosene lanterns.
As a teenager, Aggie caught the eye of Albert E. Scott, whose family had a store and meat market in Valley.
George was born on July 18, 1917, to George and Mary Alishokis in Worcester, Mass., and passed away from complications due to Mesothelioma on February 23, 2008, in Burien surrounded by his family.
George is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Fern Alishokis, son Wayne G.
