March 2008

Highline Community College is requesting nominations for its 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

This year's award again will go to the former Highline student who is making outstanding contributions in his or her chosen field of endeavor.

Nominees should be former Highline students who attended the college prior to the 2003-2004 academic year and have made significant contributions through community service, noteworthy professional achievement and/or recognized leadership.

Nominees will be asked to submit a resume and personal profile that will be reviewed by a

I am reminded of an advertisement that I saw many years ago comparing a Cadillac Cimarron to a BMW favorably.

The Cadillac was a Chevrolet with better carpets to put it politely, but Cadillac wanted you to believe that it was a car of equal value to the BMW.

This is a real "spin" to any who have even a basic understanding of automobiles.

In the past 40 years school districts throughout the nation have added to their costs by hiring "Public Relations" (spin) employees.

In this district these are pretty expensive.

It's not that I want to be the neighborhood dogcatcher, but from time to time when I drive down the street from my house, I will see a dog running loose, oblivious to traffic.

Last Sunday I was with Mrs.

With temperatures hovering just above freezing this week, Burien residents were treated to a series of low pressure systems off the coast, bringing plenty of rain to match the colder air. Downtown Burien saw plenty of the white stuff, some sticking enough to form cool blankets on the windshields at the car lots. Along 148th St, near the intersection with 1st Ave S. some recently planted flowers stood their ground against this unseasonable weather.

Quidnunc, the local computer store in the junction, has been sold to another Seattle based computer company A-1 Best Computers. A-1 Best has two other locations in Ballard and Lake City. Started by Bill Hibler in 1994, Quidnunc began as a software only store and moved twice, settling in its present location next to Windermere Realty in 2000.

BlueStar Management, Inc., of Shoreline, Washington announced today plans for "Gateway Center" a mixed-use project to be developed on a one acre site at the northeast corner of Fauntleroy Way and S.W. Alaska St. (adjacent to 39th Avenue SW).

The site is directly across the street (39th Ave. S.W.) from Fauntleroy Place, another BlueStar Management, Inc. project set to break ground in May, 2008.

Friday, March 14

Boys soccer

Beamer 1, Federal Way 0

Jordan Hale scored the only goal and Troy Peterson earned the assist as Todd Beamer edged out Federal Way Friday, March 14. Ben Draeger earned the shutout on goal.

TJ 2, Mt. Rainier 2

Thomas Jefferson played to a 2-2 tie against Mount Rainier in non-league action.

The debate over animal care at King County shelters will be focused in Burien on Monday, April 14, during a county council town hall meeting in the Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S. 152nd St.

A 6 p.m.

Glory be gone.

One star player gone can make a big difference, but then take two stars from the same team and it makes a big difference.

Stand-out SPSL North All-Leaguers Kelyn Rowe, a freshman, and Murphy Campbell, a junior, are not playing high school soccer for the Federal Way Eagles.

And the loss of them showed, as the Thomas Jefferson Raiders, a team they beat soundly twice last season, just now soundly beat them, 18-1, in shots fired on goal and the final score was 2-0 at Federal Way Memorial Friday night.

Last year's league MVP Omar Cruz, the

Talk about a difference.

The game Kennedy's boys soccer team played Tuesday, March 18 versus rival Highline was a 2-0 win, but it wasn't a good win. So their coach had them run and run and run for practice the following day. Then they played Tyee, on the 20th.