A long week of track and field paid off in decent dividends for the Federal Way Eagles.
They won the Bill Harris Invitational they hosted at Federal Way Memorial Field Tuesday, April 8 in the name of their longtime coach - who served as the starter for the meet races.
Federal Way went on to virtually win the boys South Puget Sound League North Division title with a 71.50-64.5 win over crosstown rival Thomas Jefferson Thursday.
Friday, April 4
Baseball
Kentlake 6, Federal Way 5
Nick Taniely hit a two-run home run in the first inning, but the Eagles still came up short.
Tahoma 8, TJ 5
Thomas Jefferson was down, 8-0, going into the seventh and rallied for five runs, but still lost.
I have just finished going through the mail, which had accumulated while my wife and I were away on our honeymoon. Among the mail was an issue of the Highline Times. The cover of this particular issue featured an article about Jeanne Pfeifer, who passed away on March 17.
I was sad to learn that she had passed away, but I enjoyed the article because I learned a lot about her from it.
Art Pearson of Burien - the nation's oldest Fuller Brush salesman - will be honored by his customers and family on his 90th birthday.
The celebration will be Sunday, April 20, at the Burien Elks Lodge, 14006 First Ave. S. in Burien, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Pearson was born in Seattle in 1918 to Swedish immigrant parents. He graduated from Broadway High School where he became a state track star running the mile.
On a recent sunny Saturday, Jean Spohn used a hand saw to cut into the one-inch stem of a perfectly healthy, leafy green plant.
Spohn then pulled up the roots of the plant and tossed them aside.
Volunteer for an Earth Day Project on Saturday, April 19.
Contact the project organizer to find out details or sign up.
Miller Creek weeding, planting and mulching in Burien, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Contact: Dennis Clark, dennis.clark@kingcounty.gov, 206-296-1909.
Burien Arbor Day tree planting ceremony, 10 a.m. Contact: Lisa Aumann, lisa@burienwa.gov, 206-988-3702.
Shorewood Park ivy removal in Burien, 10 a.m.-noon.
Microsoft co-founders Paul Allen and Bill Gates learned a lot from their courses at the academically rigorous Lakeside School in north Seattle.
But it was outside of classes, while fiddling around together with computers, that they gained much of the extensive knowledge that was so useful in their later success.
"They also became very entrepreneurial at a young age," reports Peter Berliner, program director for the Paul G.
Steps were taken April 8 to solve flooding problems along the eastern edge of SeaTac.
City council members imposed a moratorium on building, grading and drainage permits within the Sunrise View drainage area.
Lawmakers also approved a $300,000 consultant agreement with PACE Engineers Inc. to design a drainage system for the area from 51st Avenue South to 53rd Avenue South, between South 170th Street and South 172nd Place.
The White Center community came together April 5 to honor one of their fallen heroes by dedicating Steve Cox Memorial Park.
Cox, a King County Sheriff's deputy, was shot and killed in the line of duty by a gang member in a White Center home in December 2006.
The ceremony to rename White Center Park included a grand opening of the park's newly renovated Mel Olson Stadium.
"Deputy Cox used athletics as a means of reaching out to local youth and connecting with them in a personal way," King County Executive Ron Sims said to the hundreds of community members who ga
Des Moines Mayor Bob Sheckler publicly announced on April 10 that he will not run for a vacant legislative seat in the 33rd District.
Sheckler said last month he was exploring the possibility of running for the seat in the House of Representatives that is being vacated by five-term state Rep. Shay Schual-Berke, D-Normandy Park.
"I really, really love what I'm doing here," Sheckler said. "I couldn't say that about being a representative of the 33rd District.
