Cashel Toner will be the new principal at Loyal Heights Elementary School next fall.
Toner's professional preparation includes an education specialist degree with a principal certification from Seattle University.
The Seattle Department of Transportation says it will expand the city's urban forest in by planting more than 800 trees.
As part of a nine-year planting plan, financed by the voter-passed initiative Bridging the Gap, the transportation department's Urban Forestry team is now evaluating potential tree locations and encourages Seattle neighborhoods to nominate sites.
Interested neighborhoods can apply by phone at 684-8733 or online at the Community Trees Web site (www.seattle.gov/transportation/btg_streettrees.htm).
The department ideally needs roadway sites wher
After hearing concerns from the Crown Hill community regarding the accumulation of donation items and things being dumped on their property, the Value Village store is making some changes to improvement the situation.
Members of the community have submitted a signed petition to the company asking for a fence and locking dumpster in the donations area of the store lot, where it had become an eyesore and the company agreed to putting in a fence.
Ballard resident Ernest C.
Young and restless to improve
By Dean Wong
In a rebuilding year, the girl's tennis team at Ballard High School is hard at work improving and keeping their program moving forward.
The team lost some key players to graduation and some sophomores and other underclassmen have taken on greater roles.
"The girls have worked hard in the off-season to come in and fill the varsity positions. We have a lot of learning going on," said head coach Brad Hamilton.
The team is working on tennis strategy and tactics this spring.
Nine days ago it was 80 degrees, five minutes ago it was 40 degrees and sleeting. Now the sun is shining, rain is falling and steam is rising along the pavement in a wet mix of fallen petals and momentary reflections.
I don't know whether I just heard thunder or a yard waste cart. Has there ever been wilder April weather? Despite the snow the tulips are in bloom and to my annual amazement the trees are transforming from bare branches to newborn green leaf in the space of one week.
The King County Council's April 14 town hall meeting at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien began on a warm and fuzzy note with an outside pet adoption fair.
But once participants moved inside the building to share their feelings on the county's animal shelter system, the mood changed.
Council members received sharply differing testimony from many of the estimated 600 attendees, who included shelter volunteers, animal control officers, rescue groups, veterinarians, and private animal welfare organizations.
Council chairwoman Julia Patterson (D-SeaTac)
The Highline College Board of Trustees announced last week the five finalists for president of the Des Moines college.
The finalists are:
Thom Armstrong, PhD - former president of Copper Mountain College, Joshua Tree, CA
Jack Bermingham, PhD - interim president of Highline Community College, Des Moines
John Garmon, PhD - chief academic officer of New Mexico State University, Carlsbad, NM
Randall Lawrence - vice president for instruction of Olympic College, Bremerton
Dr. Dan Schual-Berke, long-time emergency room physician and husband of State Representative Shay Schual-Berke, has his debut photography exhibition April 26th from noon to 6 pm at the Des Moines Activity Center, 2045 S. 216th St.
He will be the first artist sponsored by the Des Moines Arts Commission.
Federal Way swept crosstown rival Decatur in track and field action Thursday, upping the Eagle boys South Puget Sound League North Division record to 5-0.
The Federal Way girls, meanwhile, improved to 2-3.
"We're still rolling," said Federal Way boys coach Sam Beesley.
Nobody really knew what time it was, and nobody really cared.
All that mattered was the score, and it was out of sight along with the time as the Federal Way Memorial scoreboard was in the process of being replaced.
When referee Donnie Roberts blew his whistle when the official time he had wore down, the all-important but invisible score read Thomas Jefferson 3, Federal Way 1.
At first it was TJ's Raiders who looked like they were on their way to a win.
Tyler Hanson slid into the goal box and popped up, consequently knocking the ball into the back of
