"A lot of things have happened to me in 50 years," SeaTac resident Garry Treadwell acknowledges with a serious tone.
Three years after graduating from West Seattle High School in 1958, he was a passenger in a car wreck that almost took his life. He broke his neck and became paralyzed.
"We were on the way to Bellingham and the freeway came to an end in Mt. Vernon," Treadwell remembers.
John Lowe is a man on a mission--His 14th, to be exact.
On April 10, 1945, Lowe was on that 14th mission as a 19-year-old waist gunner aboard a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" over Brandenburg, Germany.
Suddenly, bullets from a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter ripped into Lowe's plane, setting it on fire.
Karma Kreizenbeck has been selected as the new executive director of New Futures.
New Futures is a Burien-based nonprofit that operates programs to assist low-income children and their parents in several Highline apartment complexes.
"We are just thrilled," said Tessa Gorman, board president.
The Hi-Liners non-profit youth theatre organization has hired Esther Margaret O'Farrell as its first marketing director.
O'Farrell developed her management and marketing skills at Microsoft.
She has worked in the non-profit sector for the past ten years and said she is passionate about fine arts opportunities for young people.
"I am excited to be part of the next phase of growth for The Hi-Liners," O'Farrell declared.
SPANAWAY - West Central District Class 3A tennis action proved to be a blessing for Highline athletes at the Sprinker Recreation Center on May 17.
John F. Kennedy Catholic High School provided most of the local headlines with its entrants in boys doubles and boys singles.
Jason Lim and Frazier Chan joined forces to capture second place in the doubles with a 6-4, 6-1, semifinal victory against Trevor Thompson and Trevor Larson of Mount Rainier before dropping a three-set, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, match to North Thurston's Matt Huynh and David Schuster in the title match.
SPANAWAY - For the John F. Kennedy Catholic High School fastpitch softball team, Saturday, May 17, at the Sprinker Recreation Center turned into an anti-climax.
One day after Karli Merlich's pitching had led the defending state 3A champion Lancers to a return journey to state, JFK players performed at the West Central District tournament with Merlich resting her tender elbow on the sidelines.
During batting practice on Thursday before district, the Lancer ace pitcher suffered a hyperextension of her left (pitching) elbow.
Saturday, May 17
West Central District
Track and field
3A Boys
Mount Rainier captured seventh place on the boys side with 39 points at the 3A West Central District meet as Highline took ninth with 24, Evergreen 10th with 23 and Kennedy 14th with 21.
Ryan Prentice of Mount Rainier won both the 1,600 and 3,200 distance races in respective times of 4:16.70 and 9:19.87 and Rams teammate Michael Miller won the 800 in 1:57.90.
Seeking history of old store at Corners Park
By Kay F. Reinartz
Continuing with the history of the place which has become the new Ballard Corners Park, today we look at the story of the original usage of the land. The site is being transformed into a delightful Ballard neighborhood "pocket park" through the efforts of Groundswell NW, a citizens' grassroots organization dedicated to creating parks in Northwest Seattle, and the Seattle Parks Department.
From early in the 20th century the site was the location of a popular neighborhood grocery store.
Once again the city enters the biennial budget dance, this time with requirements to increase spending (for example, added police officers getting deserved higher pay) and gloomy forecasts of decreased revenue (for example, mild recession and housing slump).
This year the City Council Budget Committee, chaired by Council member Jean Godden, took to the road with "public metings" in West Seattle as well as around the city.
Much of the meetings were dedicated to endless lines of people representing human service agencies pleading for more money to handle ever increasing nee
Why shouldn't my partner of six years and I be able to show our love and devotion to each other in the same fashion as a hetero couple?
Each of us deserves to be treated fairly and have the same chance to realize our hopes and dreams.
As important as the progress on domestic partnerships has been, they don't provide the same security as marriage, and are used as a way to exclude people from marriage and treat people as second-class citizens.
Even if we disagree on marriage that doesn't mean it should be illegal.
