Swedish Physician's Ballard Clinic celebrated its 15th anniversary in April with a birthday cake and a noontime staff gathering.
When the office first opened in 1993, there were only three doctors. Now there are seven physicians and 20 staff. The office is located in the old Ballard building, 2208 N.W.
Car thefts in the region have been declining so much the Seattle area is no longer on the top-ten list nationwide for highest number of car thefts.
The Seattle metro area was ranked sixth in the nation per capita for car thefts, but a 2007 study shows that the region has dropped to 16th.
Prosecutors credit the decline to the work of local law enforcement and the King County Prosecutor's Car Theft Unit, which was formed in 2005 in an effort to crack down on the skyrocketing number of car thefts in King County.
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg said the count
When Matt Tulio purchased a house in Crown Hill last year, he demolished it to build an environmentally friendly structure that features the latest in "green" technology.
Tulio had done his research on ways to build green.
"It's been an experience," he said.
As a result of doing his homework, Tulio learned about new products and says he was sometimes overwhelmed.
'Too many injuries,' says coach
By Dean Wong
The Ballard Beaver's started their game against Juanita last Wednesday, knowing they needed at least two wins in their last four games to make the KingCo playoffs.
By the fifth inning, poor defense and a lack of hitting doomed the Beavers in a 17-0 loss to the Rebels.
Eighteen students from Highline Public Schools have been selected into the Washington Aerospace Scholars program.
Seventeen are students at Aviation High School; one is from Mount Rainier High School. A total of 225 students were selected statewide.
Washington Aerospace Scholars is an educational program for high school juniors from across Washington.
SeaTac has launched a new comprehensive marketing campaign in support of the new economic development brand, Everywhere's Possible.
The objective of the campaign is to make information about economic development opportunities in SeaTac easily available, with the ultimate goal of attracting new business, development and investment to the city.
"The City of SeaTac is the portal to the Puget Sound region connecting to the world through the airport and connecting to the region through highways and light rail," said Todd Cutts, economic development manager.
Highline School Board members focused on ways to get more students participating in athletics--especially in middle school, at an April 28 work-study session.
Athletic coordinator John Melver reported about 40 percent of the district's middle and high-school students play school sports.
Friday, April 25
Boys soccer
Kentridge 2, Federal Way 0
The Eagles suffered a 2-0 shutout loss to Kentridge.
Baseball
K-M 2, Decatur 1
Kyle Font drove in Decatur's one run against Kent-Meridian.
TJ 9, Tahoma 4
Derek Voigt was the winning pitcher for the Raiders against the Bears and he also hit in a run and went 2-for-4. Kyle Ashton hit 2-for-4 with three RBI and Kramer Thompson hit 3-for-3 with two RBI. Anthony Tomyn hit 2-for-4 with one RBI.
Kentlake 4, Federal Way 3
It took two games in one for Thomas Jefferson and Federal Way to settle the issue in their South Puget Sound League South Division baseball finale last week.
Federal Way led, 3-2 in the top of the fourth, as the action opened last Monday, but the skies poured forth rain, hail and thunder and stopped the action right there.
Little did Thomas Jefferson High's girls fastpitch coach Chad Fahnlander know his new starting pitcher would become a dominant force in the South Puget Sound League in 2008.
"If you told me before the season started that she (Jessica Dickson) was going to become the kind of pitcher she is now, I would've made a double-take," Fahnlander said.
Jessica's maturity and mound presence have grown markedly during the course of this season, he said.
This past week, Dickson, a junior left-hander, hurled three successive shutout wins during a three-day span, including a 3
