June 2008

(Regarding) reporter Steve Shay's article (Try drinking this stuff , June 4). Thank you White Center News for publishing this story that needs further expanding.

This story was very impressive that 5- to 7-year-old children can learn and understand the problem of dog poop creates for the environment. My hats off to the KapKa primary school for reporting and teaching their young charges of environmental pollution problem that is a wide spread concern.

should be illegal

This article is an assault on intelligence (Editorial, June 4), how's that for an attention grabber?

Listen, I approach this from a pragmatic perspective, not an emotional one. Right now immigrants are committing a crime against the United States, from the time they're in the hospital but we grant their children citizenship anyway. They're violating our sovereignty and we're granting them citizenship, where is the logic in that?

There are no children of former slaves living in the United States today, which was the main reason for amendment.

Word is out that Kenny Davis, who has been director of Alki Community Center for many years, received notice of his unsolicited transfer to South Park Community Center. Ken had hoped to finish his career at Alki Community Center and does not want to be transferred.

This would be a great loss to the Alki and West Seattle community as Ken has brought such a warm, caring presence to the children and adults who use the center.

How sad was I to see this place

Reduce by more than half the space

The spot where we so loved to sit

To sip our drinks and chat a bit

And after we had chewed the fat

I'd roam around the store so that

My husband dear could then engage

The issues on the sporting page

And as I strolled from floor to floor

I hardly then returned before

Imagine living in South Park and kayaking to work on the Duwamish River, then returning home to dine on fish you caught on the same pristine waterway.

Farfetched?

"It's totally possible to make this happen," said Cari Simpson, project coordinator of the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, who presented a "final map," a wish list, of a Duwamish Valley of the future.

West Seattleites got their chance to weigh in on what projects a new $140 million Seattle parks and open space levy may include, should the City Council vote to put one on the ballot this fall.

The meeting was scheduled after several people complained that of the three public meetings planned to gather public input, none were near enough to West Seattle.

Abraham Lincoln once said that people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Gail Wolz has chosen to be happy.

As if to prove this point, the first thing you might see when you spot Wolz is a silly hat.

Wolz, you see, is a "certified laughter leader."

About twice a month Wolz visits the Providence Mount St.

A false alarm went off on Alki Beach last week when Seattle Parks and Recreation was reported to be considering limiting or banning beach bonfires to help the mayor's crusade to halt global warming.

However, Parks and Recreation backed off Thursday with a new memo nixing the proposed ban which would have included a public relations campaign to inform people about the negative impact of beach-fire carbon emissions.

The Parks staff had also considered recommending charging fees for bonfires in 2009, if not eliminating them.

"It's a time to be with family," said M

Tell Coast Guard to keep bridge open

By Tom Rasmussen

West Seattle residents and businesses will see major road projects in the West Seattle bridge corridor begin in the next several years. Construction to widen and improve the Spokane Street viaduct and the inevitable Alaskan Way viaduct project may cause tremendous traffic delays.

The German Shepherd Rescue League is responsible for saving Bugsy. His mother was abandoned in the last stages of pregnancy. She was going to be put down, due to her aggressive behavior, but at the last minute she was taken to a foster home where she gave birth to three puppies. Bugsy, a Cocker mix, is one of those and according to owner Rudy Gillespie, he is "an all around adorable puppy."

To learn more about German Shepherd rescue visit http://www.washingtongsd.org/