The city is seeking possible new requirements for the city's un-reinforced masonry buildings estimated to number up to 1,000, most of which have not been seismically retrofitted.
A study summarizes the experience of several California cities that instituted a similar requirement over the past two decades.
Club scholarships
Seniors win scholarships
Ballard High School seniors Kevin Vitz-Wong, Amar Shah and Deisi Fernandez received scholarships from the Ballard Lions Club based on their community service and school work.
Vitz-Wong is an outreach volunteer and school liaison for Teen Link and is a founding member and president of the Student Lives Always Matter Club. He plans to attend Lewis and Clark College.
The King County Executive, along with the Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney and judges from around the county, recently revealed that King County is facing a budget crisis of great magnitude.
This year alone, we may have to cut $20 million from the $660 million general fund. An additional deficit between $40 million and $70 million is predicted in 2009.
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King County government provides both regional and local services.
Masters times offered
The Federal Way Masters swimming team for ages 19 and over is now offering three workout session times at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center located at 650 SW Campus Drive in Federal Way.
Monday through Friday a 5:30-6:45 a.m. and a 7-8 p.m.session are offered, with a 6:50-7:50 a.m. session taking place Tuesdays and Thursdays. A 10:15-11:15 a.m. session is offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Saturdays an 8-9 a.m. session is held at the Kenneth Jones Pool (Federal Way High School).
Members are required to join U.S.
Get With Iit
Boating
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Ongoing
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Des Moines Flotilla No. 32 regularly offers Boating Safety and Seamanship courses in the Federal Way and Des Moines areas.
They cover the full range of boating safety subjects, including federal requirements, basic piloting, marlin spike, seamanship and boat handling.
AUBURN - It was a courageous effort that fell just short of its desired outcome last Tuesday at the South King County Ball Fields.
Leading 9-6, the Soundview of Northeast Tacoma All Star team ran afoul of an 11-run Fife/Milton/Edgewood fifth inning bombardment before dropping a 17-12 verdict to its unbeaten opponents in the championship round of the 2008 Washington state District 10 Little League softball tournament.
FME blasted out seven hits while taking advantage of SV pitching and fielding woes in the fatal fifth.
June 22 Officers responded to a call for a property theft involving a bicycle that was left unattended at a tanning salon near the 3400 block of Hoyt Rd. The victim indicated that they had parked the bicycle, a pastel green and pink 24" 'Jazz Rocket TRQ' in some arbor vitae trees along side a fence by Walgreens. When they finished the tanning session, the unlocked bicycle was gone.
June 21 Police followed up on a call to the 2400 block of Star Lake Rd. where a property theft and some damage involving a car stereo had occurred.
The Des Moines City Council approved on June 26, with two conditions, the city's six-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for 2009-2014.
The conditions consisted of removing Redondo Beach Drive from the list of priorities and moving Kent-Des Moines Road improvements up on the priority list.
Improvement projects include phases two and three of the Des Moines Creek Trail Project, North Twin Bridge repairs, Saltwater Bridge repairs, street and road improvements, roadway reconstruction and intersection improvement on Marine View Drive, and Barnes Creek Nature Trail c
There are so many catch phrases to describe America and the freedom we enjoy: Home of the Free, Land of the Brave.
Or, as a wise person once said, "Let freedom ring, sparkle and explode throughout the land."
"Fireworks Over Des Moines" starts about 10:15 p.m., July 4th, , in the Des Moines Marina.
Centerstage is pleased to announce the award of a $10,000 Grant from the Seattle Foundation to help cover the Federal Way Theatre Company's operating expenses through the 2008-2009 season.
The grant is paid from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, created by a gift to the Seattle Foundation.
This is the second time in the last two years that the Federal Way Theatre Company has received a comparable award from the Seattle Foundation.
"This is a very significant gift to a company of our size," said Centerstage Artistic Director, Alan Bryce.
