September 2008

The City of Federal Way is proud to introduce Bryant Enge as its new Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer effective Sept.

Highline Community College's Science Seminar returns for Fall Quarter with a full line-up of programs on the scientific world.

Now in its ninth year, the seminar continues to draw crowds every Friday afternoon for a number of reasons, said its coordinator, Dr. Eric Baer.

"I think that there are a few key things that keep it going," Baer noted.

Seahawks fans can avoid battling traffic this season by riding special Sounder train service to all eight of this year's regular season Seahawks games.

Special event trains will serve Tukwila, Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Auburn, Kent, Everett, Mukilteo and Edmonds, arriving and departing next door to Qwest Field at King Street Station.

This year's Sounder line-up is even bigger than last year, with nearly every game served by three trains between Tacoma and Seattle, and two trains between Everett and Seattle, all ready to handle the big crowds that are expected for a great

Fourteen years later, the city of Des Moines is still paying the cost for leaky gasoline tanks.

Gasoline contamination was discovered in the soil and groundwater near the two city gas tanks at the Des Moines City Public Works Building in 1992.

The tanks, which were found to have been leaking, were removed and cleanup work was started on the site.

In 1994, contaminated soil that hadn't already been removed was cleaned using a soil vapor extraction system.

Anticipation is building in the Waterland community as volunteers continue to plan a year of festivities that will celebrate Des Moines' 50th anniversary as an incorporated city in 2009.

A full calendar of activities promises to involve residents of all ages, from young people to seniors who lived in Des Moines before it become a city. These range from a black-tie event that will begin the city's golden year to mid-summer fun, including the return of a parade to downtown Des Moines.

Volunteers gathered at the community center Sept.

1. A woman who lives on the 600 block of South 356th Street contacted Federal Way police to report that her car had been broken into and several important items - including her identification - had been stolen. The incident occurred sometime on September 10. The police report does not mention a specific time. According to the report, the woman's car appeared to have been opened by picking the lock. The woman drives a 2004 blue Volkswagen. The thieves then stole her purse from inside the vehicle, which included all of her valuables.

Gasp!

Decatur actually carried a 10-0 lead into the locker room at halftime, going against the severely good, always talented, traditional power Puyallup Vikings.But the Gators could not hold onto the football in the second half, and the lead was not held either losing, 21-10, in a South Puget Sound League clash at Federal Way Stadium Friday.

“We let up,” said Cam Schilling, who had a good sequence of passes a couple times in this game, including engineering a touchdown drive and field goal in the second quarter -- the Gators’ only time of scoring in th

So much for success to start the golfing season for the Decatur Gators boys golf team, getting clubbed by the Auburn-Riverside Ravens, 80-58, in action at their home course, the Twin Lakes Golf & Country Club, Tuesday.

AR starts the South Puget Sound League Central season off 1-0 while the Gators now try to improve from this unmomentous beginning.

In this match, scoring points for A-R best was Dustin Hesse, who played No.1 for the foe, shooting a 33, three under par, and being medalist, as well as that nice a score giving A-R 21 points. The No.

Here in Massachusetts, I have been reading the local papers only to find that school "overrides," what levies are called here, are failing all around this area.

Here in Franklin, this will result in the dismissal of 45 teachers.

As the district is about 1/4th the size of Federal Way, this would be the equivalent of dismissing about 180 teachers in Federal Way!

Alarmed at this the Franklin City Council offered to contribute $1 million to help defray the layoffs.

The School Board, in what I would consider a surprising move, went to the City Counci

There is no question the city is facing budget challenges that could put many community services and programs on hold or severely reduce them, but we ask that Mayor Greg Nickels and City Council members carefully consider the impacts these cuts will have on communities that depend on them.

The mayor proposed earlier this month cutting, or rather "freezing" (this way the funds can be used later if need be), the 2009-2010 budget by $5 million.