September 2008

Nearby residents opposed to the proposed Emerald Pointe condominiums overlooking Seahurst Park got what they wanted from the Highline School Board on Sept. 10 but the developer's consultant said the project will go forward.

Board members unanimously accepted Westmark Development's request to withdraw its proposal to buy or obtain an easement for a portion of property at the old Burien Heights school site.

Westmark wanted the property for a road to the planned condominiums.

The property at 1210 S.W.

Billing Revolution, a recently stealth-mode mobile commerce company, just launched its "single-click," a mobile billing and payments service designed to make it easy once and for all for retailers to sell products to on-the-go consumers without sacrificing high profits to mobile operators.

This new billing revolution is being led by a veteran team of mobile and internet entrepreneurs that have pioneered e-commerce, SMS campaigns such as American Idol, and mobile advertising from companies such as Third Screen Media, AT&T Wireless, Amazon, and Microsoft.

The CEO of Billing

Angel Ward McCormick, Miss Washington USA 1994, defies the stereotypes that have surrounded a few beauty queens-- partying, drinking, scandalous photos.

Ward (her maiden name) is a former Burien resident and 1991 Highline High graduate. She is now executive director of the Dream-On Foundation, an organization she founded that works with other nonprofits.

She now resides in Utah, but Ward still maintains ties with her home state. Family is one reason.

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.

The Ruth Dykeman Children's Center in Burien has filed to rezone two portions of its property on Southwest 152nd Street on Lake Burien as moderate density residential and high-density multi-family neighborhood.

President and CEO Tom Rembiesa said that this was done as a way to plan for the future, and that there are no plans to sell or develop the property.

A public meeting to discuss the zoning changes will be held at Burien City Hall, 15811 Ambaum Blvd. S.W., Suite C, at 7 p.m. on Sept.

During construction of the new south end of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the state will pay the county to get people out of their cars and into buses to help curb congestion.

The Washington State Department of Transportation will give $32 million to King County Metro, to increase bus service on Aurora Avenue, from Ballard, and from West Seattle - the corridors most affected by the construction.

"We're not leaving travel to chance," said King County Executive Ron Sims, at a press conference, Sept.

One westbound, curb lane of the West Seattle Bridge, just east of 35th Avenue SW, will be closed Saturday, September 13, from approximately 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

This curly haired canine is named Teddy Roosevelt because "He has a big nose and barks softly," says his owner Truly Nolen. Teddy is a 2 year old Wire Haired Fox Terrier and he has a remarkable sense of time. He likes to go for 3 walks a day and "right at 5:05 he comes and gets me," says Nolen. While Teddy is a popular dog on the beach at Alki at home he "brings his binkies to bed," no doubt for security purposes.

an insult

Embarking westbound over the West Seattle Bridge, traffic congestion slows the journey and provides an up-close, rolling view of the neglect and grossly negative image that the city's landscape maintenance department provides along Fauntleroy Way.

Seeing the "Welcome to West Seattle Chamber of Commerce" sign barely visible, shrouded in high grass and weeds is terrible.

I am a volunteer for Boy Scout Troop 282 here in West Seattle and I am writing in regard to the article that was published in the August 27 West Seattle Herald entitled "Search on for Scouts at 1st Liberty statue dedication."

There is a reference to "Cub Scout Troop 282." I wanted to point out that Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts are being confused in this context.

To clarify the terminology, Cub scouting members join a Cub Scout pack and are assigned to a den, usually a neighborhood group of six to eight boys.