September 2008

With the change to small learning communities in high schools in the Highline School District and increasing importance placed on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL), as well as district budget constraints, some parents are concerned the arts are being ignored.

Barbara McMichaels, whose children attend schools in the Highline School district, said she is no longer seeing art classes in the schools.

"Classes that don't directly result in a WASL score have been marginalized," said McMichaels.

Catherine Carbone Rogers, director of communications a

Tukwila churches along with other groups gathered at Fort Dent Park on Sept. 14 to honor the Duwamish tribe as the first nation of Tukwila, and rekindle the relationship between the tribe and the non-native residents,

The event, called "Healing the Land: A Gathering of the Duwamish People and the People of Tukwila," was three years in the making and was originally conceived by Jenny McCoy, a Tukwila resident and Church of Tukwila liaison.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a regular on The Oprah Winfrey Show and one of the world's most influential people, according to Time magazine, will be the featured speaker at Highline Medical Center's Women's Wellness Event called "Live Healthy. Stay Young".

The event takes place Oct. 4 from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center in SeaTac.

"We wanted to create an event that would give the women of our community an opportunity to learn strategies for staying healthy," said Mara Burke, Highline director of community relations.

The Judson Park retirement facility will celebrate the grand opening of the Sound View apartment homes on Oct. 1 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Sound View is a 24 million dollar redevelopment project, which consists of 64 new residential living apartments and rejuvenation of Judson Park's main lobby and grounds.

Apartments boast of views of Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains and feature amenities such as granite counter tops and spacious floor plans.

The grand opening ceremony will be held at Judson Park, at 23600 Marine View Drive South in Des Moines.

The Burien Little Theatre (BLT) will open its new season with the award winning musical, "The Rocky Horror Show" featuring several public officials as guest narrators during its six-week run.

The performances will be in the Burien Community Center auditorium, at the corner of 4th Avenue Southwest and Southwest 146th St.

"Rocky" is described as an outrageous musical comedy featuring a Transylvania transvestite, a cryogenically-preserved motor biker and Frankenstein's monster (with a Charles Atlas twist).

The send-up of horror and science fiction film genres will

Judge rules police misused Tasers

Sept. 18-A federal magistrate judge ruled that the civil rights of Terrance Releford, 40, were violated by Tukwila police officers Josh Vivet and Mike Richardson during a June 2006 arrest.

Magistrate Judge Mary Alice Theiler said the officers used excessive force when they fired Tasers simultaneously at Releford.

The magistrate also said Releford should be provided an attorney if he wishes to sue police.

Theiler's recommendation goes to the U.S.

Meet Al Book

This model was built "by the book."

Al Book, a renowned Burien welder, not only builds model racing cars, he also builds the garage.

But this Burien craftsman is a lot more than just a gifted guy who grabs countless spare hours from earning a living as a welder.

As I sat chatting with him about his obsession, a customer walked in with a broken spring from his office chair.

An easy fix, Al can weld or braise steel silver, copper or aluminum and has an estimated 30 race cars he works on that will go into display cases.

Show’em some love!

Those Highline Pirates made the Mount Rainier football team walk the figurative plank on, of all nights, the Rams’ homecoming night, and, in this 23-12 win the purple and gold showed a lot of promise for future success on the Highline Memorial Field turf where this game was played to a full house of fans in both stands Friday.

“We finally got some blocking schemes down and Hans (Larson) had some great runs,” said Pirates head coach Juan Cotto.

The Rams were 2-0 coming in and the Pirates were 0-2 in the Seamount League.

Volleyball

Saturday, Sept. 12

Kennedy 2, Lynnwood 0

The Lancers defeated Lynnwood, 25-5, 25-23, to open tournament action. Ashley Eneliko had 10 kills and three stuff blocks, while Katie Key racked up 15 assists and four digs.

Kennedy 2, Nooksack 0

Nooksack fell to the Lancers, 25-17, 25-21, with Eneliko scoring 10 kills and Key 10 assists.

My wife and I have lived in Ballard for a year now so I thought I might reflect on life in Ballard from a newcomer's perspective. We lived on three and a half acres in Pierce County for 40 years. Needless to say our move last year to Ballard was a drastic change, but for the better.

A subscription to the Ballard News-Tribune immediately gave us great local news and we especially like the Community Calendar for places to go to things to do.

Yes, we are condo owners now and we love it. Sorry you Condo Haters but we leave a much smaller footprint than you.