After reading the article "Schools Deny Arts Downplayed" in the Sept. 24 issue of the Highline Times, I spoke with several elementary school teachers.
I was particularly interested in their reaction to the statement accorded Catherine Carbone Rogers that "Art is commonly taught in elementary schools at least weekly."
Not one agreed with this statement.
Joseph "Joe" Brennan, who had served on the SeaTac City Council since the city incorporated in 1989, died at his home on Oct. 14 after battling a long-term illness.
Mr. Brennan helped lead SeaTac's incorporation drive.
His fellow lawmakers twice elected him mayor.
The South Correctional Entity (SCORE), a group of King County cities, is working on plans to build a new $80 million jail, possibly in Des Moines, to house misdemeanor offenders.
Plans for a new jail come in response to an announcement by King County officials that, as of 2012, the county would no longer house misdemeanor offenders.
The new jail would hold 680 inmates.
Right now most cities are shipping misdemeanor offenders to Yakima County Jail because it is cheaper than housing inmates in King County.
Five cities are currently part of score,
Are pawn shops a good place to get a short-term loan and buy inexpensive items in this tight economy or a magnet for criminals?
SeaTac lawmakers grappled with the questions on Oct. 14 as they discussed allowing a pawn shop to set up business along International Boulevard.
In the end, council members decided to do more research and postponed the decision until Oct. 28.
While there are pawn shops in Burien and Tukwila, there are none in SeaTac.
In response to an impending $90 million budget shortfall, the King County Prosecutor announced that he has raised the limits on property and drug crimes that will be tried in superior court, passing the burden of court and jail costs to the cities.
King County Councilman and budget committee chairman Larry Philips said county criminal justice services account for over 71 percent of the $600 million general fund budget.
The King County Executive ordered all of the county criminal justice agencies to cut their budget for 2009 by 11.4 percent.
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Get a good chuckle watching wiener dogs race, a new event at the family-friendly Boo in Burien on Saturday, Oct. 25.
The frightful festivities run from noon to 5 p.m. and include trick or treating, kids costume contest, haunted house, scary storytelling, wiener dog races, costumed dog parade, hot treats and store specials.
The Wiener Dog Races and the Costumed Dog Parade both bound into action at Ninth Avenue Southwest on Southwest 152nd Street in Olde Burien. Costumed canines will strut their stuff in the parade beginning at 3 p.m.
Why don't you spice up your life with a visit to the Burien Art Gallery? It's that little house nestled in the woods across from the Burien library on S.W. 146th Street.
The main floor houses the works of Doris Jew Conrath and Mark Eaton.
Doris shows us the extraordinary in the ordinary in her photographed panoramas of buildings. These images capture the humble dignity of mom and pop businesses that are being eliminated by creeping gentrification and development.
Des Moines faces a 1.4 percent decline in revenue in 2009 compared to the current budget year, city council members have been informed.
"The [city's] revenue forecast for 2009 reflects the economic slowdown," with Washington revenue forecasts assuming "a near-recessionary state in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first half of 2009," said Finance Director Paula Hammond.
This news follows a report to council members in August that the city has a $2.9 million deficit resulting from emergency road and bridge repairs following landslides last winter, and from unanticip
Three ambitious young people from this area have come up with a new twist on an old adage.
"When life gives you lemons, make limoncello" is the motto of James Stark, Nichole Finamore and James Vert.
The trio are associates at a West Seattle real estate office.
