November 2008

Miller, Cross run to high finishes in cross-country

No one did that hard thing called “running” better than Mount Rainier’s Michael Miller, the No. 1 finisher for 3A boys and coming off injury.

Seattle Christian’s Michael Cross, excelled too, qualifying for state in the 1A boys race, taking 11th overall. Both runners helped their teams qualify for state as well in West Central District cross country meet action at the American Lake Golf Course Saturday, Nov.

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Evergreen Lutheran volleyball team takes a loss

PUYALLUP - Strong opening statements against a formidable foe evaporated into weak closing arguments for the Evergreen Lutheran volleyball team in a losing verdict on Saturday, November 1, at the Four Seasons Center at Chief Leschi High School.

Overcoming sizeable deficits in each game, the Rainier Christian Mustangs galloped away from the Eagles in three games to annex their third consecutive SeaTac 2B league championship.

“Our plan was to put pressure on them,” explained Eagle head coach Chris Poetter. “We were unable to do it consistently.

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Sports Briefs

Whitewater club opens

Miss watching Olympic swimming? Come try it yourself at Whitewater Aquatics.

The new season opened Sept. 8, with swimmers from age 6 and up are still welcome to join and have coach Greg or coach Casey take their swimming skills to a higher level.

Whitewater is a non-profit swim club run by parents.

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No support for Mt. Rainier Pool in Des Moines after 2009 without additional funds

Ever since King County announced it was no longer going to fund Mt. Rainier Pool in 2003, the pool has faced an uncertain future.

Des Moines, Normandy Park SeaTac and the Highline School District came together then, forming the Mt. Rainier Pool Coalition as a temporary solution to keep it open.

The cities' contracts to continue funding the pool end in 2009.

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A boy and his horse, Billy Boy

Way back in the 60s we lived at the end of a stubby dead street on Southwest 124th. Archie Pompeo had a small acreage on the corner where it meets Ambaum and number one son Mike, age 14, worked there during the summer as a pickle slicer or something.

Buddy Alexander lived across the street from Pompeo's pickle factory. He and his brother, Monty, had horses and talked their friend Ken Robinson, then 12, into talking me into letting him buy a horse. Ken had no place to ride it but the Alexanders had a big field and said Ken could keep it there.

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Affordable rents scarce around Burien Town Square

There is a common concern in Burien these days, and well--someone has to tell it.

It is a real estate agent and landlord's dream, and a renter's worst nightmare. Rent just went up...way up.

Guess why. The common phrase landlords are using these days to rent their units is, "It's within walking distance of the new Town Square." Any rental within a few blocks of the construction is now hot property.

Renters in Burien are not taking this lightly. Some have decided to do something about these rent hikes.

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Programs help teens manage transitions

Transitions are not an easy thing for many of us. The changes from being single to married, from working to retiring, from having a full house to an "empty nest" can all be difficult. But if you think those transitions are challenging, consider the transition to high school.

Although some of us remember high school fondly, it's also a time of great pressure-academic challenges, dating, driving and figuring out what to do after graduation.

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Update: Friends share memories of 'Mr. Burien'

Dick Dahlgard --"Mr. Burien" to many-- died suddenly of cardiac arrest Nov. 5 at his Lake Burien residence.

Mr. Dahlgard turned 73 on July 19.

Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. at John Knox Presbyterian Church, 109 S.W. Normandy Rd. in Normandy Park.

He was a true Burienite.

He attended Sunnydale Elementary School and graduated from Highline High School in 1954.

Mr. Dahlgard opened Dick's Camera in 1969 and operated it successfully before retiring in 2006.

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Antenna problem mishandled

As the owner of a consulting firm that assists hundreds of communities in more than half the states in the nation deal with this issue and have handled more than 2,000 applications, it's disheartening to hear stories such as this. (Neighbors fight

cell antennas, Nov. 5)

The bottom line is that this could have been a "win" for everyone, i.e., the citizens, the city and Verizon, if someone who knew how to handle the situation as regards the alternatives to what's proposed had been involved . . . and the really good part is that it didn't have to cost the city anything.