December 2008

Several roads throughout Des Moines are being looked at for speed limit changes, including at the marina.

From a list of ten roads being looked at for speed limit changes, four were chosen by the Des City Council for further consideration.

The speed limits were decided upon because they meet what is called the 85 percentile.

The assumption is 85 percent of drivers want to get to their destination in the safest and shortest amount time possible.

Natalie Reber has been selected as the new executive director of Hospitality House.

Hospitality House is a women's homeless shelter located at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church in Burien.

Reber has extensive experience working with non-profit and political organizations such as Washington CeaseFire and the League of Education Voters.

She said her passions include a deep commitment to social justice.

"We are pleased to welcome Natalie to our organization as we prepare for uncertain economic times ahead," Joan Brown, president of the shelter's board, sai

More than 12 years in the making, but only minutes from completed service, Fast-Fix Jewelry Repair at the shopping mall in Southcenter further established their success with a move from a mall kiosk to a much sought after in-line storefront location.

Nadine and Clarence Jenkins, formerly from Anchorage, wanted to move south and work for themselves.

Barry Ladenburg became the newest SeaTac Council member when he was sworn in at the SeaTac Council Meeting on Dec. 9th.

Ladenburg will serve the rest of Councilman Joe Brennan's term. Mr. Brennan passed away on Oct.

"The Passage," a sculpture depicting a mother and child walking together to share and explore life, will kick off Burien's interim art space project on Jan. 2 and 3.

The artwork was first created by Dan Das Mann and Karen Cusolito for the 2005 Burning Man Arts Festival.

The figures stand 30 and 20 feet tall and are fabricated out of recycled and scrap metal.

The interim art space will occupy a temporary vacant one-acre parcel of Burien's Town Square project.

On Jan.

Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier. Utter domination of high school swimming.

Yes, boys.

And especially dominant were the Rams back in 2001-2003 when they won state each of those three seasons.

“It was a dynasty,” said current Rams coach Omar Cruz.

Utterly.

Boys basketball

Foster 76, Evergreen 60

Travis Miller led Foster past the Wolverines with 20 points in Friday, Dec. 5 action as Cameron Faison finished with 15 and JJ Smith 13. Darius Paige and Refugio Soto-Lopez knocked in nine each and Yasin Abdullahi hit eight.

Kwame Bates paced Evergreen with 28 and Kari Wells added 13.

Highline 65, Tyee 40

Thang Nguyen and Eric Turner both turned in 13-point performances for the Pirates in the win and Roger Pierce tossed in 10. Gary Tesfaye topped Tyee with nine.

When Elsbeth got sick recently my little sister came up from Portland to help me with household chores, cooking and other stuff women can do better than men. It is working and Elsbeth is recovering.

The plan worked out so well it prompted me to dig into my memory book of Norma when we were kids.

She is three years younger than I and the baby of the family.

Update: 4:30 p.m., Friday West Seattle bus routes 54 and 55 are operating their regular routes.

Line 51 is currently operating the western portion of its routing: Alaska Junction - Genesee Hill - Admiral Junction - Alaska Junction.

Route 128 does not enter the South Seattle Community College campus.

I work at home, the husband doesn't. It's a snow day. What would you do?

Ah, the trials and tribulations of working at home. I have a Web site to maintain, an online store to keep fluffed, orders to be filled, and a major show to plan for. Oh, and a blog to write, too.

The question is, when is a day off, a day off, if you work at home?

Any other month, at any other time, I can go out to the garden with "the husband," escape the chained-to-a-desk-job I invented for myself, and still pretend that I'm working.