Apparently the state, using your tax dollars, believes that "developing better relationships between students" will help to bring up our dismal achievement scores.
The state has "invested" in a program from the Anti-Defamation League that is designed to make children more comfortable among themselves in school.
Recently the School Board had an orientation session on this program.
Tonight is New Year's Eve and once again we plan to celebrate it with riotous abandon.
As usual, Elsbeth and I will each find a metal pot from the kitchen and a wooden ladle or spoon from the kitchen drawer and at the stroke of midnight we will totter outside to the front yard and bang on the pots like crazy people and shout Happy New Year to the neighbors and any others who might by chance be passing by on our dead end street.
We have much to celebrate.
Number one is our survival amid the greatest glut of bad news we have ever heard.
From never endi
M’s open on road
The Seattle Mariners open their season on the road next year, with their home opener scheduled for Tuesday, April 14 against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
King Aquatic wins
King Aquatic Club of Federal Way won the team title for club women at the 2008 USA Swimming Shot Course National Championship at Georgia Tech Aquatic Club, the site of the 1996 Olympics.
The Washington State Senior Championship takes place Dec.
for 2008
By Tim Clinton
Eagle-Gator basketball semifinal was a game for the ages
It was the perfect setup for two rivals to meet.
The Federal Way Eagles and the Decatur Gators have a long history of battling it out for top honors, but this time they met with the biggest prize ever on the line.
The teams were meeting in a state semifinal at the Tacoma Dome, with the winner going on to play for the championship the next night and the loser dropping into the game for third and sixth.
Fishing
Walleye Club
Monthly
The Western Washington Walleye Club meets the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in Auburn. They are held at the Eagles Club at 702 M Street SE.
Guests are welcome. Each meeting includes lots of fish stories, some refreshments and a very special program. A group outing is also usually held every other month, including potlucks.
If you are interested in fishing for walleye and other warm water species, friendships and fun, the club would enjoy meeting you.
On December 6, the Federal Way Police Department, lead by Chief Brian J.
A group of local men and woman gather in their swim attire on a January day. Standing on the rocky winter beach of Three Tree Point they begin the countdown.
A voice yells, "...4, 3, 2, 1!" and everyone runs straight for the frigid Puget Sound water. The rush of cold over their bodies as each one submerges themselves fully and rises back to the surface is heard in a mix of screams and laughter. Shaking and smiling they come together on the beach for a post-swim photo.
As they stand on the beach wrapped in towels one of the men says, "I feel great!
It's unlikely you haven't yet made plans for New Year's Eve, but just in case you're still in need of a great venue to ring in the New Year, the Federal Way Symphony Pops Orchestra would like to invite you to join them for their second annual New Year's Eve Pops Concert, "Bite With A Beat."
Laird Thornton, musical theatre impresario, will headline the event which includes music for dancing and listening.
Welcome 2009 with hors d'oeuvres from surrounding restaurants, champagne toasting at midnight, open seating at festive tables, and a no-host bar and beverages.
To the Editor:
There are some misconceptions floating about regarding the Performing Arts and Cultural Center project, and I would like to offer some facts.
The project, in these economic times, would not only provide welcome construction jobs, as well as related work, but the cost will be considerably less than projected when the C. H.
RE: "Residents not toasting runway," Times/News Dec. 17.
Good article but I truly do not understand why smart people like Mayor Sheckler would believe the Port of Seattle on anything having to do with the airport.
The Port has continually misled people.
When they expanded the runway across 188th it was supposed to the last runway expansion.
The Port will not be satisfied until they can rival O'Hare and pave over half of Burien.
Just look at the Port's current and past performance.
