November 2011

Community Calendar Week of 10-31-11

Deadline for receiving items for Community Calendar is 5 p.m. Wednesday for the following week’s Times/News. Events are published based on timeliness and space availability. Email submissions to: hteditor@robinsonnews.com Items can be accepted from nonprofit groups and government agencies only. Others may call Dona Ozier at 206-708-1378 for inclusion in our “Out & About” advertising section.

Call for Artists
Burien Community Center-- Artists working in 2 dimensional media are invited to apply for the 2012 schedule of gallery exhibitions at the Burien Community Center, 14700 6th Ave. S.W. Application materials due by Nov. 30th to ginak@burienwa.gov. For more information: ginak@burienwa.gov, 206-988-3700 or go to www.burienwa.gov.

Classes
The Hi-Liners--Registration is now open for The Hi-Liners DownStage Center Fall Theatre Classes held at the Burien Annex. Check out the exciting new ways to have fun this year! Open to youth ages 5 and older. For complete descriptions, schedules, and registration please visit www.hi-liners.org.

Music

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Attack with rotten turkey heads police blotter

Car vandalized with turkey
Police were called to a report of vandalism to a vehicle. The car was parked in the driveway of a home in the 2000 blk of S.W. 172nd St.
An unknown person(s) smeared a rotten, maggot-infested turkey over the entire exterior of the vehicle. There is no suspect information or a possible motive at this time.

Muddy boot prints
A homeowner in the 16600 block of Sylvester Rd came home to find that someone had been prowling around her residence. The subject walked through the flowerbed, up the front stairs, across the front porch and to the front bedroom window.
Muddy boot prints were left behind the subject’s path around the house. There was no evidence that the prowler made access inside the home and nothing was missing.

Semi overturns on SR-599

Vote on closing casinos is hot topic in Tukwila

In the Nov. 8 election, Tukwila residents must make a decision on what has become the talk of the town--whether to vote yes or no on Advisory Measure #1.

This measure will determine whether or not card rooms and casinos will be allowed to stay open and operate in the city of Tukwila.

Earlier this year, the Tukwila City Council, in a 4-3 decision, voted to close all the casinos in operation in the city within five years.

Now, citizens are divided between the choice to retract this measure or to keep it. Fliers are being sent out to residents’ homes on both sides of the issue.

Chuck Parrish, a regular at city council meetings and a strong participant in city issues, says, “vote yes!”

Parrish, along with Tom McLeod and Gerry Myklebust, represent “Families for a Better Tukwila,” and say the closure of casinos will result in “450 card room employees losing their jobs.”

“Why would we want to do that to them in this economy?” Parrish stated.

“Tukwila residents will lose over $2,000,000 in gaming tax revenues. Neither the city council nor the anti-card room element offer a solution for the loss of revenues,” Parrish added.

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Opinion: The People need to play active role in governing

“We can’t get worse,” a voter noted in regard to Des Moines City Council candidates in the upcoming election.”

That and other unbelievable accusations are flying the sky like hateful, political, personal daggers.

How in this good Lord’s beautiful world can people scrounge up so much personal hatred about Des Moines Council candidates to even consider making it public? I don’t know that answer, however I do know Scripture that reads, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

Have you noticed how delightfully photographic, handsome/beautiful, charming, heartwarming and sincere political candidates pictures appear in promotional and informative voting pamphlets?

It reminds me of my Mom getting us kids all cleaned up for Sunday church services in younger years – body scrubbed and face shining.

Of course, Grandma, with her years of wisdom knew how to get to the heart of that subject saying, “Now if you behave half as good as you look, you’ll be okay.” (My mother didn’t fail to quote it, either.)

Recently it seems politics have turned from issues to personal attacks. What happened to dealing with the issues?

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