October 2013

South Seattle Community College issued an announcement today for their upcoming "Gifts from the Earth" event and fundraiser taking place in January. Proceeds benefit South students, programs and more.

Here are the details from SSCC Director of Communications Kevin Maloney:

South Seattle Community College announced today that the annual “Gifts from the Earth” fundraising celebration will take place on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 5PM in the Brockey Center.

The evening begins with hors d’oeuvres, wine tasting and a silent auction, followed by dinner and a live auction. All of the proceeds from the event benefit South Seattle Community College’s Foundation that supports students’ financial needs including: scholarships, program equipment, emergency funding, tutoring and more.

The multi-course meal will be prepared by an all-star line-up of local Chefs with South’s Culinary students assiting. Guests will also be served a wide variety of Washington wine including South’s own student-produced wine. South’s Hospitality Management Students will provide guest assistance throughout the evening.

In the photo,Discover Burien's Interim Executive Director and Vice President Erin Collins with President John White and Seané and Philip Feredinos, the owners of The Greek House, following Discover Burien's ribbon cutting at their grand opening last Saturday. The Greek House is located at 113 SW 153rd Street in Burien and is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday.Phillip Feredinos is the former executive chef at the Hilton Hotel in SeaTac. The new restaurant features a full bar and selection of 47 wines.

By Shara Wallace

I-5 crash near Southcenter
State troopers responded to a report of a motorcycle crash in Tukwila. They arrived to find the motorcyclist, later identified as Rory D. Hinton, 55, dead and his passenger a 54-year old woman injured. She was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. A preliminary investigation found that Hinton was heading south on I-5 approaching Southcenter Boulevard. As he attempted to pull off the freeway at the exit, the motorcycle slammed into the curb throwing both riders from the motorcycle. Drugs or alcohol are believed to be a factor.

Sea-Tac copper thief pleads guilty

Des Moines business owner and City Council Member Jeremy Nutting donates necessary kitchen equipment to historic dining hall.

Local business owner and Des Moines City Council Member Jeremy Nutting
donated needed, ‘like new’ kitchen equipment to the Des Moines Beach Park Dining Hall this month. The historic Dining Hall has undergone rehabilitation since 2008.

This donation will allow the Dining Hall to cater large events and truly serve as a community space.

The Dining Hall was built in 1934 in the Covenant Beach Park Historic District. The building was designed by one of the first female graduates of the University of Washington school of Architecture.

In June, the City was awarded a State Heritage Grant to complete the
rehabilitation with the signing of the 2013-2015 State Budget by Governor Inslee.

The City Council has been working to rehabilitate the buildings at Des
Moines Beach Park since 2007. The historic Covenant Beach district used to be a Bible camp.

Saturday, October 19, 2013, Frank & Beverly Schukar celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary with their children: Kimberly, Frank lll (Bill), Karianne, Craig, Krissa, Steven and their families. Frank and Beverly were married October 16, 1953 at St. James Lutheran Church in Seattle and currently are living in the Boulevard Park area. Frank retired from Glacier Sand & Gravel and Beverly is the owner of Treasure House Travel in Burien. They have 13 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren with two more on the way, along with their 6 children and their extended families.

A repeat offender who stole thousands of feet of copper wire from runway light towers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport pleaded guilty October 17, 2013 to theft of public property, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. TIMOTHY LYNCH, 50, faces up to ten years in prison when sentenced by U.S. District Judge James L. Robart on January 13, 2014.

According to records file in the case, the theft was discovered on February 12, 2013, when a Port of Seattle employee noticed damage to the fence surrounding the runway light structures near South 188th Street and Des Moines Memorial Drive. In total, approximately 7,200 feet of copper cable was stolen from Federal Aviation Administration towers, rendering them inoperable and potentially posing a threat to airline safety. LYNCH admits that he entered a secured area of Sea-Tac airport and removed copper cable connected to the light towers. Replacing the copper wire and repairs to damages cost the FAA more than $30,000.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, the parties will recommend that the Court sentence Lynch to 30 months in prison.

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B-Town’s Recovering Youth in Motion Recovery Night Burien Library Multipurpose Room 400 S.W. 152nd St. Sunday, Nov. 3, 6-8 p.m. Open to youth 13 to 25 recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. Music, games, movies, prizes. More information at 206-251-9171 or Facebook.com/B.towns.ryim.

**ONGOING CALENDAR WITH NO EXPIRATION DATE

Matt Griffin YMCA
Bilingual Play 'N Learn (Spanish)--Mondays, 2-3 p.m. Bilingual play groups are organized for young children 0-5 years and the people who take care of them. Register at 206-244-5880 YMCA, 3595 188th St., SeaTac 98188. Free to the community.

Highline Medical Center

to the editor:

As the ex-Mayor and Deputy Mayor for three terms in the city of SeaTac, my perspective to Prop 1 is diverse. If it passes it will only bolster the union leaders and their political allies at the expense of many, especially some union members that will surely be out of work.

Rather than rehash the pros and cons of Prop One, I would like to peel back the onion so more understand the real overtures behind this crusade, as it is only the beginning.

Members are not to blame; it rests entirely on the union leaders and their unscrupulous political allies to win at any cost. Read the WA State Progressive Party by-laws. (2.2 Methods. ) Quote “The Progressive Party may use any and all methods of non-violent social change: direct action, community organizing and education, personal empowerment, issue campaigns, ballot initiatives, and/or electoral campaigns; and their related strategies and tactics.”

http://waprogparty.us/about/by-laws

By Aya Hashiguchi Clark

They’re back. Those entertaining actors (and a playwright) who taught Burien-area audiences to embrace the combination of wine tasting with original, locally-written theater are at it once again.

After a two-year hiatus, Breeders Theater is making a comeback with a brand new comedy about vampires and the business world called BLOOD PUDDING. A failing company brings in a new CEO who happens to be from Romania (home of the infamous Transylvania). She is a corporate turnaround specialist who takes companies that had been publicly owned, and privatizes them.

The company also brings in a Chief Financial Officer, who, during the course of the play, gets to know his CEO....in more ways than he ever imagined.

As with any Breeders Theater production, expect plenty of laughs along with some good-natured groans and perhaps some eye-rolling moments. Oh yes, and expect some biting (pun intended) satire about big business and all things vampire.

SeaTac – Common Sense SeaTac, the committee of SeaTac citizens and businesses opposing the initiative apparently approved today for the November ballot in SeaTac, says the union-backed initiative will create far more harm than good for the residents of the city of SeaTac.

Speaking for the committee, co-chairs Mike West and Scott Ostrander said they are ready to tell voters the truth about SeaTac Proposition 1. “Prop 1 is a misguided missile aimed right at SeaTac’s taxpayers, young people, and small businesses, and Common Sense SeaTac is going to make sure every voter understands that,” they said.

Mike West, Valley View Sewer District commissioner, longtime SeaTac resident, and retired owner of Southtowne Auto Rebuild, and co-chair of Common Sense SeaTac said,
“As a retired SeaTac small business owner, I can tell you this initiative will really hurt the little guy. Raising the minimum wage 63% will hurt our young people just starting out, because the jobs will all go to more experienced workers.