Many homes throughout the Highline area are showing their holiday spirit this season. A beautiful variety of lights can be seen along Marine View Drive Southwest from the southern edge to the northern edge of Normandy Park.

Specifically, you won't want to miss the lights of Rick and Vicki Johnson at 18602 Marine View Dr. S.W. The Johnsons get together every year (this is the sixth) with friends from their car club to put out a spectacular display. (See photo on page 1.)

Beginning around November 1 they take their vast accumulation of holiday treasures down from special shelves in their home and work at a fever pitch to create each year's show.

No two years are alike. Different ideas, new pieces and lots of creativity.

Vicki, a local realty agent, gets the credit for the genius behind the displays. Rick spends his days at Boeing and his nights hooking up the many circuits to keep it running.

We didn't ask about the electric bill, but the number extension cords and fuses alone might shock you.

This is the last of four shows the Johnson's do annually. They have a display at Easter, the 4th of July, Halloween and Christmas. Why? They love to share the spirit of the season.

If you go, expect a short walk up the driveway to a pleasant viewing area. Visitors are encouraged to get out of their cars for a good look. Inside the home are two more miniature layouts with spinning wheels, train depots, villages, cars and delightful scenes the kids will enjoy, too. There's even a room called Looney Tunes.

The best part of all ... it's free!

The Johnsons usually keep the lights on from dusk to 8 or 9 p.m. everyday, so get there when you can, but respect their privacy after that.

If you have an exciting display you want to share, let us know and we publish your address in the Dec. 19 issue.

Meet Rick Jump

Meet Rick Jump, executive director the White Center Food Bank.

He is a remarkable guy.

He has a lot of help from scores of volunteers, service clubs, local stores, federal, state and local governments, and even 34th District Demos. (See page 1 food bank story.)

Raised on a dairy farm in Selah, he knew he didn't want to be a farmer or a floor layer like his Dad so he decided at 15 he wanted to work for IBM. So he applied and was told he was too young.

But he kept going back and at 16 they hired him in a work- study program as a shipping clerk in the parts department. He learned how to type at warp speed of 90 words a minute on an IBM Selectric and when his family moved to Renton he got a full time job when he graduated from Lindbergh High.

When IBM closed here and moved to California he got a job at Seafirst, worked his way up to senior purchasing officer and decided to go to college. First in his family. He earned an associate arts degree at Seattle Community College, a bachelor's degree at Evergreen State and then a Masters in Psychology at Antioch.

He put in five years as a psychotherapist even while suffering from five colon surgeries in two years. He is okay now and married to Judy, who also grew up in apple orchard country near Selah and they adopted two children.

He is currently a member of the Burien/White Center Rotary Club.