(Editor's Note: This is a reprint of an article that first appeared in the Times/News on May 10.
MORENews
Major repaving starts soon
Tue, 07/25/06
Repaving 1.5 miles of California Avenue and a few blocks of Admiral Way is scheduled to begin in mid-August and will bring changes to crosswalks and intersections from Admiral Way to Edmunds Street in the Junction.
Road construction will…MORE
Reservoir to get cover
Tue, 07/25/06
Work crews are reforming the 59-year-old underground Myrtle Street Reservoir to place a concrete cover over the drinking water to discourage terrorists and keep the water cleaner.
The new lid will be covered with soil and grass and the…MORE
Diekhans-Mears wins history award
Tue, 07/25/06
Abraham Diekhans-Mears, a junior at West Seattle High School, won second place in the annual Civil War Preservation Trust national essay contest for his essay on saving Civil War battlefields.
Diekhans-Mears received a $100 cash prize, and…MORE
Nguyen wins grant
Tue, 07/25/06
Lori Nguyen has been recognized as a leader and achiever with a $1,000 grant from The Comcast Foundation for outstanding commitment to community service and academic accomplishments.
Nguyen graduated from West Seattle High School with a 3.…MORE
Students star in 'Cabaret'
Tue, 07/25/06
Education takes center stage in this year's Summer Musical Theater Conservatory at ArtsWest as West Seattle students Mandy Barnet, James Grixoni-Lewis, Riana Hidalgo, Emily Meyer, Micah Packard, Cecelia Rehm, and Kelly Thoma help bring Kander and…MORE
Coffee for a nickel?
Tue, 07/25/06
A recently opened restaurant in White Center offers drip coffee for five cents a cup to customers ordering breakfast. Since breakfast is available anytime at Chef Simon's, the nickel coffee flows all day.
Tina Nguyen and Simon Nguyen, the…MORE
Gov. Gregoire praises 34th District legislators
Tue, 07/18/06
Gov. Christine Gregoire praised 34th Legislative District Democrats last week for electing state Sen. Eric Poulsen and Reps.
MORESurvey says vacations cost more
Tue, 07/18/06
Travelers will not see any relief in their wallet this year with overall vacation costs increasing by 5.4 percent from last year, according to AAA's nationwide Annual Vacation Costs survey.
"Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result…MORE
Two from here graduate from Savannah College in Georgia
Tue, 07/18/06
Two West Seattle area students recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga.
They are Joel Richard Jonientz, who received a master of fine arts degree in painting and Rheina Francisco Cayetano who…MORE
