August 2006

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Shoreline Bank, a Washington banking corporation located at 16001 Aurora Ave N., Shoreline, WA, proposes to file with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation an Application to establish a branch with a location at 5600 24th Ave NW, Seattle, King County, WA, 98107.

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Sending smiles abroad

On a recent steamy day in Izabal, Guatemala, dentists loaded a compressor, generator, boxes of supplies and folding dental chairs in a Mitsubishi double cab four-wheel drive truck and headed out for their day's work.

Setting up a mobile clinic in churches, abandoned buildings, village homes, or if necessary, under a shady tree, the dentists, volunteers for the Rotary International Dental Clinic treat patients who walk for miles and wait in long lines to see them.

In July, local dentist Ken Brossel was one of those volunteers.

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Unknown person makes smashing entrance

1. A woman at 2435 South 273rd Place reported to police that while she was in a rear room, someone came along and kicked in her front door. Police took photos and noted that the damage matched a kick. The woman reported that she has no known enemies.

Officers sniff out a crime

2. Two juveniles and one adult male were arrested at the Metro Transit Station (31621 23rd Avenue South) for possession of illegal inhalants and unlawful inhalation.

To tip, or not to tip

I ran into my pal Crazy Jack while I was picking up some batteries at Radio Shack and together we wandered into Coco's for lunch.

Crazy Jack is a restaurant guy, the type of man who takes his meals out, mainly because he has no cookware, and no desire to cook.

On the way in, Jack grabs a newspaper out of the stand and we are soon seated. He reads aloud (very loud) from the front page, "Minimum Wage Proposal Defeated," and then he continued while the waitress poured our coffee. "The U.S.

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Revenge of the yellow jackets

One evening last week, my neighbors Ray and Louise called and invited me over for a salmon dinner.

They knew Elsbeth was in the hospital getting a new hip and they wanted to do something nice, so I said okay and went next door.

I was getting tired of peanut butter on an English muffin every night so I was delighted.

It was a serene August evening and Ray was setting the table outside with a big platter of salmon.

Louise appeared and put out a green salad, some bread and a bowl of scalloped potatoes.

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From journalist to royalty

(Amber Trillo was award the title of second runner-up, received a community service scholarship and was voted Miss Congeniality by the other contestants in the 2006 SEAFAIR Scholarship Program for Women last month. She is a Highline High School graduate, attended Highline Community College, and now is a photographer for Robinson Newspapers,)

Archaic, sexist and trite.

There are programs for women across the globe that I would describe this way.

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