March 2007

Thanks to those who supported the new community center

To the Editor:

On behalf of the Community Center Support Drive Committee, I would like to extend thanks to the generous citizens of Federal Way who made a financial donation to the new Federal Way Community Center.

We welcome the public to tour the new Center on Saturday, March 31st, beginning at 10:30 a.m.. Individuals, businesses and service organizations donating $1000 or more will be acknowledged at an early morning ceremony, and their names will be engraved and mounted within the building.

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The mole hunter: Part II

None of the trees or shrubs in the 1/2 acre yard showed it, but there was a cold wind moving through us. It was just before sunrise, 0500 hours, and the last vestige of moon shunted off the boughs of the big cedars and lit the tops of the fence posts that lined the killing field.

I torqued my stiffened frame around in the lawn chair to inspect my troops but in the still faint light I couldn't make out their positions. Just dark, static lumps that might have been plantings, until one of them moved.

"I'm glad to see you haven't shirked your duties, Lieutenant," I said.

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Gators survive wild game one, then lose two
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The luck of the draw certainly wasn't with the Decatur Gators for Wednesday's state 4A boys basketball tournament opener, but they made up for it with a David and Goliath routine to edge the towering Snohomish Panthers, 53-50.

All but one Panther player stands above 6-0 and they quickly go up from there to 6-8. The Gators have players ranging from starting sophomore point guard Michael Hale at 5-7 to Darius Walker at 6-5.

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Sharon Lee Ashby

Sharon Lee Ashby, 59, a resident of Hoodsport, Wash., died February 19, 2007, in Sumner. She was born on April 17, 1947, in Seattle and was raised in West Seattle. Sharon worked for the Ford Motor Company for 26 years until her recent retirement.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Ashby, and son Richard Herbert.

Ruth Lied
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October 14, 1922-

January 30, 2007

Ruth Lied, 84, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Vashon Island on Tuesday, January 30. Her husband, Alf, preceded her in death by eight years to the month.

Born in Norway on October 14, 1922, she worked as a teacher in Oslo until coming to the U.S. after the war in 1947 to join her soon-to-be husband.

Elizabeth "Betty" Perry
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September 21, 1911-

February 22, 2007

Betty lived in Seattle most of her life. Her husband, Gerald W. Perry, passed away in 1951.

She was a loving mother to her daughter, Jean Snyder, and her grandchildren, Jerry, Mike, Julie, Ron, Jenny and Marie, and also her step-grandchildren Ellen, Peggy, Wes and Wayne. She also has "many" grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who have all been blessed by Betty's loving ways.

Her faithful daily prayers for her family and friends will never be forgotten.

Rosemarie Whitehouse

Rosemarie was born February 20, 1926, in Pasco to Charles and Mary Lee Hubert. She died February 22, 2007, in Seattle at the age of 81.

She graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1944 and attended Washington State College for two years. She married Loren Whitehouse in 1947. They moved to Seattle in 1955 and lived in Burien for 52 years.

Rosemarie is survived by her husband of 60 years, Loren L.