April 2007

Sports roundup plus video links

Boys soccer, Baseball, Fastpitch, Girls Tennis, Boys Track, Girls Track

Federal Way 5, TJ 2

Federal Way opened the scoring in the Tuesday, April 17 game as Lalo Moralles struck in the fifth minute on a Tommy Osborn assist. Moralles then scored unassisted in the 10th minute and Andrew Hair scored in the 49th minute on a Kelyn Rowe assist.

Thomas Jefferson jumped back into it on an unassisted goal in the 60th minute on a D.J. DeWaele penalty kick.

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Teachers should take WASL exam, too

Why doggedly insist students go down with the ship?

State Sen. Cheryl Pflug

R-Maple Valley

Too many students in our state fail the math and science portions of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) exam.

And as legislators neared the end of their current session late last week, they appeared ready to delay the math and science requirements for four years.

But, Sen. Pflug observed last year, "Graduating without skills is not OK."

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Key transportation meeting

After waiting almost two years, citizens of Puget Sound are invited to the Washington State Department of Transportation workshop to review the work product to date. This very important study has been needed by our region for a long time, even before the decision to construct the third runway.

It was hard to get the study funded in 2005 by legislation co-sponsored by Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines.

Democrats governing well

After reading Ralph Nichols' April 11 opinion piece, I had a real hankering for some Flock of Seagulls music.

You may remember the band as a one-hit wonder from the 1980s, with the song "I Ran So Far Away." In my circle, they were known more for the lead singer's poofy hair than for their music.

I had the 80s flashback because it seemed like Ralph was quoting 1980s Republican rhetoric, instead of clearly seeing the reality in 2007. He quotes only conservative think tanks and GOP party leaders.

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Editor's column countered

Au contraire Mister Mathison, Editor of the Highline Times. Your column affirmed rather than made the case against Ralph Nichol's comments.

For a clue read the article "Burien Council looks at transportation taxes" in which they are concerned that fees will drive up the cost of development and the price of homes. Raising the cost on homes raises rent, too.

Extolling the virtues of the Democrat Party as vote getters doesn't mean it is good for the State or the future of our young people.

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Burien Rebuffs Apartments Plea

King County Housing Authority officials made an eleventh-hour bid last week to keep most of the Lora Lake Apartments open.

The 200-plus apartments at Des Moines Memorial Drive just south of State Route 518 are scheduled to be vacated in June because they are located in a buffer zone for the third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport.

Although the property is owned by the Port, which operates the airport, the housing authority made their request to the Burien City Council.

But agency officials got a cold shoulder from council members at the special meeting Ap

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