May 2007

The Midway Sewer District transferred on April 30 ownership of more than two miles of existing pipeline to the Des Moines Creek Basin Committee for use as a creek high-flow bypass.

The committee includes the cities of Des Moines and SeaTac as well as King County, the Port of Seattle and the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Its members are working on projects that improve drainage, reduce erosion and improved fish habitat in the creek watershed.

The pipeline, which parallels Des Moines Creek between South 200th Street and Puget Sound, will drain a

The Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence recently honored four education professionals at its seventh annual Gold Star Awards fundraising luncheon.

Bobbie Daligcon of Cascade Middle School was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year.

Rick Healy, facilities service grounds lead, was honored as the Outstanding Classified Employee of the Year.

And Lora Bolding, PTSA president at Pacific Middle School, was recognized as Outstanding Volunteer of the Year.

A Lifetime Achievement Award was given posthumously to Carl Jensen, founder of Camp Waskowitz and

The 60 members of ChoralSounds Northwest strike just the right balance of Christmas inspiration and cheer every year with their December holiday concert.

They have also found just the right formula for their spring concert with their third annual salute to the Great White Way.

This spring's performance, "Give Our Regards to Broadway 3," comes to the Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S. 152nd Street in Burien, Saturday, May 19, at 8 p.m.

Des Moines Space heater causes fire, smoke harm to apartment

May 1--Firefighters quickly put out an early evening apartment fire at 22405 30th Ave. S. However, smoke damage left the apartment uninhabitable.

The Red Cross assisted the occupant with temporary housing.

Fire investigators determined the cause was a space heater placed too close to the wall, which caught on fire.

There were no working smoke detectors in the apartment.

No other apartments were damaged and there were no injuries.

Kyle Johnson did it with the bat and the ball in helping lead the Mount Rainier Rams to a 3A West Central District playoff win over Olympic, 5-4, at the Des Moines Fieldhouse Tuesday, May 8.

"The varsity experience is not there from last season, only three regulars," said Darren Rawie, head baseball coach of the traditionally strong Rams program.

That's just to say the Rams lose a lot off a championship caliber team last season and all they did is bring up junior varsity and subs of last season. They unload and reload.

Pro instruction offered

Local tennis professional Steve Walters again offers area tennis lessons at outdoor locations this summer. Walters, certified Pro 1 by the United States Professional Tennis Association since 1986, has coached at some of the world's top tennis resorts and academies in Florida, California, Texas and Canada. Also he traveled on the men's professional tour, including the 1988 U.S. Open, as a traveling coach for world-ranked pros and nationally-ranked juniors.

As a player, Walters has been ranked No.

Boys track

Highline All-City

Vincente Cordova won four events in Friday's action at Highline Stadium, taking the javelin at 127-2, the high jump at 6-2, the long jump at 21-2 and the triple jump at 43-7.

David Lopez of Mount Rainier won the shot put at 47-10 and Senio Kelemete of Evergreen won the discus at 149-2.

Highline's Al Jiggs Parades won the pole vault at 10-6 and Evergreen's Charles Webster won the 110 hurdles in 16.5 seconds.

Normally a bleeding heart liberal like me would be all over the city of Burien and the Port of Seattle for balking at preserving affordable housing at the Lora Lake Apartments.

In this week's letters section, the Rev.

(On) May 3 there was a five-car rear-end accident on the Eastbound lanes of Fauntleroy Way. One person was taken to the hospital with possible face and neck injuries, four others had to deal with the trauma and inconvenience that accompanies most auto accidents.

Unfortunately, this is an all-to-common occurence on this route.

What made this accident unique was the possible cause of the impact. At the time, there were several people on the pedestrian overpass with a "Bring the troops home NOW" banner.

Concerning the subject editorial, May 9.

It has been my understanding for a number of years that if I, as a bicycle rider, were ever stopped by a policeman, I had better be able to show my driver's license.

As a fitness bicyclist, not a bicycle commuter, I avoid streets as much as possible in favor of bicycle paths, but I always carry my driver's license when "driving" my bicycle.