For weeks, Jill Ochsner has been glued to her television set. The evening of April 18 was no exception.
It was a memorable night as she watched Sanjaya Malakar be voted off of American Idol. Ochsner knows Sanjaya well-especially his famous, thick head of hair.
Sanjaya has graced her hairdresser's chair twice as she helped prepare him for stardom. She has colored and cut his locks.
A picnic honoring the memory of former Highline Public Schools Superintendent Carl Jensen will be held Saturday, May 26, at Camp Waskowitz.
The public is invited to attend.
Mr. Jensen, who was superintendent from 1953 to 1971, died last November at the age of 97.
He had requested that a picnic be held at Camp Waskowitz in lieu of a memorial service, and he set aside money in his will to pay for the event.
Perhaps the most respected and best-loved leader in Highline history, Mr.
Bail was set at $5 million Monday for a man accused of shooting his wife to death Friday evening in Des Moines.
Monique Vance was at her brother's apartment in the 21800 block of 31st Avenue South when witnesses said they heard shots around 7 p.m. on April 27.
Investigators were told Vance came down the apartment stairs with a man chasing her while firing a gun. She was discovered dead outside an across-the-street duplex.
Vance was given a SeaTac Municipal Court order barring contact from her husband on Feb. 20.
SeaTac lawmakers reacted angrily on April 24 to a disclosure by Port of Seattle officials that the Port may take part of Des Moines Creek Park to extend a runway at Sea-Tac International Airport.
Elizabeth Leavitt, Port aviation environmental programs manager, and David McCraney, Port environmental services manager, emphasized that the extension is "the most uncertain" of the Port's long-range projects planned after 2010.
But since the possible extension is part of the Port's master study and draft environmental impact statement, Leavitt said the Port is legally bound to
Burien got a surprise gift from the Legislature in the closing hours of its recently ended session-a $1.6 million appropriation for a Town Square parking garage.
"It was a real nice surprise," City Manager Mike Martin said last week.
Burien City Council members reviewed designs of possible public art for Town Square at an April 23 study session.
A proposed "centerpiece" work, which would be located in the public plaza at Town Square, resembles a tilted, upside-down auger.
I want to thank the Burien City Council for open meetings where and when we, Burien citizens, can hear their discussion and their process for decision making.
I am glad for their discussion and dialogue with artist Dan Corson and the Arts Commission and their proposal of a piece of art for the Town Square.
Dan Corson has a wonderful art at Cedar River Water Shed, with drums and music.
I've just seen an artist's rendering of the centerpiece to be placed in the newly remodeled Burien Town Square. I hope that the City of Burien will allow the public to see the artwork before it is commissioned! After all, your tax money is paying for it.
To me it looks like an auger. I am told it's supposed to represent the history of Burien. The edges of the round circles have saw teeth. This represents the lumbering industry, which is a part of the city's history. Again, that would be hard to decipher, since the teeth are hard to see.
I attended the Burien City Council study session on April 23. I was there for another topic, but sat through a presentation by the Arts Commission and was shocked to see the piece of art they've chosen for the main piece for Town Square.
It was amazing that such a controversial looking piece was being pushed without public comment (at this non-televised session).
For a Town Square park that is supposed to be a place to relax and reflect or to enjoy lively community celebrations, the sculpture recommended by the Arts Commission does not appear very appropriate.
Frankly, it portends of something rather vicious and threatening. May I suggest something more playful and/or serene?
Emelie McNett
Burien
