January 2008

Super Stars win again

The Ballard Super Stars girl's soccer team won the Seattle City Soccer Tournament for the second time in as many years last month.

Saturday, Jan. 21

Wrestling

Decatur

The Gators captured sixth place in the team standings at the recent Everett Classic, scoring 121.5 points.

Greg Bull won the 135-pound championship match by pin in 1:41. Spencer Kabelec came in second at 145 pounds with a loss by pin in 1:41. Teammate Tevyn Tillman won the 285-pound final, 4-2.

TJ, Beamer

The Thomas Jefferson Raiders wrestlers won two mighty close battles -- the down-to-the-wire, firey finish, even controversial, kind. But the host Decatur Gators showed their seniority at key points through the match and won the war, 41-29, in South Puget Sound League North action Thursday.

"TJ is a tough team," said Gators head coach Mike Bressler. "I knew all along this was going to be a battle. I just tried to prepare my kids. Jess (Workman) is a good coach. And they're not done.

Blue Island Sushi is an interesting place for lunch, especially if you like to watch your food glide around the room on a little conveyor belt onto which Sushi chefs expertly chop, roll and plop new selections.

They shout "Gozaimas" or something else akin to hello in Japanese to everyone who walks in the door.

Open since last summer, eating at Blue Island takes a few minutes to acclimate yourself to, as this is a new trend eating style that has been popular in Japan since the 1950s.

The "sushi-go-round" or "kaiten" runs circuitously around the room, and you gra

To the Editor:

Opponents of the strong mayor initiative ask "Why tamper with something that has been proven to work?"

Oh really?

Did any one read the front-page article in the 12/6/07 Tacoma News Tribune, "City sells land for massive towers," regarding the incredibly huge project to begin in our core area? Before this project was written in stone, does any one recall hearing about United Properties (the builder) being in litigation for building several leaky condos?

That United Properties Ltd.

To the Editor:

There has been a huge misunderstanding--and I must present the facts.

It was ACT's original expressed intention to have a debate on the elected Mayor issue on Jan. 13th.

Part of the reason was the fact that I was going to be out of town on the 16th.

Summons by Publication

No. 04-3-06446-9KNT

In re: Rodney Wambaa, Jr.

Allan Wambaa

Petitioner,

and

Grace Muraba

Respondent.

To the Respondent:

1. The petitioner has started an action in the above court requesting:

In an attempt to reduce future greenhouse gas emissions, Sea-Tac International Airport released on Jan.18 a landmark study of environmental strategies.

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory identifies air emission sources associated with the airport.