Someone said big box stores plan to locate smaller outlets in neighborhood communities to fill a need, adding, "That's what we had before big box stores replaced them.
(Editor's note: The following is part of a letter sent to Jean Kelley of Burien with a copy to the Times/News. Mrs. Kelley's letter on the closing of the Burien Nutritional Center appeared in the Feb. 27 Times/News.)
We are very sorry for any and all distress our closing of the Burien site has caused you and others. It is not a decision we came to easily.
However, the primary reasons we closed Burien are not the ones you mentioned.
North Highline is an area with needs. They need development and services. If Seattle can get more money to care for the area, then it would be better for everyone if Seattle annexes North Highline. Adding 30,000 people to a city of a million will hardly be noticed. Raising the quality of life in White Center will raise the quality of life in Burien.
Seattle has the tax base to provide for North Highline's needs.
Open letter to the Des Moines City Council:
As a long-time resident of Des Moines I have long been interested in development and use of our distinctive waterfront. Early on my children played on the beach. Many years later my husband and I moored our sailboat in the marina.
King County Council Chairwoman Julia Patterson plans to organize Highline community leaders across city boundaries to lobby for more services for the area.
"The time to talk about it is over-it is time to do something," Patterson declared.
Patterson announced her plans at the Feb. 26 SeaTac City Council meeting.
She lives in SeaTac and was an original member of the SeaTac council when the city incorporated. Her husband, Pat Patterson, is the city's facilities director.
Patterson noted that south King County is broken into small cities.
Burien council members gave a unanimous thumbs down Feb. 25 to a bill designed to help Seattle offset the additional costs of providing services if that city annexes North Highline.
The unofficial rejection of House Bill 1139, which is currently in the state Senate, came during a study session after Seattle and King County officials asked for local support for the measure.
Following a presentation of arguments in favor of HB 1139, six Burien lawmakers explained why they wouldn't back the legislation.
Tim St. Clair, 57, long-serving Robinson Newspapers reporter, died Feb. 25 at Virginia Mason's Bailey Boushay House where he had been moved earlier in the day from Swedish Hospital.
Tim, who worked for the West Seattle Herald/White Center News for just under 20 years, had bravely battled pancreatic cancer for a year.
His articles also appeared in the Times/News.
"Tim St Clair was the consummate reporter," said Publisher Jerry Robinson "I called him the Saint or Mr.
The Highline School District's proposed upgraded policies on sex and AIDS education were introduced at the board's Feb.
Starbucks is coming to SeaTac.
A drive-through Starbucks will be part of a mixed-use development across International Boulevard from the South 154th Street light rail station.
SeaTac City Council members approved on Feb. 26 approved an agreement the development that will include two towers with up to 860 housing units and retail stores.
It will be located on the northwest corner of International Boulevard and South 154th Street.
Des Moines' elegant Landmark on the Sound, an early 20th Century mansion with sweeping views of Puget Sound and Maury Island, hosted this year's Poverty Bay Wine Festival events Feb. 29 to March 2.
All proceeds benefit community service projects of the Rotary Club of Des Moines.
The festival kicked off on Friday, Feb.
