October 2008

On Sept. 30, the Seattle City Council Transportation Committee gave two of the four streetcar lines proposed by the Seattle Department of Transportation last spring priority status.

Described by students, parents, and staff as "the lady who always smiles," Loyal Heights' administrative secretary Mary Hawkinson has retired after 31 years.

A going-away party was thrown in her honor at the school Oct. 3. Kathy Katzen, her assistant of 17 years, replaces her.

"I loved my job," said Hawkinson. "The kids, staff, parents. Where else can you have all this? Now it's time to enjoy my family.

"When I first got the job I had to type 60 words a minute and know shorthand," she added.

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By Patricia Devine and Jim Anderson

The most proximate cause of homlessness in America is poverty. The homeless face persistence deprivation and constant threat of harm. Children in homeless families do worse in school and have lower attendance. Permanent housing provides a "base" for people to move out of poverty. Homeless families need a Champion in the White House.

Dixon T. McReynolds III

Seattle

Boys tennis

TJ 3, Kentlake 2

Makoa Rosa and Kainoa Rosa teamed up to win the No. 1 doubles match, (7-6) (2), 6-0. Kyle Creek and Brandyn Gomez were 6-2, 7-5 No. 2 doubles winners, and the tandem of Anthony Tomyn and Ty Garceau were 7-5, 7-5 winners in the No. 3 doubles match.

TJ 4, Kentlake 1

Kentlake became a victim of the Raiders again last week.

Gomez won No. 2 singles, 6-2, 7-6 (3), and Rosa and Creek took the No. 1 doubles match, 6-2, 7-5. Joe Lee and Michael Suh won No.

Ishikawa slugs away

Federal Way graduate Travis Ishikawa is playing first base for the San Francisco Giants after an August call up.

Ishikawa was hitting .279 (24-for-86) through his 30th game with the team, blasting his way to three home runs, six doubles, 12 runs and 15 RBI.

Like in The Wizard of OZ, I wish a good witch could wave a magic wand and spare us from the economic crisis gripping our nation.

That's not going to happen, so the federal government has stepped in with a $700 billion plan to stabilize the financial markets.

Absent in the debate about where we go from here is how skyrocketing health care costs have contributed to the financial instability of American workers.

Harvard Law School researchers estimate that in 2006 alone, 1.5 million Americans were in jeopardy of losing their homes because of medical problems.

Chinook salmon returned to Hylebos Creek early last week, perhaps knowing their friends were gathering upstream.

One hundred ninety-seven friends of the Hylebos turned out to the King County Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center Saturday evening, September 27 to celebrate the annual fall run of Hylebos Creek salmon and to raise funds to support Hylebos conservation efforts.

More than $30,000 was raised for Hylebos Creek conservation at the Friends' 4th annual Ruby Dance Stewardship dinner (no fish were on the menu).

The name Ruby Dance refers to the flash of red see

Dr. Shirley B. Gordon, an important figure in the development of Highline Community College and the first female president of a publicly funded college district in the state of Washington, died Sept. 20 in Burien at the age of 86.

Dr. Gordon, along with other local leaders, was successful in establishing the college in 1961. She later served as Highline's president for 14 years and continued to contribute nationally to higher education.

A campus memorial service was held Oct. 4 in the Highline Student Union on Highline's main campus.

Dr.

She sits atop the hill at the North SeaTac BMX track where it all started, smiling and talking to her brother and old friends as BMX racers of all ages peddling their hearts out whiz by.

She is Jill Kintner, Burien's very own bronze winning Olympic athlete.

She and her family returned on Saturday, Sept.