Highline Times - Opinion

A long-time Burien resident and United States Air Force veteran of World War II, Ed Allen, wrote short stories about war experiences that included tales of fiery parachute airplane bailouts, critical casualties, and crash landings.

Flying…MORE

By Rachael LevineSPECIAL TO THE HIGHLINE TIMES

(Editor’s Note: Rachael Levine is the former president of the White Center Library Guild. She led the fight against closure of the White Center and Boulevard Park libraries. King County…MORE

Paul Bauer lived on Russett Street and Union Avenue in Portland. He was about 16 and inspired by Tex Rankin flying his WACO to the airport near the Columbia Slough.

So he built one in the basement of his dad's grocery store but he could…MORE

I swear it was not a set-up.

When I heard the Highline Historical Society was mounting a Burien Community Center display of the “Extraordinary Women of Highline,” I thought my mother might be picked.

Most guys think their mother is…MORE

What could a lawyer, librarian, insurance agent, bus driver, corporate executive, nurse and school teacher possibly have in common? How about a love of acting?

Until Bophary Du, recreation specialist for Burien Parks and Recreation, asked…MORE

Here we are facing the unknown of year 2013 and knowing this is a time of changes and unrest. We wonder; will war ever go away, maybe for good? Or will money greed rule out decisions to find the world at peace? “We, the People,” living today will…MORE

Thousands of people driving through White Center on 18th SW have seen the building which housed the News for many years. It is now quite colorful but unoccupied by the current owner.

When we bought the paper from Dean Phares in 1952 the…MORE

In the ‘50s urban legend had it that a deep, dark hole existed at the bottom of Hicks Lake that drained out to Puget Sound to the west. When someone drowned and the authorities could not find the body, we just assumed it got sucked down that hole…MORE

When I was 11 my big brother Russell, who was thirteen, gave me two marbles for Christmas. One was bright red and the other was bright blue. I know it was a sacrifice for him as he had won them from some rookie and knew I wanted them bad.

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A tradition among some. Totally arbitrary to most. We’ll get on with covering 2013 but first, here are my Top 10 Stories of 2012:

1. North Highline voters overwhelmingly reject annexation to BurienBurien City Manager Mike Martin promised…MORE