[2] September 25, 2010 Jazz is back: Marine View’s Jazz LIVE monthly concert series is kicking off again this month after a summer break. Up first is the jazz band Groove For Thought. The band will be backed by keyboard
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that depicts the life of Emily Dickand percussion. GFT, as the group inson, played by Maria Glanz. The refers to itself, is a Seattle-based vocal group that has been singing play is set in Dickinson’s Amherst, Mass., home and uses her work, together since 1998. Groove for diaries and letters to depict her Thought will play at 5 p.m. years of seclusion. Shows Sept. 26. All shows take are at the Knutzen Family place the last Sunday of the month at the FEDERAL WAY Theatre, 3200 SW Dash church, 8469 Eastside Point Road. Tickets are Drive NE in Tacoma. $25 for adults, $20 for Upcoming shows include seniors, military and colHook Me Up, Cocoa Marlege students and $10 for tini and Michael Powers, who youth. Call (253) 661-1444. is returning again for a Christmas Symphony season: The Federal special. So far, the church has Way Symphony presents their hosted 15 shows. For more inforseason premiere, “The Brilliance mation: www.marineviewpc.org of the Classical Era.” It will feaor (253) 229-9206. ture Ukrainian violinist Sergey Emily Dickinson: “The Belle Suhobrusov, who will join the of Amherst” will kick off the fall symphony in playing Beethoven’s theater season. The play, about “Violin Concerto.” The event starts American poet Emily Dickinson, at 2 p.m. Oct. 3 at St. Luke’s, 515 S. 312th. Tickets are $30 for adults runs through Oct. 10 with shows and $25 for seniors (65 and up). at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Students 18 and under are free. and 2 p.m. Sundays. There is also Tickets: (253) 529-9857 or a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Oct. www.federalwaysymphony.org. 9. The play is a one woman show
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RAMONA & BEEZUS G 12:00, 2:15, 7:05 THE LAST AIRBENDER PG 12:30, 2:55, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 CHARLIE ST. CLOUD PG-13 4:30, 9:15 TWILIGHT:ECLIPSE PG-13 12:05, 3:00, 7:00, 9:50 THE KARATE KID PG 6:40, 9:35
GROWN UP’S PG-13 12:15, 2:45, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45 CATS & DOGS 2 PG 12:20, 2:25, 4:25, 7:25, 9:25 SHREK FOREVER PG 12:25, 2:30, 4:35 THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE PG 12:10, 2:35, 4:55, 7:10, 9:30 DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS PG-13 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55
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Wine with the Director: 7 pm Sat., Oct. 2 ($10 add’l) ONE SATURDAY MATINEE: October 9 – 2 p.m. Centerstagetheatre.com or 253-661-1444 for tickets
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TOWN World Championship of Sand Sculpting: Federal Way’s World Championship of Sand Sculpting competition will run through Oct. 3 at the Hillside Plaza parking lot, 31510 20th Ave. S. Sculptors from across the world will compete on-site. Cost is $8.50 per adult and $6.50 for seniors to watch the artists work. Dozens of finished sculptures are on display now. Watch videos at federalwaymirror.com. Community Emergency Response Team: The next CERT class is scheduled to begin Sept. 30. This free program, offered through Federal Way Emergency Management, consists of 24 hours of hands-on instruction including, basic first aid, search and rescue, team organization and more. Course runs 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays for eight weeks. Visit www.cityoffederalway.com/prepare or RSVP to FWEM@cityoffederalway.com. Kaylie Bergen: Federal Way resident Kaylie Bergen, 6, was diagnosed last winter with a rare incurable brain tumor called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. A fundraiser to support Kaylie’s medical and family expenses will run 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Nash family home, 3632 S. 334th St., Federal Way. Tupperware, cosmetics, jewelry and more will be available. To donate or learn more, contact TaShawna Nash: tashawnanash@comcast.net. Check out a short video at federalwaymirror.com. Child care center: The Highline Community College child care
Olympic View teachers win a small boost for kids
Federal Way Wal-Mart presented $100 gift cards to 10 teachers at Olympic View Elementary who won a drawing Sept. 22. The gift cards are intended to purchase classroom supplies. Recipients picture above: Iran Kaveh, Connie White, Ann Imbimbo, Terumi Anderson, Steve Stewart, Sue Ann Bube, Kathryn Smith, Jennifer Loper, Rachel Schiefer and Laura Eberle. Also pictured are Wal-Mart’s Dick Mayer, Natalie Davis-Harlan and Shawn Lizarraga-Ortiz. ANDY HOBBS, The Mirror center is reopening. The program, which was cut due to finances, has been revived with Children’s Home Society of Washington operating it. The early learning center will be available for students, staff and the community. It has the capacity for 110 children from infancy to age 5. Parks Levy Oversight Board: The Metropolitan King County Council confirmed the appointment of Federal Way resident Stephen Freeborn to the Parks Levy Oversight Board. Freeborn’s appointment is for a term expiring Dec. 31, 2014. The board’s mission is to review and report to King County Executive and the County
Council on the division’s spending of parks levy proceeds. Federal Way Co-op Preschool: An open house runs 5 to 6:30 p.m Sept. 27 at 29645 51st Ave. S., Auburn. Now enrolling ages 2-5. Call (206) 650-2861. Did you know: Federal Way Public Schools spends 11 percent of its general fund budget on administrative costs, according to the school district. That makes Federal Way the school district with the lowest percentage of the budget spent on administrative expenditures in the state, according to the school district.
Council fought hard for light rail
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HealthPoint’s Back to School Fair was a great success. With your help we provided backpacks, well child checks and sports physicals to over 74 children. Thanks to you and many others in our community, these children were able to start school ready to learn. World Vision • Multi-Service Center • Federal Way Regional Library • YWCA Peace in the Home Federal Way Community Center • Public Health – Seattle & King County • Federal Way Fire Department Applebee’s • Gymnastics Unlimited • Consejo • HCC’s Latin Rhythm Dance Group • Payasito Trampolin and Lucesita, Tachuelita y Lechuguita
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• Move ahead with no funding for the project, but limited funding to go toward a $2.5 million analysis to identify alternatives or alterations that could be implemented if revenues improve or in the future, • Suspended from the plan, or • Deleted regardless of future revenues. All jurisdictions served by Sound Transit will be affected by Earl’s recommendations if the board approves them. Sound Transit’s south corridor, consisting of South King County and Pierce County, will feel the biggest impacts. Many of the corridor’s ST2 projects will now either move forward with an uncertain completion date, or will only be funded enough to provide alternatives to the original project. Light rail from the Sea-Tac airport to South 200th Street in the Kent/Des Moines area is fully funded and will proceed with a yet undetermined completion date. Earl is proposing the board accept her recommenda-
tion to bring light rail to South 200th Street by 2016 instead of 2020. However, she is also proposing holding back from delivering light rail further south into Federal Way by 2023, and preparing for a future extension into Tacoma. As originally proposed, the $809 million to $952 million (in 2007 figures) portion from South 200th Street to South 272nd Street would have connected Federal Way directly to the Sea-Tac airport, and would have added two new light rail stations near Highline Community College and the Redondo Heights parkand-ride lot. Five hundred parking spaces would have been added in the areas. Future right-of-way acquisition for a light rail connection to the Tacoma Dome were planned. The Federal Way City Council fought hard in 2008 to convince Sound Transit that light rail service to Federal Way and farther south was essential. Building the light rail before 2023 guarantees it will reach far and wide, city council member Jim Ferrell said at that time. If Sound Transit
proposes a partial rail line, the remainder may never be built due to inflation and voters’ potential hesitation to approve another transit measure at a later date, he said. Now, it’s hard to say if, and when, light rail will reach Federal Way and beyond. Ferrell is let down, but understands Sound Transit’s situation. “It’s a real reflection of the current economic climate, and tough decisions do need to be made,” Ferrell said Thursday. “But I am disappointed.” Ferrell hopes Sound Transit will continue to consider extending light rail to Federal Way. The south corridor will be hit hardest by the reworked ST2 package due to steeply decreasing revenue in South King County. Revenues are down 31 percent from 2008 projections. The area has a lower tax base and a lower overall income level compared to some of the other ST2 subareas, Sound Transit staff said. “There’s some serious financial constrictions in that subarea, more than others,” Earl said.