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According to Jared Storer’s blog, a fund has been set up to support the family of Brian Storer, who was killed last Thursday in a floatplane crash near Shelton along with his father, Mark.
Brian and Christy Storer were married three years and have two young children, Toby & Sam, ages 2 and 1 (pictured at [...]

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Local volunteers assisted Eagle Scout Michael Wines on July 26th with his project, which involved installing a park bench and landscaping at Lake Burien School Memorial Park.
Here’s a slideshow courtesy Burien Parks:

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
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After taking in an estimated 300+ truck fulls of goods, the Burien Fire Victims Donation Center (located at 156 SW 152nd Street) is now closed and being returned to its landlord.
Please make a note of it, spread the word, and do NOT show up with any more donations, since nobody will be there taking things [...]

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[ August 2, 2008; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ]

The annual (and FREE) Des Moines Pet Festival will happen Saturday, Aug, 2nd, from 9am-3pm at Des Moines Beach Park, with the following activities planned:

Ice Cream Eating Contest
Hot Dog Bobbing Contest
Basic Obedience
King and Queen
Best Trick
Best Costume
Ugliest Pet
Owner/Pet Look-Alike
Agility, Rally & Conformation Training Match
Much more!

Please keep in mind that the above-mentioned contests are for PETS, not [...]

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by Shawn Underwood
I like dogs.
All kinds of dogs.
Except “biters” and those with foaming saliva on their molars.
The “biter” phenomenon is very evident in small yappers, the kind that yip and yap then bite and bite until the victim (usually me and my ankles) yaps, thus negating the “yapper phenomenon” via a double negative.
We have several [...]

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[ July 31, 2008; 11:00 am; ] As we reported Friday, Burien Towing’s Mark Storer, 51, and his son Brian, 24, were killed in a floatplane crash near Shelton, WA.

A memorial service for both has been scheduled for this Thursday, July 31st at 11am at the Church by the Side of the Road, which is located at 3455 S 148th Street [...]

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SHELTON, WA ­- Burien Towing’s Mark Storer, 51 and his son Brian, 24, were killed Thursday when their floatplane crashed 10 miles west of Shelton.
Investigators have not yet determined the cause of the crash that left the two area residents dead.
Mark Storer founded and operated both Burien and Airport Towing, and leaves behind his wife, [...]

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Hey, all filmmakers have to start somewhere, right?
We remember our first movie, made with Dad’s Super-8 camera in the basement, using only the heads of our sister’s Barbie Dolls.
With that disclaimer in mind, here’s a new (and apparently a first-attempt), stop-motion locally-produced “film” made using only “Mom & Dad’s camera,” Lego Star Wars toys and [...]

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According to the Seattle P-I, members of a family that lived at the arson-burned Tara Apartments in Burien are suing their landlord, claiming they did little to prevent the fire that destroyed the building and killed their 8-year old child and two other people.

Former residents Jamie Cisneros and Martha Velazquez lost their 8-year-old son, Edgar [...]

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