[ September 10, 2008; ] by Janet Grella

Have you ever wanted to meet a real police dog and see how they find drugs?

Or meet a bomb-sniffing dog?

Or see a real police helicopter?

Do you ever wonder how the King County Sheriff’s Office handled the Green River Killer case?

Would you like to learn how to shoot a gun?

Wait no longer!  The Citizen’s [...]

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Some pretty cool takedowns and Bruce Lee-ish moves in this video of a karate demonstration of Kyokushin Karate by the Seattle branch of the Northwest Kyokushinkai at the recent Shinnyo-en summer festival in Burien:

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Welcome to the B-Town Blog, a website devoted to local News, Events and more for Burien, WA. [...]

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by Cynthia Reid
“For the first time ever we have confronted in reality
the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy.”
- Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev
19 days after the April 26, 1986 disaster
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Everyone seems to think that summers just fly by, but for those of us [...]

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There’s a very talented, prolific yet autistic longtime B-Town resident named Chris Stiles who’s done over 60 original paintings and drawings.
His artwork will be on display in the Lower Gallery of the Burien Arts Gallery starting Friday night Aug. 8th and continuing through Sept. 28th.
An opening reception will be held Friday night from 7-9pm [...]

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Found on seattle-tacoma craigslist > south king > rants & raves:
We have worked both on a “supernatural” TV show (Fox’ “Sightings”) as well as a “kids science” show (”Bill Nye the Science Guy”) so we’ve been on both sides of the fence, which means that we [...]

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Courtesy Janet Grella, Sales & Promotion Diva for this here B-Town Blog, comes these photos snapped today down at Three Tree Point, where two kitesurfers took advantage of a gorgeous yet blustery sunny day:

According to Wikipedia:
Kitesurfing, also known as kiteboarding, involves using a power kite to pull a rider through the water on a small [...]

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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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Courtesy our new Sales & Promotion Diva Janet Grella comes this interesting photo taken of the beach at Three Tree Point, with a distinctive red hue to the water.
Could this be red tide?

According to Wikipedia…
“Red tide” is a common name for a phenomenon known as an algal bloom, an event in which estuarine, marine, or [...]

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BURIEN – Infamous former Burien grade school teacher and convicted child rapist Mary Kay Letourneau is back in the news – this time not for having an affair with an underage boy, but for wanting to be a King County Election “Poll Worker.”
We’ll pause a moment while you insert your own inappropriate pun here.
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Courtesy B-Town Photographer Paul Conrath comes this timely photo of his daughters Lia and Rene spending a summer afternoon in front of their house, not selling Lemonade like every other kid – rather, selling Art (at 50 cents a pop)!

We don’t know how much they sold, but who says Burien isn’t an art town?
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