I know it’s been a number of days since the Cougar’s lost their game. It’s been difficult for me to put pen to paper so to speak. Both of my favorite teams from this state are finished for the season. Gonzaga went out much sooner than I had thought they would. The Cougar’s played great for the first 16 minutes of their last game. Then things started going side ways. But, they made it much further than most of the experts predicted. Next year should be better for both teams.
I’ve been out of town and far away from TV and computers for the past 4 days. So I just found out about all the games that I missed. My favorite, the Gonzaga Bulldogs went down in the first round. It made me frown. But, our Washington State Cougars are still in the hunt. They will be playing again on Thursday against the #1 seed North Carolina.
I wish them luck……Go Cougs !!!
We have two teams from this state in the NCAA Basketball Championship rounds.
The Washington State Cougars are a #4 seed in the East Regionals. With the Pac 10 conference getting 6 teams in. While the Gonzaga Bulldogs are a # 7 seed in the Midwest Regionals. This is the first time that Gonzaga has made it in as a #7 seed. Another first for this year is the West Coast Conference has 3 teams in the tournament.
Both of our teams will be playing on Friday the 21st. I know that everyone wishes them luck and wants to see them make it to the second round.
They are moving right along on construction of the Civic Center. I know that the photos don’t look like much has changed but it has. I would have tried to get closer but with all the rain the mud was almost sucking my shoes right off my feet. I hope that next month it’ll be dryer and I’ll get some real good shots.
The past two days have been very exciting. We have one team that is in by a win and one team that is sure to get an invitation.
The Washington State Cougars will play Stanford in the Pac 10 Semifinals tonight at 8:30 you can see it on FSN.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs are waiting for an invitation to the Big Dance. I do believe that the announcements will be made on Monday. If you pay any attention to the announcers at the games Gonzaga will get in and even if the Cougars lose tonight they will still get in.
So we have a pair of teams from our state to be very proud of. March Madness continues and we’re still in the thick of things.
The foundation of the food bank is moving along. Looking at it now you can really tell how big it’s going to be. Last month looking at the forms in a hole it didn’t look like much.
Anyone interested in looking at it just drive north on 36th. It on the east side of the Chapel building of Mt View Church.
I hope to see walls going up over the next month.
Last night after watching Gonzaga play a sloppy game, lucky to come out with a win over Santa Clara at 52-48. I thought, well the guys are just resting up and trying to conserve their energy for the Monday night Championship game. They didn’t come out looking anymore rested than San Diego, and they had played a double overtime game Sunday night. I’m not sure what the problem was. San Diego has lost 13 straight games to Gonzaga. I guess hiring away Gonzaga’s Assistant coach Bill Grier to be their new Head coach was an excellent move. In the end San Diego won the game 69-62. They now have the automatic spot in the NCAA tournament.
Gonzaga and St Mary’s will wait for what is called an At Large invitation to be announced. According to the announcers at the game both the schools have enough scheduling points and wins to get them in. This may be the first time that the West Coast Conference has ever had 3 teams at the Big Dance.
The other two big games this week are the Huskies on Wednesday night and the Cougars on Thursday night. Both of the games will be at 6:00pm on FSN
If you didn’t watch this game yesterday you really missed a good one. It was great game. Well played to the very last second. In regular time and both the overtimes. The 23rd ranked Washington State Cougars came out on top over the University of Washington Huskies.
The Cougars have a No.3 seed for the conference tournament. They are tied with Southern California but earned the higher spot due to their season sweep of the Trojans.
The Cougars will have their first game on Thursday against Oregon. The #8 seeded Huskies will have their first game on Wednesday with California.
Thursday afternoon I went to the official ground breaking ceremony for the Stone Ridge Senior Living Community in Milton, WA. Some of the actual earthwork construction has already started, but this was the official kick off. The first photo that I’ve posted is Tom Pierson the CEO of the Federal Way Chamber of Commerce welcoming all the guests.
The welcome was followed by Pastor Dwayne Neal from the Faith Family Church in Milton giving an opening prayer. The Flag presentation was done by Chuck Whitney and members of VFW Post 11401.
This was followed by the introduction of the Ownership Group which includes the following people: Robert Lloyd, Tom Reynolds, Bob Couper, and John Harder.
The second photo includes the invited speakers as they did their shovel work. The lady on the left is Katrina Asay, Mayor of Milton. The gentlemen in the middle who moved behind a hard hat at just the wrong moment is Pete von Reichbauer, King County Council Member. The gentlemen that you can see is Jack Dovey the Mayor of Federal Way.
The rendering they had of the project was beautiful. This will be a great addition to our community. Unlike the average retirement community Stone Ridge will be on a month-to-month rental basis. That will relieve the stress of having a buy-in fee or the commitment of a long term lease.
If you would like to review my original article: Stone Ridge Senior Living click here
Effective today March 5, 2008 the FHA has increased the loan limits on Single Family Home Mortgage loans. The maximums are decided by the county the property is in.
King County $567,500
Pierce County $567,500
Kitsap County $475,000
This should help a large number of people needing to refinance out of an Adjustable Rate loan with a large balance. FHA along with having lower down payment/equity requirements also is a bit more forgiving with credit requirements and issues. Anyone needing assistance on making a decision to complete a refinance please email me and I can offer references to a number of excellent lenders in the area.
