April 2010

The Ballard High School lacrosse team's two-game winning streak came to a halt April 9 in an 11-6 loss to Mercer Island.

Goalie Hannah Breton had 20 saves, but the Beavers simply allowed too many shots on goal.

Mercer Island got off 31 shots. Ballard averages 23.5 shots allowed per game.

Jayne Barnes did her best to keep her team in it, scoring a team-high four goals.

Kelsey Barta and Maddie Soukup added a goal each.

Ballard (2-3) takes on winless North Kitsap at 5:45 p.m. on April 12 at North Kitsap High School.

On April 6th the playground at Lafayette Elementary School in Seattle looked suspiciously like an airport. There was a real airplane—a glider—parked out by the basketball hoops. But don’t worry; Sea-Tac isn’t trying to sneak in a fourth runway next to California Avenue. It was there as part of the curriculum for Greg Schroeder’s fourth-grade class.

The kids have been studying aviation—everything from hot air balloons to the space shuttle—and the glider gave them a chance to hop in the cockpit and get some hands-on experience working the controls.

Heinz Gehlhaar, Mark Nyberg, and Bruce Bulloch of Evergreen Soaring towed the glider down from its home at Arlington Municipal Airport and assembled it on the school grounds.

Daystar Retirement Village, 2615 Southwest Barton Street, will hold a post-Tax Day shredding party. The public will be offered free shredding (limit 2 paper sacks or 1 file box per family) Friday, April 16, 1:30 pm-4:30 pm. Daystar and Northbeam Moving Coordinators sponsor the event, and will utilize LeMay Mobile Shredding's shredder equipment.

The West Seattle Junction has it all: friendly retailers, delicious food, arts, culture and convenient services; everything except an open space park for gatherings, playdates and concerts. In a joint effort to remedy that, the West Seattle Junction Association and the Junction Neighborhood Organization are announcing the Breaking Ground Celebration on the future site of the Junction Plaza Park on April, 12, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the corner of SW Alaska Street and 42nd Avenue SW, on the site of a former filling station that has been re-mediated over 10-years, with the old tanks removed and the land completely “greened” to remain so in perpetuity. Park completion date is slated for late May 2010.

Junction Plaza Park, designed by landscape architect Karen Kiest, will feature a plaza, complete with brick and concrete seating; a lawn with decorative benches; and a central performance area. All planting will be Northwest natives, including Vine maple, Northwest Flowering dogwood, Oregon grape and Sword fern.

The driver of a fuel truck was seriously injured in a collision with a private jet airplane at King County International Airport (Boeing Field). He was taken to Harborview Medical Center. There were no other injuries.

The incident occurred April 8th about 6:45 PM.

A Gulfstream IIER private jet was taxiing westbound then turning southbound onto the taxiway A1 in route to the runway. A fuel truck, owned by Galvin Flying Service, was northbound on the taxiway driving lane. The left side wing tip of the airplane hit the front windshield of the truck and entered the cabin area, trapping the driver inside. He was extricated by the fire department in serious condition.

The fuel truck was empty at the time of the collision. The driver is 23 years old.

The Gulfstream had a total of six occupants, including pilot and co-pilot, both of whom are from Van Nuys, California. The aircraft is owned by Jetstar Air of Beverly Hills, CA.

The Sheriff's Office provides fire and police personnel to Boeing Field.

The Sheriff's Major Accident Investigation detectives investigated the accident, and the investigation is on-going.

April 10 and 11 are chock full of events and things to do. You can find all these on our regular events calendar but here's a handy list for this busy weekend.

Seattle Chinese Garden Site Tour and Presentation on Chinese Gardens
Location: Seattle Chinese Garden
6000 16th Ave. SW, north entrance
Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Seattle Chinese Garden Site Tour
and Presentation on Chinese Gardens
See the 4.5-acre garden site, Song Mei Pavilion and early spring plants in bloom, construction progress on the first major courtyard, and plants native to China in the SSCC Arboretum. This guided tour begins with a slide presentation on the cultural significance of Chinese Gardens. Meet at the Chan Education Center. The program is FREE and does not require registration.

King County Master Gardeners Clinics
Location: McLendon’s Hardware

10210 16th Ave. S.W
Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Saturdays, April 3rd - September 25th
(with the exception of May 1 and 29, July 3, and Sept. 4),
10 a.m - 2 p.m.
Please stop by and “Ask a Master Gardener!”

Chief Sealth International High School held Healthapalooza, a health information fair for Chief Sealth students, their families, teachers and staff Friday, April 9.

The school recognized National Public Health Week April 5-11. Sixteen Healthapalooza exhibitors had booths, including the UW School of Dentistry, the Willie Austin Foundation, Seattle Children’s Hospital/Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic (nutrition), Asian Counseling Referral Service (emotional/mental health) and the YMCA (exercise).Three Chief Sealth teachers provided health-related science and physics demonstrations on topics ranging from motion and movement to the chemical content of junk food. Whole Foods also donated healthy snacks for students to sample.

Chief Sealth Administrative Secretary Marta Sanchez organized this event.

Between the wide storefronts of Caffe Fiore and Zayda Buddy's Pizza and Bar on Leary Avenue is a barely noticeable staircase that is more often than not used as additional seating for the Caffe Fiore crowd.

At the top of that staircase is the Quixote Foundation, a small family foundation that hopes to make its impacts on a host of progressive causes more noticeable than its entryway.

With an April 9 announcement that it will be spending its remaining $15 million in assets by 2017, the Quixote Foundation is hoping to make that impact sooner rather than later.

The Quixote Foundation was founded in 1997 in Madison, Wisc., by Stuart Hanisch, who, as his son and current foundation president Erik Hanisch said, had more money that he needed and a family with a long history of philanthropic giving.

The foundation, which moved to Ballard in 2003, is primarily interested in the areas of environmental equity, reproductive rights, election integrity and media reform.

Signups are now open for the Ballard High School Youth Football Camp, which runs July 12 through July 15.

Each camper will work directly with the Ballard High School coaching staff and select varsity players.

The camp is committed to a planned program of football development for participants, including blocking, tackling, passing, catching, kicking and other specialties in a safe, noncontact football environment.

Athletes will learn Ballard High School Football fundamental drills,
offense, and defense.

The camp lasts from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on each day and takes place at the Ballard High School Football Field, located at 1418 N.W. 65th St.

The cost is $50 and includes a T-shirt.

Download the Ballard High School Youth Football Camp brochure and signup form with the link at the right.

It didn't take long for the Ballard High School baseball team's April 8 game against Issaquah to get away from it.

A series of errant pitches, off-target throws and missed catches from Ballard let Issaquah runners advance at will on the way to a 5-0 first-inning lead.

Issaquah (8-2) continued to build on their quick start and handed the Beavers a 13-1 loss, their worst of the season.

Ballard finished with three hits, scoring its lone run in the final inning, to Issaquah's 11.

The Beavers are 2-7 overall and 2-5 in KingCo.

Things don't get easier anytime soon for Ballard. The team faces Redmond (7-2), who beat Issaquah 11-0 April 2, at 6 p.m. on April 12 at Hartman Park.