May 2011

Editor's note: The West Seattle Herald has been covering news here for nearly a century. Robinson Newspapers (which publishes the West Seattle Herald) have a massive news archive of Herald coverage dating back to 1928. What follows are crime reports and public safety issues from 1931. Although reporters’ names were not included with stories at that time, their original words remain intact. As more historical crime reports are compiled there will be more installments of West Seattle All Time Crimes. Here is a link to Part 1 of 1931.

Jan 8, 1931
Wing-Nyhus Bakery Entered by Thieves
Thieves, believed to be boys, entered the Wing-Nyhus Bakery at California Ave. and Hinds St. through a window in the dressing room, but found their way barred into the bakery proper. They contented themselves with taking a few tools from under the seat of the bakery truck which was parked in the rear.

Jan 22, 1931
Grave Digger in Strange Tangle
Never married but gets divorce from “Wife”

The Westside Symphony will perform orchestral classics, including Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, two movements from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, and Lecuona’s Malaguena tonight at 7:00 pm at Chief Sealth International High School, 2600 s.w. Thistle.

The symphony's resident woodwind ensemble will present its premiere public performance of local composer Jeremiah Oliver’s “A Forest Lines the Banks.”

Vaughan William’s gorgeous Rhosymedre and a quirky Shostakovich Polka round out the program.

The show starts at 7:00 p.m. in the Chief Sealth International High School auditorium.

Suggested donation $5 for adults, $1 for students.

All of a sudden, I see articles about pie everywhere I look. Just like cupcakes a few years ago, pie is now a culinary adventure many are embarking on. There are several pie restaurants now in Seattle, but homemade is always best!

Most people don’t think of pie as a high-sodium food, but pies can have as much as 400 to 500 mg per slice. Since a good daily salt limit is below 2,000 mg, this is quite a bit. Wonder where all that salt is hiding? The majority of it is in the crust.

The truth is you don’t need a salty pie crust to make your pie delicious. Instead of focusing on the crust, let the wonderful flavors and textures of your filling shine through when making pie.

Easiest Pie Crust
This crust has vegetable oil, so it is lower in saturated fat and very low in sodium.

1-1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil

By Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles

The medicinal benefits of marijuana are now recognized throughout most medical communities and are steadily resonating among political circles, law enforcement agencies and the public at large. Today most people know a friend or loved one whose chronic pain or nausea was relieved or could have been by medical marijuana.

The medical use of marijuana has been legal in Washington since 1998, when 59 percent of voters statewide approved an initiative allowing patients with specific terminal or debilitating illnesses to receive an authorization from their health care provider for marijuana.
But, in its current form, our medical marijuana law is extremely confusing and leaves qualifying patients
without adequate legal protection or a safe avenue to receive their medicine.

Unless patients grow for themselves or designate someone to grow for them, the law offers no legal pathway for patients to access their medicine.

Breathe Hot Yoga the Herald told you about first at 3750 s.w. Alaska Street West Seattle will hold its Grand Opening May 12.

As a way to introduce people to the new studio free classes will be offered at these times.

4pm-5pm *
5:15pm-6:15pm*
6:30pm-8pm

*new 60 minute series taught by owner Amber Borgomainerio.

Regular class schedule starts Friday, May 13th

For the current class schedule and directions, visit www.breathehotyoga.com

The Breathe Hot Yoga facility offers zoned radiant heat, antibacterial flooring, and showers.

This is the second location for the company which already operates a South Lake Union location.

I drove the Viaduct today
And as I sailed along its way
I had to ask for old time’s sake
Is her demise a big mistake?

Like what’s the sense of taking out
Such an important north south route?
Is linking waterfront and town
Worth what we’ll pay to bring her down?

Is ignorance or greed to blame
For how our leaders trash her name?
Are they now standing up for you
Or for the side that wants her view?

Has scaring folks about a quake
Been done for tunnel vision’s sake?
How safe are we in some damp hole
Where no way out could play a role?

And lastly, why did they ignore
The low cost option to restore
Then skew the ballot so you’d vote
Their way, no matter what you wrote?

Zippy's Giant Burgers, successfully closed their Highland Park location, made the move to their new White Center location, got that space completely fitted out and decorated, got new signs up and were on track to open and satisfy thousands of hungry burger eaters but...it's always something and in this case it was an inspection that involved a faulty fire alarm and suppression system for the whole building. That had to be fixed before the final health inspection.

UPDATE FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY 11

Monkey Wrench #1. After waiting around all day for the plumber to fix the hot water heater he finally showed up at 4:30 with a quick fix. Yay hot water.

The Ballard baseball team lost their second playoff game last night, ending their successful season.

The Beavers faced Woodinville at Inglemoor last night and Ballard started off strong, scoring two
unanswered runs in the first inning. Woodinville didn't score until the bottom of the third inning.

In the fifth inning, Woodinville really gained the lead by scoring four runs. Even a pitcher replacement couldn't help the Beavers because in the following inning, Woodinville scored another four runs.

In the seventh inning, Ballard tried to make a comeback but four runs wasn't enough for the Beavers to win the game.

Ballard lost 11 to 6, ending their first playoff appearance in five years.

Softball:

Garfield was little competition for the Ballard softball team last night as Ballard defeated the Bulldogs 15 to 3 by the fifth inning.

Ballard got ahead three to one in the first inning and expanded their lead to nine against one going into the third. Garfield scored two runs in the third inning which Ballard answered with six additional runs in the fourth and fifth inning.

Ballard High School students will take to the hardwood against their teachers and staff to raise funds for the school's football program.

This evening of entertaining basketball will square off student athletes against Principal Keven Wynkoop, Football Coach Thomas, Softball Coach Gray, Baseball Coach Lamm and many more.

Concessions will be open, the cheer squad and band will be present, and the Dance team will perform.

The game will take place in Ballard High School's main gym on Tuesday, May 24th from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Admission is $7 adults/$5 kids with ASB cards.

Our own paparazzo, Kurt Howard, got some great candid photos from outside the fence at Highline Memorial Field as a film company took over the stadium to shoot a movie Saturday, May 7.
Here's the story we ran previously on the shoot:

Stardom not guaranteed when local football players, extras get their close-ups at Highline Stadium

By Eric Mathison
That high school football game at Highline Memorial Field on Saturday, May 7 will not be a spring training scrimmage-it will be a movie scene.

Up to 60 players from Evergreen and Highline High schools in full football gear will be involved in scenes for a movie entitled "Safety Not Guaranteed."

The on-field action will feature a kick-off, run back and blocking---but no tackling.
The film crew plans to use the stadium from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday.

The movie stars Aubrey Plaza, who plays the uninspired intern on TV's "Parks and Recreation." Other stars are Mark Duplass from the independent movie "Mark Duplass," Jake Johnson, last seen in "No Strings Attached" and Kristen Bell, also known as TV's Veronica Mars.