May 2011

The Kenney, West Seattle's only continuing care retirement community is postponing plans for redeveloping their campus. The plan, which has been in place for the the last three years has been put on hold primarily due to economic reasons.

The Kenney has removed the four Notice of Proposed Land Use Action signs that line the perimeter of their campus. "We knew people would have questions," said Kevin McFeely President and CEO of The Kenney so it was appropriate to contact the media to let people know.

“There are a couple of issues,” said McFeely, “For one, there’s a new economic reality we’re facing that people are having a much harder time selling their home; something that’s concurrent with moving into a retirement community. Second, it’s much tougher to find lenders for new building projects. As we looked at this project we realized the need to scale down the redevelopment plan to continue to reach the needs of our current residents, our future residents and our neighbors.”

The 4th annual Instruments of Change benefit dinner at the Hall at Fauntleroy onn Friday May 6 will benefit The West Seattle Food Bank (WSFB) and while it is sold out, there is still a way to participate and be an instrument of change in our community:

All that's required is a Facebook account. On the day of the Instruments of Change event ‘Like’ the WSFB Facebook page and participating WSFB board members will donate $1 for every new facebook ‘like’ received on the day of the Instruments of Change event (up to $1000.) Remember, click on the LIKE on May 6, not before.

By participating in the facebook ‘like’ challenge you will insure you have year-round access to valuable information about the food bank’s efforts to increase food security in West Seattle and you’ll receive ideas for staying involved with this vital community resource.

Are you attending Instruments of Change? Don’t forget, check-in is at 6:00pm at the Hall at Fauntleroy, 9131 California Ave SW.

Twelfth Night Productions is looking for children to join the cast of their upcoming production, Oliver! Based on Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist, Oliver! is the musical version of the story of a young orphan boy who leaves the harsh conditions of a 19th century London workhouse and eventually falls into the hands of a crafty criminal named Fagan. Fagan matches Oliver up with a young scallywag called the Artful Dodger who teaches him the art of picking pockets. With music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, Oliver! features beloved classics including “Food, Glorious Food,” “Where Is Love?” “Pick a Pocket or Two,” “I'd Do Anything,” “As Long as He Needs Me,” and “Consider Yourself.”

Auditions for younger actors will take place May 14th with auditions for adults to be announced later.

Children’s Audition Information
(Adult auditions to be announced shortly)

General auditions for students:
Students (ages 8-16): May 14th 2011 from 12:30-4:00pm. Bring a photograph if you have one available and please come prepared to learn a song, and some choreography.

It was Senior Day for Chief Sealth’s seniors on May 2, and they pulled of a win in dramatic fashion to honor those heading off into a post-high-school world in a few months.

The final tally was 7-6 with Sealth pulling out of a three run deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning and ending it all with a walk off home run.

The teams were all square at two runs a piece after two innings. West Seattle started working on their lead, getting one run in the third and going up 3-2.

In the fifth inning Sealth pitcher #14 AJ Rose let in two more runs off hits from West Seattle’s #20 Sam Hellinger and #9 Mike Wickham, leading to a pitcher change for the Seahawks.

Edit: Corrected the pitcher change to Keone Kela instead of Eric Swenson.

At 12 years old, Kaye Gill has more “music cred” than most musicians twice her age. In the three years since she started to play bass, Gill has played on just about every stage in Seattle including The Crocodile, Chop Suey, The Showbox, The Triple Door and Bumbershoot.

As the bass player for the fast rising Seattle indie alt-pop band, Verlee for Ransom, she is getting ready to release her debut CD on May 20th at Q Cafe along with The Oh Wells and The Warm Hardies.

A product of The School of Rock, Gill was still an elementary school student when she auditioned for the band.

After she impressed the band during the audition they asked which school she attended. "They were very surprised thatt she was still in elementary school," said Aaron Gill, Kaye Gill's father.

The band's oldest member is 20 year-old keyboard player Rio Chanae and the band is led by singer songwriter Keira Verlee, 17. Together, the band produces songs well beyond their age.

"It's been really fun playing with them," said Kaye Gill, a sixth grader at Whitman Middle School. "The maturity levels range but we fit really well together."

Friday, April 22

Boys soccer
TJ 3, Mt. Rainier 0
Mount Rainier went down to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Thomas Jefferson on Friday, April 22.

Fastpitch
Kennedy 15, Evergreen 0
The Lancers scored a big win over the Wolverines in Friday, April 22 action.

Baseball
Kennedy 20, Evergreen 7
The Lancers broke out their big bats to beat the Wolverines Friday, April 22.

Highline 12, Foster 0
Highline stopped the Bulldogs convincingly in a Friday, April 22 game.

Kentlake 7, Mt. Rainier 0
Kentlake emerged as a winner by shutout in Friday, April 22 action.

Saturday, April 23

LaCrosse
Highline 7, Port Angeles 5
Highline squeezed past the Roughriders in a Saturday, April 23 matchup.

Monday, April 25

LaCrosse
Overlake 20, Kennedy 8
Overlake got the best of the Lancers in a 20-8 win over JFK on Monday, April 25.

Boys soccer
SCS 3, Orting 0
The Warriors shut out Orting in Nisqually League action Monday, April 25.

By C. Edmund Wright

The children are celebrating and taking credit for the death of Osama bin Laden, but make no mistake about it, this is a win for the adults. This will give Obama a short-term boost in the polls, but I submit after a few days or weeks of liberal celebration, reality will start to sink in for more and more Americans.

Now by adults, I mean folks mature enough to understand that the world is a mean place ruled by the aggressive use of power and that the only way to stop evil from ruling is for the good guys to use more power and to use it more aggressively.

And by children, I mean the overgrown juveniles who refuse to understand this reality as it is and who like to think the Muslim world adored us until Bush-Cheney and Rumsfeld came to power. Long before election day of 2012, this will become evident.

Because when you drill down, the death of bin Laden has nothing to do with the core beliefs of this President or the entire liberal movement.

The varsity baseball played against Bothell last night in a game that got rained out in the extra inning.
The Beavers started off the game well with a double by Rory and a RBI single by Kangas, gaining a 1-0 lead over Woodinville. With

Brendan Foor on the mound, the Beavers kept Woodinville scoreless until the bottom of the third when Woodinville scored five runs. Ballard didn't score again until the sixth inning, trailing behind Woodinville 5 to 2. Ballard made a great comeback in the seventh inning, taking the lead 6 to 5. Woodinville tied it up in the bottom of the seventh inning and the game went into an extra inning. But then a serious rain shower came down forcing the game to stop.

Coach John Lamm told the BNT this morning that he's unsure if the game will be replayed. Lamm said the outcome of the game will not affect the teams' standings in the league. Ballard continues to be the fourth seed in the playoffs and Woodinville, the second seed.

Softball:

The varsity softball game was rained out as well.

Today's games:

Tuesday, May 3

· Girls Varsity Golf vs. Skyline @ Jackson Golf Club, 3:30pm

Firefighters find marijuana plants while responding to fire
South King County Fire Department was called to a house fire in the 1000 block of South 197th St. Upon arrival crews saw smoke coming from the vents of the roof but were able to extinguish the fire quickly. The fire appeared to have started in the kitchen. Two adults and two teens living in the home were able to make it out safely. Firefighters we able to locate two cats that were in the home. However, there were two other cats that were not located. While searching the home, firefighters found that the house had no working smoke detectors. They also found multiple marijuana plants inside the home.

One woman shot while attending birthday party

Join Mariner great Edgar Martinez in Burien Thursday, May 12 as he promotes his line of mezcals, and items autographed by him are offered in a silent benefit auction.

The silent auction is for Para Los Ninos, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation headquartered in Burien whose mission is to increase the academic success of Latino students. Para Los Ninos is extremely grateful that Edgar Martinez and El Zacatecano have agreed to allow the nonprofit group to hold the fundraiser during the promotion. The auction will consist of Martinez-autographed items plus items donated from throughout the community, such as gift cards, baskets and so much more.

Martinez will not be autographing any baseball memorabilia. Instead, a limited number of items autographed by Martinez will be presented at the silent auction. Martinez will also visit each table in the dining room.

Martinez will appear at the Mark Restaurant and Bar at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on behalf of El Zacatecano, the line of mezcal he and hairstyling legend Gene Juarez are bringing to the United States. Mezcal is a stronger, smokier relative of tequila, and El Zacatecano is one of the oldest and best-selling mezcal brands in Mexico.