September 2011

Highine and Foster went right to the wire in football Friday night, with the homestanding Highline Pirates hanging on for a 42-41victory over the Bulldogs.

Foster pulled within one point with 7.3 seconds left on the Highline Stadium scoreboard, only to have a run by Ian Buckmaster for a two-point conversion -- and the win -- stopped short of the end zone.

Highline clustered together for a lengthy celebration after the game as the Bulldogs came away stunned.

After all, the game looked like it would be win for the favored Foster team from the start.
The Bulldogs jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, starting with a touchdown with 6:48 to play in the period.

Buckmaster fired off the ball to Anthony Manago for the 16-yard score and Cedric Cooper ran for two points and an 8-0 advantage.

Foster added to the lead with 4:31 to go in the first quarter. Cooper rumbled 46 yards down the right side for the touchdown, but the kick for a one-point conversion was blocked to leave the lead at 14-0.

The Pirates looked like they would be shutout for the quarter, but came through with a touchdown with only 7.8 seconds to go.

Saturday, September 24 at 7 PM the Admiral Theater will host the Manhattan Short Film Festival.

More than 100,000 film buffs in over 250 cities across 6 continents will be part of the Festival on Saturday.

Ten short films have been narrowed down from 598 entries by professional producers, directors and actors but ultimately the screen audience will choose the winner.

The festival will screen worldwide September 23 - October 2 and audiences at each venue will be handed a voting card and asked to pick the best film. Votes will be tallied at Manhattan Short's headquarters and the winner will be announced Sunday, October 2 at 10 pm and posted at www.ManhattanShort.com.

This is an opportunity to see the next generation of filmmakers from around the world.

Tickets are $8 and can be purchased ahead of time at the Admiral Theater on Friday, September 23 and at the door on Saturday, September 24.

Click here for more information.

Update for Sept. 20
Four people are in jail after gunshots were fired from the Fox Hole Apartments on S.W. 160th St. into windows and cars at the Southwest Seattle Ambulatory Center on Sept. 19, according to the arrest record released by the King County Sheriff's Office.

The shooting led to tense moments for students, faculty and parents at nearby Three Tree Montessori and Sylvester Middle School as both went into lockdown mode while police secured the area.

No one was injured.

A 16-year-old female was arrested for reckless endangerment and is considered the alleged shooter. The juvenile had a warrant out for her arrest and was booked into King County Youth Services.

Also inside the apartment where police made the arrests were 20-year-old and 21-year old males booked for investigation of controlled substances. A third male, 20, was arrested for investigation of possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a controlled substance.

Drugs and guns found inside the apartment

The following information comes from the KCSO incident report:

Photographer Kurt Howard brought out his trusty camera to capture images from the 2011 Last Gasp of Summer swim races at Angle Lake on Sept. 17.

The event consisted of one and two-mile wetsuit and non-wetsuit races in the 60-degree lake.

To see the list of winners from Saturday’s race, check out the Last Gasp of Summer website.

Please click the photo above for more.

Tuesday, Sept. 13
Volleyball

• Bethel 3, Mt. Rainier 2

Host Bethel emerged as a winner over Mount Rainier of Des Moines on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 22-25, 25-4, 19-25, 25-10, 15-6.
Mykaela Klingler scored six aces, three blocks, three digs and seven kills for the Rams in the loss and Amanda Goucher registered two aces, five digs and six kills. Megan Daley had three digs and eight kills and Jenna Nye led in the assist department with 20.

• Sea. Luth. 3, Ev. Luth. 0

Seattle Lutheran of West Seattle posted a win over Evergreen Lutheran of Des Moines Tuesday, Sept. 13.
Aba Monkah recorded nine kills.

• Kennedy 3, Tyee 0

The Lancers beat Tyee in Tuesday's battle, 3-0.
Jordan Nakota had 12 digs for JFK and Agnes Eneliko led with 20 assists.

• Foster 3, Evergreen 0

Foster finished as a 3-0 winner over the Wolverines Tuesday.

Girls soccer

• Highline 8, Foster 0

The Pirates pounded the Bulldogs into submission last Tuesday.

• Eastside Cath. 7, Chief Sealth 0

As of last night, the Tully's location on 22nd and Market joined the many empty store front in Ballard. What was a vibrant corner with steady customer traffic just days ago is now a corner of boarded up windows.

Curious about what kind of business would survive in Ballard (in addition to its many restaurants, bars and burger joints) we posted a poll on the Ballard News-Tribune Facebook page.

Asking the question, "With all the empty store fronts around Ballard what kind of new business would you hope to see next?", we discovered that Ballard still longs for a taste of Scandinavia.

While the responses varies from lingerie shop to a small garden supply store, Ballard would most like to see a Scandinavian bakery/food store.

The idea of a juice bar was also popular among our Facebook followers.

On Saturday September 24, people all around the world are joining together for 350.org's Moving Planet, a worldwide rally to demand solutions to the climate crisis.

In Seattle, 350 Washington State, Sierra Club, Cascade Bicycle Club, Climate Solutions, and many other community groups will gather at Lake Union Park for a rally, activities, and workshops to explore how to end our reliance on coal and oil while taking action on urgent campaigns in our region.

Without using fossil fuels, thousands will travel to South Lake Union by sailboat, bus, bike, foot, stilts, skateboard, kayak, unicycle, stand-up paddleboard, carpool, wheelchair, and eBike.

Moving Planet Seattle is featuring a series of 20 stories of the different ways people are getting to Moving Planet.

One of these people is Ballardite Andrea Faste.

Wether she'll be traveling to the rally by canoe or bike, Ballard environmentalist Andrea Faste will be attending the Moving Planet rally filled with spirit and energy and bearing a gift.

Visiting Kentwood raised its Class 4A South Puget Sound League North boys tennis record to 3-0 with a 5-0 team match win at Mount Rainier on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The host Rams now stand at 1-2 league and 2-2 overall.

With Mount Rainier still adjusting due to inexperience on the varsity level and with players recently becoming eligible, the task of defeating the experienced Conquerors (second in the North last year) was truly difficult at this stage of the season. Kentwood graduated one player while the Rams lost five players to graduation from its fourth place team.

Kentwood's Nick Parmley and Jacob Kuhlman quickly took the measure of Phillip Samerack and Tyler Andrews in a 6-1, 6-0, No. 3 doubles win.

Senior Alex Noyes, who qualified for state last season, gave the Conquerors their second victory on Tuesday by outstroking senior Will Desmond 6-1, 6-2 in No. 1 singles. In this match up, the game scores were deceptive due to frequent long long rallies.

Crews working to build Phase II of the Ship Canal Trail closed the Nickerson/15th Avenue West Ramp on Monday morning. The ramp that allows travel from westbound W Nickerson Street to southbound 15th Avenue West will be closed for up to one month.

General traffic will stay on W Nickerson Street to West Emerson Street heading east, to access southbound 15th Avenue West

Due to limited turning movements, large trucks will be detoured onto westbound West Emerson Street, south along Gilman Avenue West to 20th Avenue West, and then eastbound on West Dravus Street to 15th Avenue West.

This Seattle Department of Transportation project will connect the Ship Canal Trail from 11th Avenue W to Emerson Street near Fisherman’s Terminal.

Both the large and small locks at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard will be closed to all marine traffic from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sept. 27.

The closure will allow construction crews and dive teams the opportunity to close for the winter the salmon exclusion structure immediately upstream of the locks. The crew will also be doing some work in the large lock chamber. The staff will make maximum efforts to complete the work as soon and as safely as possible.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, which operates the locks, installed this interim structure to prevent salmon from being trapped in the saltwater return system.

The structure prevents salmon access to the locks’ saltwater return system and improves the viability of the salmon runs, which use the fish ladder to return upstream to their spawning grounds. The design allows for the doors to be manually closed to screen fish during migration and opened when the salmon are not migrating.

Emergency vessels on an emergency call will have access to the locks during the closure.

Boaters may call the lockmaster on duty at 206-783-7000 to verify that the locks are open.