September 2011

Girls soccer
Kentridge 4, Mt. Rainier 0 - The Rams were blanked out by the Chargers Thursday, Sept. 21.

Lindbergh 8, Tyee 0 - The Totems took a shutout loss to Lindbergh last Thursday.

Kennedy 9, Renton 1 - The Lancers of Kennedy Catholic shut out Renton in a lopsided match last Thursday.

Hazen 3, Highline 0 - Highline wound up on the short end of a shutout score last Thursday.

West Seattle 1, Chief Sealth 0 - Lindsay Hage scored the only goal the Wildcats needed for Thursday's win and Hailey Watkins earned the shutout on goal.

Volleyball
Foster 3, Highline 1 - The Bulldogs scored a win over the Pirates at Highline this past Thursday.

Kennedy 3, Lindbergh 1 - Kennedy Catholic won by a 3-1 margin last Thursday.

Hazen 3, Evergreen 0 - The Highlanders won handily against the Wolverines of White Center last Thursday.

Seattle Lutheran 3, Chief Leschi 2 - Seattle Lutheran's Saints from West Seattle slipped past Chief Leschi of Puyallup this past Thursday.

Friday, Sept. 23

Football

Burglar helps him/herself to the fridge
On Sept. 14 police responded to a forced-entry burglary call on the 10100 block of Marine View Dr. S.W. Sometime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. an unknown burglar shattered the patio door and ransacked the entire house, including the cheese and meat drawer of the fridge. Investigators noticed a block of cheese with bite marks taken out of it and brought it to the precinct as evidence. Fingerprints were “mottled,” indicating the suspect was wearing gloves, but a saliva swab was taken with a cotton applicator for DNA analysis. If the perp is in the system and the lab results come back conclusive, the snack could be their downfall.

“If you call the police, I’ll kill you”

On Saturday September 24, people all around the world joined 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 gathered 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, hundreds of people travelled to South Lake Union by sailboat, bus, bike, foot, stilts, skateboard, kayak, unicycle, stand-up paddleboard, carpool, wheelchair, and eBike.

Sustainable Ballard members arrived by conference bike, and other Ballardites arrived via the water in kayaks and sailboats.

At Lake Union Park, there were many activities including Skate Like a Girl and stand-up paddleboard classes, climate action workshops led by Earth Ministry and the Sierra Club, the Dutch Bike Company conference bike, a Zumba flash mob led by teachers from Roosevelt, tasty food trucks, an electric vehicle rally, and much more.

I coulda been a contender.

If not for Bobby Pendergrass and Donny Kirsch.

The  three of us were kids crazy about baseball when we were growing up in Portland and though they never heard of me our lives intertwined.

Bobby and I were on the same baseball team at  Woodlawn grade  school. He  was the  best  hitter on our team.I sometimes got to  sit next  to him on the bench.

I never had a mitt but I did have a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and always  brought  it with me at practice. I got  it  from one of my customers when  I delivered her Oregon Journal paper one  day. One  day she  asked  me  if I played  baseball and  I said I planned  to be  big  leaguer someday. So she was impressed and went  to a hall closet  and  got a shiny baseball bat and gave  it  to me  and  said it  used  to be her son's and said I could have  it  because her son left  when he  grew up and and never came back from going  to war.

It looked  like  new so I always kept  it in my locker and took it  to the baseball games and practice.

Grief Share
Grace Church
10323 28th Ave. S.W.
206-932-7459.
Saturdays, 10-11:30 a.m. For those who have lost a loved one. 13-week grief recovery support program. You are free to start at anytime.

Discovery Shop
4535 California Ave, S.W.
206 937 7169
 50% OFF! All Blue tags Saturday, October 1st, through Saturday, October 22nd
Pink clothing 50% OFF every Tuesday in October. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Books 4 for $1.00 (unless otherwise marked). The American Cancer Society Shop is open Sundays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All other days 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Admiral UCC’s Annual Dinner Auction “Float Your Boat”
South Seattle Community College-Brockney Center
6000 16th Ave. S.W.
Friday, Sept. 30, 5:30 p.m. A fun evening of fine dinning and a chance to bid on fantastic auction items. Tickets for the dinner/auction $26 per person (sold until Sept. 25). Call 932-8662. Proceeds will help, in part, to support the many community outreach efforts of Admiral UCC.

White Center Eagles Hosts Ladies Night Out
10452 15th Ave. S.W.

Mountain to Sound Outfitters is on track with it's expansion plans into the space next door to its location at 3602 s.w. Alaska Street. The 1800 square foot space directly to the east of them was occupied by Westside Auto Repair but Gary Putman closed the business in early June due to illness.

Now partners Greg Whittaker and Rob Stowell are adding on in several ways as the business grows to meet an increased demand for a local supplier of skis, boots, kayaks, skates, stand up paddle boards and all the accessories those sports require.

They've added an office space in a loft that will accommodate accounting, web development.

They will offer custom ski boot fitting in the new space, plus a large display from Thule (who is coming in to help set it up), plus some new lines including Hestra gloves, Scott gloves, goggles, poles and of course skis, Forefront skis from Colorado, Mervin with NAS skis and Gnu snowboards, plus more hats, goggles and gloves.

There are Seahawks fans and then there are incredibly dedicated Seahawks fans. You've seen them with their 12th man jerseys, and all kinds of gear.

But there are two kids in West Seattle that bring new meaning to the term.

Michelle Shillings shared a photo of Roman Saladino and Gabe Clark who are young men that really love the team. She writes,"They do go to many games. This is the first time they had their faces painted because it is our first home game. I painted their faces this morning - they begged me to -- (they had a sleep over because they wanted to be pumped for the game all night long).

They got up at 6:00 am ready for the game!!!! They are huge fans and watch the games or go to them every chance they have. THEY LOVE THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS!!!!! Their biggest wish is to meet the players or be on the sidelines for one game. They NEVER give up on the Seahawks no matter what their record is - true die-hard fans."

Gabe Clark is 9 years old and said " I am the twelfth man that will be the reason for our victory today - go HAWKS. Also, the sausages at the tailgate party ROCK. I love this game" -

After last night's high winds the National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement

SUN SEP 25 2011

...WET AND BLUSTERY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY AND MONDAY...

TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING WET AND WINDY WEATHER TO WESTERN WASHINGTON...ONE ALREADY UPON US TODAY AND ONE ON MONDAY.

THE FORECAST CALLS FOR SHOWERS TODAY BUT AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE HEAVY.

WINDS WILL INCREASE AND MOST AREAS WILL HAVE WIND IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR WILL HAVE STRONGER WINDS...IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. WINDS OF THESE SPEEDS DO NOT USUALLY CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS...BUT THIS IS THE FIRST WINDY EVENT OF THE SEASON AND A FEW WEAKENED TREES COULD FALL.

THE SECOND STORM...ON MONDAY...WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE WIND AND A LOT MORE RAIN. LOWLAND AREAS WILL GET A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN AND CERTAIN SPOTS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE TWO INCHES OR SO.

1:05 pm update
Power is now back on, at least based on the service status page, for the 87 customers who were the last to get power restored.

12:50 pm update
The power that was restored briefly for the remaining 87 customers is offline again, based on the changing nature of the Seattle City service status page. Service is again expected to be restored by 3:00 pm.

12:35 update
Power now appears to be restored to West Seattle City Light customers (with the exception of a single home in the Admiral District) but the number of people affected across the city is now at 6010 (though the number of outages has declined). Most of those outages are in Northeast Seattle.

12:00 Noon update:
Power has been restored for the original 27 homes near s.w. Orchard that was interrupted by a fallen tree, caused by high winds. An additional 87 customers are still without power but the number of outages in the City Light Service area has grown to 29 with 3517 customers affected.

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Saturday Sept. 24 was picture day for the West Seattle Soccer Club and the annual event (today was for only half the league) was staged by Legends Sports Photography a Federal Way firm that specializes in team sport photos (but also offers other services).

Capturing both individuals and teams with the skyline of the City of Seattle as a background made for some memorable photos as the kids lined up, and parents and coaches prepared them to look their best by tucking in shirts, and putting on their best smiles.

It was also an occasion for looking silly on camera as the photographer kept the kids in good spirits.

TO SEE A LARGER VERSION OF SOME KIDS (and others) MAKING SILLY FACES CLICK THE LINK ABOVE.