April 2012

King County Metro Transit is planning changes for its busy Route 120 that connects Burien to downtown Seattle, and would like feedback from bus riders.

With more than 7,000 boardings a day, the Route 120 is one of Metro’s 10 busiest bus routes. Metro has received a state grant to improve the speed and reliability of the route, and has several changes planned that will be rolled out in coordination with the cities of Burien. They include:

• Reduce the number of closely spaced bus stops to help buses move faster and operate on a more reliable schedule;

• Improve features at bus stops, such as installing new shelters and benches;

• Add a northbound bus lane and bike lanes on Delridge Way Southwest;

• Install a “bus bulb” sidewalk extension for faster boarding at 26th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Barton Street; and

• Install transit signal priority at many traffic signals between the Burien Transit Center and the West Seattle Bridge.
The open house will be held:

Tuesday, April 24 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle

Incident in the community involving Sylvester student
A 13-year-old Sylvester Middle School student was in a Burien fast food restaurant on April 5 before school when three adult males began making sexual advances toward her and then cornering her so she couldn’t leave the restaurant.
An off-duty County Corrections Officer, intervened so that the girl could get away from the men. The incident has been reported to the Sheriff’s office and the school district security office.

Costco supervisor charged with first-degree theft

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Lina Raymond’s April and May art show will highlight her “2012” collection of acrylic on wood paintings at the Ballard Cupcake Royale.

Raymond said she let herself get lost in gestural abstracts to help cope with toxic political times. Reigning in new freedoms, the artist is enjoying painting for her own enjoyment and even indulging in the “De Kooning” bio.

“It really added fuel to this bent,” said Raymond.

To see more of Raymond’s work, visit http://linaraymondpaintings.wordpress.com/.

Soccer:

The Ballard boys’ soccer team played Garfield at Interbay Stadium on Friday, April 6.

30 minutes into the first half, Garfield’s Ben Feldman scored. Garfield still led the game with Toby Stansel putting in the second goal in the second half.

Ballard Hunter Phillip took a shot and scored the next goal in the second half. With 12 minutes left in the game, Garrett Wirta scored and left the game at a tie of 2 to 2.

LAX:

Ballard played Everett on Saturday, April 7, rising to its fifth win of the season with a 10 - 5 boys high school lacrosse defeat.

Due to this victory, the Beavers maintain a tie with Roosevelt for a second spot in the Metro-North Conference, leaving them just two games behind first-place Nathan Hale.

Everett is in second spot, just a game back of Snohomish in the Cascade Conference.

Ballard (6-4-0) will play Mukilteo (3-2-0) on Tuesday, April 10 at 8 p.m. at Kamiak High School.

Baseball

Ballard Baseball played Issaquah at Whitman Middle School April 9 with a 4-0 victory.

Coming clean in the second inning, Ballard scored four runs against Issaquah that put them in the lead. Senior Caleb Jaeger pitched with zero earned runs.

Ballard held the lead for the next seven innings. Stuart MagGeorge went 1 for 4, with 2 RBI.

Thus far, Jaeger has held up his team with 29 innings and 1 earned run.

Softball:

It was a sore night for the Ballard girls’ softball team on Monday night. The Beavers played against Bothell at Lower Woodland Park and lost 4 to 13.

The Beavers started the first inning with a lead of 2 to 1, until Bothell scored 4 runs in the third inning. Going into top of the fourth, Bothell took the lead with a score of 5 to 4.

Andrea Jewett went 3 for 3, with 4 RBI. Jewett pitched for 5 innings, walked 2 and allowed 12 hits.

Ballard had 8 hits and 8 errors. Bothell had 15 hits and 1 error.

A punked-out French bulldog is the mascot for Po Dog, which just opened up their new location in Ballard at 2014 NW Market Street. This restaurant takes ‘hot dog stand’ to a new level, daring weenies to be dangerous and eat a real hot dog already.

The small restaurant has a very industrial feel to it, with track lights and huge bulbs hanging above a bar top. No liquor served yet, but the location is working on getting its liquor license in the near future to have an adjacent bar. Grey walls and brick jutting out in unusual places give an almost street feel to the place.

Warm macaroni and cheese, creamy peanut butter and sliced bananas, fresh BLTA, and spicy Wasabi eggroll. Normal foods find new identities as they join with 100 percent kosher wieners in shockingly tasty combinations. Field roast vegetarian is also available.

Macrina Bakery in Queen Anne provides fresh brioche buns, also in vegan and soon-to-be gluten-free, while Uli’s in Pike Place supplies the option of sausage, bratwurst, or apple chicken sausage.

The most popular dogs at the Ballard location include the messiest-on-the-menu Chicago Dog, the Texas Dog, and the Deep Fried Danger Dog.

By Kyle Howard

The Kennedy Catholic softball team made winning look easy on Friday, March 6 when the Lancers routed the Tyee Totems, 16-3.

Lancer starting pitcher Sierra Baines went the whole game and recorded 13 strikeouts and giving up only three hits. Baines also had three hits including a home run and two RBI at the plate.

Kennedy scored 16 runs on 16 hits. Halle Davis hit two solo home runs and Angie Isernio added three hits and three RBI.

The Totems struggled throughout the game, committing six errors and had no runners reach base until the sixth inning when they rallied for three runs. All three runs came from the bat of Faith Oiph when she hit a three run home run to left. Jordan Kelley added two hits for the Totems.

Westside Elementary School at 34 s.w. and s.w. Holden was the center of the car-free universe in an event designed to get West Seattleites using their bike pedals instead of their gas pedals.

The Cascade Bicycle Club challenged kids to a bike rodeo in which children had a chance to show off their biking skills while learning bicycle safety tips.

The solar-powered Undriving license station powered by www.undriving.org issued people an "undriver’s license" with a promise to try the bus or walk to school.

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Children also decorated their bikes and had the opportunity to participate in two parades. Bike Works collected bikes for donation and provided some ‘how tos’ on bike maintenance. Lumpia World and Athenas Food Trucks were on site selling delicious food and Bottlerocket provided live musical entertainment.

CoolMom was showcasing their Think Outside the Car project, arriving in West Seattle by bike, walking, school bus and mass transit this Spring.

Highline High School continued its steadiness in a 6-3 Seamount League team tennis victory against visiting Renton at the Pirate courts on Thursday, April 6.

With the win Highline improved its record to 5-3 going into the school district Spring Break.

Senior Jennalee Gould started Highline in the right direction with a controlling 6-1, 6-0, No. 2 girls singles defeat of Thomarie Sadang.

"We just had a tough match against Evergreen and I just really had to keep my mind on the game," said Gould. "There have been a lot of matches in a short time because of makeups so I had to buckle down and just play tennis. Hopefully, I'll go to state this season."

In No. 1 boys doubles, Justin Vu and Bao Vu kept the Pirate momentum going in a 6-1, 6-3, win against Bobby Tat and Ak Sterling.

"I play mostly singles and the second set was tougher because our communication got harder," said Justin Vu.

Renton rallied back beginning with Theresa Vo's 6-2, 1-6, 10-6 (super tie-breaker) No. 1 girls singles victory over Blake Henley.

Henley had not played for a week, so it showed, particularly in the first set.

press release:
South Seattle Community College’s WorkSource Center is partnering with King County Library to offer résumé and job search workshops at local libraries. The workshops are free but seating is limited.

Branch locations and directions to branch can be found at http://www.kcls.org/locations/index.cfm

The New Job Search in the New Economy
In this workshop, you will learn how to shift your approach to match the current environment and smooth your path to finding employment. Topics covered include adjusting to the reality of the contemporary labor market, developing a work plan for a successful job search, networking, fundamentals of preparing a resume, where to find free quality career counseling, information on the top paying professions, acing the job interview, and where to find other job search resources
Library Date Time
Renton Thursday, April 26 7 pm
Maple Valley Tuesday, May 1 7 pm