May 2012

The West Seattle High School Baseball and Softball Annual Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction is tonight Saturday, May 5th at the school 3000 California Ave. s.w.

Doors open at 5:30 pm. Purchase tickets at the door or contact Shelley Yeigh at 252-8830 or email syeigh@seattleschools.org

Tickets are $7.00 a plate and include dessert and drinks. Sauce is homemade !! Cash and Checks accepted.

The sauce is homemade, not out of a jar. The funds raised go to support the teams and programs throughout the year.

Not surprisingly, coming off a division winning game against Nathan Hale and an undefeated season, the Sealth International High School Boys Soccer team took the cup and the bowl too at the annual Carne Asada Bowl game at Southwest Athletic Center Friday May 4. They beat the SBOC Internationals team 2 - 0.

The game created by former Principal John Boyd is a way to unite two communities that share much in common – many past and current Chief Sealth players have transitioned into high school through the BOC – and celebrate soccer as a diverse, worldwide sport.

The event features a game between the two teams, a giant trophy for the winning team, and a community feast including Carne Asada prepared by Sealth’s own Delfino Munoz and a myriad of sides prepared by Sealth soccer supporters including parents Dave and Nenita Rosario.

Monday, April 30
Fastpitch
Blanchet 4, Chief Sealth 3
The Seahawks were clipped by the Braves in a Monday, April 30 clash.
Bainbridge 7, West Seattle 0
West Seattle was blanked by Bainbridge in Monday action.

Baseball
Chief Sealth 6, Blanchet 5
Chief Sealth scored a one-run victory over Blanchet in Metro League play Monday.
Seattle Lutheran 17, Rainier Christian 3
It was another big day for twice-defending state 2B champion Seattle Lutheran of West Seattle on Monday.
Seattle Lutheran 24, Rainier Christian 5
Seattle Lutheran topped Rainier Christian by an even bigger score in the second game of a Monday double-header.

Tuesday, May 1
Fastpitch
Chief Sealth 7, Roosevelt 4
The Seahawks soared past the Roughriders this past Tuesday.

Boys soccer
Chief Sealth 6, Cleveland 0
Chief Sealth posted yet another decisive win in Metro League action Tuesday.

Wednesday, May 2
Baseball
Lindbergh 19, Evergreen 6
Evergreen suffered a decisive loss against Lindbergh last Wednesday.
Boys soccer

The community of teachers, parents, children and administrators who comprise and support Roxhill Elementary School came to a meeting Thursday May 3 to share their views about what the school needs, and to hear from School Board member Marty McLaren and Pegi McEvoy Superintendent of Operations for Seattle Public Schools. The issues they addressed, from the need for more capacity to how to what needs to be fixed or changed drew applause from the group of more than 50 people in attendance. There have been suggestions that Roxhill might close or merge with Arbor Heights Elementary. It was acknowledged during the meeting that Arbor Heights in in the worst physical condition of any school in the district. Another suggestion was that a new school might be built on the former Denny Middle School site. But both options are off the table at the moment. Principal Carmela Dellino said the meeting was really about capacity and what can be done to make Roxhill better.

The West Seattle Herald took a tour of the school the following day to record what the kids and others were reporting needed to be fixed and to illustrate what over crowding looks like.

Beveridge Place Pub, at 6413 California Ave. sw. is an unusual place. Not just because it's one of the few places where you can bring your dog and have a beer or some wine, but because it's a genuine neighborhood gathering point. The kind of place where people go to do the kind of networking that really matters- face to face. But owner Gary Sink, in his dream of building the bar found that he could not get financing from a bank to go ahead. That is, until he spoke to Spokane based Sterling Savings Bank.

Sink found that they listened to him in 2006, heard his business plan and provided the money. "They really did a good job for us when nobody else would," Sink said.

McLendon Hardware in White Center is holding their very popular Pancake Breakfast event Saturday May 5 and it starts early at 7:30 am. Store Manager Sandy Simmons said, "The event is sponsored by Pennington Seed and Lilly Miller and the food is prepared by Des Moines Creek Catering. Everybody who makes a purchase gets a free breakfast of sausages, pancakes, orange juice and coffee plus a 2 inch tomato plant!"

Every year the company serves more than 1500 breakfasts at just the White Center location alone. McLendon Hardware has six locations in the Puget Sound area and will open a new one next year in March in Tacoma.

The store will bring out a Spin to Win prizes beginning at 11 am. Breakfast ends at 10am.

But the big draw for many people are the fuchsia baskets, specially priced at $19.99 (normally 27.99)for one day only May 5.

This is the 86th year of the event and it continues next weekend, May 12 with an even larger plant sale.

McLendon Hardware is located at 10210 16th Avenue Southwest in White Center.

The four men responsible for the 2009 murder of 26-year-old Steve Bushaw have all answered for their crime with the last of them, 33-year-old Brandon Chaney, pleading guilty to second degree manslaughter in the case, according to King County Prosecutors.

Chaney was tried on first degree murder charges along with Bryce Huber last summer, but the jury was unable to convict Chaney, the getaway driver to and from the murder outside Talarico’s in West Seattle on Feb. 1, 2009.

Chaney entered his guilty plea on May 3.

Huber was sentenced to 32 years in prison as the mastermind behind the plot to kill Bushaw and the two shooters, John Sylve, 34, and Danny O’Neal, 30, received 20 and 15 years respectively in exchange for their guilty plea and willingness to testify against Huber.

The group of four decided to shoot Bushaw because they thought he was behind the robbery of a drug dealer they associated with. Police never found any evidence Bushaw was involved in the robbery.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. --- Western Washington University men’s soccer coach Travis Connell announced today that defender Uche Ugwoaba, a senior at Highline High School, has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Vikings this fall.

Two more prep seniors, midfielder Conner Pichette from Wilson High School in Tacoma and goalkeeper Andrew Wildfong from Woodinville High School, have accepted formal offers of admission to WWU.

“We are very excited to add these three young men to our roster for next fall,” said Connell. “Bernie James at Crossfire and David Hoggan at Tynecastle have a proven track record of developing productive college soccer players. Andrew, Conner and Uche are talented hard-working players that will be great additions to our squad.”

Ugwoaba and Pichette have played the last two years for Crossfire Premier Academy, which competes in the Western Conference of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. Ugwoaba is the team captain this season after having seven assists in nine games the previous year.

Sports Roundup

Monday, April 30
Fastpitch
Renton 22, Tyee 9
Tyee was trounced in a five-inning game last Monday.
Boys soccer
Tyee 3, Steilacoom 1
Zaki Muhamad scored two goals for the Totems in Monday's non-league win.
Boys lacrosse
Kennedy 16, Vashon 10
Kennedy won in a high-scoring Division II battle Monday.
Girls lacrosse
Kennedy 15, Curtis 6
Kennedy clobbered Curtis in girls action Monday.

Tuesday, May 1
Boys soccer
Kentlake 5, Mt. Rainier 1
Mount Rainier was trampled by the Chargers Tuesday.
Foster 1, Renton 0
The Bulldogs shut out Renton in a 1-0 victory Tuesday.
SCS 5, Orting 0
Seattle Christian also scored a shutout win Tuesday, led by the hat trick of Conner Fremmerlid.
Baseball
Lindbergh 9, Kennedy 1
The Lancers fell to Lindbergh last Tuesday.
Foster 7, Seattle Christian 4
Foster won Tuesday's non-league game between two nearby rivals.
Boys lacrosse
Garfield 11, Kennedy 9
The Bulldogs outscored the Lancers last Tuesday.
Roosevelt 14, Highline 9
The Roughriders knocked off the Pirates Tuesday.
Girls lacrosse
Holy Names 14, Kennedy 5

At the May 3 North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting a plethora of speakers hit on a range of topics. Here are some highlights:

Regional Animal Services of King County – from cats and dogs to anteaters
Glynis Frederiksen, operations manager for Animal Services of King County, spoke briefly about animal control including quick facts that four to five years ago the department euthanized 40 percent of their animals. Today, she said, the number has dropped to 14 percent. She said the Kent shelter (now called the Pet Adoption Center of King County) has about 5,000 animals that come through yearly, 500 volunteers and a “very large” foster program for dogs and cats.