April 2013

KING5 News, Easter Seals of Washington, Special Olympics of Washington and Safeway Stores teamed up on April 1 to hold their annual Celebrity Bagging Contest to start Autism Awareness Month.

Morning News anchor Mark Wright (back for his 2nd year), Traffic reporter Tracy Taylor (last year's winner) and Meteorologist Rich Marriott (his first year) were on hand and in partnership with Special Olympics competitors who are also Safeway employees. Safeway employs more than 300 Special Olympians.

As it turned out, the winning team was Mark Wright and Caleb Dorris, followed by Rich Marriott and Annie Thomas and Tracy Taylor and Lisa Burke.

Friday, March 29
Baseball
Highline 11, Evergreen 0
Highline's Pirates cruised to victory over Evergreen in Friday's action at Moshier Field.
Foster 6, Renton 0
The Bulldogs of Tukwila also found themselves on the winning side of a shutout Friday.
SCS 6, Charles Wright 4
Seattle Christian scored a victory over Charles Wright in a Nisqually League game played Friday.
Tahoma 8, Mt. Rainier 2
Tahoma's Bears got the best of Mount Rainier's Rams in South Puget Sound League North Division action Friday.
Fastpitch
Kennedy 18, Evergreen 0
Kennedy dominated Friday's game against Evergreen.
Highline 19, Renton 2
The Pirates took it to the Indians in Seamount League play this past Friday.
Eatonville 8, SCS 1
The Cruisers left Seattle Christian in their wake Friday.
Tahoma 5, Mt. Rainier 0
The Bears shut down the Lady Rams' bats on Friday.
Boys soccer
Kennedy 3, Tyee 2
Kennedy narrowly topped the Totems in Friday's game at Highline Memorial.
Highline 2, Evergreen 1
Highline also posted a close win in its rivalry game against the Wolverines.
SCS 6, Charles Wright 1
The Warriors were big winners Friday.
Aub.-Riv. 2, Mt. Rainier 1

On a clear windy day this parasail stunt was performed numerous times to the delight of shore viewers along Three Tree Point in Burien.

Fifteen to twenty feet of lift is not uncommon during a blustery day.

By Dr. Jonathan Cullom
Marine View Veterinary Hospital

Does your pet seem to have “morning breath” all day long?

Have you looked in their mouth lately? It has been estimated that up to 75 percent of dogs and cats have some form of dental disease by the age of three.

Chronic neglect, dietary choices and the simple passage of time can all conspire to create a painful, debilitating condition in the mouths of pets which can have consequences beyond the mouth itself. Pets who are asked to live with this condition will often present to their veterinarians with symptoms such as a decreased appetite, mild weight loss, or a perceived discomfort associated with the head.

Yearly oral exams are vital to grade the dental status of all pets. The accumulation of unsightly tartar is the most obvious observation made by most owners.

Yet it is often the more subtle inflammation of the gum tissue (known as gingivitis) that provides a glimpse into what may be occurring below the gum line. As bacteria in the mouth grow in numbers, so does the severity of the gingivitis.

HMC worker charged with raping patient
According to King County prosecutors a former Highline Medical Center worker is now charged with rape following allegations that he attacked a patient being treated there for a separate attack.
King County prosecutors contend emergency room technician Anthony R. Sims anally raped an injured woman treated at the Burien hospital a year ago, January. Investigators say recently processed DNA evidence backs the woman’s account.
In charging papers filed Tuesday, March 26, prosecutors contend Sims, 45, attacked the woman while they were alone in an exam room. The night she was raped she had arrived at Highline Medical Center for treatment after she was beaten by an acquaintance, King County Detective Patricia Maley told the court.

SeaTac man sentenced for terrorist plot
A SeaTac man who once said he admired Osama bin Laden was sentenced to 18 years in prison for planning a Seattle terror attack. Federal Judge James Robart on Monday, March 25, also sentenced Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif to 10 years supervised release.

Finally, after over a century of disgruntlement, Ballard has seceded from the city of Seattle.

"Quite frankly, I couldn't be happier," said Warren Aakervik, owner of Ballard Oil. "If Ballard was a part of Seattle any longer, the Mayor would've put an arena right in Old Ballard. Our industrial area is vital to Ballard and the region as a whole."

The campaign for secession was led by Catherine Weatbrook, president of the Ballard District Council. After BDC unanimously passed a motion to send a letter to the City Council and Mayor Mike McGinn asking for permission to secede, Weatbrook was the one who personally handcrafted the letter.

"RapidRide was the last straw," she said. "When they gave us that instead of light rail and even had the gall to say that it would be faster than the buses before, I nearly lost it ... (here she lets loose a flurry of obscenities about the Seattle elite)."

Ballard could not officially secede without the approval of the City Council. But, with the neighborhood having long outlasted its original usefulness to Seattle, councilmembers were generally willing to grant Ballardites their freedom.

Purple sweatpants = trouble
It was just after 1 a.m. at the Yen Wor Village Bar in the Admiral District on March 25 when a male patron wearing purple sweatpants started acting strangely. Bar staff said the man was repeatedly pulling his sweatpants down to reveal his birthday suit. When they asked him to refrain from the activity, the man pulled them down once again and mooned the entire bar. Uninterested in continuing the show, staff told the man he needed to pay his tab and leave. Instead, the suspect walked into a back hallway, ripped a fire extinguisher off the wall and started spraying the place down. The bar evacuated their customers and called police. When police arrived, fittingly, their suspect was found with his purple sweatpants around his ankles. He was arrested for property damage and indecent exposure.

Polevia finally arrested

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

In small towns all over the world there are families gathering on special occasions. Humans seem to require celebrations to put more meaning into life. Easter, for Christians at least, is one of those times. Easter is always on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Hope you didn’t celebrate Easter without figuring this all out. Looking back at my life as far back as I can remember there were numerous relatives coming to our house to break bread together, as they say. When one is the youngest in a family of eleven children there is never a lack of togetherness. I loved it when my two rambunctious cousins would come to eat with us on holidays and the grownups would be so busy they didn’t notice us raiding the candy all afternoon.

Stop ‘N Shop
4504 California Ave. S.W.
Volunteers Needed:
Weekend volunteers needed to cashier at the Stop “N Shop thrift store. You will meet new people, gain a sense of achievement and give back to your community. Shifts on Saturday and Sunday are from 10-1 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.

Volunteer consultant, computer lab assistant needed. Network experience needed (Microsoft server), maintain eleven lab computers and security system. Hours can vary.
Contact Margie at 206-932-4044 x8 or margiew@seniorservices.org.

Discovery Shop
4535 California Ave. S.W.
206-937-7169