July 2013

Two West Seattle teams captured District 7 championships on Saturday July 6. The 9-10 team defeated South Highline National 11-8 while the majors team lost one game to PACWest 6-2 but battled back to win the title with an 11-9 victory over the same team.

The 9-10 team goes on to open the state tournament Sunday, July 14 in Oak Harbor as the Majors travel to Vancouver.

The 9-10 team scored six runs in the 2nd inning to take a 6-1 lead. Spencer Burgess and Julian Rodriguez hit back to back doubles to start it off.

Nate Rasmussen had and RBI double later in the rally.

This story will be updated with more details and photos.

An arrest has been made in the case of a robbery and violent attack that happened Sept. 16 2012 in the West Seattle Junction.

Seattle police say that a 20-year-old man is in custody after an officer in Shoreline contacted him July 5 and discovered the warrant in the system.

In the West Seattle crime two victims in the West Seattle Junction at California and Alaska Street SW when they were confronted by someone they knew, the suspect. The suspect demanded money owed to a friend. He then produced a baseball bat and beat one of the victims unconscious.

According to the police report the suspect reportedly took the victim’s wallet, money and cell phone. When the other victim attempted to intervene, the suspect lifted his shirt and showing a semi-automatic handgun and threatened to shoot the victim if he came any closer. The suspect also took that victim’s cell phone before escaping.

The Seafair Pirates invaded Alki Beach on July 6 in the annual event that kicks off Seafair in Seattle. The pirates hit the beach right on schedule about 11:40 am and quickly moved ashore, handing out stickers, growling and posing for photos with anyone (especially girls) that would stand still long enough.

It was massive crowd, estimated in the thousands, with the onshore entertainment and festivities that started earlier in the day. Pole vaulting was the event of the day with both male and female competitors taking part.

Once the pirates got to the music stage they were greeted by Seafair royalty as well as Hi-Yu royalty and in a ceremony we've seen before, were given the key to the city by famous hydroplane racer (now commentator) Chip Hanauer. He in turn was
'Knighted' by Captain Kidd.

After a few pirate songs they were off, their brief invasion of the beach lasting not much more than 30 minutes.

This Terrier was found wandering in the area of Southwest 140th Street and 2nd Avenue South in Burien on July 3rd.

If you have information about this dog, contact Burien CARES at 206-81-CARES.

A two car motor vehicle accident sent a 19 year old male to Harborview Medical Center on Friday evening about 8:30pm. Both cars ended up on the south side of Thistle Street SW, opposite the Sealth High School parking lot with a late model Mercedes impacting a wall and window of an apartment building and a Toyota Camry some 30 feet west impacting a fence.

The injuries were minor according the the Seattle Police. Traffic on Thistle Street was blocked eastbound for about an hour and both cars were towed away.

Seattle Fire people boarded up the damaged window.

Juvenile thieves were apprehended on Friday afternoon, July 5 by Seattle Police thanks to alert neighbors who saw four individuals breaking into a home in the 7700 block of 15th SW in the Highland Park neighborhood.

They called 911 and officers responded quickly enough to catch two of them who still had some of the stolen goods with them at the time of arrest. Two of the four were stopped at 15th and Holden and two others were stopped a block away. The thieves were identified by the neighbors and the victim was able to identify his stolen merchandise meaning it did not have to be taken into evidence.

A laptop computer and a backpack were among the items recovered.

One suspect had a loaded handgun magazine in his possession however, a subsequent search with using canine units was unable to locate the handgun.

Three of the suspects were booked into juvenile detention for Investigation of Burglary. One of the suspects was interviewed and released pending further investigation.

According to police, this was not the first arrest for these thieves.

Area foursome wins

Four athletes from West Seattle have just become champions for their brackets at the 2013 Spokane HoopFest. The girls are from Chief Sealth International High School (Sidney Proctor, Samantha Scroggins, Lani Taylor and Allison Hadaway) and they went undefeated this past weekend.

Brock Huard camp returns

Over 150 youth, ages 8-18, will take the field at Renton Memorial Stadium on Thursday, July 11 for the third annual Brock Huard Youth Football Camp, a free football clinic with former Huskies and Seahawks quarterback Brock Huard.
In partnership with Sports in Schools, 710 ESPN Seattle along with former NFL players Dave Wyman and Damon Huard will teach kids the value of teamwork, perseverance and hard work from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Renton.

“For the third consecutive year, I’m thrilled to give back to the community that has given so much to me, and without all of our tremendous partners, none of it could happen,” said 710 ESPN Seattle’s Brock Huard.

By Katie Nelson

Various groups representing the arts and culture scene in Burien met at the Burien Library on June 29 to discuss their ideas and plans for the future.

Organizations represented included the Highline Historical Society, the Model Railroad Club, the Burien Arts Association and the Hi-Liners Theater.

The meeting was headed by Dan Mathews, co-owner of independent commercial real estate firm Kidder Mathews, and began with testimony from several groups on how arts and culture are flourishing in Burien.

Cindi Upthegrove, from the historical society, shared an update on the efforts to build a Highline Heritage Museum. In addition to preserving local history, the museum also plans to host other exhibits from across the country.

“It’s specifically a museum building to accommodate traveling Smithsonian exhibits,” Upthegrove said. “We’ve applied to be a Smithsonian affiliate as soon as we open, so it would be possible for us to bring traveling exhibits to town.”

The museum was issued a building permit from the city of Burien this past week.

Press release

Crimson Park Design Presents:

Brian Seldt – Pestilence
Paper cuttings and projections.

Residences at Burien Town Square
Retail Space at SW 151st St and 5th Pl SW
Runs from July 1 through July 31st.

Opening event in conjunction with the B-Town BEAT, July 11th from 6 – 9 PM.

"Pestilence" is the second installation in my Apocalypse series. I use pestilence signifiers of the early Plagues and continue to contemporary plagues such as GMOs, environmental poisoning, lab-borne diseases and Orwellian politics.

Using the medium of paper-cuts coupled with projections, I pull pestilence beyond historical associations and suggest new definitions.

Brian Seldt
brianseldt.com
brianseldt@yahoo.com

AND

Amaranta Ibarra-Sandys
Paintings

Residences at Burien Town Square
Empty storefront on 5th Pl South at 152nd
Runs from July 1st through July31st

Opening event in conjunction with the B-Town BEAT, July 11th from 6 – 9 PM.

Sports Briefs

Area foursome wins

Four athletes from West Seattle have just become champions for their brackets at the 2013 Spokane HoopFest. The girls are from Chief Sealth International High School (Sidney Proctor, Samantha Scroggins, Lani Taylor and Allison Hadaway) and they went undefeated this past weekend.

Brock Huard camp returns

Over 150 youth, ages 8-18, will take the field at Renton Memorial Stadium on Thursday, July 11 for the third annual Brock Huard Youth Football Camp, a free football clinic with former Huskies and Seahawks quarterback Brock Huard.
In partnership with Sports in Schools, 710 ESPN Seattle along with former NFL players Dave Wyman and Damon Huard will teach kids the value of teamwork, perseverance and hard work from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Renton.

“For the third consecutive year, I’m thrilled to give back to the community that has given so much to me, and without all of our tremendous partners, none of it could happen,” said 710 ESPN Seattle’s Brock Huard.