September 2013

By David Rosen

Hundreds of people including some decorated in fancy costumes came out to Dottie Harper Park in Burien on Sept. 7 for the annual Arts a Glow festival that kicked off with style. Lantern art and performers, face painting, lantern making, food vendors and music entertained the crowd.

This year’s Arts-A-Glow festival featured six local and regional lantern artists who created temporary, site-specific installations for Burien’s sixth annual celebration of light.

Below is some info about the artists.

Annett Mateo (Seattle) is brought beautiful illuminated dragon puppets that were installed in the park and were in the procession.

Shariana Mundi (White Center) created "Flight of Fancy" with students with disabilities in her Burien art workshops. Inspired by James Christensen's flying fish and flying ships they brought mysterious and mythical creatures of the deep into our own Milky Way.

By David Rosen

Hundreds of people including some decorated in fancy costumes came out to Dottie Harper Park for the annual Arts a Glow festival that kicked off with style this evening. Lantern art and performers, face painting, lantern making, food vendors and music entertained the crowd.

This year’s Arts-A-Glow festival featured six local and regional lantern artists who created temporary, site-specific installations for Burien’s sixth annual celebration of light.

Below is some info about the artists.

Annett Mateo (Seattle) brought beautiful illuminated dragon puppets that were installed in the park and were in the procession.

Shariana Mundi (White Center) created "Flight of Fancy" with students with disabilities in her Burien art workshops. Inspired by James Christensen's flying fish and flying ships they brought mysterious and mythical creatures of the deep into our own Milky Way.

By Paul Moseley

West Seattle High school opened their 2013 football season away in a Metro/SPSL interconference match-up against the Fife Trojans. The Wildcats, coming off a 4-5 season last year, is in a rebuilding year, with only 2 starters returning (QB Jamie Maples and FS/Punter Carter Mensing) and only 3 seniors total on their 29 man roster.

The young Wildcats got an early season learning experience against Fife, who were physically bigger, older and have a roster 30 players larger than West Seattle's.

West Seattle kicked off, and the Wildcat defense played strong, holding the Trojans to 4 and out. On West Seattle's first possession, Maples was picked off by Fife linebacker Knapp Tanner who ran 40 yards to put Fife on the board 7-0.

After West Seattle and Fife traded a couple fumbles, the West Seattle defense settled in and held Fife to a 4th and short...then Fife's offense opened up. Going for it on 4th, Fife unleashed a consecutive set of hand-offs to 285 pound Sarte Monike, who did big-boys everywhere proud. After 3 consecutive runs, Monike was in the end zone and Fife was up 14-0.

Information from SDOT

Seattle Department of Transportation crews will replace concrete panels on Southwest Thistle Street between 35th Avenue Southwest and 37th Avenue Southwest next week. The street will be closed to westbound traffic from Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 8 a.m. until Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m.

Then the street will be closed to eastbound traffic from 8 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12 until 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13.

For the 9th year now the Seafair Clowns have conducted their School Supply Giveaway and Friday September 6th was the day for students from White Center's Roxhill Elementary.

The 450 students at the school got a visit not just from the colorful clowns but from Beth Knox with Seafair Chief Gregory Dean and the Seattle Fire Department, Police Chief Jim Pugel and the Seattle Police Parking Enforcement, Lori Matsukowa of KING TV, and others were there to pass out school supplies to the students.

Every student, along with a package of school supplies was given a backpack this year too.

The event was made possible by Gary Merlino Construction, Stoneway Concrete and their affiliated companies (their 8th year participating) and by donations from their employees, suppliers, vendors and South Park business all wanting to give back to their local community.

Evergreen High School of White Center fended off Chief Sealth of West Seattle, 37-26, in a football battle between friendly rivals Friday.

The two schools share a boundary for the areas they draw students from, but are not in the same league or even the same school district.

Evergreen is in the Seamount League and the Highline School District while Chief Sealth is a Seattle school and a member of the Metro League.

But Friday's game was the non-league season opener for both teams that are of Class 3A size, and both wound up finding many ways to score before it was over.

Evergreen jumped out to a lopsided 37-6 lead by halftime before Chief Sealth's Seahawks dominated the second half, 20-0, to make things more interesting -- even though the final score was as close as they got.
Evergreen will continue the non-league portion of its schedule when it visits Orting for a 7 p.m. game this coming Friday while Chief Sealth must get ready to plunge into Metro League play when it hosts Cleveland at the same time at the Southwest Athletic Complex across the street from its campus.

Womens defense seminar slated

The Umibushi Self-Defense Academy will be conducting a womens self defense seminar from 5 to 7 PM on Sunday, Sept. 15.
The cost is only $20 payable to the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund which helps out our wounded Marines and their families.
The academy's address is 22760 Marine View Drive in Des Moines, and it is directly below the Yardarm Pub & Grill.

JFK grad contributes in win
Opposite-side hitter Jennica McPherson (So., Seattle/Kennedy) had a match-high 12 kills and a .458 attack percentage in a recent 34-32, 25-18, 25-9 Western Washington University volleyball win over Cal State University East Bay.

Husky book released
Husky Stadium is known for its deafening crowd volume, iconic architecture and view of Mount Rainier. Golden helmets glint in the sun. Fans flock to the games by boat and tailgate on the docks. Some aspects of Husky football are unique, but none of them diminish the glory of multiple Rose Bowl victories, national championships and conference championships.

City of SeaTac, Wash. September 6, 2013 – A late night fire in a hotel laundry room could have been much worse than it was if it had not had a sprinkler head in it.

Firefighters were called to a hotel in the 17300 block of International Blvd. S. at 11:49 last night to investigate a report of an automatic fire alarm.

When firefighters arrived, they were notified by a security officer of the fire in the first floor laundry room. As they approached the laundry room, firefighters found smoke that went from floor to ceiling. They could also hear a sprinkler head that had been activated due to the heat.

While firefighters from SeaTac dealt with the fire, others from Tukwila evacuated the hotel guests from the building. The North Highline and Port of Seattle Fire Departments also responded to the fire.

The fire was quickly extinguished and everyone let back inside.

Sprinkler systems are mandatory in many buildings and help control fires until the fire department arrives. The movement of water through the sprinkler system pipes after a head activates is what sets off the alarm.

The fire is under investigation.

A high flying trapeze emporium is the setting for the fundraiser for WestSide Baby on Sept. 27.
Emerald City Trapeze Arts at 2702 6th Ave. South is a new venue for the organization's fund raising efforts and this event will feature live music from "Not Dead Yet" , 'Signature Cocktails' from the Feedback Lounge and West 5 plus a small but "lively" auction.

Also featured are the Seattle Metropolitan Magazine Photo Booth, appetizers & dessert by Delicatus, beer and wine and chances to win large Tombola prizes.

Honorary Chairs for the event are Jeff and Phyllis Nomura.

Shake, Rattle and Fly
Friday, September 27th
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
at Emerald City Trapeze Arts
2702 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134

Tickets are $30 each or 10 for $250.
You can purchase them in advance here.

White Center Storefront Deputy BJ Myers, speaking to the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council on Sept. 6, shared the latest in crime trends for North Highline. Here are the highlights:

- Myers said North Highline, in addition to West Seattle, Arbor Heights (a W.S. neighborhood) and Burien have all experienced higher than normal summertime burglary, car prowl and auto theft numbers. He hopes those numbers will dip back down as summer comes to a close.

- The Top Hat neighborhood of North Highline has been getting hit especially hard by property crime, according to Myers. He encouraged residents to keep valuables out of their cars, communicate with neighbors, and call 911 “if you see something funny.”