October 2013

information from King County Sheriff

King County Sheriff John Urquhart announced today that the Sheriff’s Office will now list the ability to speak languages other than English and two years of experience serving in a foreign country while in the Peace Corps as “desirable qualities” in its hiring practices. As part of this new initiative, candidates meeting the new criteria will get an extra ten percent boost to their civil service scores, potentially vaulting them ahead of other candidates in the Sheriff’s Office hiring pool.

“A police department can only be successful if it is a mirror of the community,” said Sheriff John Urquhart. “This new policy will help me create a Sheriff’s Office more reflective of the diversity and commitment to service King County has to offer.”

High schools

Football

The Seattle Christian/Life Christian combined team visits Cedar Park Christian for a 7 p.m. game on Thursday.

Highline Memorial will host a football double-header this coming Friday.

Highline will do battle against the Kennedy Catholic Lancers at 5 p.m. followed by an 8 p.m. game with Mount Rainier at home playing Kent-Meridian.

Foster goes to Renton Stadium to play the Hazen Highlanders at 7 p.m.

Evergreen is scheduled to be at home against Renton in a 1 p.m. game at Highline Memorial on Saturday.

Girls soccer

Two Seamount League soccer games will be played at once Tuesday at the Valley Ridge complex located next to Tyee High School.

Kennedy will play Evergreen on one pitch at 3:30 p.m. as Tyee hosts Lindbergh on the other.

Foster and Highline, meanwhile, will be playing in a twin bill at Renton Stadium.

Foster visits Hazen at 5:30 p.m. and Highline goes up against Renton at 7:30 p.m.

Over in the South Puget Sound League North Division, Mount Rainier will play a 7:30 p.m. home match against Tahoma.

Monday, Oct. 14
Volleyball
Charles Wright 3, SCS 2
The Warriors were edged out by Charles Wright in Nisqually League action last Monday.

Tuesday, Oct. 15
Girls soccer
SCS 5, Cedar Park Chr. 2
Seattle Christian posted a high-scoring victory against Cedar Park Christian this past Tuesday.
Kentwood 2, Mt. Rainier 1
Kentwood edged out the Rams in a South Puget Sound League North Division match on Tuesday.
Volleyball
Foster 3, Tyee 1
The Bulldogs topped the Totems in a Seamount League match last Tuesday.
Kennedy 3, Lindbergh 0
The Lancers cruised past the Eagles in another Seamount clash on Tuesday.

Wednesday, Oct. 16
Volleyball
Mt. Rainier 3, Auburn 1
The Mount Rainier Rams rallied for a victory in Trojan territory this past Wednesday.

Thursday, Oct. 17
Girls soccer
Mt. Rainier 2, Aub.-Riverside 1
Mount Rainier managed a close win against Auburn-Riverside on Thursday of this week.
Lindbergh 1, Kennedy 0
The Eagles edged the Lancers out in a shutout game Thursday.
Hazen 6, Highline 2
Highline managed two goals to avoid a shutout in Thursday's game.
Renton 7, Evergreen 0

A public pre-construction meeting is set for the Murray CSO Control Project for Wednesday November 6, 2013
6:30-8:30 p.m at the Fauntleroy Church, 9140 California Avenue S.W.

In a release from King County they state the purpose of the meeting:

· Meet and share concerns with the project team
· Understand how the project protects public health and safeguards Puget Sound
· Review the project schedule
· Learn more about the project’s potential impacts to neighbors and park users
· Discuss how the County project team will work with the community to reduce disruptions

   When I was baptized in the Mallory Avenue Christian Church, in Portland, Oregon, it was just a basement with no steeple and a dozen window wells about two feet high with a completely flat roof made of ship-lap.  A wooden staircase led down to the basement with six or seven rooms for meetings. There was a huge stage with a metal baptismal tub where I got dunked-- a choir space 8 feet high for about 30 singers and a pulpit about ten feet in front where Reverend Nankivel gave us words to live by on Sundays.

My little sister Norma went to bible class with me while mom attended a bible study for parents.We were the youngest kids out of the brood of nine but we got to sit with mom during the Sunday sermon.

By Scott Anthony

Maybe it’s the weather, coldness for days on end, or the email from a friend about losing his sweet dog to cancer. On Monday there was the funeral I attended, where the sun broke through just in time to light the tiny Kent cemetery and punctuate the melancholic moments of that service. Or it could be the walk I took the next afternoon through the wrecking yard searching for a truck part, soaked through by returning downpours, those terribly torn up vehicles the result of some awful collision, but altogether, I was feeling pretty down.
 
I am normally a fairly buoyant guy. So the logical portion of my alleged brain collected those moments to help explain the mild, but overarching depression that had settled over me.
 
In the pile of mail at home I found a health magazine that offered tips on dealing with depression, and though I had already self-diagnosed by the reasons above, I read the article inside.
 

West Seattle Garden Club Meeting
Daystar Retirement Village
2615 S.W. Barton St. - Bldg. One
Fri., Oct. 25. 10 a.m.: Registration, coffee and social half hour, followed by business meeting and morning program with talk by Hamish Todd, our SSCC 2012-2013 scholarship recipient. Noon: Brown bag lunch (dessert and beverages served by the Club). 1-2 p.m.: The afternoon program, “The Chinese Garden at SSCC.” Sandy Marvinney will give a brief history and update of the Garden with a slide presentation. All are welcome. Information: www.seattlegardenclub.com

The Dominican Sisters of Tacoma Celebrate
Holly Rosary School
4142 42nd Ave. S.W.
Sat., Oct. 26, 1 p.m. The Dominican Sisters of Tacoma are concluding their celebration of 125 years since their founding in Pomeroy, Washington Territory in 1888. The sisters staffed Holy Rosary Grade and High School from 1913-1980s. The sisters will celebrate with their former students and friends. The 1 p.m. Liturgy will be followed by a reception in the Lanigan Gym. All graduates of Holy Rosary are invited to attend.

Lion’s Club “Octoberfest” Dinner
Senior Center of West Seattle

From Seattle Police Blotter

A man attacked another man’s vehicle with a skateboard this evening in North Seattle. On Sunday, Oct. 20, at approximately 5:00 p.m., a blue mini-van was traveling southbound on 15th Ave NW and stopped at a traffic signal at NW 80th St.

An adult male pedestrian/skateboarder apparently blocked the path of the mini-van and yelled racial slurs at the driver of the van. The pedestrian then smashed the minivans car hood and shattered the windshield with his skateboard.

During the encounter, the mini-van drove forward and ran over the pedestrian/skateboarder. The Pedestrian/skateboarder became trapped under the mini-van. Bystanders picked up the rear of the mini-van and pulled the pedestrian/skateboarder to safety.

The Seattle Fire Department responded to the scene and medics transported the pedestrian to Harbor Medical Center with serious injuries. The adult male driver of the mini-van was not injured. There were no passengers in the mini-van at the time of the incident.

The Fauntleroy Fall Festival is annual celebration of all things autumnal including music, crafts, food, cake judging (with a cakewalk). This year the event included a 3 hour Epic Percussion Jam for teens.

Events stretched across the neighborhood from the Hall at Fauntleroy, tp the Fauntleroy Children's Center, the Fauntleroy Church, and the Fauntleroy YMCA. and the parking lot.

New this year was a bucking bronco ride that lots of kids tried to ride but only a few could handle.

The event is sponsored by the Fauntleroy Community Association, Fauntleroy Church UCC, West Seattle Fauntleroy YMCA, Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes Catering, Endolyne Joes, Fauntleroy Children's Center, Little Pilgrim School, Fauntleroy Schoolhouse.

By Jeremy Martin

2013 has been a year of rebuilding and of ups and downs for both Chief Sealth and West Seattle High School, as the young teams had combined for only three wins entering Saturday night’s clash between the Seahawks and Wildcats.

The squads showed their youth many times over during the annual Huling Bowl, but the game, played for pride and a trophy was a hard fought, emotion filled affair that saw Sealth prevail 49-19 picking up its second win in a row over the Wildcats.

“We had a good week of practice, that’s the easiest thing to say. West Seattle is young, the future is ahead of them,” Chief Sealth head coach Luther Carr III said.

The future may be in West Seattle’s favor, but this night at least belonged to Chief Sealth.
Leading by just seven points at the half, the Seahawks (3-4) opened the third quarter on a rampage, scoring two touchdowns in only a matter of moments and extending its lead to 27-6 before most Wildcat players could even catch their breath.