November 2013

Tuesday, Oct. 29
Boys Soccer
West Seattle 6, Rainier Beach 0
West Seattle blanked Rainier Beach by a 6-0 score in a Metro League match on Tuesday.
Chief Sealth 2, Ingraham 0
Chief Sealth also emerged victorious by shutout in its match against the Rams this past Tuesday.
Evergreen 3, Tyee 2
Evergreen topped the Totems in a close 3-2 match Tuesday.

Volleyball
Evergreen 3, Foster 0
The Wolverines were winners by shutout over the Bulldogs of Foster on Tuesday as the regular Seamount League season ended.
Evergreen plays a 10 a.m. playoff match at Washington High School on Saturday.

Thursday, Oct. 31
Girls soccer
Foster 10, Evergreen 0
Foster felled Evergreen in a one-sided shutout match as the Seamount League season concluded on Thursday.

Saturday, Nov. 2
Football
West Seattle and Chief Sealth will play back-to-back football games at Seattle Memorial this Saturday.

Word spread quickly at Alki Elementary in West Seattle on Friday, Nov. 1 as staff learned they were one of five schools on the peninsula who will be able to provide full day kindergarten to their students at no charge.

“It is a very good thing for us, we are pretty excited, and as news has spread through the building today teachers and parents are getting excited,” Alki Elementary Principal Shannon Stanton said.

Seattle Public Schools made the announcement on Nov. 1 that 16 elementary schools citywide would join 27 already offering no-cost full day kindergarten to families. For West Seattle the new schools include Alki, Arbor Heights, K-5 STEM at Boren and Pathfinder K-8. Those already offering the service here include Highland Park, Roxhill, Sanislo and West Seattle Elementary.

The change takes effect immediately, and families who have already paid for full-day kindergarten at schools now offering the free service will be offered a refund, according to SPS.

SPS spokesperson Teresa Wippel said the funding is “thanks to a change in how the District can use $2.4 million in state dollars from the Learning Assistance Program (LAP) …”

Monday, Oct. 28
Volleyball
SCS 3, Vashon Island 0
Seattle Christian swept Vashon Island in a Nisqually League match last Monday.
K-M 3, Mt. Rainier 0
Mount Rainier was blanked by the Kent-Meridian Royals in Monday's South Puget Sound League North Division action.

Tuesday, Oct. 29
Girls soccer
Mt. Rainier 2, Auburn 0
The Rams rallied for a victory over the Trojans in an SPSL North match this past Tuesday.
SCS 7, Life Christian 0
Seattle Christian scored a lopsided win over Life Christian on Tuesday.
Foster 5, Highline 4
Foster outgunned the Pirates in a high-scoring Seamount League affair last Tuesday.
Evergreen 3, Tyee 2
Evergreen topped the Totems in another close match Tuesday.
Hazen 3, Kennedy 2
Kennedy Catholic was edged by the Highlanders on Tuesday.
Volleyball
Evergreen 3, Foster 0
The Wolverines swept Foster aside in Seamount action Tuesday.
Foster still plays a 10 a.m. playoff against Fife at Franklin Pierce on Saturday, while Evergreen advances to play at the same time at Washington High School in Parkland.
Highline 3, Lindbergh 2
Highline slipped past the Eagles for a victory Tuesday.
Kennedy 3, Renton 0

Long-Range Plan environmental process kicks off with Oct. 25-Nov. 25 scoping period

Where should regional high-capacity transit services go next following the completion of currently funded projects in 2023? Starting today, community members can help shape the regional transit system's future by participating in Sound Transit's Long-Range Plan update.

By 2035 approximately 30 percent more people are expected to live within the Puget Sound region than in 2010. In the coming months Sound Transit Board will explore long-term options for expanding train and express bus services in response to rising demand and road congestion.

"In the next decade Sound Transit will deliver more than 30 miles of light rail extensions, increase south line commuter rail service and continue operating popular express bus routes. Updating the Long-Range Plan will define the options for where regional transit can go beyond the projects and services voters have approved," said Sound Transit Board Chair and Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy.

By Gerardo Bolong

Finishing what you start gets you to your destination.

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the Valley Ridge Fields, the Seattle Christian Warriors finished their attacks just enough to complete a 15-2 Nisqually League girls A girls soccer second place regular season with a 2-0 shut out of the visiting Bellevue Christian Vikings. Seattle Christian will host the the District 1 No. 4 seed on Nov. 5 at a location to be determined. The only SCS losses were to undefeated Eatonville (15-0).
"We lost five seniors, including three starters from last year," said Warrior head coach Melissa Dunckley. "Our focus has been to fill the positions and keep ball possession. During the season, we were able to do this well at times, but also had some games where were less successful with it. Bellevue Christian played tough defense, today. This was a tough game for us to prepare for the playoffs. We had lots of chances, but their goal keeper made some great saves."

There's no sight quite like that of Ballard on Halloween, when Pirates and Elvises and monsters of all shapes and sizes swarm our quaint, humble streets.

Ballard News-Tribune's Shane Harms took a few photos of Ballard's finest. To view them, click on the picture above or the thumbnails below.

The schedule for the West Seattle Junction Hometown Holidays has been posted on www.wsjunction.org.

Shop Late Thursdays

November 14 thru December 19
Skip the mall and come to The Junction!

Meet Santa in The Junction

Sunday, December 1
Photographer on site to take kids’ pictures.

Saturday/Sunday, December 21, 22
Bring your camera and kiddo’s to meet Santa.

Tree Lighting Event

Saturday: December 7
Carolers, cocoa, and community tree!

Art Walk and Holiday Bazaar

Thursday: December 12
Unique holiday gifts and a night on the town.

Mule Drawn Carriage Rides

Sundays: December 15 and 22
Let Belgium Draft Mules lead the way.

Information from Seattle Parks

Seattle Parks and Recreation will shut off the lights at most outdoor lighted tennis courts for the winter on November 4, 2013. This is an effort to create energy savings during the months when few people play outside. Parks estimates the savings from turning these lights off to be about $15,000.

Lights on at courts below stay on year round:

· Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill, 1635 11th Ave., (one court)

· Jefferson Park on Beacon Hill, 3801 Beacon Ave. S (four courts)

· Meadowbrook Playfield in northeast Seattle, 10533 35th Ave. NE (six courts)

· Miller Playfield in Capitol Hill/Central District, 330 19th Ave. E (two courts)

· Lower Woodland Park in northwest Seattle, 1000 N 50th St. (eight courts)

· Rainier Playfield in southeast Seattle, 3700 S Alaska St. (four courts)

· Solstice Park, in West Seattle, 7400 Fauntleroy Way SW (formerly Lincoln Park Annex, six courts)

FRIDAY, NOV. 1

The Writer Next Door: 4th Annual Ballard Writer’s Collective Big Event

What: Author readings, “Ask the Writer” Panel. $15 three-book sampler (while supplies last). Thirty participating writer, twelve readers and panel featuring Theo Pauline Nestor, Jennifer D. Munro, Ingrid Ricks and Joshua
McNichols. Raffle baskets. Additional book sales by Secret Garden Books plus Rising Bird Art Store benefit sale. Free admission.

Where: Sunset Hill Community Center (3003 NW 66th St)

When: Doors open 6 p.m., program 7 p.m.

More info: www.ballardwriters.org

Rope

What: Two Gatsby-era ivy-leaguers decide to murder a friend of theirs, just to prove they can get away with it. They put the body into a trunk, and proceed to serve dinner off of the trunk, at a party consisting of the victim’s friends and family. Tensions are high as the boys wonder if they’ll be discovered. The play is loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb murder case of 1924.

Where: Ballard Underground (2220 NW Market Street Lower Level)

When: 7:30 p.m.

It came down to a final few tense hours on Oct. 21 as over 20,000 grocery workers in Western Washington – including many in West Seattle – waited to hear whether they would be walking out on their jobs to begin a strike or whether their union reps and employers would come to an agreement.

At 5 p.m., with less than two hours to go, that agreement was reached and the strike was temporarily averted.

Negotiations between grocery workers reps with UFCW 21 (representing West Seattle), UFCW 367 and Teamsters 38 met on agreeable terms with Safeway, QFC, Alberton’s and Fred Meyer, but the agreement still needed a vote by the workers.

Over two days on Oct. 29 and 30 the workers themselves had a chance to vote on the new agreement, and UFCW21 reported on Oct. 31, “Grocery store workers … voted by an overwhelming majority over the last two days to pass a new contract.”