December 2013

Information from SPD

Officers are actively investigating an incident involving a man who grabbed a teenaged girl walking down the street in West Seattle. At approximately 1:11 p.m. officers responded to the West Seattle High School in the 3000 block of California Avenue SW for the report of a girl who was grabbed by a stranger.

Preliminary reports are that an adult male suspect jumped out of some bushes and grabbed a 16 year old girl on the arm as she walked down the street in the area of SW Stevens Street and Walnut Avenue SW. The victim struck the suspect, broke free and took off running. She ran to the West Seattle High School and reported the incident to staff (it is unknown at this time if she is a student there).

The victim was not injured in the assault. The suspect ran off in an unknown direction and remains at large.
The suspect is described as a white male in his 30′s to 40′s, 5’11″ to 6 feet tall, medium build with shoulder-length brown hair and last seen wearing a blue zip-up jacket and black jeans.

The little ice cream company that could, White Center's Full Tilt, has done it again.

The company, located at 9629 16th Ave SW in White Center (though they have five locations now) known for its unusual flavors, chose to name their newest Mudhoney after the legendary and seminal grunge band.

They created some flavors using West Seattle's Shipwreck Honey single pollen sourced honey as an ingredient, along with some cinnamon and fudge.

Owner Justin Cline (and co-owner Ann Magyar) came up with idea to get the band involved. Cline has a background in band promotion and booking having worked years ago at the famous club, The Offramp in downtown Seattle. Through a connection they managed to get the band to approve the final flavor and asked if they'd play at the store.

Surprisingly enough they said yes.

So the tiny, 50 person capacity store will close at 5pm on Wed. Dec. 11 to make the space ready for a live performance by the band, set to bring a heaping helping of powerful rock at 8pm, following the ice cream's introduction to the crowd at 7pm.

Alki Beach Academy, (ABA) an infant through youngster daycare and learning institution will open Dec. 27 with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a special performance by Caspar Babypants.

The ABA is owned by Julieann Crisostomo Donohue, Executive Director, whose background includes graduating from the Albers School of Business/Seattle University with a Business Administration Degree: focus on Marketing.

She's had a successful 25 year career in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry managing and has marketed medical products. She previously successfully created and launched two family businesses. Donohue said, ""Knowing the value and precious gift children can bring to everyone if given the chance, is what drives our goals to provide quality education."

Alki Beach Academy has hired a Lead Supervisor Teacher who is a recent Graduate from the University of Washington. Her degree is in Education and Curriculum Development.

This individual will be in charge of the education & curriculum at the school.

The Ballard Beavers boys basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Newport.

With a score of 54-42, the Beavers squad stayed ahead through the night, not letting up on the Knights.

Top scorers of the game were Darius George (Sr) with seven points, Chase Deger (Sr) with 16 and Nick Brown (Sr) with 25.

Beavers are now 2-0 and will play the Skyline Spartans (2-0) in Ballard tomorrow Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 6
Boys basketball
Kennedy 69, Auburn Mtn.-View 48
Parker Diller scored 26 points to lead the Lancers past host Auburn-Mountainview on Saturday. A.J. McGrew added 18 points.
Girls basketball
Auburn Mtn.-View 55, Kennedy 48
Myah Williams tossed in 23 points but Kennedy Catholic still came up short against Auburn-Mountainview Friday.

Saturday, Dec. 7
Boys basketball
Kentridge 80, Mt. Rainier 57
Jamil Wilson-Jones hit 18 points and Andrew Lenneberg 17 for the Rams in Saturday's South Puget Sound League North Division loss to the Chargers.
Marvin Johnson chipped in eight points
Blanchet 67, Highline 40
Blanchet buried the Pirates in a non-league game played Saturday.
Steilacoom 76, Evergreen 37
The Wolverines of White Center took a beating at the hands of Steilacoom this past Saturday.
Girls basketball
Mt. Rainier 67, Kentridge 58
Mount Rainier used balanced scoring to blast the Chargers in Saturday's game played at Kentridge.
Jordan McPhee led the way with 18 points and sister Brittany McPhee was next with 17.
Emily Fiso and Aqeelah Williams contributed 10 points apiece and Simone Johnson added eight.

Colleges

Football
It was announced Sunday that the University of Washington will be playing Brigham Young University at the Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco with a 6:30 p.m. start on Friday, Dec. 27.
The Washington State University Cougars, meanwhile, are going to Albuquerque to play Colorado State in the New Mexico Bowl at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21.

Men's basketball
The University of Washington men will be at home playing Idaho State in 1 p.m. Saturday action that can be seen on the Pac-12 cable network.
Washington State University is home in Pullman playing Pepperdine at 5 p.m. Sunday in a game that will also be televised on Pac-12 and Seattle University will be at home against Pacific Lutheran at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Gonzaga, meanwhile, goes to West Virginia for 6 p.m. action on ESPN this Tuesday before coming to Key Arena in Seattle to play Southern Alabama at 7 p.m. Saturday on ROOT Sports.

Women's basketball
Friday the University of Washington women will be at home against Wisconsin in a game that can be seen on the Pac-12 network before hosting Montana State at 2 p.m. Sunday.

By Jeremy Martin

TUKWILA-- Opposites clashed Friday night at Foster High School when the up tempo style of Chief Sealth met the deliberate, methodical attack of the Lady Bulldogs.

With such differences colliding, one team was bound to eventually dictate the flow the game, and by halftime Sealth held a 13 point lead and enough hard fought momentum to carry it to a 50-31 victory.

Seahawks do-it-all guard O’Shae Walker was a menace on both ends of the court, dropping a game high 14 points and nabbing seven steals on the defensive end.

Her ability to fly down the court made it difficult for Foster to successfully initiate full court pressure on the Seahawks (1-1).

“That’s what she does. She’s one of our sleepers. She’s going to come out this season and make a big difference,” Sealth head coach Katie Jo Maris said.

But Foster (0-1) had a difference maker of it’s own.

Eunica Serafica, the Bulldogs' tallest player at 5-foot, 8-inches, proved to be a handful both as a ball handler and as a dominating presence under the rim.

Ballard and Crown Hill were popular filming areas for a local film group, and now they are releasing the footage.

Seattle film team, RAWSTOCK Media Group, will be debuting their series-film “Everyday Is A Journey” on YouTube throughout the week of their film festival, Klausterfokken, which occurs on Dec. 11 at the Northwest Film Forum.

The locations the filmmakers chose to use were Carkeek Park, Ballard Commons Park and Taj Yoga Studio.

“With many of us living on the north end it just made sense to shoot scenes where it was convenient,” said RAWSTOCK producer and actor, Dylan Noebels.

The film is a satirical and dark comedy that tells a crime-drama story about small time con artists and yoga aficionados mixed up in kidnapping, extortion and murder. The film is littered with symbolic irony and humor.

By Jeremy Martin

TUKWILA-Trailing by one with 45 seconds remaining in Friday night’s boy’s basketball match up between Chief Sealth and Foster, the Seahawk’s Ahmed Mohamed took a pass in the lane, pivoted towards the rim and knocked in the hoop plus the harm.

The junior forward’s free throw would be nullified by a lane violation, the fifth of the game for Sealth, but his bucket would give the Seahawks the lead and that would prove to be all the team would need in squeaking out a 66-62 victory over a scrappy and athletic Bulldogs (0-2) squad.

“We’re pleased with pulling it out during our first game of the year,” Chief Sealth head coach Colin Slingsby said.

Mohamed would finish the game with 16 points and six rebounds. Leeandre Dickerson also netted 16 while grabbing 12 boards and Alloney Burris put up 10 points adding six rebounds and three assists.

Despite the dramatic ending, the rest of the evening proved to be the poster child for an early season game as both squads struggled with turnovers, fouls and with consistently running its offense.

Yes for SeaTac today released the following statement:
Today's hand recount of SeaTac Proposition 1 votes verified King County Election's earlier results. Observers reported viewing no changes to the county's vote counts.

King County Elections is expected to post the recount results before 4:30 today and re-certify the Prop 1 vote tomorrow.

SeaTac Proposition 1 is scheduled to go in to effect on January 1, 2014.

King County Superior Court Judge Darvas is scheduled to hold a hearing on Alaska Airlines' legal challenges this Friday.

Yes For SeaTac statement: