December 2013

Gregory Heights Elementary staged a winterfest spaghetti feed Dec. 5 at the school. The event included an auction.

This event was to raise funds for Gregory Heights PTSA to support the students with a variety of enriching activities. One of our goals this year as a PTSA is to provide more family engagement activities. Staff made the decision to bring the event to the school to save money versus an off-site venue and to bring families together at an event and raise funds. Around 500 people attended.

Besides our parent volunteers, there were about 20 Gregory Heights staff, parents from Cedar Hurst Elementary and local business owner of Emerald City Smoothie, realtor from Windermere Janel Stoneback. Many local businesses donated items for the event. Families from other schools attended as tickets were affordable.

By Tim Clifford

“Thanks-Taking”
The holiday weekend was not so nice for the victims of a home burglary on the 8400 block of 35 Ave SW. The victims left for a vacation during the Thanksgiving on Nov. 28th and returned to on Dec.1 to find the basement window on the south side of their home broken and items missing. Officers responding to the scene were able to lift palm prints and finger prints from the frame of the broken window.

Lifted and Listed
Between the days of Nov.26th and Dec.3rd the locking system to an apartment complex on the 4500 block of 38 Ave SW was offline. During this time the victim had his bike stolen from a secure bike cage located in a garage on site. Not only did the victim find his cut bike locks on the floor of the storage unit but also later on the day of the report found his bike listed on craigslist. The victim identified his bike; valued at $2000 and listed for $800, by a locking clip he had installed on it himself. The victim is currently looking for the serial number to the locking clip to help in securing an arrest.

Stopped Short

by Hannah Danforth

Growing up in Culver City, California, Mark Daughhetee of West Seattle, had the kind of childhood that dreams are made of. He spent his days sneaking onto major motion picture back lots swinging on vines on the set of Tarzan, walking the decks of the HMS Bounty and strolling through the facades of Paris make believe became real. It was his time on those movie sets that called Mark to create the the distinct style of narrative work he has become known for.

In 1967, Mark was inspired to pick up a camera. He studied photography throughout high school and junior college. Then, armed with an Argus Rangefinder 35mm camera, Mark delved into the Southern California counter culture. He documented concerts, political protests, Love-Ins and created iconic images and portraits of Jimi Hendrix, Roger Daltrey of The Who, and Leon Russell (to name a few). With an impressive portfolio of black and white street shots, and the bravado to talk his way into any situation he wished to photograph, Mark Daughhetee, had a lucky start to an impressive career.

Car break- ins, vandalism, prowlers and theft
1500 block of 6 Ave SW, 1000 block of SW 126 St, 1500 block of 8th Ave SW, 900 block of SW 154, 13000 block of 4th Ave SW, 1200 of SW 124 St, 100 block of S 156 St, 1200 block of Ambaum Blvd S, 1000 block of SW 128 St (2 reports), 200 block of SW 152 St, 200 block of SW 154 St, 12000 block of 2 Ave SW, 11000 block of Roseberg Ave S, 1200 block of SW 126 St, 600 block of SW 156 St, 400 block of SW 152 St, SW 152/ 10 Ave SW, 400 block of SW 154 St, 2000 block of S 125 St, 11000 block of Military Rd S, 100 block of SW 146, 1200 block of SW 126 St, 12000 of 28 Ave S, 15000 of 4 Ave SW, 10000 block of Des Moines ME, 13000 block of 12 Ave SW, 2100 block of SW 162 CT, 13000 block of 12 Ave SW, 15000 block of 8 Ave S, 12000 block of 1 Ave S

Residential burglaries and break-ins

by Ryan Harmon

Highline Community College students live and work in the shadow of the Redmond tech giant Microsoft. With Steve Ballmer stepping down as CEO the future leadership of Microsoft is up in the air. Sources suggest the field of candidates for the top spot has been narrowed down to three people. One prominent candidate has been receiving a lot of attention, Steven Elop, President & CEO of Nokia. Elop was previously the president of the business division at Microsoft prior to becoming CEO at Nokia in 2010. With Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia’s devices division, Elop returns to Microsoft 1Q 2014, and is being considered for CEO.
One of Highline’s strengths is its Computer Sciences department and many students pursuing degrees dream of finding themselves at Microsoft. For this reason, Ryan Harmon of the Highline Career Club contacted Elop to interview him about leadership.

Harmon: Who is someone that has influenced your leadership style?

Monday, Dec. 2

Boys basketball

Mt. Rainier 78, Evergreen 59

Evergreen High School of White Center took a 78-59 beating at the hands of Mount Rainier on Monday.
Evergreen is a 2A member of the Seamount League and Mount Rainier a member of the Class 4A South Puget Sound League, but the two teams were longtime rivals when the Seamount League was all 3A.

Kentwood 70, Foster 31

Class 2A Foster went up against the 4A Kentwood Conquerors on Monday -- and lost.

Girls basketball

Evergreen 58, Washington 42

The Wolverines of White Center waltzed past Washington of Parkland in a non-league game this past Monday.

Tuesday, Dec. 3
Girls basketball
SCS 63, Foster 17
Seattle Christian felled Foster in a showdown of two Sea-Tac area teams this last Tuesday. SCS is a Class 1A team and Foster is 2A.

Boys basketball

Kennedy 73, Archbishop Murphy 63

Kennedy Catholic came away with a 10-point win in its non-league, All-Catholic opener on Tuesday.
Steilacoom 52, SCS 40
Seattle Christian went down to a 52-40 defeat at the hands of Steilacoom this past Tuesday.

Come join us for the monthly walks of the WABI Weekday Walkers, on the third Wednesday of each month in various South County locations. December’s walk is close to Southcenter so you can do some Christmas shopping after the walk! The walk is flat and approximately an hour.

Wednesday, December 18, Meetup at 8:45 am

Discover this urban oasis as we head north along the Green River/Duwamish River, and walk by Tukwila’s Fort Dent Park and Foster Golf Links. The walk is flat and about three miles, so you’ll still have plenty of time for Christmas shopping.

Meeting Location
Park at Green River Trail parking lot located behind the FedEx Office building at 116 Andover Park East. Go through the FedEx lot and turn left. (Please do not park in FedEx’s parking lot.) This is at the corner of Tukwila Parkway and Andover Park East, right by I-405, and across the street from Lowe’s Hardware.

Meeting Time
Please gather at 8:45 so we can start walking promptly at 9:00 am.

Questions?
For questions, comments and suggestions, please contact:

December 5, four speakers shared their experiences and warned of the dangers of driving under the influence. Over 500 students were in attendance at the Ballard High School auditorium, which only amounted to a around half of the entire enrollment.Four speakers shared their stories.

The first speaker was local mother, Kelly Jones, who told the tragic story of losing her son, Kellen, in a car accident that claimed the lives of two others, Spencer Millard and Mike Turner, in 2010. She showed intimate pictures and revealed the deep sense of loss that follows accidents.

Jone’s said that students have an obligation to friends and family members to drive and ride responsibly. She told students they could spread the word by tweeting #driveandrideresponsibly and also connecting to the campaign’s Facebook page.

The other three speakers shared the same incident, though from different perspectives. UW’s football tight end, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, plead guilty to drunk driving earlier this year. He spoke to students and was joined by his attorney, Bill Kirk, and the arresting officer, SPD’s Eric Michl.

Foiled burglary attempt, suspect also witness
Nov. 30 at the 3 block of NW 75th St., officers responded to a reported interrupted burglary attempt. Officers met the victims in front of their garage. They reported that they heard trashcans moved and went outside to find a suspect walking away. As the suspect fled they called out to him and he said that he had not seen anybody and kept moving. The victims found a broken padlock off the door of their garage. The suspect did not make entry and nothing was missing.

Door withstands burglary, suspects spooked
Nov. 25 at 8:44 a.m. on the 6500 block of 15th Ave. N.W., officers responded to an attempted burglary report at Belay Apartments. Two suspects attempted to use a “window-punch” to break through a glass pane. Security footage shows that the apparent “lookout suspect” saw something that “spooked” him and detoured them from going further with the break-in. One suspect was wearing designer camouflage pants and with a matching hat, with a trimmed beard and black hooded sweatshirt. The suspects damaged a double-sided door.

Burglar gains entry, lamps suffer

Back in April of 2012, the Seattle City Council took on the Transit Master Plan (TMP). Sound Transit and the City of Seattle joined forces to conduct the study that will eventually improve the plan to build rail transit. The plan has an overall goal of connecting communities in Seattle. Ballard to Downtown Seattle corridor is the first one
studied.

Last June, eight preliminary corridor plans were shared with the public at a second open house. According to Sound Transit, 1,350 citizens showed up to deliver feedback on corridor options. Since then, the project team reviewed the feedback and narrowed the corridor plans to five.

According to Bruce Gray, spokesperson for Sound Transit, ultimately the feedback packets will help the project team determine which of the five corridors is the best fit for citizens living Downtown all the way up to Ballard.The feedback will show how the project fits with Sound Transit’s Long Range Plan, which also affects
implementation of the City of Seattle’s Transit Master Plan.