December 2013

I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and Christmas was always pretty slim at our house but one thing we kids looked forward to every year in the twenties was a visit to our house by the Sunshine division of the Portland police department.

Without any fanfare each Christmas season, unannounced, a big police truck would pull up at the front door of our house. A bunch of uniformed men marched up the walk. They announced that they had a barrel of food and presents for the Robinson family and proceeded to carry it into the front room and deposit it on the floor. We were always excited because the food included a turkey, a pie or two, some games and toys and some fresh veggies. It was, as the saying goes, "manna from heaven."

After leaving us gawking kids standing on the front porch, they headed down the street to play Santa to some other family.
The White Center News had a mini version of the program in the 50's.

Destination Des Moines (DDM) held its monthly board and general meeting at Certified Folder Co in Seatac. The main order of business was to appoint a Chairperson for the 2014 Waterland Festival and elect 3 board members.

Elana Bryan, of Bryan Insurance Co., was nominated and elected to chair the 2014 Waterland Festival. Elana has had an association with Seafair parades both as a participant and assisting with the Hi-Yu organization in West Seattle. Anna Bjorneby will Co-Chair the committee with Elana.

Elected to the Board of DDM were Shelley Murray, Scott Evans and Cass Prindle. They bring a broad range of skills and knowledge to the board. Shelley, Scott and Cass had recently served as members of the Des Moines Planning Agency.

.Destination Des Moines was founded in 2006. The mission of Destination Des Moines is to develop awareness of the City of Des Moines as a great place, to attend and hold community events, to open and operate a business and to assist other organizations in promoting and marketing events.

High schools

Boys basketball
Kennedy is hosting its annual Christmas Classic this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday and Highline is playing at a tournament in Bothell the same days.
Foster goes to Mountlake Terrace on Saturday.
Girls basketball
Seattle Christian gets a 3:30 p.m. visit from Crosspoint Academy on Friday before hosting Kentlake at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Tyee is at Fife for 5:30 p.m. action Friday and Mount Rainier hosts Todd Beamer at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Saturday's schedule has Interlake at Highline for a 5 p.m. game and Foster meeting Auburn-Riverside for a 4:30 p.m. game at Juanita High School in Kirkland.
Foster goes back to Juanita to play Glacier Peak at 12 p.m. next Monday.
Wrestling
Foster and Evergreen will participate in the Eastside Catholic Classic that starts at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Colleges

Football
The University of Washington plays Brigham Young University in the Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco this coming Saturday
ESPN will carry the action live starting at 6:30 p.m.
Men's basketball

By Matt Wendland

The Start Fresh Market in Olde Burien was struck by an early morning robbery last Saturday, leaving the local business and its employees with thousands of dollars of loss and damages just days before Christmas.

The robbery occurred sometime between midnight and 6am on Saturday, December 21. Start Fresh Market is a gluten-free grocery store, bakery and restaurant located on the corner of S.W. 152nd Street and Ambaum Boulevard. While specializing in gluten-free products, Start Fresh maintains a peanut-free restaurant and baking facility and focuses on using local, organic, and/or non-GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) products whenever possible.

In a letter sent last week to Mayor Elect Ed Murray, the Westwood/Roxhill/Arbor Heights Community Council (WRAHCC) expressed concerns about crime in the area, transit issues and offered suggestions for how they might be addressed.

Now the WRAHCC and Metro Transit have arranged a walk through of the Roxhill Park / Westwood Village Transit Hub. Marty Minkoff, Service Planning Supervisor for Metro, along with other key members of the Metro staff will be there. They won't be responding to public concerns directly at the event. It's purpose is to share with them, the nature of the issues facing the area.

In a note to media and others the WRAHCC through Chairperson Amanda Kay Helmick said, "The Westwood Village Transit Hub is a unique situation. As a neighborhood, we would like to be able to partner with Metro, Parks and the Seattle Police Department to address the concerns and challenges we are facing as a community."

Friday, Dec. 20
Boys basketball
Seattle Luth. 67, Shorewood Chr. 54
Seattle Lutheran prevailed over Shorewood Christian in Friday's matchup of West Seattle's smaller schools.
Abijah Smith led the Saints to victory by swishing in 29 points.
Cody Jones was next with nine as Josh Meyer scored eight, Ben Sanders six, Ryan Okabayashi five, Roberto Duenaz four and Garret Bell one.
Jordan King was the leader for Shorewood Christian with 19 points and Micah Lorenz also reached double figures with 12.
Jovi Fevaleaki added nine, Stan Domingo seven, JJ Young five and Cameron Akers two.

Girls basketball
Seattle Luth. 45, Shorewood Chr. 34
Seattle Lutheran and Shorewood Christian also met in girls basketball Friday, with Seattle Lutheran winning that game by a 45-34 score.
Abby Sanders tossed in 22 points to lead Seattle Lutheran and Hailey Meyer scored 12. Olivia Wake scored eight and Emma Shubbe three.
Natalie Jones finished with 15 for Shorewood Christian and Kayla Gonzales knocked in 12. Nicole Jones chipped in five and Staylia Domingo added two.

Saturday, Dec. 21
Boys basketball
Seattle Luth. 66, Concrete 56

Monday, Dec. 16
Boys basketball
Decatur 67. Evergreen 37
Kevin Ford and Brandon Valencia finished with 14 points apiece for the Wolverines in Monday's road loss.
Girls basketball
Foss 42, Highline 30
Highline fell to Foss in a non-league game last Monday.

Tuesday, Dec. 17
Boys basketball
TJ 71, Mt. Rainier 68
Andrew Lenneberg tallied 25 for the Rams in their South Puget Sound League North Division loss on Tuesday.
SCS 56, Bellevue Chr. 51
Seattle Christian was led to victory by the 22 points of Cody Miller this past Tuesday.
Girls basketball
Mt. Rainier 72, TJ 18
Mount Rainier remained on a roll Tuesday, led by the 25 points of Brittany McPhee. Jordan McPhee added 16 and Aqeelah Williams finished with 14.

Wednesday, Dec. 18
Boys basketball
Foster 65, Tyee 44
Ronnie Roberson tossed in 20 for Foster in Wednesday's win.
Hazen 62, Highline 23
Highline was hammered by Hazen on Wednesday.
Kennedy 75, Lindbergh 63
Michael Sasonoff scored 25 points and AJ McGrew 24 to give the Lancers a 1-2 punch in Wednesday's win.
Renton 73, Evergreen 49
Valencia's 20 topped the Wolverines' scorers in a Wednesday loss.
Girls basketball
Renton 60, Evergreen 21

  I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and Christmas was always pretty slim at our house but one thing we kids looked forward to every year in the twenties was a visit to our house by the Sunshine division  of the Portland police department.

         Without any fanfare each Christmas season, unannounced, a big police truck would pull up at the front door of our house. A bunch of uniformed men marched up the  walk. They announced that they had a barrel of food and presents for the Robinson family and proceeded to carry it into the front room and deposit it on the floor. We were always excited because the food included a turkey, a pie or two, some  games and toys and some fresh veggies. It was, as the saying goes, "manna from heaven."

 After leaving us gawking kids standing on the front porch, they headed down the street to play Santa to some other family.

  The White Center News had a mini version of the program in the 50's.