February 2014

Saturday, Feb. 15
Girls basketball
West Seattle 34, Eastside Cath. 33
West Seattle stayed alive in the Sea-King District tournament with a one-point win over Eastside Catholic in low-scoring action Saturday.
Lydia Giomi led the Wildcats to victory with 15 points.
That got the Wildcats past the loser-out first round and into the double-elimination portion of the tournament.
Next up for the victorious West Seattle squad is a 3 p.m. meeting with Mercer Island at Ingraham High School on Tuesday.
Tuesday's winner plays again at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Bellevue Community College and the loser plays at 8:15 p.m. Friday at Bellevue Community College.
Shorewood Chr. 47, Grace Acad. 38
Shorewood Christian of West Seattle won its first game of the 1B girls district tournament Saturday, dealing Grace Academy a 47-38 defeat.
Shorewood Christian will visit the Muckleshoot Tribal School for a 6 p.m. playoff game Tuesday.

Boys basketball
Seattle Prep 63, West Seattle 59
West Seattle's season ended with a four-point loss at Seattle Prep on Saturday.
Ruslan Burduzha led the Wildcats with 21 points and Malachi Cain added 11.

By Gerardo Bolong

Mount Rainier opened Class 4A West Central IIII/Southwest Washington IV Bi-District girls basketball action with a 69-24 home pounding of Greater St. Helen's League No. 3 Union (Vancouver) on Thurs., Feb. 16.

Shortly after Ram player CeCe Tafia delivered a strong rendition of the National Anthem, Mount Rainier delivered a declaration of devastation to the out sized and outgunned Union contingent.

The tallest Titan player was five-foot, nine inches in height so the home team had little fear of reprisals against their inside scoring and rebounding.

Unencumbered by the opposition, the Rams (19-3) bored inside to the basket for short range opportunities. Despite missing a number of close-in shots and put backs, Mount Rainier cleared away with a 21-2 lead after one quarter and a 33-8 halftime dominance despite some moments of loose play.

Late in the third quarter, the first reserve for the Rams entered the game, setting off a sequence of other substitutes to play in various combinations as Mount Rainier played mix and match with starter and reserves the rest of the way.

Sports Roundup

Thursday, Feb. 13
Boys basketball
Sumner 63, Foster 51
The Bulldogs of Foster are still alive despite losing games on Tuesday and Thursday. They are set to play for the No. 7 and No. 8 West Central District seeds out of the Seamount League/South Puget Sound League 2A tournament at 7 p.m. today at home against Steilacoom.
SCS 52, Cascade Chr. 48
Taggart Anderson hit 12 points to lead Seattle Christian past Cascade Christian in Thursday's game.
Girls basketball
Evergreen 53, Tyee 49
The Wolverines turned the tables on the Totems on Thursday after losing close games to them in both regular season meetings.
Evergreen now opens the West Central District tournament with a 6:30 p.m. game against Fife at Curtis on Monday.
Tyee plays Washington for the No. 7 and No. 8 district seeds at 7 p.m. today at home.
Cascade Chr. 53, SCS 26
Seattle Christian took a lopsided loss to Cascade Christian this past Thursday.

Wednesday, Feb. 12
Boys basketball
Kennedy 71, Peninsula 67

By Gerardo Bolong

FIFE - Total intensity and defense joined forces for Fife to topple Foster 65-43 in a first-round Class 2A sub-district boys basketball tiff on Tues., Feb. 11 at Fife High School..

"Tonight, the bottom line was we weren't physical enough," said Bulldog head coach Isaac Tucker. "Fife's intensity and defense were tough to match. They had five defensive players, but sometimes it seemed like there were seven players out there. They were just a better team, tonight."

This match showcased four essential stages for much of the first half the teams punched at each other toe to toe with Ben Mitchell's three-pointer squaring the score the score at 20-20 as 1:12 remained in the first half.

"In playoff basketball it's about intensity," Tucker added. "We matched their intensity most of the first half."

The Trojans then barreled to half time, triggered by three converted free throws after a foul while shooting from beyond the arc and an offensive rebound bucket before intensifying their efforts even more with a 13-2 scoring blitz to open the second half for an 40-22 command.

by Tim Takechi

“Noises Off,” considered one of the funniest farces ever written, works as a piece of comedic brilliance because of how difficult it is to spin chaos into something so side-splittingly beautiful.

Given Burien Actor’s Theatre’s recent history, it’s fitting they should be organizing their own chaos by opening “Noises Off” in an abandoned store in Burien where Staples used to be.

That’s right. When the Burien Annex suffered considerable damage after a tragic fire on Dec. 10, Burien Actor’s Theatre became homeless. But that didn’t stop them from continuing their season. As any veteran of the stage can attest to, “the show must go on.” Even in a cleared out former department store.

“It doesn’t matter where we perform this show,” says Jessica Stepka, who plays the bubbly Belinda Blair. “This show will always be great because the cast and crew we have are hilarious.”

Burien, WA– Highline Public Schools provides free screenings to children ages 3-5 to identify delays and disabilities. Screenings allow families to connect to early intervention services.

Areas of concern include speech and language, learning and understanding, motor skills, social skills, self-care skills, behavior concerns, and hearing. If a child has already been identified with a delay or disability, he/she should still be screened if no early intervention or special services are currently in place.

Families with questions or concerns regarding a child’s development are encouraged to call Highline Schools Special Services Department at (206) 631-3009. Please call 1-800-756-KIDS (5437) for children ages 0-3.

Please visit www.higlineschools.org/childfind to learn more.

By Hannah Danforth

Influenced by his wife’s Italian heritage and family history of winemaking, West Seattle's Michael Taylor’s modest start as a winemaker began in his basement as a hobby 10 years ago.

Finding passion in his pastime, Michael attended the Northwest Wine Academy - Wine Technology program at South Seattle Community College in 2007. Michael’s background as an Orthopedic PA made the the science-minded approach to winemaking easy for him. Feeling confident in his chemistry, he believed he could make great wine.

It took Micheal two years of pleading to get his wife, Maria, on board when he started school. “Took longer than that,” Maria jokes. She was hoping he might wait until their two sons, Dominic and Nicholas, were older. “Having two kids, I’m working full time, running my own business, he’s working full time, it’s just a lot of work... but we don’t mind working,” said Maria.

Now, Two Brothers Winery tasting room sits below her Belli Capelli salon at 3902 California Ave. S.W., where the two family businesses make a complementary pairing.

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Our semi-annual Antiques, Vintage and Collectibles event continues with many one-of-a-kind treasures.  Come early and check back often as we add new treasures regularly.  All items with yellow tags are now reduced 75% and all men's wear is reduced 45% every Sunday.  We appreciate the support the West Seattle community shows us with donations, patronage and volunteers.  In just 4 hours a week, you can make a difference in helping find a cure for cancer because a world with no cancer is a world with more birthdays.  And come in on your birthday for a 20% price reduction in celebration of you.  The all volunteer run, nonprofit American Cancer Society shop is open Sundays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and all other days 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Seattle Accordion Club Program
Senior Center of West Seattle
4217 SW Oregon St.

It was 83 years ago. He was little, barely 5 lbs that morning mom showed him off to the family. Lowell Wayne Robinson was her tenth child. He was beautiful, like all babies but something was wrong. 

Mom said the doctor made a mistake at the delivery upstairs in her bedroom. Most babies were born at home in those days. Doctors and mid-wives showed up to help. The doc might have been young, I don't know. Mom said he used a pair of forceps, a common tool in a difficult birth. Maybe he squeezed too hard but for whatever reason Lowell Wayne Robinson, my little brother, was struggling. He looked okay except for a limp right arm. 

The doctor left, advising mom to have help moving Lowell's precious little arm to get some circulation and muscle tone. My younger sister Norma and I stayed many hours with Lowell. We worked his arm up and down, back and forth, ever so gently. We gave him back to mom at feeding time and later kept moving and working his arm.