February 2014

Pros
Seahawks
The victory parade for the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks starts at 11 a.m. Wednesday and will run down Fourth Avenue in Seattle.
Seattle destroyed Denver, 43-8, Sunday to take home the National Football League championship and earn the festivities.

Thunderbirds
Seattle will host close rival Everett for a 7:05 p.m. Western Hockey League match at the Showare Center in Kent on Tuesday.
The Thunderbirds visit Spokane at the same time Wednesday before coming back to Showare to play the Spokane Chiefs at 7:35 p.m. Saturday.

High schools

Boys basketball
West Seattle visits Eastside Catholic for a 7 p.m. Metro League game Tuesday and Chief Sealth travels to Bainbridge at the same time.
Evergreen goes to Tyee for 7 p.m. Seamount League action Wednesday before hosting Foster at 7:45 p.m. Friday.
West Seattle will host Blanchet at 8 p.m. Friday as Chief Sealth goes on the road to Seattle Prep.

Girls basketball

Youngsters from throughout the area gathered in West Seattle to compete in the Knights of Columbus shootout this past Saturday.

The free throw shooting action took place at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Life Center located at 3410 S.W. Myrtle Street.

It included basketball shooters from Our Lady of Guadalupe as well as St. Bernadette's of Burien.

The Knights of Columbus shootout is a national competition.

Since 1972, councils have sponsored the Knights of Columbus International Free Throw Championship for boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 14 (starting in the fraternal year 2013-2014)

The championship is set up to have the contestants compete within their own gender and age group. All competition starts at the local level. Winners move on to the district, regional, and state or provincial levels. From there, some make it to the international level for championship competition in their group.

What do you get when you combine an established, innovative flower shop and an established neighborhood favorite espresso shop? The answer is Admiral Bird, the idea of Flower Lab owner Wendy Damoth, that combines the flavors and formula developed by Heidi Herr from Bird on a Wire that has flourished on Henderson Street S.W. just off 35th S.W. for eleven years with the beauty and cleverness of the products from Flower Lab.

The new hybrid is meant to truly be complementary in that the coffee/food half (and soon beer and wine) will bring people in more frequently, and the flower shop will provide reasons to linger and shop.

The buildout of the shop was done by Josh Powers.

The Bird side is run by both Herr and Corina Luckenbach. They will carry many of the same foods and coffees as their other location with a focus on local suppliers.

Luckenbach said they will carry, "Shipwreck Honey, Honest Biscuits, and we make all of our own flavors like caramel and chocolate. We'll be using Gretchen's Grains for our salads, like organic quinoa."

They will offer homemade soup, sandwiches, salads to go and pastries.

Video posted by The Retroist on Youtube on Feb 2, 2014

The 12th man is ever mindful of the Seattle's jaywalking laws.

In Ballard, after the the Seahawks Super Bowl victory over the Broncos, fans thronged the streets in jubilant celebration.

Instead of breaking glass and blasting fire works in the middle of intersections, the 12th man in Ballard heeded jaywalking laws and waited for the street light to signal their paused exuberance. When the light said "walk" flocks of green and blue flooded the intersection, blasting horns and screaming. And yes, there were a few fireworks.

Responding to a Youtube video of the scene, Mayor Ed Murray gave Ballardites the nod on Twitter, and wrote "Good job Ballard."

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The 12th man is ever mindful of the Seattle's jaywalking laws.

In Ballard, after the the Seahawks Super Bowl victory over the Broncos, fans thronged the streets in jubilant celebration.

Instead of breaking glass and blasting fire works in the middle of the intersections, the 12th man in Ballard heeded jaywalking laws and waited for the street light to signal their paused exuberance. When the light said "walk" flocks green and blue flooded the intersection, blasting horns and screaming. And, yes there were a few fireworks.

Responding a Youtube video of the scene, Mayor Ed Murray gave Ballardites the nod on Twitter, and wrote "Good job Ballard."

The 12th man is ever mindful of the Seattle's jaywalking laws.

In Ballard, after the the Seahawks Super Bowl victory over the Broncos, fans thronged the streets in jubilant celebration.

Instead of breaking glass and blasting fire works in the middle of the intersections, the 12th man in Ballard heeded jaywalking laws and waited for the street light to signal their paused exuberance. When the light said "walk" flocks green and blue flooded the intersection, blasting horns and screaming. And, yes there were a few fireworks.

Responding a Youtube video of the scene, Mayor Ed Murray gave Ballardites the nod on Twitter, and wrote "Good job Ballard."

Sports Watch

Pros
Seahawks
The victory parade for the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks starts at 11 a.m. Wednesday and will run down Fourth Avenue in Seattle.
Seattle destroyed Denver, 43-8, Sunday to take home the National Football League championship and earn the festivities.

Thunderbirds
Seattle will host close rival Everett for a 7:05 p.m. Western Hockey League match at the Showare Center in Kent on Tuesday.
The Thunderbirds visit Spokane at the same time Wednesday before coming back to Showare to play the Spokane Chiefs at 7:35 p.m. Saturday.

Colleges
Men's basketball
The University of Washington Huskies visit Utah for a 6 p.m. game Thursday and go to Colorado for a 5 p.m. game Sunday.
Thursday's game can be seen on the Pac-12 network and Sunday's on ESPNU.
Washington State University, meanwhile, is at Colorado for a 6:30 p.m. game Wednesday before going to Utah for 5 p.m. action Saturday with the Pac-12 network carrying both games.

Information provided by Ballard High School

Monday, February 03
· Second semester begins!!!

· Athletic Booster Club Board Meeting, 6:30pm

Tuesday, February 4
· Seattle Student Senate

· Officer’s Council, Staff Lounge, 6th period

Wednesday, February 5
· 8th Grade Tour, 8am-10am

· Seahawks Parade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

· I.C. Meeting, Staff Lounge, 2:45pm

Thursday, February 6
· 8th Grade Open House

o Sports and Clubs in the commons, 6-7pm

o Program starts at 7pm in the gym

Friday, February 7
· Key Club Bloodd Drive

o Auxililary gym from 7:30am-2:20pm

· Senior Night for basketball

Saturday, February 8
· The Showing, PAC, 7pm

BHS ATHLETICS
Quote of the Week:
“I’m not saying it’s going to be easy, I’m saying it’s going to be worth it.”
~Russell Wilson

MONDAY, FEB 03, 2014
Basketball: Boys 4A C Team Conf. Game
7:00pm
Redmond
Ballard High School

TUESDAY, FEB 04, 2014
Basketball: Boys 4A JV Conf. Game
5:45pm
Away vs. Redmond
Redmond High School

By Lu Nelsen, lucasn@cfra.org, Center for Rural Affairs

Our nation spent nearly $7 billion responding to extreme weather in 2013. Events that endanger livelihoods nationally, and especially in rural and small town America. These destructive storms, devastating droughts, dangerous flooding and paralyzing winter weather highlight the need for action. We must confront threats that climate shifts pose to rural communities, and the nation.

The new year provides an opportunity to take commonsense steps to address carbon pollution, a major contributing factor to these threats. Currently, there is no limit on the amount of carbon pollution that American power plants can emit, but new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency would help limit these emissions.

Closing loopholes for high-polluting power plants is crucial to protect community health and our natural resources. Several other power plant by-products are limited, but carbon emissions have been overlooked, leaving the door open for some of the biggest polluters in the nation to get off scot-free.