April 2014

By Greg McCorkle

The Seahawks came back to the SWAC with the hopes of getting a two game sweep of the Raiders from Nathan Hale. Sealth got that ball rolling two days earlier with a resounding 7-2 victory on the Raiders turf, and with the return to their home diamond the Seahawks were confident in their ability to put another “W” in the score sheet.

Stealth’s ace right hander Blaine Steel was on the mound for the game. Steele controlled the game in the first two innings allowing no hits or runs as he kept the Raiders batters off balance. But the Hawks lumber could fair no better. Their only hit came from a double by Sealth right fielder Lee Lee in the second and he was stranded and got no further.

As the bottom of the Hale rotation came around they began to find some wiggle room in Steele’s delivery and started making contact. By the time Sealth got out of the third they found themselves down 3-0. The Seahawks bats started to come to life but just couldn’t pull the trigger and again left points on the bags.

The West Seattle Garden Tour announced that artist Sue Madill has won the WSGT's 20th Anniversary Poster contest.

The original painting will also be for sale at one of the nine gardens featured on this year's July 20th garden tour.

(Location to be announced.)

Angela Brady, with Seattle Waterfront, will provide updates about the city’s plans for the seawall replacement, viaduct removal and waterfront development at the Admiral Neighborhood Association meeting on April 8.

King County Councilmember Joe McDermott will be in attendance and talk about the $500 million needed for transit and transportation to be voted on in Proposition No. 1 April 22.

ANA has a new meeting venue: The Sanctuary at Admiral, 2656 42nd Ave SW (at SW Lander Street).

by Tim Takechi

We’ve all heard the expression “If these walls could talk.” But what about “If these nesting dolls could talk?”

And sing? And dance? And act out fairy tales?

In Breeders Theater’s newest production, “Tolstory” tells us a story through the eyes of four matryoshka dolls that belong to a typical 19th century Russian woman named Katrina Karenin. The audience sees very little of Ms. Karenin, but we get to see plenty of the four dolls she owns throughout her entire life.

Matryoshka dolls, better known in English as nesting dolls, are the rounded wooden dolls that decrease in size when they are placed inside one another. They are a great metaphor for the passing of time, as the smallest doll can represent infanthood while the largest represents late adulthood.

We see Katrina Karenin from infancy to childhood, young adulthood, adulthood and lastly, old age. While her life may not be as epic as that of most of Leo Tolstroy’s famous heroines, if our most valued possessions could talk, they would tell us that everybody’s life has their memorable moments. You don’t need to be a princess to act like a princess.

Thursday, April 3
Boys soccer
Kennedy 8, Evergreen 0
Kyle Peterson and Aron Rosel scored two goals apiece for Kennedy Catholic in Thursday's win and the shutout was split by Leyton Thommasen and Will Prothero.
Tennis
Hazen 6, Foster 1
The Bulldogs were buried by the Highlanders on Thursday.
Track and field
Kennedy-Evergreen-Tyee-Hazen
Kennedy dealt Tyee a 128-11 defeat on the boys side Thursday and edged out Evergreen, 76-66.
Evergreen lost when compared to Hazen, 79-49, and Tyee lost to the Highlanders, 122-5.
On the girls side, JFK was a 120-20 winner over Evergreen and defeated Tyee, 125-18.
Hazen downed the Wolverines, 132-14, and topped Tyee, 125-18.
Foster-Highline-Renton-Lindbergh
The Foster girls lost to Lindbergh by only a 65-61 score Thursday and Renton ran past the Pirates, 107-27.
In boys action, Lindbegh was a 116-24 winner over Foster and Renton topped Highline, 116-25.

Wednesday, April 2
Baseball
Foster 9, Hazen 6
The Bulldogs bumped off the Highlanders on Wednesday.
Highline 18, Renton 1
The Pirates plastered Renton in Wednesday's game.
Mt. Rainier 13, K-M 2
The Rams routed the Rams on Wednesday.
Lindbergh 2, Tyee 1

PUYALLUP – Zach Sleeper scored four goals and an assist to lead Kennedy Catholic to a 14 – 12 defeat of Emerald Ridge-Puyallup in boys high school lacrosse action, Tuesday at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup.

With the Lancers leading 14 – 8 after three, Emerald Ridge-Puyallup’s defense finally kicked into gear holding the Kennedy scoreless in the final set while allowing its offense to net four goals.

But the late push was not enough as the Lancers hung on for their second win of the spring.

Sleeper finished the night with five points, while Ashton Peiris had three goals, two assists and 18 ground ball grabs for Kennedy.

Stahl Junior High School ninth grader Brandon Seachriest led the way for Emerald Ridge-Puyallup with for goals and two assists.

Residents of unincorporated King County can meet with County officials, learn about small grant opportunities for their community, and be informed about current County work in their community during a series of town hall-style open houses, scheduled in April and May.

Sponsored by the King County Community Service Area (CSA) program, the town hall open houses are an excellent opportunity for residents of unincorporated areas to learn more about King County’s work in their specific community and speak out about their own priorities.

Open houses will take place from 7-9 p.m., with time for residents to meet one-on-one with representatives of specific County departments and branches. The meetings are scheduled for:

Monday, April 14
Four Creeks/Tiger Mountain featuring Councilmember Reagan Dunn, Sheriff John Urquhart and Deputy Executive Fred Jarrett
Location: Evergreen Community Church, 20112 SE 152nd St., Renton

Wednesday, April 16
West Hill/Skyway featuring Councilmember Larry Gossett, Sheriff John Urquhart and Chief of Operations Rhonda Berry
Location: Fire District 20 Headquarters, 12424 76th Ave. S., Seattle

Monday, April 21

Andrea Reay, executive director, Discover Burien, sets out balloons in Olde Towne Burien to remind locals of the regular Thursday evening art walk.

Swedish glass artist Ingalena Klenell will speak on her work, in conjunction with the exhibition “Pull, Twist, Blow” currently on view at the Nordic Heritage Museum.

Lecture: Future is a Long Story — About Glass, Place, and Longing
Wednesday, April 9, 7:00 p.m.

Listen as Ingalena Klenell, a featured artist in the exhibition Pull, Twist, Blow on view through April 27, presents a lecture on her glass art.

In her work, Swedish artist Ingalena Klenell explores the ideas of fragility and vulnerability, both in the material of glass and in life itself. Klenell sees glass as a way of investigating the limits of techniques and of her own skill and creativity, and of creating ways to transcend those limits. In 2010, Klenell collaborated with artist Beth Lipman to create the installation Glimmering Gone at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. The installation used landscape and artifacts to investigate our connection with nature and memory.

In January the West Seattle Herald showed the Admiral Theater and vicinity had become the target of taggers and vandals. One even went so far as to climb on the roof of the theater to make a massive graffiti image on the upper wall. Now, theater Manager Dinah Brein has secured photographic evidence of who is doing the damage.

NOTE: We had previously published the photos but since the suspects have not been officially charged by the police we removed the photos.

She shared this letter with the Herald:

"Yesterday, shortly after noon, I received a phone call from Rae, a resident in the condo's behind the alley. She informed me that someone had over night, tagged the businessnes in the alley including the Chevron, the Admiral, the Pizza Restaurant as well as the Copper Coin and the Mission.

I went outside and looked up and sure enough, they had also tagged the roof of the Admiral again (Chevron side).