May 2014

The fourth annual Give Big one day donation campaign in support of area non-profit organizations is May 6 and there's a long list of groups hoping for your support, including many local groups.

Ballard and surrounding area organizations that are part of the Give Big event are listed with links below. The full list from the Seattle Foundation is here.

If you prefer you can donate to the "stretch pool" which will be evenly divided among all the registered groups.

BALLARD FOOD BANK
ELEMENT: Basic Needs
SERVING: 5,600 individuals in King County, General Population
The Ballard Food Bank is the leading agency meeting the need for food and emergency services for clients in Ballard, Magnolia and Queen Anne.MORE

BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION
ELEMENT: Education

Burglar hit with gun

April 28 – At the 1500 block of Northwest 100th Street officers responded to a burglary in progress. At the scene they found two men in a fight. Officers reprimanded the two, and witnesses told officers one was attempting to rob the other. The complainant told officers that he heard someone trying to kick his side garage door, and so he armed himself with a handgun and went outside. He told the suspect to get off his property, but the suspect kept kicking at the door. The complainant then pushed the suspect and a fight ensued. In the scuffle the complainant struck the suspect in the face with his gun. The suspect was bleeding from the head but said he did not feel pain. He was treated for his wounds and booked in King County Jail.

Two men ‘dance,’ one choked

With the failure of Proposition 1, a measure for a sales tax and car tab increase, King County Metro has come up with a list of bus routes to be cut back or eliminated in order to close the funding gap.

The King County Council will review the list in May, and if they adopted the plan, phased changes will start as early as June.

Services all over the County will be cut back 16 percent, and Metro reported that bus service will drop to levels not seen since 1997. 72 routes will be eliminated and 84 routes will be reduced, which means a loss of 11 million rides, and 550,000 service hours each year.

With a third of bus routes proposed to be cut, Metro aims to increase efficiency by not overlapping routes and snipping the routes or sections of routes that are least used.

In Ballard, bus routes 61, 62, 28 and 48x will be eliminated entirely, and routes D, 28x, 29, and 40 will be reduced or revised.

So why eliminate 28, 48X, 61 and 62?

The fourth annual Give Big one day donation campaign in support of area non-profit organizations is May 6 and there's a long list of groups hoping for your support, including many local groups.

West Seattle and White Center area organizations that are part of the Give Big event are listed with links below. The full list from the Seattle Foundation is here.

If you prefer you can donate to the "stretch pool" which will be evenly divided among all the registered groups.

ArtsWest
ArtsWest is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary arts organization located in West Seattle with programs in theater, visual art and education.

Fauntleroy Children's Center

Just after 2 AM Saturday morning, King County Sheriff’s Police Dog Frodo was injured while tracking several armed robbery suspects in the 16500 block of International Boulevard South.

The suspects pulled a gun on the victim, demanded money, and struck him in the head with the pistol. After taking cash, they ran away on foot. When the first deputy arrived on scene she saw the suspects and they ran from her into a nearby fenced area.

K9 Frodo, a two year old German shepherd, was deployed and was immediately on the suspects trail through the fenced area. Unknown to Frodo’s handler, Deputy Roland Gervacio, there was razor wire hidden in vegetation. As Frodo tracked he was cut on his left front leg and nose. In spite of being injured and bleeding from the laceration, Frodo persevered, continuing on the track. In less than 10 minutes he located a male and female suspect hiding in the overgrown lot. Also recovered from beside the two suspects was a handgun.

Saturday, May 3
Baseball
Tyee 17, Evergreen 6
The Totems took a Seamount League tiebreaker against Evergreen on Saturday.
Mt. Rainier 11, Highline 1
The Rams prevailed against the Pirates in Saturday's non-league game.
Boys soccer
Mt. Rainier 1, Kentridge 1
Mount Rainier played the Chargers to a 1-1 tie in South Puget Sound League North Division action Saturday.
Fastpitch
Mt. Rainier 0, Highline 0
Mount Rainier and Highline were scoreless when non-league action was stopped Saturday.

Friday, May 2
Girls lacrosse
Kennedy 11, Evergreen (Vanc.) 10
Eileen Bruns and Rylin Mclaughlin scored hat tricks as Kennedy Catholic edged Evergreen of Vancouver, 11 – 10, in girls prep lacrosse action Friday at Sunset Park in Burien.
Playing to a 6-6 tie at the half, the Lancers pulled away in the fourth, outscoring the Plainsmen, 5 – 4, down the stretch for the win.
Bruns finished the night with three goals and five ground balls, while Mclaughlin also had three along with four ground balls.
Fastpitch
Foster 7, Evergreen 0
The Bulldogs shut down the Wolverines in Friday action while scoring seven.
Highline 15, Lindbergh 0

Kennedy Catholic controls its own destiny as the Seamount League boys soccer season draws to a close after topping Tyee by a 2-0 score Friday.

The Lancers ran their first place league record to 9-0-3 with the win, ahead of Foster (8-2-2), Hazen (7-1-4) and then the Totems (6-4-2), Highline (4-6-2) and Evergreen (4-7-1),
Even if they should lose to Hazen in a 6 p.m. Tuesday game at the Starfire complex in Tukwila, they finish against winless Renton (0-12-0) in a 5:30 p.m. road game Thursday.

"We're five points ahead (of Hazen), and even if we lost that's three points for them," said JFK head coach Teddy Mitalas. "We get to host (the first playoff) if we beat them."

Tyee is at home against Evergreen at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Valley Ridge and finishes at Hazen at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Second place Foster, meanwhile, is at Highline at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and at home against Evergreen for its regular season finale Thursday.

"I don't think we'll lose to Renton," said Mitalas of the title chase.
At lot was at stake between the Lancers and Totems this past Friday, and they battled to a 0-0 tie through the first half.

Dates: May 16@7:00pm
Location: Highline Performing Arts Center – Burien
Tickets: $15. $10 for seniors (17 & under free with a paid adult ticket) www.nwassociatedarts.org or 206-246-6040

Burien, WA – The youth choruses of NWAA have a blast with four decades of incredible music from the 1950s to the 1990s. This fast-paced concert includes songs like Walk Like an Egyptian, Thriller, Dancing Queen, Footloose, Material Girl and many more. Narration, dancing, light costuming and solo performances blend together seamlessly for an unforgettable tribute to the dance music of times past.
Families hunting for affordable entertainment will delight and parents looking for a risk-free way to introduce their children to the joys of choral music can rest easy because Northwest Associated Arts youth ticket program lets young people 17 and under in free with a paid adult ticket.

Saturday, May 3
Baseball
Tyee 17, Evergreen 6
The Wolverines of White Center lost a tiebreaker playoff for the final Seamount League 2A postseason berth Saturday.

Friday, May 2
Boys soccer
Chief Sealth 5, Eastside Catholic 0
Yael Pina scored three goals for a hat trick for Chief Sealth in Friday's win and Sam Orlin earned the shutout.

Fastpitch
Foster 7, Evergreen 0
Evergreen was shut down by the Bulldogs last Friday.

Baseball
Foster 12, Evergreen 2
Foster dealt the Wolverines a defeat on Friday to knock them into Saturday's playoff.

Boys soccer
Evergreen 1, Highline 0
Evergreen edged out the Pirates in Friday action.

Tennis
Evergreen 4, Foster 3
Evergreen emerged as a winner over Foster in Friday's close match.

A fire, apparently rekindled by remaining embers, in a home that burned in the 10000 block of 39th S.W. in Arbor Heights was put out within ten minutes by Seattle Firefighters early Monday morning May 5. Firefighter and investigators have not able to enter the structure since it is unstable and thus far no cause has been determined for the blaze that did a combined total damage of $450,000.

Sue Stangl of the Seattle Fire Department said a fire watch would be in place to ensure it would not reignite and a determination of when it would end would be made later.

Investigators have not been able to speak to the couple, who suffered smoke inhalation in the fire. Both in their 70's the husband suffered burns as well.