July 2014

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Who, what, when and where is known for the West Seattle football team's upcoming season opener, but Chief Sealth is still looking for the who.

West Seattle's Wildcats will begin their season at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 against Juneau-Douglas in Alaska.

Chief Sealth's Seahawks, meanwhile, open at home at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5 at the Southwest Athletic Complex (SWAC) but the non-league opponent has yet to be announced.

The rest of the season is more straight forward for the two local Metro League foes -- with all of the games in state and most opponents known.

Non-league games for both teams will be played Friday, Sept. 12, with West Seattle hosting Washington at 7 p.m. at the SWAC and Chief Sealth dropping in on Rainier Beach at the same time at the Southeast Athletic Complex.

Both teams plunge into Metro League action Friday, Sept. 19.

Chief Sealth entertains Nathan Hale at 7 p.m. at the SWAC and West Seattle journeys to Memorial Stadium in Seattle to play Garfield at 5 p.m.

The two teams switch sites for Friday, Sept. 26.

Correction: July 24. 1:36 p.m.

The Ballard News-Tribune reported that the incident happened at a bus stop, however, that was determined to be inaccurate thanks to a witness report. The accident did not occur at a bus stop. The closest stop is at least a half a block up the street.

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Around 8:30 a.m. a dump truck pulling a dumping trailer sideswiped a metro bus at the junction of 15th Avenue Northwest and Northwest 56th Street.

The truck was moving southbound on 15th Avenue Northwest and attempted to take a right onto Northwest 56th Street just as a bus was pulling away from a bus stop.

No emergency personal were dispatched to the scene but SPD officers were there to report the accident.

The Department of Planning and Development has announced design review for a Land Use Application that would allow a 4-story structure containing 30 residential units at 1436 N.W. 62nd St. No parking is proposed and the existing structures will be demolished.

MEETING

Date: Monday, August 11, 2014

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Ballard Community Center
6020 28th Ave NW
Sunset/Captain Ballard Room

All meeting facilities are ADA compliant. Translators or interpreters provided upon request. Please contact the planner listed above at least five business days prior to the meeting to request this service.

OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT

The Director will accept written comments to assist in the preparation of the early design guidance through August 11, 2014. You are invited to offer comments regarding important site planning and design issues, which you believe, should be addressed in the design for this project.

On July 16 Reuben’s Brews had a Tapping Ceremony in honor of the Tottenham Hotspurs coming to town to play the Sounders on July 19. For the special occasion Adam Robbings, from the U.K. and a self described “Brit,’ made a British Bitter (Pale Ale) called London Calling.

Robbing’s invited Tottenham Hotspurs players and ex-captain, Ledley King, to share a pint or two. Sure enough King and others were there to tap the keg. Robbings said Ledley was a "totally amazing player and a great captain."

Ledley played in professionally in the U.K. from 1998 to 2012.

“Bringing people together for a great cause with beer is brilliant idea, and it’s a pleasure for me to be involved and invited down here to meet friends,” said King.

“I have supported Spurs since I was four, and for the two years before I moved to the U.S. I went to almost every home game. … Given I'm a Brit, I'm obviously a soccer (football!) fan. My dad has supported Tottenham Hotspur for his whole life, and so it was only natural that I followed the family tradition. I went to most of the home

Around 2 a.m. this morning a train with 102 cars pulling 100 loads of crude oil derailed under the Magnolia Bridge in southern Interbay.

The train was moving at 5 miles per hour as it pulled out of a BNSF rail yard when the wheels of the second locomotive derailed. The third car, loaded with sand, went off the rails disrupting the next three cars that carried crude.

Because the cars were the new fortified safety models no crude spilled. No one was injured.

Seattle emergency responders and Transportation Security Administration officers arrived shortly after.

The incident caused minor traffic disruption in the line where the derailment happened and no disruption to the rail next to it. BNSF reported that it would take five to eight hours to get the cars back on track.

The 100 cars were loaded with Bakken (North Dakota) crude and were headed to an Anacortes refinery.

The "first annual" West Seattle High School alumni game will feature former players for the Wildcats (and if you are old enough, 'Indians') in a special event July 26 at the school.

$20 for players gets them full access to the showcase but all alumni are welcome to attend. All players will receive a VIP Alumni shirt, and all proceeds will go to support the WSHS boys basketball program.

Schedule:

• Gym opens at 12pm
• Shoot-a-round at 12:30pm
• 3 Point shooting contest at 1:00pm
• Alumni Game at 2:00pm
• Alumni Social, food served at 3:45pm
• Event closes at 5:00pm

If you'd like to attend, an RSVP is requested via email to head coach Keffery Fazio Faziok@uw.edu .
You can learn more about the event at www.WSbasketballboosters.com

BECOME A SPONSOR:
Please make checks payable to West Seattle Boys Basketball Booster and send to:

Sheryl Wunder
West Seattle Booster Club
5318 SW Orleans Street
Seattle, WA 98116

By Eric Mathison

A couple of years back, after-school behavior by some teens in downtown Burien got so bad, some Burien residents said they were afraid to use the Burien Library or visit Town Square Park. Cameras were installed at the library and the situation improved.

On July 21, Burien City Council members discussed another tool to make families feel more comfortable at the library or city parks. City Attorney Craig Knutson introduced a proposed ordinance establishing a process to issue trespass warnings on city and other publicly owned property.

There is already an ordinance allowing business owners to have unruly customers banned from their stores for a certain period of time. The Highline Times Police Blotter often reports on perpetrators “trespassed” from a supermarket or service station.

But Knutson said recent court cases have established an individual’s rights to be on public property. An appeal process is needed for anyone banned from a public place for more than seven days, according to Knutson.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

VANCOUVER--It took two tries to do it, but the District 7 Junior Little League team under the name of Pac West captured first place in the Washington state all-star baseball age 13-14 tournament Sunday.

After coming in as the undefeated winner's bracket champion with a 6-4 win over West Valley on Friday, the District 7 team was knocked off by Stilly Valley coming out of the loser's bracket by a 9-6 score Sunday morning.

But the squad of area all-stars based in Burien bounced back to beat Stilly Valley, 11-6, in the second game Sunday afternoon to win the state championship and earn a trip to the upcoming Western Regional tournament in Vancouver.

That will be a familiar place for the District 7 team as the state tournament was played at the Cascade Little League complex in Vancouver.
Western Regional action will be played under a round robin format instead of being double-elimination, meaning the times and opponents are set for the first four games.

As the Washington champions, District 7 will open against the Southern California champions at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 29.

By Joe Matter

The West Seattle Totems recently returned from their trip to the National Air Rifle Championships. Ten members of the team travelled to Camp Perry Ohio which is the home of the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP). The CMP hosted two national championships: The Junior Olympic 3 Position Air Rifle Championships and the CMP National 3 Position Air Rifle Championships.

Each Championship consists of a 60 shot qualification process and a final. Team scores are computed using the qualification score. Those individuals who finish in the top 8., compete in a 10 shot final. The scores from the final are added to the qualification score to determine the final placing.

Roxbury Street S.W. which connects West Seattle and White Center and serves as the dividing line between the City of Seattle and King County has been the subject of intense interest from SDOT in the past year as means by which to regulate the traffic flow on this busy corridor have been under review. Now residents living in the area will are being invited to attend two Design Alternatives Review meetings for this road safety corridor project.

Launched in response to community concerns, SDOT has conducted extensive public outreach. They note in a post on the SDOT blog that they have "developed several different engineering options to improve safety for all modes on Roxbury. Join us to review and to provide feedback into these options."

Here are the details:

Thursday, July 31, 6 PM to 7:45 PM, Southwest Library Second Floor Meeting Room, 9010 35th Avenue SW

Monday, August 4, 6 PM to 7:45 PM, YWCA Greenbridge Center, 9720 8th Avenue SW