September 2014

by Paul Moseley

Luther Carr has resigned as the head coach of the Chief Sealth Seahawks.

According to Seattle Public Schools spokeswoman Stacy Howard, Coach Carr resigned after a verbal disagreement with a parent.

He was told he could keep his job but chose to resign.

Carr began his coaching career in 1994 at Lewis and Clark High School at Spokane. After several years at Lewis and Clark, Carr took over as the head coach of his old program at Seattle’s Garfield High School then transitioned to being a coach at the University of Washington.

That was followed by time at the University of Montana where he coached the wide receivers and running backs, then to the University of Idaho before joining Chief Sealth as Head Coach in 2012.

UPDATE 10:30am Sept. 6
from the Seattle Police Blotter
Officers were called to assist Firefighters for three suspected arsons in West Seattle overnight.

Officers received a call just before midnight Friday, after two witnesses saw a man set fire to a dumpster in the 4300 block of SW Admiral Way. The witnesses yelled at the suspect just before he ducked between two buildings and fled.

At the scene, officers spoke with witnesses firefighters and learned someone had set another fire earlier that night, in a dumpster in the 4100 block of SW Admiral Way. Witnesses had extinguished the earlier fire before firefighters arrived.

About two hours later, around 2 AM, police were called to the scene of a third arson in the 3200 block of California Avenue SW after someone set fire to abandoned apartment building, scheduled for demolition.

Seattle Police Arson and Bomb Squad detectives are working with the Fire Marshall to investigate these incidents. Witnesses who spotted the man fleeing the fire in the 4300 block of SW Admiral Way described him as a white male, 5’11, wearing a gray and white striped jacket and khaki shorts.

by Paul Moseley

The Chief Sealth Seahawks opened their 2014 football season with a home game match-up against Notre Dame High School out of Calgary, Aberta Canada. The Seahawks, under the leadership of Coach Simon tonight, took the field on a beautiful late summer afternoon perfect for a season opener.

Chief Sealth came to play and opened the season with a bang. On the opening kick-off, #2 Brady Crane found the lane and returned it over 80 yards for the first score, putting the Hawks up by 6.

Notre Dame found their composure and returned the favor...a few times. They hit Chief Sealth with a blistering running and passing attack, finding the end-zone time after time , and ending the first half with a long pass and TD with 3 seconds to go. At half-time, Notre Dame was up 30-6 and the Seahawks looked like they had been picked apart.

The second half was the best half of football delivered by the Seahawks in the last 3 years.

By Tim Clifford

​A grim discovery awaited Adam Cox and his fiancé when they returned to their car on Aug.29 at the Hannegan Pass trailhead after hiking on Mount Baker for 5 days. Their vehicle had been broken into, the cables to the battery had been cut and a backpack with their wallets, keys and a cellphone was missing

​To make matters even more nightmarish when Cox called Seattle PD to have them check on his residence at the 2600 block of 47 Ave. S.W., they discovered that the thieves had driven the 3 hours from Mount Baker and broken into the couple’s home.

​According to witness accounts from various neighbors during the time the couple was away the suspects, a white male in his 20’s and a Middle Eastern (possibly Indian) male, were seen climbing the roof of the home to gain entrance and eventually succeeded in climbing through a window. A neighbor took note of the suspects on the roof (though apparently didn’t call police) and took down the license plate to the vehicle that the suspects arrived in, described as an Astrovan.

Seattle Police report that a man was shot and a woman was injured by shrapnel in a robbery in the parking lot of a West Seattle convenience store around 4:30am.

The incident took place in the 9000 block of Delridge Avenue SW just before 4:30 AM. The police report said witnesses heard a loud argument, followed by gunfire and then screaming.

Police found arrived at the scene found a man who had been shot in the leg and an injured woman, who was possibly hit by debris or shrapnel.

Both victims were taken to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said that a gunman opened fire on the victims after attempting to rob them for a cell phone.

The gunman and three other men fled the scene in a vehicle, described by witnesses as either a gold Buick or gray Ford Taurus.

Robbery detectives are conducting an investigation.

Dick's Drive-In Restaurant is proud to announce the 4th Annual Dick's Drive-In Walk-A-Thon this Sunday, September 7th!

Join us for 1 Day, 6 Dick's Drive-In locations & 22 Miles as we walk and raise money to support our Change for Charity partners helping the homeless in our community.

If you don’t want to walk, you can still help by making a Change for Charity donation at any Dick’s Drive-In Restaurant. In honor of all our Walk-A-Thon attendees Dick’s pledges to match up to $2,000 of all donations given to our Change for Charity boxes on Sunday, September 7th!

Interested walkers are encouraged to gather at the Edmonds Dick’s Drive-In location at 10:30AM as we embark on a trek across Seattle to support our Change for Charity partners: Mary’s Place, First Place School, FareStart, ROOTS Young Adult Shelter, The Compass Center, Operation Nightwatch, St. Martin de Porres Shelter and Cocoon House.

Those walkers who make a $20+ donation at Edmonds will receive a punch card to take to each store and an orange t-shirt to wear on the trek. If you want to join us along the way follow updates on Twitter & Facebook to find the walk! Here’s the estimated schedule:

The City of Seattle activated the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Joint Information Center (JIC) in support of the Seahawks season opener. Please direct all media inquiries to the JIC using 206-233-5072.

Kickoff is scheduled for 5:40 p.m. and Gates for the free pre-game Soundgarden and Pharrell Williams concert open at 2 p.m. and gates to the stadium will open at 2:30. Participants are encouraged to arrive early and be patient.

The Seahawks game, pre-game concert and other NFL events around Centurylink Field are expected to draw tens of thousands of people into downtown today, likely creating significant traffic impacts before and after the game.

Please allow yourself additional travel time if you’re coming into or leaving the downtown area before or after the football festivities. As always, carpooling and public transportation remain the best of the commuting options. Below are some reminders from the Seattle Police Department:

You might think having a police precinct a block away would tend to restrict the use of guns. Not so Wednesday night

The Seattle Police Department said that officers actually heard a shot fired around 11:30 p.m. and subsequently got a report of a gunshot victim in the 7500 block of 24th Avenue Southwest. That's only a block away from the Southwest Precinct on Delridge Way SW and Webster Street SW.

Police were told by a witness that they heard someone knock on their door and opened it to find a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his ankle.

The victim was reportedly uncooperative with officers but was transported to the hospital to be treated for his wound.

by Kathryn Kingen

Reel down then pull up with all your might, reel down again and pull up until your arms fall off! That is what it was like landing my first tuna. I was with my family bobbing off the tip of the Baja in white-capped seas, some folks down below super seasick and others burning up their biceps in the "fish on" chair. Mom was laughing and squealing with delight as she caught her treacherous tuna, all the while dodging the seagulls flapping over her head. After a long day on the water, docking was a relief and eating the pristine tuna that night was a well-deserved delicious thrill.

Catching a tuna is great fun, and you don't have to go far to do it. We have tuna swimming locally right here in the Northwest, and it's not just a warm-water fish. At Salty's we serve tasty West Coast tuna in September, and by the end of September Washington tuna arrives.