September 2014

By Jeremy Martin

A nice turnout, including a large student contingent supporting both schools made for a lively Wednesday night as Chief Sealth played host to neighborhood rival West Seattle High in an early season volleyball tilt, that saw the Seahawks prevail in three straight games.

For the Seahawks it began with an early game 1 run and ended with emphasis in the 3rd when Jill Kumasaka dug a Wildcat spike off the floor, flipping it back over the net for for the match's deciding point.
In between saw an intense and hard fought outing, and despite Sealth playing from ahead for the majority of the evening, no team ever really seemed to have control of the momentum.
“We figured it was going to be a battle, it's always a battle with West Seattle,” Chief Sealth head coach Lorna Considine said.

The first game of the night was marked by a series of beautiful rallys, the best of which lasting nearly a minute was finalized by a Lydia Giomi kill that would give West Seattle a 2-0 lead.

By Gwen Davis

The Delridge Neighborhoods District Council meeting on Wed. featured the council's Kerry Wade, the Port of Seattle commissioner Courtney Gregoire, Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen and the director of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Scott Kubly.

"We have a great lineup for tonight," said Mat McBride, chair of the council.

Here are the takeaways:

-> Gregoire said a three-year study will begin to improve the Port of Seattle. The port also needs to have conversations with the port of Tacoma. It will be a race-to-the-bottom if otherwise. "We need to generate more market share, and we need to think about how can we do this collectively," she said. "I'm optimistic that we'll come out as a strong region."

What's old is new again. The Burien Actors Theatre is home again after a hiatus of several months. Their former playhouse was torched by arsonists last winter leaving them without a performance stage.

Temporary options included the former Staples office supply and one series of shows courtesy of Highline Historical Society who offered their space on 153rd.

With everything back to normal the 2014-15 season looks to be very entertaining.

Beginning September 26 and running through October 19, BAT performs OUT OF STERNO, an Alice in Wonderland meets Peewee Herman. It is a play of self discovery that takes "Dotty" down a rabbit hole. She's never been married and never left her apartment until she meets a mysterious stranger that changes her life forever.

November 28 you'll be seeing BOB'S HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTY. A small town insurance agent hosts a holiday bash. Will Bob escape the narrow-minded thinking of his friends to pursue a big dream?

A musical comedy hits BAT's stage next February with I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. Everything you wanted to know about sex, dating, marriage but were afraid to admit.

By Maggie Nicholson

On Friday, September 12th, community members and leaders gathered for a ribbon-cutting at newly restored Seahurst Park in Burien.

Preceding the ceremony, tours of the restoration site were offered. Extensive environmental restoration is the reason the park had been closed to the public. Rebecca Mullen of the Environmental Science Center led attendees around, drawing attention to new rain-gardens, native plants like skunk cabbage, horsetail and stinging nettle, and the installed fish ladder.

Mullen also shared knowledge of the wildlife, including that salmon navigate by the moon and stars and that they have such an acute sense of smell, they return to the riverbed in which they were born in order to lay their eggs and die, using the scent of the riverbed’s plants.

Whatcom County man in critical condition after impaired driving motorcycle accident in North Highline

The Schmitz Park Elementary school playground equipment that suffered a fire at the hands of someone as yet unknown last June has now been replaced. And it's getting an enthusiastic reception from the kids.

Principal Gerrit A. Kirschner explained that they replaced the damaged equipment with the same model which helped keep the cost down since it used the same cement support piers. But better than that, when the time comes to move the gear to a new location, it can be unbolted and transported with some ease if it is needed when the school moves to Genesee Hill.

The cost was around $23,000 and district carpenters and trades people did the installation. Kirschner explained "It was financed by the district and it came under the deductible for the insurance. But they had to arrange the financing in time for the equipment to be made and shipped. They had a five week lead time." He said the financing was possible since they were able to "spend ahead" for the new building with this gear.

By Gerardo Bolong
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

It took a bit of time, but the Class 1A Nisqually League Seattle Christian Warriors' volleyball team finally reached the right direction to flow past visiting Class 3A Seamount League High School in three non-league sets on Mon., Sept. 15, in SeaTac.

"I'm pleased and excited with this group of girls," said Seattle Christian head coach Aubrey Fox. "We've got some great senior leadership and young players stepping up to the jobs. We started slowly, but I'm proud of how they kept going. Once they got the flow and communication, they controlled the pace."

In the stuffy confines of the non-air conditioned gymnasium, the teams began the first set on equal terms and stayed that way for the duration of the set. Unforced Warrior errors and a quick starting Pirate squad led to exchanges of mini-runs after HHS posted leads of 5-1 and 9-5. Showing more continuity, the Pirates increased their lead to 11-6 with Joslyn Luidebina's drop shot keying the final two Highline points.

The 18th Annual Fremont Oktoberfest is taking over two city blocks of Seattle’s famed Fremont neighborhood, transforming it into the “Center of the Brewniverse” and playing host to 50 different breweries pouring more than 100 craft and seasonal brews.

The lineup represents the full spectrum of beer options, including IPAs, Oktoberfest beers, ciders, and imports.

“Fall brings an abundance of unique beer flavors that we can’t wait to showcase,” says Creative Director Phil Megenhardt. “We’ve got it all.”

In addition to numerous IPAs, such as Georgetown Brewing Co.’s Eddie and Fremont Brewing Co.’s Interurban IPA, and wheat beers, such as Peddler Brewing Co.’s Tangerine Wheat and Backwoods Brewing’s Blueberry Wheat, the Fremont Oktoberfest beer lineup is filled with truly unique flavors.

Fall is well represented with numerous pumpkin flavored brews, including Alaskan Brewing Co.’s Pumpkin Porter and Laurelwood Brewing Co.’s Laurelwood Pumpkin Ale, and Oktoberfest-style brews, including Leinenkugel’s Leinenkugel Oktoberfest, Ninkasi Brewing’s Oktoberfest, and Shiner Brewery’s Shiner Oktoberfest.

By Gerardo Bolong
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Early attack mode sent the Nisqually 1A League Seattle Christian Warriors' girls' soccer team into an early lead en route to a deceivingly close 3-2 non-conference win against the visiting Evergreen Conference 2A W.F. West (Chehalis) Bearcats at Valley Ridge Park field No. 3 on Tues., Sept. 15.

"We had some good passing early," said Tanna Brinkman. "Then, we were able to keep getting good shots on goal."

Aggressively pursuing the ball, the Warriors peppered the Bearcat goal regularly with shots and kept the visitors on their heels from the outset.

The constant pressure paid off in an unassisted Megan Nielsen (who was celebrating her birthday) goal in the 10th minute.

As the home team poured in shot after shot, the W.F. West keeper Kyndra Haller strove mightily to prevent the onslaught of shots out of goal.
By the 20th minute, the tired Bearcat defenders yielded a second goal.
Morgan Gaston cleared to take a nice pass from Isabella Responte and quickly nailed another SC goal.

With the interval times between shots lessening, Responte deposited her own goal in the 25th minute.

Sportswatch

Sports events worth keeping an eye on

For the week of Sept. 17-23

High schools
Football
Chief Sealth hosts Nathan Hale for a 7 p.m. game Friday as Evergreen entertains Hazen at Highline Memorial and Foster gets a visit from Cleveland.
West Seattle is on the road at Seattle Memorial playing Garfield at 5 p.m. and Highline visits Lindbergh at 7 p.m.
Mount Rainier goes to French Field to play Kentlake at 7 p.m. Thursday, while Kennedy Catholic waits until 1 p.m. Saturday to host Renton at Highline Memorial.

Volleyball
West Seattle visits Chief Sealth for a 7 p.m. crosstown match Wednesday and Mount Rainier travels to Kentridge at 7:15 p.m.
Kennedy is at Highline and Tyee at Foster at 7 p.m. Thursday as Evergreen entertains Hazen.
Mount Rainier journeys to Decatur for 3:30 p.m. action Friday, with Ballard at West Seattle and Chief Sealth at Franklin at 7 p.m.
At 7 p.m. Monday West Seattle hosts Roosevelt, and Tuesday Mount Rainier is at Todd Beamer at 7:15 p.m.
Highline is at Tyee at 7 p.m. Tuesday as JFK hosts Renton, Evergreen goes to Lindbergh and Foster to Hazen.

Girls soccer