October 2014

Keeping track

Federal Way graduate connects
SAN FRANCISCO -- Your sports question for this week is: Who hit the only walk-off home run in National League Championship Series history to send a team on to the World Series?
The answer is Travis Ishikawa of the San Francisco Giants.
The Federal Way High School graduate became the first to accomplish the feat in the NLCS Thursday when he blasted a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to break a 3-3 tie and advance the Giants with a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Ishikawa and the San Francisco team will open the World Series on Tuesday at the home of the Kansas City Royals, and the 31-year-old Ishikawa's historical home run will no doubt be a part of the pregame highlights when the broadcast starts at 5 p.m.

Thommasen racks up 16 saves
FOREST GROVE, Ore. – Leyton Thommasen (Fr., Des Moines, Wash.) made an impressive 16 saves Friday, but Dylan Leathers' rebound of a penalty kick in the 109th minute allowed Linfield to escape with a 3-2 double overtime victory over the Boxers in Northwest Conference men's soccer action at Hanson Stadium.

By Ed Shepherd
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Evergreen Wolverines twins Marques and Matthew Chacon received their blue and red first and second place medals to drape around their necks from Ray Prentice's hand, following the Seamount League Championship meet races for girls and boys cross-country teams on Evergreen's 3.2-mile course Saturday.
For girls, the only area top 10 finisher there was Kennedy's Lily Grassley, a freshman, taking fourth, one away from getting a red, white, or blue medal. And Tyee's Hector Dominguez, a senior, finished eighth.

This was not an elimination meet so all the Seamount schools' runners go on from here to the Fort Steilacoom Course for sub-districts this coming Saturday. The top 11 teams and 55 individuals go on to the West Central District meet the following weekend. And then it's on to state after that, in early November, for a select few individuals and teams.
Prentice's name was wanted, for a photo he was in.

Sports Roundup

Friday, Oct. 17
Football
Kennedy 48, Evergreen 0
Kennedy Catholic of Burien remained undefeated with its decisive 48-0 victory over close rival Evergreen of White Center on Friday.
Hazen 26, Highline 20
The Pirates came up just short of the Highlanders in Friday's action at Renton Stadium.
Volleyball
Sammamish 3, Tyee 0
The Totems were swept by Sammamish in a non-league match Friday.

Thursday, Oct. 16
Girls swimming
Kennedy 109, Foster 29
Kennedy Catholic cruised to victory in Thursday's matchup of teams that use the Tukwila City Center pool as their home facility.
Hazen 129, Highline 48
Highline scored 48 points against the tough Hazen team on Thursday.
Hazen 140, Evergreen 21
The Wolverines also had a decent point total against Hazen this past Thursday.
Hazen 150, Tyee 2
Tyee was topped by the Highlanders in Thursday's meet.

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is hosting an open house on October 22 to share the Westlake cycle track alignment. At the open house, community members will learn more about the uniqueness of the Westlake Avenue N corridor, get a description of the alignment, and provide input on the alignment and parking management strategies for the corridor.

The cycle track alignment meets SDOT’s goals and objectives for the project, which include: improved safety for all users; connectivity between Fremont, South Lake Union and Downtown; economic vitality; and accessibility on the corridor for residents, customers and visitors. It incorporates input from two public meetings, 10 Design Advisory Committee meetings and over 20 community briefings as well as extensive technical analysis. The next step will be to move the alignment into design.

Designers and project staff will be on-hand to present information, answer questions and gather feedback. The public will also have an opportunity to speak to the 13-member Design Advisory Committee appointed by Mayor Ed Murray.

When: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., presentation at 6:15 p.m.

Information provided by the Ballard Chamber of Commerce

The first week of Seattle Restaurant Week begins this Sunday, and ends on Thursday. Sixty restaurants all over the city will be serving three-course dinners for $30, and some are offering three-course lunches for $15.

Ballard is well represented, so why not "shop local" and visit one of these great spots:

Anthony's HomePort
Bastille
Golden Beetle
Ray's Boathouse
Ray's Café
Staple & Fancy Mercantile
Stoneburner
Skillet Diner
The Gerald
Volterra Restaurant

If you miss this week, Restaurant Week continues October 26-30.

After Mars Hill founder Mark Driscol’s resignation, Mars Hill has put their Ballard location on the real estate market.

Just last month the church closed two Seattle locations due to what they called a lack “giving” from congregation members and negative "media attention." On Oct. 12, the two congregations joined Mars Hill Ballard.

The Ballard location is located at Northwest Leary Way and 15th Avenue Northwest. Mars Hill purchased the building back in 2003 for $4.8 million. They have listed the 39,000 square foot facility for $8 million according to Colliers International, a real estate brokerage.

Steve Pelluer, with Colliers, told the Seattle Times that the church will likely do a 10-year leaseback with the new buyer and share space with a new tenant, such as a day care or elementary school, getting full use of the building and not just for Sunday worship.

Mars Hill Pastor Scott Harris announced the move to the Ballard congregation.

The Annual King County Parks Family Halloween Carnival is coming up on Saturday, October 25th from 2-5pm at the White Center Community Center, in Steve Cox Memorial Park (1321 SW 102nd 98146.)

Doors open at 2pm and admission is free. For nearly twenty years, White Center teens and King County Parks have organized a carnival for their local community, and this year’s event aims to be another crowd pleaser. The woodland themed family event hosts thirty different animal related crafts and games for local children ages 10 and under. Tickets for each activity are sold for .25 each. In addition to the games, the carnival also features a costume parade and a free performance by Juggler Alex Zerbe at 3:30pm.

Cig-thief heaves rock through window, takes smokes

On October 10, officers responded to a burglary at the 800 block of Northwest 85th Street. A witness told officers that she saw a man run from a business late in the night. The man had packages of smoke and was wheezing and sweating profusely. He ran through some bushes and into an alleyway near the building. A K9 unit tried to track the suspect, but the trail ended in the alley. The poor dog gathered the man’s scent from cigarette butts. The business owner arrived and unlocked the store. Officers cleared the building. The business owner reported that the suspect took a large amount of cigarettes. Surveillance footage showed a man wearing a mask and gloves throwing a large rock through the glass window. He then climbed in and grabbed the smokes and fled. The business owner reported $5,000 in damages and stolen goods.

Snoozer looses laptop

By Peggy Sturdivant

Months before the Nordic Heritage Museum ceded its Chief Curator Lizette Graden to the lure of Stockholm’s Royal Museums she asked me to moderate an event in distant October called “Ballard: Best Place Ever.” The special October 23rd evening will showcase what’s best of new and old in Ballard in conjunction with Tod Dangler’s The Color of Time: Ballard from Dusk to Dawn photography exhibit.

Flash forward to the week before the event and as is the way of Ballard, and life, there have been changes. For starters I’m trying to write a column about Ballard while in the foreign country of my family on the east coast. I always say that it’s almost impossible to think in “Ballard” while I am surrounded by Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, people togged year-round as part of ‘Red Sox Nation’ and my kinfolk.