October 2014

The WSHS Cheerleaders will be holding a Mini Cheer Camp Tuesday, November 10 in the West Seattle High School Gym from 10:00am to 1:00pm.  

K-5th grade kids will have a great time learning fun cheers and making crafts with the Westside cheerleaders.  Campers will receive a tee shirt, pom poms, official team hairbow, picture of themselves with the cheerleader AND perform as an honorary West Seattle Cheerleader at an upcoming home basketball game!

The cost of this camp is $55.  More information about the cheer camp and a printable registration form attached and can also be found at: http://www.westside-weekly.westseattlehs.seattleschools.org

Registration paperwork and payment are due by November 3, 2014. Space is limited so register early to ensure your spot.

Contact Melinda Fredricks at 206.940.6033 or melindafredricks@comcast.net if you have any questions.

Sports events worth keeping an eye on

For the week of Oct. 15-21

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Football
Mount Rainier will play on Thursday this week, paying a 7 p.m. visit to Federal Way.
West Seattle and Chief Sealth will collide with each other at 7 p.m. Friday at the Southwest Athletic Complex across the street from Chief Sealth.
Kennedy Catholic plays Evergreen at the same time at Highline Memorial and Foster is at home against Lindbergh.
Highline goes to Renton Stadium to play Hazen that night.

Volleyball
Chief Sealth visits Ballard and West Seattle goes to Cleveland in 7 p.m. action Wednesday.
Scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. are Tyee at Highline, Lindbergh at Evergreen, Hazen at Foster and Kennedy at Renton.
Mount Rainier hosts Kentridge at 7:15 p.m.
Tyee visits Sammamish for a 7 p.m. non-league match Friday.
Chief Sealth visits West Seattle at the same time Monday, while Tuesday Foster is at Evergreen, Renton at Tyee, Highline at Hazen and Kennedy at Lindbergh.

Boys tennis
Foster hosts Highline for a 3:30 p.m. match today as Kennedy entertains Hazen.

By Ed Shepherd
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

The Tyee Totems shared their goal scoring nicely, distributing five tallies to five different players in a 5-1 Seamount League win over the Evergreen Wolverines at the Valley Ridge turf fields in SeaTac on Thursday.

"They followed the game plan and kept the ball wide," said Trisha Halvorson, the Lady Totems' coach.

The Totems scored first, 10 minutes into the first half, as one of its two captains, senior midfielder Ashley Langley, benefited from the ball bouncing around the middle of the 18-yard box area center up top. And she knew what to do with the round object as it came rolling her way.
"I saw an opportunity and saw the goalie and chipped it over her head," said Langley. "I thought it was not going in at first."

So the Totems led 1-0 fairly soon into this game, but things would settle down with a lot of back-and-forth action after that first score as both teams' defenses held the other teams' offenses at bay.

By Ed Shepherd
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

The Foster Bulldogs continued their recent win steak, now at two games (almost three), with their beating Highline, 39-6, at Highline Memorial Field Friday.

After a slow start to its season, losing three straight non-league games, Foster then lost to Hazen in overtime in its first Seamount League game. So almost a win there, but the bottom line is the losing continued. And, the next game was no easier, going against Renton, who had just themselves beaten Hazen, so, the Bulldogs looked a little in trouble, on paper, but then whited-out Renton, 33-10, last week.

The Bulldogs appear to be going in a positive direction, peaking at just the right time, heading toward the state playoffs in November.

But, if one talks with Foster head coach Matt Leonard, this team's just going in the direction that others couldn't, maybe, see but he could see his team heading all along.

"This is just a step in our goal," said Leonard. "Today we were on a mission. It's just a stepping stone for us. Big aspirations for this team. Lindbergh is next, and then Kennedy the week after that."

By Ed Shepherd
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Finally, the glory of victory!

It took some doing, but Mount Rainer football, finally, got its first win of the season Friday.

And what better time to do that but in front of all its fans chanting and cheering all game long, including, "I believe that we will win. I believe...win", as the Rams beat the Decatur Gators, 35-28, at Highline Memorial Field.

The Rams moved to 1-5 on the season overall and 1-2 in the 4A South Puget Sound League Northwest Division.

"Finally found a way to win," said Rams head coach Tremain Mack. "Despite the adversity, I always tell the kids, respond. Be accountable. Respond positively to adversity. A good thing will happen. It may not happen when you want it to happen, but it will happen."
With the score tight at halftime, following the Rams' comeback from down, 13-0, early in the second quarter to lead the Gators, 21-13, at the half, it was the second half that provided the thrills -- and the scares even -- that decided this one's outcome in the Rams' favor.

The White Center and Burien libraries will be hosting three great programs in early November as part of our Start to Fitness series that I wanted to share with you:

· Knight Life

Saturday, November 1st at White Center Library

Join Knights of Veritas for an exciting interactive program which includes sword fighting, facts and fun! Discover facts and myths about medieval height, diet and medical care. Watch the Knights demonstrate the skill and physical prowess of authentic combat from the middle ages!

· Introductory Yoga in Spanish/Yoga en Espanol

November 8th at Burien Library

This class will introduce the benefits of a yoga practice to prevent disease, pain and stress. Connect with your body, mind and inner energy

· Hiking Italy’s Cinque Terre

· Saturday, November 22 at White Center Library

To the editor:

Our elementary schools are overcrowded, and despite diligent maintenance, we have schools that badly need to be repaired or replaced.

As this community’s elected representatives on the Highline School Board, it is our job to meet the educational needs of our students and to find a fiscally responsible solution to the challenges we are facing.

In Washington State, school construction and renovation is done through voter-approved bonds. The measure we have placed on the November ballot was developed after an independent audit detailing the condition of every facility in our district and an exhaustive look at alternatives. This included input from citizens district-wide.

The decision we make on November 4 is one that will impact the quality of life in our community for years to come – so, before you cast your vote, please make your decision based on facts, not misleading information, inaccurate numbers or false claims.

Ordinance No. 606, the trespass ordinance adopted by the Burien City Council on August 18, once again came under fire when the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU-WA) sent a letter to the City urging the repeal of 606 calling it "counterproductive as a matter of policy and unconstitutional.” Burien City Manager Kamuron Gurol was quick to respond to the ACLU-WA in a written statement replying that City has an obligation to "protect the public’s safety and health, and to ensure that one person’s use doesn’t prevent another from using a public space."

The entirety of both letters are published below. More information about Ordinance No. 606 can be found by visiting the City of Burien’s website at www.burienwa.gov or by contacting the City of Burien directly by calling (206) 241-4647.

The following is a letter by the City of Burien in response to the ACLU-WA letter dated October 6, 2014

Northwest Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the first concert in its 2014-2015 season. The concert will open with the Prelude to Act III from Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin, followed by The Holy City by Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness, one of the most prolific and well known composers of the 20th century, who lived in the greater Seattle area from the 1970s until his death in 2000, and who was profoundly influenced by the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. The Holy City will feature local trumpet prodigy Natalie Dungey. The concert will conclude with The Planets by Gustav Holst, a suite of seven movements, each of which is themed around one of the planets (as understood in 1914-1916, when the piece was written). The concert will include projected visual footage of the planets from NASA, and photography by local astrophotographer Andy Ermolli. NWSO will be joined by the choirs from Kennedy and Mount Rainier High Schools on The Planets.

By Gwen Davis

The West Seattle Transportation Coalition meeting Tues. night was fiery. Trans. Prop. 1 and Petition 1, which creates a city transportation authority for a new monorail were discussed. Both hit a vote: the coalition endorsed Trans. Prop 1 and did not endorse Petition 1.

Here is what you need to know:

--> "This is the best opportunity we’ve had to improve transit for Seattle,” said Tom Rasmussen city council member about Trans. Prop 1, which will greatly reduce transportation cuts by raising car tab fees and increasing a sales tax. “We are the fastest growing system in the U.S. and this will go a long ways to meeting the need. The council did look at other options but believe this was the best thing to do. Now, do you want to continue the debate or move forward and vote yes for this?”

The proposition also allocates two million dollars for reducing fair of low-income transit riders. Additionally, the measure will end in six years.

There will be a citizens oversight committee to assure accountability for the transit dollars, he said. “Every dollar is accounted for, every promise is kept.”