December 2014

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Dec. 13
Boys basketball
Kennedy 68, Auburn Riverside 55
Kennedy Catholic scored a victory over the Ravens in action on the Highline Community College court Saturday.
TJ 57, West Seattle 55
West Seattle took a close loss at the Thomas Jefferson gymnasium in Federal Way this past Saturday.

Friday, Dec. 12
Boys basketball
TJ 54, Mt. Rainier 47
Mount Rainier also became a victim of Thomas Jefferson in a game played at Mount Rainier on Friday.
Kennedy 76, Renton 32
Kennedy Catholic routed Renton in Seamount League action this past Friday.
Hazen 90, Foster 48
The Highlanders dominated the Bulldogs on Friday.
Evergreen 70, Lindbergh 69
Evergreen edged out the Eagles in Friday action.

Girls basketball
Highline 44. Tyee 21
Highline rallied to top the Totems in a Seamount League girls game played Friday.
Kenyana Boins threw in 13 for the Pirates and Thalia Perez topped the Totems' scorers with nine.
Evergreen 61, Lindbergh 51
Evergreen got the best of the Eagles in Friday's game.
Hazen 50, Foster 40

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Thursday, Dec. 11

Wrestling
Renton 75, Evergreen 0
Renton 78, Tyee 9
Renton soundly defeated both Evergreen and Tyee in Thursday action in the Renton gymnasium.
Hazen 57. Foster 24
Foster fell to the Highlanders as the Seamount League season opened Thursday.
Decatur 84, Mt. Rainier 0
Mount Rainier went down to defeat at the hands of the Gators on Thursday.

Boys swimming
Mt. Rainier 110, Kentwood 73
Mount Rainier's swimmers swamped the Conquerors this past Thursday.

Wednesday, Dec. 10
Girls basketball
West Seattle 71, Nathan Hale 10
The Wildcats won big in Metro League action Wednesday.
Cleveland 81, Chief Sealth 32
Cleveland clobbered the Seahawks in Wednesday's game.
Kennedy 63, Highline 26
Kennedy Catholic got the best of the Pirates on Wednesday.
Foster 51, Tyee 31
The Bulldogs dealt the Totems a defeat Wednesday.
Evergreen 44, Hazen 39
The Wolverines were winners in Wednesday action.

Boys basketball
Hazen 64, Evergreen 53
The Wolverines were outgunned by the Highlanders on Wednesday.
Foster 71, Tyee 58

By Ed Shepherd
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Kennedy Catholic and Highline went at it on the mat in both schools' first Seamount League match of the season Thursday with the Pirates making a statement by flattening the Lancers, 61-18.

"Our boys are ready to go," said Casey Rice, the Pirates' fifth year head coach. "It's a good mix of youth and veterans. It's a good start, but a long ways to go."

The Pirates plowed through the matches, starting with 106-pound freshman Kevin Almazan beating his foe, Richie Wallace, by pin, 23 seconds into the match. At 113 pounds, freshman Kyle Herbruger received a win by forfeit. So right out of the gate, it was the home team on top, 12-0, and the score would get much more losided than that.

Next up, at 120 pounds, was little chance for the Lancers to get a first win of the match as the Pirates' Zach Edson, an eighth-place finisher at state in the Tacoma Dome last season, was on the floor. Before his Pirates teammates could get in more cheering than a "Let's go, Zach,'" it was over -- a 10-second pin in the first round.

By Gerardo Bolong
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

AUBURN - Thomas Jefferson scored three consecutive points and forced missed shots in the late stages of the fourth quarter to beat visiting Mt. Rainier 46-41 in girls basketball action Fri., Dec. 12.
"It was the difference in the level of intensity that we played," said Ram head coach Salvo Coppa. "For the first quarter and a half we had good intensity. Then, me made elementary mistakes and lost our high intensity until the fourth quarter."

The Raiders, who had a 14-point advantage in the first 25 seconds of the fourth quarter, fell victim to increased Ram energy that brought Mt. Rainier within 43-39 after Madison Lommen's half court steal and bucket followed by Cecilia Tafia's assist to Mulki Nur with 1:31 remaining in regulation action. Katie Hernandez sank a free throw before MR missed a close in shot and Michaela Swiney dropped home two free throws with 34.2 seconds left for the breathing room that made two free Ram free throws from Nur 20 seconds later non critical to the Raiders.

in a made for media event in West Seattle on Monday five-year-old Sabella Johnson met with the press as the make-believe "kid-governor" to share with Governor Inslee and state legislators what she would do if she were in charge and to highlight the need for early education funding.

She and the real Governor were both releasing their education budget today.

The Early Learning Action Alliance, and Sabella, released a toddler-friendly ‘board book’ version of the Washington State Budget for Early Learning, outlining the priorities that should be in the State budget.

Also present were Jennifer Jennings-Shaffer, Early Learning Policy Director of Children's Alliance who discussed the Early Learning Action Alliance priorities and how high-quality early learning is an investment in our littlest learners and our economic future.

Joel Ryan, Executive Director of the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) spoke about the priorities his organization would like to see addressed in the state budget.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Dec. 13
Boys basketball
Kennedy 68, Auburn Riverside 55
Kennedy Catholic scored a victory over the Ravens in action on the Highline Community College court Saturday.
TJ 57, West Seattle 55
West Seattle took a close loss at the Thomas Jefferson gymnasium in Federal Way this past Saturday.

Friday, Dec. 12
Boys basketball
TJ 54, Mt. Rainier 47
Mount Rainier also became a victim of Thomas Jefferson in a game played at Mount Rainier on Friday.
Kennedy 76, Renton 32
Kennedy Catholic routed Renton in Seamount League action this past Friday.
Hazen 90, Foster 48
The Highlanders dominated the Bulldogs on Friday.
Evergreen 70, Lindbergh 69
Evergreen edged out the Eagles in Friday action.

Girls basketball
Highline 44. Tyee 21
Highline rallied to top the Totems in a Seamount League girls game played Friday.
Kenyana Boins threw in 13 for the Pirates and Thalia Perez topped the Totems' scorers with nine.
Evergreen 61, Lindbergh 51
Evergreen got the best of the Eagles in Friday's game.

The Burien Arts Gallery is taking a holiday break.

The Gallery will close Wednesday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve) and reopen on Friday, Jan. 2 with an Artist’s Reception for its January exhibition.

The opening gala on Jan. 2 is from 5-8 p.m. at the Gallery.

The January exhibit features abstract oil paintings and metal assemblages
With the early December closing, holiday shoppers have until just Dec. 23 to purchase affordable art from the Gallery’s Best of 20/20 December exhibit.

The small artwork was commissioned for the Burien Arts Association’s Vision 20/20 fundraising gala in November.

The pieces are available for $40 each and make wonderful holiday gifts.

Also available is unique birch bark jewelry by Victoria Leep.

For more information, call 206-244-7808.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington Healthplanfinder today announced that nearly 60,000 residents have signed up for Qualified Health Plans or renewed their coverage for 2015 through wahealthplanfinder.org. In addition, 480,000 new adults have accessed coverage through Washington Apple Health (Medicaid), and more than 60 percent of Washington Apple Health clients have been automatically renewed via the online marketplace.

Residents who qualify for Qualified Health Plans must select and pay for a plan by Dec. 23 at 4:59 p.m. for coverage starting on Jan. 1, 2015. Based on data from the first open enrollment period, enrollments are expected to surge considerably ahead of the Dec. 23 deadline. Washington Apple Health enrollment is year-round.

“Interest in accessing free or low-cost health insurance remains high among Washingtonians this open enrollment period,” said Richard Onizuka, CEO for the Washington Health Benefit Exchange. “Washington Healthplanfinder has received approximately 16,000 site visits per day, while the Customer Support Center has received an average of 10,000 calls a day.”

Updated enrollment totals are included below:

Currently Enrolled

SEPA DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE (DNS) OF PROPOSED ACTION
 
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac Airport)
North Satellite (NSAT) Terminal Expansion
 
The Port of Seattle has completed an environmental analysis, including review of pertinent and available environmental information and preparation of a State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Checklist for the North Satellite Terminal Expansion project. 
 
Description of Proposed Project Action:
Renovate and expand the existing 91,500 square foot (213,500 gross square feet) North Satellite Terminal footprint to 154,500 square feet (395,000 gross square feet). This project includes the following:

• Seismic reinforcement;
• Renovation of all impacted infrastructure (i.e. mechanical, electrical, lighting, plumbing, data, communications and security systems);
• Optimization of existing twelve airplane gates and addition of eight new airplane gates in the 63,000 square foot building expansion footprint (181,500 gross square feet), for a total of twenty contact gates;
• Construction of the rooftop shell for AAG’s Board Room as a tenant improvement;

Paseo freaks can finally stop fearing a sandwich apocalypse after a new owner announced last week that he will soon reopen the restaurant.

On Dec. 12, a federal judge approved the pending bankruptcy sale, declaring Ballardite, Ryan Santwire, the new owner of Paseo.

Santwire said that the sandwich shop in Fremont will be open as soon as possible, and that he intends to stay true to the old ways of the sandwich glory customers know and love.

Paseo closed abruptly last month after former owner, Lorenzo Lorenzo, filed for bankruptcy in the wake of employees filing a lawsuit against him in September. The employees claimed they were denied bathroom, meal breaks and overtime wages. Lorenzo disputes these claims.

Santwire bought Paseo for $91,000 last week at an auction held in judge’s chambers at the federal courthouse. With the purchase come the name, assets and location, but the recipes for the salsa marinades, mayos and beans will stay with Lorenzo.