April 2015

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Baseball
Nine area baseball games will be played this Wednesday.
Evergreen visits Kennedy for a 3:30 p.m. game as Tyee hosts Hazen, Foster goes to Renton and Highline to Lindbergh.
Seattle Lutheran goes to Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway to play Evergreen Lutheran at the same time and West Seattle travels to Blanchet.
Chief Sealth is at Eastside Catholic at 4 p.m. with Thomas Jefferson at Mount Rainier and Seattle Christian at Vashon at the same time.
Tyee entertains Renton at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, while at 4 p.m. Federal Way is at Mount Rainier and Bellevue Christian at Seattle Christian. Seattle Lutheran comes home to the Southwest Athletic Complex to play Quilcene at 6:30 p.m. that day.
Chief Sealth hosts Garfield at 4 p.m. Friday, and at 3:30 p.m. West Seattle is at Roosevelt, Foster at Kennedy, Evergreen at Tyee and Highline at Renton.
Seattle Christian gets a 2:30 p.m. visit from Overlake on Saturday.

Thursday, April 9

Fastpitch
Chief Sealth 17, Cleveland 2
The Seahawks soared past Cleveland in a Thursday Metro League game.

Baseball
Todd Beamer 6, Mt. Rainier 5
Mount Rainier took a loss at Todd Beamer Thursday.

Boys soccer
Roosevelt 2, West Seattle 0
The Wildcats were blanked by the Roughriders on Thursday.

Wednesday, April 8

Fastpitch
West Seattle 15, Nathan Hale 0
West Seattle blew away Nathan Hale in Wednesday action.

Baseball
Garfield 8, West Seattle 5
Garfield got the best of the Wildcats on Wednesday.
Roosevelt 5, Chief Sealth 3
The Roughriders rode past Chief Sealth in a Wednesday game.

Boys soccer
Kennedy 3, Evergreen 0
Kennedy Catholic shut down the Wolverines in Wednesday's action.
Highline 1, Lindbergh 0
The Pirates scored a victory over the Eagles on Wednesday.
Renton 5, Foster 2
Foster lost a high-scoring match Wednesday.
Hazen 9, Tyee 1
The Highlanders trampled the Totems on Wednesday.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

It has gone by different names over the years: White Center Stadium, Mel Olson Stadium and Steve Cox Memorial Park.

But whatever you call the venerable covered ballpark on SW 102nd Street just east of Ambaum, it has a history dating back to the completion of the original wooden grandstands in May of 1940.

In decades gone by hundreds of fans used to pack the stadium to watch semipro baseball and national level men's fastpitch softball teams going by such names as Pay 'N Pak, Westside Federal and The King & His Court.

The Highline Bears are hoping to bring back the days of such high level ball and the big crowds that go with them when the Pacific International League semiprofessional baseball expansion team plays its first season at the park this summer.

"Our main goal is to bring the community together through baseball," said Bears general manager Justin Moser. "This is the community's team. We want to bring fans from West Seattle and Highline all the way through Des Moines on Friday and Saturday nights and watch a game of baseball."

Man finds garage pillaged, tools taken

A homeowner who resides at 1200 block of Sixth Avenue NW called police after finding his garage broken into on April 6. The complainant left that morning to run errands and returned to his home later that afternoon. When he drove up to the house he noticed his garage door was open three feet from the ground. He knew he closed the garage when he left. The complainant went inside the garage and found it in disarray. Tools were taken. He called police. Officers investigated the scene but found no leads or fingerprints. There were no witnesses to the crime.

Thief makes off with man’s work computer

Around 3 p.m. this afternoon Alaska Airlines Flight 448, heading for Los Angeles, was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing after the pilots heard “banging” and screaming coming from the cargo hold.

Approximately 14 minutes after takeoff the pilots aboard 448 radioed back to SeaTac that they needed to turn around and make an emergency landing. Passengers on the plane could also hear the cries for help and banging from the hold. Initially it was speculated that someone had managed to stow away in the wheel well of the aircraft.

Upon landing it was discovered that a ramp agent working for Menzies Aviation had fallen asleep inside the cargo hold and woke up once the plane was in the air. Medics quickly rushed the man to Harbor View Medical Center, though Alaska Airlines has confirmed that the worker is in good health and o.k.

What if you could forage right here in Ballard for all of the ingredients you need to make a foraged feast?

Springtime is teeming with wild edibles, and you don’t need to look very far to find all the bounty nature has to offer.

But where are they?

The Ballard News-Tribune stopped by Golden Gardens Park last week and discovered at least four wild foods growing abundantly just off the trail – some in plain site. Although the plant are there, foragers should know that it is illegal to harvest plants in Seattle parks. However, a good way to find what you are looking for in the wild is to start by recognizing them where you live.

information from Duwamish Alive!

Volunteers at sites up and down the Duwamish River Watershed will join together for Duwamish Alive! on April 18, 2015 to roll up their sleeves, connect with the community, and keep these sites beautiful and healthy for people and wildlife.

This year, Duwamish Alive! is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of what has become a collaboration of over 30 partners that include community organizations, municipalities, non-profits, and businesses working together to build awareness about the Duwamish River, improve water quality and community health, and to preserve and enhance native habitat.

“In addition to environmental improvements, Duwamish Alive! brings this beautiful river to the attention of people from all over Seattle,” says James Rasmussen, Coordinator of Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group. “While many think this river is dead, this event and the thousands of those who have volunteered their time are keeping this river alive!”

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Baseball
Nine area baseball games will be played this Wednesday.
Evergreen visits Kennedy for a 3:30 p.m. game as Tyee hosts Hazen, Foster goes to Renton and Highline to Lindbergh.
Seattle Lutheran goes to Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway to play Evergreen Lutheran at the same time and West Seattle travels to Blanchet.
Chief Sealth is at Eastside Catholic at 4 p.m. with Thomas Jefferson at Mount Rainier and Seattle Christian at Vashon at the same time.
Tyee entertains Renton at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, while at 4 p.m. Federal Way is at Mount Rainier and Bellevue Christian at Seattle Christian. Seattle Lutheran comes home to the Southwest Athletic Complex to play Quilcene at 6:30 p.m. that day.
Chief Sealth hosts Garfield at 4 p.m. Friday, and at 3:30 p.m. West Seattle is at Roosevelt, Foster at Kennedy, Evergreen at Tyee and Highline at Renton.
Seattle Christian gets a 2:30 p.m. visit from Overlake on Saturday.

The Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF), a program of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, is hosting workshops for community groups interested in learning about the city’s popular Small and Simple Projects Fund. The Small and Simple Projects Fund provides matching awards of up to $25,000 to neighborhood groups for community-building projects.

Each workshop includes an overview of the Neighborhood Matching Fund, the qualities of a good project, and the application process and requirements. To RSVP call 206-733-9916 or go online at www.surveymonkey.com/s/NMFWorkshop.

The dates are:
· Wednesday, April 22; 6 – 8 p.m. at Garfield Community Center, 2323 E. Cherry St. – Multipurpose Room
· Tuesday, April 28; 6 – 8 p.m. at El Centro de la Raza, 2524 16th Ave S – Room 106
· Thursday, May 14; 6 – 8 p.m. at Northgate Community Center, 10510 5th Ave NE – Multipurpose Room

To learn about the Fund, visit seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nmf/smallandsimple.htm. The deadline for applications is Monday, June 1 at 5:00 p.m., but be sure to register now to apply. There will be one more opportunity to apply to the Small and Simple Projects Fund in October.

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Sure I know the signs of aging. Even without my glasses my mirror reveals a few wrinkles and what my doctor calls alligator spots. Once I clicked “restorative surgery” on the web where I learned the benefits and risks of going under the knife to update my out-of-alignment body. After considering the financial outlay and the pain and healing process, not to mention yearly touchups, I put my aging body on hold. I know what my mother always used to say, “It isn’t what you are on the outside, it is what you are on the inside that really counts.” For a control freak like me to have to do what all the counselors on aging tell us to do—LEARN TO LET GO--isn’t what I had looked forward to. I was never one of those who would give in to failing eyesight or hearing loss. That wasn’t going to happen to me. After all I was the youngest in the family and always looked younger than most people my age. But now my ten older brothers and sisters are all gone. My son comforted me by remarking that I could now be the matriarch of the family and no one was left to dispute the stories that I could tell about the good old days.