May 2015

Seattle Christian captured the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association for Class 1A girls high school track this spring.

The 14 members of the Warriors team combined for a grade point average of 3.794.

The award program was created not only to recognize and reward teams that maintained the highest GPA in their sport and classification, but also to acknowledge the teams with GPAs over 3.0. If a team averages a 3.0-3.49 GPA they qualify for the Distinguished Team Award, while a team with a GPA between 3.50 -4.00 receives the Outstanding Team Award. A full list of award winners can be found here.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Boys soccer
Tyee hosts Ridgefield for a 6 p.m. state Class 2A playoff opener at Highline Memorial Stadium on Wednesday as Mount Rainier travels to Snohomish for 8 p.m. Class 4A action.
State quarterfinals will take place for first round winners Friday and Saturday.

Fastpitch
Kennedy Catholic visits Bellarmine for a 4 p.m. non-league game Wednesday and the Sea-King District 2 tournament continues Thursday with West Seattle playing at 5 p.m. at either the Southwest Athletic Complex or Southeast Athletic Complex.
SWAC near Chief Sealth will be the site of all games on the final day of the tournament Friday.
A loser-out game for fifth place starts off the day at 3 p.m., followed by the game for third and fourth at 5 p.m. and the game for first and second at 7 p.m.
West Central District action takes place Friday and Saturday at the Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway.
Highline and Evergreen both play in 10 a.m. games to open Friday, with Seattle Christian playing at 11 a.m. and Kennedy Catholic at 12 p.m.

Baseball

By Ed Shepherd
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

It was one of the more incredible comebacks one will ever see in the game of soccer.

Mount Rainier trailed, 1-0, as Spanaway Lake scored a goal with 10 minutes to play in the game Thursday, but the Rams came back with two scores in the final six minutes for a rousing state-qualifying 2-1 win over the Sentinels in a WIAA District 3 4A playoff at Curtis High School.

"Don't see it too often," said Rams coach Steve Mohn, asked to recall any ending like that in his soccer days. "One of the better games I've been in, as a player or a coach."

Mohn's seen a lot of soccer action, too, as a player, having played on the University of W ashington men's soccer team, helping them get to the second round of the NCAA college tournament his junior and senior seasons. And Mohn's also the coach of the Highline Community College men's soccer team now.

The Rams won the South Puget Sound League Northwest Division with an 8-4-1 record and won eight of their last nine. And the one non-win wasn't a loss but a tie.

Friday, May 15

Baseball
SCS 4, Klahowya 1
Seattle Christian captured the West Central District Class 1A title with Friday's victory over Klahowya at Curtis High School in University Place.
The Warriors now advance to the regional level of state play for the final 16 teams.
Seattle Christian will take on South Whidbey in a 10 a.m. Saturday game at Volunteer Park in Anacortes.
The Warriors must win that game and a second that afternoon to reach the May 29-30 state tournament in Yakima.

Saturday, May 16

Boys soccer
Central Kitsap 2, Kennedy 1
Kennedy Catholic came up short in Saturday's West Central District Class 3A championship battle at Highline Memorial Stadium, losing in a tiebreaker penalty kick shootout to Central Kitsap.
The Lancers were outscored in the shootout, 3-2.
JFK will open state action Tuesday, playing Shorewood in a 7:30 p.m. match at the Starfire Complex in Tukwila -- the Lancers' regular home field.
Liberty 3, Tyee 0

Burien, Washington – May 23-24, 2015 – Jaclyn Seifert, 15, of Burien, WA will be among twenty-six of the state's most talented, bright and beautiful young women, ages 13 to 17, in Burien, Washingtonto compete in the Miss Washington’s Outstanding Teen (MWOTeen) competition, the “little sister” to Miss Washington and Miss America. The competition will take place May 23-24, 2015 at the Highline Performing Arts Center.

Promoting scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for Washington's teens, the MWOTeen contestants will be judged on personal interview, talent, evening wear and on-stage question, academic achievement and lifestyle & fitness in active wear.

Seifert, a Freshman at Kennedy Catholic High School, is promoting Combating Teen Depressen: You are Not Alone, There is Help. Seifert will be performing Leonard Cohen's “Hallelujah” for the talent portion of the MWOTeen competition.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Boys soccer
Tyee hosts Ridgefield for a 6 p.m. state Class 2A playoff opener at Highline Memorial Stadium on Wednesday as Mount Rainier travels to Snohomish for 8 p.m. Class 4A action.
State quarterfinals will take place for first round winners Friday and Saturday.

Fastpitch
Kennedy Catholic visits Bellarmine for a 4 p.m. non-league game Wednesday and the Sea-King District 2 tournament continues Thursday with West Seattle playing at 5 p.m. at either the Southwest Athletic Complex or Southeast Athletic Complex.
SWAC near Chief Sealth will be the site of all games on the final day of the tournament Friday.
A loser-out game for fifth place starts off the day at 3 p.m., followed by the game for third and fourth at 5 p.m. and the game for first and second at 7 p.m.
West Central District action takes place Friday and Saturday at the Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway.
Highline and Evergreen both play in 10 a.m. games to open Friday, with Seattle Christian playing at 11 a.m. and Kennedy Catholic at 12 p.m.

By Tim Clifford

Sad news arrived in the form of “permanently closed” signs adorning the windows of Zoopa Organics in Tukwila earlier this week. The restaurant, located at 393 Strander Blvd. across from the Westfield Southcenter Mall, was one of the first, and still one of the few, all-you-can-eat buffets to offer mostly organic ingredients.

“In the 18 months since we took over Zoopa we have made significant progress and learned more than we knew we needed to. But, the landlord has other plans. Restaurants are a risk for landlords and one they are not willing to shoulder given the looming threat of forced wage increases which render restaurants unprofitable,” wrote the owners on their website, eatzoopa.com, of the closing.

According to the owners the closing was unexpected and the decision by the landlord came last weekend.

Boulevard Park Place, a seniors community just off Military Rd S. above the Duwamish River at 125th S., is a place for bees too. Several residents got a bee in their bonnets to raise the busy creatures, importing them from far away Oregon and as near as Ballard.

The life of a honey bee is short and sweet (pun intended). Foraging up to five miles in a variety of directions, the girl bees do all the pollen searching while the boy bees stay behind to mate with the Queen while the drone bees build honeycombs for the fertilized eggs laid by, guess who,... the Queen.

Ron Steinman, general manager at the senior community, is also the head beekeeper. Ron entrusted Nancy Whitehair and Karen Hanley to assist several others including Betty Michaelsen, Elsie Fetzer, Kathleen Gosser, Kim Michaelsen, Mel Topf, Nedra Topf, Sandy Howard and Shirley Sibley.

Together the group makes sure the hive is taken care of with plenty of sugar water and bee food that looks a bit like peanut butter. The bees love it, according to Karen Hanley.

Discover Burien welcomed 5 members to serve on the board last night, Wednesday May 13th at the annual membership meeting at Revelle Hall at Navos.  Each board member will serve a term of 3 years.

The board members, as elected by the membership are:
  Erin Collins, owner Collins Chiropractic and founder of Awesome Kid's Day 
  Brian Frederick, CFP, owner and partner at Cox Financial 
  Noel Gibb, owner N & R Automotive and Century Auto Rentals and Sales 
  Daniel Keane, owner and stylist at Serenza Salon and Spa
  Clarissa Miller, co-owner Burien Natural Health and Certified Medical Assistant and Health Information Management Specialist, Phlebotomist, and ICD-9/ICD10 coder  

Thank you to everyone who took the time to attend the meeting and cast their vote, and for making Burien awesome!  For a link to a video shown to the membership at the meeting please follow this link https://youtu.be/wVKhPAmSKwU and thank you to Alex Hughes for producing it for us.
#MakingBurienAwesome

Sex offender arrested after masterbating in front of former Mick Kelly's in Burien

A man registered as a sex offender was arrested in downtown Burien after masterbating in the street. The incident took place on The evening of May 9th when police received multiple reports of a man pleasuring himself within the 500 block of SW 152nd Street in Burien. Police arrived to find an unnamed sex offender masterbating in the street. According to witnesses, the sex offender had been reported masterbating in the street the previous evening but after police arrived, no witnesses were willing to give police a statement saying that the man was masterbating in public. On the 9th, however, a number of individuals who were attending a private event at the recently closed and purchased Mick Kelly's Irish Pub, told police that the man had indeed been masterbating in the street. The man was arrested for indecent exposure. There is no word on if the man was on probation or if this will have any impact on the man's previous criminal charges. 

Crimes reported between 4/26/15 and 5/10/15

Home and Business Break-in/Burglary: