June 2015

Pacific Northwest grocery chain Haggen will take ownership of the Albertsons store in Burien.

John Clougher, Haggen CEO Pacific Northwest, said, “We’re excited about the changes we’re making to enhance these stores, and we’re confident customers will like the new look, the new offerings, and their new full-service grocery destination.” Haggen will convert the 26 stores across Washington in February, March and June, based on the following tentative schedule:

• June

• Burien (15840 1st Ave. South; former Albertsons)
• Renton (14215 SE Petrovitsky Rd.; former Albertsons)
NOTE: The conversion schedule is subject to change.

On Saturday, June 13th from 8:30-4:30 the Highline Exchange Club is holding its 5th annual Toilet Paper Drive to support to local food banks.
 
Exchange club members will be at the Burien Albertsons and Trader Joes at 5 Corners (15840 1st Ave S) collecting toilet paper - along with cash donations to benefit the Des Moines, Highline and White Center food banks.
 
"A very coveted and much-needed item at the food banks is toilet paper!  Last year with community donations and the Exchange Club support, more than 13,000 rolls were collected.  We hope the community will help us help those in need."
 
*****NO BUTS ABOUT IT, WE NEED YOUR HELP!*****  
Please get behind our efforts!  

Tickets just $10

Enjoy the comedy, love, drama and origins of an original superhero comedy, Electric Man, at Burien Actors Theatre June 12 through June 20.

 “ELECTRIC MAN” 
Based on a concept from sketch writer and actor Adam Hegg, Electric Man is co-written by Hegg with fellow Turbo Turkey troupe members Michael Tangedahl, Josh Rodriguez and Anna Richardson. Electric Man is making its premiere at Burien Actors Theatre. 

In Electric Man’s seemingly idyllic city of Micropolis, crime  runs rampant in the streets. The police cannot stop it all themselves, but who else will step up? A new hero, born out of betrayal and intrigue, takes a stand against the evil that plagues his city. Those who witness are taken on an emotional thrill ride with a fair share of laughs as well.

The show, presented by Turbo Turkey with Burien Actors Theatre, is suitable for ages 13 and up due to occasional strong language and some acts of violence. 

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 25 at 2 p.m. All performances are at Burien Actors Theatre, 14501 Fourth Ave. S.W. in Burien.

By Tim Clifford

Thursday night, May 30, a 17-year-old car thief was shot in the head by a King County Sheriff’s Deputy after a short car pursuit ended in a SeaTac apartment complex. The teenager is currently in stable condition and is expected to survive his injuries while an investigation into the shooting is just beginning.
The incident began at 8:18 p.m. along S. 208 St. and International Blvd. when a KCSO deputy spotted a white 1996 Lexus that had been reported stolen out of Federal Way. After another deputy arrived to provide backup the officers pulled the vehicle over.

After pulling to the side the car sped off and a short car chase ensued. Eventually the deputies cornered the car into a dead end of an apartment complex on 208th. Placing their vehicles behind the suspect’s car both deputies exited their cars, a patrol car and an SUV, and ordered the suspect to get out.
At that point the teenager put the car in reverse and rammed the patrol car which pinned one deputy against the SUV. The other deputy, fearing for the life of his partner, fired two shots into the suspect’s car hitting the teen in the head.

Seattle Fire fighters rescued a woman and her cat after a group home located on the 600 block of NW 80th Street caught fire on May 24.

Firefighters arrived on the scene at 11:07 a.m. after reports of back smoke and fire coming from the back porch of the home. When firefighters arrived the two-story building was pluming with thick dark smoke

Most of the residents had evacuated the building when the fire alarmed was tripped, but there was one woman in her 50s still inside, along with her cat. The woman was trapped in her room on the 2nd floor of the building. She was unable to get out because of the thick smoke throughout the structure.

Engine 35 Firefighters were able to recuse the woman by propping a ladder at the second story window. Medics evaluated the woman and her cat and found they did not suffer any injuries.

The blaze was extinguished in less than seven minutes, and crews took another 20 minutes to completely extinguish the smoldering remains of the back porch.

The fire damaged most of the porch and parts of the kitchen and side of the home. SFD estimates the damage to be around $65,000.

The West Seattle Herald was invited to the May 26 SIFF premiere of the new documentary “License to Operate”, a film executive produced by Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carrol.

The film follows the lives of those involved with Los Angeles’s License to Operate (LTOs) and A Better L.A. programs, a group of community mediators made up of former gang members. Reaching out to the rival neighborhoods across L.A. the LTOs have managed to quell violence in the gang communities with their inside knowledge and ability to speak with those who the police cannot.

“To be here today to show a film that will talk about the work that we championed back in the day, I’m just so thrilled about it,” said Carrol during his introduction at SIFF. As explained in the film and during his intro Carrol helped found A Better L.A. after being taken on a ride-along of sorts with LTO founder Aquil Basheer to numerous street corners and through several neighborhoods steeped in gang violence.

information from BSA

Teeth gritted with determination, Logan Gust tries to pull the wooden sled weighed down by 450 pounds of hardened steel. Try as he might the 13-year-old from Troop 455, which meets at the Fairwood United Methodist Church, can’t make it budge even an inch. But with the teamwork of his fellow Scout Patrol (and a simple machine the boys create using pulleys, ropes, and the knots they learned in a recent Boy Scout meeting), he and his friends are able to easily move the sled a few hundred feet to cross the finish line. “That was cool!” a beaming Logan exclaimed, sharing high-fives with is patrol. “Without the pulleys it was impossible to move. But all of us with some mechanical advantage did it.”

The event is part of the 2015 Aquila – Green River District Camporee, an annual event held at the Pacific Raceways that brings Scouts together from Renton, Kent, and West Seattle for competition and camaraderie.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Semipro
Highline Bears
The new semiprofessional baseball team will be at home at White Center's Steve Cox Memorial Park stadium playing the Snoqualmie Hurricanes in a 7 p.m. game Friday.
Tickets are $3.00 each and free for children age 12 and under.

Pros
Mariners
Seattle hosts the New York Yankees for a 12:40 p.m. game Wednesday before the Tampa Bay Rays come to town for four games.
The Mariners take on the Rays at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 1:10 p.m. Sunday.
Seattle then goes on the road to Cleveland for 4:10 p.m. action on Tuesday.
Highline graduate Ryan Brett was with Tampa Bay earlier this year but was recently sent down to Class AAA Durham after coming off the disabled list.
Mariners games can be seen on the ROOT Sports Northwest cable television network and heard on 710 AM radio.

Sounders
The Seattle Sounders soccer team visits Sporting KC for a 5:30 p.m. game Saturday that will be televised live on JOEtv cable and broadcast on 97.3 FM.

Rainiers

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

The West Seattle team of Katie Lacayo and August Carow won one of three matches before bowing out at the Class 3A state girls tennis tournament this past weekend.

Lacayo and Carow took a 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 Class 3A doubles loss to Courtney Hall and Hanna Reinfeldt of Edmonds-Woodway to open the action, then rebounded to defeat Capital's Alexis Gjurasic and Annie Tia by a 6-0, 6-2 score in a consolation match.

Lacayo and Carow then went up against the Enumclaw duo of Kylie Rademacher and Mariah Bone and lost, 6-0, 6-2, to end their state season.

The 3A tournament was played in Kennewick.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Ariell Garnett of Kennedy Catholic and Abi Kim of Seattle Christian captured two championships apiece to highlight area performances in state track and field meets held throughout Washington this past week.
Joining them in the winner's circle were one-time champions Caroline Tupa of Evergreen, Aiden Basco of Mount Rainier and Evan Shimasaki of Seattle Christian.

Garnett and Kim both won the 100 and 200-meter dash in their respective classifications.
Garnett took the Class 3A 100 in a time of 12.29 seconds and won the 200 in 25.27, while Kim won the Class 1A 100 in 12.77 and the 200 in 25.64.

Kim also took second in the long jump at 18 feet, 6.75 inches and ran on Seattle Christian's 1,600 meter relay that made the finals and snagged seventh place in 4:23.48.
The Class 2A, 3A and 4A competitions were held at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma while the 1B, 2B and 1A action was at Eastern Washington University in Cheney.
The action ran from Thursday through Saturday in both locations.

Tupa, meanwhile, won the 2A discus with an effort of 129 feet, 7.00 inches and also took fourth in the shot put at 40-02.00.