October 2015

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Hiigh schools

Girls soccer
Kennedy will host Evergreen for a 4 p.m. match at the Starfire complex in Tukwila as the regular Seamount League season concludes Thursday.
Highline visits Lindbergh at 5:30 p.m. at Renton Stadium that day ahead of a 7:30 p.m. contest where Foster visits Renton.
Tyee entertains Hazen at 7:30 p.m. at Highline Memorial.

Volleyball
Evergreen entertains Kennedy Catholic for a 7 p.m. match Thursday as Foster hosts Renton, Highline gets a visit from Lindbergh and Tyee travels to Hazen.
Seattle Christian will be at home playing Cascade Christian at 5:45 p.m.
The SeaTac B League tournament, meanwhile, gets underway at 9 a.m. at Evergreen Lutheran High School in Puyallup.

Football
Chief Sealth will battle Seattle Prep in a 5 p.m. game at Seattle Memorial on Friday and Seattle Lutheran visits the Muckleshoot Tribal School at the same time.
A twin bill takes place at Highline Memorial that night.

Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Time: 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Price: Free

Highline College’s main campus is located midway between Seattle and Tacoma at South 240th Street and Pacific Highway South (Highway 99); address: 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines, Wash. 98198.

Description: Meet with more than 50 local employers from a wide variety of industries looking to fill thousands of full-time, part-time and temporary jobs at the Highline College Fall Job Fair. The event is free and open to the public; no advance registration is necessary. Attendees should be prepared to speak with recruiters, dress professionally and have extra copies of their resume available. Parking is free but limited.

Participating employers include:
ADT Security Services
Aegis Living of Bellevue
Aero Controls, Inc.
Alaska Air & Horizon Air
Amada Senior Care
Andelcare
AppleOne Employment Services
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Boys & Girls Clubs of King County
Burkhart Dental Supply
CampusPoint
CarlisleITChick’s Marketing Inc.
Community Care
Compass Housing Alliance
Family Resource Home Care
Farmers Insurance

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Gandy scores 18 for Western

Mount Rainier graduate Kiana Gandy scored 18 points for the Western Washington University women's basketball team in an 89-48 win over Quest University on Sunday.
It was the Vikings' exhibition opener.

McPherson keeps shining

Kennedy graduate Jennica McPherson nailed 12 kills and came through with 12 digs for the Western Washington University women's volleyball squad in a 3-1 loss to Central Washington University on Saturday.

Still records eight saves

Chelsie Still, a Mount Rainier graduate, had eight saves in goal for the St. Martin's University women's soccer team in its 4-0 loss to Seattle Pacific University at Interbay Stadium this past Saturday.

Woman killed after drivers runs light in Burien

A woman was killed, a 10-year-old boy is in the hospital, and a driver is in jail after an accident in Burien over the weekend. The two-car collision occurred at the intersection of highway 518 and 509 just after 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. According to police on the scene, a woman was headed east in a late model Toyota Corolla with her 10-year-old passenger when a man in his early 20s driving a black SUV allegedly ran a red light and struck the Corolla. Emergency responders arrived at the crash within minutes, but the woman had already died on the scene. The 10-year-old was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition and at time of publishing remains there in stable condition. Police believe that driving under the influence may have been at play and the driver of the SUV was arrested for suspicion of DUI. The names of those involved have yet to be released as police continue their investigation. 

Crimes reported between 10/4/2015 and 10/18/2015

Home and Business Larceny/Burglary:

Bountiful Textures” presents works in fiber by Fiber 19 artists at Burien Arts Gallery, 826 S.W. 152nd St. in Olde Burien.

In addition, Patricia Galavin exhibits her “heirloom baskets with a contemporary flair” at the Gallery.
Patricia will also teach basket making workshops on Nov. 5 and Nov. 8. Each workshop is five hours from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost is $40, which includes all materials. Patricia will present more classes in December with the dates to be announced later. Register for any of the workshops at lauriehaslund@gmail.com.
The Gallery also features Artists United artists Janet Price and Marta Creswell. They are both diverse artists who work in several different mediums.

And across the street from the Gallery, fiber artists Sonia Grasvik, Gail Wax and Deb Rychert will be exhibiting their fine-art quilts at Skinperfect, 905 S.W. 152nd St.

The Bountiful Textures exhibit at the two venues opens Nov. 5 and does not close until the day after Christmas.

Meet the many artists at the Opening Reception, Friday, Nov. 6, 5-8 p.m. at the Gallery.

By Michele Smith

As we first reported in July of 2013, Burien lawmakers at the time approved development of an off-leash dog park located at Lakeview Park, 422 SW. 160th Street. Since then, the community has rallied and the construction that was supposed to begin in 2017 has already started thanks to donations from Beneful Dog Food and local businesses like Toyota of Burien.

The story gained quite a buzz after Kellie Bassen with B-Town Dog was one of 14 finalists in Beneful’s $500k “Dream Dog Park” nationwide competition. The local group put together a very creative pirate-themed video featuring Kellie and her dog Bailey. They didn’t win the top prize of $500k but were awarded $20K for the video, the money paved the way to get her dream of Burien’s first off-leash dog park under way faster.

By Andrea Reay, Executive Director, Discover Burien

By Tim Clifford

On Nov. 2 the Burien Police Department will hold its inaugural kick-off meeting of the new Police Explorer program for teenagers and young adults who are interested in a career in public service. The meeting will be held at the Burien Police station, located at 14905 6th Ave. S.W., starting at 7 p.m.

“Many of our police officers were once explorer scouts themselves earlier in life. Exploring teaches teens important principles including good citizenship, life skills, and leadership,” stated the Burien PD in a Facebook post announcing the meeting.

The Police Explorer’s program is an off shoot of the Boy Scouts of America’s Learning For Life program and offers young participants the opportunity join in on ride-a-longs, volunteer opportunities and law enforcement training. This is also touted to be a great networking opportunity for teens who are considering working in the criminal justice field.

Oct. 15, 2015

Dear Editor,
During the Holli Giffin-Bob Edgar debate this week, I witnessed a disturbing incident that should be of interest to voters. I watched a council candidate (Darla Green) accost a protestor, a small man holding a familiar 8 ½” by 11” sign “Burien, Where is Your Heart?”. The man said nothing, just quietly held his sign. In my full view four feet away, Darla moved to stand directly in front of the man, stared at him with unmistakable vitriol and hate in her eyes and tore up a copy of his handout right in his face. The man said nothing and made no motions, just quietly held his sign.

One of her supporters then stood directly in front of the man, blocking view of his sign, moving to the right and left, taunting him saying “I could dance all night”, “You are amusing me”, etc. before returning to Darla’s side. The small man said nothing, just quietly held his sign.

Highline College is showcasing local authors at the upcoming “Highline Listens: Writers Read Their Work” event on October 21 at 10 a.m. Highline’s own Allison Green and poet Debby Bacharach will share their works. Bacharach will also host a writing workshop following the reading. All events are free and open to the public.
     on Highline College’s main campus; Building 2,
 
Allison Green is the author of the memoir, The Ghosts Who Travel With Me, and the novel Half Moon Scar. She also teaches English at Highline College.
 
Debby Bacharach is the author of After I Stop Lying, which is a collection of her poems. Her work has appeared in New Letters, The Antigonish Review, Cimarron Review, among others. She also taught at Highline College from 2000 to 2006.
 
The even is sponsored by Highline College Student Programs & the English Department