October 2015

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High 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.

Photo by Patrick Robinson

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Information provided by The Northwest Progressive Institute

Last week, longtime pollster Stuart Elway revealed that his latest survey of Washington voters finds that Tim Eyman’s hostage-taking I-1366 is on the rocks, with support dropping to 42 percent and opposition rising to 42 percent, a significant shift from last July, when Elway found support for I-1366 to be at 49 percent and opposition at 36 percent. Apparently unnerved by this news and the bad press it generated, Tim Eyman has gotten busy trying to change the subject.

To his followers, he sent off a morning missive touting an endorsement from a militant, gun enthusiast outfit called The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

To the state’s press corps, he sent out a copy of a spreadsheet prepared by the Department of Revenue, which lists how much money the state has collected from property taxes every year since 1980, but is not accompanied by any analysis other than his own — which is not credible and cannot be trusted or relied upon.

Eyman’s reason for circulating this data is to prop up his narrative about Washington being a high-tax state with “skyrocketing” property taxes.

Police catch burglar in the act at Magnolia apartment

Police arrested a burglar after he broke into a couple’s apartment building on the 3000 block of 21st Ave. W. on Oct. 22. Around 1 a.m. the couple heard someone walking around in their apartment. They quickly barricaded themselves in their bedroom and called police. When Police arrived they immediately saw a man with a flashlight wandering around inside the apartment. Police called to the man, and he ran toward the couple’s room. Officers were concerned for the safety of couple and kicked the door in and arrested the suspect. Police searched the suspect and found the couple’s keys, cash and a knife. They also noticed a window was broken and believed the suspect entered there. Officers transported the man to King County Jail, but then later to Harborview Medical Center for treatment of an unrelated issue.

Homeowner foils burglar’s plans, scores sandwich

Each month, Seattle Tunnel Partners submits an updated construction schedule to WSDOT. These schedules show STP’s latest projection for completing the project, in addition to listing a number of important construction activities they must complete along the way.
 
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Viaduct/Schedule

STP’s latest schedule, which was posted Thursday afternoon, shows that mining will resume on Dec. 23, 2015 – one month later than the date shown in the previous schedule. Accordingly, the tunnel opening date in the new schedule also has moved by one month, to April 2018. STP has told us the changes in the schedule reflect the current emphasis on giving crews the time they need to complete the tunneling machine repairs successfully.
 
Like all large construction projects, the schedule for this project changes frequently. WSDOT cannot verify any of the dates shown in this schedule.
 

By Tim Clifford

Just before October the West Seattle Herald reported about a telephone scam in which the caller claims to be a representative from King County calling about missed jury duty. Now the King County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents not to answer the phone for number 425.231.5208.

The caller claims to be either from the King County Sheriff’s Office or the King County Courts system and explains that a warrant is out for your arrest after missing jury duty. In order to quash the warrant you are given the option to pay a fine, in some cases hundreds of dollars, so that you will not be arrested.

Those who unfortunately have agreed to pay are directed to another line where they are told to purchase a special cash card for payment. After taking a debit or credit card number the caller then assures the victims of this scam that if they report to one of the King County courts or the Sheriff’s Office they will be reimbursed a portion a portion of this money after signing up for jury duty.

By Pat Cashman

I saw it last week: A driver shaking his fist at another. Not unusual, except the driver being raged at was driving a hearse at the time---and leading a funeral procession.

We seem to be really ticked off around here. We seem to be the most bothered, bugged, galled, irked, riled, roiled, ruffled, chafed, piqued, peeved and nettled society in human history. (My thanks to the late Peter Roget for his invaluable help in providing the words in the preceding sentence.)

Out on our local roadways---from the Junction to the West Seattle Bridge---from highways 99 to 509---from Fauntleroy to the boats on the Duwamish---people are fuming more than a Metro bus with a bad oil filter.

Hospital emergency rooms are reporting a number of patients with severely strained middle fingers. It is estimated that more “birds” are flipped on local roads than all Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises combined.

By Amanda Knox

Of course, there are other ways than blanking out and bracing oneself to get through a moment of melancholy.

Music has always been a go to. In the first place, I find solace in a song that sympathizes and characterizes my emotion. An allegro, Gipsy Kings-esque song that gets my feet tapping and my hips swaying when I’m happy. A heavy, rhythm-driven, power ballad when I’m angry. A melodic, mournful, Jeff-Buckley-sings-Hallelujah tune when I’m down. It’s satisfying to indulge in my emotions, and comforting to find them channeled through something created by someone else. My emotions are beautiful and in some ways bigger than me.

By Michele Smith

John LeMaster and his wife Vanessa are long time local bar owners, with Tin Hat in Ballard and wildly successful Jules Maes Saloon in Georgetown, John “never thought we’d open a bar that allowed kids” But now that the couple has two of their own and live in White Center, their choices for family friendly places were severely limited. In December of 2013, John and Vanessa decided to change that and open a neighborhood bar/restaurant in their community where parents like themselves, can go out with kids in tow. Securing a lease on 16th Ave SW in the heart of White Center for the old Papa’s Bar and Grill space, the couple enlisted the help of friends and family to transform it from a dive bar with lots of problems to a beautiful new restaurant complete with dark hardwood floors, vintage Edison lighting and old time trolley photos. In the back there’s a play room for adults with 2 flat screen TVs, a shuffle board table and pinball machines. A large outdoor patio with western exposure is set to open next summer. It took 2 years but the doors are now open and it is quickly becoming a neighborhood favorite.

By Tim Clifford

Coin collection
On Oct. 17 police responded to a report of a break-in and burglary at a home on the 2600 block of 50 Ave. S.W. shortly after midnight. The complainant had left his home earlier just after noon on Oct. 16 and found his back door wide open when he returned 12 hours later.

The complainant informed the responding officers that the only thing that was missing was some coins from his rare coin collection. According to the complainant he keeps his coins distributed between a number of drawers in his bedroom and all of these drawers had been rifled through and turned inside out. It is believed that the suspect came specifically for the coins and knew exactly where to look for them.