October 2015

By Kathryn Kingen

Cheeks are getting rosy, there is crispness in the air, and our eyes are being dazzled by the colors of the season. Yes, fall fans, Squashtober has arrived. Let’s hear it for some of the last local produce of the season, the totally underrated, utterly awesome squashes. I have to admit I get excited when I see giant bins piled with pumpkins, acorns, butternuts, and delicatas arrive at my grocer. To me squash is like a warm cozy vegetable sweater that makes me glad that fall is here.

The Republican Party in West Seattle, White Center and Burien has endorsed the following candidates and ballot measure votes. The endorsing votes by membership occurred Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 7-9PM at the location of Pershing Hall, 3618 SW Alaska St, Seattle, WA 98126

http://www.34thgop.org/endorsements

Burien City Council Position No. 6 - Darla Green
Port of Seattle Commissioner Position No. 2 – Goodspaceguy (Nelson)
Highline School District No. 401, Director District No. 3 - Joe Van
King County Director of Elections - Julie Wise
City of Seattle Initiative Measure No. 122 - NO
City of Seattle Proposition No. 1 - NO
King County Charter Amendment No. 1 Law Enforcement Oversight - NO
King County Proposition No. 1 Regular Property Tax Levy for Children, Youth, Families and Communities - NO
State of Washington Initiative Measure No. 1366 - YES
State of Washington Initiative Measure No. 1401 - NO

The Republican Party in West Seattle, White Center and Burien has endorsed the following candidates and ballot measure votes. The endorsing votes by membership occurred Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 7-9PM at the location of Pershing Hall, 3618 SW Alaska St, Seattle, WA 98126

http://www.34thgop.org/endorsements

Burien City Council Position No. 6 - Darla Green
Port of Seattle Commissioner Position No. 2 – Goodspaceguy (Nelson)
Highline School District No. 401, Director District No. 3 - Joe Van
King County Director of Elections - Julie Wise
City of Seattle Initiative Measure No. 122 - NO
City of Seattle Proposition No. 1 - NO
King County Charter Amendment No. 1 Law Enforcement Oversight - NO
King County Proposition No. 1 Regular Property Tax Levy for Children, Youth, Families and Communities - NO
State of Washington Initiative Measure No. 1366 - YES
State of Washington Initiative Measure No. 1401 - NO

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Thursday, Oct. 15

Girls soccer
Ingraham 2, West Seattle 1
The Wildcats were edged in a Metro League match Thursday.
Seattle Prep 4, Chief Sealth 0
Seattle Prep shut down Chief Sealth.
Mt. Rainier Luth. 6, Seattle Luth. 0
Seattle Lutheran of West Seattle took a shutout loss to Mount Rainier Lutheran.
Kennedy 6, Renton 2
Kennedy ran its Seamount League record to 3-0 and its overall mark to 6-4-2 with Thursday's win over Renton.
Highline 6, Tyee 0
The Pirates topped the Totems on Thursday.
Lindbergh 5, Evergreen 0
Evergreen took a loss to Lindbergh.
Hazen 7, Foster 0
Foster fell to the Highlanders in Thursday action.
TJ 2, Mt. Rainier 0
Thomas Jefferson blanked the Rams in a South Puget Sound League match.

Volleyball
Kennedy 3, Renton 0
The Lancers improved to 9-0 in Seamount League action by beating the Indians on Thursday.
Highline 3, Tyee 1
Highline outscored the Totems in Thursday action.
Lindbergh 3, Evergreen 1
The Wolverines were dealt a loss.
Hazen 3, Foster 2

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Oct. 17

Boys cross country
Seamount League meet
The Chacon twins from Evergreen High School led the pack at the Seamount League meet held on their home course Saturday.
Marques Chacon took first place in the boys race with a time of 16 minutes, 22.30 seconds over 5,000 meters ahead of the 16:33.50 time posted by Matthew Chacon.
Both of the Chacon brothers are seniors.

Girls cross country
Seamount League meet
Karianne Bolma of Kennedy Catholic was the top area girls finisher, taking eighth place in a time of 22:27.80 on the same Evergreen course as the boys race as a sophomore.
Alexis Sata of Tyee came in 10th with a 22:56.10 effort as a senior and Kennedy's Marissa Tweedy placed 12th in 23:01.60 as a freshman.

Football
Kennedy 2, Evergreen 0
Saturday's game was canceled, with Kennedy picking up the forfeit win.
The Lancers improved to 4-0 in Seamount League play and to 6-0 overall.

Friday, Oct. 16

Football
Seattle Lutheran 34, Rainier Chr. 20

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Volleyball
West Seattle plays a 7 p.m. home match against Ballard on Wednesday as Chief Sealth goes on the road to Franklin.
In Seamount League matches at the same time Thursday, Evergreen will host Highline as Tyee entertains Kennedy and Foster goes on the road to Lindbergh.
Seattle Lutheran is at home against Cedar Park Christian at 6 p.m. Friday with Mount Rainier going to Kent-Meridian at 7:15 p.m. and Seattle Christian to Northwest Christian.
Seattle Lutheran visits Shoreline Christian at 3 p.m. Saturday and Seattle Christian goes to Charles Wright at 5:45 p.m. Monday with Mount Rainier hosting Tahoma at 7:15 p.m. that day.
Tuesday's Seamount League schedule has Highline at Foster, Hazen at Kennedy, Lindbergh at Tyee and Evergreen at Renton at 7 p.m.
The SeaTac League tournament opens at Evergreen Lutheran on Tuesday.

Football

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Still earns five saves for St. Martin's

BILLINGS, Mont. – The Saint Martin's University women's soccer team fell 2-0 Saturday afternoon at Yellowjackets Field against Montana State University Billings despite getting five saves from Mount Rainier High School graduate Chelsie Still.
It was only Still's fourth game played at goalkeeper.
"Conceding the two goals in the first half was a difficult task," said Director of Soccer Rob Walker. "Chelsie Still stepped up in to help with our goalkeeping temporarily and had a good second half with some heady saves and good distribution. All in all a tough day but we are looking forward to our game versus Western Washington on Tuesday."
The Saints fall to 1-11 overall and 0-8 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, while MSUB moves to 6-5-2 overall and 4-4-1 in league play.
Saint Martin's is back in action on Tuesday at the SMU Soccer Field to see Western Washington University at 3 p.m. The Saints game on Nov. 22 against Mills College has been cancelled.

McPherson, Viks win 16th straight

ave the date—Saturday, November 21--for Burien’s biggest art sale and celebration.

The Burien Arts Association presents its 8th Annual Vision 20/20 Art Sale on Nov. 21 at the Burien Community Center, 14700 6th Ave. S.W. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Sure, there will be the usual affordable art, buying frenzy, fun food from local restaurants, marvelous music, refreshing beverages and great raffle prizes.

But this year, there are a couple of exciting new twists:
Get a sneak preview of Burien Arts’ mind-bending Wearable Art Runway Show with live models.

And Burien’s economic development director, Dan Trimble will unveil the winners of the city’s “Storyboard Burien” photo contest. The city’s brand-new Film Office is sponsoring the photo contest to discover the best locations in Burien to film. Submissions are due by Nov. 1. Details at www.burienwa.gov/film.

Veteran Vision 20/20 goers will know to browse carefully the more than 400 pieces of small artworks and then stake out a spot by their favorite pieces. Because when the bell rings, there will be a buying frenzy as they snatch their favorites off the wall and head over to the waiting cashiers.

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Don’t you hate days that seem to end up with everything going wrong?

The pain in my stomach is proof that this day is one of those days. What is the best thing to do on days like this? Contact an empathetic friend is the best answer to that question. Luckily I have one of those friends. I can’t unload on her face to face because she lives in San Diego but since she is in a wheel chair in a retirement community with extended care she is usually right by her phone. Talk about laid back—she is the poster child for the condition of being laid back. Nothing seems to bother her and when I call she consoles me with, “Don’t worry. Soon you won’t even remember all this.” And of course she is right

Burien Actors Theatre announces auditions for the comedy In the Next Room or the vibrator play, written by Sarah Ruhl. The show calls for 7 adult actors to play characters ranging in age from 20s to 50s, including an African-American actress to play a character in her 30s.