December 2015

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Thursday, Dec. 3
Girls basketball
Tyee 57, Evergreen 28
Tyee opened its Seamount League season by posting a decisive victory over the Wolverines.
Lake Washington 56, Kennedy 48
The Lancers took a close loss to Lake Washington in non-league action Thursday.

Wrestling
Roosevelt 72, West Seattle 3
The Wildcats were pinned with a loss in their Metro League opener Thursday.

Wednesday, Dec. 2
Girls basketball
Chief Sealth 52, Sultan 27
The Seahawks scored a non-league win over Sultan.
Foster 59, Chief Leschi 51
The Bulldogs outdistanced Chief Leschi in a non-league game Wednesday.
Interlake 55, Evergreen 21
Interlake dominated Wednesday's game against Evergreen.
Northwest 41, Seattle Lutheran 39
The Saints were edged by Northwest on Wednesday.
Graham-Kapowsin 47. Mt. Rainier 40
The Rams were topped by Graham-Kapowsin in Wednesday action.

Boys basketball
Chief Sealth 69. Tyee 63
The Seahawks scored a win in the Totems' home gym Wednesday.
West Seattle 51, Kennedy 47

Update
A statement from King County's Cameron Satterfield explained why the White Center License Agency was closed today.

"At about 7:45 this morning, representatives from state Department of Licensing (DOL) and King County Records and Licensing Services Division (RALS) went to White Center License Agency (WCLA). Washington State Patrol officers were on hand to provide security.

DOL and RALS had been reviewing WCLA's work for a couple of months. The owner and an employee of WCLA were interviewed, after which RALS served subagency contract termination letters.

WCLA is closed until further notice. No arrests were made.

Residents who need licensing services should visit another license subagent location. A list is available at www.kingcounty.gov/vehicle.

No further information will be available until at least Monday."

Original post

(Burien) The Burien Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a rifle that went missing from a patrol car November 24th around 9:18 pm after a vehicle pursuit near SW 136th St and Ambaum Blvd S.

Story- The Burien Police Department is missing a rifle after it fell out of the back of a patrol vehicle that had stopped to deploy spike strips during a pursuit. The incident happened around 9:18pm on Tuesday, November 24th near SW136th St and Ambaum Blvd S.

The deputy stopped his patrol vehicle and lifted up the rear hatch to pull out the spike strips. The pursuit changed directions and the deputy put the spike strips back in the vehicle and closed the rear hatch. As the deputy was driving off he heard a noise and stopped and saw that the hatch had not closed all the way and his patrol bag had fallen out.

The deputy loaded up the bag, closed the hatch and drove to the pursuit location. Shortly after, a citizen called police and said she saw a large black case fall out of a patrol car near SW136th and Ambaum Blvd S.

Just because Burien Art Association’s fabulous “Bountiful Textures” exhibit at three venues is being held over from November, doesn’t mean the Burien Arts Gallery is not having an Artist’s Reception in December.

In December, Artists United will have a Small Works show with a variety of artworks by the member artists who volunteer at the gallery. Their small pieces of original art or photographs make excellent presents for the holidays.

The Opening Reception is Friday, Dec. 4, 5-8 p.m., at the Gallery, 826 S.W. 152nd St.
Besides meeting the artists and viewing the Artists United new exhibit, reception-goers can enjoy the fantastic fiber art show at the Gallery.

“Bountiful Textures” presents works in textiles by Fiber 19 artists and baskets by Patricia Galvanin at the Gallery.

Fiber 19 is an eclectic group of mixed media fiber artists who meet to visit, support, critique and show their art.

They came together at the Fiber Arts Certificate Program at the University of Washington in 2008. Their graduating class numbered 19; hence the name Fiber 19.

Here the Republicans go again: holding the country hostage, as well as the American people, by threatening ANOTHER government shutdown unless they are given certain provisions, simply to achieve their own personal conservative agenda:

1) Defund Planned Parenthood [So the GOP supports Unplanned Parenthood?
Sounds quite reckless to me!]; 2) Repeal The Affordable Care Act [Yes, that stuck record that plays on and on forever! I prefer the first section of the name,The Patient Protection Act – which is the vital essence of this legislation, now an act. The GOP wants to replace it with The Insurance Company Protection Act, which is totally redundant since it already exists. The GOP wants to deny health care to the American people, make coverage unavailable and unaffordable?]; 3) Halt funding for the resettlement of Syrian refugees unless the White House establishes stricter vetting procedures [The US has stricter and more lengthy vetting procedures than any other country! Yes, we need to be quite focused and smart to protect ourselves from future harm.

Burien, WA– Highline boasts a long list of well-known and accomplished alumni and dozens of grads you haven't yet heard of who are making their mark on the world. One of those graduates is Dianna Tonkin, a 1986 Evergreen High School graduate.

Highline is featuring Dianna in this month’s #HighlineAlum social media campaign. She is a professional musician and singer based in the Seattle area.

“This community is so strong. You have community partners such as Boeing, Alaska, and the Gates Foundation that are truly behind our children. And at the helm is one of my heroes which is Susan Enfield. We are so lucky to have Dr. Enfield who does what she says and goes at the pace that she does,” said Dianna.

Watch Dianna’s video here.

Each month, we are featuring successful, high-profile alum and up-and-coming alum on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages. The features include a short video clip of the alumnus. The community is invited to follow along by using the hashtag #HighlineAlum.

The #HighlineAlum campaign aims to inspire our students to dream big, graduate high school, and go on to accomplish great things.

By Amanda Knox

Erin Murray is a young, spunky, quick-to-laugh, Seattle-based theatre director with credentials. Since earning her BA from The Samuel Beckett Centre at Trinity College Dublin and her MFA in Theatre Directing from Northwestern University, Murray has directed productions for INTIMAN Theatre Festival, Seattle Shakespeare Company, and New Century Theatre Company. She is now directing her first production for ArtsWest, Wonderful Life by Helen Pafumi & Jason Lott, and was kind enough to set aside some time during tech rehearsals to talk to me about the production.

So this is your first production at ArtsWest. What brought you here?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency has issued a high wind warning for Thursday afternoon into the evening predicting gusts as high as 60 mph. That will likely mean power outages and other potential problems.

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY...

* WIND...SOUTH WIND WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...THEN TURN SOUTHWESTERLY BEFORE EASING LATE IN THE EVENING. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE I-5 METRO CORRIDOR INCLUDING OLYMPIA...TACOMA...SEATTLE...BELLEVUE...AND EVERETT. OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE BREMERTON AND HOOD CANAL.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY EVENING STARTING AROUND THE EVENING COMMUTE.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN DAMAGE PROPERTY...TOPPLE TREES...AND TAKE DOWN POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

In anticipation of 36th District State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles' resignation from the Legislature to serve on the King County Council, the King County Democrats tonight selected State Representative Reuven Carlyle, Belltown community organizer Liz Campell, and small business owner David Kaplan as its nominees to fill the forthcoming vacancy that Kohl-Welles' departure will create.

The party also drew up a list of nominees to take Carlyle's place in the event the Metropolitan King County Council selects Carlyle to fill the Senate vacancy. The list consists of former Progressive Majority Executive Director Noel Frame, 36th District Democratic Chair Jeff Manson, and Assistant Attorney General Sarah Reyneveld.

The six names were chosen by a special nominating caucus of the King County Democrats, consisting of the elected and appointed Democratic PCOs of the 36th District. One hundred and ninety-two of the two hundred and nineteen Democratic PCOs in the 36th showed up in person to participate in the nominating caucus.

By Peggy Sturdivant

Less than 24 hours after polls closed on the general election in November Catherine Weatbrook took her usual place at the monthly Ballard District Council meeting. Her seven-month campaign to represent Seattle City Council in the newly formed District 6 was over. When I asked her later why she didn’t even give herself one night to recover from months of community events she replied, “It didn’t occur to me.”

I’ve seen Catherine Weatbrook at work in the community for over 20 years but never sat down with her socially. I’ve heard her as then President at the Ballard District Council table and had been to her home, stepping over at least one foster dog and using her washing machine as a surface to make telephone calls to potential voters the night before the election as she ran against incumbent Mike O’Brien.