February 2016

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Feb. 13

Boys basketball
West Seattle 53, Chief Sealth 33
West Seattle won Saturday's loser-out game to advance into Sea-King District action this week.
The Wildcats will play Bellevue in an 8:15 p.m. game at Bellevue Community College on Tuesday.
Seattle Lutheran 68, Lummi Nation 44
Seattle Lutheran won big Saturday in a home Tri-District playoff against Lummi Nation.
The Saints advance to play Neah Bay at 6:15 p.m. Monday at Mount Vernon Christian.
Shorewood Christian 68, Tulalip Heritage 48
Shorewood Christian scored a Tri-District win in the Seattle Lutheran gym Saturday and advances to play Evergreen Lutheran at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Mount Vernon Christian.
Seattle Christian 53, Pt. Townsend 48
The Warriors were winners in Port Townsend on Saturday in 1A playoff action.
They advance to play Vashon at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at Sumner High School.

Girls basketball
Seattle Lutheran 42, Cedar Park Christian 41
Seattle Lutheran won a close playoff Saturday to advance in Tri-District play.

Woman missing $7,000 in jewelry

A Ballard woman is missing jewelry after a burglary occurred at her home located on the 1000 block of Eighth Avenue N.W. on Feb. 3. The complainant called police after she came home and noticed lights on in her office. A drawer was slightly opened and she reported jewelry was missing. She checked her room and noticed her closet door was ajar by one inch. She said the always left if completely closed. Also the complainant said her bedside table was rifled through because she leaves it completely closed but it moved slightly to the touch. She said her friend has a spare key to her home and that she would be calling about the key the next day. Police were unable to recover any fingerprints.

Ballard man fights off burglar with garden sheers

Concerned citizens gathered at the City Light (SCL) owned Loyal Heights Substation (7750 NW 28th St.) on Feb. 12 in an attempt to save three large ornamental cherry trees.

However, their scheduled noontime start was too late because SCL crews cut the trees earlier that morning.

But some protesters made it to the location anyway just as crews were about to cut.

According to Peggy Sturdivant of Seattle Green Spaces Coalition (SGSC), she got a call from a neighbor around 8:15 a.m. who said the SCL crews were there.
Sturdivant lives near the site and rushed there to meet others.

The group prevented the crew from cutting the trees for one hour and thirty minutes by standing in front of them. According to Sturdivant and witnesses, Seattle Police were called around the same time and did not arrive to the scene until one hour and thirty minutes after the call. By the time they arrived the protesters had moved to the sidewalk.

Normandy Park, WA — Local Author Georgette Vikingstad Valle will celebrate the launch of her third book, Hi Diddle Diddle, Read a Bird Riddle with a book signing at the February 25th Normandy Park Art Gallery Champagne Reception. Illustrations from the book by Debra Valpey of Burien’s Artists United will be featured in this exhibit, along with works from five other artists. Attendees will be treated to live classical guitar duets, champagne, hors d’oeuvres and a chance to purchase a signed book copy from Georgette.

DES MOINES, Wash. — Ekkarath “Ekk” Sisavatdy has been selected as the Director of the AANAPISI program at Highline College. It is a new position at the college, resulting from a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to increase enrollment of and provide extra support for Asian American and Pacific Islander students.
 
Highline is an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution—or AANAPISI—because it has an undergraduate enrollment of at least 10 percent Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students. The enrollment threshold is determined by the U.S. Department of Education. Highline serves the most diverse community in the state, which is mirrored in its student population that includes approximately 70 percent students of color, more than 20 percent of whom are AAPI.
 

Noting lasts forever. Including the arch welcoming all to Burien. The WAS at the intersection of 152nd Street and 1st AVenue South. Last Wednesday, a guy in a big truck with a crane on top knock down the sign as he headed west into town. He said he did not realize the appendage was so high. Witnesses said the collision made a resounding boom on the street as the metalwork was ripped from its concrete bases on either side of the street. Maybe the arch should be a little higher. And across 148th instead, where the actual entrance to Burien is from the outside world

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