February 2016

By Lindsay Peyton

West Seattle residents Brenda and Tim Scallon have cast aside the notion that art should be contained within stuffy gallery walls.

The couple took painting on the road – creating a mobile museum out of an Airstream-trailer. They had their first exhibit in the “Caravan Gallery” in 2011 – and have hosted two to four roaming shows a year since then.

The Scallons have now moved on to their next endeavor, recently completing construction on an art and music incubator. Dubbed the ProletariYacht Club, the venue is located in the Building, a studio complex at 4316 SW Othello St.

There’s room inside for classes, events, concerts, screenings, readings and art openings. The couple has installed a stage and rolling exhibition walls. There’s also a music lab, wood workshop and sewing area.

“We want to open this space up to the community, and we want people to explore as many creative activities as they can,” Tim said. “We’ve just begun testing out different ideas. During the next year, we want to build up programming and invite people to participate.”

The West Seattle Transportation Coalition is seeking public input regarding the potential for light rail coming to West Seattle. They have assembled a survey they will take the output of and present it to the Sound Transit Board. The vote on Sound Transit 3 is coming up in November.

In November 2016, we will be asked to vote on “Sound Transit 3,” also called “ST3”. This vote will help shape the future of light rail to the peninsula. On December 4th, 2015, Sound Transit presented various options to the Sound Transit Board.

Take the survey:

http://westseattletc.org/2016-Sound-Transit-survey

The ST3 Central section options include light rail from downtown to West Seattle and a line from the junction to the Burien Transit Center.

C-03
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE TO WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION
» C-03a: Downtown Seattle to West Seattle/Junction, Elevated
» C-03b: Downtown Seattle to West Seattle/Junction, At-Grade

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Wednesday, Feb. 3

Girls basketball
West Seattle 51, Seattle Prep 41
The Wildcats improved to 14-0 in Metro League play and ran their overall record to 19-0 with Wednesday's win.
Holy Names 60, Chief Sealth 42
Chief Sealth suffered a loss at the hands of Holy Names on Wednesday.
Kennedy 74, Evergreen 26
The Lancers rolled past the Wolverines in Wednesday action.
Renton 44, Foster 27
Foster fell to the Indians on Wednesday.
Hazen 48, Tyee 36
The Totems were tripped up by the Highlanders on Wednesday.
Lindbergh 45, Highline 32
The Pirates also took a loss Wednesday.

Boys basketball
Kennedy 62, Evergreen 34
Kennedy finished at 12-2 for first place in the Seamount League on Wednesday.
Tyee 67, Hazen 58
Tyee rose up to knock off the Highlanders in Wednesday action.
Renton 81, Foster 30
Renton routed the Bulldogs on Wednesday.
Lindbergh 70, Highline 58
Highline was hammered by the Eagles in Wednesday's game.

Tuesday, Feb. 2

Boys basketball

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

It is the rebirth of one era and the end of another.

The North Puget Sound League is returning to the local high school scene for the first time since it folded following the 1998-99 school year, but now the Seamount League is set to disappear.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has set the state's school classifications for four years starting this fall and that triggered the changes.

Kennedy Catholic and Mount Rainier are both among the 16 members of the new NPSL, with Kennedy moving up from the Seamount League along with Hazen and Mount Rainier moving over from the South Puget Sound League.

The NPSL will be a Class 4A league in King County, while the 4A SPSL teams are beyond the Pierce County line.

At the WIAA's announced net enrollment of 639.88, Kennedy is actually small enough to be a 2A school but instead "opted up" so it could join the 4A league. Kennedy was a 3A team along with Hazen in the mostly 2A Seamount League last year.

Mount Rainier is opting up from 3A with its net enrollment of 1,252.51 below the 1,343.29 line for 4A.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Feb. 6

Boys basketball
Shorewood Christian 71, NW Yeshiva 44
Shorewood Christian of West Seattle finished its regular season on a winning note Saturday, winding up with a 9-1 SeaTac League record to go with a 16-3 overall mark.

Girls basketball
NW Yeshiva 40, Shorewood Christian 31
Shorewood Christian's season ended with a loss to Northwest Yeshiva on Saturday.

Wrestling
SPSL North tournament
Mount Rainier finished 10th in the South Puget Sound League North Division tournament Saturday with 34 points.

Friday, Feb. 5

Girls basketball
West Seattle 76. Franklin 18
West Seattle crushed the Quakers to wrap up its regular season Friday.
The Wildcats finished with a perfect 20-0 regular season overall mark to go with their first place Metro League record of 15-0.
Eastside Catholic 60, Chief Sealth 39
The Seahawks' regular season ended with Friday's loss to Eastside Catholic.
Tyee 54, Evergreen 37

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Girls basketball
West Seattle opens Metro League tournament play Wednesday after receiving a first round bye as the regular season champion.
The Wildcats will face either Cleveland or Roosevelt at 7:30 p.m. in the Nathan Hale gymnasium.
Seamount League teams dive into West Central District tournament play Thursday.
Kennedy visits Lincoln of Tacoma at 7 p.m. in the 3A tournament, while at the same time in the 2A Foster is at River Ridge and Tyee at Liberty.
Seattle Lutheran received a first round bye in 1B Tri-District play and opens instead at 5 p.m. Saturday in its own gymnasium.
Chief Sealth was set to open Metro action at 7 p.m. this Tuesday at Eastside Catholic.
Seattle Christian opens with a 7 p.m. Saturday game at a site to be announced.

Boys basketball
Chief Sealth opens Metro League tournament play at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Roosevelt, after West Seattle opened Monday at O'Dea.
West Central District action begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday for Seamount League teams.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Four Lancers sign up for college

Kennedy Catholic High School had four athletes sign on to play sports with colleges and universities starting in the fall.
The Lancers' Shayne McPherson of West Seattle signed on to play indoor and beach volleyball at the University of Washington and Maggie Gallagher will play fastpitch at the same school.
Rhyse Frey is going to Spokane Falls Community College for baseball and Angela Gagliardo will swim for the University of the Pacific.

Penner scores 37 for Falcons

Kennedy Catholic graduate Mitch Penner swished in 37 points to lead the Seattle Pacific University men's basketball team to a 76-54 win over Concordia of Oregon on Thursday.
Penner shot 14-for-16 from the field.
Penner came back to score 23 in an 84-82 overtime loss to Western Oregon on Saturday.

McPhee hits 14 off the bench

Mount Rainier graduate Jordan McPhee hit 14 points off the bench to help the Seattle Pacific women to a 52-43 victory over Montana State Billings on Thursday.

Gandy scores 20 for Western

August 27, 1925 ~ January 15, 2016

Born to parents Lawrence and Myrtle Ellington, longtime residents of Des Moines, Washington, Lois resided there most of her life.

She graduated from Highline High School 1943, joined the Cadet Nurse Corp 1944, and graduated from Swedish Hospital School of Nursing 1947. Lois married Lee Roberts in 1954, enjoying 47 years together until his death.

Lois was a loving mother to Martha Kindell, Neil Roberts and Barbara Chin.

She was a member of JayCee Wives, Hoot-N-Holler Square Dance Club, Girl Scouts of America as a Leader and Trainer, and the Des Moines United Methodist Church. She enjoyed time with family and friends, camp fires, travel, playing cards, and reading mysteries and romances.

In Lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to your favorite charity. Lois’s were Seattle Children’s Hospital and Seattle area Girl Scouts.

Published in The Highline Times Section of The Westside Weekly February 12, 2016.

Backdoor man takes tools, leaves raincoat

A man is missing tools after his garage on the 400 block of N.W. 42nd Street was burglarized on Jan. 22. The complainant told police that the day before he reported the burglary he witnessed a white male in his 20s walk through his yard. The complainant heard the suspect try and open the back door to his home. When he went to investigate he saw the man walking toward his garage. The complainant did not want to confront the man. The next day the complainant checked his garage and noticed a window had been broken. There was a yellow raincoat over the glass. The complainant believed the suspect covered his hand with the coat and punched the window. Tools and miscellaneous items were taken from the garage. Police were unable to recover any fingerprints.

Suspect breaks into house, takes nothing

Man wounded in supposed Burien shootout
Deputies from the King County Sheriff’s Department responded to reports of two men shooting at each other in Burien to find one man injured and reports of a second man fleeing the scene. Early reports claimed the shooting took place near the intersection of 2nd Avenue S.W. and S.W. 130th Street just before noon on Jan. 25.
Witnesses told police that the 29-year-old man left on the scene was going door to door asking for help after being shot once in each leg. Witnesses also told police that they saw a small late model possible black Honda Civic fleeing the scene.
After interviewing witnesses, police were unable to find evidence that the shooting actually took place on the scene. Some witnesses told officers that they never heard gunshots but saw the shooting victim get out of the car before the Honda fled the scene.
The gunshot-victim was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with serious injuries. Schools in the area were put on temporary lockdown as a precaution and police are investigating whether or not the shooting is gang related.

Crimes reported between 1/18/16 and 2/1/16