April 2016

The fourth annual Seattle Chinese Garden Peony and Bamboo Festival is on again, April 16 and 17 with beautiful plant life and activities planned on both days.

This family friendly event, celebrating two of China’s horticultural treasures, kicks off with a rousing lion dance at 11 am on Saturday. A festival centerpiece is the tree peony display garden with more than 400 plants of two dozen varieties from Luoyang, China’s peony capital for more than 1,500 years.

Festival activities include talks and demonstrations on plant care, plant sales including unusual varieties of bamboo from specialty growers in Washington and Oregon, cultural entertainment and Chinese artist painting demonstrations, and sale of art and craft items. Plus, Chinese food booths will offer a variety of dishes and snacks. Visit the SCG website on April 12 for the schedule of activities.
Suggested adult donation is $5.

Cosponsors:
American Peony Art and Culture Association
American Bamboo Society Northwest Chapter

LOCATION and TIMES:
Seattle Chinese Garden

West Seattle Hi-Yu is number 123 in the Daffodil parade on Saturday April 9th, which will take place in four communities in Pierce County over the course of the day. The final parade line-up is posted on, www.thedaffodilfestival.org.

Parade Start Times:
Tacoma – 10:15 AM
Puyallup – 12:45 PM
Sumner – 2:30 PM
Orting – 5:00 PM

Television coverage of the parade has been expanded to two hours beginning at 8:00 PM Saturday on KONG TV Channel 16.

Traveling through the four cities of Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, and Orting, the Parade consists of over 180 entries, including floats, bands, marching, and mounted units. Linking one generation to another in tradition, floats are decorated with thousands of fresh-cut daffodils, just like the daffodil flowers that have been grown in the Puyallup Valley for more than 80 years.

The West Seattle Hi-Yu 2014-2015 Jr. Court Queen Emily Cain, and the 2016 Jr. Court Princess Cailyn White and 2016 Jr. Court Princess Stephanie Moore will be riding on the float.

The eighth annual Catsino event to benefit the Furry Faces Foundation held at Beveridge Place Pub in the Morgan Junction on Sunday April 3 raised more than $4700, a new record said Executive Director Teri Ensley. The event featured Las Vegas style games in a benefit format.

Ensley thanked Hotwire Coffeehouse, The Savage Joyce Catering Company,Olympic Printing, and Pet Elements for their contributions to the event.

TABLE ADOPTERS:

• The Beer Junction
• Two Beers Brewing Co.
• The Wash Dog
• West Seattle Herald
• Conscious Choice Chiropractor
• Big Al’s Brewing
• Ventana Construction
• Georgetown Brewing Company
• Stay! Dog Boarding
• Community Cat Coalition (CCC)
• Animal Aid & Rescue Foundation ((A.A.R.F)
• Regional Animal Services Of King County (RASKC)

Easley said, "We are lucky to have such a supportive business and neighborhood community. Catsino Silent Auction is only made possible by the fact that:

By Amanda Knox

In middle school I was instructed on how to construct a physical timeline of my life so far using beads, shells, trinkets, and yarn. On one end of a single line of yarn I knotted a great, glassy, purple bead that represented my birth. A couple inches down the line I knotted a similar, pink bead that represented the birth of my sister, Deanna. A few more inches down, a small, plastic, blue bead designated my first day of kindergarten. And so on.

It was up to me to decide what happenings in my life deserved recognition. For instance, I didn’t mark my parents’ divorce—with a dramatic black feather, say—because I had no memory of their marriage, and it in no way seemed relevant to my life. I did mark—with a gold-colored charm-bracelet star—the miraculous goal I kicked all the way from the half-line when I was twelve. Only some inches past that, the line dangled bare—my future.

By Pat Cashman

After the old man ordered him to get out of the house and land a job, my brother Sean headed down to a nearby grocery store---found the manager---and asked him, “Hey, you guys ain’t got no jobs down here, do ya?”

It wasn’t just his use of a double negative that kept him from being hired that day.
Of course a kid can be forgiven for awkwardness in job-seeking skills---but the truth is it really never gets easier the older we get. It may be why so few 90-year olds are being hired as video game developers. After all, there are few more nerve-rattling, sweat-inducing, heart palpitating ordeals in life than seeking employment.

That’s why this week’s column is being offered: It presents job interviewing tips to anyone trying to get hired: Whether it be at Amazon---or in the Amazon; interviewing at the International Harvester Company---or the International House of Pancakes; trying to get hired at Albertsons---or by Albert’s son.

Here are ten tips that may not get you hired, but may help you from being arrested.

Armed robbery at Ballard bank
Seattle Police are investigating after an armed robbery occurred at a bank located on the 5600 block of 15th Avenue N.W. on March 17. A bank teller told police that a man entered the bank and went to the counter. He had his hand in his jacket and told the teller he had a gun. He demanded cash. The bank teller handed over the cash, and the man fled. Bank tellers said they would be able to identify the man if they saw him again. The estimated loss was $2,000.

Doggie-door burglar makes off with goods
Seattle Police are searching for a suspect after a home located on the 6500 block of Jones Avenue N.W. was burglarized on March 24. The complainant told police that she left for the day and returned to find her home rifled through. She found the front and back doors open. Police observed that the back door had a doggie-door installed that a human could fit through. The door was unlocked. Police suspect that that was the point of entry. There was no damage to the doors. No fingerprints were found. The estimated loss was $56.

Firefighter lock box ripped off

The Seattle Public Library will offer drop-in, individualized help for job seekers from 10 a.m. to noon on Fridays, April 8 and April 22 at the Ballard Branch, 5614 22nd Ave. N.W., 206-684-4089.

The Library has partnered with WorkSource Seattle-King County and the Ballard Food Bank to connect job seekers with job resources based on each person's needs. One-on-one sessions are available.

For more information, call the Library at 206-684-4089 or Ask A Librarian.

information from Seattle Lutheran High School

The Seattle Lutheran High School Robotics Team, Team SeaBot, qualified for the District Robotics Championships at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon April 6-9.

The team qualified with a rank of 46 out of 158 teams in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. After the top 64 Teams compete in Portland, 30 of those teams will qualify for the FIRST Robotics Championship in St. Louis, MO April 27-30. The St. Louis competition includes teams from across the U.S. and around the world.

For more information visit: http://firstwa.org/Home/ctl/Details/Mid/4151/ItemID/753

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, April 2
Track and field
Bill Harris Invitational
West Seattle, Chief Sealth and Kennedy Catholic all competed in Saturday's Bill Harris Invitational at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.
West Seattle took sixth in the boys team competition with 53 points, while Chief Sealth came in 14th with five and Kennedy 15th with four.
Kennedy snagged sixth on the girls side with 47 points, Chief Sealth seventh with 45 and West Seattle eighth with 44.
Chaaka Trahan of West Seattle won the boys 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 14.78 seconds and the 300 intermediate hurdles in 40.91.
Assa Kaba of Chief Sealth won the girls 100-meter dash in 12.46 and Lani Taylor of West Seattle took the 400 in 56.41.
Natalie Fuller took the triple jump for West Seattle at 35 feet, 7.25 inches and Kennedy's Alyssa Hoffman won the 100 hurdles in 16.21.
Kaba combined with Chloe Meyers, Jessica Nelson and Quinn Wiley to win the 400-meter relay for Chief Sealth in 50.39.

Boys soccer
Seattle Prep 5, Foster 3

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Baseball
West Seattle will visit Garfield for a 3:30 p.m. game Wednesday and at 4 p.m. Chief Sealth is at home playing Roosevelt as Mount Rainier travels to Decatur and Seattle Christian hosts Charles Wright.
Mount Rainier turns around to host Decatur at 4 p.m. Thursday as Foster entertains Sammamish and Seattle Lutheran goes on the road to play Evergreen Lutheran.
West Seattle hosts Garfield at 3:30 p.m. Friday with Chief Sealth going to Roosevelt and Saturday Kennedy is home against Interlake at 11 a.m.
Monday's schedule has Chief Sealth at Rainier Beach at 3:30 p.m., Seattle Lutheran at Quilcene at 3:45 p.m. and West Seattle at Ingraham at 4 p.m., then Seattle Christian visits Bellevue Christian at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Fastpitch softball
Chief Sealth gets a 4 p.m. visit from Seattle Prep on Wednesday as West Seattle goes to Nathan Hale. Mount Rainier travels to Kentlake at 7 p.m.