May 2016

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Fastpitch softball
West Seattle journeys to the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey for state tournament action scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
Seattle Christian will be at the Columbia Playfield in Richland playing in the 1A state tournament the same days.
Times and opponents are to be announced.

Track and field
Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma will be the site of the state 2A, 3A and 4A track and field meets Thursday, Friday and Saturday as the 1A, 2B and 1B teams go to Eastern Washington University in Cheney.

Golf
State golf action concludes Wednesday with all of the tournaments played in Central or Eastern Washington.
The 4A boys tournament is being held at Meadow Springs in Richland and the 4A girls at the Sun Willows course in Pasco.
The 3A boys are at The Creek at Qualchan in Spokane and the 3A girls at Indian Canyon in Spokane.
As for the 2A action, the boys are playing at Horn Rapids in Richland and the girls are at Columbia Point in Richland.

Courtesy article by Gerardo Bolong

SPANAWAY - Inclement weather was the winner at the Sat.-Sun. scheduled activity of the 2016 West Central District III Class 1A fast pitch softball tournament at the Sprinker Fields.

With a steady rain Sat., May 21, and more expected Sun., plus a dearth of available umpires, cancellation of seeding games and a delay of winner-to-state, loser-out match ups, "power rankings" were utilized to determine the actual seeding to state.

Seattle Christian was poised to play Bellevue Christian for the fourth time this season, but tournament officials selected the Lady Warriors as the No. 1 seed out of district into the state tournament at Richland on May 27-28 and Bellevue Christian No. 2 based on relative Nisqually League standings. Seattle Christian was the undefeated regular season Nisqually League champion while BC finished second. The Lady Warriors also defeated Bellevue Christian three times in league.

The game for the third and last seed to state between Chimacum and Klahowya was scheduled for Mon. at 1 p.m.

by Tim Robinson

Above Covington, east of Kent, in the summer, the Green River runs low and clear. The deep pools of emerald water wend their way downstream, like crinkled foil, reflecting a flash of light; the cool life's blood of fish and other aquatic curiosities , makes its way to the Kent valley.

The promise of 80-degree weather hurried my morning activities. The alarm clock had shaken my senses at 5:30 a.m... We're goin fishun'.

With my arm securely resting on my cooler of sandwiches and beer, my wife caught some extra zzz's as the dawn lit the highway before me. I envisioned thoughts of lunkers finning in the depths.

We selected a proper spot at the river's edge and set up camp.  I prepared my gear while my wife went foraging for flora and fauna collectibles.

On this section of the river steep rock banks protect and guide the water on its rippling journey. Large shadows from those banks create dark havens for steelhead trout. Calmly they wait. They must be patient for the next freshet of rain water to advance their upstream journey.

Fed up resident confronts alleged bike thief
Police were called after a Burien man confronted two men who he believed were thieves. The incident took place on the afternoon of April 22 when the man was on his way home near the Burien Annex Community Center in Burien’s Chelsea Park neighborhood. The man told police that he noticed two men that he believed to be homeless youth, pushing a high-end women’s road bicycle and began watching them. From his home the man saw the two men attempting to hide the bike behind some bushes at the Annex. He then pretended to call the police in front of the men and when they attempted to flee with the bike, he confronted them claiming they had stolen the bicycle from a local house. The two men abandoned the bike and fled the scene on foot. The Burien resident then dialed 911 and turned the bike into police along with a description of the two men. The man told responding officers that he confronted the men because his home had recently been robbed and he wants to live in a community where people look out for each other.

SeaTac man robbed at gunpoint

You are likely to see and hear helicopters, Coast Guard vessels, and police and emergency vehicles near Harbor Island on Wednesday May 25. Don't be alarmed. It's only a drill.

A multi-agency maritime training drill hosted by the King County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Section on May 25th.  The exercise will be conducted in Puget Sound near Harbor Island and will include the Seattle Police Department, Washington State Patrol, F.B.I., U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protections and King County Medic One.

Discover Burien welcomed two new members and threee returning members to serve on the board at our Annual Membership meeting held Wednesday May 11th at Revelle Hall at Navos. Each board member will serve a term of 3 years.

The board members, as elected by the membership are:
Lance McIntosh, owner Amerispec Home Inspection Services, returning Virginia Wright, owner Phoenix Tea, returningJulia Bringolf, co-owner Burien Counseling, returningShaun Trautmann, owner The Bite Sandwich Company, newDouglas Blake, Executive Director El Dorado West, new

Thank you to everyone who took the time to attend the meeting and cast their vote and for making Burien awesome! We welcome our new and returning Board members

Midway Elementary teacher Anna Herried is featured in this month’s #HighlineAlum social media campaign. Herried is a 2006 graduate of Highline High School.
 
Herried teaches third grade at Midway. She attended Highline Community College and Central Washington University after graduating from Highline. She says high school teachers inspired her to work with children, which led to her career as a teacher.
 
"I just had a great experience in high school in the Highline School District. I enjoyed the teachers, the community, and the diversity. I really wanted to keep that in my career,” said Herried.
 
Watch Herried’s video here.
 
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.
 
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.
 

Multi-talented Vancouver B.C. artist Josh Byer displays his colorful “Faux Fauvism” paintings in June at the Burien Arts Gallery, 826 S.W. 152nd St.

“My technique, Faux Fauvism, attempts to capture the moment immediately before a composition disintegrates into pure abstraction,” Byer explains.

The technique, inspired by Henri Matisse, celebrates elements of Fauvism, Cubism, Pointillism and street art.

The Opening Artist’s Reception for Byer’s exhibit is Friday, June 3, 5-8 p.m. at the Gallery. The exhibit runs June 1-June 25.

Byer’s work has been displayed at the Canadian Fine Arts Gallery in Toronto and the La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles.

In addition, he has been a featured artist or cover artist in numerous publications.

Byer earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Simon Fraser University and an Ontario Regional Arts Certificate in Visual Arts at Canterbury Regional Arts School.

Besides his visual arts talents, the prolific artist also has earned extensive credits as a screenwriter, director, producer and actor in television, film and games.

information from King County Sheriff

On May 23rd 2016, at around 913pm, King County Sheriff’s deputies responding to another call in the area, came across a serious injury accident in the intersection of S 136 and Des Moines Memorial Drive in SeaTac. Deputies did not see the accident occur, but found two vehicles, one car and one truck near the intersection with heavy damage. The force of the impact was so severe that it totaled a BMW and knocked the cab off a Ford Ranger pickup truck.

All five of the occupants of the BMW were out of the vehicle, but the two people in the truck, a SeaTac man and his 7yoa son were trapped inside and unable to get out. Fire and Rescue was called to the scene to assist in removing the victims from the truck. They were eventually removed and transported to Harborview with serious injuries.

BarreTwist is about to happen at Hot Feet Fitness on the corner of 152nd and Ambaum.

What is BarreTwist? It is new and exciting type ofbarre class that fuses pilates, dance, and yoga together into one power-packed cardio class. This class will also be offered in the heat of the warm studio at 90 degrees! Hot Feet will start featuring this class on their schedule this Summer. Don't miss out on the chance to increase your Burien! Hot Feet Fitness was founded this past year by Burien native Jerrod Sessler and his wife Nikki. Jerrod is a cancer survivor, father, entrepreneur, and CEO of HomeTask. Under the HomeTask network, Jerrod has started and grown many successful franchises across the United States. Burien is the first location of the Hot Feet brand, was born out of a sincere heart and desire to offer a space where the community can come and be inspired and live healthier. The studio offers stretch, workout, barre, and yoga classes in a warm studio that is around 90 degrees and has around 30-45% humidity.