September 2016

On Oct. 14 the Museum hosts "Spaceman: An Evening with Astronaut Mike Massimino," a reception, lecture and book signing with the engaging spacewalker who refurbished the Hubble Space Telescope during two shuttle flights, including the fifth and final Hubble servicing mission. Massimino is an aerospace engineer, space robotics expert and has played himself on two episodes of TV's hit, "The Big Bag Theory." The reception begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by a lecture and book signing from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Burien Arts Association is looking for additional talented artists to show their work at Burien’s biggest annual art gala.

Each selected artist will create 10 works on 8”x 8” wood panels provided by Burien Arts.

Each work will sell for $40 with half going to the artist and half to supporting Burien Arts’ great programs throughout the year.

Artists who wish to apply should contact vision2020.ba@gmail.com

This is a curated show so not everyone who applies may be selected.

With the 9th Annual Vision 20/20 art sale and gala set for Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Burien Community Center, the deadline for completed artwork is the first week of November.

Burien’s biggest art gala always includes affordable art, fun food from local restaurants, marvelous music, refreshing beverages and great raffle prizes.

Burien’s all-day jazz party, coming up Saturday, Sept. 24, is not just for adults.

Young jazz fans are very welcome at the 8th Annual Highline Classic Jazz Festival. All venues are kid-friendly except the Tin Theater, which is accessed only through the bar.

In fact, admission at the other five venues is FREE for everyone 18 years or younger.

The family-friendly jazz walk, held from 3 p.m.-11 p.m., presents 21 bands for $25—just about a buck a band!

The venues, all within easy walking distance, are St. Elizabeth’s Church (The Dance Hall,) The Tin Theater, 909/913 Courtyard (The World Jazz Stage,) Mark Restaurant (Cool City,) Burien Arts Gallery (The Acoustic Blues Stage) and Frankie’s Bistro (The Bistro.) Most venues offer dining and beverages.

Purchase a hand stamp for $25 at any of the six venues on the day of the festival and it’s good for admission to all the locations. Cash only and no advance ticket sales.

When he woke up, his car was gone
A man called the sheriff on Sept. 4 at 9:32 a.m. to report his car had been stolen. He said he was with a female in his apartment last night. The female is known only as "Ebony." He had no idea what her last name is, where she lives or even a phone number for her. He said he had fallen asleep and around midnight, woke up.

Husband hits wife, threatens with a gun
At an address on 26th Place S., on Sept. 4 a woman reported that she had been hit in the face and threatened with a gun by her husband at their single-family residence.

On welfare check, woman found dead
A woman was found dead in her bed at her residence on 156th St. S.W. by a man doing a welfare check on her. The incident occurred Aug. 29.

Brother against brother
One brother attacked another at an address on 124th Street Aug, 30, using a 2x4 and threats with a BB gun in their home. The aggressor was GOA and identity could not be verified.

Chips stolen and cashed

By Gwen Davis

The City of SeaTac will appeal the Port of Seattle's decision to forgo an environmental review for the first phase of their 3,000 tree-cutting plan.

The Port will cut down nearly 3,000 trees in the upcoming three or so years. But the Port determined that for the first part of the plan, where they will cut down nearly 1,200 trees on Port property, they will not need an environmental review to proceed with the cuttings. (However, future phases will need environmental reviews, Port officials have stated in the past.)

But the question was brought up in Tuesday's Sept. 13 council meeting by Councilmember Peter Kwon.
“The Port will not conduct an environmental study, but they will cut down 1,200 trees,” he said. This plan should require an environmental study, despite what SEPA (the Port's environmental review group) has determined. Therefore a motion to appeal might be warranted, he said. The deadline to appeal the decision is this Friday, which doesn’t give the council much time, he warned.

By Lindsay Peyton

A whole different type of pep rally was held in the Matt Griffin YMCA gym at noon today.

Instead of getting a student body pumped up for an upcoming game, the goal of the event was to ignite passion in the community members for a cause.

The movement is called “Graduate! Highline” – and the mission is to boost the number of students who leave the district with diplomas.

J.D. Hill, executive director of the Matt Griffin YMCA, serves as the community leader for the program.

“It’s a movement driven by the community to push highline graduate rates sky high,” he said. “I represent a team of community members, business leaders, parents, grandparents, friends and advocates, who came together a year ago to see how we can help.”

Hill posed a single question to the audience. “What if the entire community rallied around one goal?”

He outlined the mission -- to promote student success and provide guidance on a path toward graduation and careers beyond the high school years.

By Amanda Knox
 
At 29, I’m fortunate to have not yet lost very many loved ones. To date: two grandparents, a great aunt, a cousin, an uncle, and a family friend. Having just returned from the funeral of one of those grandparents, I realize that I still haven’t fully wrapped my mind around the end of a life. I feel confused, and conflicted when taking part in the funeral rites which are as much concerned with respecting the dead as with reconciling the living with the general idea of death itself. It makes me wonder about what my own death will mean to the people who love me, how I would prefer that manifest itself, and whether my preference even matters.
 

I picked up a new dictionary at a bookstore recently. Remember bookstores? They were places that sold important literature by authors like Dickens, Tolstoy and Trump.

As for dictionaries, they were volumes containing loads of words such as “loads”, “of” and “words.”
But I noticed that the dictionary I picked up the other day was far heavier than those I remembered. It was nearly hernia inducing.

Hernia. noun.
1. A condition in which part of an organ is displaced and protrudes through the wall of the cavity containing it.
2. Eww!

I had picked up the heavy reference book to look up the word ‘historical.’ I figured the definition must be pretty obvious, but wanted to confirm it:
Historical. adj.
1. Causing unrestrained laughter. Very funny.
Oh, wait a minute. I’d accidentally looked up ‘hysterical”---as in, “hysterical joke.” Example: “Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet.”
(Yes, I actually found that cited as an example of a hysterical joke.)

I picked up a new dictionary at a bookstore recently. Remember bookstores? They were places that sold important literature by authors like Dickens, Tolstoy and Trump.

As for dictionaries, they were volumes containing loads of words such as “loads”, “of” and “words.”
But I noticed that the dictionary I picked up the other day was far heavier than those I remembered. It was nearly hernia inducing.

Hernia. noun.
1. A condition in which part of an organ is displaced and protrudes through the wall of the cavity containing it.
2. Eww!

I had picked up the heavy reference book to look up the word ‘historical.’ I figured the definition must be pretty obvious, but wanted to confirm it:
Historical. adj.
1. Causing unrestrained laughter. Very funny.
Oh, wait a minute. I’d accidentally looked up ‘hysterical”---as in, “hysterical joke.” Example: “Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet.”
(Yes, I actually found that cited as an example of a hysterical joke.)