February 2017

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

West Seattle fell shy against Bishop Blanchet by a 62-46 score in Friday's Metro League girls basketball championship game.

The loss in the Chief Sealth gymasium left the Wildcats as the No. 2 seed into the Sea-King District tournament, still giving them a first round bye.

West Seattle opens with a 3 p.m. Tuesday game against an opponent to be determined at Bellevue College.
Chief Sealth, meanwhile, suffered a season ending 61-58 loss to Ballard at Garfield on Friday.

Brookdale Admiral Heights is celebrating the Swing Era with a special party featuring Big Band favorites from West Seattle High School, as well as a "jazz club" complete with bowlers and martinis.

The date is Thursday, February 16, from 3:30-5:30. The band will be performing from 3:30-4:00ish and social hour will follow.

Brookdale Admiral Heights
2326 California Ave. SW
Seattle, WA 98116

by Tim Takechi

Baby, it’s cold outside. Not only in the real world, but also in the world of “Sex with Strangers” at Burien Actor’s Theatre, which opens on February 10 and runs for four weekends until March 5.
The opening scene of “Sex with Strangers” is reminiscent of a typical dime store romance novel: A down-on-her-luck novelist is curled up inside a rural Michigan bed-and-breakfast reading the manuscript to her latest novel which may or may never be published. All of a sudden Olivia (Alexandra Novotny) hears a car arrive and footsteps trudging through the snow.
When the door opens, she is greeted by Ethan (J. Woody Lotts), a 20-something hipster dude who looks out of place and looking for trouble. After the usual round of awkward introductions, these two strangers realize that they’re not quite strangers after all. Not only do they share a mutual friend, but they learn that they’re both novelists, though their professional trajectories couldn’t be more different.

(Jan. 30, 2017 - Burien, WA) – Passion, ambition and the Internet become inextricably entangled in the thoughtful comedy Sex with Strangers at Burien Actors Theatre. Performances of this Washington State premiere, written by Laura Eason, run Feb. 10 through March 5.

The Burien Actors Theatre production features specialty drinks themed to the show and plenty of free on-site parking, plus an opening night party.

“SEX WITH STRANGERS”

Olivia, an attractive and talented but underappreciated mid-career writer, is unexpectedly trapped in a secluded, snowed-in B&B with Ethan, an equally attractive and wildly successful young blogger. Her latest novel is an unsung masterpiece; his blog of his “sexcapades” is being made into a movie. She prefers books; he prefers eBooks. She is anonymous; he has half a million Twitter followers. Opposites soon attract – passionately – as each realizes they want more of what the other has. But the closer they get, the more they must confront the murky side of ambition, success and the digital era…

This show is suggested for ages 13-plus due to some adult content and language.

Sen. Reuven Carlyle, Rep. Gael Tarleton, and Rep. Noel Frame celebrated the passage of a measure on the floor of the House that will name a new capitol campus building after beloved former 36th District Rep. Helen Sommers.

“It is a profound honor to have directly succeeded Helen’s 36 years of service in Olympia and I could not be more proud of this effort to name a major state government building in recognition of her unparalleled accomplishments in the Legislature,” Sen. Carlyle said.

The new capitol campus building, set to open later this year, is located at 1063 Capitol Way in Olympia. The Washington State Patrol, the Office of Financial Management, and several legislative agencies will move into the building this August.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

West Seattle knocked off Rainier Beach by a 61-56 score Thursday to capture third place in the Metro League boys basketball tournament.

The Wildcats earned a first round bye at the Sea-King District tournament, opening instead against a to be determined opponent at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Chief Sealth gymnasium.
West Seattle finished fourth in the league during the regular season behind Nathan Hale, Garfield and Rainier Beach.

Chief Sealth, meanwhile, took an 81-61 loss to Cleveland at Garfield Thursday to fall into a 5:45 p.m. district qualifying game against Ballard at Garfield on Friday.

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WIND...Southwest 20 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...Tacoma...Seattle...Everett...Bellevue...and Bremerton.

* TIMING...Winds will rise this morning...peak during the early afternoon...and ease this evening.

* IMPACTS...Local power outages and downed tree limbs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 35 mph and gusts to 50 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

Update 11:00pm
103rd Avenue SW on Vashon Island near the north ferry terminal will remain closed until 5 a.m. tomorrow morning (Friday, Feb. 10) due to a slide. From 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. the roadway will be open to northbound traffic only in order to accommodate ferry rush hour traffic. At 9 a.m. the roadway will close so clean up crews can continue their work. Clean up is taking longer than expected due to the amount of debris including a large tree."

Original Post

King County Department of Transportation said today that a significant landslide happened this afternoon on 103rd Avenue Southwest near the Vashon Ferry Terminal parking lot.

Crews are working to channel ferry traffic onto Vashon Highway Southwest instead of 103rd.

Crews estimate it will take about eight hours to clear debris from the road. Travelers in the area should expect delays.