February 2017

The West Seattle Food Bank began, "Probably the most important change since we opened," said Executive Director Fran Yeatts, on Tuesday Feb. 7 as they initiated a new "shopping model" for food distribution.

The West Seattle Herald was the first to tell you about the change last December.

Essentially those the Food Bank serves can now browse through the shelves and get the groceries they need by using a color code system and a regular shopping cart. The items on the shelves are color coded and clients who go through the aisles and shelves to select their own items. For example a client might take 2 items from the blue shelves, 3 from the yellow, and 1 from the green, based on the size of their family. Previously they would have had to wait for staff to retrieve items and fill bags for them.

In the future the Food Bank plans to have low sodium items and Halal or gluten free items in their own areas.

information from King County Sheriff

King County Sheriff’s detectives are asking for the public’s help locating a vehicle involved in a hit and run that killed a pedestrian in Burien this weekend. The suspect vehicle is described as a black Honda SUV and will be missing the driver’s side mirror. (Case#C17006054)

The accident happened in the 12400 block of 1 Ave S around 3:45am on Saturday. A man driving in the area saw the victim lying next to the roadway and called 911. Police and medics arrived but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Debris left at the scene, including the driver’s side mirror, indicates the suspect vehicle is likely a black Honda SUV.

If you have information about this hit and run you are asked to call the King County Sheriff’s Office at 206-296-3311 or you can remain anonymous and be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000 by call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

By Pat Cashman

Multiple choice. See if you can identify the source of the following words: “ Zero dacus, mucho cracus/hallaballuza bub...” The famous coda is, a) The play Pete Carroll wishes he had called in Super Bowl XLIX. b) The sentence immediately following, “ I am Ishmael.” c) A 3 am presidential tweet. d) Part of the password phrase at KING’ s Klubhouse.

Those of you who chose ‘ d’—give yourself a cookie. A lutefisk cookie.

Local folks of a certain age (a certain age that increasingly requires carbon dating to determine) fondly remember KING’ S Klubhouse. It was a kids’ show that aired for an amazing two decades on Channel 5. It seemed the natural choice. KOMO and KIRO wouldn’ t air a show called KING’ s Klubhouse.

By Amanda Knox

I remember how Don Saulo, the chaplain at Capanne prison, visited every cell each morning and greeted every prisoner by name. He brought in movies for us to watch, and each one—Kung Fu Panda, Avatar—made him cry. He told the prison staff that he needed me to spend a few hours a week in his office helping him prepare for mass, when really he let me pass the time singing and playing Beatles songs on the guitar. When I crocheted him a bracelet, he took it, thanked me, and said, “ White. The color of resurrection...” When we first met, I was freshly imprisoned and afraid and surrounded by strangers, and I told him I was innocent and I knew he, like everyone else, didn’t believe me. He replied, “ I can’t say if you are innocent, but I believe you are sincere when you tell me you are innocent.

”Which is to say that, from the moment we met, Don Saulo was always a man of kindness and integrity. That very first day, he showed me his brutal, compassionate honesty, and it was because of this honesty that I knew it was true when he eventually told me he believed me, years later.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Thursday, Feb. 2

Girls basketball
Enumclaw 37, Mt. Rainier 29
Mount Rainier suffered a low-scoring loss at the hands of the Hornets on Thursday to be bumped from the North Puget Sound League playoffs.

Boys basketball
Seattle Lutheran 63, Bear Creek 23
Seattle Lutheran cruised past Bear Creek in a regular season SeaTac League game Thursday.

Wednesday, Feb. 1

Girls basketball
West Seattle 70, Cleveland 62
West Seattle downed the Eagles in Metro League action Wednesday.
Ballard 74, Chief Sealth 42
Ballard's Beavers bested the Lady Seahawks in a Wednesday Metro League game.

Tuesday, Jan. 31

Boys basketball
White River 62, Highline 50
The Pirates dropped Tuesday's game but still stayed alive in the South Puget Sound League playoffs.
West Seattle 46, Cleveland 45
West Seattle edged out the Eagles in Tuesday's Metro League action.
Chief Sealth 65, Ballard 62

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

McCluskey returns to JFK

Kennedy graduate Vince McCluskey has returned to his alma mater as the Lancers' head boys soccer coach.
McCluskey is a 2010 grad who helped the 2008 team to a state championship as a player.

Five Lancers sign up for college

Five Kennedy Catholic seniors signed letters of intent to play college sports on Wednesday.
Trevor Hoffman will play football at Montana Tech University and Jared Thurber will play for the University of Montana football team in Missoula.
Makenzie Milton opted to play golf for Bellevue College and Grayson O'Neil will play baseball at Whitworth University in Spokane.
Darien Sleeper is taking his lacrosse talents all the way to the University of Michigan.

Two Rams sign on to play football

Two members of the Mount Rainier football team also inked letters of intent on Wednesday.
JJ Young selected the Air Force Academy in Colorado, while Terrell Grier will play for Western Oregon.

Gandy scores 19 as Western wins

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Feb. 4

Boys basketball
Kennedy 45, Enumclaw 32
The Lancers topped the Hornets in a North Puget Sound League playoff at Auburn-Riverside on Saturday.
Kennedy Catholic advances to host Kentridge for a 7 p.m. game Thursday.
Fife 72, Highline 64
Highline stays alive despite Saturday's South Puget Sound League 2A playoff loss, taking on Olympic in a 6 p.m. Wednesday game at Foss.
Seattle Lutheran 76, Crosspoint 63
Seattle Lutheran of West Seattle continued to enjoy regular Sea-Tac B League season success, defeating Crosspoint on Saturday.

Girls basketball
Crosspoint 31, Seattle Lutheran 29
Seattle Lutheran came up two points shy against Crosspoint in a low-scoring game Saturday.

Wrestling
SPSL Mountain Tournament
Evergreen snagged seventh and Foster eighth in Saturday's South Puget Sound League Mountain Division Tournament with 80 and 70 points, respectively.
Kirby Bui of Evergreen won the 106-pound division championship, defeating Juan Foley of Foss by pin in 3:13.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High school

Boys basketball
Metro League tournament action opens Tuesday, when West Seattle hosts Seattle Prep for a 5 p.m. game.
The winner plays in the championship semifinals at 5:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Washington.
Chief Sealth waits until Wednesday for its tournament opener, hosting Roosevelt for a 7 p.m. game in its own gymnasium.
Chief Sealth will be the site of more games Thursday and Friday, with the boys championship game played at 8 p.m.
Sea-King District action opens Saturday.
Seattle Christian, meanwhile, wraps up its regular season with a 7 p.m. home game against Cascade Christian on Tuesday.
Highline faces a 6 p.m. playoff at Foss High School in Tacoma (next to Cheney Stadium) against Olympic, and Kennedy Catholic hosts Kentridge for a playoff at 7 p.m. Thursday as Mount Rainier travels to Emerald Ridge.
Playoff action will continue Saturday at times to be determined.

Girls basketball

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Boys basketball
Metro League tournament action opens Tuesday, when West Seattle hosts Seattle Prep for a 5 p.m. game.
The winner plays in the championship semifinals at 5:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Washington.
Chief Sealth waits until Wednesday for its tournament opener, hosting Roosevelt for a 7 p.m. game in its own gymnasium.
Chief Sealth will be the site of more games Thursday and Friday, with the boys championship game played at 8 p.m.
Sea-King District action opens Saturday.
Seattle Christian, meanwhile, wraps up its regular season with a 7 p.m. home game against Cascade Christian on Tuesday.
Highline faces a 6 p.m. playoff at Foss High School in Tacoma (next to Cheney Stadium) against Olympic, and Kennedy Catholic hosts Kentridge for a playoff at 7 p.m. Thursday as Mount Rainier travels to Emerald Ridge.
Playoff action will continue Saturday at times to be determined.

Girls basketball
West Seattle hosts Cleveland at 7 p.m. Tuesday as Chief Sealth entertains Franklin.

information from Bloodworks Northwest

The unexpected snowstorm that closed all schools and many businesses on Monday also put a major dent in the local blood supply, according to Bloodworks Northwest (formerly Puget Sound Blood Center). Donors are urged to make an appointment this week to make up for the sudden shortfall.

“Even though our donor centers were able to open as usual, snow and icy roads on Monday caused the cancellation of hundreds of appointments and prevented 10 mobile drives when severe winter weather stranded people at home,” said Dr. James P. AuBuchon, president and chief executive officer. “We’re urging folks to make an appointment this week to help get our inventories back to normal levels.”

An estimated 500-600 collections were lost on Monday as a result of the snowstorm. On average, it takes about 800 donors per day to maintain a healthy supply for local patients. Donors can go to any one of 12 centers, or give blood at mobile drives at schools, workplaces or community halls.