March 2017

Students from schools across Seattle now have the chance to spend a day at Pacific Science Center, thanks to funding from Google’s Field Trip Days program. Pacific Science Center will host six free field trip days for schools where at least 75 percent of students receive free and reduced price lunch. For many of the students, this will be their first visit to the Science Center, due to financial barriers.

The field trip includes free admission to all of the permanent exhibits at the Science Center, transportation and lunch and will serve more than 6,000 students over the course of six field trips. Google is donating $300,000 to make this program possible.

“Hands-on experience in the STEM field is extremely important to students’ awareness of the kinds of careers open to them,” said Darcy Nothnagle, head of external affairs for the NW at Google. “We’re proud to work with Pacific Science Center to make sure students in underserved communities have opportunities to see how exciting science can be.”

Students will experiment with hands-on activities in the Tinker Tank makerspace, test

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Baseball
Chief Sealth visits Ingraham for a 4 p.m. game Wednesday and West Seattle journeys to Mount Si for 7:30 p.m. action and Friday at 4 p.m. West Seattle is at home at Hiawatha playing O'Dea.
The Wildcats are home again for 4 p.m. action against Roosevelt on Monday as Chief Sealth entertains Rainier Beach.
Mount Rainier hosts Kentwood for a 4 p.m. game Wednesday as Kennedy Catholic travels to Kentlake, then Kennedy is home facing Kentlake at the same time Thursday as Mount Rainier goes to Kentwood.
The Rams entertain Enumclaw at 1 p.m. Saturday before Kennedy drops in on Seattle Prep at 7:15 p.m. Monday at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue.
Highline visits Tyee at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday before hosting Orting on Friday. Tyee travels to Clover Park at 4 p.m. Friday.
Tyee hosts Steilacoom and Highline entertains River Ridge at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Foster, meanwhile, is home against White River at 4 p.m. Wednesday, at Washington at the same time Friday and at home against Foss on Tuesday.

By Gerardo Bolong
Special to the West Seattle Herald

Home team West Seattle exuded enthusiasm and confidence in a six-inning 13-3 defeat of crosstown rival Chief Sealth in the 3A Metro League fastpitch-softball opener for both teams at the Southwest Athletic Complex on Mon., March 20.

"This is a young team," said a pleased WS coach Tanya Slimp. "The bats were moving more and they were talking more. They're still some things to adjust, but we're building."

In the first inning the Wildcats flushed out four runs to get a quick drop on their opponents.

Lead off hitter Lucy Mead drew a base on balls ahead of Rosa Grassi's single through the middle. The Wildcats loaded the bases on a walk to Sophia Sallas, setting the stage for Brynn Snodgrass to deliver a two-run single. WS later capitalized on a passed ball, a wild pitch and walk to tally an additional two runs and complete its at bat.

"I'm happy with the win against our rivals," Mead said. "The energy in the dug out was fabulous."

information from Washington State Patrol

At approximately 4:28am on March 20, 2017, a vehicle was observed traveling SB I-5 north of Spokane St. at a high rate of speed. This vehicle went out of control and struck a gold Chevrolet Tahoe which ended up going over the right side barrier and plunging 30 feet into the Seattle Department of Transportation parking lot below.

The driver of the Tahoe was transported to Harborview Medical Center with serious injuries. The causing vehicle continued southbound at a high rate of speed. A possible description of the suspect vehicle is a dark colored four door sedan. The driver of this vehicle is being sought for Felony Hit and Run due to the nature of the injuries.


Washington State Patrol (WSP) detectives are seeking any information in reference to this collision. Please contact Detective Ruth Medeiros at (425) 401-7719, or by email at ruth.medeiros@wsp.wa.gov.

information from West Seattle Little League

Sunday’s amazing turnout of parents and players devoting hundreds of volunteer hours to improve the fields at Bar-S was undermined by acts of vandals overnight on Sunday March 19. Some of the damage:

• Buildings were broken into
• Facilities were “tagged” with graffiti
• South field fence was vandalized
• South outfield damaged by vehicle
• Infields, already in rough shape from all the rain, were trashed by a vehicle
• Damage done to the newly rebuilt pitchers’ mound on the south field
• Damage done to batters’ box on the north field

WSLL will work to repair the damage as quickly and completely as possible to get the fields back in playing shape for the players. We hope the entire West Seattle community will join us in keeping watch and reporting behavior that tries to steal our kids’ opportunity to play baseball.

The kids are excited to play in this Saturday's jamboree but now we are in a race to repair the fields.

Some repair work HAS been done but more is needed.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, March 18
Baseball
Auburn-Mountainview 8, West Seattle 3
West Seattle met Auburn-Mountainview for a non-league game at Safeco Field on Saturday and came up on the short end of the score.

Friday, March 17
Baseball
Kennedy 13, Davis 2
The Lancers wandered over to Yakima for non-league action Friday and took a loss to Davis.
Seattle Christian 17, Auburn-Riverside 12
The Warriors outslugged the Ravens in a non-league game Friday.

Fastpitch softball
Issaquah 12, West Seattle 2
The Wildcats went down to a non-league defeat on Friday.
Mt. Si 20, Seattle Christian 19
Seattle Christian fell short in a Friday non-league slugfest.

Boys soccer
Kentridge 2, Mt. Rainier 1
The Chargers slipped past the Rams in a North Puget Sound League match on Friday.
Kennedy 2, Kent-Meridian 0
Kennedy Catholic came away victorious in another NPSL clash.
Chief Sealth 1, Rainier Beach 0
Chief Sealth battled past Rainier Beach in Metro League action Friday.
West Seattle 0, Bainbridge 0

Plans for a new hotel in Ballard are drawing the attention of Balladites and details for what the new six-story hotel on Leary Avenue will look like were revealed at a recent design guidance meeting; plans show the building aspect will be keeping with the historic Ballard aesthetic.

Three design options were presented at the meeting at the end of October, and the Seattle Department of Construction Design Review Board preferred the developer’s preference, which was option C.

Plans for project #3025228 show a five-story hotel with four live-work units, 10,500 square feet of retail and below-grade parking for 213 vehicles. Mike Skidmore of Skidmore-Janette Architecture Planning Design presented at the meeting. It was confirmed at that the building exterior would be brick and stone base to middle with cornerstones that are similar to buildings on Ballard Avenue, a historic district.

“We want to create a building that has a sense of permanence. We are not trying to recreate the past, but we want to respect the past and do something with a material that has a permanence that will weather well and that is a key element to all three of our massing options,” said Skidmore.

For nearly 19 years, Yonder Mountain String Band has redefined bluegrass music, expanding the traditional acoustic genre beyond its previously established boundaries by steadily pushing the envelope into the realms of rock n’ roll and improvisation. YMSB has always played music of their own design, in the process attracting a devout coterie of fans that often resembles a tight knit family on an epic musical journey as Yonder traverses the country with an ever-rigorous tour schedule. Yonder is a quintessential ensemble honing its craft night after night on the road, and the fans are there to experience it in real time. The result is music that doesn’t stand still, it’s always progressing and breaking unprecedented ground.

Class differences! Over the top nationalism! Incompetents in power! These timeless themes play out in this comic operetta about a wealthy captain’s daughter who loves a lowly sailor.

Without changing a note of Sullivan’s delicious 1878 score, we’re setting our production in 1964, the time of the British pop culture invasion, and spicing it up with sixties costumes and choreography, as we explore universal themes of love, status, and youth rebellion.

July 10-July 23
Rehearsals:
July 10-21, M-F, 9 AM – 4 PM
Performances:
Fri July 21 - 7 PM
Sat July 22 - 7 PM
July 23 - 2 PM

Cost: $650. Please inquire about scholarships and internships.
Location: Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society, 9250 14th Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117

To register, please contact youthprograms@pattersong.org or Lauren at (206) 321-4923.
www.pattersong.org / www.laurenmarshall.com

Co-produced by Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society and Theater of Possibility
with additional outreach by Seattle Musical Theatre.

By Pat Cashman

I was stocking the shelves at “Three Boys Market” in my hometown of Bend, Oregon---a city whose population at the time practically could have fit onto the Cathlamet and Issaquah ferries (although there wouldn’t have been enough beer to go around.)

A man walked up behind me and said in a movie voice, “Hey, kid. Where can I find the buttermilk?” I wheeled around and immediately knew why it sounded like a movie---Kirk Douglas was standing there. He was easy to recognize---that distinctive chin dimple could have held a full quart of buttermilk.
Afterwards, I couldn’t wait to race home so I could tell my parents that I’d shown Kirk Douglas where the buttermilk was. It was my first brush with greatness.
Douglas was in town to shoot a western---The Way West---along with another big time actor, Robert Mitchum. I never saw Mitchum though. He didn’t seem like the buttermilk type.