May 2017

The Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced nominees for the Northwest High School Awards of Excellence. These awards celebrate the most outstanding productions from five Northwest states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Productions are nominated by NATAS industry professionals. Students from the Ballard High School Digital Filmmaking Program earned seventeen nominations, more than twice the number of any other school or organization in the five-state region. The winners will be announced on June 3 at the 54th Annual Northwest Emmy Awards.

Ballard’s nominations span seven categories, reflecting the diverse skills students learn in the program. These are the nominations by category. Some of the productions can be screened on the DFP vimeo site at the links included.

Best Short Form Fiction:
Comeback by Skala Leake, Avery Davis, Aaron Miller & Cameron Miller ( https://vimeo.com/190952853

Missing Sister by Veronica Redpath, Miles Andersen & Willow Hudson

Best Short Form Non-Fiction:

information from West Seattle Rotary

Reggie Daigneault is the Keynote Speaker at the Annual Fundraiser Breakfast of the Rotary Club of West Seattle. She will speak about leadership in business. The hour and a half event will be held on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at 7:00 am at Salty's on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave SW.

Reggie has worked almost 40 years in the restaurant and wine industries, 27 of those years in Seattle. She may be best known for her association with the Northwest Wine Academy at South Seattle College.

The cost to attend the event is $47 per person, $470 per table. Buy tickets from the "Fundraiser Breakfast" button on the club website (http://westseattlerotary.org/).

There will be an "ask" during the event for donations to the West Seattle Rotary Foundation supporting: Kids Shopping Spree, West Seattle Grand Parade, Rotary Kiddie Parade, Students of the Month, East African Center, Shelter Box and Rotarian Malaria partners.

By Katy G. Wilkens, MS, RD

Controversy has arisen in Seattle over the idea of adding a tax on sugary drinks sold in the city. Whether you agree or disagree with the tax proposal, you are probably aware that downing a sugary drink is not a particularly healthy choice.

In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Americans eat and drink too much added sugar, and that behavior often leads to health problems such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and kidney and heart disease.

Healthy Food America, a Seattle-based nonprofit that pushes for improvements in food policy and food industry practice, gets specific about the impact of daily consumption of sugary drinks:
The risk of heart attack increases by 19 percent
The risk of Type 2 diabetes increases by 26 percent
The risk of obesity for children increases by 55 percent

Next time you’re on the go and you have a craving for something sweet or need an energy boost, try a naturally tasty smoothie instead of a sweetened soda.

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By Lindsay Peyton

Jody Hall has a hunch that her cannabis creations could be a gateway -- leading to better conversations and more inspired connections.

“Bring a box of Goodship to a dinner party like you would a nice bottle of wine, and see how that goes,” she dares newcomers to the scene. “It will be a profoundly different dinner party.”

The Goodship is Hall’s company that churns out high-end marijuana edibles, ranging from double fudge brownies and snickerdoodles to fair trade chocolate bars and tart cherry pastilles.

She also owns Seattle’s flagship cupcake bakery and coffee shop, Cupcake Royale, with locations in Madrona, Ballard, West Seattle, Capitol Hill, Queen Anne and downtown.

Hall was a pioneer in the cupcake craze -- opening the first bakery dedicated to the confection outside of Manhattan.

She started as Verite Coffee and Cupcake Royale in Madrona in 2003, with a business plan she spent a year writing and notion that cupcakes would be more than a trend.

A feature article in the Seattle PI set the stage for a major success.

By Pat Cashman

My college sophomore nephew surprised me twice the other day. “Hey, Uncle Pat,” he said. “I want to feature you in a class assignment.” That was a surprise. And it caused me to wonder exactly what the assignment might be? Drop me from a tree to see if gravity is a real thing?

The second and bigger surprise was that the assignment was for his journalism class. Journalism? Didn’t that subject vanish from curriculums years ago? At the very least, some would say, it’s as relevant these days as taking a course in telegraph receiver repair.

But it turns out that journalism---even in the midst of being pilloried by the latest U.S. president and others---is nonetheless hot as a career choice. Even as traditional birdcage-liner newspapers are getting harder to find, many readers keep turning to them. Plus, their favorite publications (like this one) are also on-line. Then, that version can be printed for the birdcage.

By Jean Godden

I won't ever look at Seattle the same way again -- not after reading "Too High & Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography," a book that's just now available in paperback.

What I had not realized before stumbling onto this remarkable volume was how much Seattle's features have been changed. No other major city in the world has had such extensive man-made remakes in a comparatively short history. The city we see today looks vastly different from the one that Midwestern settlers found when they landed at Alki Point 165 years ago.

The author, geologist David B. Williams, chronicles Seattle's amazing transformation. He begins with a quick thumbnail account of the region's geology, taking us back 17 thousand years when glacier-driven forces carved the troughs we call Hood Canal, Lake Washington and Puget Sound.

Motorbike stolen from outdoor shed

A man residing on the 8400 block of 18th Avenue S.W. called police around 4:30 p.m. on Fri., April 21 to report the burglary of his outdoor shed. The victim noticed that the padlock had been pried open with some type of unknown tool. He kept his 2013 red Honda motorbike inside—and the vehicle, which had no plates, was stolen.

Shoplifter targets West Seattle Target

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, May 6
Baseball
Highline 4, Olympic 0
The Pirates nailed down a state regional berth and a top four West Central District finish with Saturday's playoff win over Olympic at Franklin Pierce.
Highline advances to play Eatonville at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.
The winner plays for the WCD Class 2A title at 3 p.m. on the same field while the loser plays for the No. 3 and No. 4 state berths at the nearby Legion Field in Bremerton at 3:30 p.m.

Fastpitch softball
Kennedy 11, Hazen 1
The Lancers of Kennedy Catholic prevailed against the Highlanders in Saturday's North Puget Sound League 4A regular season game.
Federal Way 5, Mt. Rainier 4
Mount Rainier was topped by the Eagles in Saturday's NPSL action.

Girls tennis
Eatonville 3, Highline 2
Highline took a loss to the Cruisers in a Saturday South Puget Sound League 2A match.

Friday, May 5
Boys track
Highline 78, Evergreen 35
Highline 69, Tyee 40
Mt. Rainier 75, Highline 48
Mt. Rainier 100, Evergreen 35
Mt. Rainier 95, Tyee 27

Update 6:50pm May 8

Detectives said a birthday party was being held at a bar in the 9800 block of 16 Ave SW Saturday night into Sunday morning. About 1:30am a fight broke out between two groups of women inside of the bar. The fight ended up outside and numerous people were either watching or participating in the disturbance.

After the altercation was over, the victim, a 31 year old Seattle man, walked across the street with a woman who had been in the altercation. He stood with a group of people for moments before a man in the group pulled a gun and shot him in the head, killing him. The suspect then ran southbound, got into a vehicle and drove off.

Detectives believe the suspect vehicle is a white, 99-01 BMW station wagon. The suspect is described as a black male, and was last seen wearing a dark colored hoodie.