June 2017

By Pat Cashman

It was intended as a simple commercial promoting a baseball giveaway---in which 30,000 Mariners’ baseball fans would each receive a free vinyl M’s jacket when they came through the turnstiles on August 23rd, 1981.

The commercial was written and produced by the person writing this column. At the time, I was a freshly-minted (for breath purposes) producer for KING TV, the Mariners’ broadcast station of the early ‘80’s (carrying a measly 15 games out of 162.)

I thought it would be funny to feature an actual Mariner player as the spokesman---one who starts out doing a straightforward sales job---but is misinformed about what is actually being promoted. The premise had the player pitching a (non-existent) “Funny Nose Glasses Night”---rather than the actual “Jacket Night” promotion. Laughs would hopefully ensue.

Car prowler caught in the act, arrested

Around 12:20 a.m. on Wed., May 31, officers were dispatched to the 8800 block of 42nd Avenue S.W. in response to a report of a man testing car door handles to see if any vehicles had been left unlocked. As officers were arriving in the area, the call was updated. A witness observed the suspect getting into one of the parked cars and then walking away on foot. Officers found a man matching the suspect description and detained him. The witness was able to positively identify the man as the same one seen entering the car. The owner of the car confirmed that items left in the console were missing. Police arrested the 37-year-old man and booked him into King County Jail.

Bicycle thief

Car prowler caught in the act, arrested

Around 12:20 a.m. on Wed., May 31, officers were dispatched to the 8800 block of 42nd Avenue S.W. in response to a report of a man testing car door handles to see if any vehicles had been left unlocked. As officers were arriving in the area, the call was updated. A witness observed the suspect getting into one of the parked cars and then walking away on foot. Officers found a man matching the suspect description and detained him. The witness was able to positively identify the man as the same one seen entering the car. The owner of the car confirmed that items left in the console were missing. Police arrested the 37-year-old man and booked him into King County Jail.

Bicycle thief

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Disaster Book Club: Eruption
Location: West Seattle Library
2306 42nd Ave. S.W.
Wed., June 7, 6–7:30 p.m. Join Seattle Office of Emergency Management and author Steve Olson to discuss his award-winning book “Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens.” We’ll delve into the history of Washington’s volcanoes and what we can do to better prepare for volcanic eruptions and other disasters. Free for tickets visit www.disasterbookclubmay.eventbrite.com.

Free Kids’ Fishing Event
Seacrest Park
1660 Harbor Ave. S.W.

By Jean Godden

Twenty years ago, Newsweek Magazine famously announced: "Everyone's swimming to Seattle." Pictured on the magazine cover was Washington, D.C., pundit Michael Kinsley, face to face with a salmon and wearing a yellow rain slicker.

That cover appeared during one of Seattle's boom years (1996) when hundreds were moving here to work for Microsoft. Kinsley wasn't just another photogenic poster child, he had been hired to cyberedit Microsoft's Slate magazine.

That was several economic cycles ago. Since then, Seattle has experienced boom and bust, bust and boom and now we're in boom times again. The Seattle Times recently reported that Seattle is now the fastest growing big city in the nation. In a single year (2016), Seattle acquired 2,100 new residents, averaging more than 57 newbies per day and bringing the city's population to 704,352.

Given this overheated population growth, it's small wonder that, despite a forest of construction cranes, we have been unable to keep pace with housing demands nor to stem the wave of rising rents.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Resiliency is a good quality to have for a baseball team, and the Highline Bears appear to have it.
After losing their season opener to the North Sound Emeralds by an 11-2 score Friday, the Bears returned to Mel Olson Stadium at Steve Cox Memorial Park in White Center the next night and proceeded to pound Laces Baseball Club, 9-1.

Saturday's game was knotted at 1-1 before the Bears exploded for five runs on five hits in the bottom of the third.
Sam Trend-Beacon blasted a three-run home run in the rally and Cole Chambers ripped a two-run single.
The Bears never relinquished the lead from there but gradually built on it instead.

It was a different story against the Emeralds the night before.

Alec Kisena and Henry Lin of the North Sound team combined to four-hit the Highline team and rack up a total of 14 strikeouts.
Kisena struck out 10, including the first three batters he faced in the bottom of the first inning.

By Jamie Margolin

It’s a crazy time to be a teen.

President Trump just announced that the US is withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement. But that is only one of the many actions his administration has taken to give a proverbial middle finger to all young generations, who will suffer the devastating impacts of climate change.

Today's teenagers are growing up at a time where everything generations before us took for granted-- clean air, potable water, and life as we know it-- are on the verge of destruction. Teenagers, or “Generation Z” as we’re sometimes called, are growing up during a time where our future is more uncertain than it was for any generation before us.

And among our internet surfing, Snapchat-addicted populace, are warriors. Many of today’s teenagers are defying stereotypes, fighting tooth and nail for our futures. Some teenagers are more civically active in one month than most adults are in a lifetime.

I am one of them.

Criminal. Offender. Suspect. These are the words we have used to describe the people who have broken into our houses, stolen our goods, someone who’s slashed my tires with a machete, some who’s killed, raped, maimed and the like.

However, the City of Seattle and State of Washington have adopted new names for these perpetrators; criminals, killers, rapists will now be called “community members” and once convicted, they will be called“students.”

In an effort to be more politically correct and not offend criminals, law enforcement in Seattle will now write in police reports that a “community member” has broken the law.

We can picture the police officer, coffee addled, munching on a donut and writing the report:

By Chef Jeremy McLachlan

Fresh herbs are the true key to any great dish. They are very special ingredients that all chefs hold dear to our hearts. In my restaurant kitchens we have at least 15 different fresh herbs on hand at all times. For cooking at home, I have pots of herbs in my backyard and I’ll go out and snip a little freshness to either finish a salad or start an amazing reduction. Herbs also have remarkable health benefits like in Kathy’s Blog this Month, Herb Garden Cheerleader.

The issue I think all home cooks face is what to do with all their fresh herbs. This month I want to give you my 3 favorite recipes to use with herbs. These recipes are fantastic when used in salads, on chicken, beef, poultry, lamb, pasta and seafood…

Hazelnut Cutting Board Pesto
Note: I like to rough chop my herbs for pesto so you have a thick and chunky pesto instead of the pureed style. This gives you POP of flavors when eating.

8 leaves basil, plucked
6 stems italian parsley, plucked
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup hazelnuts, toasted
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, ground
1/2 cup olive oil
salt to taste