June 2017

The Woodland Park Zoo announced last week that a neonatal exam revealed the new baby giraffe born June 20 is a female.

The calf was born to first-time mother, Tufani, 8, and like her mother, she’s tall standing at 5 feet 9 inches and weighing 149 pounds.

The calf was born to parents, Tufani and 4-year-old Dave, and viable giraffe calf has not been birthed at the zoo since 2013,

Tufani and the calf have been moved to an isolated barn setting for quiet maternal bonding and nursing. Testing shows that Tufani is passing along nutrient and anti-body rich colostrum to the calf and that the calf is nursing normally.

Tufani’s antibodies prevent the from getting sick until she can produce her own, according Dr. Darin Collins, Woodland Park Zoo Director of Animal Health.

“The first 24 to 72 hours are critical for giraffe calves, but so far she seems to be doing well,” said Collins.

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To the Editor,

Let’s talk Bertha for a moment and your comment, “I suppose people will get used to the tunnel and forget….and the fact that they voted for the darn thing.” Highly unlikely Sir. Why, 29,000 of us signed a petition that said, in essence, “Oh Hell, No!”

Et too Jean? Jean Godden celebrated “Bertha’s Big Break-through” and commented that “uncertainty about the Viaduct is mostly in the past.” Well, I’ll have what she’s having for clearly? it must make one happy in the face of certain upcoming misery and chaos as we all take to the side streets. She talks blithely of being “reunited with the magnificent Elliott Bay Harbor” and “when questions about tolls are resolved.” Neither comment comes close to reality. Oh right, why you do have a grand view if………you’re not in a hole in the ground and pay paying for that privilege.

By Pat Cashman

Did you happen to watch the Tony awards on TV a couple of weeks ago? It’s Broadway’s version of the Oscars---except instead of awards going to movies you haven’t seen, they go to plays you haven’t seen.

But on this particular Tony night, bunches of awards went to at least one play that perhaps you have seen---or at least heard of. That’s because while the movie industry has “remakes” ---and television has “re-runs”---the theater business has “revivals.”

One of the big ones this season is a musical from the 1960’s called Hello, Dolly! It’s loaded with tunes including one called Hello, Dolly! (Hope I didn’t just ruin the play if you’ve not yet seen it. Here’s a further ruination of a famous play: In Death of a Salesman---a salesman dies.)

As I watched the Tony broadcast---and the cast and producers of the legendary Hello, Dolly! took their bows---not one of them referred to the play as having saved a life. But that’s probably because they didn’t have the same experience with it that I did. (I’ll get back to that ‘saving a life’ thing shortly.)

Assault of pedestrian

Just after midnight on Tues., June 20, officers were dispatched to investigate an assault at S.W. Stevens Street and 60th Avenue S.W. The victim explained that he had been walking home, when a black car stopped to let him cross the street. The car then drove past, turned around. Five men got out and walked past him. They then rushed him and started hitting him in the head. He could not give a detailed description but said they were teenagers. Eventually they drove away. The man had lacerations on his eye, ear, nose, face and lip. He said that he did not need medical attention.

Televisions stolen from storage unit

A woman walked into the Southwest Precinct around 4:30 p.m. on Mon., June 19 to report the burglary of her storage unit on the 7100 block of Delridge Way S.W. She said a property manager noticed that the lock was broken on her unit. When she arrived, there were two television sets missing from inside. She believes someone that she knows is responsible. Police are still investigating the crime.

Paddle boarders assaulted by boater

One man is dead and another with life threatening injuries after a man used a gun to shoot another and then himself in SeaTac.

According to the King County Sheriff about 9:45pm police responded to a shooting at a house in the 14200 block of 29 Ave S. When police arrived they found one man dead with a gunshot wound to the head and another shot with life threatening injuries.

Police were told the woman who lives at the house had her 29 year old boyfriend over visiting. Her 34 year old ex-boyfriend showed up and confronted the new boyfriend. A shoving match ensued between the two men and the ex boyfriend pulled out a gun and shot the current boyfriend. The ex boyfriend then shot himself in the head and died at the scene. The other man is at Harborview with life threatening injuries.

The King County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident. The Sheriff’s Office contracts with the City of SeaTac for police services.

By Gwen Davis

On Wednesday evening, JuNO members held a community input meeting regarding the future of the Avalon Substation property at 3243 SW Genesee St.

Taking place at Rene Common’s home, a JuNO member, participants had the opportunity provide input about the decisions. Three colorful draft renderings of the property created by JuNO’s Brandon Herman were hung on the wall.

“They are idea dumps to start the conversation,” Herman said.

The meeting was also an opportunity for JuNO to submit feedback to Pecos Pit, the organization that will most likely be hosting the development.

However, members were ambivalent about Pecos Pit.

Read our previous coverage about the Pecos Pit controversy.

“We are under no pressure to provide them with anything at this point,” Commons noted. “How do you all feel about the negotiation process? I have a hard time partnering, because they don’t own the property yet, and they are not developers. This is kind of odd.”

Members felt that plans for the property have already been set.