June 2017

Edward John Jacobsen, a longtime citizen of Ballard died of cancer on May 3, 2017.  Also known as "Bus", he died at home just 50 feet from where he was born on June 28, 1922, on property owned by the family since 1918. Ed is predeceased by his parents John and Coralie, an older sister Eleanor, and younger brother Robert. Ed and his brother designed, built and raced outboard hydroplanes on many lakes and sloughs in the Northwest.  He built his own home next to his parent's home.

After graduating Ballard High School in 1941, he worked for Boeing before entering the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point on Long Island. He finished WWII as a 2nd Assistant Engineer. Although he stayed home to help raise 4 children, in 1966 he went back to sea to support American troops in Vietnam. After the war he continued to sail, retiring in 1990 as Chief Engineer from the LNG TAURUS. 

Ed married Dorothy Hundertmark, his high school sweetheart. They raised 4 children Jana Schneider (John), Kurt (Perdis), John Jay (Marilyn), and Lisa (Richard Qually), 3 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. 

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Ian Bailey hit two home runs and Alex Athanacio one as the San Francisco Seals beat the Highline Bears on Friday, 5-3.

Bailey launched a solo home run in the top of the first for a quick 1-0 Seals lead in the action at Mel Olson Stadium at Steve Cox Memorial Park in White Center, but the Bears struck twice in the bottom of the inning.

One run scored on a bases loaded walk by Matt Stuart and the other on an Alex Sisley RBI fielder's choice.
Chase Hodkinson of the Bears ripped an RBI single in the second for a 3-1 lead.

The lead held until the top of the sixth behind the pitching of Ryan Kolisch, but the Seals broke out the big bats at that time.

Athanacio crunched a three-run home run to make it 4-3 before Bailey blasted another solo shot to put the score at its final 5-3 margin in favor of San Francisco.

Highline now goes on the road to British Columbia to play the Langley Blaze in a 1:05 p.m. double-header Saturday.

A Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening was held today welcoming Western Distribution Services, LLC at their new 241,140 square foot cold storage facility located in the Northeast Redevelopment Area (NERA) in Burien.

The Seattle Southside Chamber of Commerce and the local business community was joined by staff and elected officials from across the region to celebrate and welcome the state of the art facility that that was the first milestone in private sector investment in NERA. NERA is an industrial-zoned segment of land adjacent to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Bridge Development Partners, LLC, A Chicago-based industrial and office developer purchased the 14 acres where the site was developed late last year. They saw the potential value of the site and pursued the opportunity to expand their operations to the Pacific Northwest by constructing the now open and operational 241,140 square foot cold storage. Western Distribution Services, LLC, a Renton-based logistics, cold storage, warehouse provider will operate the logistics of the facility. Kidder Mathews commercial real estate brokers, Dan Mathews and Mike Newton represented both parties for this project.

By Gwen Davis

The West Seattle Transportation Coalition (WSTC) hosted a community-led workshop Thursday evening, so the public could offer its thoughts about future light rail plans.

“Light rail at its core is part of an integrated transportation system,” said Tom Linde, one of the community organizers at the beginning of the meeting. “Luckily, even with limitations, our problems aren’t unique. They have been solved already by our joining neighborhoods.”

Around 50 people attended the event. Councilmember Lisa Herbold was in attendance. Light rail is to be completed in West Seattle by 2030.

Information provided by Seattle Police Department

Detectives are investigating after a man was stabbed in the chest outside a lower Queen Anne restaurant early Friday morning.

Officers responded to the 500 block of Queen Anne Avenue North just after 2 a.m. for a report of man who had been stabbed in the chest. Officers quickly arrived and found the 26-year-old victim with serious injuries and immediately began to perform first aid. Seattle Fire Department Medics arrived and took the man to Harborview Medical Center where he later died from his injuries.

Witnesses said the suspect, in an unprovoked attack, came across the street and plunged a large knife into the victim’s chest. The suspect then walked away from the scene. Officers were able to take the 38-year-old suspect into custody without further incident. Officers searched the suspect and were able to recover what they believe to be the weapon involved in the attack.

Detectives booked the suspect into King County Jail for investigation of murder. Police are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact the Seattle Police Homicide Unit at 206-684-5550 or call 206-233-TIPS.

It is your favorite annual event where we celebrate Sabo's birthday, but also take time to raise money for PAWS and collect donations for the Seattle Animal Shelter. I have setup a donation page that you can find here https://give.everydayhero.com/us/sabo-s-birthday-and-paws-fundraiser

Bad Jimmy's Brewery has been kind enough to let us celebrate at their location again this year. They will also be making a donation based on sales for the event, so the more you drink the more money these animals in need recieve.

As usual, we want to see everyones fantastic furry friends. Please be sure they are comfortable in a setting with lots of people and other dogs. Beer drinking and friendly butt sniffing is encouraged.

We will be doing a raffle this year for lots of fun prizes from local businesses with all the proceeds also going to PAWS. As that list grows I will post some of the items on the event page. If you or your company would like to contribute anything please contact me (coggan11@gmail.com)