July 2017

Chat line romance turns violent

By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

SALMON CREEK--The if-necessary game was not necessary.

West Seattle took care of Kirkland American in one game Saturday morning, 6-4, to capture the state age 9-11 Little League baseball all-star tournament title.

The win gave the Westsiders an undefeated sweep through the tournament after coming in as the District 7 champions.

Had they lost, Kirkland American would have also needed to win a second game to wrest away the championship.

West Seattle's state championship team is managed by Mike Fahy, who is assisted by coaches Sean Eley and Brian Sherick.

Players are Tristan Buehring, Parker Eley, Cady Fahy, Robbie Foisy, Wyatt Glover, Miles Gosztola, Matthew Hazlegrove, Matthew Henning-Dierickx, Joseph Sherick, Will Skibitzke, Blake Taft, Bobby Trigg and Simon Vance.

The West Seattle league president is Jason Earls.

West Seattle's Summerfest on Saturday brought the usual mix of music with a broad range of music styles and sounds. The day was led off by West Seattle's School of Rock that had the students trading places on stage as they churned through some rock classics like the Doors Break on Through and Paul McCartney's Maybe I'm amazed. But the capper was the blistering performance of The Hives Because I Wanna by the students led by Nico Sound (his stage name) who brought to mind Mick Jagger before he became famous. "I just live for the audience" he said after his set. 

White Center Promise Day is coming up Aug. 11. White Center Promise is a long-term initiative aimed at eradicating poverty in White Center, WA through a continuum of educational results that brings about social change.

Food, entertainment and back packs are all free at this annual community event. It's set for 3pm to 6pm at Greenbridge Plaza, 9800 8th Ave. SW

You can register for the event at http://www.tinyurl/WCPROMISE2017

It is sponsored by the King County Housing Authority and Highline Public Schools Foundation.

A house fire that destroyed a deck and injured a 26 year old woman broke out in a home in the 3200 block of 41st SW Saturday morning, July 15. Crews took the fire down quickly but the exterior of the home suffered heavy damage. The cause of the fire was not announced. 

From the Seattle Police Blotter

Officers arrested two suspects, ages 16 and 18, early this morning after they fled from an occupied house during a burglary in the South Delridge neighborhood in West Seattle.

Shortly after 5:00 am, a woman and her small child woke to the sound of breaking glass from the sliding door in the kitchen while at the same time the door bell was ringing.  The woman looked outside and saw an unknown person standing at her front door.  The victim called 911.  The victim was able to give a description of the person outside, and then heard someone enter her home in the 9200 block of 23rd Avenue SW.

By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

ABERDEEN--PacWest rebounded from an opening round loss to win two games coming back through the loser's bracket of the state age 8-10 Little League baseball all-star tournament.

The team from Burien and SeaTac defeated Sedro Woolley by a 10-8 score Tuesday and followed up by outslugging Soundview by a 17-13 score Thursday.

PacWest plays again at 7:15 p.m. Friday, facing the same Larch Mata team that it lost to in the first round.

All of the action is taking place at Failor Field in Aberdeen.

The ongoing saga of the legal battle between the City of SeaTac and K&S Development took a dramatic turn this past week when K&S (owned by Gerry and Kathy Kingen who also own Salty's Seafood Grills in West Seattle, Redondo and Portland) took the fight to the next level. See our previous coverage about the original court case and later accusations of the destruction of documents here. 

Winemaker Ben Viscon, entrepreneur Jessica Trouillaud and artist Lindsay Peytonare planning a unique event for the next West Seattle Art Walk, beginning at 5 p.m.on Thursday, July 13 at Viscon Cellars, located at 5910 California Ave SW. 

 “We’re bringing three different forms of art together in a really fun and interesting way,” Trouillaud said. “And we’ve all migrated from Texas to West Seattle on different paths and walks of life to create art here.”

Matching the perfect wine with reading material is Trouillaud’s speciality – and she has built a business around her passion entitled “Words & Wine.”

Part book club, part online wine retailer, Words & Wine is designed to appeal to both wine lovers and bookworms.