March 2019

Patricia A. Wamsley

Patricia A. Wamsley, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019 at the age of 87. Patty was born in Winchester, ID in 1931 to Hilliard and Katherine Patton.  She grew up near Craigmont, Idaho on the family homestead amongst a large extended family on the Camus Prairie. She attended St. Gertrude’s Academy in Cottonwood, Idaho before graduating from Craigmont High School.  She went on to attend the University of Idaho and then received her teaching certificate from the Lewiston Normal. She taught elementary school in Pasco, WA until she married Arnold “Red” Wamsley, also of Craigmont in 1956.

George B. Ransdell

Rufus and Mildred Ransdell of Seattle Washington gave birth to George Bock Ransdell on January 9, 1943.  He spent his childhood in Seattle along with sister Linda Ransdell Gurnari, graduating from West Seattle High School in 1961.  Following graduation, George joined the military serving in Germany and Fort Knox.  In 1963, George married classmate Joan Frances Pickart, together parenting three daughters: Monica Lynn Ransdell, Jennifer Lynn Ransdell and Joanna Lynn Ransdell Biron.  In1967, George and family moved to Portland, Oregon for a job transfer.  In 1989, George met and married Arlene

Catherine Carfrae Rhodes

 

Catherine Carfrae Rhodes, age 92, of Seattle, WA passed away on February 24, 2019 at Providence Mount St. Vincent West Seattle. 

Catherine was born June 22, 1926 in Seattle, WA to William Watt Carfrae and Catherine Grant Carfrae (born Barnet), originally of Fife and Edinburgh, Scotland. Catherine was the last remaining Carfrae of her generation.  

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best to speak at West Seattle Chamber of Commerce Annual West Side Awards Breakfast.

information from West Seattle Chamber of Commerce

The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce has announced that Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best will be the guest speaker at the Chamber’s Annual West Side Awards Breakfast on Tuesday, April 30th. Chamber C.E.O. Julia Jordan said, “This is a great opportunity to hear from Chief Best about her accomplishments since she has taken the position and her vision of the future of Seattle.”

Chief Best has served with the Seattle Police Department for 26 years in several capacities. She is dedicated to the community and businesses in Seattle.

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Puget Sound Baseball League announces 2019 tryout dates

The non-profit Puget Sound Senior Baseball League (PSSBL), one of the largest amateur adult baseball leagues in the U.S., will have open tryouts for all baseball players, age 19 and over, during the course of four weekends in March.  The PSSBL is comprised of 1,100 players forming 72 teams in 9 different divisions. 

The divisions are organized based on age and skill level, ranging from competitive to recreational.  Formed in 1989, this year marks the PSSBL’s 31st season of operation. 

The 2019 tryouts will be held at Interlake High School in Bellevue on Sunday, March 10th, Sunday, March 17th at Russell Road Park in Kent, Saturday, March 23rd at Bellevue College, and Sunday, March 31st back at Interlake High School.  Tryouts are free to attend.

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The Hundred-Year Fight

By Jean Godden

It's great to live in a country with a Constitution that protects our rights and freedoms. But hey, wait a minute, it turns out that the U. S. Constitution only protects the rights of some people -- men.

America's 162 million women, 51 percent of the population, are not entitled to equal rights. Women are second-class citizens. And the Equal Rights Amendment (so-called ERA) that would correct that cruel inequity has been awaiting ratification for decades.

In case you've forgotten: The drive to approve the amendment began a hundred years ago while the 19th Amendment (votes for women) was passing. Suffragist Alice Paul thought more was needed to achieve equality. She and Crystal Eastman of the National Women's Party authored the ERA and managed to get it introduced to Congress in 1923.

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