February 2022

Sports Roundup 2-13-22

By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

 

Girls basketball

Tyee 38, Foster 36

Tyee took third place in the Kingco 2A tournament with Friday's victory over Foster in the Renton gymnasium.

The Totems now advance to the District 2/3 tournament Tuesday as does Foster, which finished fourth with Friday's loss.

Tournament pairings, game locations and times are to be determined.

 

Puyallup 55, Kennedy Catholic 33

The Lancers' season ended with Friday's West Central District tournament opening loss at Puyallup.

 

Liberty 30, Ballard 26

Ballard suffered a close Sea-King District loss at Liberty to end its season Saturday.

 

Boys basketball

Highline 78, Foster 54

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Delridge Way 7-11 gets robbed: Suspect at large

#2022-035657/Southwest Precinct/First Watch: 

On 02-11-2022 at 5:10am, a suspect walked into a 7-11 located in the 9000 BLK of Delridge Wy SW.

The suspect waited for customers to leave the 7-11, and he then approached the counter. The suspect acted like he was going to buy an item. When the victim opened the cash drawer, the suspect pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the victim.

The suspect reached over and grabbed the till. The suspect left the 7-11 Southbound on Delridge Wy SW. K-9 conducted a track, but the suspect wasn’t located.

Guardian 1 wasn’t available. The SPD Robbery Unit was notified about the incident.

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Highline School Board names finalists in Superintendent search

Community invited to attend virtual town hall meetings to meet finalists

information from Highline Public Schools 

The Highline Public Schools Board of Directors named three finalists for the position of superintendent of Highline Public Schools, following a community engagement process. 

 

The finalists are:

  • Dr. Concie Pedroza

  • Dr. Keisha Scarlett

  • Dr. Ivan Duran

 

“Through our community process, Highline Public Schools community members laid out high expectations for our next superintendent," said School Board President Aaron Garcia.  "These highly qualified candidates are a result of that community process and each of them reflects the qualifications and characteristics our constituents told us they value."

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SDOT: High bridge repair: Epoxy crack injection continues; more carbon-fiber wrapping coming soon 

information from Seattle Department of Transportation

We continued repair work on the high bridge this week with epoxy injection and concrete surface scanning using ground penetrating radar. To ensure that the small cracks in the concrete are completely filled, we use a pump that injects the cracks with the epoxy at very high pressures. The radar scanning allows us to find the best core-drilling locations needed for post-tensioning components, which we’ll install throughout the bridge.  

injection ports
We pumped epoxy through the red-tipped ports at high pressures to fill cracks in the concrete. SDOT Photo

 

Scaffolding inside of the West Seattle Bridge. SDOT Photo

 

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Rain City Relief Vinyl Compilation album release party is Saturday at Easy Street Records

information from Easy Street Records

Easy Street Records is hosting a release party for Rain City Relief’s vinyl compilation record at their West Seattle store on Saturday, Feb 12, 2022 starting at 5.00 PM.

The store is located in the West Seattle Junction on the corner of Calfornia Ave SW and Alaska Street SW.

This limited edition one-of-a-kind collector’s vinyl album features 10 of Seattle’s best and brightest rising artists including Chong the Nomad, The Black Tones and Shaina Shepherd. Ariana DeBoo, Beverly Crusher, and All Star Opera will perform during the party. Smokey Brights will be in attendance and other artists featured on the album may also be present. The event is free and open to the public with ID and proof of vaccination. 

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Police arrest man, recover rifle, stolen car in West Seattle
Called a "Danger to the community" suspect is being held on $75,000 bail

information from Seattle Police Department and King County Prosecuting Attorney

Police arrested a man in possession of a rifle and a stolen car in the Riverview neighborhood on Wednesday, after a 911 caller reported he was asleep at the wheel of a vehicle on a walking trail.

Just after 3:00 p.m., a park goer reported a man asleep in a red pickup truck parked on a footpath in the greenbelt area of Riverview Park. When responding officers contacted the man, he fled on foot into the woods. Police quickly discovered the truck had been registered stolen earlier this week in North Seattle, and spotted a rifle in the backseat.

With the help of King County Sheriff’s Office helicopter Guardian One, SPD officers on the ground found the suspect hiding in the greenbelt and arrested him.

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Early Notice: The West Seattle Grand Parade will be back this summer

After two years of cancellations, the much loved West Seattle Grand Parade will be back along California Ave. on July 23, 2022. 

The event is sponsored by the West Seattle Rotary Club. It's been part of the community since 1935.

The parade typically features more than 100 entrants, many from across the region including The Vancouver BC Motorcycle Police Drill Team, floats from Marysville, and Puyallup and more. 

It is a proud member of the Seafair family of events and includes all of the pirates, clowns, marching bands, drill teams, floats, pageantry and excitement that leads up to the Seafair Torchlight Parade the following weekend.  

It will be preceded by the Float Dodger run (more details to come) and the parade will begin at SW Lander Street at 11am.

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West Seattle parking lots now have multiple proposals for development

The once free parking lots in the West Seattle Junction that, due to higher taxes were forced to become paid lots last year now have multiple proposals for their development.

In the meeting minutes on February 3, from the West Seattle Trusteed Partners (WSTP), owners of the land, they state that all four of the current proposals will be given an "objective analysis" by accounting firm CBIZ Bernston Porter. The firm has 92 offices nationwide.

WSTP anticipates they will complete the work in 30 days and will be prepared to present their report to the WSTP Board by the end of March.

The minutes state:

"Among the proposals, WSTP has received a proposal from Friends of the Junction LLC to acquire the WSTP entity with its assets. "Friends" is an entity that includes some current WSTP shareholders  and board member Leon Capelouto."

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Sports Roundup 2-10-22

By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

 

Boys basketball

Ballard 49, Roosevelt 23

Ballard nailed down a Sea-King District tournament berth with Wednesday's win over the Roughriders in the O'Dea gymnasium.

The Beavers advance to play O'Dea for the No. 7 and No. 8 positions out of the Metro League at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Ingraham.

 

Sammamish 61, Highline 50

The Pirates fell into the game for third and fourth place among Kingco 2A teams with Wednesday's loss, playing Foster at 5 p.m. Friday at Renton.

 

Renton 78, Foster 32

Foster will play the Pirates Friday following Wednesday's defeat.

 

Garfield 88, West Seattle 56

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