July 2010

ELMA - For the better part of five innings, South Highline National was positioned for a monumental upset that would kept its hopes for a championship alive, but a last-ditch comeback, instead, set the continually battling squad on the road out of town.

Bryce Pulver's five and one-third innings of no-hit pitching were offset by District III champion Centralia's one-out sixth inning rally as the Hub City boys dealt District VII champion South Highline National out of the 2010 state Little League baseball 11-12 year-old Majors All Star tournament 3-2 on Monday, July 26, at Smith-Murrey Park in the 10th Street Park Complex.

Trailing 2-1, Centralia's come-from-behind winning hand consisted of a final frame rally. After Pulver struck out the leadoff batter on five pitches, District III Centralia's Nolan Wasson lofted a single into left field, igniting the attack and ending Pulver's no-hit bid. Jake Sutton delivered a double down the right field line to move Wasson to third. Wasson then scored on a wild pitch to force a 2-2 deadlock.

Ballard High School graduate and member of Woodland Park Zoo Corps Garrett Brenden got to experience the full cycle of a critical species recovery project as he helped Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the zoo release 19 western pond turtles back to the wild July 29 at a wildlife refuge site in Pierce County.

“This release gives us hope and aspiration that the native population of pond turtles can be restored to its natural range throughout the state if conservation projects like this continue to nurture and grow the turtles to give them a head start over invasive species and predators,” Brenden, who graduated this year from Ballard High School, said in a Woodland Park Zoo press release.

In addition to the 19 turtles released in Pierce County, 57 were released on the Kitsap Peninsula and 13 in the Columbia River Gorge.

Residents of West Seattle's Admiral District (and the whole area) were treated to the first of many summer concerts at Hyawatha Park Thursday July 29.

The first band of the summer series was Seattle's "The Starlings". A fun mix of folk and country pop. The Starlings had the crowd of three to four hundred parents and children bopping and jumping to catchy upbeat melodies in the warm evening sun.

PCC provided tasty things to snack on from their mobile goody truck. For more on the summer series see our story with the complete schedule.

The Starlings are: Lead singer Joy Mills, Harmonica/guitarist Tom Parker, Drummer Aimee Zoe Tubbs, and Bassist Moe Provencher.

You can learn more about the band and hear their music at their site http://www.starlingsmusic.com/

Ola Salon was the motivating force behind the LunaPark Block party July 29 which brought together the businesses of the neighborhood on Avalon Way in an event featuring live music, inexpensive food, glass blowing, tarot card readings, pet information, coffee samples, massages, eyebrow waxing, and hair services.

Participating were Ola Salon, Luna Park Cafe, Java Bean Espresso, Avalon Glassworks, Cafe Revo, Pet Center of Luna Park and while not part of the neighborhood directly, West Seattle Produce.

CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT

Come and explore the world of bats, wolves, owls, and other twilight animals at Camp Long at 5200 35th Ave.

Starting August 7 a series of Twilight Adventures are happening at that time between dawn and sunrise and between sunset and dusk.

Camp Long
Sunset Owl, Bats and Moths
Ages 1 and older
We’ll look and listen for owls, bats, and moths on a sunset hike. A bat detector will make the bats’ echolocation calls audible. Will juvenile Barred Owls be hissing their “feed me” calls?
Course #57658 August 7 Sat 8 – 9:30 p.m.
Course #57659 September 11 Sat 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Activity Fee: $7

Camp Long
Twilight’s Nature
Ages 4 and older
Twilight is defined as the time between dawn and sunrise, and between sunset and dusk. What are the mythological and natural connections to this special time also known as the Blue Hour?
Location: Fire Ring
Course #56766 August 28 Sat 7 – 9 p.m.
Please register by August 26
Activity Fee: $8

Camp Long Owl Hoot
Ages 5 and older

A silent art auction benefitting Team Tracy and the Susan G. Komen Foundation is happening Friday, July 30th at Kenyon Hall.

The event runs from 7pm to 11pm.

Great local artists have donated their art and services to help raise money for the 3 Day for the Cure .

Come bid on cool, affordable art while you listen to live music ~ have a drink or two ~ and nibble on some culinary delights and sweet treats.
FREE ADMISSION
Sponsored by Smiles by Bond. Cash or Checks only.

A 10-week-old Scottish terrier stolen in the burglary of a Burien pet shop on July 29 was found early Sunday morning, Aug. 1.

Deputies went to a 9-1-1 call in Burien to speak with a 17-year-old female victim of a harassment and minor assault, neither of which she wanted prosecuted.

However, she did mention the female suspect in the assault, also 17, and her 17-year-old boyfriend (name unknown) had a stolen dog that she saw in news reports.

Deputies went to the Burien apartment where the two suspects are staying. The terrier was found and in generally good health.

Detectives are investigating. There have been no arrests so far.

The abducted canine was returned to the pet store.

Original story
A 10-week old puppy was stolen in the burglary of a Burien pet store early this morning. The break-in occurred just after 4:00 AM at A Place for Pets, 431 SW 152 St.

The stolen puppy is a female Scottish Terrier. She was removed from her kennel by the suspect. Nothing else was missing from the store.

Proposition 101 was filed at 10:00 a.m. July 29, at the Seattle City Clerk's Office by SCAT, or "Seattle Citizens Against the Tunnel." It takes five days to process. Then Seattle citizens will have the opportunity to vote on whether or not they want the Deep-Bore tunnel built. We reported on SCAT here: http://www.westseattleherald.com/2010/06/14/news/deep-bore-tunnel-not-d…

The group believed, and still does, that the multi-billion dollar project is not a done deal, and that public sympathy has shifted against its construction.

"Yes, this vote will cost the city money, but we are trying to save a billion and a half dollars," said SCAT's Elizabeth Campbell. " I don't neccesarly believe the cost overrun issue is a strategy to stop the tunnel, which is what SCAT wants." The mayor of course wants to shield the city from cost overruns but if this criteria is met will go along with the project.

2:50 a.m. July 24, 3600 Block of Leary Way N.W.

After closing his store on Leary Way the previous night, the complainant arrived the next morning to find the shop's glass door shattered.

The only things missing from the store were a few cans of Coke and Diet Coke from the refrigerator case in the front of the store.

In what could possibly have been a misguided attempt at paying for the soda, the thirsty caffeine junkies took a $2 bill from the side of a refrigerator in the back of the store and left it by the register, which was untouched.

12:01 a.m. June 17 – 9 a.m. July 20, 300 Block of N. 78th St.

A spokesperson for a church in the Phinney-Greenwood neighborhood reported a number of incidents that have taken place since June 17 that she believes are related.

Between June 17 and June 24, three liquid-fueled candles were stolen from the sanctuary of the church. In addition, two doorknob locks were punched with a pry tool to gain access to the "cry room" from the sanctuary.

Between June 20 and June 27, the cover was ripped off the toilet paper dispenser in the women's restroom. The cover was found in the alley.

Four years after an initial design review meeting for the former Ballard Library site on 24th Avenue Northwest, the development process for the site is restarting with an early design guidance meeting Aug. 9.

The current proposal for the development at 5711 24th Ave. N.W. across from the new Ballard QFC is a commercial, live-work and apartment building with underground parking.

Though more specifics on the proposal will be known at the Aug. 9 meeting, the proposal presented at the 2006 design review meeting was for a 94-unit, mixed-use development with underground parking for 120 vehicles.

The owners of the site, Pryde + Johnson, put the project on hold after that initial meeting because of the high number of other developments, including the Ballard on the Park Apartments across the street and Pryde + Johnson's Hjarta Condos, underway in the area.

In the interim, Abraxus Books was located in the former library space. But, the store moved to Queen Anne in June 2009, and since then the building has been vacant and the regular target of graffiti.