December 2012

Friday, Dec. 21
Boys basketball
SCS 81, Life Christian49
Seattle Christian clobbered Life Christian of Tacoma in a Friday, Dec. 21 game.
Girls basketball
Olympia 52, Kennedy 27
Olympia dunked the Lancers in a non-league game Friday, Dec. 21.

Saturday, Dec. 22
Girls basketball
Mt. Rainier 52, White River 37
Brittany McPhee swished in 22 points as the Mount Rainier Rams swamped the White River Hornets by a 52-37 score in a game played Saturday, Dec. 22 at Showare Center in Kent.
Williams added 14 points for the Rams and Fiso tossed in 10.

Thursday, Dec. 27
Boys basketball
Bothell 86, Highline 51
Erik Anderson scored 21 and Anthony Grandberry 18 in a Bothell Christmas Tournament loss to the host team Thursday.
Kennedy 62, King's 57
Sierhius and Madison hit 16 points apiece as the Lancers won the opener of their own Les Schwab Christmas Classice tournament Thursday. Michael Sansonoff tossed in 12.
Girls basketball
Shorecrest 59, Highline 13
Munoz scored nine of the Pirates' 13 points in Thursday's non-league loss.
Kentlake 41, Sea. Chr. 38

Press release:

Sound Transit will conduct a public hearing on proposals to dispose of surplus property in SeaTac on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013.

Public Hearing
Disposal of Surplus Real Property to a Public Agency
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013
12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Union Station
Ruth Fisher Boardroom
401 S. Jackson St.
Seattle, WA 98104

The agency is seeking public comment on a proposal to sell two parcels totaling approximately 30,000 square feet of developable land in SeaTac.

The parcels are located on the northeast corner of International Boulevard and South 176th Street with the former addresses of 2810 S. 176th and 17400 International Blvd.

The proposed use of the land is for development of office space for and by the Port of Seattle. Transactions are contingent on ongoing discussions and future approvals by the Sound Transit Board and Port of Seattle.

The Ruth Fisher Boardroom is accessible to persons with disabilities. For more information on the public hearing or to request ADA accommodation, please call Sound Transit at 800-201-4900 or 888-713-6030 (TTY) or visit www.soundtransit.org.

The King County Sheriff's eye in the sky, helicopter Guardian One was damaged in an incident prior to take off on Dec. 28. Sergeant Cindi West King County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer said in a statement:

"Earlier today our Guardian One Helicopter was preparing to respond to a burglary in progress and was damaged during the warm up phase .

The pilot was preparing the helicopter for lift off. Due to an unknown cause the helicopter became unstable on a dolly and was damaged. No injuries were reported.

The FAA responded to conduct an investigation and has released the helicopter to the Sheriff’s Office for repairs.

The Sheriff’s Office will also be conducting an investigation into the cause of the accident and amount damage sustained. “

Friday, Dec. 21
Boys basketball
Lakeside 65, Chief Sealth 54
Chief Sealth journeyed to Lakeside for a Metro League game Friday, Dec. 21 and took a decisive loss.
Girls basketball
Lakeside 44, Chief Sealth 29
The Seahawks also lost to Lakeside on the girls side Friday, Dec. 21.

Saturday, Dec. 22
Girls basketball
West Seattle 57, Sea. Luth. 21
Class 3A West Seattle won handily against Class 2B Seattle Lutheran in action played Saturday, Dec. 22.
Boys basketball
West Seattle 54, Sea. Luth. 32
West Seattle also waltzed past Seattle Lutheran on the boys side in Saturday, Dec. 22 action.
DeAndre Love led the Wildcats to victory with 21 points.

Thursday, Dec. 27
Boys basketball
Glacier Peak 72, Chief Sealth 48
Chief Sealth took a loss Thursday in the opening game of the Coeur d'Alene Invitational Holiday Classic in Idaho.
Knox led the Seahawks with 20 points and Griffin II scored 15.

Girls basketball
Enumclaw 39, Chief Sealth 19
Chief Sealth lost a low scoring game Thursday at the Lady Knights Winter Tournament.

Another day, another episode in the Missing Link saga.

Yesterday, Mayor Mike McGinn held a press conference with City Councilman Tom Rasmussen and Seattle Department of Transportation officials to announce upcoming road safety improvements for streets and intersections in Ballard.

As you already know from when we last updated on the Missing Link, $300,000 has been allocated for the 2013-14 budget to move ahead on a full Environmental Impact Statement of the Missing Link corridor, a gap in the Burke-Gilman trail stretching from the Ballard Fred Meyer to the Ballard Locks. In 2008, a limited environmental review was conducted and determined the proposed Missing Link route, which would go along Shilshole Ave NW, would have a non-significant impact.

press release:
South's new Asian American Native American Pacific Islander students (AANAPISI) student success center will hold an open house January 8, 2013. The opening celebration will feature three talk story sessions with a select group of panelists from the community, and South faculty, administrators and students. Guests include; Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington State House of Representative, 37th Legislative District; KendeeYamaguchi, Executive Director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs; Shirley Hune, Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Washington, and Albert Shen, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees for Seattle Community Colleges.

The new center - open to all students, is on the second floor of the library, where a number of other student support services are located. The AANAPISI center staff provides culturally appropriate student services to support and assist students in achieving their educational goals and increase the mobility of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in higher education.

South Seattle Community College
6000 16th Avenue SW
Seattle, WA 98106

Around 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 27 a man walked into the El Quetzal grocery mart in Highland Park and robbed the clerk at gunpoint, according to Seattle Police.

The grocery is located on the 9200 block of 2nd Ave S.W. and is part of the retail frontage at Arrowhead Gardens.

According to police, the suspect pointed a black revolver at the clerk, ordered him to the ground, and stole cash from the register before walking from the scene southbound.

The clerk, who was not hurt, called 911 once the suspect left and police responded but were unable to track their suspect.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, 18-20 years old, 5'8" tall, 200 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black jacket and grey pants.

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Nothing beats a bowl of hot, homemade soup on a cold winter’s day. It’s great for lunch when I come in from gardening with rain dripping down my neck, and it also makes for a tasty simple dinner.

Homemade soups are much better than canned soup because you can slowly cook them to develop that wonderful umami flavor that we all enjoy. Known as the fifth taste (sweet, salty, sour and bitter are the other four), umami is the meaty, brothy taste of glutamate, a protein that is released when food is slow-cooked. When you use umami-flavored foods in your cooking, you don’t need high-salt seasonings that raise blood pressure and ruin your kidneys.

Some foods have umami flavor on their own: parmesan cheese, mushrooms, slow-cooked tomatoes, slow-roasted meats, oven-baked potatoes. All these foods can add flavor without any harmful salt.

Try these recipes for hearty winter soups and taste the delicious umami!

Italian Red Pepper Tomato Soup

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 medium onions, halved and thinly sliced
6 garlic cloves, minced

By Marjorie Young

Since earliest childhood, there have been numerous episodes when an inexplicable ‘something’ altered my path. Some of these incidents proved life-altering…while others were less weighty. But I have learned, over a lifetime, to pay heed. Yet even someone like me, who readily accepts the reality of these ‘communications,’ may be required to relearn the lesson.

The Southgate Roller Rink in White Center was introduced to around 1.5 million viewers across the world on Dec. 26 with the airing of television show Top Chef: Seattle, which spent much of the episode within the confines of the rink.

For anyone uninitiated in the program, Top Chef is a reality show for foodies that pits talented chefs against each other in cooking competitions. It is generally more about the drama and interpersonal conflicts between contestants than actual cooking. The show is in its 10th season which was shot entirely in Seattle over this past summer.

Chef contestants’ challenge for the week was to cook for and feed an army of Rat City Rollergirls (roller derby league) celebrating their season-end party at Southgate.

The choice to bring contestants and celebrity chefs who act as judges to Southgate was a more grounded one for the season, with prior stops at high-end restaurants like Canlis and the elaborate Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit.