October 2014

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Football
Kennedy Catholic wraps up its regular season Thursday when it visits Hazen for 7:05 p.m. action at Renton Stadium.

The ROOT Sports cable television network will show the Seamount League action live.

Evergreen visits Foster for a 7 p.m. game Friday that will pay off in a playoff berth for the winner.
Bellingham is at Highline at the same time.

The 2A No. 3 team from the Seamount League faces a playoff against Kingco No. 2 on Tuesday of next week.
Mount Rainier, meanwhile, hosts Kentridge for a 7:30 p.m. game at Highline Memorial Thursday and West Seattle visits Rainier Beach at 7 p.m.

Volleyball
Kennedy Catholic hosts Evergreen for a 7 p.m. match with Seamount League title implications Thursday as Tyee hosts Hazen, Foster travels to Renton and Highline to Lindbergh.
The Metro League tournament continues Thursday and Saturday.
Action starts at 5 p.m. Thursday at Garfield and at 9 a.m. Saturday at Chief Sealth.

Girls soccer
Metro League playoff action takes place Thursday and Saturday.

Seattle performance group, The Boondogglers, are back from the 90’s and have a production coming up that may have some viewers questioning the way they watch film and stage performances.

“Whack-job,” is an original work that mixes live performance with video, written by neurologist and playwright, James Jordan (MD, BFA) and directed by and starring, Dan Gildark.

"Whack-job" is not a typical play, mainly because while an audience member is enthralled by the theatrics, their brain waves and other physiological measurements are being recorded. It’s a multimedia comedy as well as a cognitive psychological experiment measuring audience attention using eye tracking, surveys, EEG (Electroencephalography), heart rate and other observations.

The experimental play will be performed at West of Lenin Theatre (203 N. 36th St), starting December 4 through 6 and 11 through 13 at 8 p.m. To prime spectators, a preview-show, followed by a discussion on “Cognition of Spectatorship,” will be December 3.

Northwest Folklife invites musicians, dancers, community groups, artists, storytellers, and instructors to participate in the 2015 Northwest Folklife Festival, May 22-25, 2015, at Seattle Center.

If you or your group is based in the Northwest region, including Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Western Montana, this is a great opportunity to share your music and traditions.

About Northwest Folklife Festival
The annual Northwest Folklife Festival is the largest free community arts festival in the United States. Drawing nearly 230,000 people over just four days, Northwest Folklife plans to program over 5,000 performers in 65 different genres of music, from Hawaiian to hip-hop; dance performances representing cultures from Ireland to India. We believe everyone is a bearer of folk arts, and we encourage communities to share their cultural traditions, in the hope that interaction with new audiences will enrich the community as much as the audience.

WHEN:
Submission deadline is December 1, 2014

HOW TO SUBMIT:
Visit Us Online for More Information: http://bit.ly/1gZafhY

Seattle Fire Department, Bartell Drugs and Energizer are teaming up to promote fire safety awareness and encourage the public to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks for Daylight Saving Time. This community event is part of Energizer’s annual Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program.

On hand will be a fire truck, fire safety demonstrations, fun Energizer giveaways, family-friendly activities and educational materials.

The even will take place Saturday, November 1, 2014, Noon-3 p.m. at Bartell Drugs, 100 N. 85th Street, Seattle

So what's the urgency?

Consider these numbers: Home fires take the lives of more than 2,500 people each year in the United States alone.*

Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) are partnering for the 27th year to help lower this toll, educate Seattle-area residents about fire safety and encourage people to adopt life-saving habits through the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program.

By Peggy Sturdivant

“I love it here,” Debra Roberts tells me. “It’s the best view and the best patio in town. And I’m part of a big family.”

She’s talking about Anthony’s Homeport Shilshole. Roberts is like a cheerleader without the pom-poms about her place of work, one day after her 27th anniversary as a server there. “People always come back to Anthony’s,” she told me when we talked. In her case, she never left.

Like many others I know Debra Roberts from her presence at MJ’s yoga classes at Ballard Health Club. During promotions at Anthony’s she passes out $20 off certificates in class, creating a sub-group of club members who rediscover Anthony’s. What strikes me at the club proves to be true at her longtime place of work. Deb loves life and that includes her job, her place of work, her husband, garden, cats, yoga and even her commute. “I come down the Blue Ridge hill,” she said, as though apologizing for an indulgence.

Staggering statistics and the innate desires of two organizations to keep families safe are powering one of the largest fire safety programs in the U.S. Home fires take the lives of more than 2,500 people each year in the United States alone.* On average, seven people are killed in home fires every day.*

This fall, Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) will partner for the 27th year to help lower this toll, educate the public about fire safety and encourage people to adopt life-saving habits through the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program.

An absence of smoke alarms is no longer the main problem in the United States, the IAFC and Energizer note. The installation of smoke detectors in homes has soared, from 10 percent in 1975 to 95 percent in 2000.*

We’ve heard that some are blaming recent traffic issues on a band of trolls visiting Seattle. It is true there are more collisions in Seattle during October than in any other month, but it is more likely due to changing weather and shortened days rather than mean-spirited trolls. The Seattle Department of Transportation advises people to keep safety in mind as they prepare for Halloween fun this weekend.

Drivers beware: on Friday night, trolls and other strange beings will parade around the Fremont business district at the annual Trolloween, event, while in the SODO area costumed party-goers will be headed to Freak Night festival dance at CenturyLink Field. In Magnolia, kids will be out for the Magnolia Village Halloween Trick or Treat.

information from King County

Lowman Beach in West Seattle is now reopen after being closed as a precaution following a storm-related wastewater overflow last Saturday.

Strong windstorms knocked out power that led to wastewater overflows in Shoreline and West Seattle.

To protect public health and safety, King County posted signs warning people to avoid contact with the waters off of Lowman Beach Park in West Seattle. No public access areas in Shoreline were affected.

Water quality sample results collected in West Seattle and Shoreline were normal in the days following the overflow.

King County operates 43 pump stations in a 420-square-mile service area. During the storm, 21 stations were on auxiliary power due to widespread power outages.

The face of the West Seattle Junction, began the process of changing dramatically when apartment developer Equity Residential began the process of creating what will be the largest construction project in the Junction to date. Now they've issued a call for artists, to develop art for the interior and exterior of the building going up at 4706 California Ave SW.

A press release sent by the company follows:

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR
Two teams on the move met at Highline Memorial Stadium Thursday, but only one managed to do much moving up and down the field.
Kennedy Catholic cruised to a 49-0 lead over Foster by halftime and held the margin through the second half for the win.
The Lancers clinched the Seamount League title thanks to that win and a 56-12 Hazen loss to Lindbergh on Friday.
They improved to 5-0 in Seamount League play and to 7-0 overall with one game to go -- a 7 p.m. Thursday meeting with Hazen -- the only other Class 3A team in the league -- at Renton Stadium.
"Here we play every game as important," said Kennedy head coach Bob Bourgette, whose team is still eyeing an undefeated regular season. "You just have to play your best against your opponent. It doesn't matter what the standings are."
Foster, meanwhile, is in a must-win situation.
The Bulldogs (2-3, 2-6) face off against Evergreen in a 7 p.m. home game Friday, and a win there would clinch a top three finish among the 2A teams in the Seamount League and send them to the postseason.
"We have to beat Evergreen to get an opportunity," said Foster head coach Matt Leonard.