May 2015

Update: 11:07 a.m.

According to the owner of the Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake Pizza, the man who apprehended the suspect was not a an employee at his shop, but a delivery driver for Sygma, a foodservice delivery company.

The owner said that his shop was closed at the time of the incident.

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Seattle Police apprehended a purse thief with the help of a pizza shop employee near Holman Road and 7th Avenue NW around 1 a.m. on May 27.

Police report that the whole incident happened “in about 30 minutes or less.”

According to police, Officer Enoch Lee was cruising near Holman Road and 7th Avenue NW around 12:45 AM and noticed a man running down the street clutching a woman’s purse. He heard a woman scream, “he just robbed me.” She pointed to the suspect sprinting away from the scene.

Officer Lee moved his squad car along side the man as he ran. He told him to stop. The suspect veered into a shopping center parking lot and fell behind a few cars. He hid like minced onions under cheese.

Thief takes computer, leaves boot print

A Ballard man is missing a Macbook Pro after a burglar broke into his apartment located on the 3200 block of NW 64 Street on May 16. The complainant told officers that he arrived home and discovered his back balcony door was opened. He noticed things in his apartment had been rummaged through and that his Macbook Pro was missing. Police found a muddy boot print near the doorway and believe it to be a size 10 boot. No other leads were recovered.

Fred Meyer employee punched by repeat trespasser

By Tim Clifford

Investigators with the Des Moines Police Department are seeking answers in a shooting that occurred mid-day on May 20 in the parking lot of a 7-11 along Pacific Highway. One man was shot and left with life threatening injuries while a small child in the back seat and two other passengers watched in horror.

Just after 1 p.m. a white Lincoln Town Car pulled into the 7-11 at 26007 Pacific Highway South with two men, a female in the passenger seat, and a 3-4 year old toddler in the back seat. After the group had gone into the 7-11 and gotten back into their car a dark colored SUV pulled in and parked one stall away from them.

information from King County

King County’s Industrial Waste Program today denied a permit application for discharge of wastewater from the Alaska Venture Shell Facility at Terminal 5 into the County’s regional sewer system.

“Everyone has to follow the rules, even multinational corporations,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine. “Over the long term, we need to invigorate the promise of a clean-energy future and make King County the regional catalyst for carbon reduction, renewable energy, and a new innovation economy.”

The Industrial Waste Program denied the wastewater discharge permit on two grounds: lack of ability to demonstrate compliance with pre-treatment standards that protect King County’s regional wastewater system and Puget Sound, and failure to apply in the name of the company that is actually generating the discharge.

While the application was filed by Waste Management National Services, Inc. of Kirkland, officials say the discharge is being generated by the Alaska Venture Shell Facility at the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5.

By Peggy Sturdivant

Perhaps because I stood so long next to the women of Ballard Historical Society waiting for my group’s turn in the Syttende Mai Parade I’m feeling nostalgic this week. I started writing this column, even before it was carried in the Ballard News-Tribune, on a Memorial Day more years ago than I can reconcile. Which is sheer denial because I do know how long I’ve had my car and how long I’ve been married; it’s just a matter of placing the year somewhere between the two.

Memorial Day always stirs up some sense of history for me. Marching in the band back in elementary school to the cemetery in my hometown. Opening the family cottage. Camping at Mt. Baker when friends used to do the Ski-to-Sea event. And launching my writings about Ballard, modeled on the “about town” column of practically every small-town weekly in America.

I grew up on the rhythms of that comforting writing. “Postmaster Reagan shares that a customer brought in the first trailing arbutus of the year; always a sign that spring is finally here. Mrs. Avery is back from her trip to Virginia to visit her eldest.”

Almost 100 years ago the Army Corps of Engineers built the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks). It was built to support the movement of timber and coal from areas along Lake Washington to the Puget Sound. Today it remains a beloved Ballard icon and a busy Seattle tourist attraction.

But from years of use and decline in Army Corp funding have taken a toll on the facility, especially in the educational and recreational support sector. Concrete is cracking in the Fish Ladder viewing area; the educational media is outdated; and the revenue from the visitor center barely covers paying the staff.

Burien, WA– Mount View Elementary teacher Jamie Ewing earned first place in The Henry Ford’s Innovative Nation Teacher Innovator Awards. Ewing is one of ten first place winners in the country.

The award recognizes educators who are using the classroom to inspire innovation, creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking among their students.

"I would like to congratulate this nationwide group of educator innovators who are truly changing the way students are learning in the classroom," said Patricia Mooradian, president of The Henry Ford. "I look forward to welcoming them here this summer and watching as this program continues to grow."

Winners were selected by a team of judges based on their original and creative approaches to teaching, their resourcefulness, and the positive impact they make on a daily basis in the classroom. Student engagement, learning goals, and evidence achieving those goals were also taken into consideration.

BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University student Shaheerah Maria Davis, daughter of Malcom Davis of Des Moines, has accepted the $2,000 Fairhaven College Opportunity Scholarship Fund for the 2015-2016 academic year.

The Fairhaven College Opportunity Scholarships are awarded to students in Western’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies with criteria defined by a selection committee and the dean of Fairhaven.

Davis graduates this June from Big Picture School in Burien. She will begin her major in pre-dentistry in the fall as she pursues her goal of becoming a dental hygienist. Her activities include volunteering at the Puget Sound Skills Center, Pacific Science Center, Big Picture High School GIRLS Group Founder, and she is a Blood Drive chairwoman for PSSC.

Saturday, May 23

Track and field
West Central District 4A
Aiden Basco won both hurdle events for the Mount Rainier High School boys track and field team at the West Central District Class 4A meet that concluded Saturday at French Field in Kent
Basco won the 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 14.47 seconds and also took first in the 300-meter low hurdles with a 38.16 effort.
Teammate Austin Regier also came through with a high finish, taking third in the 800-meter run in a time of 1:54.79.
Basco and Regier will be among the competitors at the 4A/3A/2A state meet to be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.
West Central District 3A
Ariell Garnett of Kennedy Catholic scored two top three finishes in West Central District 3A meet action that concluded Saturday at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.
Garnett took second in the girls 200-meter dash in 25.90 and third in the 100 with a 12.63 effort, qualifying for state in both events.
Teammate Gabi Patten placed second in the 300-meter low hurdles in 45.85 to also make the state meet.

Tennis
West Central 2A

May 27, 2015 (SeaTac, WA) – SeaTac United, a non-profit group that promotes personal skills development and cooperative partnerships for local students, today announced that Alaska Airlines is sponsoring its math camp and soccer league activities, which will send 160 SeaTac-area youths to camp this year.

SeaTac United offers the SeaTac United Math Academy (SUMA) to elementary school kids in the SeaTac area as a way to improve their math abilities while having fun. The free academy takes place after-school and is run by local volunteers. In addition, SeaTac United also offers a youth soccer league for kids aged 3-12.

“SeaTac United was formed to promote the values of our diverse residents and to assist our children with academic and athletic opportunities,” said Mike Doughty, Principal of SeaTac United. “We simply would not be able to do this without the generous support of sponsors such as Alaska Airlines.”

For Alaska Airlines, the sponsorship allows them to support local communities while helping to educate the next generation of leaders.