August 2015

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Three local teams will open their high school football seasons against each other in the Highline Public Schools Jamboree scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.

Evergreen and Highline of the Seamount League will be joined by Mount Rainier of the South Puget Sound League in the action at Highline Memorial.

Full games begin Friday, Sept. 4 with 7 p.m. games for Seamount League teams.

Evergreen visits Nathan Hale that night as Highline travels to Ingraham and Foster to Interlake.

Kennedy Catholic opens with a 1 p.m. game the next day at Highline Memorial against Rainier Beach.

The schedule for Friday, Sept. 11 has Highline at home against Nathan Hale at 5 p.m., Fife at Evergreen at Highline Memorial at 8 p.m., Foster hosting Sammamish at 7 p.m. and Kennedy traveling to Seattle Prep at 6 p.m.

The Seamount League regular season opens Thursday, Sept. 17 when Evergreen plays Hazen in a 7 p.m. game at Renton Stadium.

Highline hosts Lindbergh at 8 p.m. the next day and Kennedy visits Renton at 7 p.m. as Foster travels to Cleveland for non-league action.

Center Mathew Barzal, left wing Ryan Gropp, head coach Steve Konowalchuk and team mascot Cool Bird of the Seattle Thunderbirds hockey team will take part in a Ceremonial First Pitch prior to the Seattle Mariners game on Wednesday, August 12, at 12:40pm at Safeco Field.

The Mariners are honoring the T-Birds and their fans for having five players selected in the 2015 NHL Draft in late June.

Barzal was selected with the 16th overall pick by the New York Islanders. Gropp was selected in the second round, 41st overall, by the New York Rangers. Keegan Kolesar was taken in the third round, 69th overall, by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Ethan Bear was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the fifth round, 124th overall. Gustav Olhaver, the T-Birds first round selection in the 2015 Import Draft, was selected by the Colorado Avalanche in the seventh round, 191st overall.

The Mariners play the Baltimore Orioles in the final game of a three-game series on Wednesday, August 12, at 12:40pm at Safeco Field.

Big gatherings seemed to be the rule rather than the exception for Night Out in West Seattle at least as large numbers of neighbors enjoyed getting to know each other, share block watch and emergency preparedness information and just enjoy a warm Seattle evening. Aug. 4.

The event, national in scope, is intended to curb crime by creating a stronger sense of awareness and community neighborhood by neighborhood.

More than 1400 such parties were held last year in Seattle.

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Update 4:15pm
The 1% lead that candidate Shannon Braddock held in the early returns has evaporated with a strong showing by Lisa Herbold now in front. She holds a 2% lead over Braddock as of 4:15pm Aug. 6. The top two finishers will go into the general election in November.

Asked for a reaction Herbold said, "In the last week of voting we ran an aggressive get out the vote effort, phone banking every night and doorbelling beforehand up through election day. People appreciate a candidate who's willing to run across the finish line, it's indicative of my workstyle too, I won't stop fighting until final bell rings.

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

The other day I got carried away and made a lot of ricotta. Because it is relatively low in salt, it doesn’t keep very long – about a week in the refrigerator. Therefore I had to find several recipes to use it up.

Think of ricotta as cottage cheese’s sophisticated older sister, but without a lot of added salt. Most cottage cheese contains about 500 milligrams of sodium per half cup, a hefty hit against the daily 1,500 -2,000 milligrams recommended for Americans. Most ricotta contains about 150 milligrams per half cup, even less if it’s homemade.

Use ricotta in lasagna and other pasta dishes, or mix into a dip or topping for veggies, crackers or pita. Since it isn’t super salty, ricotta pairs well with fruits and berries. It stars in the fancy Italian dessert cannoli, which are pastry shells filled with ricotta, powdered sugar, citrus and chocolate.

If you are adventurous, try making your own ricotta. As with making bread, you need to “babysit” it, but the work is minimal. You just need to be around to follow through. Equipment is simple: a thermometer, a colander and a cheesecloth.

Homemade ricotta

Hundreds of Ballard residents crowded the Ballard Eagles VFW Post 3063 parking lot last night for a community-led meeting to discuss the city’s actions leading up to the planned transitory homeless encampment in Ballard.

The Ballard Chamber of Commerce organized the meeting along with a group call Speak up Ballard, a group that started a petition asking the city to hold public meetings before deciding on an encampment location.

Last month the mayor announced plans to build a homeless encampment on NW Market Street. There was public backlash from Ballard business owners and residents after the plans were announced. Community members complained of little or no public engagement in selecting a site location. 1,300 local residents signed the Speak Up Ballard petition, asking time for public input and meetings with the mayor.

Enrique Cerna moderated the meeting. Mayor Ed Murray, Department of Planning and Development Director, Diane Sugimura, and City Councilman Mike O’Brien were invited to the meeting. O’Brien was the only one who attended. With ballots due the following day, O’Brien faced a throng of irritated voters alone.

Today the broker for the iconic Edith Macefield house in Ballard told a news conference that a non-profit has been chosen as the recipient, and that the structure will be donated and moved to a different location.

“The house really will float away, but not by air. I can’t possibly imagine a more wonderful ending for this chapter of the Edith Macefield story,” said listing broker Paul Thomas.

OPAL (“Of People And Land”) Community Land Trust at 286 Enchanted Forest Road on Orcas Island is the recipient of the Edith MaceField house. The organization offers working families a way to buy homes and potentially build assets through a community land trust. They use private and public grants to hold lands and build or refurbish homes.

According to Rural Family Economic Success Action Network (RuFES.org), five percent of Orcas Island working families own homes through OPAL Community Land Trust.

Shirle passed away July 5, 2015, in Des Moines, Washington. Shirle was born on February 18, 1928, in Jamestown, North Dakota, the daughter of Della and Paul Fritz.

She graduated from Tacoma Community College, majoring in accounting and became a successful credit union manager. Later in her career she was granted membership in the National Association of Credit Union Executives and was one of the first women to be granted this significant professional recognition.

In her youth, Shirle married her high school sweetheart, Richard Falk, and this happy couple lived together for more than 70 years. The couple raised three daughters, Lisa, Sherri and Richel. In her retirement years the couple participated in social and performance dancing and enjoyed traveling on cruise ships with their dance friends.

Shirle is survived by husband Richard, Sherri Falk and Richel Falk. Her family would like to express its appreciation to the staff at Judson Park senior living community in Des Moines for their excellent and kind care of Shirle in her later years.

Fireworks may be to blame for apartment fire in Tukwila

By Tim Clifford

On July 14 the Highline Times received a reader’s tip regarding nearly a dozen shots fired on 136th and Ambaum around 10 p.m., later that night confirmed by the King County Sheriff’s Office.

Now, according to Washington’s Most Wanted, the suspect in that shooting has been identified as Francisco “Paco” Mendez-Zendeja, who is on the run from the U.S. Marshalls Pacific N.W. Fugitive Apprehension Task Force.

On the night of July 14th a King County Sheriff’s Deputy was driving along Ambaum on patrol when he heard the sounds of men fighting from outside his window. Once he located where the sounds were coming from he saw a group of about 10 people fighting in the street. Using his loud speaker he ordered the group to break up and leave the scene.

The deputy recognized many members of the group as being gang affiliated.