September 2015

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

A late Lindbergh lead held up for a 21-14 win over West Seattle in the non-league season opener for both teams Friday.
The visiting Eagles overcame a 14-13 deficit in the action at the Southwest Athletic Complex.
DeMarco Sales scored on a 6-yard touchdown run with 3:10 to play and teammate Darrien Sawyer-Lamb hauled in a two-point conversion for the lead.

West Seattle then surged as far as the Lindbergh 28 before being stopped two yards short on a fourth down play.
The Wildcats jumped out to an 8-0 lead with 7:11 to go in the first quarter as Jonathan Cheth ran for a 2-yard TD right after teammate Joseph Kirk-Woodbury returned a fumble 60 yards.
Rico Saeteurn then ran left for a two-point conversion.
Lindbergh cut the lead to 8-7 with 2:40 left in the opening quarter.
Samuel Nehren threw a 10-yard touchdown to Sawyer-Lamb and Timothy Reitz booted the extra point.
James Duncan put the Eagles up 13-8 on a 43-yard TD interception return with 2:13 left in the second quarter but a run for two failed.

By Amanda Knox

ArtsWest Theatre’s 2015-2016 season bears a loaded title: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Success. It promises to confront a theme with which all Americans are familiar but appreciate across a full spectrum of perspective. It is the American dream: what it was, what it is, what it may turn into, and what that says about who we, as Americans, are.

It is an ambitious theme, especially post 9/11, when the shock of that tragic attack still resonates, uniting and dividing us. To open up the conversation, ArtsWest gives us Green Day’s rock opera about dejected and lost innocence in the post-9/11 era, American Idiot.

Even more ambitiously, ArtsWest is offering two ways to experience this musical. One is the Observational, where you sit back and enjoy the show from the comfort of your seat, as you would expect to. The other is Immersive, where you’re up on your feet, traveling through and around the stage, glimpsing into the different perspectives of the three separate protagonists in a nonlinear adaptation of the show.

ArtsWest artistic director Mathew Wright has this further to say about the production:

By Chef Jeremy McLachlan

Summer is deflating and we are entering the months where you can break out that frayed sweater you love. This month I want to introduce you to a great flavored local fish that is overlooked in a lot of fish markets and restaurants. The fish I am talking about is rockfish.

This bottom dweller of the Pacific Northwest is known for both its ugly looks and abundance, but the flavor is outstanding. Rockfish is found all along the West Coast but mostly along the Washington and Oregon Coasts. There are tons of different species sold under different names, but the Pacific rockfish, also called Oregon rockfish or Pacific snapper, are fillets that are mild and slightly sweet. They're versatile and affordable and good for you, too, as my fellow blogger Salty's Co-owner Kathy Kingen says, Oregon Rocks!

by Kathryn Kingen

Oregon rocks, oh, yes it does. The Oregon State has spawned some seriously famous rock music talent over the years, such as the Kingsmen, whom the University of Washington owes for its fight song "Louie Louie." (Isn't it nice to see how well we share here in the Northwest?) Oregon also has "world-wonderful status" rock upcroppings, like the monolith called Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach. Travelers come from around the globe to check out that intertidal geologic spectacle. These are bulwark-like examples of how awesome the State is, but the rock from Oregon I'm really jazzed about is its incredibly delicious rockfish.

Courtney Gregoire, Port of Seattle Commission Co-President and daughter of former Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire spoke at a special "State of the Port" luncheon at Jack Block Park on Sept.3.

The event was sponsored by the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce.

Her remarks addressed new executive hires, the expansion of the Cruise Terminal at Pier 66, the growth of the ports, the SeaPort alliance, the future of Terminal 5, the cleanup of the Duwamish River, SeaTac Airport and the need for a modernized International Arrivals Facility, and job growth at the Port.

Here is the text of her speech:

New Executives
o Last year, when my co-president Stephanie Bowman was here speaking with you, we had just hired a new CEO – Ted Fick.

o In the past year, Ted has taken the wheel with both hands and is now navigating well through all of our lines of business.

o He’s hired five new executives in the past five months, and he’s looking for two more to lead the aviation and maritime divisions beginning next year.

o He is bringing in professionals with a wide range of experience in the private and public sectors.

In light of the recent fires in eastern Washington, Village Concepts’ retirement and assisted living communities throughout Washington state are coming together to show their support for the cause through their Village Concepts Cares program. To raise money for the victims, El Dorado West will be hosting a spaghetti feed on from Thursday September 3, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at 1010 SW 134th Street,Burien WA

The Village Concepts Cares program was created by Village Concepts to give staff and residents from each of their 15 Washington residences a platform to respond and lend their support in the wake of disasters or other tragic events. Donations are greatly appreciated and will be accepted in the form of checks or cash.

All proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross.

Four talented printmakers—Betsy Best, Sam Hamrick, Theresa Neinas and Chris Rollins will display their work Sept. 2 thought Oct. 3 at the Gallery, 826 S.W. 152nd St. in Olde Burien.

Come meet the artists on Friday, Sept. 4 at the Opening Reception, 5-8 p.m.
“In recent years I have traveled from Seattle to Italy and Japan to learn both eastern and western relief printmaking techniques and traditions,” Betsy Best explains. “I challenge myself to incorporate aspects of both in all of my work. The work included here was produced over the course of several years and demonstrates my ongoing attempt to balance the graphic nature of western woodcut practice with the delicacy and gradations included in the Japanese printmaking tradition.”

Notes Sam Hamrick, “”I am primarily interested in people, whether it’s a figure in landscape, a portrait or one of my skeletal musicians.

“My aim is to bring out the individual character or personality of each of each of my subjects and perhaps by doing that shed a little light on one particular aspect of the human condition.”

Highline High School graduate Uche Ugwoaba is back for his senior season as a midfielder for the Western Washington University men's soccer team in Bellingham.
Ugwoaba, who is originally from Lagos, Nigeria, is a three-year letter winner who started every game the past three seasons.
He was all-GNAC honorable mention last year, and a second-team selection the previous season.

Kela keeps improving

Chief Sealth graduate Keone Kela has continued to improve his pitching record with the Texas Rangers.
The reliever has lowered his earned run average to 2.72 over to go with a 6-5 record and one save in 59 games.
Kela has also struck out 59 batters in his 53 innings of work.
The Rangers will be playing in Seattle next week.

Ishikawa goes on DL

Federal Way graduate Travis Ishikawa has been placed on the 15-day disabled list for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Conger catches for Astros

Federal Way native Hank Conger is now hitting .212 (32-for-151) as a catcher for the American League West-leading Houston Astros.
Conger has eight doubles and eight home runs to go with 20 runs and 21 RBI.

SEATTLE, Wash. – The number one seeds dominated at the National Volleyball League Seattle Championships with Dave Palm & Eric Zaun and Brooke Niles & Karolina Sowala taking home titles. Both teams won straight matches in extreme weather conditions throughout the weekend to get into the finals on Sunday.

Coming off a victory at the Hermosa Beach Championships, Palm/Zaun won another hard-fought three game match going 21-18, 11-21, 16-14 over No. 7 seed Drew Mallin & Ryan Vandenburg. This is Palm’s third win in 2015, partnering with Mike Placek for the Panama City Beach Championships to defeat Erik Haddock and Roberto Rodriguez-Bertran.

Niles/Sowala conquered No. 2 seed and reigning women’s champions Vivian Cunha & Raquel Goncalves Ferreira, 10-21, 21-19, 15-10. Niles/Sowala opened the season with a win at the Panama City Beach Championships, defeating Cunha/Ferreira in a close two game match.

The Whittaker/ Whole Foods development currently under construction on Fauntleroy Way SW is on track for a completion in 2017 say the developers Lennar Multifamily Communities.

Development Manager Kelley Kohout, said while some changes are inevitable in a project of this size, there are none that the public would notice.

"We are on track. There are two buildings of course, the north building and the south building. The South Building will be coming on line first, in the summer of next year likely in August. Occupancy of the building apartments will begin immediately. Then the north building will be complete in the Spring of 2017.

Once the north building is complete, it will be turned over to Whole Foods for them to perform their lease hold improvements.