November 2015

On Nov. 21 at noon, The Museum of Flight and the Seattle Repertory Theatre present a behind-the-scenes look at the Rep's world premiere of the musical, "Come From Away." The play--open Nov. 13-Dec. 13--is based on the true story of when 7,000 airline passengers from around the world were diverted to the town of Gander, Newfoundland (population 8,000) after the New York attack on Sept. 11, 2001. The creative staff for "Come From Away" will talk about event and how it was made into a musical. The production's Chelsea LeValley will perform a song from the show.
 
See the Seattle Repertory Theatre Website for more about "Come From Away."

All proceeds to benefit the White Center Food bank, and First Place Scholars (K-5 School for kids at risk)

December 5, 2015
9:30 am– 5:30 pm

Joe and Julia’s home in West Seattle
8145 29th Ave SW; Seattle WA 98126; 206-650-4349
Framed and matted original art and photography
Photo and Art cards
Original books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry

Burien kids have been getting wet and muddy this fall, and learning valuable lessons about our ecosystem along the way. The Environmental Science Center (ESC) has kicked off the fall sessions of their Salmon Heroes program, which provides classroom and field study programs to local kids, giving them opportunities to investigate important environmental issues.

This year ESC’s Salmon Heroes program has benefited from a generous grant from Google, as well as other financial supporters. These grants will support them in their annual goals to close the opportunity gap for low-income students through environmental science field studies. Google’s regional charitable giving focuses largely on improving access to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs and green initiatives. The ESC Salmon Heroes program is a unique fit, since it links the environmental and STEM fields.

Burien’s biggest annual art sale and gala is little more than a week away.

You won’t want to miss it. Mark Saturday, Nov. 21 on your calendar now for Burien Art Association’s 8th Annual Vision 20/20 event. Vision 20/20 is at the Burien Community Center, 14700 6th Ave. S.W. with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

Sure, there will be the usual affordable art, buying frenzy, fun food from local restaurants, marvelous music, refreshing beverages and great raffle prizes.

But this year, there are a couple of exciting new twists:
Get a sneak preview of Burien Arts’ mind-bending Wearable Art Runway Show with live models.
And Burien’s economic development director, Dan Trimble will unveil the winners of the city’s “Storyboard Burien” photo contest. The city’s brand-new Film Office sponsored the photo contest to discover the best locations in Burien to film.

CHI Franciscan Health welcomes Tony McLean, market president for South King County. As market president, he holds responsibility for St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way and as of Jan. 1, 2016 will oversee Highline Medical Center, Burien. McLean has been serving as president of St. Francis Hospital since October 2008.
Mark Benedum, current president at Highline Medical Center is retiring at the end of 2015.
“This move toward regional leadership represents an important strategy for CHI Franciscan and will allow us to align our leadership structure to support the communities we serve better,” said Ketul J. Patel, chief executive officer of CHI Franciscan Health. “This will help us maximize the delivery of high quality, seamless care and improve access to our hospitals for patients throughout South King County.”

By Matt Wendland

25-year-old North Highline resident, Taylor Porter, was reportedly high on meth when he attempted to flee from a King County Sheriff’s deputy while driving a stolen motorcycle into oncoming traffic which killed his girlfriend who had been a passenger, according to King County prosecutors.

The crash took place on November 2, just three weeks after Porter had been released from jail after he violated release conditions on a felony drug charge. The 2008 Yamaha R6 motorcycle Porter was driving had been reported as stolen from an apartment complex in Kent on October 28th. Additionally, Porter had a warrant out for his arrest.

By Matt Wendland

25-year-old North Highline resident, Taylor Porter, was reportedly high on meth when he attempted to flee from a King County Sheriff’s deputy while driving a stolen motorcycle into oncoming traffic which killed his girlfriend who had been a passenger, according to King County prosecutors.

The crash took place on November 2, just three weeks after Porter had been released from jail after he violated release conditions on a felony drug charge. The 2008 Yamaha R6 motorcycle Porter was driving had been reported as stolen from an apartment complex in Kent on October 28th. Additionally, Porter had a warrant out for his arrest.

Highline boasts a long list of well-known and accomplished alumni and dozens of grads you haven't yet heard of who are making their mark on the world. One of those graduates is Kristina Baskett, a 2005 Mount Rainier High School graduate.

Highline is featuring Kristina in this month’s #HighlineAlum social media campaign. She currently works as a TV and movie stunt woman. Some of Kristina’s stunt work includes Modern Family, Glee, Scandal, Into the Storm, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She has also performed in Viva Elvis, a Cirque Du Soleil live show.
 
“I’m so grateful for the Highline school district. I have always had big dreams as a gymnast. They have always been so supportive since elementary school, middle school, and high school, and have given me everything that they could for my sport and my academics,” said Kristina.
 
Kristina started her career early as a gymnast. After becoming a Junior Olympic Champion, she earned a full ride gymnastics scholarship to the University of Utah, where Kristina finished her college career as an NCAA Champion on the uneven bars, 12-time All-American, and earned 7 NCAA medals all together.
 

Update 7:25
Only 20 customers on Beach Drive remain without power as crews from City Light work to get it restored. They expect that to happen by midnight.

Update 3:45
The power has been up and down as strong winds buffeted the Seattle area with power out earlier for nearly 5000 West Seattle customers. That outage was fixed pretty quickly with most back up inside of two hours. The most recent outage affects 79 customers along Beach Drive SW roughly between Edmunds Street SW and Brandon Street SW. Estimated time of restoration is after 8:30pm.

Update 12:00 Noon
Power was restored for nearly everyone on the West Seattle peninsula aside from three singular outages which remain.

Update 9:23am
The power has been restored for some of the nearly 5000 city light customers that lost it this morning with the number now 3179

original post
Seattle City Light reports that 4932 people lost power in West Seattle beginning around 8:36am. The outage is primarly along Beach Drive SW.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

West Seattle trio signs up for college

West Seattle High School held a College Signing Day Celebration last Thursday for three seniors that signed on to play college sports.
Gabby Wenn signed with Villanova to play softball, while Morgan McCullough penned his name to play baseball at the University of Oregon and Lydia Giomi signed with the University of Oregon to play basketball.
The celebration for the three Wildcats took place at the school library.

Burien's Hirsch bound for the UW

Burien resident Jacob Hirsch of O'Dea High School signed on to play baseball at the University of Washington.
He attended Three Tree Montessori and Sylvester Middle School before attending O'Dea.
Hirsch made the 2015 All Metro League first team and started out playing Little League in Burien.

Ugwoaba makes second team

Highline's Uche Ugwoaba made the GNAC second team for men's soccer out of Western Washington University.
The Nigeria native who went to Highline Community College made GNAC honorable mention last year.