November 2015

Highline Public Schools will host a Community Forum on Safety in Sports on Monday, November 16 at the Performing Arts Center from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
 
Join Q13 Fox anchor Marni Hughes as she moderates a panel discussion focused on safety in sports with an emphasis on signs, symptoms and treatment of head injuries. The panel discussion will be followed by questions from the audience. Parents, coaches and players are encouraged to attend. Event is open to the public.
 
Panelists will be:
Stanley A. Herring, MD, Clinical Professor UW, Director, UW Medicine Sports Health and Safety Institute, Co-Medical Director, UW Medicine, Sport Concussion Program, Team Physician Seattle Seahawks
Susan Enfield, Ed.D., Superintendent, Highline Public Schools
Terri McMahan, Director of Athletics, Highline Public Schools
John Miller, Assistant Executive Director, WIAA, USA Football, Certified Master Trainer

By Amanda Knox

Colin and I were driving home on a dark, rainy evening. The streets were hissing slick with wet. The lights from cars and traffic lights were bitingly bright. It had been a long day for the both of us, and I still had writing to do after another full day at the bookstore. Then we had each other on top of it all, distinct, separate beings, in it together.

We found ourselves stopped at the five-way intersection of 16th and Roxbury in White Center. It was rush hour, and lines of cars were crowding towards the crossroads from all directions. Pedestrians huddled in puffy coats beneath the street lamps. They looked cold.

“I find it interesting,” Colin mused, “That everyone stuck at this intersection right now is looking at it differently.”

Longtime Burien resident, Carol Tomlan passed away October 31, 2015 after a sudden illness, surrounded by her family. Carol enjoyed spending time with family and helping others. Carol is survived by her daughters, Rhonda Van Sickel (Jim) and Shannon Hinchcliffe (Ryan); two precious grandsons, Hayden and Carter (CJ); brother, Bob (Karen); sisters, Beverly Elliott (John) and Betty Waller; and 5 nephews and 3 nieces. She leaves a huge void in our family. A memorial service will be held November 14, 2015, 1 p.m., at Normandy Christian Church, 908 S. 200th St., Des Moines, WA. Guestbook: www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/

Published in The Highline Times Section of The Westside Weekly November 13, 2015

Longtime Burien resident, Carol Tomlan passed away October 31, 2015 after a sudden illness, surrounded by her family. Carol enjoyed spending time with family and helping others. Carol is survived by her daughters, Rhonda Van Sickel (Jim) and Shannon Hinchcliffe (Ryan); two precious grandsons, Hayden and Carter (CJ); brother, Bob (Karen); sisters, Beverly Elliott (John) and Betty Waller; and 5 nephews and 3 nieces. She leaves a huge void in our family. A memorial service will be held November 14, 2015, 1 p.m., at Normandy Christian Church, 908 S. 200th St., Des Moines, WA. Guestbook: www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/

Published in The Highline Times Section of The Westside Weekly November 13, 2015

Longtime Burien resident, Carol Tomlan passed away October 31, 2015 after a sudden illness, surrounded by her family. Carol enjoyed spending time with family and helping others. Carol is survived by her daughters, Rhonda Van Sickel (Jim) and Shannon Hinchcliffe (Ryan); two precious grandsons, Hayden and Carter (CJ); brother, Bob (Karen); sisters, Beverly Elliott (John) and Betty Waller; and 5 nephews and 3 nieces. She leaves a huge void in our family. A memorial service will be held November 14, 2015, 1 p.m., at Normandy Christian Church, 908 S. 200th St., Des Moines, WA. Guestbook: www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/

Published in The Highline Times Section of The Westside Weekly November 13, 2015

Fritz Waskowitz, the namesake of Camp Waskowitz – Highline School District’s Environmental Education facility, was honored as the Husky Legend at the University of Washington vs Utah football game on Nov. 7.  Carolyn Kach,  Assistant Director of Big W Club and Brand Development said “ Husky Legends are extraordinary individuals who have made an impact on the Husky Football program and its legacy.  This prestigious honor is given to the finest, most-decorated Football  student-athletes who have worn the purple and gold.”  

All escape 2-alarm fire in SeaTac
A 2-alarm fire spared the lives of residents of a two-story apartment complex in SeaTac though it left all five units completely uninhabitable. Reports of the fire were called into 911 operators just after 8 a.m. on Sun., Nov. 5. Emergency responders quickly arrived to the complex, located on the 19200 block of 11th Pl. S. only to find that half the building was already engulfed in flames. Four of the five units were occupied at the time of the fire but everyone was able to escape part in thanks to two people passing by who noticed the fire and made sure everyone got out safely. The two good samaritans were treated for smoke inhalation. The Red Cross arrived on the scene to help the nearly twenty residents of the building find temporary housing. According to Captain Kyle Ohashi of the Kent Fire Department, the fire was caused by something being left too close to a baseboard heater. Fire fighters found that there was only one working fire alarm in the entire complex. Though fire-fighters were able to put the fire out quickly, the entire apartment building is now uninhabitable.

Burien Arts Gallery’ s biggest ever exhibit opens this week.
“Bountiful Textures” presents works in textiles by Fiber 19 artists at the Gallery, 826 S.W. 152nd St., and baskets by Patricia Galavin, beginning Thursday, Nov. 5.

The Gallery also features Artists United artists Janet Price and Marta Creswell. They are diverse artists who work in several different mediums.

Because the exhibit is just too bountiful for one venue, fiber artists Sonia Grasvik and Gail Wax are presenting their fine-art quilts across the street at Skinperfect, 905 S.W. 152nd St.

You can meet all the artists at the Opening Reception on Friday, Nov. 6 at the Gallery, 6-9 p.m.

Burien Arts Gallery exhibits usually run for a month but Bountiful Textures will be on display until Dec. 26.

Fiber 19 is an eclectic group of mixed media fiber artists who meet to visit, support, critique and show their art. They came together at the Fiber Arts Certificate Program at the University of Washington in 2008.

By Eric Mathison

We were life-long cat owners. Nobody told us how much trouble it is having a dog.

Maybe it is just Otto, our Poodle mix rescue we’ve had for two years now.

There was the time he slipped his leash, ran into the middle of Ambaum Boulevard and disappeared for 10 hours. We hired a tracking dog who searched four miles around Burien looking for him.

Then there was that time he wolfed down a chocolate bar--foil wrapper included. We rushed him to the vet to have his stomach pumped.

Let’s not even go there about all those miles I’ve walked him, which contributed to my need for two hip replacements.

The incident last week started with our daily 10-minute walk from our condo in Burien down the woodsy path to the sewer plant and back. It’s Otto’s own once-a-day chance to run off leash. I didn’t even take my cell phone. I barely bothered to lock the front door.

Happily free, he romped down the path and veered off toward a part of the sewer plant.

Only a month removed from the latest hip surgery, I warned Otto, “You know, I can’t rescue you if get stuck in the brambles.”

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Nov. 7
Football
Seattle Luth. 52, Wash. School for the Deaf 12
Seattle Lutheran stayed alive by posting a decisive victory over the Washington School for the Deaf at King's High School in Shoreline on Saturday.
The Saints now advance in state Class B-8 action, paying a 7 p.m. visit to Naselle this Friday.

Girls soccer
Highline 3, Lindbergh 2
Highline's Pirates prevailed in Saturday's West Central District playoff match against Lindbergh at Franklin Pierce and now advance to play Black Hills at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Highline Memorial to open state action.
Central Kitsap 1, Kennedy 0
Kennedy Catholic came up one goal short of state in Saturday's loss to the Cougars at Sunset Chevrolet Stadium in Sumner.

Volleyball
Columbia River 3, Kennedy 2
The Lancers were edged by Columbia River in the West Central District Class 3A championship match played at Auburn-Mountainview on Saturday.
Kennedy Catholic advances to state play at the Toyota Center in Kennewick as the district's No. 2 seed.