December 2015

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Boys basketball
West Seattle will host Thomas Jefferson for a 6:30 p.m. game Wednesday, then Kennedy will host its own Christmas Classic tournament starting at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
The tournament continues Monday and Tuesday, when Seattle Christian will be playing at a tournament in Port Townsend.

Seattle Lutheran will see tournament action at Northwest on Tuesday and Wednesday as West Seattle plays in the MountlakeTerrace tournament.

Shorewood Christian pays a 6 p.m. visit to Lummi Nation Tuesday.

Girls basketball

Mount Rainier will see action Wednesday, hosting Auburn for a 7 p.m. game.
Kennedy Catholic is putting on its Christmas Classic tournament Monday and Tuesday, with Tyee opening tournament action at the Meridian Holiday Tournament starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday and continuing Wednesday.

Highline hosts Interlake at 7 p.m. Tuesday and West Seattle visits Olympic at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Wrestling

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

McPhee enjoys solid weekend at SPU

Mount Rainier graduate Jordan McPhee swished in 12 points in a 76-62 Seattle Pacific University win over Eastern New Mexico on Friday and hit 11 in a 60-53 loss to Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday.

McPhee also had four assists, four rebounds and one steal in Friday's game and had four rebounds, three steals and two blocks Saturday.

Brittany McPhee knocks in nine

Fellow Mount Rainier graduate and twin sister Brittany McPhee scored nine points for Stanford University in its 93-38 victory over Cornell on Saturday after being held to one in a 69-55 win over Tennessee on Wednesday.
MPhee had four rebounds in Wednesday's game, however, and one rebound and one steal in Saturday's.

Collier contributes for Huskies

Seattle Christian graduate Katie Collier had five points and five rebounds for the University of Washington women's basketball team in its 78-43 victory over UC Riverside on Friday.

Walton tallies 12 points for UW

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Highline's Pirates prevailed despite having only six players present Friday.

The Highline girls basketball team had to hang on for a 38-36 victory over Evergreen in its short-handed state.

"We have four girls injured right now and one sick," said Pirates head coach Darrin Stolz after the action in the Wolverines' gymnasium. "So five able bodies were down. So that's why we were doing what we were doing."

What the Pirates had to do was avoid too much foul trouble, although they still lost 5-foot, 9-inch freshman starting post Stella Fosberg to her fifth foul.

"Everyone knew she had four fouls except Stella," said Stolz. "She had four fouls and then she got her fifth."

Senior guard Jenny Hovland, on the other hand, did finish the game despite having four fouls in the first half.

Because of the player shortage Stolz had to bring up two junior varsity players for the game.

One of them was Joyce Muliaganotoa, who would up pacing the Pirates with 13 points.

"She's a dynamo out there," said Stolz. "She may never go back now. She played really well."

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Highline's Pirates prevailed despite having only six players present Friday.

The Highline girls basketball team had to hang on for a 38-36 victory over Evergreen in its short-handed state.

"We have four girls injured right now and one sick," said Pirates head coach Darrin Stolz after the action in the Wolverines' gymnasium. "So five able bodies were down. So that's why we were doing what we were doing."

What the Pirates had to do was avoid too much foul trouble, although they still lost 5-foot, 9-inch freshman starting post Stella Fosberg to her fifth foul.

"Everyone knew she had four fouls except Stella," said Stolz. "She had four fouls and then she got her fifth."

Senior guard Jenny Hovland, on the other hand, did finish the game despite having four fouls in the first half.

Because of the player shortage Stolz had to bring up two junior varsity players for the game.

One of them was Joyce Muliaganotoa, who would up pacing the Pirates with 13 points.

"She's a dynamo out there," said Stolz. "She may never go back now. She played really well."

BURIEN, WASH. – Last week, the City of Burien received the geotechnical report on the state of the Dec. 8 mudslide. In accordance with the report, the City is keeping the evacuation order in effect for the two houses which sustained damage in the slide and allowing the other three evacuated houses to resume occupancy only upon performing further geotechnical studies of their property to make sure it is safe.
 
According to the report, the land around the slide is likely to remain unstable throughout the coming months due to precipitation. Individuals who have been monitoring the area indicate that erosion continues along the slide area but movement appears to have slowed and the debris piles do not seem to have moved noticeably over the past several days of drier weather.
 
The geotechnical team assembled to assess the site reviewed the overall geology of the area, recent weather patterns, the size and shape of the slide, the pitch of the slope, the permeability of soil, the movement of water through the soil, and many other factors to arrive at their recommendations.
 

A Burien resident was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after a car crash in a northwest Burien neighborhood. The accident took place just before 6 p.m. on the evening of Dec. 6 near the intersection of Southwest 117th Street and 12th Avenue S.W. Emergency responders arrived on the scene minutes after it was reported only to find a late-model Toyota Camry stopped in the middle of the intersection, a Burien man laying in the road, and the driver of the crashed vehicle waiting for police. The victim was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with severe injuries and was admitted in critical condition. The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene with no reported injuries and has not been charged with any crime. While the identities and ages of the driver and pedestrian have yet to be released, the accident is currently being investigated by the King County Sheriff’s Office. 

Crimes reported between 11/29/15 and 12/13/15

Home and Business Break-in/Burglary:

Born February 5, 1924, Bud passed away peacefully at home December 3, 2015
Beloved by his family and friends, Bud celebrated and lived life to the fullest.
Memorial service will be held Wednesday, December 30th, 11:30 a.m., at Tahoma National Cemetery,18600 SE 240th St., Kent, WA; followed by a reception at Unity Place, St. Francis of Assisi Church, 15246 21st Ave. SW, Burien. In lieu of flowers remembrances may be made to: Make Art with Purpose, Bud Engelstad Arts Education Fund, 726 Haines Ave., Dallas, TX 75208.

Published in The Highline Times Section of The Westside Weekly December 25, 2015.

OLYMPIA - Following an analysis of the entire marijuana marketplace in Washington State, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) today heard a recommendation from staff to increase the number of retail marijuana stores from the current cap of 334 to a new cap of 556. The methodology for the cap will be part of emergency rules which will be announced Jan. 6, 2016. The allocation of retail licenses determined by the board will be published on the WSLCB website at lcb.wa.gov.

"Our goal was clear; to ensure medical patients have access to the products they need," said WSLCB Director Rick Garza. "There will be more storefronts for patients going forward than are available today. In addition, qualified patients can grow their own or join a four-member cooperative."

By Rachel M. Anderson, Contributing Writer 

There are mysteries that date back to the early days of Christianity. What happened to the bones of the Virgin Mary? Where is the Star of Artemis? Did Jesus leave writings?

Some say Mary ascended to heaven after her son, Jesus, died on the cross. Others say her tomb is in the Kidron Valley at the foot of Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Another theory is that she was buried near her home near Ephesus, a Turkish city once considered the trade center of the ancient world. Could Ephesus also contain the sacred star and writings?

In the new novel, The Ephesian Artifacts, by Seattle University and Evergreen High School graduate Patrick W. Ledray, it is the latter theories that are explored. Ledray will be at Burien Books, located at 824 SW 152nd St, in Burien, Wash., on Wed., Dec. 23, 2015, between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. for a reading and signing from his new novel, and the public is invited to attend.