January 2016

information from the city of Seattle

The city of Seattle is accepting proposals to the Neighborhood Park and Street Fund (NPSF) which supports improvements to neighborhood parks and streets proposed by the community. The deadline for applications is February 8, 2016.

The NPSF can be used for projects valued up to $90,000. Examples of park projects include minor playground improvements, trail upgrades, natural area renovations, park benches and tables, and accessibility improvements. Examples of street projects include sidewalk repair; crossing improvements such as marked crosswalks, curb bulbs, and pedestrian countdown signals; and traffic calming, such as traffic circles and radar speed feedback signs. Awarded projects will be completed in 2017.

To learn more about the fund or to propose a project, visit seattle.gov/neighborhoods/neighborhood-park-and-street-fund. Any individual, neighborhood group, or business group is eligible and encouraged to apply.

For questions, contact your Neighborhood District Coordinator with Seattle Department of Neighborhoods or Wendy Watson at 206-684-0719.

Brendan Kolding, a Democrat from West Seattle, has announced that he will run for the Washington State House of Representatives. Kolding will seek to represent the 34th District in Position 1 a position currently held by Eileen Cody.

in a press release Kolding outlined his campaign goals:

“My top priority is education,” said Kolding. “It is unacceptable that the State continues to be in violation of its Constitutional obligation to fully fund public K-12 education. The Supreme Court has made it clear that education funding is priority number one within the operating budget, and there is more than enough money to meet the additional four to five billion dollars that is needed. Once education is fully funded, then tough decisions will have to be made regarding cuts to other entities that fall within the operating budget. If the citizens of Washington are willing to accept more taxes to augment the budget, then funding can be restored to the non-education entities, but withholding resources from education until new funding sources can be identified is completely untenable.”

By Chef Jeremy McLachlan

There's nothing better to get those Christmas songs out of your head than a citrus cleanse. I hear the songs singing and ring ting tingling until I have a lemon drop! This month I am devoted to showing you how wonderful citrus can be. Tis the season for the best citrus and here's how you can preserve it and enjoy it in the spring. My favorite preserved citrus recipes are below. I love preserving lemons and oranges in sea salt or olive oil. This makes for a great vibrant treat in the middle of your spring cooking. It's also good for you, as nutrition blogger Kathy Kingen explains in Orange You Glad Its January?

Salt-Preserved Kumquats (or any Citrus) Recipe

Use any citrus in this recipe but I love the way kumquats taste and change with preserving. Salt-preserved kumquats are great added to just about any dish. They are wonderful chopped up and put into butter for smearing across bread, chicken or fish!

Ingredients

1 pound kumquats

By Chef Jeremy McLachlan

There's nothing better to get those Christmas songs out of your head than a citrus cleanse. I hear the songs singing and ring ting tingling until I have a lemon drop! This month I am devoted to showing you how wonderful citrus can be. Tis the season for the best citrus and here's how you can preserve it and enjoy it in the spring. My favorite preserved citrus recipes are below. I love preserving lemons and oranges in sea salt or olive oil. This makes for a great vibrant treat in the middle of your spring cooking. It's also good for you, as nutrition blogger Kathy Kingen explains in Orange You Glad Its January?

Salt-Preserved Kumquats (or any Citrus) Recipe

Use any citrus in this recipe but I love the way kumquats taste and change with preserving. Salt-preserved kumquats are great added to just about any dish. They are wonderful chopped up and put into butter for smearing across bread, chicken or fish!

Ingredients

1 pound kumquats

By Kathryn Kingen

The holidays are over and the calm of January is here. It's like a big deep breath after the frenetic holiday rush. The first of the year is a great time to take stock, size things up (or down as the case may be) and take an optimistic step into 2016. This season of Northwest weather can make that cheery outlook a bit of a challenge. As the rain and snow bring down the moisture that keeps us so gorgeously green, we need to find some colorful inspiration. Tat, tat, tah da! Let the clouds part for the flash of the optimistic orb. Make way for sunny citrus.

By Kathryn Kingen

The holidays are over and the calm of January is here. It's like a big deep breath after the frenetic holiday rush. The first of the year is a great time to take stock, size things up (or down as the case may be) and take an optimistic step into 2016. This season of Northwest weather can make that cheery outlook a bit of a challenge. As the rain and snow bring down the moisture that keeps us so gorgeously green, we need to find some colorful inspiration. Tat, tat, tah da! Let the clouds part for the flash of the optimistic orb. Make way for sunny citrus.

 
by Georgie Bright Kunkel
 
            In centuries past people worked from dusk to dawn without a break for Sunday. However, after Christians began to celebrate the Sabbath, there was at least one day of rest.  In my childhood, Sundays were spent at church and in quiet activity. My mother attended a church that was an alternate form of the Baptist. Since there was no church meetings of her particular denomination in our town, I went with my babysitter to her church.  Since my father died before I was born, my babysitter was very important in my life.

She supervised all my childhood activities until I was old enough to get myself off to school by myself. I gained my early self confidence from the attention that this early relationship provided me.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Jan. 2
Boys basketball
Seattle Lutheran 82, Shoreline Christian 37
Seattle Lutheran crushed Shoreline Christian in a road game Saturday.

Girls basketball
Seattle Lutheran 47, Shoreline Christian 21
The Saints scored a victory at Shoreline Christian on Saturday.

Wednesday, Dec. 30
Girls basketball
Sultan 55, Tyee 48
Tyee came close to victory in a Meridian Holiday Tournament game Wednesday.

Boys basketball
Mountlake Terrace 49, West Seattle 43
West Seattle went down to its first loss of the season in a holiday tournament game at Mountlake Terrace.
Ferndale 75, Highline 72
Highline fell three points shy in a non-league game Wednesday.
North Kitsap 72, Chief Sealth 58
Chief Sealth took a loss in action in Poulsbo.

Tuesday, Dec. 29
Boys basketball
Shorewood Christian 58, Lummi 48
Shorewood Christian defeated the Lummi Nation school in a road game Tuesday.
West Seattle 60, Marysville-Pilchuck 43

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Boys basketball
The Seamount League has a full slate of games scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, when Highline hosts Foster and Evergreen entertains Renton as Kennedy Catholic travels to Hazen and Tyee to Lindbergh.
Mount Rainier gets a 7 p.m. visit from Kentlake on Thursday and Seattle Lutheran visits Puget Sound Adventist at 7:30 p.m. that day.
Kennedy will be at home playing Evergreen at 7 p.m. Friday as Hazen hosts Tyee, Highline travels to Lindbergh and Foster to Renton. Seattle Christian is at home playing Vashon at the same time.
West Seattle entertains Eastside Catholic at 8 p.m. as Chief Sealth hosts Seattle Prep and Shorewood Christian hosts Evergreen Lutheran.
Wet Seattle is at home against Stadium at 6:30 p.m. Saturday with Mount Rainier traveling to Tahoma at 7 p.m. and Seattle Lutheran going to Northwest Yeshiva at 8:45 p.m.
Scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday are Kent-Meridian at Mount Rainier, Cascade Christian at Seattle Christian and Seattle Lutheran at Rainier Christian.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Ishikawa available as free agent

Looking for a well-traveled, slick-fielding first baseman who can also play the outfield and hit clutch home runs to send your team to the World Series?
Federal Way graduate Travis Ishikawa is available on the free agent market coming from the Pittsburgh Pirates after hitting the clinching home run for the San Francisco Giants in the 2014 National League Championship Series.

Conger traded to Tampa Bay

Federal Way native Hank Conger was traded this off season to the Tampa Bay Rays from the Houston Astros.
The veteran catcher joins Highline High School graduate Ryan Brett in the Rays' organization.
Brett is a second baseman who played briefly for the Major League team before going down with an injury in May.

Brittany McPhee buries 21

Brittany McPhee from Mount Rainier High School buried 21 points for the Stanford University women's basketball team to help it to a 59-34 win at Arizona on Saturday.

McPhee scores 17 for SPU