June 2016

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Semipro
Highline Bears
The Highline Bears semiprofessional baseball team hosts the NWCL Elliott Pilots for a 7:05 p.m. game Thursday at Mel Olson Stadium at Steve Cox Memorial Park in White Center.
Highline will be at home again playing the Everett Merchants at the same time and place Friday before going to Edmonds Community College to take on the NWCL Emeralds at 7 p.m. Monday.

Pros
Sounders
Seattle visits New York Red Bulls for 4:30 p.m. professional soccer action Sunday that can be seen on FS1 cable television.

Mariners
Seattle is in Tampa Bay playing the Rays at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday and 10:10 a.m. Thursday before going to play the Red Sox at 4:10 p.m. Friday, 1:05 p.m. Saturday and 10:35 a.m. Sunday.
The Mariners visits the Detroit Tigers at 4:08 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.
All M's games can be seen on ROOT Sports cable television.

Rainiers
Tacoma is in Salt Lake City for 6:05 p.m. Pacific Coast League baseball action Wednesday and for an 11:05 a.m. game Thursday.

Diagnosed with leukemia on May 9th, he returned to his home in Wallace, South Dakota on his birthday, May 11th and passed May 30th, Memorial Day, at age 84.

Dennis was born in Florence, SD and was fifth of eight children. He graduated Class of 1950 from Wallace High School; joined the U.S. Navy in 1951 and served 4 years, receiving an honorable discharge.

Dennis married Joanne Loseth in 1952 and later moved to Seattle, WA for a position with Boeing. Dennis and Joanne had four children: Jerry, Nancy, Randy and Billy. After 2 years, he quit Boeing and started carpentry. After divorce in 1976, he started CORNER CONSTRUCTION, building custom homes until retirement in 1999, when he moved to Wallace, SD to restore the family farm.

He met Carolyn Bowes at a dance in 2000 and married in 2003. He helped build the new Community Center in Wallace where they hosted monthly dances for the past two years. He even had a road named after him.

Dennis enjoyed hunting, fishing dancing, and coached youth baseball in the Highline area for 17 years.

Bobby died peacefully at home, June 5, 2016. He was born Easter Sunday, March 28, 1937 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Bob and Vera Carrier. Growing up in the Burien area, he was graduated from Highline High School, joined the Air National Guard, and worked many years for Alaska Airlines. He survived his beloved wife of 54 years, Betty, by three months.
Bobby leaves his sisters Priscilla and Charmien, brother Ron, stepchildren Jack, Carolyn, Gina and their children, and many nieces and nephews to mourn his loss.
A memorial service will be held at 12:30 PM on June 22, 2016 at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, WA.

Published in the Highline Times section of the Westside Weekly, June 17, 2016.

Experts have been saying for some time that a massive earthquake, as high a a 9.0 is overdue in what is called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The name refers to a fault line and oceanic plate that extends from northern Vancouver Island to Northern California.

Since it is regarded as inevitable, first responders came together to drill on how they would perform should a disaster of this magnitude happen. June 7 though 11 teams from across the region participated in Cascadia Rising

On June 11 the various helicopter teams including King County, Snohomish County, Airlift Northwest, and the Washington National Guard (Northwest Regional Aviation team) flew between the SFD Joint Training Facility on Myers Way SW to Terminal 5, carrying people and equipment between the sites to simulate response and communication protocols.

In coordination with the Washington State Department of Emergency Management, a unified response with aviation resources from 10 different city, county and state jurisdictions included 6 aircraft moving resources and transporting injured patients.

Don't be alarmed if you see helicopters and more around Jack Block Park Saturday. It's a continuation of the Cascadia Rising disaster drill for a variety of agencies who need the practice in case of a real emergency.

The Northwest Regional Aviation team will come together at the Port of Seattle Terminal 5 for a day long series of helicopter drills that will utilize lifesaving skills necessary to meet the challenges of a regional disaster. In coordination with the Washington State Department of Emergency Management, a unified response with aviation resources from 10 different city, county and state jurisdictions including 6 aircraft will demonstrate the technical aspects of search and rescue, moving resources and transporting injured patients.

Observe landing and take-off procedures as multiple helicopters hoist and transport equipment and personnel in and out of the heliport base at Terminal 5. The community is invited to watch the helicopter rescue activities from the view platform located at Jack Block Park.

Agencies participating in the training:

• Airlift Northwest
• Bainbridge Island Fire Department

information from SDOT

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) advises drivers that the overnight closures of the Fauntleroy Expressway for bearing pad replacement will be delayed until 11:00 p.m. next Tuesday, June 14, and 10:30 p.m. next Thursday, June 16, due to the large crowds expected to attend Copa America Centenario soccer games at CenturyLink Field on those evenings.

The overnight closures of the Expressway that run from Sunday night through Friday morning normally begin at 9:00 p.m. and will be delayed on these two nights only. As is the case with any of these overnight closures of the Expressway, the road will reopen at 5:00 a.m. the following morning.

Construction crews are replacing the 674 bearing pads on the Fauntleroy Expressway, a complicated job requiring the bridge to be jacked from underneath to access and replace the bearing pads. Construction crews set the jacks from underneath the bridge during the day, with the actual jacking and bearing pad replacement occurring at night when the bridge is closed. The work began in mid-May, and is expected to require 40-50 weeknight closures to complete.

A 16 year old male was arrested by Seattle Police Friday, according to the Seattle Poiice Blotter, after he flashed a stolen handgun. Attempting to ditch it near Sealth High School didn't work.

SPD got a report that the suspect was showing off a handgun to a group of teenagers around 9:30am in the 8600 block of 24th Avenue SW and SW Cloverdale.

The Police Blotter states: "According to a 911 caller, the suspect had flashed a handgun in his waistband, pulled out the clip and then pulled the trigger of the empty weapon.

Police notified nearby Denny Middle School and Chief Sealth High Schools about the incident and began searching for the 16-year-old. Within nine minutes of the initial call, officers found the gun stashed in some bushes in the 8400 block of 26th Avenue SW and discovered it has been reported stolen in Snohomish County. Police found and arrested the 16-year-old minutes later and booked him into the King County Youth Service Center for unlawful possession of a firearm."

West Seattle High school's graduation ceremonies are set for 8pm June 21, at the Southwest Athletic Center 2801 SW Thistle Street.

The following is information posted on the West Seattle High School website:

Graduation is Tuesday, June 21 at 8:00pm at the Southwest Athletic Complex field.

Tickets will be available at senior breakfast. Each student will receive 10 tickets and may request more as seating is unlimited.

Seniors should be lined up for processional at SWAC no later than 7:00pm in order to participate in the ceremony.

Seniors who disrupt the formal nature of this ceremony in any way will be assigned a consequence at the discretion of administration prior to the diploma being released.

Balloons will not be allowed in the stadium. We request that you leave balloons in your car until after the ceremony.

Graduation ceremonies for Chief Sealth International High School class of 2016 are set for June 21, 5pm at the Southwest Athletic Center 2801 SW Thistle St.

The school has posted the following information on its website:

Tickets: This year we will be issuing tickets for the Graduation Ceremony. Tickets are free, and each graduate will be given 10 tickets to distribute. Tickets will be available starting June 6th. If you do not need all 10 you can return extras or give them to another student in need. Tickets are transferable (meaning if you don’t use yours, you can give them to another grad). Students needing more tickets can submit a request starting on June 1st, and all available extra tickets will be distributed by June 10th. The SWAC bleachers have ample seats for the senior class families, and we will do our best to make sure all reasonable requests for additional tickets are granted. Seats cannot be reserved and will be first-come, first-serve when the doors open at 4:00 p.m.

 
Diarrhetic Shellfish Poison (DSP) has been detected at unsafe levels in shellfish samples that were taken as part of routine shellfish sampling.  As a result, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has closed beaches to recreational shellfish harvest from Three Tree Point south to the Pierce County line, including Des Moines Marina Park, Saltwater State Park and Dash Point State Park.
 
The closure includes clams, oysters, mussels, oysters, geoduck and scallops.  Working with partners, Public Health – Seattle & King County is having advisory signs posted at beaches warning people to not collect shellfish.
 
Commercial beaches are sampled separately and commercial products should be safe to eat.
 
Although DSP has been a problem in European countries for some time, this is an emerging health threat for Washington.  Anyone who eats DSP-contaminated shellfish is at risk for illness. 
 
What are the symptoms of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning?