September 2016

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Football
Mount Rainier will bring its 3-0 season record into a 7 p.m. game against Hazen at Highline Memorial this Friday and Chief Sealth will entertain Garfield at the same time at the Southwest Athletic Complex.
Kennedy Catholic goes to French Field to play Kentridge at the same time as Evergreen travels to Foss, Foster to Washington and Highline to Orting.
West Seattle will visit Ballard at 7:45 p.m. Friday at Seattle Memorial and Seattle Lutheran hosts Tulalip at 1 p.m. Saturday at West Seattle Stadium.

Girls soccer
Mount Rainier hosts Hazen for 7:30 p.m. action Thursday with Kennedy going to Kentridge at the same time. JFK is at home against Kentlake at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Starfire and Mount Rainier visits Kent-Meridian at 7:30 p.m.
West Seattle visits Garfield at 7 p.m. Thursday and visits Shorewood at 5 p.m. Saturday before dropping in on Cleveland at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Chief Sealth hosts Garfield at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Seattle Homicide detectives have solved a case that lay dormant as a cold case for 42 years. The suspect died in 2013 but they now know who shot and killed Michael Vanderpool on May 5, 1984, in West Seattle.

Jonah Spengenthal-Lee writing for the Seattle Police Blotter wrote:

Around 1:45 AM that morning, a motorist spotted Vanderpool lying in an alleyway in the 7700 block of 16th Avenue Southwest. Officers found Vanderpool, then 36, dead from a gunshot wound to his chest.

Police canvassed the neighborhood, but weren’t able to find any witnesses to the murder. However, police later received a call from one of Vanderpool’s relatives, who said he’d been seen the night of the murder with another man, Gary Tolliver.

Tolliver was reportedly volatile, was known to carry a gun, and ran in the same circle of methamphetamine users as Vanderpool. Detectives interviewed Tolliver in 1984, but weren’t able to gather enough evidence to arrest him.

The illegal tree cutting in the West Duwamish Greenbelt of West Seattle last spring has finally resulted in legal action by the City of Seattle. In a press release from Pete Holmes City Attorney he said the City of Seattle is suing the homeowners for $1.6 million in damages

From the office of Pete Holmes, Seattle City Attorney:

“Earlier this year, the City learned of unpermitted improper tree cutting on City property in West Seattle near the 3200 block of 35th Ave. SW. Today, the City filed two lawsuits, naming people the City believes were involved in the tree cutting. The property is in an environmentally critical area on a steep slope. Approximately 150 trees of varying sizes, including many big-leaf maples and Scouler’s willows, were felled.

“My office has been involved in the City’s response. We launched an investigation to assess the extent of damage and identify the responsible parties. To that end, we retained a consulting arborist to assess the damage and prepare a comprehensive restoration plan.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Sept. 17

Football
Kentwood 41, Kennedy 40
Kennedy Catholic came up one point shy in an old-fashioned shootout as it opened North Puget Sound League action Saturday at home against Kentwood.

Volleyball
Skyview 3, West Seattle 0
The Wildcats took a loss to Skyview in a non-league match Saturday.

Friday, Sept. 16

Football
Mt. Rainier 38, Tahoma 6
The Rams ran their overall record to 3-0 with Friday's win in their North Puget Sound League opener in Maple Valley.
W.F. West 34, Highline 14
The Pirates fell short in a non-league game Friday.
It was the second game of a double-header at Highline Memorial.
Washington 41, Evergreen 0
Evergreen fell to the Patriots in the opener of Friday's twin bill.
White River 28, Foster 0
The Hornets blanked the Bulldogs in Friday action.
Sammamish 40, Chief Sealth 34
The Seahawks took a close loss in a high-scoring road game.
Neah Bay 70, Seattle Lutheran 32
The Saints were outgunned in Friday's eight-man football game at West Seattle Stadium.

Sweet Mickey’s Candy Shoppe near Ballard Common Parks was the site of a Labor Day weekend armed robbery and owner, Randy Brinker, is talking about the incident.

According to Brinker Saturday September 3, a six-foot-tall white male wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses and a headband covering his mouth, entered the store around 7 p.m., and demanded all the money in the drawer from the 20-year-old female employee. The Seattle Police Department reports that the victim said his voice was deep and quiet, and she couldn’t hear what he said. She said “Pardon?” and the man pulled out a silver revolver and raised it up. She gave him the money, and he walked west toward QFC grocery store. She told police she was “Terrified.”

“It was still light outside and usually there’s people in the park, people walking their dog, there’s people coming out of Jo-Ann Fabrics — just activity in the area, and for some reason at that particular moment of time there was no one around – that’s when it happened,” said Brinker.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Sept. 17

Football
Kentwood 41, Kennedy 40
Kennedy Catholic came up one point shy in an old-fashioned shootout as it opened North Puget Sound League action Saturday at home against Kentwood.

Volleyball
Skyview 3, West Seattle 0
The Wildcats took a loss to Skyview in a non-league match Saturday.

Friday, Sept. 16

Football
Mt. Rainier 38, Tahoma 6
The Rams ran their overall record to 3-0 with Friday's win in their North Puget Sound League opener in Maple Valley.
W.F. West 34, Highline 14
The Pirates fell short in a non-league game Friday.
It was the second game of a double-header at Highline Memorial.
Washington 41, Evergreen 0
Evergreen fell to the Patriots in the opener of Friday's twin bill.
White River 28, Foster 0
The Hornets blanked the Bulldogs in Friday action.
Sammamish 40, Chief Sealth 34
The Seahawks took a close loss in a high-scoring road game.
Neah Bay 70, Seattle Lutheran 32

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Kela runs record to 5-1

Chief Sealth graduate Keone Kela has improved his win-loss record to 5-1 as a member of the Texas Rangers' bullpen.
The second year player, who has only thrown 29 innings this season because of injury, has 39 strikeouts and a 6.52 earned run average.

Barnette lowers ERA to 2.15

Thomas Jefferson graduate Tony Barnette now has a 6-3 record as another Texas Rangers relief pitcher and has lowered his ERA to 2.15.
Barnette has 47 strikeouts over 58.2 innings of work for the American League Western Division leaders.

Ishikawa finishes at .257

Federal Way graduate Travis Ishikawa finished with a .257 batting average for the Sacramento Rivercats of the Pacific Coast League, picking up 69 hits in 268 at-bats for the Class AAA affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.
Ishikawa wound up with 13 doubles and 12 home runs and had 31 runs scored and 55 RBI.

Conger wraps up year at Durham

Ballard resident, Rudy Pantoja Jr. a.k.a. “Hugh Mungus” never dreamed he’d be accused of sexual harassment at Seattle City Council meeting for what he believed to be a playful redirection, and now after a video of the incident has gone viral, Pantoja is speaking out.

The Seattle City Council meeting was held in August to discuss the new North Precinct, which is controversially called “The Bunker” by some activists who say the $143 Million facility is too much without marked police reformation relating to racial targeting and use of force.

Zarna Joshi, an anti-bunker activist, was among some activists at the meeting and filmed the video that recently went viral, which starts with Pantoja being interviewed by the media. When the interview is finished, Pantoja approaches Joshi, and he asked her if she wants his name, and he says “Hugh Mungus,” with a smirk.

The 8th Annual Highline Classic Jazz Festival, this Saturday September 24 from 3 to 11 p.m., will feature Swing dancing at "The Dance Hall" venue, one of five music venues.

The Parrish Hall at St Elizabeth's Church, 1005 S.W. 152nd St., will host five dance bands, beginning with The Generals 7 Dixieband at 3:20 and ending with Casey MacGill's 13-piece Swing Orchestra from 10-11 p.m.

The Generals 7 Dixieband is a detachment of the 133rd Washington National Guard Band, which entertains audiences throughout Washington with Dixie standards, swinging arrangements of your favorite military marches and a sweet taste of New Orleans groove with a hint of Red, White and Blue.

Casey MacGill's Orchestra always includes the top Swing and Jump players in the area, and this year the horn and reed sections are augmented by some truly great Traditional Jazz practitioners from New York and Canada.

Casey leads the band from the piano, deftly switching to ukulele as the arrangement demands. He's the whole package: multi-instrumentalist, arranger, vocalist, band leader, composer and he always brings the authentic look and feel of the Swing era to his performances.

On Oct. 14 the Museum hosts "Spaceman: An Evening with Astronaut Mike Massimino," a reception, lecture and book signing with the engaging spacewalker who refurbished the Hubble Space Telescope during two shuttle flights, including the fifth and final Hubble servicing mission. Massimino is an aerospace engineer, space robotics expert and has played himself on two episodes of TV's hit, "The Big Bag Theory." The reception begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by a lecture and book signing from 6:30 to 8 p.m.