November 2016

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Boys basketball
Chief Sealth entertains Rainier Beach for an 8:30 p.m. game Friday as West Seattle goes on the road to Nathan Hale, then Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. the Wildcats are at home facing O'Dea as the Seahawks go to Nathan Hale.
Kennedy Catholic, meanwhile, faces a 7:15 p.m. home game against Kentwood on Thursday with Mount Rainier entertaining Kent-Meridian at the same time Friday. Tuesday's schedule has Mount Rainier hosting Kentwood and Tahoma visiting Kennedy.
Evergreen visits Tyee at 7 p.m. Thursday before entertaining Foster at the same time Tuesday. Tyee hosts Seattle Christian at 9 a.m. Saturday and Tuesday the Totems host Orting as Highline entertains Eatonville.
Seattle Christian hosts Northwest at 7 p.m. this Wednesday and Highline visits the Charles Wright Academy at the same time Thursday.
Seattle Lutheran travels to Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands for a 7:15 p.m. game Friday and stays for "Tipoff Classic" tournament action Saturday.

Girls basketball

A discretionary Land Use Application has been filed with Seattle's Department of Planning and Development to allow a five-story, mixed-use building at 9030 35th Ave SW, containing 40 apartment units and 3,200 sq. ft. of retail at ground level. Parking for 33 vehicles will be provided within the structure. The project includes 2,000 cu. yds. of grading. Existing structures will be demolished.

This site is two lots south of the West Seattle Library.

Here's the analysis and design review following the November 3 meeting.
ANALYSIS - DESIGN REVIEW
EDG Meeting Nov. 3:
Public Comments.

There was a question about how the number of proposed parking spaces was determined (38 spaces for 33 units) because on-street parking is limited.

By Amanda Knox

I’m actually glad Chris was just too old to be into Harry Potter back in the day. Although he was a fantasy and sci-fi nerd who read voraciously and regularly played Dungeons and Dragons, in 1997—when Sorcerer’s Stone was published—he was also fifteen. There were limits.

I, on the other hand, was the perfect age—ten. Thanks to the fact that my mom was an elementary school teacher who stayed apace of children’s literature, I received a U.S. first edition copy for my birthday just a month after it was published, and straight away, I read it all the way through. For the release of every book in the series since, I made a point of standing hours in line at Barnes and Noble, dressed in a hand-made purple cloak, waiting for midnight to strike so I could purchase my copy and stay up all night reading. I matured alongside the books. They made me laugh, cry, think. I returned to them again and again, read them in German and Italian. I even studied the supplemental material—Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages—and I gratefully absorbed Eliezer Yudkowsky’s epic fanfiction, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

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By Pat Cashman

The other day, the laptop computer I use for writing this splendid column starting behaving oddly. The written words were becoming repetitive and repetitive; the writing began to have mizpelings---and many of the paragraphs ended in mid-senten.

So I drove my laptop over to the same place I’d purchased it only four years ago. A guy sitting behind a counter called “The Genius Bar” gave it a quick once-over and then stated, “This keyboard is pretty dirty.” Only a genius could have come up with that. It made me think I should have taken my computer to a dry cleaners instead.
But upon further examination, Einstein’s doppelganger announced, “I’m not sure we can fix this thing. It’s a vintage model and it’s tough to get parts.”

Vintage? What did that mean? Did it mean that my laptop was an enduring classic---or that it looked like I had spilled a glass of classic 2006 Dom Perignon on the keyboard?

Discovery Shop
4535 California Ave. S.W.
206.937.7169
Nov. 25–Dec. 3. All items with yellow tags are $1.00 starting Nov. 27 and all items with pink tags are reduced 50% starting Dec. 1. On Dec. 3, pick a candy cane at check-out to determine your discount. Our shop is decorated for the holidays from the window to the back door and we have just what you need to decorate your home, some festive clothing to wear and a store full of unique gifts for everyone on your list. The all volunteer run non-profit American Cancer Society shop is open every Sun. 11 a.m.–3 p.m., all other days 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Follow our blog at www.discoveryshopwestseattle.org.

GriefShare
Grace Church
10323 28th Ave. S.W.
Every Sat. from Sept 10–Dec. 3, 10 a.m.–Noon. Grace Church, in West Seattle, will host a 13-week GriefShare recovery support group for those that have lost a loved one by death. You are free to start at any time. A one-time $15 charge will cover the cost of your workbook. For information please contact Grace Church, 206.937.8400 or Barb at 206.932.7459.

College Goal Washington
South Seattle College main campus

Two sides to the story

Police weren’t sure which side of the story to believe, when they responded to a call about a knife fight on the 6900 block of Delridge Way S.W. at 10:30 a.m. on Wed., Nov. 16. First they heard that a woman attacked a young man with a blade, before fleeing away on a bicycle. When officers caught up with the suspect, there was no knife to be found and she reported a whole other incident, saying she had been beaten up by the boy instead.

Police returned to the scene of the crime to interview the boy. He said the suspect was an old friend of the family, but she had not been getting along with the group lately. The young man said that when the woman saw him, she began to yell and then walked up and grabbed his sister by the hair. He tried to stop her and then she came after him swinging a machete. The boy’s younger sister said that she also saw the knife and yelled for her father, who called the police.

By Amanda Knox
 
I’m actually glad Chris was just too old to be into Harry Potter back in the day. Although he was a fantasy and sci-fi nerd who read voraciously and regularly played Dungeons and Dragons, in 1997—when Sorcerer’s Stone was published—he was also fifteen. There were limits.
 

The unmistakable and easily the largest single Christmas light display in West Seattle, The Menashe Family Lights in the 5600 block of Beach Drive SW. has a brand new feature this year. It's a 7 foot by 7 foot wooden star that carries 600 lights on it, That star was put in place on Sunday Nov. 27 with some very special help.

Seattle Fire Department Ladder 11 showed up with their super long ladder and Seattle Firefighters David Otis and Seattle Fire Lieutenant Nick Fleming went up to put the star atop a display (also new) with 5700 lights.

The display is lit nightly now through the holiday season.

The Menahe family, owners of Menashe Jewelry in the Junction have had the display for over a decade and it has grown every year to become a regional favorite.

By Gwen Davis

The Port of Seattle held a commission meeting this past week, where commissioners heard passionate testimony from the public opposing it’s near 3,000 tree-cutting project.

However, the Port listened to the public outcry over the past several months about the trees, and has modified part of the plan.

Firstly, the Port will establish an “airport community ecology fund" to support projects and programs to help offset the environmental impacts. A sum of $1 million will be allocated to the fund.

"The Port of Seattle Commission passed an item which creates a fund to work closely with area communities for tree replanting and other mitigation efforts,” said Port communications officer, Brian DeRoy in an email to the Times.

Specific environmental opportunities such as tree planting and projects funded by the program will be identified through consultation and outreach to the affected communities, according to a Port motion.