November 2016

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Boys basketball
The Winter sports season opens Saturday with Chief Sealth hosting a jamboree at 11 a.m. that also includes West Seattle and Seattle Lutheran.
West Seattle turns around to host Mountlake Terrace at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Kennedy, meanwhile, will play in a jamboree at Kentridge at 2 p.m. Saturday before hosting Olympic at 7 p.m. Monday.
Evergreen hosts the Highline Public Schools Jamboree on Monday at 7 p.m. with Mount Rainier, Highline and Tyee paying a visit.
Highline hosts Lynnwood at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Tyee travels to Bush at 5:45 p.m.

Girls basketball
Kennedy and Mount Rainier will be among the teams playing in a jamboree at Auburn on Saturday with Kennedy going on to host Chief Sealth at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Tyee is putting on the girls version of the Highline Public Schools Jamboree at 7 p.m. Monday with Mount Rainier, Highline and Evergreen dropping by.
Highline then goes to Decatur at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Girls bowling
Kennedy visits Todd Beamer for 3 p.m. action at Secoma Lanes on Tuesday.

information from South Seattle College

South Seattle College will host College Goal Washington events on Dec. 1 and Jan. 19 to help current students and community members considering college complete their financial aid applications. Sponsored by the Washington State Achievement Council, these events are free and open to the public.

The first step in getting money for college is to file your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA). U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens can file the FAFSA. People who are unable to file the FAFSA due to immigration status can file the WASFA.

South will have experts at each event ready to answer your questions and help you complete your 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 applications. Regardless of which college you plan to attend, we are here to help you take that next step!

Event times and locations
Thursday, Dec. 1, from 2-7pm, in LIB 217 and 219.
Thursday, Jan. 19, from 2-7pm, in LIB 217 and 219. Free tax preparation available at this date as well!

Two land use applications to allow construction of two 3-story residential buildings each containing 12 apartment units have been filed with the Seattle Department of Planning and Development. Parking for six vehicles at each buling would be provided at grade. The existing single family residences would be demolished.

The applicant for the projects is Giang Vo.

The addresses in question are 3017 and 3026 Charlestown Street SW, near Avalon Way SW.

If you would like to obtain some well considered financial advice, contact Sarah Cecil 206-938-6017.

Brought to you by Sarah Cecil Financial Advisor with Edwards Jones Investments.

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Duwamish Longhouse Native Holiday Gift Fair
Duwamish Longhouse
& Cultural Center
4705 W. Marginal Way S.W.

In 1990 the music people were listening to had fallen into a sameness, a pop drift that needed the tendency of rock to re-invent itself. In Seattle that kind of spirit was brewing under our often leaden skies in local bands whose personal demons drove them to write and perform darker themes and song structures. The local band Mother Love Bone led by Andrew Wood tapped into that spirit and became the foundation for the kind of soaring transcendence that was distilled in the music of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Wood’s personality was powerful, according to the members of Temple of the Dog (TOTD) whose members include Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell and four members of Pearl Jam, Mike McCready Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Matt Cameron. Wood’s sudden death in 1990 inspired the formation of TOTD and the original 2 song tribute became a complete album which reached Number 5 on the national charts in 1992, in part due to the strength of the single "Hunger Strike" which featured Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder.

By Pat Cashman

Recent polls show that recent polling’s approval numbers are sinking faster than a canoe made of Swiss cheese.

Not only is public confidence in polls getting lower---now comes more bad news: America itself is getting lower too. We are no longer the tallest country in the world.

To be clear, it is not the country itself that is shorter than it used to be; it is the people within it. The tallest country would probably be the one that has all those Himalayan Mountains in it.
But the facts seem irrefutable. In fact, a study that first came out nearly a decade ago has become even more apparent: We simply do not lead in the vertical measurement department. We used to be tallest; we aren’t anymore. We’ve had shrinkage.

In the next United Nations group photo we may no longer get to stand in the back row, unless it is on tiptoe.

Police chase burglar on foot

The owners of a home located on the 5300 block of S.W. Shore Place had only stepped out for about 20 minutes, when an unwanted guest entered their residence. They reported the burglary of multiple pieces of jewelry around 3:30 p.m. on Sun., Nov. 13. Their son arrived and said that two guns were stolen as well. Officers contacted a neighbor who witnessed the incident. She said a silver Ford SUV backed into the drive way and a 6’ tall man threw items into the back of the car, before driving off. She wrote down the license plate number, which police traced to Avis rental car services. At 5 p.m., the neighbor called to say the suspect’s vehicle was back in the driveway. Officers spotted the vehicle at S.W. Admiral Way and California Avenue S.W. The suspect had gone on foot, running south on 41st Avenue S.W. Police got a K-9 unit to track him. Police found the man walking east on S.W. Lander Street, chased him and eventually detained the man for investigation. The witness positively identified him, and the suspect was transported to King County jail.

By Amanda Knox
 
Oma’s first Thanksgiving in the United States wasn’t much of a Thanksgiving. She shipped off before the end of Opa’s deployment in Germany, alone except for their first child, my uncle Mickey. She spent the unfamiliar American holiday in Seattle with Opa’s mom, and didn’t think much of it, because she didn’t think much of her mother-in-law, who was in the habit of demanding extra rent from Oma at the end of each month. Also, they served raw oysters, and Oma disliked having to pick the sand out of her teeth.
 
Oma’s next Thanksgiving was much better. Ironically, it was back in Germany. My mom Edda was born by this time, on the military base. Another military couple joined Opa and Oma’s little family for dinner, brought the turkey. Oma contributed what has become her signature dish: red cabbage spiced with clove and apple. Opa told her the story about the Mayflower and the Native Americans, and Oma, a history buff, drank it up. This time, the holiday felt like family, and reminded her of Erntedankfest, the harvest festival, when the first wines of the season were uncorked.
 

The West Seattle Kiwanis club started something pretty special 70 years ago. They started their annual Community Pancake Breakfast. That special event will be held again Dec. 3 at the Alki Masonic Center at 4736 40th Ave. SW starting at 7am.

The cost is $10 at the door or $8 before the event and kids under 10 are FREE with a paid adult.

You can expect pancakes, juice, coffee, and more.

Santa photos for the kids are part of the fun and to make sure other kids have a good Christmas Toys for Tots will be collecting all new, unwrapped toys you can donate.