March 2017

By Lindsay Peyton

The Washington Voting Rights Act seems simple enough on the surface.

The measure aims to empower voters -- and ensure they feel represented in local elections.

Most of the state employs at-large voting systems, which often discriminate against minorities. The Washington Voting Rights Act would allow cities to switch to a district-based system.

Both Democrats and Republicans agree there is a need for reform – but each party has introduced a different bill on the issue.

State Senator Mark Miloscia, R-Federal Way, introduced two bills – SB5067 and SB5068, while State Senator Sam Hunt, D-Olympia, and State Representative Mia Gregerson, D-SeaTac, are offering a competing proposal, HB 1800 and SB 5267.

The bills are currently in the Rules Committee.

There are a number of differences between the two. For example, the Democrats’ bill would give cities eight months to change their voting system, while the Republican option would require 18 months.

Miloscia argues that major changes are needed in the bill Gregerson and Hunt are sponsoring.

Men commit armed robbery while posing as FBI agents, return goods

By Lindsay Peyton

What most people would consider a pile of junk mail, old paperwork and discarded magazines looks totally different in West Seattle resident Linda McClamrock’s eyes.

She sees art supplies in paper of all varieties – from a mail order catalogue and sewing patterns to sheet music or the tissue paper in which a shopkeeper wraps a purchase.

McClamrock carefully cuts out words from articles to create messages in her pieces, builds mosaics from tiny selections of images and replaces brush strokes with strips of torn paper in her desired palette.

"I use whatever paper I can get my hands on," she said.

McClamrock’s most recent collages are currently on display in her first solo show, held in the Burien City Hall, 400 SW 152 St. The space is located on the third floor of the Library building and open during business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday through the end of March.

The show is entitled "Every Season Has Its Own Beauty." She explained that the inspiration came from bare trees in winter, after their leaves have fallen.

In 2004, the FBI raided a terrorist safe house in Annandale, Virginia and discovered a copy of the plan for the Muslim Brotherhood’s take over for America..titled “ An Explanatory Memorandum of the Strategic Goal for the Group in North America”.

By Teanna Gentry

"The grass isn't always greener on the other side, it's greener where you water it." This quote from the vice president of my old medical company recently popped back into my head when I was on the hunt for what's new and exciting in Burien businesses. For this go around, and because this quote has me thinking about green things, like grass, I wanted to take a dive into businesses that deal with products and goods from our good ole Mother Earth. We live in a very dynamic community and recently many people have been drawing attention to the bad & ugly around us. Today I want to focus on the good.

Reaching out to a librarian – for a gunshot wound
Around 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, a man walked into Boulevard Park library, 12015 Rosenberg Ave S, with a gunshot wound in his stomach. He was not able to identify a suspect – and was transported to Harborview to receive medical care.

Robbery in the Thriftway parking lot
A college student from Vietnam, currently residing on the 12000 block of Rosenburg Ave, was robbed of his backpack by a suspect carrying a handgun around noon on Monday, Feb. 27.

Hit and run at Chase Bank
At 11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, a silver 2003 Chevrolet Malibu hit the side of the ATM drive-through wall at Chase Bank, 222 SW 150 St. The driver took off and fled.

Came in through the front window
A woman residing on the 700 block of SW 156 St. was fast asleep when an unknown suspect snuck through a front window and stole her purse. She reported the theft at 10 a.m. the following morning, Monday, Feb. 27.

Missing items at the Marriot

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Fastpitch softball
Chief Sealth opens its season with a 4 p.m. visit to Mariner this Friday and hosts Vashon Island at the same time Tuesday.
Kennedy plays in a jamboree on Mercer Island Saturday and Seattle Christian hosts Seattle Prep for a 4 p.m. game Monday before visiting Washington at the same time Tuesday.
Evergreen will host Tyee at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Baseball
Chief Sealth and Seattle Lutheran both play in a 2 p.m. Wednesday jamboree at Meadowbrook, then Chief Sealth goes to Mariner for 4 p.m. action Friday, hosts Eisenhower at 12 p.m. Saturday, goes to Cleveland at 4 p.m. Monday and hosts Vashon Island at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
West Seattle visits Seattle Prep at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Steve Cox in White Center and hosts Thomas Jefferson at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Kennedy hosts a jamboree at 1 p.m. Saturday and Tyee visits Mount Rainier at 4 p.m. Monday before going to Franklin at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Kennedy also plays Bonney Lake at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Pacific Lutheran University.
Seattle Christian goes to Auburn at 6 p.m. Monday.

Vixit!*
Beloved wife, sister, aunt, stepmother, grandmother and dear friend to all; Janet died as she lived, boldly, fearlessly, surrounded by family and friends and deeply loved.

Janet was born in Lafayette, Indiana. She was proud of her Midwestern roots and remained nostalgic about friends, farm and family there throughout every chapter of her adult life. Janet attended college at Indiana University Bloomington where she majored in journalism. Post-college Janet enjoyed an illustrious career as Advertising Director at Marshall Field’s. It was there that Janet was dubbed the "Media Queen of Chicago."

information from Seattle City Light

Starting in mid-to-late March 2017, Seattle City Light’s contractor, Magnum Power LLC, will be replacing aging utility poles in parts of its service territory in West Seattle. This project will enhance electrical reliability by replacing older poles in the system. The installation of new poles, wire and equipment relocation is an important investment in infrastructure.

Crews will be working in the following areas:

· SW Elmgrove St to SW Sullivan St (east of California Ave SW)
· SW Holden St to SW Southern St (west of 35th Ave SW)
· SW Thistle Street to SW Henderson St (west of 35th Ave SW)
· SW Kenyon St to SW Trenton St (east of Delridge Way SW)
· SW 122nd St to SW 126th St (west of 1st Ave S)

Highlights from the project:

· The entire project is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2017. Daily work hours are from Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Crews may be working in other areas before transitioning to these construction areas.