March 2017

By Amanda Knox

Just under a year ago, my sister Delaney asked me to read and help edit her senior thesis project—an essay about her year volunteering at a local youth tutoring center. “You gotta help me, Amanda,” she pleaded. “I can’t use the verb to be.”

“That’s weird,” I said. English uses to be not only to define states of being, but also as an auxiliary verb, a necessary component of many verb conjugations. Without to be, light is neither a particle, nor a wave. Without to be, I will not be! I scowled. “That can’t literally be what your teacher wants. She probably just doesn’t want you to use passive voice, like, the milk was spilled, as opposed to, I spilled the milk.”
“No!” Delaney huffed. “I can’t use to be at all! I’ll get marked down! Help!”

By Peggy Sturdivant

The village is coming to Ballard. Or should I say being reintroduced to an area that has become more urban than village? After successfully establishing a multigenerational community surrounding Phinney Ridge the PNA Village is expanding its geographic boundaries to include Ballard and Fremont.

The PNA Village is a program of the Phinney Neighborhood Association, with offices at the Greenwood Senior Center. On Saturday, March 18 at 4 p.m. there will be an informational session at Ballard Library for local residents to learn about what it means to be part of the village, whether as member, volunteer, or both.

As usual when I hear about a wonderful program I wanted to sign up on the spot. A book club, cooking class, discussion groups, the ability to ask for help, and connect with interesting people. Potlucks, writing groups, decluttering…

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.