June 2017

By Amanda Knox

(It’s worth noting that Chris and I had just spent two nights in a hot pink Bavarian hotel. The first night we slept in a turquoise room under the placid gaze of a swarm of golden cherubs and their electric candelabra. The second night we slept in a cave, complete with waterfalls and stained glass windows depicting a cartoonish blond woman from the 50s transported to the caveman era. It was magically, shamelessly gaudy. Oma would love it here! I thought. Alas, the hotel doesn’t allow pets, and Oma won’t be parted from Andy—her fat, old, co-dependent dachshund.)

I could barely keep my eyes open the entire four-hour drive back from San Luis Obispo to the San Francisco airport. My face felt swollen, like I had just wept for hours or was having an allergic reaction. I’m usually good for a car trip, especially if there’s an audiobook on, but now I was zombie-like, nauseated and cranky. Chris patiently blasted freezing air into my face and, when that wasn’t enough, pulled off the highway to let me take deep breaths in an abandoned parking lot.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Ryan Kolisch threw seven scoreless innings to lead the Highline Bears to a 3-1 win over the Kitsap Blue Jackets in Pacific International League semiprofessional baseball action Saturday.

Kolisch left with a 3-0 lead in the top of the eighth in favor of Mason Harris, who also threw a scoreless inning.
The Blue Jackets got one run back in the top of the ninth in the action at Mel Olson Stadium at Steve Cox Memorial Park in White Center, but the Bears held on for the victory to improve their season record to 2-3.
Chandler Michalek put the Bears on the scoreboard with a solo home run in the bottom of the second and Alex Sisley ripped an RBI single in the fourth to make it a 2-0 game.

Chris Hollabaugh hit a single up the middle to plate Tristan Wilhite for the third run in the fifth.
Next up for the Bears is a rematch with the Blue Jackets at 7:05 p.m. Sunday at Mel Olson. They host the Senators of Lacey at the same time and place Tuesday.

Seattle Police have arrested an 18-year-old man connected to a homicide that occurred last night in Ballard.

Police were dispatched to an address near the 300 block of NW 47th Street around 9:30 p.m. after a family member found a 55-year-old woman dead inside a house they shared.

Police say the woman had “obvious wounds. “Medics were dispatched but the woman had already passed.

The King County Medical Examiners Office has not released the woman’s name or the manor of death.

Homicide detectives and Crime Scene Investigators discovered information that led them to an address south of Seattle. They arrested the suspect at that location.

The suspect was booked at King County Jail and this case remains an active investigation. Police are not releasing any other details at this time.