BTB Advertiser Archery Bistro (located at the Normandy Park Towne Center), would like our Readers to know about their latest food specials and events.

Happy Thursday! Thanks to all of you who came out last Sunday for our Waterbrook Wine Dinner! It was great! The winemaker was handing out prizes after testing the diners on their wine knowledge! Don’t forget, the Normandy Park Hoop Fest will be taking place in our parking lot here at Archery Bistro this Saturday! We will be offering various lunch items and ice cold beers!!! Come down and check it out! Starting in August (dates to be determined) we will be doing “Hot August Nights.” Our parking lot will be transformed into a classic car show, with music, food, and drinks! Stay tuned for more info. Geez there is a lot going on down here! Sundays we have been selling food at the Music In the Park concert series at Mar Vista Park. We will be there this weekend selling some of our signature items!! Bring cash!! We have many events lined up for the month of August so we won’t be doing an August wine dinner. However, we have an award winning winery, Dutch John’s from Wenatchee, slated for September. It is sure to be a delicious evening! Stay tuned for the menu! Until next time!!! – Chef Brandon

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Elder Watch, a non-profit group which provides advocacy for elderly crime victims will be on hand promoting their valuable service as will the Des Moines Senior Activity Center and the Des Moines Normandy Park Hyde Shuttle. Des Moines animal control officer, Jan Magnuson, will be providing information on pet licensing, safety and the changes that have taken place with the city handling their own pet shelter processes. South County Fire and Rescue will have a fire truck on display and will be providing safety information as well as blood pressure and glucose checks.

New Vendor at the Market

Photo by Carmen Scott

Another addition to this year’s market, new meat vendor Mountain Beef. Mark and Amy Ramsden and kids are real ranchers. They use no motorized vehicles or electricity in their duties. Mark is in the saddle seven days a week and commented “this is joy ranching, if you figured out my hourly salary, it would be less than minimum wage.” Their ranch of 150,000 acres (they lease the land) is located on the Washington Oregon border in the Snake River Valley and mountains. All the beef is 100% free range grass fed. They specialize in providing families frozen beef orders for a year. They butcher the cattle in September and deliver 85,000lbs in October to Seattle area customers.

Get your toe-tapping shoes on and head down to Des Moines United Methodist Church on Sunday, August 8 to see the up-beat and entertaining rhythm and blues band Sister Wives.

This all-female band provides smokin’ hot music with a lead singer who belts it out like Bonnie Raitt and a youthful electric guitar player who plays jaw-dropping guitar solos. This Salt Lake City band is concluding its NW tour in Des Moines, WA.

Advance tickets are $12 and can be purchased through the church office. $15/day of concert. All profits are going to the youth and music ministries of the church.

For more information contact Des Moines United Methodist Church at 22225 9th Avenue South in Des Moines at 206-878-8301 or visit their website.

Sponsored by the Des Moines Arts Commission and the Associated Students of Highline Community College, the one-day arts festival will be held throughout the downtown Des Moines Marina District. It will showcase the incredible pool of local talent and feature the works of professional, college, secondary school and elementary school artists. Art will be displayed at various businesses and special venues.

For further information, contact Cora Morrison at desmoinesflorist@gmail.com or Vickie Bergquist at Vickie@vickieinsurance.com.

Here’s this week’s upcoming concerts:

The award-winning group played a mix of contemporary and traditional music from Ireland and Scotland. They even slipped a Canadian piece into their set!

The concert series continues on August 1 at 5:00 PM with a double-bill of Recess Monkey and the Normandy Park Youth Orchestra.

Photographer Michael Brunk was at last Sunday’s concert and put together this slide show set to music by Craicmore. Be sure to check your volume before clicking!

Click to Play Michael Brunk’s Photo Slideshow

Chef Ariel has over ten years experience creating healthy, flavorful meals and desserts for private clientele in Seattle and Los Angeles. She’s dedicated to supporting local businesses and farmers by supporting sustainability, flourishing community food systems and healthy communities.

The demonstrations will help to educate market patrons about ways to live healthier lives with new edible options. According to Chef Ariel, “It is truly exciting to have the opportunity to share with others my passion of transforming fresh produce and herbs, healthy eating and culinary vision into a healthy, mouth-watering creation.”

Chef Ariel will be conducting demonstrations each week at the market.

Here is this week’s featured receipe:

Kale and Chard Summer Delight

1 lb Kale
1 lb Chard
1 can Coconut Milk
1/2 cup White Wine
1 cup Raisins
1 tsp Cinnamon

Chop roughly kale and chard, add to skillet with 1/2 cup white whine, 1/2 can coconut milk. Add raisins and cinnamon, cover and let cook for 3 to 5 minutes.

Serve with meat dish for an entree. Have for lunch or just as a snack. Either way this is a health meal for an occasion!

The First Annual Normandy Park Hoop Fest, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, will be held on Saturday, July 31st at Normandy Park Towne Center.

The event is sponsored by the City of Normandy Park Police Department with generous support from Normandy Park Athletic, Desert Sun, Wayne’s Service Center, Archery Bistro (NPB Advertiser), QFC, Allied Waste and Puget Sound Energy.

The tournament will include up to 16 teams with trophies awarded to 1st and 2nd place teams.

In addition to locals slam dunking over each other, there will also be food and a beer garden.

Registration for Normandy Park Hoop Fest can be completed online at: www.normandyparkwa.gov. To download the registration form, click here (PDF file).

Normandy Park Hoop Fest will serve as the kick-off event for “National Night Out,” which is Tuesday, August 3rd.

For more information contact Mary at (206) 248-8256.

Here are the rules:

1. Each team must register at least three players on or before the date of the tournament. Maximum roster size is four players per team. No additions, deletions and/or changes may be made after a team’s first game has started.
2. Teams using players not officially registered or using falsified information on rosters will be automatically disqualified from the event. Team captains are responsible and will be held accountable for all information.
3. The format of the tournament will be determined once all teams have entered. The tournament director reserves the right to change the format based on external events (i.e., inclement weather).
4. The court monitor will be the official timekeeper/scorekeeper and will be responsible for mediating all disputes. He/she has the right to overturn a call on the court if there is a justified reason to do so. The court monitor’s interpretation of the rules is final. In the event the court monitor cannot solve a dispute, a coin flip will be made to determine the outcome of the dispute.
5. Physically or verbally threatening or abusing a court monitor is cause for immediate disqualification.
6. Players and/or teams may be removed from the game at the discretion of the court monitor for abusive behavior, flagrant fouls or rough play. Unruly fans may also be removed from the area.
7. Teams must be at their court at the scheduled time. A five?minute forfeit time will be strictly enforced.
8. Each team must start and finish the game with at least two players.
9. A coin flip at the start of the game will determine first possession.
10. Successful shots taken from inside the 3?point line will be worth 1 point, while baskets made from outside the line are worth 2 points. Both feet must be clearly behind the line (when the shot is attempted) for the shot to count as two points.
11. All games are played to 21 points (win by 1) or 20 minutes (running clock), whichever comes first. The tournament director reserves the right to change the number of points and/or time limit due to external events.
12. If the game is tied after the 20 minutes have elapsed, then the game will be completed with a sudden death playoff. A coin flip will determine possession.
13. Player substitutions will be permitted on any deadball situation.
14. The player who is fouled is responsible for calling the foul. The foul must be called immediately in a clear and loud manner and all action must stop. If the player is fouled while shooting and makes the basket, the basket counts (the foul is ignored) and the opposing team takes possession. Otherwise, the team that was fouled retains possession and the ball is checked in as usual.
15. If a defensive player calls a foul on himself, the offensive team may continue to play even if the defense stops. If the offensive team chooses to stop play when a defensive player calls a foul, then action stops and the ball is checked in as usual.
16. On the 6th team foul, the player fouled will be awarded the option of shooting a free throw or retaining the possession of the ball, checking it in as usual. If the player elects to shoot a free throw, all other players must stand at least three feet behind the shooter. Regardless if the free throw is made or not, the opposing team takes possession.
17. If the court monitor rules that a foul was flagrant or meant to cause harm, the player fouled will shoot one free throw and that team will keep possession of the ball. The player called with a flagrant foul will get one warning. Any further flagrant fouls will result in immediate ejection from the game.
18. Any player(s) involved in fighting or continued misconduct will be disqualified from the tournament and will not be allowed to participate in future tournaments.
19. An unwritten 30?second shot clock is in effect at all times and may be enforced by the court monitor at his/her discretion. Once the court monitor has announced that the shot clock is in effect, each team has 30 seconds to get a shot off. The shot must make contact with the rim of the basket for the shot clock to be restarted. A defensive foul also resets the shot clock.
20. There is an imaginary 3?second lane near/under the basket. There is no camping in this lane. “Camping” violations are at the discretion of the court monitor. The court monitor will give a warning. Subsequent infractions will result in loss of possession.
21. Jump balls always go to the defense. They do not go to the team that yells “first”.
22. If a ball goes out of bounds and players and the court monitor cannot decide who gets possession of the ball, then a coin flip will decide possession.
23. The top of the backboard is out of bounds. The sides and bottom of the backboard are in bounds.
24. Shots that hit nothing (i.e., airballs) which are rebounded by the shooter without anybody else touching the ball is considered traveling and results in a turnover.
25. Timeouts – one 30?second timeout per team per game is permitted.
26. The court monitor has the right to make a ruling on any issues that are not covered within these rules.

Our friends at the Highline Historical Society (we’re members, are you? Join here) are looking for people who worked at Sea-Tac Airport or for an airline or airport vendor between 1930 and 2000.

If you have a story to tell about your time spent at the airport, or if you have personal mementos such as photos, uniforms, ephemera (contracts, tickets, advertisements, schedules, etc.), or even home movies taken at the airport, the Historical Society would like to hear from you.

The Society can make careful copies of photos and documents and return the originals to the owner in pristine, museum-quality conditions.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of preserving the history of Sea-Tac Airport, and of documenting its impact on the communities of Highline. Donors of memories and memorabilia will be entered in a drawing to win a dinner for two at Mick Kelley’s Irish Pub in Burien.

If you can help out, please contact the Society today by calling 206-246-6354, or by e-mailing editor@highlinehistory.org.

Here’s a great photo courtesy the historical society, of Opening Day of Sea-Tac International Airport, taken in July, 1949 (more great photos here):

• Friday/Saturday/Sunday – Olde Burien Sidewalk Sale
• Friday/Saturday/Sunday – “Withering Heights” at the E.B. Foote Winery
• Friday/Saturday – Local Kids Perform in “Robinson Crusoe” at Des Moines Field House
• Saturday – Business Showcase and Cooking Demonstrations at the Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market
• Saturday – Mount Rainier High School’s Class of 1980 Reunion Cruise
• Saturday – White Center Fall and Winter Gardening Class
• Sunday – “El Tianguis Mercado Latino” street market in Burien Town Square
• Sunday – Breakfast/fund-raiser and diaper collection for WestSide Baby at White Center Eagles
• Sunday – Dinner/fund-raiser for Orphan Relief and Rescue at 909 Coffee and Wine Bistro
• Sunday – Fundraiser Carwash for the Highline Blue Sox
• Sunday – Wine Dinner featuring Waterbrook Winery at Advertiser Archery Bistro (Call for reservations)
• Sunday – Normandy Park’s Free Concert at Marvista Park Featuring Contemporary Celtic Music by “Craicmore”

Know about an event we missed? Feel free to share the details in a comment!