West Seattle, Washington

24 Wednesday

48℉

day : 31/03/2011 17 results

The WSBeat: Tool time; bad timing; tree trouble; more
March 31, 2011 11:56 pm
|      1 COMMENT
 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle police | WSBeat

By Megan Sheppard
On the WSBeat, for West Seattle Blog

From reports on cases handled recently by Southwest Precinct officers:

*Around 3:30 Tuesday morning, an officer was on patrol near 12th and SW Holden when he startled two males who were in the middle of removing the wheels and tires from a parked vehicle. The suspects ran through the yards of some neighboring houses and weren’t caught, but their apparent illicit activities might have been curbed just the same: The officer helped himself to the assortment of tools they left behind — a floor jack, lug wrench, crowbar and pry bar — and deposited them in the evidence room.

*An Alki-area man didn’t take a breakup too well. Despite his ex’s demand that he cease contact, he repeatedly called her in the middle of the night. When she didn’t answer, he decided to call 911 early Tuesday and report that she was outside HIS residence, threatening to “kill me and bust in my windows.” What he didn’t know was that an officer was at the woman’s house at that very time, taking her harassment report. The ex-boyfriend ended up being booked into King County Jail for investigation of domestic-violence harassment and false reporting.

Six more summaries after the jump:Read More

Share This

Alki Tavern reels in crowd for ‘Deadliest Catch’ visitors
March 31, 2011 10:13 pm
|      16 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle people

Story and photos by Jen Boyer
Reporting for West Seattle Blog

More than 50 people gathered at West Seattle’s family-owned Alki Tavern to meet stars from the reality TV show Deadliest Catch tonight.

Deckhands Scott Hillstrand of the F/V Time Bandit and Jake Anderson of the F/V Northwestern dropped by to meet fans, sign autographs and promote the upcoming season of the show, which premieres on Discovery Channel April 12.

“We’re really excited that these guys chose our little tavern to start their tour of appearances in promotion of the new season,” said Gill McLynne, manager of the Alki Tavern. “It was all kind of a stroke of luck for us. …”

Read More

Share This

Free Resume and Job Search Workshops at South Seattle Community College
March 31, 2011 9:13 pm
|    Comments Off on Free Resume and Job Search Workshops at South Seattle Community College
 |   Announcements

Spring workshop schedule announced

South Seattle Community College’s WorkSource Center is pleased to announce six free job search workshops this spring. No registration is required, but seating may be limited and is on a first come, first serve basis. For more information please call (206) 934-6822.

Classes are held on Wednesdays from 4:30 – 6 pm on the South Seattle campus, in the WorkSource office located in RSB 79 (at the north end of the campus).

Date                                        Workshop

April 13                                   The New Job Search in the New Economy

April 27                                   Effective Resumes

May 11                                    Job Interview Basics

May 18                                    The New Job Search in the New Economy

May 25                                    Online Job Search Basics

June 8                                      Effective Networking for Employment

South Seattle WorkSource Spring hours: 
Monday                       8 am – 5 pm
Tuesday                       8 am – 5 pm
Wednesday                 8 am – 6 pm
Thursday                     8 am – 5 pm
Friday                         8 am – 4:30 pm

South Seattle Community College is located at 6000-16th Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98106.
Driving directions

For additional information contact South Seattle Community College WorkSource Center at (206) 764-5304.

Share This

Love Songs are in the air in West Seattle
March 31, 2011 8:47 pm
|      1 COMMENT
 |   Announcements

Chorale from the University of Puget Sound to perform concert in West Seattle

The Chorale from the University of Puget Sound, directed by Dr. Anne Lyman, is proud to present LOVE SONGS at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in West Seattle.

LOVE SONGS features a variety of choral works from all periods. The program opens with Thomas Tallis’s immortal If Ye Love Me, a tender anthem from sixteenth-century England. Erev Shel Shoshanim, a Hebrew love song about an evening garden in bloom, is based on a dance song popular throughout the Middle East. Young love is emphasized in Dello Joio’s Come to Me, My Love, followed by maternal love in Eric Whitacre’s A Seal Lullaby. The choral portion of the concert closes with upbeat pieces such as selections from Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes and Alfven’s folk tune, A Maiden is in a Ring Now. The concert also features a variety of student soloists performing on piano.

Open to the entire University of Puget Sound community, Chorale is a non-auditioned mixed ensemble that meets twice weekly. Through repertoire drawn from a multiplicity of style periods and genres including world choral music, members establish a musical foundation of vocal technique, music theory, and sight singing. Dr. Anne Lyman is conductor of choirs at University of Puget Sound, Artistic Director of the Seattle Bach Choir, and is founder and director of CANONICI: Consort of Voices. She is available for an interview and can be reached at 253-720-5359 or at alyman@pugetsound.edu.

DATE AND TIME:  April 17, 2011 at 3 PM

LOCATION:  St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church
3050 California Ave SW 
Seattle, WA  98116-3302 
206-937-4545

TICKETS: Free-Will Donation

Share This

Native American Community Coffee Chat with Dr. Susan Enfield, Interim Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools
March 31, 2011 8:24 pm
|    Comments Off on Native American Community Coffee Chat with Dr. Susan Enfield, Interim Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools
 |   Announcements

March 31st at the Duwamish Longhouse, (4705 W Marginal Way SW), 6:30-8:00 pm.

Dr. Enfield is grateful to have this opportunity to meet and talk with Native families and community members about the educational issues that matter the most to you and your family. She looks forward to listening to your feedback, concerns, and questions. Free event more information at Brown Paper Tickets. 

 

 

Share This

It’s her birthday, but Marnie Devlin wants to give others a gift
March 31, 2011 6:32 pm
|      14 COMMENTS
 |   Health | How to help | West Seattle news

(EDITOR’S NOTE: After the main story, we have a side note from someone whose life might be saved by a donor found this way. This isn’t someone Marnie pointed out, but someone who was sharing news about it on Facebook. Please be sure to read past the jump for her story.)

By Keri DeTore
Reporting for West Seattle Blog

As she nears her 25th birthday, Marnie Devlin has been thinking about ways to make a difference. “My friends seem to have these ‘quarter-life’ crises where they wonder about their (life) directions, and I’ve always laughed and thought they were being silly. But now (turning 25) I think maybe I should do something I can point to as an accomplishment.”

Coming from a family of blood donors, and being an EMT, Marnie is well aware of the need for bone marrow donors, and the importance of getting people signed up with the National Marrow Donor Program. She says, “I realized it how easy it is and I thought if my friends knew how easy it is, most of them would sign up. My original idea was to get 25 people signed up for my 25th birthday. I posted my idea on Facebook and Twitter, where the (Puget Sound) Blood Center saw it and wanted to help.”

Thanks to the collaboration with the Puget Sound Blood Center and a number of local businesses, Marnie is hosting a full-on marrow donor registration event this Sunday (April 3rd) at Alki Arts (2820 Alki Avenue SW.) Owner Diane Venti is donating the space and from 2-6 pm, Marnie will be serving champagne and goodies baked by her family while PSBC registers potential marrow donors for the Be The Match program.

Marnie explains that because people think the registration procedure involves something painful and invasive, they won’t do it. Turns out, that’s wrong.

Read More

Share This

Big night in The Junction: Starting with fish; on to fashion
March 31, 2011 6:05 pm
|      3 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

Till 7 pm, you can go taste “Pan-Seared Halibut with Spicy Tomato Chutney” – and polenta on the side – at Seattle Fish Company in The Junction, with West Seattle chef Erin Coopey (online at culinary-artist.com). The recipe is on the chef’s website; tonight, there’s wine tasting to accompany the fish, too. Then from 7-10 pm in The Junction, Carmilia’s, Clementine, Edie’s, and Sweetie are open for the Spring Fashion Fling – explained here.

Share This

Latest West Seattle for Japan tally: Almost $8,000
March 31, 2011 5:01 pm
|      2 COMMENTS
 |   How to help | West Seattle news

Daily update from West Seattle for Japan organizer Dave Montoure of West 5: “$7936.45. Only a couple of checks left to collect! Amazing.”

If somehow you missed it, almost 30 West Seattle businesses participated in last Sunday’s fund-raise-a-thon – which Montoure had announced just a little more than a week earlier – with special items, percentages of proceeds, donation jars, and more. (And $-raising continues – there’s a raffle during a tweetup at West 5 starting tonight at 5:30 pm.)

Share This

H.D. Robinson: Welcoming a new West Seattle Blog sponsor
March 31, 2011 4:19 pm
|      2 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

Today, we welcome one of our newest WSB sponsors, H.D. Robinson, LLC. New sponsors are offered the chance to tell you about their business, and here’s what H.D. Robinson wants you to know:

H.D. Robinson is a small family-owned construction company that specializes in custom new homes and remodels throughout the greater Seattle area with a solid dedication to quality and strong service during your project and after completion. We pride ourselves on working with homeowners and architects to create exceptional homes.

One of our most recent projects includes a cutting-edge modern design by an outstanding local architect, Peter Bocek, with a crisp ability to create exceptional lineal design atop Fauntleroy Hills with a panoramic view from Mt. Rainier to the Northern Olympics. The house and pool are heated by an efficient geothermal system, with an exterior rain-screen system with exceptional interior finishes. The best way to see our projects is to take a look at our website and give us a call to talk about your future project: www.hdrbuilders.com.

We thank H.D. Robinson for sponsoring independent, community-collaborative neighborhood news on WSB; find our current sponsor team listed in directory format here, and find info on joining the team by going here.

Share This

West Seattle schools: Chief Sealth’s 1st Grad Night seeks ‘sponsors’
March 31, 2011 3:54 pm
|      1 COMMENT
 |   How to help | West Seattle news | West Seattle schools

It’s a West Seattle High School tradition to have a safe/sober “Grad Night” celebration – and this year Chief Sealth International High School is having a “Grad Night” too. Tickets are on sale, $50 through April 15th, then $60 after spring break, but the school notes that the actual cost is more like $150 per student. All the same, in recognition that $50 is still steep for some, the Chief Sealth PTSA has set up a way to “sponsor a senior” by donating all or part of the cost of a ticket through an online purchase. If you’d like to be a sponsor, here’s where to go.

Share This

West Seattle’s only motel, Seattle West Inn, to temporarily close
March 31, 2011 1:58 pm
|      18 COMMENTS
 |   Triangle | West Seattle news

(Wednesday morning photo by Patrick Sand for WSB)
When yesterday’s SWAT-involved situation at West Seattle’s only motel – the Seattle West Inn and Suites – happened, we already had been working on an update about the renovation plans the motel’s new owners have been working on (here are our previous stories – last December 15th and December 21st). The motel owners’ spokesperson, Lynn Sweeney, tells WSB they have changed their plan (which originally was to stay open during renovations):

Effective Monday, April 4, 2011 the Seattle West Inn and Suites will temporarily close all motel operations.

When we purchased the motel in October, the intent was – and has been – to renovate the space to offer West Seattle a clean, safe and family-friendly place to stay in our community. My family has lived in West Seattle for many, many years, so it’s easy to attest to the fact that the existing site has had a negative aura for quite some time.

Our hope was to be able to keep operations going as the renewal took place, but given unfortunate events such as the S.W.A.T incident from this past Wednesday, we’ve decided to close the doors and reopen once the transformation is in full swing.

When reopened, the site will offer our community a clean, friendly, safe, welcoming and convenient lodging option, somewhat similar (although not exact) to what was done with the former Travel Lodge in Boise, which is now a well-regarded and popular destination, The Modern Hotel (themodernhotel.com). …

We aim to have model guest rooms complete in the next three to four weeks and exterior paint with some landscaping in the same general time frame, weather permitting. In addition to a new guest room product (which includes soundproofing, carpet, paint, tile, counters, window treatments, bed, and fixtures and furniture) a few of the enhancements include a new central security and door lock system, a credit-card-only policy, a non-smoking environment, and complimentary breakfast and WiFi in the lobby.

While we don’t have a soft opening date set as of yet, we anticipate it will be prior to the first of June and in time for the summer season.

A separate followup is in the works regarding the aftermath of yesterday’s incident.

Share This

From White Center Now: Dispensary planned; annexation insight
March 31, 2011 1:33 pm
|    Comments Off on From White Center Now: Dispensary planned; annexation insight
 |   West Seattle news | White Center

In case you don’t regularly check our partner site White Center Now (whose latest headlines also can be found on the WHITE CENTER tab atop WSB pages), a couple links of note today: First, WCN/WSB contributor Deanie Schwarz has just confirmed what’s believed to be White Center’s first planned medical-marijuana dispensary; also, Seattle City Councilmembers continue to comment after the decision earlier this week to delay WC (etc.) annexation-vote decisionmaking until next year – the two newest stories are atop the WCN annexation archive (as is reaction from the mayor of Burien).

Share This

Loud protest at Admiral Safeway site leads school to summon police
March 31, 2011 11:47 am
|      68 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle schools

Thanks to the WSB’ers whose texts and calls brought news of this picketing at the Admiral Safeway construction site. You’ve seen similar protests at other project sites (we recall at least three in West Seattle in the past few years) – this time, it’s the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters claiming site subcontractor Marquise Drywall is not paying “area standard” wages, according to their signs and according to what one of the protesters told WSB.

Then we found there was more to the story than the picketing itself: The drums, whistles, and bullhorns the protesters were using had drawn a different kind of protest: Lafayette Elementary, across the street, had called the police. Principal Virginia Turner explained they are not opposed to the protest – but the protesters had been using drums and other noisemakers, and that was disrupting classwork. Much louder than the ongoing construction work, she and office manager Connie Wicklund explained. While we were talking with them in the Lafayette office, SPD Officer Barnes came in to explain that the protesters had agreed to stop using the drums, but, he said, there wasn’t much more police could do than talk to them, which they had done. Turner said she had gone over to talk with the protesters too. If the drums started up again, the officer advised the school administrators, give them a call. (In our video, shot from the Lafayette side of the street, you will see and hear the protesters, minus the drums, and you also see the police who responded to the California/Lander corner.)

Share This

West Seattle scenes: Birthday flamingos; Junction ‘yarn bomb’
March 31, 2011 11:23 am
|      18 COMMENTS
 |   Seen around town | West Seattle news

Gray day but we’ve seen some colorful sights in the past hour. First, Marguerite Lynch shared the news that her twin sons Sean and Andrew Lynch turned 13 today – and got a flamingo flock courtesy of friends, with the help of the youth group at Admiral Congregational Church (which happens to be right across the street from her house; we recently covered their flocking at Alki Mail and Dispatch). The flamingos are currently gracing Marguerite’s famous planting-strip edible-garden spots, as well as part of the rest of her yard. Meantime, in The Junction:

Jaesee the West Seattle “yarn-bomber” has struck again. We told her story here earlier this week, after her guerrilla knitting project at an Admiral District bike rack; this morning, she announced a new creation, and we photographed it while driving through The Junction (it’s at the southeast corner of Walk All Ways). First word came from WSB contributor Keri DeTore, who reported on the first “yarn-bomb” and got a statement from her – after the jump:Read More

Share This

Have a prom dress you won’t dance in again? Recycle it!
March 31, 2011 10:03 am
|      3 COMMENTS
 |   How to help | West Seattle news

From the team at Neighborhood House in High Point:

Prom, as many of you know is a rite of passage for high school youth in America, and one that many youth/families can not afford. So – help us help our girls.

High Point Family Center and YELS are going to host a prom dress ‘clothing fair’ in late April and would love donations of – Prom Dresses (gently used and clean) and Accessories (purses, shawls, hair clips etc). You can drop off your donation at 6400 Sylvan Way SW. … Just remember – your nightmare-inducing mermaid dress just might be a youth’s dream dress!

Optimal times for dropoff times are Monday-Friday 10 am- 4 pm and Saturday 10:30 am-12:30 pm (ask for Aparna or Dena). If you have a question – 206-588-4900, extension 626. (And here’s a map to 6400 Sylvan Way SW.)

Share This

West Seattle musicians’ Hotels in Billboard ‘Battle of the Bands’
March 31, 2011 9:13 am
|      4 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

Long a luminous name in music coverage, Billboard says it’s “scout(ed) the U.S. to find the most promising unsigned bands,” and in the Northwest, one of their picks includes two West Seattle musicians – Hotels. Now they’re in an online “Battle of the Bands” at the Billboard website, and looking for your vote – the ultimate prize in the competition is a chance to perform live at the Billboard Music Awards. We got a note from Tilly asking us to share news of the contest; watch the Hotels video above, and cast your vote on the right side of this page (no registration required!).

Share This

West Seattle Thursday: Hoedown; ‘Spring Fling’; fish x 2; more
March 31, 2011 8:56 am
|      8 COMMENTS
 |   West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

(Photo credit: Jeb the West Seattle pony, by Danny McMillin)
From the WSB West Seattle Events calendar: The Genesee-Schmitz Neighborhood Event is tonight, starting with a town-hall forum at 6:30, on to a hoedown with live music at 7, details here, West Seattle Christian Church, 4400 42nd SW … Also in The Junction, four shops’ Fashion Spring Fling is tonight, 7-10 pm – shop late! – and Seattle Fish Company (4435 California SW) has a tasting event (fresh halibut and wine!) 5-7 pm … Speaking of fish, meet stars of “The Deadliest Catch” at Alki Tavern tonight, 7:30 pm … And as previewed here, the Community School of West Seattle (9450 22nd Ave SW) is holding a Bake Sale To Benefit Japan, 2:45 – 3:30 pm (and again tomorrow) … The new Bright Horizons child-care center at Link (WSB sponsor; 38th and Alaska) has a hard-hat tour 4-7 pm, drop by any time for a look and to meet the staff … French-Canadian folk trio De Temps Antan, with the Acadian kitchen party music of La Famille Léger, plays Kenyon Hall at 7:30 pm … The final week of “Distracted” at ArtsWest (WSB sponsor) in The Junction continues with a 7:30 pm performance tonight – full details here.

Share This