What’s up for your first West Seattle Saturday of 2016

(Photos above and below are by Mark Wangerin: Double-crested Cormorant with Pacific Staghorn Sculpin)
While we hope you’ll find some time to rest during this post-holiday-season weekend, our calendar does offer some options:

‘WEST SEATTLE GET FIT’ TRAINING RUN: 8 am, meet at West Seattle Runner (WSB sponsor) as this year’s free “couch-to-half-marathon” training program gets going. (2743 California SW)

TREE-CYCLE WITH THE RAINBOW GIRLS: 9 am-2 pm in the parking lot outside the Alki Masonic Hall in The Junction, drop off your tree with the West Seattle Rainbow Girls‘ annual fundraiser, by donation – more info in our preview. (4736 40th SW)

SPECIAL SATURDAY STORY TIME: 11 am, bring the kids to the monthly Saturday family story time at West Seattle (Admiral) Library. (2306 42nd SW)

WEST SEATTLE TOOL LIBRARY REOPENS: 11 am-4 pm, first day for the West Seattle Tool Library after its holiday break. On the NE side of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. (4408 Delridge Way SW)

IVAR EXHIBIT AT LOG HOUSE MUSEUM: Noon-4 pm, visit the home of West Seattle’s history, and enjoy the visiting exhibit that spotlights the life and times of West Seattle entrepreneur Ivar Haglund. (61st SW & SW Stevens)

LAST WEEKEND FOR WEST SEATTLE YULETIDE: This just might be the last of the lights for this holiday season. West Seattle Yuletide, music-synched lights, plans to run through this weekend. Schedule’s on the WSY website. (38th between Dakota and Genesee)

LOOK INTO THE FUTURE … via the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar.

PSPS January 2, 2016 (7:40 am)

Seems to have been a car prowl spree along 40th between Andover and Oregon — several broken windows, popped hoods, car parts in the street, etc.

WSB January 2, 2016 (8:57 am)

Sorry to hear that. If you live in the area, please be sure someone reports to the police – probably too early when you commented for anyone to have noticed – we’ll go over and take a look; after a quiet few days, a couple other Crime Watch reports have come in overnight. – TR
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(edit) Our photographer didn’t see anything obvious. If anyone in that area was hit and sees this, please e-mail us – editor@westseattleblog.com.

Gill January 2, 2016 (9:37 am)

What incredible photos! Thanks, Mark.

westseattledood January 2, 2016 (11:22 am)

Sculpins are wonderfully diverse here in the Salish Sea and range from small to not-so-big. Their breeding habitats are threatened and King County has done some research looking at barriers to access to breeding grounds in our area. Locally, some folks have called the various species different names. Any PNW natives, or good transplanted students of nature out there know what I mean? :D

The variation and number of the Salish Sea sculpins officially jumped, as described here: http://www.washington.edu/news/2015/09/30/known-fish-species-living-in-the-salish-sea-increases-in-new-report/

The original funding for the inventory research was provided by SeaDoc, an outstanding organization worthy of support.

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