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By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor

Twice a week, the city’s Land Use Information Bulletin (LUIB) goes out to subscribers via e-mail, and appears online.

Much of its contents are land-use-related notices – formal applications for projects, decisions, notices of Design Review.

But you’ll also find policy changes announced in the bulletin – which technically qualifies as official public notice, so that could be the only place you’ll hear about them until and unless you happen onto the results.

One of last week’s LUIBs included a single notice that points to 65 proposed changes in the city’s land-use code, aka zoning, saying the city doesn’t think any will have environmental impact. If any of these proposed changes interest you, the notice explains, you have until August 18th to comment, or August 25th to appeal. So we decided to read the “fine print” and found 11 of potential interest – addressing topics including offstreet parking, marijuana growing, tree preservation, and more: Read More

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West Seattle Crime Watch: Roxhill bus-stop police response; 5 reader reports

August 14, 2016 8:13 pm

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| Crime | West Seattle news

In West Seattle Crime Watch tonight:

ROXHILL BUS STOP RESPONSE: Thanks for the messages about a big police response in the Roxhill bus-stop area across from Westwood Village this past hour. Here’s what SPD told us at the scene: A man tried to hit a Metro bus driver. The driver wasn’t hurt, but the suspect was so intoxicated, he couldn’t stand up, and he’s being taken off by private ambulance to be checked out.

We also have five reader reports:

ALKI VANDALISM: Sometime overnight Friday into Saturday, SU writes, at least three cars in the 1300 block of Alki and vicinity had “small rear windows” bashed in, including this one:

It did not seem to be an attempt to break into the cars, just to damage them, the e-mail says.

ADMIRAL VANDALISM: From Luckie:

This afternoon we discovered that someone had slashed a front tire on one of our cars. The car was parked in our off-street space in the alley, in back of the house. We live near 45th and Hanford, two blocks from where The Great Tire Slashing took place a couple weeks ago, so perhaps the same perpetrators are at it again.

GARGOYLE THEFT: M says, “Sometime last night a gargoyle was taken from my front yard on 34th between Barton and Henderson. It’s an Orc-like guy, crouched, with 10 years of patina. Attached is a similar photo (but with horns, less ears and a snaggle tooth). If anyone sees someone with something like that I”d LOVE to meet them.”

STOLEN HOSES: On Saturday, Danny reports, “a tall late 30s male on cruiser bicycle in bright red t-shirt and yellow trucker cap (was) riding on Alki (at 54th) stealing garden hoses. Just watched him take our neighbor’s and has several more on front of his bike.”

And some good news:

TRUCK FOUND: On Saturday, we published Janice‘s report about the theft of her Toyota Tacoma work truck from the Beach Drive area. Today, she got word it was found – in Tukwila.

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Seen off West Seattle: USS John C. Stennis, homeward bound

August 14, 2016 5:49 pm

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Thanks to JayDee for the photo from Upper Alki. That’s the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), seen making the turn around south Bainbridge Island this afternoon, due home in Bremerton tonight after a seven-month deployment. We reported on its departure January 15. The Navy says the Stennis and its strike group were deployed to the “Indo-Asia-Pacific region,” including two months in the South China Sea.

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SOCCER SIGNUPS: Play ball this fall with the West Seattle YMCA

August 14, 2016 3:35 pm

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You don’t have to be a West Seattle YMCA (WSB sponsor) member to get your kid(s) into the Y’s fall soccer league – here’s the announcement:

Take the fun outdoors! The Y soccer league provides players with skill-building activities in passing, dribbling, shooting, and defense. Appropriately-sized soccer balls and fields are used for each age group. We emphasize sportsmanship, skill building, participation, friendship, and fun. For ages 3 to 10.

Practices start the week of September 12 at High Point Fields. Games are on Saturdays, September 24 through November 12 at Roxhill Park or Lincoln Park. Facility Members $85, Community Participants $132.

Register in person at Member Services, or online here.

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ALKI BEACH 5K: Two weeks until your strides and steps help Northwest Hope and Healing

August 14, 2016 12:54 pm

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(WSB photo from 2015, right before the Alki Beach 5K)

Two weeks from today, start your Sunday morning by gathering with friends, family, neighbors in and around Alki Statue of Liberty Plaza, right before you run, walk, and/or roll the waterfront route of the Alki Beach 5K! It starts at 9 am Sunday, August 28th, with a waterfront route on Alki Avenue SW, to Luna/Anchor Park and back.

The Alki Beach 5K is a major fundraiser for West Seattleite-founded and -led Northwest Hope and Healing, which helps hundreds of breast-cancer and gynecologic-cancer patients every year deal with the fact that everyday life doesn’t stop while they deal with diagnosis and treatment. Here’s how to sign up; you can do it online any time, or if you happen to see this before 2 pm today, we noticed that NWHH has a table toward the north end of the West Seattle Farmers’ Market.

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Reunion time! West Seattle HS Class of 1971, next Saturday

August 14, 2016 12:24 pm

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Last call for the West Seattle High School Class of 1971 reunion! Jim Biava sends the reminder that it’s happening next Saturday:

Fun is Ageless; We are Timeless! Don’t Miss Out!

West Seattle High School’s Class of 1971’s 45th Reunion is rapidly approaching! Our “Throwback to 1971” is Saturday, August 20 at West Seattle Golf Course Clubhouse from 4 pm to 10 pm.

We’ll be celebrating with ’70s Music, Cocktail Food, a Photo Booth, Friendship, Nostalgia, and so much more! Several from our Class will be speaking in the program, which starts at 6:00 pm.

For more details and how to join us, please see our Facebook page “West Seattle High School Class of 1971” or contact Jim Biava at Jim@JimBiava.com

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West Seattle Sunday: Music, games, theater, more…

August 14, 2016 9:40 am

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(Fog on the Sound this morning, looking toward the Olympics – photo by James Bratsanos)

Good morning! Some of what’s happening for your West Seattle Sunday:

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: Last night, the WSFM had a rep on hand at West Seattle Outdoor Movies, and when asked what’s fresh right now, she replied, “Everything.” You can go see for yourself 10 am-2 pm in The Junction. (California SW between SW Oregon and SW Alaska)

OPEN HOUSE: Holy Family School invites you to an open house today for its Early Education program, 10 am-1 pm. (9615 20th SW)

PLAY GAMES! Between 11 am and 10 pm today, a variety of game groups meet at Meeples Games (WSB sponsor) – join in and have fun! See the schedule on the right sidebar of the Meeples home page. (3727 California SW)

ALKI LIGHTHOUSE TOURS: Just a few more weekends for free tours of West Seattle’s historic lighthouse – the US Coast Guard Auxiliary welcomes your visit today between 1 and 4 pm – be there by 3:40. (Alki SW/Beach Drive SW)

COFFEEHOUSE MUSIC: Relax at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor) and listen to singer-songwriter Eryn Bent, 3-5 pm. (5612 California SW)

‘LIEDER AND MELODIES’: 3 pm concert at First Lutheran Church of West Seattle with sopranos Sarah Dolan and Jordan McClellan and pianist Jane Harty – details in our calendar listing. (4105 California SW)

‘HAIRSPRAY’ MATINEE: 3 pm at West Seattle High School, the first weekend of the new Twelfth Night Productions show concludes – the Tony-winning musical comedy “Hairspray.” Ticket info in our calendar listing. (3000 California SW)

‘MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG’ MATINEE: 3 pm, musical-theater students’ summer production at ArtsWest in The Junction. Ticket info in our calendar listing. (4711 California SW)

‘BLOOD WEDDING’/’BODAS DE SANGRE’: 6 pm at Roxhill Park, as previewed here earlier this week and shown in our followup early today, a bilingual drama/dance/theater performance with audience participation, free, for all ages! (2850 SW Roxbury)

SEE MORE … on our complete calendar.

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UPDATE: ‘Heavy rescue’ response for crash in High Point

August 14, 2016 2:27 am

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2:27 AM: A “heavy rescue” Seattle Fire response is on its way to the Forest Lawn Cemetery (WSB sponsor) area in High Point for a reported flipped car.

2:31 AM: The response is being scaled back; apparently no one needs to be extricated from the car.

2:49 AM: At the scene, we confirmed that extrication wasn’t necessary because whoever was in the car ran away before police arrived. (Not checking as stolen so far, though.) It’s upright now, visible through shrubbery on the cemetery side of Sylvan Way [map].

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West Seattle weekend scene: First ‘Blood Wedding’ performance @ Roxhill Park

August 14, 2016 2:06 am

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If you missed “Blood Wedding/Bodas de Sangre” Saturday night at Roxhill Park – you have another chance to see it Sunday night. And “see it” doesn’t go far enough, as it involves audience participation – in our top photo, those in attendance learned a dance they would get to do during the show. (As the announcement we published last week explained, “Each performance will preclude with a professionally-taught latin dance lesson, the learning of a song from the show, and an an invitation for the audience to participate in the wedding scene.”) We were only able to stay for a few minutes, but they included the opening moments of the play:

This bilingual drama/dance/music production is the first by 1-Off Productions, “a joint venture between Seattle theatre artists Tina Polzin, Ana Maria Campoy, and Matt Sherrill“; Polzin is the director. The second and final West Seattle presentation is tonight (Sunday, August 14th), 6 pm at Roxhill Park (29th/Barton), free; it will also be performed in nearby South Park at 6 pm, Saturday, August 27th, in Duwamish Waterway Park (7900 10th Ave. S.)

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