West Seattle Tuesday: From neighborhood safety to Parent Power Tools, and more

(Band-tailed Pigeon, photographed by Mark Wangerin)

Here’s what’s up in West Seattle for the rest of your Tuesday, as featured on the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

PRESCHOOL ENRICHMENT: The Seattle Art Museum presents a program geared to 3-to-5-year-olds at Neighborhood House High Point, 10:30 am, free – info in our calendar listing. (6400 Sylvan Way SW)

RENTER PROTECTIONS: Want to learn about them? The City Council’s Human Services, Equitable Development, and Renter Rights Committee gets a presentation today at its 2 pm meeting – you can see the slide deck here. The meeting’s at City Hall and live on Seattle Channel. (600 4th Ave.)

PARENT POWER TOOLS WORKSHOP: Free workshop to help Seattle Public Schools parents learn more about how to use The Source and Schoology – 6 to 7:30 pm at High Point Library. (3411 SW Raymond)

BASKETBALL: Home games tonight – Seattle Lutheran hosts Auburn Adventist, and it’s Senior Night – 6 pm girls, 7:30 boys (4100 SW Genesee) … West Seattle High School boys’ varsity hosts Roosevelt, 7:30 pm (3000 California SW) … Chief Sealth International High School boys’ varsity hosts Seattle Prep, 7:30 pm (2600 SW Thistle).

NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME/SAFETY: The West Seattle Block Watch Captains Network has its first meeting of the new year tonight, 6:30 pm. You’ll hear from police and also from a special panel of people who have been touched by the opioid crisis. Block Watch captainship NOT required for attendance – all are welcome. (2300 SW Webster)

FAMILY STORY TIME: 7 pm at Delridge Library. Free and fun as always. (5423 Delridge Way SW)

5 Replies to "West Seattle Tuesday: From neighborhood safety to Parent Power Tools, and more"

  • old timer January 23, 2018 (2:03 pm)

    Something about that photo.

    The lowly pigeon has it’s “My Fair Lady” moment.

    • Mark January 23, 2018 (3:37 pm)

      Band-Tailed Pigeons are not that common in cities/West Seattle. This is a forest pigeon.

      Compare the Band-Tailed Pigeon to the Rock Pigeon/Dove (City Pigeon), Eurasian Collared Dove, and Mourning Dove…

      http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/band-tailed_pigeon

      Thanks.

      • seaopgal January 23, 2018 (4:54 pm)

        Great pic, Mark (as usual!). We used to see BTPs regularly in Lincoln Park years ago on the bluff above the cove, and happy to see them again more recently. 

  • Diane January 23, 2018 (3:22 pm)

    thanks for “City Renter Protections” link; even more important for renters, today in Olympia was first committee hearing to REPEAL statewide 35+ years ban on rent regulations; the reason landlords are allowed to economically evict tenants by raising rents $500 or even double/triple rents with 60 days notice in Seattle, and with only 30 days notice in most WA cities/municipalities is because our state has a ban on ANY rent regulations; even something reasonable like capping rent increases to 10% per year is against state law; this is so wrong and huge cause of homelessness; hundreds of Seattle renters and advocates went to Olympia this morning to advocate & testify at the hearing to REPEAL the BAN, and I am so grateful

  • Diane January 23, 2018 (3:28 pm)

    “Landlords may not retaliate because of a tenant complaint”; good luck with that; the #1 reason tenants do not complain about anything is fear of retaliation, especially more rent increases; it happens ALL THE TIME; the only way to protect tenants from being displaced by insane rent increases is to repeal the state ban on rent regulations

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