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WEEK AHEAD: Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth returns to full 3-boat service Monday after almost 4 years
June 29, 2025 11:17 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | Transportation | West Seattle news

(‘Live’ camera image from Fauntleroy dock)

M/V Issaquah is already moored on Vashon Island, ready to take its position as the #3 boat on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth ferry run Monday morning, as Washington State Ferries officially restores three-boat service to the “Triangle Route.” It’s been a two-boat route for almost four years, and wasn’t expected to get a third boat now, until Gov. Bob Ferguson ordered WSF to pause its hybrid-electric conversion process, keeping a boat in service that otherwise would have dropped out. WSF announced in mid-April that June 30th would be the Triangle Route restoration date. But it also cautions, “There may be times when the route will shift back to two-boat service. Thanks to feedback from a community working group, Washington State Ferries has a new, updated two-boat schedule (use the drop-down menu at the top to view the other two segments of the route). This backup schedule will be used when the route loses a vessel. More information on these unplanned service disruptions can be found in WSF’s Service Contingency Plan.” There’ll be reduced capacity for a while later this summer, too, as we reported Thursday; WSF spokesperson Justin Fujioka told WSB that “Sealth is scheduled to replace Cathlamet for about a month starting in mid-August so Cathlamet can go in for some scheduled maintenance.” (Sealth is a 90-car boat, compared to the 124-car capacity Cathlamet.) The three-boat schedule, meantime, starts in the 4 am hour Monday morning.

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Longtime Fauntleroy Church music director passing the baton to successor
June 27, 2025 10:41 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

This weekend marks the end of an era at Fauntleroy Church – Bronwyn Edwards is ending nearly two decades as the church’s music director. Her successor starts next week, as Judy Pickens tells us:

After a nationwide search, Fauntleroy Church, United Church of Christ, has found its new music director close to home. On July 1, Zachary Fitzgerald, a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington, will take the baton from retiring director Bronwyn Edwards.

Zachary earned master’s degrees in choral conducting and vocal performance from Kent State University and is nearing completion of his doctoral degree in vocal performance. His career has included church music director, vocalist, teacher, and instrumentalist (oboe, English horn, and saxophone). Along the way, he deepened his passion for opera and musical theater.

In addition to coordinating music for Sunday services, Zachary will devote the summer to getting better acquainted with the 439-member congregation’s existing choirs and ensembles and plan new performance opportunities, including for children, to start introducing in the fall.

Edwards, meantime, also is retiring from her role with the Boeing Employees Choir, but plans to continue composing and teaching.

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WEST SEATTLE SCENE: Pokémon-card entrepreneurs
June 27, 2025 1:21 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | Seen around town | West Seattle news

It’s not quite lemonade-stand weather. So this enterprising trio has set up a Pokémon-card stand instead! One participant’s parent sent us the photo, noting you can find them until 3 or so by the 38th SW/SW Barton standpipe in Upper Fauntleroy.

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FERRIES: Here’s exactly how and when the upcoming Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth 3-boat service restoration will happen
June 26, 2025 11:14 am
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 |   Fauntleroy | Transportation | West Seattle news

(‘Live’ camera image from Fauntleroy dock)

In four days, Washington State Ferries plans to restore the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route to a full three-boat schedule, after years of reduced service. We asked WSF spokesperson Justin Fujioka exactly how the transition will be made. First, the boats – all three will be Issaquah class for starters, optimal for the schedule: “Issaquah is scheduled to replace Salish this weekend so Salish can go up to Port Townsend and prepare to enter service as that route’s second boat on July 4. We are planning to have that boat, plus Kittitas and Cathlamet, for most of our summer sailing season. The one exception is, Sealth is scheduled to replace Cathlamet for about a month starting in mid-August so Cathlamet can go in for some scheduled maintenance.” M/V Issaquah’s capacity – 124 cars – is almost double that of M/V Salish (which has been the “bonus boat” on the run for a while now), 64 cars. We also asked when the schedule change would take effect: “The new three-boat schedule will begin with the start of the sailing day on Monday, June 30. We will operate the entire sailing day Sunday, June 29, on the current two-boat weekend schedule, even departures after midnight.” Fujioka says that while they had some hoopla for the recent Bremerton service restoration, including a media event featuring the governor, that will NOT be happening for this restoration – WSF will just send out a reminder on Friday, including “details about the new updated backup two-boat schedule.” Comments about that schedule were requested back in April, as we reported with first word of the three-boat-service-restoration date.

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WEST SEATTLE WEEKEND SCENE: Mini-block party at Super Deli Mart benefiting Fauntleroy Fall Festival
June 21, 2025 3:42 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | Fun stuff to do | How to help | West Seattle news

Rain stopped, sun’s peeking through. The Super Deli Mart parking lot at 35th/Barton has games, kids’ activities – giant-bubble-making!

And benefit beverages (beer, lemonade) …

All to help the Fauntleroy Fall Festival stay free! This continues until 6 pm.

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VIDEO: 2-year street closure, and other key points from briefing on Fauntleroy Creek’s next culvert project
June 11, 2025 6:22 pm
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 |   Environment | Fauntleroy | West Seattle news

By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor

If you live, work, shop, study, or travel through Fauntleroy, you should be paying attention to the upcoming project to replace and expand the Fauntleroy Creek culvert beneath 45th SW.

So far, the Fauntleroy Community Association fears, not enough people are, despite the inevitability that, as FCA president Frank Immel observed last night, “it’s going to be a real mess in the community.”

Above is our recording of last night’s hour-long meeting with the latest information about the project, presented by Seattle Public Utilities, hosted by the FCA as the first half of its regular monthly board meeting. Anticipating stronger community interest, FCA moved the meeting to a big room at The Hall at Fauntleroy and set out dozens of chairs – but only a handful were filled.

Here’s the slide deck used for the briefing (plus a few pages at the end regarding the California culvert, on which work will start no sooner than 2028, after 45th is complete). Briefing toplines:

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ROAD WORK ALERT: Drilling Monday for future traffic signal by Fauntleroy ferry dock
June 10, 2025 3:21 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | Transportation | West Seattle news

(2024 WSF concept for Fauntleroy Way signalized intersection)

Though construction of the Fauntleroy ferry-dock replacement/expansion is still a few years away, one related project is more like months away – the stoplight planned for Fauntleroy Way where it intersects with the dock entrance/exit. To get ready for it, drilling is planned on Monday (June 16), and Washington State Ferries is circulating this alert today:

Washington State Ferries (WSF) will conduct geotechnical drilling to understand site conditions for a new traffic signal at the intersection of Fauntleroy Way SW and the Fauntleroy ferry terminal. The traffic signal will make it easier and safer for people driving, walking, biking and rolling to get to and from the bus stops, terminal and other destinations along Fauntleroy Way Southwest and beyond.

When will the work occur?
• Monday, June 16 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

What can I expect?
• Construction noise, dust, vibrations and traffic.
• Travel and bike lane restrictions at the intersection of Fauntleroy Way SW and the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal. While crews are working, flaggers and a uniformed police officer will direct traffic through the intersection and to/from the ferry terminal. Please expect delays when traveling through the area.
• Large construction vehicles and machinery.
• Crews will use construction best practices to limit noise levels when possible.

Questions or concerns?
• Email: wsfcomms@wsdot.wa.gov
• Call our construction hotline: 206-402-8070 (staffed 24/7 during construction)

The next full update on the project is expected during what will be the final meeting of its WSF-convened Community Advisory Group, online at 6 pm July 9 (registration link isn’t available yet but watch here when it gets closer).

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READER REPORT: Fauntleroy kids beg drivers to slow down
June 8, 2025 9:06 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | Safety | West Seattle news

Speaking of protests … Jason sent photos and info about this street-side advocacy action that local kids in Fauntleroy did this afternoon:

Cool to see: a child-driven protest against to-fast drivers on 45th between Concord and Henderson. It’s been a problem here since the bridge closure made people use this route as a shortcut.

According to one of the kids (Lola, holding the sign):

“We hope to get drivers to drive slower and pay more attention to kids who cross back and forth. In the past we’ve seen teenagers driving way over the speed limit and not letting us cross first. We started yesterday at a block party while we were pretending to be police officers and saw cars driving too fast. We pulled the ‘20 is plenty’ signs from the ground and waved them in the air. It seemed to work — people were slowing down, waving, smiling and happily honking. So we thought we do it again today.

“When we yelled ‘20 is plenty’ some people rolled down their windows and yelled ten is plenty! We made paper signs saying ‘20 is plenty’ and had a petition sheet for people to sign if they agreed with us.

“I feel like some of the cars might have listened and acknowledged that there were kids who need to cross the street while others ignored us and kept driving like 30 mph over the speed bump. We hope that we can keep doing this until everyone slows down. Today we set up on the side of the road on a speed bump hoping that cars would see us and slow down. We also have some requests that the speed bumps could be a little bigger, and we need a painted crosswalk and another roundabout.”

The Fauntleroy Community Association has long agitated for more SDOT attention there and elsewhere. That section of 45th has a big project in the works to the north – the culvert replacement, which FCA and Seattle Public Utilities will update at 6 pm Tuesday at The Hall @ Fauntleroy (9131 California SW).

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FOLLOWUP: Fauntleroy Creek Culvert project update planned Tuesday
June 4, 2025 5:27 pm
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 |   Environment | Fauntleroy | West Seattle news

The ferry dock replacement/expansion isn’t the only major infrastructure project ahead for the Fauntleroy neighborhood. Seattle Public Utilities continues to plan two major replacement/expansion projects for Fauntleroy Creek‘s underground culvert sections, one beneath 45th SW north of the Endolyne business district, one beneath California SW in the Fauntleroy Church vicinity. Just announced: The Fauntleroy Community Association is hosting a meeting next Tuesday (June 10) to get updates from SPU and facilitate Q&A about the projects’ status. FCA’s announcement says they’re expecting about 25 minutes of presentation, 25 minutes of Q&A, and also “an update from the team working on the emergency repair efforts on the California culvert.” This coincides with the FCA’s regular 6 pm second-Tuesday board meeting, but will be in a larger venue to accommodate more attendees, the Emerald Room at The Hall at Fauntleroy (9131 California SW), all welcome.

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FOLLOWUP: Salmon release for all concludes record season on Fauntleroy Creek
June 3, 2025 2:57 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | West Seattle news | West Seattle parks

Story by Judy Pickens
Photos by Tom Trulin
Special to West Seattle Blog

On Sunday afternoon (6/1), 118 community residents capped another salmon-release season on Fauntleroy Creek by putting the last coho fry in the water.

Among them, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a West Seattle resident (seen below with volunteer Dennis Hinton, after releasing a fry she named “Justice“):

Between April 28 and May 31, volunteers with the Fauntleroy Watershed Council hosted 778 students and 301 adults for 22 school releases. Those, plus the community release, introduced 2,281 coho fry to the freshwater habitat that will be their home until next spring.

Fifteen West Seattle schools received eyed eggs in January through the Salmon in the Schools Program. The students who cared for them until release day ranged from preschool through post high school.

Fry released during the community event were the last of the “back-up” fry reared by volunteer Jack Lawless to ensure that, even if a school lost a lot of its fish, every student would have one to put in the water. His fry also enabled children from five area preschools to have a release experience in Fauntleroy Park.

A record number of volunteers (23) staffed all the releases and hosted many of the students for lunch and Q&A on the lower creek.

Fry released at the big bridge in the park will linger there for a few weeks, so veteran volunteer Dennis Hinton encouraged park visitors to look for them.

“Between release fish and home hatch from spawning, the entire creek has salmon in it year round,” he said. “Visitors can help protect them by keeping their dogs out of the water and leaving fell limbs in the channel as they create essential habitat for these juveniles.”

Next up for the general public: the annual drumming in October to call in spawners and, if it’s successful, a weekend “open creek” in November. Last year, a record 347 spawning coho came in.

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WEST SEATTLE WEEKEND SCENE: Community members’ chance to release salmon fry into Fauntleroy Creek
June 1, 2025 1:12 pm
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1:12 PM: Visitors are already flocking to Fauntleroy Creek for the chance to release salmon fry. The community event presented by the Fauntleroy Watershed Council is on until 3 pm – just walk into Fauntleroy Park at the SW Barton entrance, a few blocks west of 35th on the south side of the street.

ADDED 2:18 PM: WSB’s Hayden Yu Andersen has sent more photos and says volunteers reported 35 people had shown up just in the first few minutes of the event.

The FWC will send a wrap-up report once salmon-release season is officially over, but volunteer Pete told Hayden that this year they’ve worked with 22 schools in the salmon raise-and-release program, up from the yearly average of 15.

3:13 PM UPDATE: Today’s final totals: 118 people showed up, 117 fry were released.

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WEEKEND PREVIEW: Your turn to release salmon fry into Fauntleroy Creek
May 29, 2025 5:04 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | West Seattle news | Wildlife

If you’d like a chance to do what the Roxhill Elementary student in Fauntleroy Creek salmon-release volunteer John Sturtevant‘s photo is doing – your chance is just three days away. As we look ahead to what’s happening around West Seattle this weekend, this is one of the unique events – a community salmon-release opportunity at the creek, where hundreds of students have been visiting all month to free the fry they’ve been raising at school. On Sunday (June 1), 1 pm-3 pm, enter Fauntleroy Park at the SW Barton entrance and walk to the bridge, where you’ll find Fauntleroy Watershed Council volunteers with a bucket of fish and answers to all your questions – free, all ages!

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ARTISTS/CRAFTERS! Time to apply for 2025 Fauntleroy Art Show
May 25, 2025 3:01 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | Holidays | West Seattle news

Even here on the brink of summer, plans are being made for this year’s winter holidays. Artists and crafters are invited to apply now for this year’s Fauntleroy Art Show – here’s the announcement:

If you’ve been thinking about participating in this year’s Fauntleroy Art Show on Nov. 14-16, you have until Sept. 10 to apply.

(Wearable art by Gretchen Curtis, Harbor Island Yarnworks, at last year’s show – photo by Ana Cecilia Del Claro)

Hosted by Fauntleroy Church since 2008, the show has earned a reputation for showcasing the exceptional creativity and craftsmanship of local artists and artistic crafters.

Applicants in any medium must reside in or have studio space in West Seattle, Burien, South Park, Georgetown, or Vashon Island. Details and the application form are at fauntleroyucc.org/art-show.

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Brown water in southwest West Seattle
May 25, 2025 1:19 pm
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 |   Arbor Heights | Fauntleroy | Utilities | West Seattle news

For a second day we have a brown-water report – Gatewood on Saturday, further south today. Rebecca reports, “We’ve started getting brown water at our home in north Arbor Heights, lower Fauntleroy.” The Seattle Public Utilities water-woes map doesn’t show any emergency incidents in that area, so it might be more hydrant testing, but always report problems like this to SPU’s 206-386-1800 hotline just in case.

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STATE FERRIES: With systemwide community meeting #2 tomorrow, here’s what happened at #1 today
May 21, 2025 11:42 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | Transportation | West Seattle news

(WSF photo via X)

By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor

The sight of M/V Wenatchee out on Elliott Bay today was one reason why Washington State Ferries boss Steve Nevey opened today’s online systemwide community meeting with optimism: “I’m really positive about the direction the ferry system is heading in. … We’re not just trying to get better, we are getting better.”

M/V Wenatchee is getting close to the end of its longer-than-planned hybrid-conversion work at Vigor on Harbor Island, and its return to service will help return the fleet to enough of a size that, among other things, the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route will be able to return to a three-boat schedule June 30 (as first announced last month). “I’m really proud that almost-full service (systemwide) will be restored this summer.”

That also was partly enabled by Governor Bob Ferguson‘s order to delay the hybrid conversion of other ferries, but Nevey insisted WSF was not wavering in its commitment to electrification. A major next step, for example, is to build infrastructure so ferries will be able to recharge at terminals and run entirely on battery power; until that infrastructure is available, for example, Wenatchee will be running in hybrid mode “for a couple years,” Nevey noted.

He also showed the system “by the numbers” for this year’s first four months:

The most important numbers – like fleet size – played into remarks from the next speaker, John Vezina. Though, he warned, the system will have only 21 boats when it should have 26, service restoration will be possible:

For Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth, Vezina also said, there’ll be a few weeks this spring where it’s back to “two boats plus the ‘bonus boat’.” And what happens if unexpected circumstances bring the fleet strength down further? He showed the WSF decisionmaking matrix:

His final key point was that ferries have been added to the list of transit types aboard which various types of “unlawful transit conduct” can get you in trouble, thanks to SB 5716.

Next up from the WSF executive team was Todd Lamphere, who had the most numbers of anyone in the lineup, because it fell to him to explain how the state allocates funding to WSF and what happened in the just-concluded legislative session. Among the many notable numbers was $4 million for continued supplemental foot-ferry service provided by Metro‘s Vashon Island Water Taxi and Kitsap Transit. WSF is also now “directed” by legislators – without a dollar amount attached – to get back to exploring what it would take to provide reliable wi-fi service on ferries and in terminals. He also explained how ferry fares are decided, and during the meeting, participants got the chance to participate in two fare-related polls. (79 percent supported extending expiration time of prepurchased ticket books, from 90 days to 120 days; 65 percent supported a five percent “peak season surcharge.”

For more input into the process of setting the next round of fares, an online open house starts soon:

44 minutes into the meeting, they launched into a full hour of questions and answers (the asking was done via a Zoom feature – no live speaking by attendees). We took notes only on the ones of potential local interested, such as an early question about staffing; Beth Stowell said they’d just had four classes of 16 new employees, with two more soon, so they’re “fully staffed up with new folks for summer.” Other questions included how would WSF measure electrification success, once it’s actually happening; the answer – the amount of time the boats are running on battery power. Someone else was perturbed over people “skipping the line” if they have a medical exemption; Vezina noted there are three groups of people that can skip the line – those with medical exemptions, those on motorcycles, and those on bicycles. The medical exemption requires a note from a doctor – they don’t just take your word for it.

Got a question? A second session of the same meeting, ostensibly also featuring an hour for Q&A, starts at 6 pm Thursday; you can get the link by registering here.

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BIZNOTE: Here’s what’s next for the ex-Original Bakery, ex-Bel Gatto space in Fauntleroy
May 21, 2025 6:09 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

Story and photos by Anne Higuera
Reporting for West Seattle Blog

Thanks for the tip about activity in the Fauntleroy retail space that was most recently Bel Gatto after many decades as The Original Bakery. We’ve learned it will open this summer as an expansion of a Pilates studio in the same building. Along with the same programming already happening around the corner at Lagom Studios, there will be new saunas and classes, all by appointment.

“Community building is the whole purpose,” says owner Melina Moore. She bought the studio in 2022, when it was called Innate Vitality. At 435sf, the studio, tucked into the north side of the Endolyne building, can only accommodate 4 clients at a time, so Moore had started to look for a larger space. Poised to sign a lease in the Admiral District earlier this year, she found the bakery space suddenly available. “It felt very kismet,” she says, and allowed her to keep the business in the Fauntleroy neighborhood, which she came to love a number of years ago while teaching at the Cottage School at Gatewood Elementary.

With 2,000 additional square feet, Moore says there is enough space to have private sessions and group classes, including Yin yoga, at the same time. She envisions a “community wellness space,” with saunas and shower in the back and a “cozy corner” with tea where the bakery had its pastry case.

She plans to keep the current studio for community events, including sound baths, women’s circles, reiki and breath work, and astrology workshops.

Clients at a Pilates class Tuesday morning were thrilled about the larger space. “I’m super excited that she is expanding,” said one. Another described the Lagom space as a sanctuary in the city — “a neighborhood healing space.”

Moore says the Swedish word Lagom is about moving your body in balance and appreciation, something that is a guiding principle of her studio, along with a requirement that clients practice kindness in the space, where, “everyone is welcome.” Moore has 5 instructors working out of the current studio and will be hiring more for the expansion. Likely hours when she expands in July will be 7 am to 7:30 pm, depending on appointments.

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UPDATE: About the film crew at Fauntleroy Park
May 19, 2025 11:15 am
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 |   Fauntleroy | Seen around town | West Seattle news | West Seattle parks

(Added: WSB photos)

11:15 AM: Several questions so far this morning about a film crew set up on the SW Barton side of Fauntleroy Park. We asked the Fauntleroy Watershed Council if they had any notification, since this is salmon-release season and they routinely have volunteers in the park as well as dozens of visiting students. They hadn’t been notified in advance but did some investigating for us and volunteer John learned, “They’re shooting stills for Kia car company that will be used in a variety of marketing material. They will be there all day.”

12:29 PM: Added photos. As volunteer John added in a followup email, “They’re taking shots of a new Kia vehicle nestled under a cedar.”

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SALMON: Midpoint of Fauntleroy fry-freeing season
May 18, 2025 4:00 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | West Seattle news

(Photos by Dave Gershgorn. Above, Dennis Hinton guides a student)

By Judy Pickens
Special to West Seattle Blog

Volunteers Dennis Hinton, Pete Draughon, and Shannon Ninburg were on hand Friday (May 16) to help 52 eager first graders from Roxhill Elementary put 125 coho fry into upper Fauntleroy Creek at the midpoint of release season.

(Above, Shannon Ninburg with students)

By the end of this month, the Fauntleroy Watershed Council will have hosted 22 releases involving about 850 students, preschool through post secondary. Most will have reared their fish through the Salmon in the Schools program coordinated by Seattle Public Utilities.

The fry will grow in the creek for almost a year before heading to saltwater as smolts. To document how many survived since last year, volunteers installed soft traps in the upper and lower creek on March 15 and checked them two or three times daily through May 15.

Of the 21 smolts they counted, 13 would have been fish released last spring by students in the park. Most of the rest would have been “home hatch” from fall 2024 spawning in the lower creek.

(Photos by Dave Gershgorn. Above, Pete Draughon explains aquatic bugs)

“The number of smolts tells us a lot about how healthy the creek is for juvenile salmon,” said Dennis. “It’s an indicator of how clean and cold the water is, how much food they were able to find, and how well vegetation protected them from predators.”

The last release of the season will be for anyone in the community who wants to put a fish in the water on Sunday, June 1, 1:00-3:00 pm at the big bridge in Fauntleroy Park.

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Remembrance, crime updates, housing policy, membership growth & more @ Fauntleroy Community Association’s May meeting
May 17, 2025 3:11 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | West Seattle news

By Jason Grotelueschen
Reporting for West Seattle Blog 

The Fauntleroy Community Association gathered for their May meeting on Tuesday night, featuring discussion about crime and safety, housing, recruiting new members and sharing remembrances of one of their own.

The public meeting was held in the packed front room of the Fauntleroy Schoolhouse, with FCA president Frank Immel facilitating.

REMEMBERING MIKE DEY: Members expressed heartfelt condolences regarding the loss of longtime FCA president Mike Dey, who died in April. The group shared memories of Mike, highlighting his significant contributions as a community leader, friend, and pillar of the neighborhood. His impact on the association and the community was deeply felt, and members acknowledged the ongoing grief and the challenge of moving forward in his absence. Dey’s wife Susan Lantz-Dey was also praised for her partnership and significant contributions. Immel called Dey a dear friend and said FCA meant so much to him, and that “we have to figure out a way forward without him; his legacy will live on.”

CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY: Joining the meeting remotely was SPD’s Jennifer Satterwhite, Crime Prevention Coordinator from the Southwest Precinct, who presented a recent batch of crime statistics for the area, saying that overall “the numbers look great.”

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FERRY ALERT: No ‘bonus boat’ on Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route for rest of today/tonight
May 15, 2025 4:24 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | Transportation | West Seattle news

Washington State Ferries‘ Triangle Route is running for the rest of today/tonight with two boats, because WSF has moved the current unscheduled “bonus boat,” M/V Salish, to the Bremerton/Seattle run. That’s to cover for the regular Bremerton boat, M/V Walla Walla, which is undergoing “urgent restroom repairs.” Walla Walla is expected to be back in service by tomorrow morning, so Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth will be getting its third boat back.

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FOLLOWUP: Fauntleroy Church Recycle Roundup total, and next one’s date
May 7, 2025 11:27 am
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 |   Environment | Fauntleroy | West Seattle news

(April 26 WSB photo by Jason Grotelueschen)

As we get ready for Saturday’s “person-to-person recycling” during West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, we have a followup on our area’s most-recent dropoff recycling event, Fauntleroy Church‘s spring Recycle Roundup. Judy Pickens just sent the numbers, and the fall date:

On April 26, nearly 400 “donors” brought just shy of 10 tons of electronics, appliances, and other products to the spring Recycle Roundup at Fauntleroy Church. The congregation’s zero-waste partner, 1 Green Planet, is now repairing what can readily be reused and reclaiming the rest for new products.

Since 2010, these free community events have kept 374 tons of valuable resources out of landfills. Volunteers and crew will be back for the fall roundup on Saturday, Sept. 20. Watch for details here, starting in mid-August.

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WEST SEATTLE SCENE: Dine-out benefit – and basket raffle – for Fauntleroy Fall Festival
May 6, 2025 5:50 pm
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 |   Fauntleroy | West Seattle news

Think fall! The Fauntleroy Fall Festival is powered by volunteers and donations, and you can help with the latter via a dine-out benefit and basket raffle happening right now at Endolyne Joe’s (9261 45th SW). Just look for the festival crew in the back room – and the table full of baskets you can try for!

From adult beverages to kid activities, this year’s baskets offer a variety of fun. And merch from local businesses too, like The Birdhouse:

You can buy four raffle tickets for $5 or “an arm’s length” for $20. The raffle will happen a little before this benefit ends – Endolyne Joe’s is donating. part of the proceeds till 9 – and you don’t have to be present to win.

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WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Stolen green Silverado pickup truck; (added) home break-in
May 5, 2025 1:54 pm
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 |   Crime | Fauntleroy | West Seattle news

ORIGINAL 1:54 PM REPORT: From Anne in Fauntleroy:

We’ve just discovered that our family’s green Chevy truck has been stolen overnight. It was parked across the street from our house (on SW Barton St) between 38th and 39th.

Here are the details:
2002 Chevy Silverado
Dark Green
License Plate: PK04773

It’s been reported to police; we’ll add the report number when we get it (update: 25-120597). Call 911 if you find it.

ADDED 3:15 PM: Also from Fauntleroy, just received word from Donald of a home burglary:

Our home was broken into late Fri night, early Saturday morning. Stole jewelry and prescription meds. Items easily identified are silver bracelet with ABH engraved and Tiffany’s charm bracelet.

We’ll add the incident # for reference when we get it.

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