West Seattle Crime Watch followup: Stolen bike found
Just received this note from Warren, referring to the stolen-bike report in this Crime Watch item published here last night:
We live on the 5600 block of 37th ave sw. One of our cars was prowled this past Friday night and whomever looked through our car left a BMX behind. I thought it was some kids that were looking for quick stuff to boost from cars and got scared off and left their bike. My neighbor noticed the above post so I just returned the bike to a very happy owner!
High school football postseason: What’s next for West Seattle HS
Since West Seattle High School finished the season in a three-way tie for division lead with Rainier Beach and Nathan Hale, the three teams had to play tiebreaking minigames tonight at Memorial Stadium. Those games are now over. WSHS beat RB in the first one, lost to Hale in the second one, and the end result is, its next game is Friday, 5 pm, vs. Seattle Prep at Memorial Stadium. We tweeted the WSHS games at @wsblive (you can see highlights there till we add them here); there’s also a quick roundup at seattletimes.com (WSB partner). ADDED EARLY TUESDAY: WSB co-publisher Patrick Sand‘s notes from covering the tiebreaker matches:Read More
West Seattle biz news: Sisters to bring pho, nail care to Alki
By Mary Sheely
Reporting for West Seattle Blog
Nhung Tran loves the beach.
“I really would like to spend the rest of my life on a beach location. So would she,” she says, indicating her sister Thu (on the left in our photo).
Now the women will get the chance – at least during working hours. Nhung and Thu Tran are partners in two new businesses set to open in the coming weeks on Alki Beach.
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Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle: 3 tons harvested!
(August photo courtesy of Margaret, taken as a TV crew videotaped a harvest at her house)
The “donated tree” harvesting is over for the year, and Aviva from Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle is sending thanks today to tree donors and volunteers for what she describes as “the bountiful harvest of 2009,” exceeding the goals they set earlier in the year:
6639 pounds of plums, grapes, pears, apples and figs (were) harvested and donated to the White Center and West Seattle food banks. This wonderful local fruit, instead of spoiling in backyards and sidewalks, was distributed to those who could benefit and enjoy it. Community Harvest will not be harvesting any more trees in 2009, but will be continuing activities through the winter.
What’s next?
Monthly meetings of the West Seattle Urban Crop Circle – a group which meets to learn and share about food gardening. Next meeting: Sunday, November 1 – Native Edibles – Kimberly Leeper (Mariposa Naturescapes), 6:30 – 8:30 PM, Duwamish Cohousing Common House, 6000 17th Ave SW.
*Planning for a Community Garden in West Seattle
*Planning for next year’s fruit harvest
Please contact info@gleanit.org if you would like more information, or would like to participate in our projects.
Request from West Seattle’s Seal Sitters: Got space?
(Photo by Robin Lindsey)
The joys and sorrows of seal-pup season continue on West Seattle shores, according to Seal Sitters‘ Robin Lindsey, who says that while they haven’t seen a live pup on the beach in two weeks, they dealt with two deaths in the past week. “This is the time of year that the pups really struggle to survive.” So Seal Sitters’ work to help the pups continues, and today they’re putting out a call for assistance to help them keep that work going:
As a non-profit organization, Seal Sitters is always looking for creative ways to meet our operating expenses. Through the generous offer of one of our colleagues, Seal Sitters has been presented with a unique opportunity to raise funds to cover a portion of our expenses. There are many costs involved in protecting the seals on our beaches – maintaining our dispatch phone line, website, educational materials, etc – that are currently paid out of pocket by our volunteers.
Seal Sitters is in need of a place to host an estate jewelry sale to raise funds. We are looking for any place that could be open to the public where we could set up two or three small tables to display jewelry. If you, or someone you know, has a facility in a high traffic area, like any listed below, that could be used for a few hours on a Saturday or Sunday prior to the holidays, please contact us at: info@sealsitters.org.
· Restaurant
· Meeting Room
· Office
· Storefront
· Vacant Storefront / building or other option
Seal Sitters welcomes donations of any type – click here. We would like to thank all of West Seattle for providing such a warm welcome for our smallest of marine mammal residents! Please visit our website and blog at www.sealsitters.org.
Prudential NW Realty finishes moving HQ back to West Seattle
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
This time of year, for the past several years, longtime West Seattle real-estate entrepreneur Mike Gain would have been wintering in the California desert.
Instead, one morning last week, he talked with WSB while at his desk on the fourth floor of the Jefferson Square office building, looking out where the Olympics might have been visible if not for a thick wall of clouds.
But he’s not complaining. When we last interviewed him 8 months ago, he had just returned to take over Prudential Northwest Realty, five years after selling it. Its previous owners had moved the corporate headquarters to the Eastside; in March, Gain told us he hoped to move the HQ back to West Seattle, where he and longtime business partner Roger Cayce first scored real-estate success decades earlier.
The reason we interviewed Gain again now: He says the move is finally complete, and Prudential’s 24 corporate employees are now headquartered at Jefferson Square, where the company has taken over more than 4,000 square feet on the fourth floor in addition to its 14,000+-square-foot 6th-floor offices.
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Monday morning notes: Voting, real estate, park $, Hallo-week
(Referendum 71 supporters demonstrated in The Junction again Sunday – from left, WSUU members Rose Fitzpatrick with her dog Rivet, Cynthia Townsend, and president Paula vanHaagen)
You can’t have a say on Referendum 71, Initiative 1033, King County Executive and Seattle Mayor – among other hot issues – if you’re not registered to vote. Today is your absolute last chance – if you’re not registered in this state but want to be, today’s the deadline but you have to go to the King County Elections office in Tukwila – here are the directions; they’re open till 4:30 pm.
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Another big West Seattle real-estate deal reported by McQuaid Real Estate: The Halcyon Apartments on Lincoln Park Way (Google Street View above) have sold for $2.8 million. The 23-unit building had never been up for sale before – the sellers were the couple who built it more than 40 years ago, according to McQuaid’s announcement of the deal.
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That’s Seattle Parks HQ at Denny Park downtown – and it’s the place to be at 7 pm tonight for the next meeting of the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee, which has reviewed a LOT of West Seattle projects in recent months. Tonight’s big agenda item – draft criteria for use of the levy’s Opportunity Fund (once the draft criteria get approval, they’ll be published tomorrow, and a public hearing is set for November 9, as reported here).
(Twitpic from @springhill_ws, showing the winner in Spring Hill‘s staff pumpkin-carving contest, by Xuan)
A quick reminder that it is now The Week Before Halloween, and you can scare up all the fun that’s leading up to the big night, as well as what’s happening on Halloween itself, by checking out the WSB Halloween page. Two October 31st notes that have nothing to do with Halloween, but we should mention them now so they don’t sneak up on you – 1. Saturday’s the last day of the season for the King County Water Taxi‘s West Seattle run; 2. Daylight Saving Time ends that night (technically 2 am Sunday – you’ll “fall back” an hour).
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