(Red laceleaf maple at the South Seattle Community College Arboretum, photographed by Keri DeTore)
From the WSB West Seattle Events calendar: Hear the latest local crime trends firsthand – and get a chance for Q/A with local police leaders – when the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meets tonight, 7 pm, Southwest Precinct (Delridge/Webster) … Tonight’s the quarterly opening for the Art Lending Library at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (4408 Delridge Way), details here … 10 am-2 pm today, it’s a Potpourri Bazaar of goods and services at Senior Center of West Seattle (4217 SW Oregon), even flu and pneumonia shots … 6:15 pm tonight at C & P Coffee (WSB sponsor), Toastmasters Club 832 tells “Tales from the Hearth” (featured on our new West Seattle Halloween page) … After 6 pm “Spin Your Wax” open turntables at Skylark Café and Club (WSB sponsor) tonight, it’s the monthly Alauda belly-dance showcase (3803 Delridge Way) … Not in WS, but of regional interest: The public-health impacts of trucking are the topic of a special community forum tonight at South Seattle Community College‘s Georgetown campus (6737 Corson Avenue South).