West Seattle Wednesday: Water Taxi alert, playfield, Duwamish…

(Photo from Alki last week, by Kenna Klosterman)
WATER TAXI OUT OF SERVICE THIS MORNING … and maybe longer; the county will provide updates. As announced yesterday afternoon, the West Seattle Water Taxi will NOT run this morning because it’s getting a “defective weld” repaired. Keep an eye here and on the WSB Facebook page and Twitter feed for the latest.

UP EARLY? And, in the construction trades? Westside Professionals would love to meet you this morning, 8 am, The Kenney. Here’s the Facebook invite explaining what it’s all about.

WALT HUNDLEY PLAYFIELD TURF: 6:30 pm tonight, be at Southwest Library for a meeting about the Parks and Green Spaces Levy $1 million renovation project that’ll bring new synthetic turf to the playfield next to High Point Community Center.

HIGHLAND PARK ACTION COMMITTEE: Help shape goals by joining in discussion at tonight’s meeting of the Highland Park Action Committee meets, 7 pm, Highland Park Improvement Club (12th/Holden).

OPENING NIGHT! “Shipwrecked! An Entertainment...” opens at ArtsWest (WSB sponsor), 7:30 tonight, running through May 21st.

PLAYGROUND UPDATE: The Lafayette Playground Committee is holding its monthly meeting to update the community on its playground effort. It will be held this Wednesday, April 27 from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. In Lafayette Elementary‘s library. Come and hear an update and see how you can help in the final fundraising stages!!!!!

SCIENCE! Denny International Middle School science fair, 6-8 pm

DUWAMISH CLEANUP PUBLIC MEETING: EPA Public Meeting: Boeing Plant 2. 6 pm at South Park Community Center, 8319 8th Avenue South. Food and Spanish interpretation will be available.
6 pm: Open House
7 pm: Presentations by Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition and EPA
8 pm: Public testimony: Your comments are needed!!

POETRY AND STORYTELLING: Free, all ages, monthly series with a featured reader followed by open mike for stories and tales (short and tall) from 7 pm – 9 pm. Via poetrybridge.net at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 5612 California SW.

RESUME WORKSHOP: Free workshop “Effective Resumes” at SSCC WorkSource – see full story here

Even more on the WSB West Seattle Events calendar!

ttt April 27, 2011 (10:31 am)

What’s the story about the picture of the skydiver on Alki?

WSB April 27, 2011 (11:00 am)

Kenna says the diver was doing practice jumps down by the seawall – TR

VBD April 27, 2011 (12:25 pm)

That is a paraglider, not a sky diver. The practice is called “ground handling”, and improves the skills needed for safe launching and landing. Paragliders usually launch off mountains, or other high places by first inflating their glider then flying away. They do not jump off anything.

Kenna Klosterman April 27, 2011 (3:54 pm)

Thanks for the scoop VBD! Somehow I thought he was a windsurfer – but paraglider makes a lot of sense too! If anyone knows him – I’m happy to get him a copy of the photo& a few others I took!

The photo is also on my Photo of the Day blog posts – http://kennklo.blogspot.com/p/365-v2011-photo-of-day.html Many are taken around the Alki hood. : )