7 possibilities for your West Seattle Wednesday afternoon/evening

Thanks to Gary Jones for sharing his photo of ospreys at Alki Point; it’s prime time for birdwatching at the beach – we saw an osprey and a bald eagle during a brief walk in east Alki on Tuesday. As for what else is up – from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar for today/tonight:

LOW TIDE: Speaking of walking along Alki (or your favorite beach) – the lowest tide of the day is not as low as a few days ago but the -2.1-foot low tide at 12:37 pm will still make for excellent beach exploration.

TOLLING THE HIGHWAY 99 TUNNEL: Just as “Bertha” gets ready to start digging, an advisory committee is still talking about the tolling issue – what amount of tolling would raise enough money to cover its share of the project budget, while not being so high that too many drivers would divert to other routes. Today’s quarterly meeting of the committee, open to the public, is 3-5 pm (info and agenda here) in the Puget Sound Regional Council conference room. (1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500)

HIGH POINT MARKET GARDEN FARM STAND: 4-7 pm every Wednesday, buy organic produce just steps away from where it was grown. Info in our calendar listing. (32nd/Juneau)

WEST SEATTLE TIMEBANK, 1ST ORIENTATION: Help launch the West Seattle Timebank tonight, by coming to its first orientation meeting, at the Senior Center of West Seattle. Potluck at 6:30, orientation at 7, details and links in our preview from earlier this week. (Oregon/California)

SEAL SITTERS VOLUNTEER TRAINING: Want to join Seal Sitters? The next volunteer orientation is tonight, and it’s the last one for a while. E-mail to see if there’s still room; the address, and more info, is in our recent preview.

SOUTH PARK BRIDGE UPDATE: Want to see how things are going with the new South Park Bridge? The county presents its fourth program with photos and info at 7 pm tonight, South Park Community Center. (8319 8th Avenue S.)

‘CHESS’ AT ARTSWEST: It’s the second and final week for the ArtsWest Summer Apprenticeship Program’s presentation of the musical “Chess,” onstage at 7:30 tonight. (4711 California SW)

JVP July 24, 2013 (11:46 am)

The pic of the ospreys are pretty cool. Twice in the last month I’ve seen an osprey from my house right near the Junction. Both times the were carrying a decent size fish (maybe 12″) heading inland. The second time a seagull was harassing the osprey, I’d guess in an effort to steal his catch.

Britlyn July 24, 2013 (1:49 pm)

This is awesome! I had no idea that Wednesday offered so many things in our West Seattle community. I have walked along Alki at low tide and highly recommend it! You get to see so many different sea creatures and it is relaxing to walk along the beach. Great for kids as well. Happy Hump Day!

Fiwa Jcbbb July 24, 2013 (3:26 pm)

Ospreys are also known as Sea-Hawks! Go Seahawks!

Now on to the subject of tolling. How about a toll on people entering high-priced office buildings, restaurants, and condos made possible by the destruction of many struggling-to-stay-middle-class people’s route to work? Oh I forgot, rich people work harder and are smarter than the rest of us and deserve to have the burden of taxation put disproportionally on their economic inferiors.

With liberals like the ones we have running this city, who needs conservatives?

Danny McMillin July 24, 2013 (4:42 pm)

A real beauty, Gary!!

trickycoolj July 24, 2013 (5:49 pm)

It’ll be interesting to hear how the bridge work is progressing. I park on the east side of the bridge literally next to the construction fence every day and longingly wish for the day I don’t have to drive around. Will there be a WSB or South Park write up on the bridge status? I have an HOA meeting to attend tonight.

WSB July 24, 2013 (7:53 pm)

Tricky, I’m sorry to say, I’m not feeling too good tonight (happens every so often) and I had to go to sleep for a couple hours. I do hope to contact the county team and ask for some key points – as simple as “how’s the progress”? – Tracy

Julia July 24, 2013 (5:54 pm)

Gorgeous photo!!!

trickycoolj July 25, 2013 (11:43 am)

Take it easy Tracy, there’s a lot of crud going around my office (chest colds and stomach bugs) you do so much for our community you definitely deserve the time to recuperate once and a while! Hopefully it your bug passes through quickly! Thanks for all your efforts!! :)