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Crime, safety, art @ Admiral Neighborhood Assoc. on Tuesday
February 8, 2015 12:10 pm
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 |   Neighborhoods | West Seattle news

(Flyer photo by Christopher Boffoli for WSB, January 2015)
Crime/safety concerns in the Admiral area, especially after last month’s robberies? This Tuesday (February 10), bring your questions to the Admiral Neighborhood Association‘s monthly meeting, with guests including Southwest Precinct Community Police Team Officer Jon Flores. That’s just one of the agenda highlights, as you’ll see if you browse the flyer above, shared by ANA president David Whiting. (If you can’t see the embedded version, here it is as a PDF.) All are welcome; the meeting starts at 7 at The Sanctuary at Admiral, the city-landmarked event venue across from the north side of Hiawatha Community Center park, at 42nd/Lander.

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You’ll never be younger than you are right this moment. Here’s one way to honor that.
February 8, 2015 10:03 am
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news

“You’re not getting older, you’re getting better.”* If you’re old enough to remember that slogan, you’re old enough to have a stake in this (although ultimately, we all do): A chance to offer your opinions on what it will take for Seattle and King County to be “more elder-friendly.” Here’s how, as explained by Seattle/King County’s Aging & Disability Services (ADS) agency:

Every four years, ADS develops a comprehensive plan that charts the course they will take in creating an elder-friendly community. The agency looks at local demographics, trends, and major service gaps, and seeks public input, before setting measureable goals and funding priorities for the following four years. ADS has created a survey that will help shape the plan for 2016-2019. You are invited to take the survey (here).

Community forums are planned, too, in case you’d rather share your thoughts in person. Find lots more information here.

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10 options for your West Seattle Sunday, starting with pancakes!
February 8, 2015 7:21 am
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 |   West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous


(Photo by Long Bach Nguyen – click image to see larger version)

Happy Sunday! From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

HIAWATHA PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Let somebody else do the cooking this morning – and help support community-center activities for all. 8 am-noon, it’s pancake-breakfast day at Hiawatha Community Center, with pancakes, sausages, bagels, and fruit – more info, including prices, in our calendar listing. (2700 California SW)

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: 10 am-2 pm – something new every week as we get closer to spring. (44th/Alaska)

LITTLE PILGRIMS’ PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 11 am-1:30 pm, come visit the preschool that’s based at Fauntleroy Church – details here. (9140 California SW)

ALL-WALK ENCOURAGEMENT RALLY: You’re invited to join other West Seattleites encouraging everyone to take personal action on climate change, and you’re welcome to bring signs. Stu Hennessey says this will happen on the first Sunday of the month, joining West Seattle Neighbors for Peace and Justice “during the all-walk interval in the Junction intersection.” Noon-1 pm. (California/Alaska)

DUWAMISH TRIBE FOOD TRADITIONS: Learn about the cultural and food traditions of the Duwamish Tribe, 1-3 pm followed by a shared meal, free. Details here. At the Duwamish Longhouse. (4705 W. Marginal Way SW)

THE JOY OF HELLEBORES: 1 pm, free class at West Seattle Nursery. (California/Brandon)

SEATTLE GREEN SPACES COALITION: The group working to save more greenspaces in West Seattle and the rest of the city meets at 2:45 pm, Southwest Library, all welcome. (35th/Henderson)

CELLO X: Live at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor) 3-5 pm. (5612 California SW)

LADIES’ MUSICAL CLUB: Free concert at 3 pm, featuring music by Haydn, Scriabin, Debussy, Gershwin, Mozart, and Ponchielli, at the West Seattle (Admiral) Library. (2306 42nd SW)

GRAMMY AWARDS ON THE BIG SCREEN: Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor) will have the big show on the big screen starting at 8. (6451 California SW)

MORE … on our calendar!

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West Seattle HS boys prepare for postseason game Tuesday
February 7, 2015 11:33 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle schools | WS & Sports

The West Seattle High School boys’ varsity basketball team is looking ahead to a postseason game against O’Dea next Tuesday, they announced the day after a hard-fought loss to Franklin.

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West Seattle traffic-alert update: Delridge offramp reopens after crash
February 7, 2015 8:53 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle traffic alerts

8:53 PM: SDOT says the Delridge offramp from the westbound West Seattle Bridge is closed because of a crash. Reader tip (accompanying photos including the one added above) says it seems like a spinout. More as we get it.

10:18 PM: SDOT just tweeted that the ramp has reopened.

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Help teach about the beach! Be a volunteer naturalist this year
February 7, 2015 7:02 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle beaches | West Seattle news

(Photo by Greg, Constellation Park, 2012
Love to tide-walk? Do it as a volunteer beach naturalist this year! Here’s the official call for volunteers:

Volunteer with the Seattle Aquarium at a beach near you!

Why do barnacles stand on their heads? What do sea stars like to eat? How do moon snails lay their eggs? Learn to answer these and other fun questions by volunteering as a Seattle Aquarium Beach Naturalist this summer. Naturalists receive training in the spring, and then spend three low tide days educating beach visitors about inter-tidal life and beach etiquette at one of eleven Puget Sound beaches, including Constellation Park and Lincoln Beach in West Seattle. Training begins on March 10.

If interested, please email beachnaturalist@seattleaquarium.org, call (206) 386-4365 or visit www.seattleaquarium.org/beach-naturalist.

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West Seattle High School’s Sonya Elliott honored as Metro League coach of the year, day after regular-season-ending win
February 7, 2015 4:00 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle schools | WS & Sports

(WSB photos/video by Tracy Record)
Standing at right above, that’s West Seattle High School girls-varsity head coach Sonya Elliott, who has been honored as Metro League Coach of the Year for the second time in three years, according to the school’s announcement on Twitter. Another tweet says junior Lydia Giomi has been named league MVP. Our top photo is from right after the team ended the first stage of a stellar season with a 62-20 victory last night over the visiting Franklin Quakers. In case you haven’t seen the Wildcat women play yet this year, here’s a minute we caught on video:

As the final home game of the regular season, last night was also Senior Night:

An especially poignant Senior Night for Coach Elliott, whose departing senior mainstays include her daughter Charli Elliott:

Also honored, Emily Fiso …

Annalisa Ursino …

Rachel Devore …

And Kristine La:

On to the game.

Fiso scored the first five points and finished as the scoring leader with 18.

Lexi Ioane was next with 15.

P.S. The cheer squad’s seniors were honored too – including the new Miss Seattle, Taryn Smith, who sang the national anthem before each game:

We’re now waiting to hear when/where the girls will start postseason play.

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Metro ‘service change’ on February 14: 2 West Seattle routes have non-WS changes; reminder of upcoming fare changes
February 7, 2015 1:42 pm
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 |   Transportation | West Seattle news

One week from today, it’s Metro‘s next three-times-a-year service change. Two routes that include West Seattle have changes, but the changes are not IN West Seattle. The service-change announcement also brings news of a fare increase and the new low-income fare*, plus a change in customer service. Read on for details:

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West Seattle utility-work alert: Early warning of possible waterlessness for a day or two or three next month
February 7, 2015 10:17 am
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 |   Utilities | West Seattle news

If you live along 36th or 37th SW between SW Brandon and SW Morgan, you should get that alert in your postal mail today or Monday, says Seattle Public Utilities, which wants to make sure you know about a big but relatively brief project that might affect your water service at some point March 11th, 12th, and/or 13th, and mailed the notice to “the project area” on Friday. Depending on what they find, it might just be a prelude to something even bigger. But at least you have five weeks now to plan ahead. (If you can’t see/scroll through the notice above, here’s the PDF version.)

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West Seattle Saturday: Soul Jambalaya; ‘Meaningful Movie’; more…
February 7, 2015 7:56 am
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 |   West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

(Young male Anna’s Hummingbird photographed by Danny McMillin, shared via the WSB Flickr group)

No reason for rainy-day boredom. Here’s some of what’s on the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

CAMP FIRE CANDY SALES: 9 am-4 pm today and tomorrow, Camp Fire’s annual candy fundraiser will be happening at the Fauntleroy ferry dock (among other places), per the organization’s lineup. (4829 SW Barton)

RESTAURANT NOTES: 8 am-8 pm, Endolyne Joe’s (WSB sponsor) has bacon giveaways celebrating the return of Danny the Pig (9261 45th SW); 10 am-2 am, Mission marks its 10th anniversary (2325 California SW) – details on both are in last night’s roundup of restaurant notes.

GIVE A LIFE-SAVING GIFT: If you can donate blood, look for the mobile van from Bloodworks NW (new name for what was Puget Sound Blood Center) in The Junction. Walkup donors welcome. 9-11 am and noon-3 pm. (42nd/Alaska)

STAIRWAY WALKS DAY: 10 am at three spots in West Seattle (and others around the city) – advance registration was required, so this is just a reminder for those who signed up.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 10 am-2 pm, adults only; details in our listing. (20th/Roxbury)

GREAT START PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 11 am-1 pm, you’re welcome to come find out more. (4620 SW Graham)

GAMES, GAMES, GAMES: 2-5 pm, drop by Admiral Congregational Church for games and snacks. (California/Hill)

‘SOUL JAMBALAYA’ CONCERT: 7 pm, celebrate music traditions from blues to jazz to gospel to funk with student musicians and acclaimed guest performers, as previewed here. Free; donations accepted, to support Denny/Sealth music programs. Chief Sealth International High School auditorium. (2600 SW Thistle)

WEST SEATTLE MEANINGFUL MOVIES: 7 pm (doors at 6:30), “Urban Gardeners and Social Justice Heroes” – read about this month’s program here. Free; donations accepted. Neighborhood House’s High Point Center. (6400 Sylvan Way)

‘KING OF BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO’: 7:30 pm, Arthur Migliazzia brings boogie-woogie to historic Kenyon Hall, as explained in our calendar listing. (7904 35th SW)

NOT DEAD YET: Catch them at Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor), 9 pm. (6451 California SW)

WHAT ELSE IS UP? Check our calendar.

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Memorial on February 19th for Jimmy D. Picinich Jr., 1971-2015
February 7, 2015 7:21 am
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 |   Obituaries | West Seattle news | West Seattle people

Services for Jimmy D. Picinich Jr., 43, are planned February 19th at Holy Rosary Church. Here’s the remembrance his family is sharing:

Jimmy D. Picinich Jr., born April 30, 1971, passed away at home on January 30th.

Jimmy attended Holy Rosary, John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, and Shoreline Community College.

After completing his education, Jimmy began his career as a Seattle Longshoreman, a proud member of ILWU Local 19 for 25 years.

Jimmy leaves behind his wife Kelli, daughter Taylor, his loving parents Jim and Janet Picinich, sister Krista, brother-in-law Colin, nephew Jimmy, and niece Addison.

Services will be held at West Seattle Holy Rosary Church on Thursday, February 19th, at 10:30 am; reception to follow in Lanigan Gymnasium at Holy Rosary School.

(WSB publishes West Seattle obituaries by request, free of charge. Please e-mail the text, and a photo if available, to editor@westseattleblog.com)

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Guardian One’s third West Seattle/White Center visit of the night
February 6, 2015 9:56 pm
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 |   Helicopter | West Seattle news | West Seattle police

9:56 PM: Guardian One is in the area for the third time tonight. This time we’ve heard it’s a call near 20th/Delridge but don’t have details yet. Earlier, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office Air Support Twitter timeline, the helicopter assisted with calls described as a hit-run search in West Seattle and a robbery search in White Center.

10:44 PM: We couldn’t find any police activity in that area but Guardian One’s subsequent tweet says it was helping with “a robbery north of White Center.” Fragments of scanner traffic lead us to believe it was a store robbery, not a street robbery, but we’re still trying to confirm with police. No helicopter visible in the area (or anywhere else as we drove back north along 16th, and then onto Delridge, from there).

ADDED EARLY SATURDAY: Delridge 7-11, per comment.

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West Seattle traffic-alert update: Bridge offramp to SB I-5 open again, 5 hours after tanker crash
February 6, 2015 8:42 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle traffic alerts

8:42 PM: A tanker truck is on its side on southbound I-5 just south of the West Seattle Bridge, so the offramp is closed. Updates as we get them.

9:29 PM: From the State Patrol:

If you want to check the eastbound-bridge-to-southbound-I-5 ramp status between our updates, use the city’s travelers-info map, and choose, on the lower right, live video/SODO/6th & Spokane.

12:49 AM: Still closed – no estimate for reopening, WSDOT says.

ADDED EARLY SATURDAY: Per WSDOT’s tweet, the ramp (and all I-5 lanes) reopened just before 1:30 am.

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West Seattle/White Center restaurant notes: Uncle Mike’s semi-closing; Mission’s 10th anniversary; Endolyne Joe’s bacon bash
February 6, 2015 6:12 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle restaurants | White Center

Three local food notes:

UNCLE MIKE’S BBQ CLOSING DINING ROOM, FOR NOW: If you are a fan of Uncle Mike’s BBQ in White Center and haven’t been lately, get there fast – Proprietors Mike and Elizabeth announced via Facebook that they are closing the dining room (but NOT the catering operation) at “the end of (this) week,” and then Mike elaborated:

End of the week means Saturday or Sunday. Why are we closing the dining room? Several reasons but mainly because I’m going through cancer treatment & while we can handle catering events just fine, running a full restaurant takes a lot more work. Right now I want to spend more time with Elizabeth and focus on beating the cancer. In the near future I plan to offer take-out as well as catering – stay tuned! Thanks – Love, Uncle Mike

Uncle Mike’s, known not “just” for barbecue but also for fried chicken and even hearty vegan food, is at 9640 16th SW.

MISSION MARKS 10 YEARS: Happy 10th anniversary to Mission in The Admiral District! Tomorrow’s the big party – open for lunch and dinner Saturday with a special food/drink menu (featuring a pig roast!), 10 am-2 am, all ages until 9 pm with a DJ at 10. (2325 California SW)

Speaking of pigs …

LOVE BACON? JOIN THE CELEBRATION @ JOE’S: Endolyne Joe’s (WSB sponsor) is celebrating the return of Danny the Pig (reported here last week) – Rich from Joe’s explains how: “In celebration of Danny’s return, this weekend we will be giving away one pound of bacon to a random lucky table every hour from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM this Saturday & Sunday. Sunday night, we will be drawing a winner for one case of bacon at 8:00 pm.” (9261 45th SW)

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West Seattle biznotes: Pink Gorilla Games goes; Radio Shacks stay
February 6, 2015 4:24 pm
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 |   West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

Two quick biznotes:

PINK GORILLA GAMES: No longer in West Seattle, after 3 years at 6053 California SW in Morgan Junction. On the company’s Facebook page, they told a customer their landlord had sold the building and that they have no plans to look for another WS location. They’re still open in the International District, University District, and Bellevue. Thanks to Katt for the flag on the store’s disappearance. (WSB file photo from 2012)

RADIO SHACK: In case you were wondering (we were) – the company’s out with a list of locations that might close because of its bankruptcy, and the list does NOT include either of its two West Seattle locations, in The Junction and Westwood Village.

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Dock-talks update: Terminal operators say they’ll close for the weekend
February 6, 2015 3:02 pm
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 |   Seen at sea | West Seattle news

Terminal operators at ports including Seattle say they’ll shut down for the weekend, as the contract-talks stalemate with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union continues. The announcement comes in this statement from the Pacific Maritime Association, which says “weekend vessel loading and unloading operations will be temporarily suspended this weekend, with yard, rail and gate operations continuing at terminal operators’ discretion.” No comment yet from the ILWU, but its president was quoted yesterday as decrying the PMA’s previously voiced “threat” to close ports, made as the terminal operators’ organization went public with its latest contract offer.

Locally, the Port of Seattle’s newest online schedule shows six vessels due on Saturday/Sunday (one of them, NYK Daedalus, is already anchored in Elliott Bay, and another, ZIM Djibouti, is anchored off Manchester).

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Demolition to start Tuesday for block-long 3210 California SW, now ‘Admiral East Apartments’
February 6, 2015 1:22 pm
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 |   Development | West Seattle news

(November 2014 WSB photo)
Demolition starts Tuesday for the block-long 3210 California SW project, as just announced by contractor Exxel Pacific. Fencing has been up for more than two months, and tree protection went up a few days ago, so this has been expected for some time. The official flyer (see it here as a PDF, and embedded below) also gives a nod to what developer Intracorp is calling the project, Admiral East Apartments:

The 136-unit, 152-offstreet-parking-space project gained final Design Review Board signoff ten months ago. Intracorp had at one point also planned a 60-unit apartment building across the street at 3211 California SW, but as noted here (final item) last month, those plans have changed.

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Update: State Attorney General files criminal wage-theft, tax-evasion charges against former West Seattle gym owner Sam Adams
February 6, 2015 11:04 am
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 |   West Seattle news | WS Health Club/ex-Athletic Club/ex-Allstar Fitness

(Photo courtesy office of state AG Ferguson, who is at the podium)
11:04 AM: Just announced by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson – a criminal wage-theft/tax-evasion case with defendants including Sam Adams, who owned the former West Seattle (Athletic) Club until filing for bankruptcy and relinquishing it to the building owner last October. What follows is the official news release; we’re on a media conference call and will add any additional information that it yields (update: that’s added at end of story):

Attorney General Ferguson files criminal wage theft and fraud charges against athletic club executives Sam Adams and Dana Sargent

$500,000 in unpaid taxes, withheld salary, and unpaid insurance premiums

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed criminal charges in King County Superior Court against the owners and operators of West Seattle Athletic Club for stealing wages and evading taxes. In only the second wage-theft criminal prosecution brought by the state, the Attorney General’s Office seeks justice for harmed workers and Washington taxpayers.

Defendants Sam Adams and Dana Sargent are alleged to have engaged in theft and fraud totaling over $500,000. The defendants allegedly failed to pay state taxes, withheld wages from workers, failed to pay workers’ insurance premiums, and failed to pay unemployment insurance.

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Five possibilities for your West Seattle Friday night
February 6, 2015 9:31 am
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 |   West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

(Bald eagles on a Beach Drive rooftop – photo by Brian Baum)

Happy Friday! From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

WORDS, WRITERS, WEST SEATTLE: 5-7 pm at Barnes & Noble/Westwood Village, the monthly Southwest Seattle Historical Society-presented literary event features author Theresa McCormick and her book “A Far Cry from Here: Growing Up and Out of Fundamentalism” – here’s a preview:

Words, Writers & West Seattle presents … from Avenue Collection on Vimeo.

No admission charge. (2800 SW Barton)

CORNER BAR: 6 pm, it’s Highland Park Improvement Club‘s popular monthly neighborhood drop-in party, featuring the Yada Yada Blues Band live at 9. More here. (12th/Holden)

HIGH-SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Final Friday night of the regular season, with a full slate of home games – girls’ and boys’ varsity, for both West Seattle High School (3000 California SW) and Chief Sealth International High School (2600 SW Thistle). WSHS hosts Franklin; CSIHS hosts Eastside Catholic. At both gyms, it’s girls’ varsity at 6:30, boys’ varsity at 8.

‘4000 MILES’: 7:30 pm, the Pulitzer-nominated dramatic comedy directed by Mathew Wright is onstage at ArtsWest (WSB sponsor) – tickets available here. (4711 California SW)

MEMPHIS RADIO KINGS: Live at Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor), 9:30 pm, no cover. (6451 California SW)

AGAIN TODAY/TONIGHT, THERE’S MORE … so we invite you to browse the full calendar, for today/tonight and beyond.

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You can help! Be on the Alki Community Center Advisory Council
February 6, 2015 9:09 am
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news | West Seattle parks

What happens at your local community center(s) – a long list of activities, classes, and events, featured in the seasonal brochure – isn’t just the work of the city staffers who work there. A community-based advisory council is hard at work behind the scenes, too. The Alki Community Center Advisory Council is inviting new members, and center coordinator Marc Hoffman asked us to share the invitation for you to “support the community center staff’s efforts to meet our recreational needs – use your talents to better our community!” The council usually meets at the center on second Wednesdays. If you’re interested, contact Marc at 206-684-7430 or marc.hoffman@seattle.gov, and/or council president Roberta Fowler, r2fowler@yahoo.com.

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TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday updates & alerts
February 6, 2015 6:53 am
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle traffic alerts

(WS high/low bridges and Highway 99 views; more cams on the WSB Traffic page)
Another rainy commute. No specific incidents or alerts in or from West Seattle so far, though.

NORTH DELRIDGE PROJECT: On Thursday, we found out more from SDOT about the upcoming work at Delridge/Andover and northward, including the plan to start week after next.

8:22 AM: A little trouble on northbound 99 in the Battery Street Tunnel:

8:53 AM: The BSTunnel situation is reported to be cleared, but there’s a new problem on northbound 99 – a crash, with injuries, reported near the stadium zone. That’s all we’ve heard (via scanner) so far.

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Skies Over West Seattle, February 2015: What not to miss
February 6, 2015 1:07 am
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 |   Skies Over West Seattle | West Seattle news

By Alice Enevoldsen
Special to West Seattle Blog

The night you need to be outside this month is February 20th, so call up Cliff Mass and ask him to arrange for clear weather that evening. Just after sunset we have a conjunction between the Moon, Mars, and Venus that isn’t to be missed, it’ll be stunning.

The next night, February 21st, Venus and Mars will be even closer in the sky. You’ll be able to easily see the pair in binoculars; use that moment to notice the difference in color between the two.

Hey, What’s That?

Unless it was the aforementioned Venus conjunction or Venus itself, which sets in the west shortly after sunset, then you’re definitely seeing Jupiter every night this month.

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VIDEO: ‘First Look’ forum with District 1 Seattle City Council hopefuls
February 5, 2015 9:31 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle politics

9:31 PM: Just wrapped up at Highland Park Improvement Club, the first forum of a campaign season which will result in West Seattle/South Park electing its first District 1 City Councilmember. Participating were the four candidates who have officially declared so far – from left to right in our photo below, Phillip Tavel, George Capestany, Amanda Kay Helmick, and Chas Redmond.

(WSB photos by Torin Record-Sand)
If you couldn’t be there, you’ll be able to watch it all on video, thanks to Edgar Riebe from West Seattle-based Captive Eye Media, and we’ll publish that in another report when it’s ready.

Thanks to HPIC for allowing us to have the event there, and thanks to the 80 or so people who came from all over the city (including some of the at-large candidates that West Seattleites also will vote on – we noted Councilmember Sally Clark, Bill Bradburd, Alex Tsimerman – sorry if we missed someone). The candidates answered about 20 questions, two-thirds asked by us (many suggested by readers) and one-third in the audience-asked final half-hour, wide variety of topics. Next forum we know of is planned for Saturday morning, March 14, presented by VIEWS – we’ll publish more about it when their official announcement is out.

ADDED 10:56 PM: Thanks to Michael Oxman for a snippet of video – this was a question asked by Hildegard Nichols from the local Green group, asking the candidates about their grass-roots cred.

11:46 AM FRIDAY: First version of the video is up. (Added: Also published to YouTube:)

We still intend to post a separate story later (report #2) with embedded video as well as more text highlights as well and a few additional photos. It should be noted that the filing deadline is still a ways off – May 15th – while the primary election is August 4th.

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