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Weekend scene: Hundreds @ Southwest Youth and Family Services ‘Voices of the Community’ gala
October 21, 2017 10:13 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle people

Thanks to Gary Potter of Potter Construction (WSB sponsor) for the photo – that’s him at right/center with Brian Waid, Rotary Club of West Seattle president (Gary is a Rotarian too), at tonight’s Southwest Youth and Family Services “Voices of the Community” gala at Georgetown Ballroom. 200 people there, Gary reports! Among them, West Seattle community stalwarts Jim Guenther and Sandy Adams, who, we’re told, were honored with an award for their volunteer work – congratulations! (We hope to have more on that later.) Not familiar with SWYFS? It’s based in North Delridge but helps youth and families via many programs in an increasingly large area stretching into South King County

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CONGRATULATIONS! West Seattle High School golfers’ success
October 21, 2017 8:51 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle schools | WS & Sports

Thanks to Anna Nguyen for photos and reports on two success stories from the West Seattle High School golf season. First, the girls:

(L-R, Berit Syltebo and Lauryn Nguyen)

Congratulations to the WSHS Girls Golf Team on their 3rd-place finish in the overall-team standings at this week’s 3A Metro League Tournament held at Jefferson Park Golf Course. Senior Berit Syltebo and Freshman Lauryn Nguyen qualified for the 3A Metro/King Co District tournament to be held next Spring. Nguyen posted a commanding 4-under par round to win the individual Medalist Honors, beating the field by 7 strokes in the 18-hole Metro League Tournament. Nguyen also captured 1st place during all of the regular season high-school matches. Her dominating performance earned her the WIAA Metro League Player of the Year title!

Here’s the entire team, in a tweeted photo:

Now, the report on the boys’ team:

(L-R, Cameron Smith and Alex Nguyen)

Two members of the WSHS Varsity boys’ golf team qualified for the 3A Metro/King Co District tournament after competing in the Metro League Golf Championship this week held at West Seattle Golf Course and Jefferson Park Golf Course. Senior Alex Nguyen and Junior Cameron Smith finished in the top 38 to earn a place to compete at Districts next Tuesday (10/24/2017) at Riverbend Golf Complex in Kent.

Both teams are coached by Velko Vitalich, who, as we reported back in June, has retired as WSHS baseball head coach but continued on with the golfers for one more year.

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DUWAMISH ALIVE! Habitat help along ‘A River for All’
October 21, 2017 6:59 pm
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 |   Environment | West Seattle news

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Pastoral, industrial, vital. Our Instagram video clip is the view of the Duwamish River from Terminal 107 Park, steps away from the kickoff event for today’s installment of the twice-yearly Duwamish Alive! work parties. As James Rasmussen had told the gathering of volunteers, this is “the last stretch of the old Duwamish River”:

Rasmussen spoke both as leader of the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition and as a member of the Duwamish Tribe, whose longhouse is across West Marginal Way SW from T-107. “This place would not have been saved if not for my ancestors,” Rasmussen explained, recounting how the discovery of shell heaps – evidence of a long-ago Duwamish village – stopped work at the site years ago. While so much of the Duwamish River’s shore has been the focus of restoration, so much of the riverbed itself the subject of cleanup, this stretch, including mudflat Kellogg Island, remains “original habitat,” Rasmussen said. And now, the intent is to improve its health so it can serve as “A River for All”:

Rasmussen promised one of those buttons to City Councilmember Lisa Herbold, who also spoke:

After a few speeches – in light rain – it was time for everyone to get to work:

Much of today’s work involved planting. Rasmussen urged volunteers to name their plants – “(they’re) not an inanimate object, they know you’re there” – and come back to visit them as they grow.

P.S. If you weren’t able to work at one of the Duwamish Alive! sites today – there are work parties in the area almost every weekend (often featured on the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar) – and another long list of them on November 4th for Green Seattle Day – see that list here, including five locations in West Seattle (and easy RSVP links for each).

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Big response for Alki false alarm
October 21, 2017 5:31 pm
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 |   West Seattle fires | West Seattle news

If you saw/heard all the SFD units just now – they were headed to a possible fire in a multifamily building in the 2200 block of Alki SW. We’ve just heard via scanner that it was a false alarm – somebody was starting up a grill and the smoke set off a smoke detector. So the units are being dismissed.

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TRAFFIC ALERT: Crash at Delridge/Andover
October 21, 2017 4:34 pm
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 |   Delridge | West Seattle news | WS breaking news

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4:34 PM: A day of crashes continues with one that briefly drew a Seattle Fire “rescue” response, at Delridge and Andover. The response was downgraded a few minutes ago because everyone was reported to have gotten out of the vehicle(s) OK, but the intersection is blocked northbound according to what we’re hearing via scanner.

4:50 PM: Our crew has just arrived and says this involves a car that was apparently headed downhill (westbound) on Andover and collided with a Metro bus. The bus is in the intersection, and its driver is being checked for possible shoulder injuries, we are told; the car came to a stop against the H&R Block building on the northeast corner (photo added – it actually stopped against the doorway):

Police are directing traffic, with northbound Delridge vehicles now using one of the southbound lanes.

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SPORTS: SW Lacrosse Club opens spring registration – starting girls’ team, too
October 21, 2017 2:38 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | WS & Sports

SW Lacrosse Club currently plays its home games in Normandy Park but is the league for West Seattle and beyond, and has just opened registration for next spring. It was founded 20 years ago and continues to grow:

We emphasize skill development. We’re a great option for kids seeking something new. We promote fraternity (and sisterhood!). We host special events to connect when we are off the field. Our home field is Manhattan in Normandy Park. Our season runs March-May with Pre-season beginning in February. We offer scholarships so anyone can play.

This will be our inaugural season registering 3rd and 4th Grade girls. Girls’ Lacrosse is a dynamic field
sport different from the boys’ game. Like comparing softball to baseball, the girls’ game has its own
rules. It does not involve full-contact play. While there’s not a lot of girls’ teams in Seattle-at-large, we want to be part of growing something new! It’s great exercise, the skills parlay to any other field/court sport, and it’s a ton of fun! No experience is necessary because we have a Super Star Coach:

Introducing Ayesha Cochran:

Coach Ayesha played lacrosse throughout her childhood and into college in New York State. She has a passion for the sport that she is eager to share! Ayesha moved to Seattle for her career and has since felt a calling to “do her part to grow the game” after 3 years of rooting into our community. She feels a responsibility to teach the game that has brought her so much joy! Coach Ayesha welcomes athletic 3rd and 4th grade girls to the field who are ready for a new dynamic sport: Come out and give it a try!

With plans to grow our organization, we remain loyal to our history.

Our boys’ program is making great strides toward becoming a more competitive force to be reckoned with. Our high school team made it to the D2 playoffs in 2017 for the 2nd year in a row, and with the goal for a 3rd in 2018, we hope to continue the momentum across all our youth teams to advance players at the hands of our dedicated coaches. We are honored to announce that Mark Benedum, the original founder of our organization, is returning to coach for us again this year.

Go here to register. Questions? Contact Tanya at 206-730-6908 or tanyarosso (at) msn (dot) com.

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TRAFFIC ALERT: Crash on SW Roxbury at 17th
October 21, 2017 1:59 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle traffic alerts

Thanks to Mel for the photo. Westbound Roxbury is blocked right now at 17th SW because of that crash. No major injuries. Wherever you are going today, be cautious and allow extra time – we have had trouble on most major corridors at one time or another so far.

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BIZNOTE: Westwood Village QFC ‘grand reopening’ Wednesday
October 21, 2017 1:11 pm
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 |   West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news | Westwood

Got word today from QFC that it’s planning an event Wednesday morning to celebrate the completion of its $2.8 million Westwood Village remodeling project. At 8 am, they will hand out gift bags to the first 200 customers, with “a coupon for a ‘free breakfast’ (a dozen eggs, package of bacon, muffins, and carton of orange juice) as well as a QFC gift card. The gift cards will be for $5, with one for $300 mixed in.” The celebration also will feature free cake and coffee, with a ribboncutting at 8:30 am.

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TRAFFIC ALERTS: Eastbound West Seattle Bridge from Fauntleroy; Olson Place
October 21, 2017 11:24 am
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle traffic alerts

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11:24 AM: Thanks for the texts. A crash on the eastbound West Seattle Bridge from Fauntleroy is near the curve, we’re told, blocking at least one lane, and a texter says the jersey barrier has again been displaced – which happened multiple times because of crashes earlier this week. So if you need to get to the eastbound bridge, you might consider using Avalon or Delridge instead, for a while.

11:33 AM: SFD has already closed out of the crash call, so, no major injuries.

11:54 AM: Still a trouble spot, though, according to SDOT’s Travelers Map as well as Twitter reports.

Meantime, a new crash – Olson Place SW, southbound per scanner, 9200 block, just before Myers Way [map]. Minor injuries but if you’re headed south/eastbound in the Roxbury corridor, take note.

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BIZNOTE: Spud Fish & Chips on Alki closed until mid-November
October 21, 2017 9:25 am
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle restaurants

9:25 AM: As noted in the WSB Forums, Spud Fish and Chips on Alki is closed for what its website describes as “maintenance/repairs,” so if you were planning on fish and chips for a weekend lunch, you won’t find it there until mid-November. Yes, there are other fish-and-chips options, including nearby Sunfish, but Spud has a long history – having celebrated its 75th anniversary back in 2010.

11:48 AM: Went down to check out the door sign (photo added above), which says Spud expects to reopen November 13th.

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West Seattle Saturday: Duwamish Alive! & much more
October 21, 2017 7:42 am
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 |   West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

(Photo by Patrick Wirth – who found this falcon hawk perched outside his window one recent morning)

Welcome to the weekend! Highlights of what’s happening in West Seattle, from our calendar:

DUWAMISH ALIVE! Work parties along the river and in the watershed, 10 am-2 pm; this twice-yearly event is usually rain or shine. At T-107 Park in West Seattle, it will start with speakers including West Seattle/South Park City Councilmember Lisa Herbold. (4700 W. Marginal Way SW). Other events include tree planting at Greg Davis Park on Longfellow Creek (at Juneau) and at Point Rediscovery (10040 Des Moines Memorial Dr.). Find other events via our preview.

22ND/HENDERSON FOLLOWUP: 10 am-4 pm, volunteer work party on the slope where goats cleared away the overgrowth a year ago. All welcome; service hours available for students. (22nd SW/SW Henderson)

DUWAMISH NATIVE ARTS AND CRAFTS MARKET: 10 am-6 pm at the Duwamish Tribe Longhouse in West Seattle, second day of this month’s market. Details in our calendar listing. (4705 W. Marginal Way SW)

OPEN HOUSE: At Holy Rosary School, 10 am-1 pm, preschool through 8th grade. (42nd SW/SW Genesee)

PANCAKE BREAKFAST SUPPORTING SAFEFUTURES YOUTH CENTER: Support an organization that’s working with vulnerable youth in our community. Come to the benefit breakfast 10:30 am-12:30 pm at Kenyon Hall – details here. (7904 35th SW)

EMBROIDERY AT THE LIBRARY: Part of Southwest Library‘s art-making series, embroidery for 7 and up, 10:30 am-12:30 pm. Free. (9010 35th SW)

(added) FALL MAKERS DAY: Under way until 4 pm at CAPERS in The Junction, which sent the photo:

“Featuring local artists and makers. Fine art, children’s art and clothing, jewelry and chocolate are featured in the Pop-Up shops today until 4 pm.” (4525 California SW)

OCTOBERFEST: 1-7 pm at Welcome Road Winery (WSB sponsor), all ages: “Enjoy Bavarian noshes and our new 2014 Roadtrip Red – the perfect fall wine. No dirndl or lederhosen required. Tastings are just $5 (waived with bottle purchase) and noshes are gratis.” (3804 California SW)

TALK WITH YOUR SCHOOL BOARD REP: West Seattle/South Park Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors rep Leslie Harris welcomes you to her community-conversation drop-in meeting, 3-5 pm at Delridge Library. (5423 Delridge Way SW)

TINKERLAB STEM CHALLENGE: 3-4:30 pm at Southwest Library; all ages welcome. Free. (9010 35th SW)

ROO FORREST AND FRIENDS: “Eclectic mix of originals and covers” at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7-9 pm. (5612 California SW)

SCHOLARSHIP FUND BENEFIT: West Seattle Hall of Fame member Tom Collier performs at Kenyon Hall to raise money for the WSHS Scholarship Fund, 7:30 pm. (7904 35th SW)

WEST END GIRLS: A DRAG SPOOKTACULAR: Pre-Halloween edition of the drag showcase at The Skylark, doors at 8, show at 9, details here. 21+. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

DARWIN’S FINCHES, MANNEQUIN BBQ, BABY CROW FLIGHT SCHOOL: “Rock with stellar musicianship” and “songbird vocal harmonies” at Parliament Tavern, 9 pm-midnight. $5 cover. 21+. (4210 SW Admiral Way)

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