Dozen-plus possibilities for your West Seattle Saturday

(Photo by Jim Borrow – cargo ship Mount Rainier headed north past West Seattle, with a pilot boat, this morning)

The holiday weekend is here! Highlights from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

AMERICAN LEGION POPPIES: 8 am-5 pm, American Legion Post 160 is distributing Memorial Day poppies at West Seattle Thriftway (WSB sponsor) – backstory in our calendar listing. (4201 SW Morgan)

TAI CHI ON ALKI: 9 am, meet by Statue of Liberty Plaza for the weekly class, all welcome, by donation. (61st SW/Alki SW)

‘SUPERCAR’ RALLY’S ALKI LAP: 9:15-10 am, as previewed here earlier this week, “supercars” on a Seattle-to-Seaside rally plan a “lap” through the Alki area. If we get any early word on the route, we’ll update here. (9:40 AM UPDATE: Small group; we caught them passing Don Armeni; they stopped a bit further west and are about to take off again.)

GARDEN CENTER: Looking for plants? The South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) Garden Center will be open 10 am-3 pm today on the north end of campus. (6000 16th SW)

MAHONIA WORK PARTY: Also at SSC, join Team Mahonia for a 10 am-noon work party, explained here! (6000 16th SW)

SPRAYPARK SEASON BEGINS: Opening day for Highland Park Spraypark, 11 am-8 pm. (1100 SW Cloverdale)

ART SHOW & SALE: 11 am-5 pm at West Seattle Church of the Nazarene, more than half a dozen local artists are showing and selling their work; we stopped by last night. (4201 SW Juneau)

COLMAN POOL OPENS: First day of the first pre-season weekend at West Seattle’s city-run outdoor pool on the shore at Lincoln Park. Noon-7 pm, including three sessions today – here’s the schedule. (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW)

TREASURE TRUCK PET PARTY: Noon to 5 pm at Ounces in North Delridge, “Amazon Treasure Truck is bringing their deal truck to Ounces for a special Pop-Up Event with Purina Dog Chow! Purina and Treasure Truck will be taking over the Ounces upper parking lot for an afternoon of doggie games, treats, a photo booth … AND a pop-up dog park! FREE! Kids & Pups welcome! Deal on truck will be announced on Saturday.” (3809 Delridge Way SW)

INTERGENERATIONAL THEATER: Free performance by Silverkite Community Arts, presented by Quail Park Memory Care of West Seattle (WSB sponsor), 2 pm at Senior Center, all welcome, free. (4217 SW Oregon)

TALK WITH YOUR SCHOOL BOARD REP: 3-5 pm, you can drop by Delridge Library and talk with Leslie Harris, president of the Seattle Public Schools board and elected representative for West Seattle/South Park. (5423 Delridge Way SW)

WEST END GIRLS, A DRAG EXTRAVAGANZA: At The Skylark – doors at 7 pm, show at 8 pm, hosted by Cookie Couture. Tickets and lineup here. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

GARY BENSON: Performing at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7-9 pm. (5612 California SW)

PEEK INTO THE FUTURE … our complete calendar is here.

JD Big Rig May 26, 2018 (8:18 am)

Rally route can be found here: https://www.zwingrally.com/route/

WSB May 26, 2018 (8:22 am)

Thanks, we already linked that in previous coverage but what we don’t have is the more granular, what’s the loop through here, are they gathering at Don Armeni first (which police were thinking, during our Tuesday discussion)? Or at some point will they just turn around?
- Pam May 26, 2018 (9:51 am)
  
  They have come and gone…turned around at Starbucks on Alki
  - WSB May 26, 2018 (10:12 am)
    
    Yup, thanks. We were there. Only 15 cars but it’s the first one, guess you never know who will show up!

Question Authority May 26, 2018 (9:20 am)

A quandary exists, that ship is loaded with logs destined for Asia to be turned into products and packaging. Local resources going thousands of miles just to be returned later for consumers happiness. Sure, it creates healthier forests, sustains jobs and all that, but a sad photo just the same.

WSB May 26, 2018 (9:39 am)

Jim kindly shares photos of semi-routine yet interesting maritime traffic … we appreciate everybody who takes the time and trouble to share images of so many things happening around the area, and yes, the photos do often tell a complicated story!
gxnx May 26, 2018 (10:00 am)

Product of USAMade in ChinaViaStolen American technologiesMade China Great Again and Again and Again

Helpful May 26, 2018 (11:12 am)

Were the super car drivers hardcore festive dancing and doing burn outs like in the vid..?!

WSB May 26, 2018 (11:39 am)

It was fairly low key. Twitter video in the story now, replacing with vid from the non-phone camera when it’s uploaded.

Awsnative May 26, 2018 (3:41 pm)

The logship pictured is proof of poor leaders. MANY years ago there were good paying mill jobs up and down Puget Sound. Japan led the way and our political leaders rolled over; why? Japan said our mills “didn’t know how to cut lumber to their specs”(!!!!!)therefore we had to give them raw log’s. End result: fewer jobs for us. Note-British Columbia was able to fight them off for years but now they to export raw log’s. And yep, you guessed it their mill workers have suffered layoffs. Haven’t hear Trump say anything.

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