(Thanks to Larry Murante for the Alki view of Thursday’s sunset)

Your mid-September Saturday includes many options, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar – but first, a traffic reminder:

HIGHWAY 99 CLOSURE: Remember that SB 99 between the Battery Street Tunnel and West Seattle Bridge is scheduled to remain closed until late Sunday night. If anything changes, we’ll publish a separate update.

Now, reasons to stay on the peninsula!

PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Start your weekend with a full belly and a warm feeling you’ve done a good deed, via the Lions Club benefit Pancake Breakfast at the Senior Center of West Seattle, 8 am-11 am. (4217 SW Oregon)

2ND TIME SALE, 1ST DAY: As previewed here on Friday, Fauntleroy Church‘s Fellowship Hall is brimming with well-arranged, nicely priced treasures. You can even prep for winter:

Open for your shopping pleasure 9 am-4 pm. (9140 California SW)

MATTRESS FUNDRAISER: As previewed here, the West Seattle High School Booster Club is raising money for the athletic program with a sale of new brand-name mattresses at the school today, 10 am-5 pm. (3000 California SW)

NATIVE PLANT TREASURE HUNT: 10 am, take a guided walk in the West Duwamish Greenbelt:

Come learn about native plants, the importance of urban forests, and the problems posed by invasive species. See if we can find Maidenhair fern, Piggyback plant and other plants rarely seen in Seattle. Guided by Steve Richmond of Garden Cycles, a forest restoration company. The hike is just over a half mile long, but Steve will stop along the way to point out native plants and talk about the restoration efforts underway.

(Meet at 1900 SW Dawson trailhead)

WESTFEST: 10 am-10 pm, second and final day/night of Holy Rosary School‘s fall festival. All invited. Food, music, rides, games. And bring diapers for WestSide Baby! (42nd SW/SW Genesee)

SECOND GEAR SPORTS’ 5TH ANNIVERSARY: Five years since Second Gear Sports opened in Morgan Junction, and at today’s 10 am-6 pm anniversary sale, you get the gifts – detailed in our calendar listing. (6529 California SW)

FIESTAS PATRIAS PARADE & FESTIVAL: 11 am parade, 1 pm festival, in South Park, a celebration of Latin American cultures – the parade route’s linked in our calendar listing. The festival’s at the end of the parade route, the South Park Community Center. (8319 8th Ave. S.)

BENEFIT CAR WASH: The Seattle Lutheran High School cheer squad invites you to get your car washed at their benefit, 11 am-2 pm at West Seattle Autoworks (WSB sponsor), by donation. (35th SW/SW Webster)

WEST SEATTLE LINUX USERS GROUP PICNIC: Instead of the regular meeting time/place, WSeaLUG is going to the beach! 11 am-2 pm picnic at Lincoln Park Shelter 3. (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW)

OKTOBERFEST AT OUNCES: German-style beer, music, food, noon-10 pm, family-friendly, all welcome at Ounces! (3809 Delridge Way SW)

SALSA ON ALKI: Last scheduled session for this year! 5 pm lesson, then dancing. Details in our calendar listing. Happening at Alki Statue of Liberty Plaza.(61st SW/Alki SW)

ROO & THE FEW: Live music at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor) with Roo Forrest and friends, 7-9 pm. (5612 California SW)

HANZ ARAKI BAND: The singer and flute player prominent in the Irish music scene brings his band to Kenyon Hall, 7:30 pm – details in our calendar listing. (7904 35th SW)