West Seattleites Kendall Jones and Kim Sharpe Jones founded the Beer Church with the idea they could do good deeds while having a good time. Twenty years ago, they organized the first beer-and-bowling event they called the Turkey Bowl. Though Kendall at first wasn’t sure there’d be a second Turkey Bowl, it rolled on and gathered momentum year by year, and around the 10th one, he says (that’s the first one we covered), they realized they had a good thing going. How good?

That photo from tonight’s 20th annual Turkey Bowl gives you an idea of how good – every year, hundreds of pounds of food donated for the West Seattle Food Bank. (They promise to send us an update on tonight’s tally – including donated dollars – later.) The fun also includes an ever-more-impressive raffle, which was happening when we looked in on the Turkey Bowl tonight:

Tonight’s Turkey Bowl also launched this year’s Beer Church IPA, a partnership with three breweries, with sales benefiting the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. You can “look for it at better beer bars and bottleshops around the Seattle area” even if you didn’t make it to tonight’s Turkey Bowl.

P.S. Kendall and Kim also bring you the Washington Beer Blog year-round.

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MISSING TEEN: Update – found

November 17, 2018 6:35 pm

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8:30 PM: We’ve confirmed with our original contact that the missing boy has been found safe.

Earlier:

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West Seattle cameo in video of newly released Chris Cornell song

November 17, 2018 5:27 pm

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Thanks to the reader who messaged us to note that there’s a brief – though altered – West Seattle scene in the video of the newly released song “When Bad Does Good,” by the late Chris Cornell, a former WS resident. The song is part of a new career-retrospective collection including his solo and group work. The video stars his 12-year-old son Christopher as a bicycle-riding newspaper-delivery boy; the Admiral Theater, with an altered marquee, appears 2:18 into the video. Christopher Cornell Jr. is quoted by Consequence of Sound as explaining:

For me, this video represents my dad and all the art he created throughout his life and what his music meant then and what it means now, not just to me and my family but the city of Seattle and all of his fans.

It’s been a year and a half since Chris Cornell died at age 52.

P.S. Our tipster says the words shown on the altered Admiral marquee are from the Soundgarden song “Fell on Black Days.”

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‘Light Up the Night’ brings back West Seattle’s highest-elevation Christmas tree

November 17, 2018 3:41 pm

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(WSB photo from 2013, the last year the tree was lit)

The city’s highest-elevation Christmas tree is making a comeback this season. Our Lady of Guadalupe is bringing back its tree of lights, after 5 years of a tree-less “Light Up the Night.” Here’s the announcement:

Hundreds will gather on November 30th outside Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish and School in West Seattle for an experience like no other: the lighting of the “tallest” Christmas tree in the Emerald City. With its base at roughly 500 feet above sea level, in Seattle’s aptly named High Point neighborhood, the “OLG Tree” makes a triumphant return for the 2018 holiday season in a fun, family centered “Light Up the Night” celebration. All are welcome to “Light Up the Night,” at the corner of 35th Avenue SW and SW Myrtle Street, at 7 p.m. on November 30, 2018.

For the past decade, OLG has hosted a “Light Up the Night” gathering, complete with Christmas carols; cocoa, coffee and snacks provided by the Knights of Columbus; and plenty of holiday cheer. This year, more than 9,000 lights will adorn the evergreen tree (visible from the West Seattle Bridge!) just outside the entrance to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, rekindling a holiday tradition for the ages.

“We’re glad to bring the tree lighting back once again to West Seattle,” said Daren Monroe, Athletic Director of OLG’s Catholic Youth Organization sports program, who has helped organize the event. “We’re making sure this tradition of lighting Seattle’s ‘tallest’ tree continues now and into the future. Everyone is welcome to join us!”

In addition to the lighting of the tree, carols, and holiday snacks, “Light Up the Night” asks for your help in “filling the sleigh” for those less fortunate in our community. Donations of non-perishable food items will be accepted at Walmesley Center gymnasium.

Learn more (here).

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HOLIDAY GIVING: Food-donation drives today and tonight

November 17, 2018 1:03 pm

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1:03 PM: We stopped by the Junction True Value Holiday Open House to check in with the West Seattle Food Bank, which is accepting food donations – including turkeys – and money to help pay for some it’s already bought. That’s Heather from the WSFB in our photo.

If you can’t get there (4747 44th SW) by 2 pm, you can also bring nonperishable food to the 20th annual Beer Church Turkey Bowl tonight, 5:30-8 pm at West Seattle Bowl (39th/Oregon) – you don’t have to be a bowler to stop by and not only donate, but also to try the newly released benefit Beer Church IPA, get a ticket for the fundraising raffle. Watch our West Seattle Holiday Guide for other seasonal donation drives!

3:14 PM: Jan Roberts, vice president of the Food Bank board, shared more photos from the True Value open house. Below, third-generation store owner Bruce Davis:

And here’s adorable food-drive donor Sunny:

As noted in our preview – you can also support the WSFB financially by donating online.

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HAPPENING NOW: Early local holiday shopping at West Seattle arts/crafts fairs, bazaars

November 17, 2018 11:11 am

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11:11 AM: We’re stopping at several of the events on today’s very busy West Seattle Saturday list – starting with the Arts and Crafts Fair at C & P Coffee Company (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor).

This one got going early and runs until 2 pm. More stops to come.

11:56 AM: The craft-fair bazaar at Arrowhead Gardens is one of the biggest we’ve seen! Multiple rooms in the community building full of creations, like these night lights in bottles:

Lots of hand-knit items to keep you warm; preserves too.

This one is on until 3 pm, 9200 2nd SW.

1:17 PM: Also in the south end until 3 pm, the White Center Library Guild has its bazaar and book sale at the library today – some handmade items:

And some rummage sale-y items too:

The library is at 1409 SW 107th.

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UPDATE: Eastridge Church’s 2018 turkey giveaway

November 17, 2018 10:40 am

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10:40 AM: Big turnout this morning for Eastridge Church‘s annual turkey giveaway. If you or someone you know could use a turkey and bag of groceries, get there fast because as of our stop a short time ago, they were down to 150 remaining. Between the West Seattle and Issaquah campuses of Eastridge, they were providing 1,500.

The church is at 39th and Oregon on the east side of The Junction.

12:20 PM: Eastridge tells us the turkeys have now all been given out.

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So many options for your West Seattle Saturday!

November 17, 2018 6:03 am

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First, a traffic reminder:

SOUTHBOUND HIGHWAY 99 CLOSED: Between the south end of the Battery Street Tunnel and the West Seattle Bridge, SB 99 is closed for more pre-tunnel-transition work and scheduled to remain closed until early Monday; we’ll publish an update if it reopens early.

Now, what’s happening – first, from the WSB West Seattle Holiday Guide:

ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: You’re invited to shop the Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 8 am-2 pm. (5612 California SW)

EASTRIDGE CHURCH TURKEY AND GROCERIES GIVEAWAY: 9 am, hundreds of turkeys and bags of groceries are offered to all, while supplies last. Info here. (39th/Oregon)

BAZAAR & BAKE SALE AT THE MOUNT: Second and final day of the Holiday Bazaar and Bake Sale at Providence Mount St. Vincent, 9 am-4 pm. By the front entrance. (4831 35th SW)

BAZAAR AT THE MASONIC CENTER: More shopping at the Alki Masonic Center Holiday Bazaar, sponsored by Alki Court 21, Order of the Amaranth, 9 am-4 pm. (4736 40h SW)

THANKSGIVING TURKEY DONATIONS: Two ways to give to West Seattle Food Bank today, either turkey or money the WSFB can use to buy turkeys:

10 am – 2 pm, you can donate turkeys or $15 toward a turkey at the Junction True Value Open House in the Alaska Junction at Edmunds & 44th, or at the West Seattle Food Bank at the corner of 35th & Morgan (garage entrance on Morgan next to the bus stop).

BAZAAR AT A LIBRARY: White Center Library Guild Holiday Bazaar & Book Sale, 10 am to 3 pm at the library. (1409 SW 107th)

BAZAAR AT A CHURCH: Peace Lutheran Church Holiday Bazaar: “Arts and crafts, silent auction with themed baskets, fair trade/global gifts, bake sale, gifts for everyone! 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today (continuing Sunday). Free children’s crafts/activities and hot lunch available for purchase today.” (SW Thistle and 39th Ave SW)

HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR: At Arrowhead Gardens, 10 am-3 pm. Two dozen vendors; everything handcrafted. (9220 2nd SW)

OPEN HOUSE AT TRUE VALUE: Junction True Value Holiday Open House. Be sure to bring nonperishable food for the West Seattle Food Bank, 10 am-2 pm – or turkeys as mentioned above! (4747 44th SW)

OPEN HOUSE AT NW ART AND FRAME:, 10 am-5:30 pm, “live artist demos, open house specials, lots of free drawings throughout the day, product demonstrations, all the latest in holiday decorations, FREE samples and of course … FREE treats & goodies! Products that are being demonstrated will be 20% during their demos.” (4733 California SW)

FOOD DRIVE AT 20TH ANNUAL BEER CHURCH TURKEY BOWL: No bowling lanes left but come down tonight and cheer for the participants, have a newly released Beer Church IPA, bring nonperishable food for the WS Food Bank. 5:30-8 pm at West Seattle Bowl. (39th/Oregon)

And now, from our year-round West Seattle Event Calendar (and inbox):

EXPLORER WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 10 am-11:30 am, prospective students and their families are invited to visit Explorer West (WSB sponsor) – details here. (10015 28th SW)

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE YOUTH FORUM: 10 am-1 pm event led by the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps at South Park Community Center – details here. Free trees, too. (8319 10th Ave. S.)

LONGFELLOW CREEK FLOOD REDUCTION & TRAIL CONNECTION PROJECT: 12:30-3:30 pm, drop-in session to see design concepts for the project (background info’s here). Live, work, study near here? Go see for yourself and tell the project team what you think. Look for the tent. (24th SW near SW Graham)

‘SEATTLE NOW & THEN’ TALK: At the Duwamish Tribe Longhouse, a 2 p.m. illustrated talk by Paul Dorpat and Jean Sherrard about their new book “Seattle Now & Then: The Historic Hundred.”

Clay Eals – who edited the book and is shown above with its creators in a WSB photo from September – adds:

The presentation will conclude with the updated “Now and Then” columns (from the book) that feature Princess Angeline and Chief Seattle (then) and Mary Lou Slaughter and Ken Workman (now). The talk is free, and books will be available for purchase and personal inscription.

(4705 W. Marginal Way)

ITALIAN DINNER FUNDRAISER: Dinner, dessert, dancing to raise money for CYO sports at Our Lady of Guadalupe, 6 pm – ticket info’s in our calendar listing. (35th/Myrtle)

ONE MILLION TAMPONS PYNK PARTY: 6-9 pm at South Park Hall, details and tickets here! (1253 S. Cloverdale)

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

AT KENYON HALL: 7:30 pm, “beloved classical pianists Joyce Gibb and Mike Carroll present an evening of classics by Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Piazzolla, and Chopin.” More info in our calendar listing. (7904 35th SW)

‘JANE EYRE’: Third night for the new musical at ArtsWest (WSB sponsor), 7:30 pm. Tickets are available online – go here. (4711 California SW)

THE TIKIGRAPHS: 8 pm at Parliament Tavern, “music inspired by the tiki pop culture phenomenon of the 1950s and 1960s.” $7 cover. 21+. (4210 SW Admiral Way)

MORE, YES, MORE! See everything by browsing our Holiday Guide and year-round Event Calendar.

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