West Seattle, Washington
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(WSB photos)
Chief Sealth International High School has played its final football game of 2016 – the annual Chris Kato Cup game vs. Cleveland, in honor of the late Shuzo Chris Kato, former Sealth principal and Cleveland vice principal. Read More
Jane Gibson from the Southwest Library shares two collages from the Community Art Showcase that just wrapped up. And she has this reminder: If you participated, please go get your work!
If you’ve been holding off because you didn’t want to bring your art out into the rain – today’s a great day, with the forecast only calling for a slight chance of showers. The library is open 1 pm-5 pm today.
(Thanks to Kathleen Steele for another view of the leaf art that someone’s been creating in Lincoln Park)
Highlights for your Sunday, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar and inbox:
RUN ON ALKI: Fitness for Vitality‘s 3-run series on Alki offers 3 options from 2.5K to 10K, all starting at 9:30 am, with registration starting at the Alki Bathhouse at 8:15 am if you’re not already signed up. Details here. (60th SW/Alki SW)
MOSS TOUR: Naturalist Stewart Wechsler‘s nature walk in Lincoln Park starts at 10 am (meet by kiosk in Lincoln Park’s north lot); optional coffee hour at Caffé Ladro (California/Myrtle) at 8:30 am. Details in our calendar listing.
WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: 10 am-2 pm in the street in The Junction. Time to think Thanksgiving! (California SW between SW Alaska and SW Oregon)
SALMON SPOTTING: As reported here last night, a spawner has been seen in Fauntleroy Creek, and if you’d like to go have a look, stop by the overlook between noon and 4 pm today and a volunteer will escort you to a close-up viewing spot. (SW Director St./upper Fauntleroy Way SW)
FROM BACH TO JOPLIN: That’s the musical range promised at this free (donations accepted) concert featuring organ music and more, 2 pm at Hope Lutheran Church; details in our calendar listing. (4456 42nd SW)
COUNTRY/FOLK/POP: Original music by Kari Lynch and Matt Gabriel at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 3-5 pm. (5612 California SW)
ANNUAL SOUSA BIRTHDAY BASH: It’s the Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band at Kenyon Hall at 7:30 pm, celebrating the composer’s birthday and the band’s longevity. Info in our calendar listing. (7904 35th SW)
MORE! See our complete calendar for the rest of what’s up today, tonight, beyond.
Thanks to Collin for the photo and tip – yet another crash on Olson Place SW [map], at the east end of the Roxbury corridor. Part of the road is blocked, as you can see in the photo, but apparently no serious injuries, as the dispatch does not include a medic unit.
(WSB photos/video unless otherwise credited)
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
Honoring our area’s history is “the stuff of identity, legacy, and hope,” Southwest Seattle Historical Society executive director Clay Eals told the 230 guests gathered for the organization’s annual Champagne Gala Brunch today.
Though Eals emceed most of the 3 1/2-hour event, he presented that message via a video preceding the gala’s major fundraising round – and it clearly resonated, in this time of seemingly light-speed change; that round and other components of the brunch brought SWSHS $107,759, 36 percent more than last year.
This is a rock-n-roll Historical Society, with those in attendance at Salty’s on Alki (WSB sponsor) spanning a wide range of ages and affiliations. Though “Loving Our Landmarks” was the official theme, the history celebrated was from the relatively recent past, too. Among the live-auction items was a Pearl Jam poster with band autographs (including those of West Seattleites Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament).
It went for $1,200. And during the bidding – ring-led by auctioneer Ron Hippe – Vedder’s wearing of an Easy Street Records cap during World Series Game 7 was mentioned – ESR’s Rod Moody, given the microphone for a moment, told brunchers that ever since, “we’ve sold SO MANY hats.” The Chicago Cubs’ historic win also got a nod from Eals, briefly donning a Cubs hat toward the start of the brunch – he was interviewed on NPR last weekend as biographer of music legend and mega-Cubs fan Steve Goodman.
Easy Street also ties to this year’s theme because it is the anchor of the Hamm Building, one of the two buildings in the heart of The Junction for which SWSHS is seeking city-landmark designation, along with the Campbell Building across the street. The West Seattle Junction Historical Survey that paved the way for the landmarking proposal was lauded as one of this year’s SWSHS highlights.
Some of the local buildings that already are landmarked played a prominent role in the gala, too, particularly the Admiral Theater, now in the midst of a long-awaited renovation that will transform it into a four-auditorium venue. SWSHS led the fight to save it more than a quarter-century ago. Photos from the ongoing work were displayed – the first signs of the upcoming stadium seating:
(SWSHS photo as displayed onscreen at the gala)
And glimpses of long-hidden murals that will likely be the subject of another restoration campaign, potentially with crowdfunding:
(SWSHS photo as displayed onscreen at the gala)
The Admiral also figured into the auction items, including the chance to “christen” it when the work is done sometime next year. (As we have reported, the moviehouse is staying open during the work, showing one movie at a time right now, but the completion will merit a “grand reopening” anyway.) It also inspired the choice of Hollywood as a sub-theme of the gala; other auction items were donated by actors with area ties, Dyan Cannon (who grew up in West Seattle) and Karolyn Grimes (who lives right across the Sound in Manchester and is known best for playing Zuzu in “It’s a Wonderful Life“). Yet another item offered a tour of local stars’ former homes, guided by Eals and SWSHS vice president Peder Nelson.
The most charming view into West Seattle’s movie-related history, though, came during West Seattleite and longtime KOMO-TV reporter Connie Thompson‘s interview with Jim Bonholzer, who was a teenager working at The Admiral on its opening night in 1942. Here’s our video:
Bonholzer’s family surprised him earlier this year by throwing him a 90th-birthday bash at the Admiral. Asked about his hopes for the landmarked moviehouse’s future, Bonholzer said he hopes that in 75 years, his descendants would stand on the corner of California and Admiral and point out that their great-great-great-great (etc.) grandfather worked there 150 years ago.
Another milestone birthday prominently mentioned at the gala – that of Husky Deli proprietor Jack Miller, who got a “Happy Birthday” serenade when the crowd was told he recently turned 60.
Miller also was part of the panel that played what has become a SWSHS Champagne Gala Brunch tradition, a version of the popular radio trivia game “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.” You probably won’t be surprised to hear he won, racking up more correct answers than the other panelists, former City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, West Seattle Junction Association director Lora Swift, local radio star John Maynard, and your editor here. Brian Calvert from KOMO was the lively host:
No prize, but Miller has bragging rights! (He also donated auction items including a 4-hour sunset tour on his boat and the rights to have a Husky Deli ice-cream flavor created by and named in honor of the winning bidder.)
Yet another gala tradition: The Golden Ticket drawing. Up to 100 tickets are sold at $100 each, and the winner gets a Holland-America cruise. This year’s winner, Jennifer Farria – a Fauntleroy resident who moved to West Seattle less than a year ago – had just left the event minutes before the drawing but rushed back on hearing the news:
(Photo of Golden Ticket winner Jennifer Farria with SWSHS’s Clay Eals, courtesy Gail Ann Photography)
The gala also looked toward SWSHS’s future. Toward the start of the gala, SWSHS supporters learned that board president Marcy Johnsen is stepping down. She has had a unique tie to the organization – having grown up in the building that is its headquarters, the Log House Museum (open noon-4 pm Thursdays-Sundays at 61st/Stevens on Alki), originally the carriage house to the nearby Alki Homestead/Fir Lodge, whose restoration, Eals said, is “on track.”
Also looking ahead, Eals mentioned a plan to create a bicycle ride between the Log House Museum and the Duwamish Tribe Longhouse, further solidifying ties with our area’s First People. Duwamish Tribe member Ken Workman is on the SWSHS Advisory Council and greeted the brunchgoers in Lushootseed. He also has been a speaker in SouthWest Stories, one of the two monthly speaker series that SWSHS presents (the other is Words, Writers, West Seattle).
Along with those in attendance, the gala was made possible by an army of volunteers and a long list of sponsors (featured in the official program); WSB was a media sponsor. After some hours to reflect, Eals offered these final words on the gala’s success: “We are deeply gratified by the generosity of those who ‘love our landmarks’ and appreciate the important role history plays in connecting, engaging, and inspiring all of us, including the succeeding generations we will never know.”
P.S. Want to know where all of West Seattle’s official landmarks are? Here’s the city map.
Want to get involved with the Southwest Seattle Historical Society? Its annual membership meeting is at 10:30 am next Saturday (November 12th) at Providence Mount St. Vincent (4831 35th SW).
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One reader report to share tonight in West Seattle Crime Watch, from Susan in Admiral:
Just wanted to email in that a package was stolen off my porch this morning between 9:36 am (when FedEx driver says he dropped it off) and 9:45 am when I looked for the package at my front door.
I live (in the 2300 block of) 47th Ave SW. I called FedEx and the driver says he did drop it off so I guess someone must have been following the truck. The package contained rather expensive refrigerated medicine that had to be mail-ordered from AZ.
Still hoping someone finds it and brings it back!
The latest SPD package/mail-theft info is in this newsletter.
Six days after the annual Fauntleroy Creek gathering to call the salmon home, another has shown up. And you’re invited to the creek Sunday afternoon. From Judy Pickens:
Patience rewarded long-time Fauntleroy Creek volunteer Dennis Hinton with another coho spawner more than two weeks after he spotted the first five. No. 6 entered the creek Saturday afternoon and moved upstream toward 45th Ave. SW.
On the chance that rain, ideal creek conditions, and high tides will bring more in, volunteers will be at the creek between noon and 4:00 Sunday afternoon if area residents want to try their luck. Come to the fish-ladder viewpoint (SW Director & upper Fauntleroy Way SW) and a volunteer will invite you down.
Find out more about Fauntleroy Creek here.
After making it from Fairmount to Beach Drive on Friday, Westley the West Seattle Deer headed north today. The video above, courtesy of Owen, is from 46th/Massachusetts in North Admiral; that came in after the photo below from 53rd and Andover:
Comments posted today on our Friday story also mentioned Genesee Hill and Schmitz Park sightings.
Recapping our previous coverage – the deer first turned up on Pigeon Point last Sunday night, then headed west into North Delridge on Monday, where it was seen on Nucor property and to the south by Dragonfly Pavilion, near Longfellow Creek. Then on Friday we got word of numerous sightings, some with photos, as reported here.
Unless it is injured or in some other kind of distress, Seattle Animal Shelter says, it is best left alone; a Nucor manager told us he had tried to talk the state Fish and Wildlife Department into coming for it, but they said basically the same thing. Deer are seldom seen in Seattle, and some think this might be the same one seen earlier this fall in Union Bay and then in the Beacon Hill area.
The family of Phyllis F. Pulfer, 89, is sharing this remembrance with the community, as she was a graduate of West Seattle High School and a member of its Hall of Fame:
Phyllis Feiring Pulfer passed away on Sept. 29, 2016, at Washington Odd Fellows Home, surrounded by family. She was born on Dec. 7, 1926, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Howard Farbach and Helen McGrath Farbach. After her mother’s passing when she was still quite young, she was raised by her grandparents in Seattle and later adopted by her maternal aunt and uncle, Odene and Arthur Feiring. She graduated from West Seattle High School and attended the University of Washington. She took time away from her studies at the University, worked for a time, and later transferred to the University of Oregon. It was there that she met a rather dashing fellow who was going to college on the GI bill. Robert B. Pulfer and Phyllis were married on June 17, 1948.
Phyllis and “Bob” started a family, and after his graduation, he went to work for the Corps of Engineers, which took them to several locations along the Columbia River. They had 6 children in 8 years and she enjoyed being a mother. She was awarded “mother of the year” in 1962 and was active in Camp Fire, PTA, and her church. She returned to complete her degree in her 40s at Whitman College while raising her children, and with very limited vision. She graduated from Whitman College in 1969 with a degree in Economics. She took a job at Blue Mountain Action Council and advanced to Executive Director within a few short years. She retired from BMAC in 1992 and continued in her role as chairman of the Human Rights Commission for the state of Washington.
Phyllis will be remembered for her tireless advocacy for social justice. She fought for the rights of the educationally and economically disadvantaged, the differently abled and the victims of bigotry and injustice. She served on many boards of directors in the community helping to steer organizations to financial solvency. While at BMAC she instituted programs to help winterize homes, developed training and employment for disadvantaged youth, created the Day Care Center at the Migrant Labor Camp, and many more services to the benefit of those in need in the community. She was particularly interested in adult literacy and helped to start Project Read. She was interested in women’s rights and served on the board of Planned Parenthood and started the local NOW chapter. Her ability to work with parties across the spectrum of political and economic entities to create a lasting legacy of care for all the members of the community is legendary.
Those who worked for her have praised her ability to bring out the best in themselves as she encouraged them to fulfill their potential. She listened to the concerns of those around her and had a keen eye for simple solutions. She had a soft heart and a ready tear, but she did not get mired in the emotional aspects of the job at hand. There are few social service organizations in the valley that did not benefit from her time and energy.
Phyllis was preceded in death by her mother, father, Sister Patricia Bristow, and son Bruce James Pulfer. Her husband Robert Pulfer died two days following her passing. She is survived by daughters Janet Velez (Ray), Marianne Pulfer (Richard Thurston), Kathleen Burgess (Aaron) ,and Nadean Pulfer (Irving Rosenberg), and a son, Ross Pulfer. She dearly loved her 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren who will remember her fondly.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Teen Center/Blue Mountain Action Council (homeless shelter for teens) or organization of your choice, through Herring-Groseclose Funeral Home.
(WSB publishes West Seattle obituaries by request, free of charge. Please e-mail the text, and a photo if available, to editor@westseattleblog.com)
(1st two photos by WSB’s Patrick Sand)
The organizers of this morning’s Harbor/Avalon/Manning work party said “rain or shine,” and they meant it! In the final hour, we found hardy volunteers under and around the bridge, cleaning up the area as well as planting trees and ferns.
Don Brubeck from West Seattle Bike Connections sent the next photo – reporting that WSBC had three volunteers joining in, as the group planted five 5 Hogan’s Cedars:
As mentioned in the announcements of this work party and one earlier in the year, this work is part of the preparation for a beautification project next year funded by a city matching-fund grant (volunteer work counts toward the “match”).
(WSB photo from 2015)
One of West Seattle’s most beloved Thanksgiving traditions continues again this year. And this year there’s also word of multiple ways to help, if you want to. Judy Pickens shares the announcement:
The Hall @ Fauntleroy will be a lively place on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24) when Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes hosts its 18th annual free community meal. The sit-down dinner of turkey and all the trimmings will run noon until 3 PM and is open to anyone who needs a hot meal or just a warm and festive place to be on the holiday.
Volunteers can give a hand in one of three ways:
– Offer to help for an hour to welcome guests, pour coffee, or simply mingle with folks. Call 206-932-1059 or find the sign-up form here.
– Donate socks, blankets, or warm coats (child and adult sizes).
– Donate a dessert.
The hosts will welcome donated items 9 AM – 2 PM on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at their office in Sodo (4101 Airport Way S.) or 10 AM – noon on Thanksgiving morning at the Hall @ Fauntleroy (9131 California Ave. SW, south end of the Fauntleroy Schoolhouse Community Center).
(We probably won’t see The Mountain today. Friday photo, looking south along the Duwamish River, by Don Brubeck)
Many options for your Saturday, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:
HOLIDAY BAZAAR @ THE MOUNT: Second and final day of the holiday bazaar and bake sale at Providence Mount St. Vincent, 9 am-4 pm. (4831 35th SW)
DROP OFF DONATIONS FOR STANDING ROCK: As reported here last weekend, two West Seattleites are collecting donations to take to Standing Rock for the ongoing Native/Indigenous demonstrations aimed at changing an oil-pipeline route. If you are donating, today there are two places you can drop off items – the Westside Unitarian Universalist church (7141 California SW), 8 am-noon, and the Duwamish Tribe Longhouse (4705 W. Marginal Way SW), 10 am-5 pm.
HARBOR/AVALON/MANNING CLEANUP: Rain or shine, everyone’s invited to join neighbors and merchants, as previewed here earlier this week. Meet at 9 am in the Luna Park Café parking lot. (2918 SW Avalon)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STUFFED CAKES: 6th anniversary for Stuffed Cakes, 10 am-3 pm, with free mini-cupcakes while they last and free face-painting to 1 pm – details in our calendar listing. (9003 35th SW)
OPEN HOUSE #1: 10 am-1 pm, Holy Rosary School has an open house for prospective families interested in its preschool-8th grade programs. (42nd SW/SW Genesee)
SOUTHWEST SEATTLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY GALA: 11 am-2 pm at Salty’s on Alki (WSB sponsor), the SW Seattle Historical Society‘s annual Champagne Gala Brunch, this year themed “Loving Our Landmarks.” Sold out, so this is just a reminder for those who have tickets – see the official program online for a preview of auction items and more. WSB is a media sponsor of the event. (1936 Harbor Ave. SW)
LONGFELLOW CREEK SALMON WATCH: Meet Puget Soundkeeper volunteers at 11:30 am at Dragonfly Pavilion to walk along the creek and look for salmon. (4107 28th SW)
BOOK LAUNCH: 2-4 pm at Click! Design That Fits (WSB sponsor), it’s the launch party for Michele Babb‘s new book “Anti-Inflammatory Eating for a Happy, Healthy Brain: 75 Recipes for Alleviating Depression, Anxiety, and Memory Loss.” She’s bringing recipe samples to taste, too! (4540 California SW)
HOLIDAY PREVIEW: 2-6 pm at Wyatt’s Jewelers (WSB sponsor) at Westwood Village, it’s “Bubbles and Bling,” with previews of holiday trends, including a rep from Gorjana – details in our calendar listing. (2600 SW Barton)
OPEN HOUSE #2: Community Acupuncture Project of West Seattle and other businesses invite you to stop in, 3-5 pm. Treats and freebies. (4545 44th SW)
DEATH CAFE: 5-7 pm, join neighbors and friends at Resting Waters to talk about the inevitable. As explained in our calendar listing, it’s not a support group, but truly meant to be a discussion. (9205 35th SW)
BOOKS & BRICKS FUNDRAISING DINNER: 5 pm at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, you’re invited to a fundraising dinner for a mission to Kenya – details in our calendar listing. (3050 California SW)
WEST SEATTLE LIONS’ OKTOBERFEST DINNER: 5:30 pm at the Senior Center of West Seattle, a community fundraiser, and you’re invited – see the menu and other details in our listing. (4217 SW Oregon)
WEST SEATTLE MEANINGFUL MOVIES: This month’s featured film is “Documented,” the story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas.
Doors at Neighborhood House’s High Point Center open at 6:30, film at 7 pm, discussion afterward with Miriam Cervantes Gomez of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. (6400 Sylvan Way)
COFFEEHOUSE MUSIC: Tonight at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), it’s Bon-Fulton, 7-9 pm. (5612 California SW)
WEST SIDE GLORY: The queer variety show returns to The Skylark, doors open at 8 pm, show at 9 pm. Ticket info and more in our calendar listing. (3803 Delridge Way SW)
THE SLAGS: Live at Poggie Tavern in The Junction, starting at 9 pm. 21+. (4717 California SW)
DAYLIGHT-SAVING TIME ENDS: Tonight brings the end of Daylight-Saving Time- at 2 am Sunday, clocks “fall back” to 1 am.
(WSB photos)
It’s opening weekend for Ounces, the tap room and beer garden at 3809 Delridge Way SW. We stopped by on Friday night for photos to see how it all turned out, after our in-progress reports back in August and October. What you see above is the covered outdoor area; below, the cozy indoor space:
That’s where you’ll find the 30 taps. And where we found co-proprietors Laurel Trujillo and Andrew Trujillo:
Opening weekend continues noon-10 pm today (Saturday) and noon-8 pm Sunday. All ages; dogs welcome.
Three reader reports tonight, including stolen items you’re asked to watch for:
CASE OF THE BLEEDING BURGLAR: Mary wonders if a wound might help identify whoever broke into her house:
Our house was broken into while my family and I were trick or treating. They broke our dining room window, used a lawn chair from outside to get in.
They cut themselves pretty bad because we have big blood drops all over our house. They stole a Dell Inspiron laptop, model # i15RV-3763BLK, a backup hard drive, 3 iPod touches (all locked), 2 iPhones (locked), all of our down coats, a black backpack with the only set of keys to a truck we own, and much more. Most things can be replaced, but not all the photos on the computer and backup hard drive of when my daughter was little; this breaks my heart. If found please contact MLA77@msn.com – Our neighbors had 3 suspicious young men all dressed in black hoodies wearing backpacks forward. When he answered the door, they didn’t say a word, seemed odd. If you know someone dressed in a black hoodie with a very deep cut, report it?? This was near 30th and Trenton.
STOLEN BICYCLE: Taken last night from Fauntleroy/Dawson, Kristin reports:
Bike was stolen between 8 pm and 11:30 pm 11/3/16. Bike was chained to rod iron railing of front porch. Chain had been cut.
STOLEN PACKAGES: From Analea:
Yesterday, 11/3, I had three packages stolen from my front porch in the 9200 block of 13th Ave SW. One was a personalized coffee mug from my 80-year-old great-uncle. The other two were women’s clothing I ordered online (bralettes from Victoria’s Secret and long-sleeve tees from Gap). My gate was left wide open, too. They must have seen three packages piled up and grabbed them. I’m contacting USPS, FedEx, and the companies. Just wanted neighbors to know, as well. Plus, maybe someone will find the items thrown out since they are more personal than valuable?
We hope crime never happens to you. If it does – report it to the police – and then consider letting us know so you can alert your neighbors peninsula-wide via West Seattle Crime Watch on WSB. editor@westseattleblog.com, or 206-293-6302, text or voice, for breaking news – thank you!
As reported here earlier this week, the new Italian restaurant on the north edge of The Junction, Raccolto, had a soft-open night last night, and then officially opened tonight. We stopped in for photos. Above is the view from the mezzanine (seating 14 for a private party or 12 at tables), which proprietor Chef Brian Clevenger told us about during our conversation back in September.
Raccolto is open 5-10 pm nightly at 4147 California SW; here’s the menu. This is the third restaurant opening in a year and a half for Clevenger, who lives in West Seattle, after Vendemmia (May 2015) and East Anchor Seafood (March 2016) next door to each other in Madrona.
Prosecutors now say the 19-year-old driver who lost control on West Marginal Way Tuesday night and smashed into an oncoming car “appeared to be racing” – but not with the driver he hit, who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The driver of the Audi pictured above, Trevor Muna of Top Hat, is now charged with two counts of vehicular assault. His 20-year-old passenger was seriously hurt and firefighters had to cut him out of the smashed-up car. The charging documents say his injuries include a collapsed lung, broken bones, and broken teeth; we just checked, and he is still at Harborview Medical Center, but was moved out of intensive care today, now in satisfactory condition.
The 33-year-old woman driving the Scion IQ pictured above, hit by Muna, suffered neck fractures, prosecutors say, and is recovering at home. The charging documents say her husband was driving in front of her, and that, “With horror, he watched the defendant’s car slam into his wife’s car behind him.” Prosecutors say that another driver…
… saw (Muna’s) car and “a black sports car” speeding an estimated 100 mph and weaving around traffic and appeared to be jockeying for position. The defendant appears to have lost control of his car in a gentle left curve of the road. The car slid counter-clockwise and skidded broadside across the lanes into oncoming traffic.
Documents also say “scene evidence appeared to confirm” the high speeds, including “pre-impact tire marks.” People at the scene, including a nurse, told investigators that Muna appeared to be under the influence. As noted in our followup last night, a Seattle Police DUI Squad member called to evaluate Muna noted what seemed to be signs of alcohol and marijuana use, and said Muna admitted to both. Our Thursday report also noted that he is out of jail after posting bond on $50,000 bail; the documents say prosecutors had asked for double that. Muna, who has no criminal record, is due back in court in two weeks to answer the charges.
The Seahawks are on Monday Night Football this week, and on Monday morning, a West Seattle superfan will be raising a 12th Man flag on TV:
That’s the video made with 11-year-old “Awesome Avery” Berg and her fellow students at Explorer West Middle School (WSB sponsor). KING 5 called for nominees to raise a 12th Man Flag at their broadcast location at Stadium Place, just outside CenturyLink Field, and dozens of supporters made the case for Avery. We brought you her story back in September, as she started middle school shortly after being diagnosed with a rare brain cancer called AT/RT. Barbara Travers told us this afternoon about Avery’s upcoming flag-raising – she will be interviewed between 8:30 and 9 am on KING’s morning news, and then will raise their 12th Man flag at the end of the broadcast.
P.S. Avery’s mom has continued to post updates online; most recently, Avery finished radiation treatments, and will soon be undergoing chemotherapy.
If you don’t regularly check our partner site White Center Now (whose stories are also accessible via the WC link on the navigation bar/menu atop WSB), two items from last night’s North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting might be of interest. One, an update on the proposed 8th/108th homeless shelter, from the King County department head accountable for the project; the other, a plan to up the usability of the non-stadium athletic fields at Steve Cox Memorial Park. Details on both are part of this story on WCN.
10:12 AM: The West Seattle Deer – apparently also formerly the Union Bay and Beacon Hill deer – has resurfaced, and it’s on the move. Last sighting reports were on Monday near the north end of Longfellow Creek (here’s our Tuesday followup), and now we’re getting reports and photos from the Fairmount area. The photo above is from Robert Seely near 36th and Dawson; we also got calls about Fauntleroy and Hudson; and Neal Brandt sent this photo from California and Hudson:
(added) Michael Lockman from WEdesign (WSB sponsor), whose truck is in the photo above from the Rite-Aid parking lot, sent a photo too:
(added) Here’s a short video clip sent by Christine after seeing it near 36th/Brandon:
WSB reader video of the deer (thanks, Christine) – https://t.co/zRR976GtoZ pic.twitter.com/My7mCDnztF
— West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) November 4, 2016
PLEASE be careful if you are going to be on the road. As for what to do if you see it – Seattle Animal Shelter deals with injured wildlife but if it’s not in distress, acting director Ann Graves told us Tuesday, it could be more traumatizing to the deer to try to capture it, than to let it be. The first reported West Seattle sighting was Monday on Pigeon Point; while deer are abundant elsewhere, even right across the Sound on Vashon Island, sightings in Seattle city limits are rare.
10:53 AM: The deer is continuing to make tracks west. Commenter Cinemama saw it at 44th/Juneau; Sue Lindblom of Illusions Hair Design (WSB sponsor) e-mailed us to report seeing it at 48th/Juneau.
11:25 AM: Now the deer is heading south – caller to our 24/7 hotline (206-293-6302) has a backyard sighting near 49th and Raymond.
2:15 PM: A few more sightings – Seaview at 11:45 am (added below: photo from Angela, 50th & Graham):
And more recently, 5200 block of Beach Drive, then up into the greenbelt, per a caller.
2:58 PM: That photo is from Vanessa – Beach Drive “south of La Rustica.”
(Photo by Kate Baigrie, looking at West Seattle from the Smith Tower this morning)
Happy Friday! Here’s just some of what’s happening today/tonight. From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:
PROVIDENCE MOUNT ST. VINCENT HOLIDAY BAZAAR: It’s getting more holidayish day by day, and today that’s because it’s the first day of the holiday bazaar and bake sale at The Mount, continuing until 4 pm and then again Saturday 9 am-4 pm. Lots of details in our calendar listing. (4831 35th SW)
WORDS, WRITERS, WEST SEATTLE: 5 pm, Conrad Wesselhoeft is this month’s featured writer at Barnes & Noble in Westwood Village, talking about and reading from his young-adult novel “Dirt Bikes, Drones and Other Ways to Fly.” (2800 SW Barton)
CORNER BAR: Highland Park Improvement Club‘s popular monthly Corner Bar starts at 6 tonight; featured musicians this month, Rippin’ Chicken. (12th SW/SW Holden)
HIGH-SCHOOL FOOTBALL: 7 pm, Chief Sealth International High School takes on Cleveland at Southwest Athletic Complex (2801 SW Thistle) … Also at 7, West Seattle High School is on the road at Lincoln, in Tacoma.
FINAL NIGHT FOR WEST SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL PLAY: 7:30 pm at the West Seattle High School Theater, it’s your last chance to see “A Bright Room Called Day.” Details including ticket info are on the Westside Drama website. (3000 California SW)
BLUES AND BOOGIE WOOGIE: 7:30 pm at Kenyon Hall, Arthur Migliazza is back with guest artist Bob Malone – details in our calendar listing. (7904 35th SW)
NIGHTLIFE AND MORE: Live music and more – all on our complete calendar!
Turns out Mayor Ed Murray made a second stop in West Seattle on Thursday. The report and photo are from David Perrine:
Mayor Ed Murray came to the Chief Sealth International High School neighborhood to award a Neighborhood Street Fund grant for pedestrian corridor improvements. The two designated corridors, located between the Sealth/Denny schools area and Westwood Village, will turn the current rough trails into safe improved walkways for the benefit of students and the general public. The mayor first became aware of the issue during his “Find It Fix It” Walk last July. and with engineering plans in hand pledged $466,000 for the project, which will be completed in 2018.
The mayor met with a delegation of Chief Sealth students in the Academy of Finance program, their program teacher and director Gary Perkins, and vice principal Clint Sallee, with other community stakeholders.
Kristin Arvidson and Lynn Ogdon-Perrine, Sealth PTSA officers, accepted the check on behalf of their group and others.
Also, a huge shout out to Eric Iwamoto, parent of a former Chief Sealth student, for spearheading the proposal for safer pathways for students of Sealth.
Iwamoto, co-chair of the Southwest District Council and the Westwood-Roxhill-Arbor Heights Community Council, pursued the funding through the Neighborhood Street Fund process, and a citywide advisory group chose it as one of two West Seattle projects the city will fund, along with Harbor/Avalon/Manning improvements, as first reported here two weeks ago. Details of the Sealth-vicinity project are here.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
(Click any view for a close-up; more cameras on the WSB Traffic page)
7:06 AM: No incidents in/from West Seattle. But if you head south from here toward Tacoma or beyond, be aware that SB I-5 is closed in Fife because of a fatal incident.
Other notes:
ADMIRAL WAY STRIPING: As mentioned yesterday morning, the dry weather brought SDOT back to the west end of the Admiral Way Safety Project to finish striping. We went through around 4 pm and the work did not appear close to being done, so we would expect crews to be back today.
SPOKANE STREET CLOSURE CANCELED: This weekend’s plan to close Spokane Street in the Harbor Island vicinity for the ongoing paving project is canceled.
WESTBOUND I-90 CLOSURE THIS WEEKEND: East of Seattle, westbound I-90 will be detoured onto the express lanes for work all weekend, per WSDOT.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS: 2 am Sunday, we “fall back” an hour to 1 am.
7:22 AM: WSP has reopened two lanes at the aforementioned incident in Fife; still a big backup, to the King County line. Back here in the Seattle area, still nothing major.
We start tonight’s Crime Watch with a followup to a recently reported vehicle theft. The vehicle’s been found – and its owner finds himself with items he would like to return to THEIR owners:
That’s one of the photos Dan Austin (proprietor of WSB sponsor Peel & Press in Morgan Junction) sent tonight with this followup to his vehicle theft reported here last Friday:
My car was recovered in Des Moines this afternoon. It has body damage, possible engine damage and multiple items were smoked in there (I can tell from the implements left in there). They had two suspects in the vehicle but will not charge them because they claimed they borrowed the vehicle from a friend and didn’t know it was stolen. One had a warrant so they got arrested the other totally walked. Here is the weird thing, I have stolen mail and property in the car but the police wouldn’t take it. They said it was mine to deal with. I find this insane!!!
I have a stolen bike and several pairs of glasses, electronics, stolen mail from all over and gym bags. What am I going to do with these??? I refuse to toss them because, as someone who just had my car stolen, I want to help people get their things back! I have a few photos of the bags and the bike tossed in the car. … The bike was spray painted to hide its identity (spray paint was in the car as well).
Recognize anything? Comment here and/or contact us. Could have been stolen anywhere, as thieves don’t necessarily stick within jurisdictions. By the way, he says it was Kent Police who found his car and told him the stuff was his to deal with (not Des Moines PD which is served by the King County Sheriff’s Office).
Meantime, three other reader reports:
5TH CAR PROWL IN 3 MONTHS: From Laura in Seaview: “Just wanted to report that my locked minivan was prowled for the fifth time since August. We live at 46th and Juneau. This last time, both side sliding doors were left open. They took nothing, as there is nothing valuable in there, but it’s sure a violating and frustrating experience.”
AND ANOTHER CAR PROWL:Sarah in Fairmount Springs says prowler(s) hit her neighbor’s car, apparently accidentally left unlocked:
My neighbor’s car was broken into … issing along with her new Seahawks jersey. She called her husband and he mentioned seeing a dark car in the alley when he was leaving (Wednesday) morning. The car was parked alongside the fence in the alley; he stopped to get a closer look and the car peeled out and sped away. I left shortly after at 6:15 am and didn’t see anything. We live (in the 6000 block of) Fauntleroy Way SW; our entry to our apartment is in the alley. Our parking is also in the alley. I’m not sure if there were other reports of theft in the area but wanted other readers to be on the lookout and remember to lock your cars and take valuables out.
HIT-AND-RUN: From Jill: “My car was completely sideswiped while parked at Cloverdale and Delridge Way SW. Based on the paint left behind, it was a yellow vehicle with no witnesses. If a message could go out to look for a yellow vehicle with extensive side damage and likely blue paint scratches on the car, that would be greatly appreciated.”
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