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West Seattle weekend scene: Pow Wow in Highland Park
March 27, 2016 5:17 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

For the third year, Highland Park Elementary was the scene of drumming, singing, and dancing during the Nik-So-Ko-Waaks Pow Wow. Friday night’s event was highlighted by the Grand Entry, shown in our short clip above, featuring HPES students as “head young lady” and “head young man.” Food and vendors were also part of the gathering, which an organizer explained was created to ensure that city-dwelling Native children would have the chance to experience a traditional Native gathering.

West Seattle schools: 11th grader serves as ‘principal for the day’ at Sealth
March 27, 2016 4:42 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle schools

(Tuesday’s principal-for-the-day Alyssa Ruiz and principal Aida Fraser-Hammer)

One of the more unusual prizes donated for Chief Sealth International High School‘s recent auction was the chance to be “principal for a day.” This past week, a Sealth junior claimed the prize. The story and photos are from Sealth principal Aida Fraser-Hammer:

On Tuesday 3/22/2016, Chief Sealth International High School had a new principal at its helm. She is 11th grader Alyssa Ruiz who was principal for the day. Principal Fraser-Hammer’s job was auctioned off at the PTSA Passport to Excellence Dinner and Auction. The successful bidder for this item donated it to Sealth’s LINK Crew, a leadership group for 11th and 12th graders.

Alyssa spent her day as Principal visiting classrooms, talking to teachers, counselors and students about the educational process. She also supervised the lunchroom and halls during passing periods. Her most memorable experience as principal was attending the Race and Equity meeting which started at 7:00AM. She was amazed that teachers and administrators actually got together to talk about how to address issues of school climate and equitable access to all. Alyssa ended her day as Principal at an Open House for the Academies of Finance and Hospitality & Tourism which ended at 7:30. This was indeed a long day for Alyssa but she is happy to have spent the day in the role as Principal at Chief Sealth International High School.

VIDEO: This year’s ‘If These Walls Could Talk’ tour site chosen – The Kenney
March 27, 2016 1:30 pm
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 |   West Seattle history | West Seattle news

The Southwest Seattle Historical Society has announced the location of this year’s “If These Walls Could Talk” home tour – The Kenney:

Join the Southwest Seattle Historical Society​ on Saturday, June 25, 2016, for a tour that focuses on rarely-seen and -shared background on how this inspiring institution got its start 107 years ago in the woods north of Lincoln Park and along the Fauntleroy streetcar line.

In the video above, Stuart and Michele Kenney, the great-great-great-nephew and -niece of Samuel and Jessie Kenney, founders of The Kenney, invite you to the tour, which will run from 3 to 5 p.m.

Admission is by donation: $10 for historical-society members and $15 for non-members.

Featured will be display panels on the history of The Kenney, its founders, its prominent residents over the years, and much more.

Stay tuned for more details. (An invitation-only VIP opportunity will be available earlier in the day. If you are interested, please e-mail Clay Eals, executive director, at clay.eals@loghousemuseum.info.)​

P.S. If you missed the mention in our daily preview, the SWSHS’s Log House Museum is closed today for Easter, but will be back to its full regular hours/days next week – noon-4 pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

West Seattle coyotes: Upper Alki sighting
March 27, 2016 12:04 pm
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 |   Coyotes | West Seattle news | Wildlife

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The photo and report are from Mary:

Last night when I got home there was a coyote eating something in my backyard. I beat on the windows and scared it away (for a minute) before it returned to get the meal it had left behind. Unfortunately, it looks like he may have gotten a neighborhood pet, like a tortoiseshell-color cat. Since it was getting dark then, I will check the yard today for any collars or identifying information. Please encourage your readers to keep their pets inside. This coyote is much bigger than the others that seem to visit my back yard on a weekly basis. If anyone has ideas on what can be put down to keep them away, I’d love to know what would do it. I live on the Alki hillside on Lander.

The state’s main advice in the coyote chapter of its “Living With Wildlife” series is to reduce food sources – don’t leave pet food out, let alone pets – as well as scaring them away if you see them, not just with noise, but even with throwing rocks or sticks if within range.

West Seattle Sunday: Easter 2016, & more
March 27, 2016 7:41 am
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 |   West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

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Good morning! (Thanks to Lynn Hall for the photo, looking west and showing Duwamish Head and Alki Point.) From the WSB Easter Etc. page and regular year-round calendar:

EASTER SERVICES/EVENTS: Churches’ schedules are listed (if sent to us) and linked from the WSB Easter Etc. page – some are having brunches and/or Easter egg hunts too.

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: 10 am-2 pm as always. Special feature: “Bring the family … and find one out of a dozen toy eggs dispersed around the farmers’ booths and redeem a special prize from the market manager!” Here’s the fresh list. (44th/Alaska)

AVALON GLASSWORKS: Blowing glass as usual on Easter Sunday, 11 am-5 pm – info here. (2914 SW Avalon Way)

PLAY GAMES! Meeples Games (WSB sponsor) is open, with six game groups on the schedule today (see the right side of the Meeples home page), or – just drop in to enjoy games, beverages, food, etc. (3727 California SW, upstairs)

LOG HOUSE MUSEUM IS CLOSED … back to regular noon-4 pm Sunday hours next week.

EGG DECORATING: At Mind Unwind/Treehouse Lounge, 1-6 pm, all ages, all supplies included, $10/half-dozen, $15 dozen. (2206 California SW)

SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCHES ARE OPEN … regular hours today, 1 pm-5 pm.

OTHER CLOSURES/CHANGES: We don’t make a list for Easter – just for the big holidays toward year’s end – but do be aware that you’ll likely find a few businesses closed; check before you go.

West Seattle weekend scene: Peeps creations
March 27, 2016 1:10 am
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 |   Seen around town | West Seattle news

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“Give Peeps a chance!” Thanks to Sandy for the photos of Peeps creations on display in Fairmount. Not sure if they’re still out in all their glory now that the rain’s back, but they were delighting passersby on Saturday, including Sacha‘s “Peep-a-pult”:

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P.S. If you are a Peeps fan, don’t miss the Peeps-enhanced seasonal beverages at Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (4410 California SW; WSB sponsor).

Lincoln Park beach gets help from Arbor Heights Elementary
March 26, 2016 9:16 pm
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 |   Environment | West Seattle beaches | West Seattle news

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The beach at Lincoln Park is cleaner tonight thanks to the work of a group from Arbor Heights Elementary. Elise Olson shares the report and photos:

When underwater photographer and author Annie Crawley with Dive Into Your Imagination came to speak to our students a few weeks ago about problems facing our ocean including the proliferation of plastics, which is killing ocean life, 5th graders in Ms. Nall’s class were disturbed by what they learned and set out to do something about it. Today they organized a cleanup at Lincoln Park. 25+ classmates and family members showed up with garbage bags and gloves to collect debris in the park and along the stretch of beach from the waterfront swings to the pool. They found lots of straws, wrappers, bits of Styrofoam, rope, bottles and even a pair of glasses and a shoe!

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Elise adds that Ms. Nall “has been a fabulous role model in teaching her kids to move away from just talking and reading about the problems our planet faces and begin to make changes so they become commonplace and be more cognizant of how our actions (AND PURCHASES) have an impact on our world.”

What goes into the Sound can end up inside the wildlife living in its waters – you might recall the Arroyos gray whale as just one example.

UPDATE: Outrage after 100+ trees cut without permission on city-owned West Seattle slopes
March 26, 2016 4:04 pm
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 |   Crime | Environment | West Seattle news

(UPDATED 7:27 PM with additional information from Councilmember Herbold)

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Story by Tracy Record
Photos by Christopher Boffoli

“Is THAT the clearcut?”

The question came from someone we passed while walking up from the first East Admiral street end where we’d stopped to seek an overview of the city-owned slope where, as first reported by The Seattle Times last night, 100+ trees have been cut illegally.

We were in the wrong place but subsequently found the two street ends where you can see the trees’ remains firsthand: 33rd and City View, where a short trail leads north to an overview of the south end of the area, and the north end of 35th SW, where you can look directly onto the slashed slope. Those areas are below and to the left of the “AW1” designation in the Green Seattle Partnership map we’ve embedded below:

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West Seattle egg hunts, report #2: Thriftway goes big
March 26, 2016 3:51 pm
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 |   Fun stuff to do | West Seattle news

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Our photographer says today’s West Seattle Thriftway (WSB sponsor) egg hunt brought the biggest turnout he’d seen in going on a decade of covering the annual event. The Easter Bunny, of course, made an appearance:

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This time, the store promised 30,000 surprise-filled eggs for the taking:

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Even the littlest participants gave it their all:

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This year, the store’s celebrating its 28th anniversary.

AS-IT-HAPPENED COVERAGE: Caucus crowds around West Seattle
March 26, 2016 10:24 am
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle politics

(LOOKING FOR RESULTS? Go here)

FIRST REPORT, 10:24 AM: The Democratic caucuses are on – and we’re already getting reader reports via Twitter of crowds just about everywhere:

More to come. We’re about to step inside West Seattle High School to see how it’s going there.

11:05 AM: The initial balloting is over and people are rising, at tables in the WSHS Commons, to argue in favor of their candidate. Here’s how the vote went at one table where we spent some time:

The speeches continue. People can choose to change their votes – so that’s the point of speeches. Again, if you missed the backstory, this is the first step in the process of allotting our state’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention. (Republicans had caucuses but not to support presidential candidates; they’ll do that in the primary vote later this spring.) Here’s a quick Instagram-video circle around the WSHS Commons:

Next, tables are electing delegates to the next level of the process. We’ll have more photos/info later, including official numbers expected this afternoon.

ADDED 12:42 PM: We also stopped at Chief Sealth International High School:
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And the Boren Building, home to Louisa Boren K-8 STEM and, until June, Arbor Heights Elementary:
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Reminders that the caucuses run on volunteer power – from the 34th District Democrats, chair Marcee Stone-Vekich was at the mic at Boren:

And at Sealth, the 34th DDs’ state committeewoman Lisa Plymate:

Also just in – a photo from Vy Duong, who caucused at Lafayette Elementary:

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Vy reports seeing County Executive Dow Constantine, an Admiral resident, there; we noted County Council Chair Joe McDermott, a Morgan-area resident, at Sealth.

More to come! Photos welcome at editor@westseattleblog.com.

2:47 PM: Statewide and county-by-county results, by the way, are being updated here – big lead for Sanders so far. We hope to have local-level results at some point too. Another photo to share, from an anonymous reader – Madison Middle School:

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9:33 PM: Most of the results are in at the state-party site and it shows Sanders winning the state with 73 percent to Clinton’s 27 percent.

West Seattle egg hunts 2016, report #1: Community-center crowds
March 26, 2016 10:18 am
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 |   Fun stuff to do | West Seattle news

10:18 AM: Huge morning for egg hunts. The community centers’ 10 am hunts are over in minutes, and we were at Hiawatha to catch what’s usually West Seattle’s biggest crowd. Our Instagram video above (mouse over the image to bring up the “play” button) shows you just part of it. More photos to come (plus separate coverage of the huge Thriftway event) – and if you were at a community-center hunt, we’d love to use your photo – editor@westseattleblog.com – thanks!

7:21 PM: Our photos from Hiawatha – where the kids are split into age groups, and then led off to different parts of the grounds, from the tennis courts to, in this case, the east lawn and wading pool areas:

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Then, they line up until it’s time to dash for the eggs:

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And they’re off!

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Collection boxes were out in hopes of recycling as many of the plastic eggs as possible, once they were emptied:

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With hundreds of people caucusing at West Seattle High School next door, and Lafayette Elementary nearby, the area was more congested than usual today – won’t be the case next year, of course.

West Seattle Saturday: Caucuses, egg hunts, bus changes, film screenings, more…
March 26, 2016 7:27 am
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 |   West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

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Big Saturday around West Seattle and beyond. For today/tonight, we’re breaking the list into three parts – first, local Democrats’ caucuses, the first step toward choosing delegates for the presidential nominating convention:

DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES: They start at 10 am – more than a dozen locations around West Seattle alone. Get there early. Your location is determined by which precinct you live in; if you don’t already know where you’re going, here’s all the info, as published here Friday. The caucuses are the first step toward delegate selection for our state’s representation at the nominating convention; there’s a presidential primary vote later this spring but that will not figure into the Democrats’ process.

Now, egg hunts and more as we start Easter weekend:

THRIFTWAY EGG HUNT: The famous egg hunt at West Seattle Thriftway, for ages 1-10, promising 30,000 eggs filled with fun. 9 am; get there early. (California/Fauntleroy)

COMMUNITY CENTER EGG HUNTS: 10 am is the start time – be there by 9:45 – for the city’s community-center egg hunts, at Alki Community Center, Delridge Community Center, Hiawatha Community Center, High Point Community Center, Southwest Teen Life Center/Southwest Pool.

EASTRIDGE EGG HUNT: Another annual tradition – Eastridge Church‘s egg hunt with 10,000 candy-filled eggs, pictures with the Easter Bunny, face painting, inflatables, prizes, more, at south meadow of Lincoln Park, 11 am. (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW)

LABYRINTH WALKING: Last chance to contemplate while walking the labyrinth set up in Adams Hall at Tibbetts United Methodist Church (WSB sponsor); hours today are noon-3 pm. (3940 41st SW)

EASTER-EGG DECORATING: Drop by Mind Unwind/Treehouse Lounge in The Admiral District, 3-8 pm – all supplies provided. Cost and other info here.

PURIM SHPIEL: One more Purim celebration for Kol HaNeshamah is happening tonight – 7 pm at Kenyon Hall, everyone is invited to “Shushan Abbey, the Motown Musical.” (7904 35th SW)

And from our year-round West Seattle Event Calendar (where you’ll find even more):

METRO ‘SERVICE CHANGE’: Remember, this is the day that Metro’s next round of service changes take effect. The big one for West Seattle: Rapid Ride C Line has now split from Rapid Ride D, and the C Line goes to South Lake Union. All the info’s here.

SEAFAIR COMMODORES BOWL-A-THON: Join the Seattle Seafair Commodores at West Seattle Bowl – there might still be room for individual bowlers to join their fundraising event for the Seafair Scholarship Program for Women. Registration at 9 am; bowling starts shortly thereafter. Think summer! Details in our listing. (39th SW/SW Oregon)

‘FOOD CHAINS,’ FREE SCREENING: 3 pm, join the Delridge Grocery Co-op at Delridge Library for this film in honor of Farmworker Awareness Week. Details in our listing. (5423 Delridge Way SW)

‘DRAWING THE TIGER,’ FREE SCREENING: 4 pm at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, see the award-winning documentary produced by West Seattleites Amy Benson and Scott Squire, who will be there for Q/A afterward. More info in our preview. (4408 Delridge Way SW)

SOUND HEALING: An evening of breath work and a sound-healing concert at Cuddle Club Seattle in Morgan Junction, 6 pm. Info, including how to register, is in our listing. (6417 California SW)

SUE QUIGLEY: Singer-songwriter Sue Quigley performs live at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7-9 pm. (5612 California SW)

FOLLOWUP: Bruce Springsteen fans – and a local superstar – give big to West Seattle Food Bank
March 25, 2016 11:53 pm
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 |   How to help | West Seattle news

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More love for the West Seattle Food Bank from rock ‘n’ roll superstar-land.

You’ll recall the WSFB’s announcement that it would be spotlighted during last night’s Bruce Springsteen concert at KeyArena.

They sent a few photos and then tonight posted the results, including the news that West Seattle’s own Eddie Vedder (who took the stage with The Boss) is helping too:

Thank you to all of the many Bruce Springsteen fans who came out last night and donated generously to the Food Bank. And yes, Eddie Vedder said he would match it! It was a great night for the food bank – just under $24,000 worth! Thank you to Bruce and the E Street Band for partnering with us and thank you to our volunteers who worked so hard to collect all the donations. We had fun and I hope you did too!

You can follow their example and help the WSFB too.

Highland Park ‘RV safe lot’ officially dead, says Councilmember Herbold
March 25, 2016 9:29 pm
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 |   Highland Park | West Seattle news

(WSB photo from last month)

We’ve reported repeatedly in the past few weeks (most recently, on Thursday) that the “RV safe lot” announced for Highland Park has been on indefinite hold. And now, Councilmember Lisa Herbold says the mayor’s office has confirmed to her that it’s officially not happening – because it would cost too much, for the 10 or fewer RVs it would serve.

As a result, Herbold’s office says, the two interim “safe zones” set up in SODO and Interbay will be “extended for an additional 60 days,” and the 39 RV residents that were waiting there will get help with making their vehicles operational so they can comply with 72-hour parking laws, or they will get help finding “secure housing.”

That doesn’t address what happens to the half-dozen or so RVs that we’ve reported are described by SPD as “staged” along Myers Way, awaiting the now-a-no-go Highland Park lot, so we’ll check on that next week.

It’s been two months since the mayor’s original announcement that the lot would be set up at West Marginal Way/Highland Park Way within a month, along with the one that did open in Ballard. Since then, we’ve made almost-daily checks of the site – a paved lot adjacent to the longtime site of an unauthorized encampment that was closed two and a half years ago – and the only sign of preparations has been a canvas-covered fence around the lot.

What kind of play equipment do you want to see at Highland Park? Date set to see options
March 25, 2016 7:43 pm
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Though the Parks and Green Spaces Levy has been succeeded by the Seattle Park District levy, some of the P&GSL projects are still in progress – and one of them is getting extra $ from the district. That’s the Highland Park play-area plan (for the park at 1100 SW Cloverdale), and a postcard that showed up in the WSB mailbox brought word of your chance to get a look at, and have a say on, play-equipment options. It’s more than three weeks away – plenty of time to set yourself a reminder: Monday, April 18th – with an open house at Highland Park Elementary (1012 SW Trenton) 5:30-6 pm, and a presentation at 6.

P.S. Note that this is a different project from the one for the school’s play area, which also has an event coming up, as we reported in our coverage of this week’s Highland Park Action Committee meeting.

Reader report: Child found in North Delridge
March 25, 2016 5:00 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle police

5 PM: Just got a phone call from a reader who says her 120 bus to downtown has a possibly lost child on board, a toddler-age boy who was on the sidewalk on the north end of Delridge. The driver brought the child on board and police apparently will meet them downtown. If you know of someone looking for a child in that area, be sure they call 911.

8:24 PM: Commenter and e-mail have confirmed that this is resolved, adding: “Child and family are fine. Thanks to SPD and and Metro for resolving this so quickly.”

West Seattle Crime Watch: Triangle car theft; burglar(s) target Junction midwives
March 25, 2016 4:11 pm
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 |   Crime | West Seattle news

Two West Seattle Crime Watch reader reports today:

CAR STOLEN FROM THE GROVE: The photos above and below are from The Grove/West Seattle Inn, where the general manager’s vehicle was stolen around 6:45 this morning.

The missing vehicle is a “white ’89 Toyota 4Runner with gray graphics on the side. There are no major modifications or noticeable body damage. The license plate is Washington State and reads (B31-606V). The Police have been contacted and have made a report.” If you have any information about the whereabouts or knowledge of a possible suspect please call 911, and GM John at 760-709-0321.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AT MIDWIVES’ CLINIC: In addition to the burglaries we listed in last night’s Crime Watch, we’ve heard about one more, from the victims: Taylor at In Tandem Midwifery, 4522 44th SW, e-mailed to report: “Someone tried to break into our office the night before last. … Our incident occurred at our back door, from inside the secured apartment building. They didn’t get in, which is lucky for us as they would have been terribly disappointed and more likely to cause damage. … We don’t keep an patient data, meds or valuables in the office so we aren’t really sure why we were targeted.”

Plea bargain for West Seattle serial arsonist Jacob Kokko
March 25, 2016 1:53 pm
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 |   Crime | West Seattle news

(Reader photo, courtesy Aaron: October arson outside Senior Center)

By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor

After 4 1/2 months in jail, West Seattle serial arsonist Jacob Kokko has pleaded guilty – and could go free as soon as he’s sentenced.

A plea bargain sent him to court on Thursday to admit to three crimes, one a lesser charge than the original ones filed, according to court documents we found during a routine check online early today.

(WSB photo: October arson outside Hamm Building)

Kokko, 22, was arrested last November and charged in connection with three October arsons – two in The Junction, outside the Senior Center and the historic Hamm Building (home to businesses including Easy Street Records, Twilight Gallery, and Alaska Street Tattoo Parlor), and one outside a house on the same block in High Point where he lives.

The charges at the time were second-degree arson (a Class B felony), and second-degree reckless burning and third-degree malicious mischief (both gross misdemeanors). In the plea bargain, the first charge – related to the Senior Center fire – was reduced to first-degree reckless burning (a Class C felony); the other two remained the same.

Kokko, who has no prior criminal record, was arrested after a series of arsons including those fires unnerved West Seattleites for weeks. He has never been charged in the other fires during that same time period – police say he confessed to one fire in which he was not charged, the bus-stop arson on Morgan south of 35th on October 12th (shown on the surveillance video that led to his arrest), but denied any involvement in the October 18th Sylvan Ridge car arsons, the October 19th High Point rental-office waste-bin fire that did more damage in a later flareup, or the October 21st 40th/Morgan recycling-bin fire.

As for the potential penalty:

The recommendation accompanying Kokko’s guilty pleas is for a sentence of “credit for time served” in jail, which will be almost five months by his scheduled sentencing date – that’s longer than the standard “up to 60 days” sentence for someone with no criminal record. Also recommended, a year in jail that will be suspended unless he fails to make it through a year of probation. He would also be recommended for 50 hours of community restitution work and to pay monetary restitution, determined at a future date, to the victims of the four fires to which he has confessed.

The documents give no further hint of a motive; last fall, Kokko was quoted as saying he set the fires because he needed help.

Kokko is scheduled to be sentenced at 1 pm April 1st by King County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ramsdell.

ELECTION 2016: Caucus confusion? Here’s all the local info for Saturday
March 25, 2016 12:21 pm
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle politics

If you’re a Democrat and planning to caucus Saturday, but still not sure exactly how it works and/or where to go – here’s the full how-to, as just sent by the 34th District Democrats:

Democrats from across the 34th Legislative District will caucus on Saturday, March 26, in multiple locations. During the caucus Democrats will elect delegates pledged to either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. These delegates will attend conventions and caucuses to be held later in the year at the legislative district, congressional district, King County and Statewide level, where they will elect the 118 delegates to the Democratic Party’s national convention in Philadelphia in July. The 34th Legislative District includes West Seattle, White Center, North Highline, Vashon Island and the northern part of Burien. In this district, the caucuses will be held at schools. Here is a detailed list of precinct caucus locations in the 34th District:
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Anyone can attend their caucus, but voting for presidential delegates is limited to registered voters who
publicly attest that they are Democrats. People who are currently 17 years old but will be eligible to vote in the Nov. 8 election also can vote in the caucuses. People can find their precinct on the King County website here:

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West Seattle restaurants: Ex-Chopstix reported to be future New Luck Toy
March 25, 2016 11:31 am
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle restaurants

Six weeks after we reported that Chopstix appeared to be closed for good, a report about the 5905 California SW space’s future has just appeared. Thanks to Desiree for spotting the story by Allecia Vermillion in Nosh Pit and sending the link: She reports that Ma’Ono co-proprietor Mark Fuller is one of the principals of what will be a “dive bar” with Chinese food under the name New Luck Toy – which, you’ll recall, was a Junction staple for decades until its closure 10 years ago. The report says it could be open as soon as June.

West Seattle Friday: Pre-holiday-weekend happenings
March 25, 2016 10:46 am
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 |   West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

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(Thanks to Kira B, a Madison Middle School student, for sharing her photo!)

Two sets of possibilities for the rest of your Friday. First, from the WSB Easter, Etc. page, where you’ll also find Good Friday service listings:

EGG-DECORATING: Go get some done at Mind Unwind/Treehouse Lounge – 4-8 pm, all ages, all supplies included, $10/half-dozen, $15 dozen. (2206 California SW)

LABYRINTH-WALKING: noon-3 pm and 6-9 pm at Tibbetts United Methodist Church (WSB sponsor), you’re invited to walk the labyrinth set up in Adams Hall. (3940 41st SW)

And from our regular year-round West Seattle Event Calendar:

MINI-POW-WOW: Third annual event presented by the Niksokowaak Community Pow Wow Association at Highland Park Elementary – all welcome – 6-10 pm; details in our listing. (1012 SW Trenton)

DINGO! BENEFIT FOR WSHS TEACHER: 7 pm at West Seattle High School, bingo and dessert dash to benefit teacher Charlie Ketler in his fight against pancreatic cancer. Details in our listing. (3000 California SW)

DUWAMISH ROWING CLUB BENEFIT MOVIE NIGHT: Another benefit tonight, 7 pm at the Duwamish Tribe Longhouse in West Seattle, raises money for the only rowing club on the Duwamish River. This year’s movie is “Man On Wire.” Details in our listing.

LIVE MUSIC AT C & P: Christopher Mitchell, Eric Dodd & the Kook Brothers perform tonight at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7-9 pm. (5612 California SW)

PREVIEW YOUR WEEKEND … via our complete calendar, here.

EGG HUNTS & MORE: Big weekend ahead
March 25, 2016 9:29 am
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 |   Fun stuff to do | Holidays | West Seattle news

Before we get to our list of what’s happening today, one more mention, in case you haven’t seen it, that we again this year have a special one-page guide to egg hunts, Easter and Holy Week services, updated daily so you can check it without wading through outdated listings. Tomorrow is the big day for egg hunts – the 30,000-egg-stravaganza at West Seattle Thriftway (California/Fauntleroy; WSB sponsor) at 9 am, followed by the city-run community centers’ 10 am hunts, and more. Sunday’s Easter listings include West Seattle’s traditional sunrise services, both at 6:30 am – one at Forest Lawn (WSB sponsor) and one on Alki Beach with the local UCC churches. Whatever your plans, have a great weekend!

TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday updates and reminders; Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth back to 3 boats
March 25, 2016 6:47 am
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 |   West Seattle news | West Seattle traffic alerts

(Click any view for a close-up; more cameras on the WSB Traffic page)

6:47 AM: Good morning – no incidents in/from West Seattle so far.

SODO RALLY THIS AFTERNOON: If you commute through the stadium zone, reminder that presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has a 4 pm Safeco Field rally, in advance of tomorrow’s Democratic caucuses.

METRO SERVICE CHANGE TOMORROW: One more reminder that Metro’s periodic “service change” is tomorrow, and this is the one that breaks up Rapid Ride C and D, with C going to South Lake Union from hereon out. Find the Metro info is here (and some additional info from the city here).

AVALON/YANCY/30TH PROJECT UPDATE: If you missed this update last night, work on the pedestrian-safety project for this multi-point intersection could start as soon as Monday.

7:32 AM: The Issaquah is out of service on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth ferry run – repairs needed.

7:54 AM UPDATE: Thanks for the texts. The boat breakdown temporarily took the Fauntleroy dock out of service but WSF says it’s open again now.

8:03 AM: Also, as noted in comments, the F-V-S ferry run is down to 2 boats TFN.

11:14 AM: Update on the ferry status, from WSF: “The Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route is on a two boat schedule for the remainder of the day. The next three sailings from Fauntleroy to Vashon are: 11:40 am, 12:25 pm, and 1:20 pm. The next two sailings from Fauntleroy to Southworth are: 11:40 am and 12:25 pm. The next three sailings from Vashon to Fauntleroy are: 11:50 am, 12:45 pm and 1:45 pm. The next two sailings from Southworth to Vashon and Fauntleroy are: 11:20 am, and 12:25 pm. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

12:47 PM: WSF says the run’s now back to three boats.