West Seattle, Washington
14 Friday
12:18 PM: Seattle Police say they’re investigating reports of gunfire in the 7900 block of 16th SW (map) and that’s blocked the road from Elmgrove to Holden. We’re en route – more info to come.
12:24 PM: This is reported to have happened outside a house. No indication so far of anyone having been hurt.
12:32 PM: Again, this has blocked off part of 16th SW, and that’s causing backups, so please avoid the area TFN. There’s at least one TV helicopter in the area, and more police reinforcements are arriving. Side note: While there is no information on whether this is or isn’t related, you’ll recall the most-recent confirmed-gunfire incident in our area was nearby, 16th/Holden, two nights ago.
12:49 PM: No change in the situation but Metro has now announced that Routes 125 and 128 are routed off 16th SW – use stops north of Holden or south of Trenton. A lieutenant at the scene confirms that this started with someone firing a shot outside a house, then apparently going back inside.
1:12 PM: Precinct commander Capt. Pierre Davis is at the scene.
1:27 PM: Police are – audibly, even from the distance that media is being kept back for safety – trying to make contact with the person they believe is in the house.
1:46 PM: Per scanner, a man has come out of the house; our crew confirms they can see a person in handcuffs.
2 PM: A lieutenant at the scene confirms to us that the suspect is in custody and has provided information that should enable them to recover the gun. No damage, no injury.
UPDATE: The suspect was booked into jail for investigation of unlawful firearm possession.
(Harlequin duck, photographed by Mark Wangerin)
Highlights of what’s up for the rest of today/tonight, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar (where you can always look ahead – days, weeks, even months):
BUSINESS CONSULTING: Open house at Delridge Library, 2-4 pm, with consulting and other free resources for small local businesses, whether you’re starting one or growing one. (5423 Delridge Way SW)
BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: 3 pm at Bellevue College, the West Seattle High School girls play Bellevue HS, while at 6 pm, the Seattle Lutheran HS girls play Neah Bay, at Evergreen Lutheran in Tacoma.
DESIGN-REVIEW DOUBLEHEADER: At the Sisson Building (Senior Center), two projects will be reviewed tonight by the Southwest Design Review Board tonight: At 6:30 pm, second meeting for 4801 Fauntleroy Way SW, currently described as a “four-story 53-unit apartment building with one live-work unit and 2,575 sq. ft. of retail,” no offstreet car parking, 20 bike spaces planned. See the packet here. At 8 pm, the first (Early Design Guidance) review for 3039 SW Avalon Way, described as 71 apartments with 21 offstreet parking spaces. See the packet here. Public-comment periods are part of both reviews. (California SW/SW Oregon)
ALKI COMMUNITY COUNCIL: 7 pm at Alki UCC, the February Alki Community Council meeting includes City Councilmember Lisa Herbold, Department of Neighborhoods District Coordinator Kerry Wade, and an update from Sandee Spears of Action Alki Alliance regarding SolTerra’s “Perch” development plan on Alki. (6115 SW Hinds)
UNPLUGGED! Acoustic open-mic on third Thursdays, co-presented by the Seattle Classic Guitar Society, at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7 pm. (5612 California SW)
ALAUDA BELLY-DANCE SHOWCASE: Shake things up! The free monthly all-ages belly-dancing showcase at The Skylark is tonight, 7:30 pm. (3803 Delridge Way SW)
LIVE MUSIC: Johnny and The Moles, 8 pm at Parliament Tavern. (4210 SW Admiral Way)
(Rendering courtesy West Seattle YMCA)
It’s time for your comments on part of the soon-to-start West Seattle YMCA (WSB sponsor) expansion project – one that isn’t part of the building itself. This announcement from the Y explains:
As part of the West Seattle YMCA’s upcoming Expansion and Renovation project, the Y is coordinating the process for the proposed Triangle Festival Street designation on SW Snoqualmie between 36th & 37th Ave SW.
The idea for a community festival street came out of the city’s 2009 – 2011 Triangle Planning Committee. The Y Board decided to incorporate the concept in our expansion planning by shifting the Y’s entrance to SW Snoqualmie and incorporating some key improvements in the right of way, access and utilities.
The Festival Street designation allows closure for community events throughout the year (most will be in summer, on weekends or evenings). All adjacent landowners have given their support to the proposal.
Most of the time, this will be a regular street with cars driving, bikes, parking, and pedestrians on sidewalks. When active, the Triangle Festival Street could host outdoor concerts, dances, games, festivals and other community events.
A public presentation with opportunity for questions and public comment will be held at the Southwest District Council meeting on March 2nd, 6:30 pm at the Senior Center, 4217 SW Oregon St. As part of the designation process, the SWDC could vote on the proposal two weeks after the presentation, which then would go to the SDOT director.
You can review more detailed information and submit online comments at OurNewY.org until March 18th.
(WSB photo)
9:13 AM: Outside at least 10 West Seattle schools this morning, teachers, staffers, and parents were gathering to send a message to lawmakers. The mini-rallies were billed as “walk-ins” – with gatherings outside school entrances, and participants walking in together before the first bell. Above, Denny International Middle School‘s gathering started just after 7 am, outside the front door. In our video below, principal Jeff Clark declared his support, and the Seattle-King County NAACP’s education chair Rita Green urged teachers to engage and collaborate with parents:
Also at 7, a show of support outside West Seattle High School:
Thanks to Jennifer Hall for the photo.
We also stopped by Gatewood Elementary, where students joined in writing messages on “vision boards” that will eventually be taken to Olympia and placed in State Capitol hallways as a reminder to legislators (photo added):
We also welcome photos from other walk-ins – editor@westseattleblog.com – thanks!
ADDED 10:53 AM: We made it to the last one of the morning, outside Louisa Boren K-8 STEM in the 9 am hour. They offered drive-up board-signing in the dropoff zone:
And over by the fence, students were joining in:
We’ve also received a photo from Sanislo Elementary:
ADDED 4:28 PM: Thanks for sharing more photos! First, from Alki Elementary:
Thanks to Angela Powell for that photo; Alki parent Amy Cooper sent this one:
From Alison at Schmitz Park Elementary:
And thanks to Elise Olsen at Arbor Heights Elementary for this:
(Click any view for a close-up; more cameras on the WSB Traffic page)
6:38 AM: No incidents in or from West Seattle so far this morning.
‘WALK-INS’ REMINDER: If your route takes you past a public school, you might see one of the “walk-in” gatherings over the next two-plus hours. Teachers, staff, parents, and community members are gathering to show support for schools and for fully financing them. Here’s our list of West Seattle plans. It’s not a march, so no traffic effects are expected, and all schools will start on time as participants “walk in” together before the bell.
7:52 AM: Still an incident-less commute. Our standard reminder, if you see something worth an alert – and are *not* behind the wheel – let us know so we can help alert others, 206-293-6302, text or voice.
Caucus season starts this Saturday, with our state’s Republicans holding pooled precinct caucuses. To find out how the process works, we went to Wednesday night’s monthly meeting of the 34th District Republicans, who moved their regular meeting spot from Burien to West Seattle last year.
About 30 people were there. 34th GOP chair Chuck Rangel explained that while you can declare a presidential preference on Saturday, the delegate allocation will be determined in the May 24th primary vote, so Saturday’s caucusing is really about starting the process of choosing delegates for the district, county, and state conventions.
There are two locations this year – West Seattle High School (3000 California SW) for everyone north of Cloverdale, the Evergreen Campus in White Center (830 SW 116th) for everyone south of Cloverdale. As Rangel explained it, doors open at 9 for registration; bring a government-issued picture ID and your voter-registration card. If you don’t have your card, people with laptops will look you up to check your status.
Caucusing will start at 10 am, with the rules explained until 10:30, when discussion begins. By 11:30, caucusgoers have to start choosing people to advance to the next round, the district convention. Results will go to the county Republican Party offices. Dates for the ensuing conventions, all the way up to the national one, are here.
If you’re wondering about eligibility to participate, that’s explained here.
(Democrats start caucusing March 26th; we covered early info in our report on last week’s 34th District Democrats meeting.)
We’re at the Delridge Neighborhoods District Council and there’s been one bit of news to share separately from our forthcoming full-meeting wrapup: The upcoming “safe lot” for vehicle campers in Highland Park is NOT opening this Friday, said Michael Taylor-Judd of the North Delridge Neighborhood Council, who had mentioned that likely opening date at his group’s meeting last week. He and city neighborhood-district coordinator Kerry Wade both said the opening date is “at least two weeks away,” and said that’s all they can say about it.
We’ve been monitoring the site and had noted again today (photo above) that no work has been done yet – no sign of the facilities (dumpsters, portable toilets, etc.) that were supposed to be in place before the projected 12 vehicles show up. The lot is one of two (along with a site in Ballard) to be operated by the Low-Income Housing Institute, with Compass Housing Alliance expected to offer services to help those using it get housing and more. When Mayor Murray announced the “safe lots,” they were “expected to” be up and running within a month; this Friday marks exactly a month since his announcement.
As noted in our coverage of last night’s West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting, car prowls remain one of our area’s most common crimes. If it happens to you, be sure to report it – then please let us know too. From the inbox today:
CAR PROWL: Jan reports from Upper Alki: “Yesterday morning near 57th and Admiral, our son’s car window was smashed in and two backpacks taken. The smaller backpack was returned to us later in the day by a neighbor who noticed it sitting in the back of her garage. The larger hiking backpack is still missing.” She says it’s Gregory brand, red and gray.
BROKEN WINDOW: Don’t know if this was a car prowl or pure vandalism, but Seth spotted it early today: “Came out of my home at 5:30am and saw a black SUV with its rear passenger window smashed. Across from the 7-11 on Avalon.”
STOLEN MAIL, TOSSED: Via e-mail: “Mail theft has been a problem on 17th Ave SW and 18th Ave SW for a couple weeks. I found fistfuls of mail on the ground between Kenyon and Henderson. This morning it was on 17th & Kenyon.”
One more note:
NEXT CRIME/SAFETY MEETING … is the West Seattle Block Watch Captains Network, 6:30 pm next Tuesday (February 23rd) at the Southwest Precinct. WSBWCN’s Karen Berge just sent news their guest is confirmed: the new Seattle Police director of transparency and privacy, Mary Perry.
ORIGINAL WEDNESDAY REPORT: Just in via SPD Blotter:
SPD detectives are asking for the public’s help locating a missing man who sent his friend a cryptic text before disappearing earlier this month.
Richard Arneson’s friends and family became concerned about his well-being after he failed to show up for work on February 5th. A friend went to check on the 62-year-old at his West Seattle apartment and found the back door open. Officers checked inside Arneson’s home and didn’t find any sign of him, or any indications of foul play. Later in the day, the friend contacted police again after she received a text message from Arneson, which read “my luck has run out.”
Police have not yet been able to locate Arneson, who has been known to frequent walking trails in West Seattle and Rainier Valley. If you have seen him or have any other information in this case, please call Detectives Elizabeth Litalien at (206) 684-5007.
ADDED THURSDAY AFTERNOON: The missing man’s sister sent two clearer photos. We have substituted the headshot for the one police originally posted above. Here’s the other:
Again, if you have any information, call the detective mentioned above, or 911.
(WSB photo, February 4th)
When the owners of 6451 California SW, most recently the Feedback Lounge, tore away its facade for remodeling, they told us they didn’t have a confirmed tenant yet.
Now, two weeks later, they do.
The prospective tenants we met while checking out the renovations earlier this month were a West Seattle couple, Colin and Donna Pickering, well-known for The Whisky Bar downtown (2122 2nd Avenue).
And our check of the online liquor-license application files today revealed they’ve leased the space, to become their second location.
We just talked with Donna Pickering, who confirms the name will be The Whisky West, and that the space will be as similar to their downtown space as possible.
They’ve operated the downtown bar – on its second location – for 15 years, and owned a home in Gatewood for more than a decade. So for everyone who wanted to see a local operation take over this space, this is it.
She tells us they’re still working out a lot of details – “We’ve just had (the space) for a week!” – even the decision about whether to be 21 and over or to allow under-21s in for part of the day, perhaps just in the afternoon. Whatever the age limits turn out to be, she says they expect to be open from lunch until 2 am, at least for starters.
Their specialties will remain whisky and craft cocktails – and “good bar food,” probably with a menu somewhat expanded beyond what they offer in their first location; she mentioned sliders and fish and chips, among other things. They’re likely to have at least 20 beers on tap; their current location also offers 60 bottled beers.
While they won’t have regular music, they do plan to have some local bands.
But there’s still a lot of work to do – “it’s going to be beautiful,” Donna promises – so they’re not expecting to be open before June, she says; if you want a taste of what it’ll be like, visit The Whisky Bar downtown, until The Whisky West opens its doors.
(Photo by Daven Camacho)
We’ve been featuring local athletes who are headed to state competition, and here are five more! Thanks to Lynn Ogdon-Perrine for sharing news of the Chief Sealth International High School wrestlers set for state matches this Friday and Saturday. Above, Regional and Metro champions from Sealth, from left: Daron Camacho at 195 weight class, Hameed Maktoof at 152 weight class, and Joe Kereti at 220 weight class. Next photo features Antonio Chiles (left), who placed 3rd at Regionals and is headed to state at 182 weight class:
(Photo by David Perrine)
Lynn says Gonzalo Cruise also placed 3rd at Regionals and heads to state at 120 weight class. The state tournament is this Friday and Saturday at the Tacoma Dome. Good luck to all!
Sound Transit light rail for West Seattle has momentum – even a mention from the mayor in his State of the City speech. 
But first, Sound Transit has to make big decisions for its ST3 ballot measure, including what route to pursue to get to this side of the bay, and beyond.
The West Seattle Transportation Coalition wants to make a recommendation with wide local support, so in addition to its “call to action” meeting last month, it launched a survey last week – and is circulating one last call for you to get in on it, if you haven’t already. As WSTC co-founder Joe Szilagyi puts it, “Sound Transit’s Board is making a decision in the next few months on what sort of train solution West Seattle is getting — so we need YOUR feedback to tell us where you stand, with this 5-10 minute survey!”
The survey closes Friday; answer the questions here as soon as you can.
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
Crime trends and an update on the Alert Seattle system were the focus points of last night’s West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting:
The dozen-ish people who showed up were from neighborhoods north to south, Admiral to Puget Ridge to Morgan Junction.
Southwest Precinct commander Capt. Pierre Davis told participants that more than a dozen neighborhoods in West Seattle have “micro-policing plans,” and they’re developing “targeted responses” to the issues.
In general, around West Seattle, auto thefts, robberies, and car prowls are the high-focus issues right now, he said.
(Harbor seal, photographed by Don Brubeck)
Busy day/night in West Seattle! Here’s just some of what you’ll find on our calendar:
FOOD TRUCK: 11 am-1 pm, the latke-press-sandwich truck Napkin Friends will be at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), out back on the alley. (5612 California SW)
FREE COWORKING MEETUP: Telecommuter? Entrepreneur? Coworker? Coworking-curious? Noon-1:15 pm, bring your lunch to West Seattle Office Junction (WSB sponsor) for this free meetup to “share and talk about business ideas, projects, get feedback, build community and make new friends and business partners.” (6040 California SW)
FRY BREAD COOKING CLASS: 6 pm, Duwamish Tribe Longhouse, details here – check ASAP to see if there’s still room! (4705 W. Marginal Way SW)
PLAYTIME: Starting at 5:30 pm, Wednesday nights at Meeples Games (WSB sponsor) include D&D, RPG, Star Wars … see the individual times and groups on the right side of the Meeples home page. (3727 California SW)
IRISH SET DANCING: Introduction at 6:30 pm, dancing 7-9 pm, no partner required, $5 donation. More info in our calendar listing! At Kenyon Hall. (7904 35th SW)
TRANSPORTATION, PLANNING @ DELRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCIL: 7 pm at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, the Delridge District Council has guests tonight from the city, with topics including:
Move Seattle Levy, What’s Next for Delridge?
· Update on the Delridge Multimodal Corridor Project
· Delridge Vision Zero and Safety
· Bataan Park/Graham Street StairwellDelridge Action Plan & ACT Update
· Update on the Action Plan & upcoming community meeting
· Focus of the Delridge ACT (Advisory Core Team)
· OED Conversations around business health and the Delridge Grocery Co-Op
All welcome. (4408 Delridge Way SW)
WORDS OF LOVE, AT WORDSWEST: 7 pm. Tonight’s featured writers are Kathleen Flenniken and Stephanie Kallos, for the 14th installment of the WordsWest Literary Series at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor) – “Love Lost and Found and Lost Again.” Details in our calendar listing. (5612 California SW)
34TH DISTRICT REPUBLICANS: Looking ahead to this Saturday’s GOP caucuses, the 34th GOP‘s monthly meeting is at 7 pm, American Legion Post 160. (3618 SW Alaska)
NIGHTLIFE: Trivia, open mic, karaoke – see the listings on our complete calendar.
(WSB photo from July 2015: SBG’s Sonia Sillan showing ‘Warrior Woman’ participants how to subdue an attacker)
This Saturday morning (February 20th), 10 am-noon, Straight Blast Gym (WSB sponsor) is offering its “Warrior Woman” self-defense seminar for girls and women ages 10 and up. If you’re interested, sign up ASAP – here’s how. It’s free, but they’re collecting items to support women’s shelter New Beginnings.
(Click any view for a close-up; more cameras on the WSB Traffic page)
7:02 AM: So far this morning, no major incidents on the routes through/from West Seattle.
One major reminder: Seattle Public Schools are back in session today.
9:27 AM: One note looking ahead to tonight – SDOT reps are among the guests at tonight’s Delridge Neighborhoods District Council meeting, 7 pm at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (4408 Delridge Way SW), to look at the Delridge Multimodal Corridor Project and more, including the Bataan Park/Graham Street Stairwell in High Point. All welcome.
11:47 PM: Police have confirmed reports of gunfire in Highland Park.
(WSB photos)
It happened in the parking lot at the 16th and Holden 7-11, where, according to scanner traffic, at least one shell casing has turned up, and officers are looking for others. No reports of injuries or property damage, so far.
12:10 AM: Still just one casing found as of our stop at the scene a few minutes ago. The search is focusing on the east side of the store, along 16th.
They’re still sorting out the circumstances. Photos added.
Two more playoff games tonight for local high-school basketball teams:
SEATTLE LUTHERAN GIRLS VS. TULALIP HERITAGE: This game ended with a loss for the Saints, 48-37, in Mount Vernon. The SLHS girls’ next game will be at 6 pm Thursday vs. Neah Bay, at Evergreen Lutheran in Tacoma.
WEST SEATTLE BOYS VS. BELLEVUE: This was a rollercoaster game for the Wildcats, eventually losing 64-57. They went into the locker room down 36-10 at the half but rallied to a one point lead early in the fourth quarter, leading to raucous cheers from the bench:
(WSB photos)
The defense toughened up in the second half, too, as head coach Keffrey Fazio‘s boys kept battling:
#22 Yusuf Mohamed was the scoring leader with 14, followed by #4 Chaaka Trahan with 11.
The next game is a must-win – 3 pm Friday vs. Rainier Beach, again at Bellevue College.
(WSB photo, February 6)
Back on February 6th, we brought you the story of West Seattleite Marcia Lyons and her Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Liberty, getting ready to head to the legendary Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and the Masters Agility Championship preceding it. We noticed in today’s results that Liberty had received “select” honors in her breed category. So we e-mailed Marcia to ask for an update:
It has been an amazing but incredibly busy time in New York. Here’s a recap of the last couple days and Libby’s exploits at Westminster.
I am crazy proud of my little Liberty and her performance this weekend at Westminster. On Saturday she ran in the Masters Agility Championship. She ran well enough in the two daytime runs to make it into the top 10 of her height class (16″) which meant she made it into the final Championship that night. It was quite the spectacle, as it was televised nationally on Fox Sports. I was also one of the few selected to wear a special wireless microphone as I ran so they could hear everything I was saying to Libby as we ran. In the final round she ran beautifully and one of the fastest times of the evening, but unfortunately we made 2 errors that added time penalties so we didn’t win. But she was a winner in my book, the way she gave her all as she ran and held up through an incredibly crazy busy day.
To cap her agility success, today she displayed the beauty side of things to compliment her athletic achievements. In the dog show she went into the breed ring for Conformation, in the “Best of Breed” class. It was quite thrilling when the judge awarded her the “Select Female” prize, meaning she was his second highest pick out of the females. We are now heading home tired and happy with some lovely ribbons.
It was an amazing weekend for the little Toller from West Seattle.
We almost missed Liberty on the winners’ list because she was listed by her official name: CH Aqueus Let Freedom Ring CD BN RE AX AXJ OF CGC.
(CONTINUING TO UPDATE with additions – scroll down!)
ORIGINAL REPORT, 6:25 PM: Instead of a walkout – it’s a walk-in.
On Thursday morning, teachers, staffers, parents, and community members are gathering outside public schools for a “walk-in” – a show of support, rather than a protest.
Since schools start at different times, the walk-ins are happening at different times. We’ve heard from two schools so far. One is West Seattle High School – teacher Jennifer Hall tells us:
At West Seattle High School, we (staff members, parents, community members) will be gathering in front of the building on California Avenue at 7 AM, and then we will WALK IN together between 7:10 and 7:15. We will be serving coffee and donuts, and enjoying conversation about positive hopes and dreams for our school inside, and school will start on time.
We’ve also heard from Gatewood Elementary. From Jena Ingrahm with the PTA:
Supporters will gather in the playground at Gatewood before school starts at 8:15 and then walk in together. The school day starts on time.
Why do a walk in? We are gathering across the country as communities to assert that these are our schools and they must be fully funded. Too many decisions about public education are made outside our communities and without the voice of parents, their children and the educators who know the students best. By standing up together, in our communities and across the country, we send a strong message to policymakers and educational leaders that we all support fully funded and resourced public schools.
All you have to do is show up and wear red!
If your school participating? Please let us know so we can add the info – start time and gathering place – editor@westseattleblog.com – thanks!
ADDED 9:16 PM: Thanks to Angela Powell from the Alki Elementary PTA for sending word they’re participating too. This post on the PTA website has details; participants will gather outside the school at 8:20 am and walk in together.
ADDED 10:24 PM: Concord International in South Park also has a walk-in. Robin Schwartz from the Concord PTA says, “Wear red for ed(ucation), meet out front at 9 am to sign the poster board that will be delivered to Olympia, and walk in together!”
ADDED 7:08 AM WEDNESDAY: Schmitz Park Elementary also is participating, according to teacher Alison Aylesworth, who says the gathering time is 8:20 am: “Meet on the playground, write on the vision board and walk-in at 8:35! Wear red for ed!”
ADDED 10:55 AM WEDNESDAY – TWO MORE: Kayo adds in comments that “Pathfinder is also participating. Wear red and meet by the small playground at 8 am.”
And via e-mail, Sandra Gray tells us Fairmount Park Elementary will do it too – wear red and gather in front of the school along SW Findlay, 8-8:40 am. (UPDATE: They’ll gather along Fauntleroy instead.)
ADDED 3:09 PM WEDNESDAY – THREE MORE: From the Denny International Middle School newsletter:
“Before the Bell” Support for Schools Rally, 7:05 am, Denny Front Entrance
What’s your vision for our Public Schools? Join us “before the bell” on February 18 to stand together and celebrate our schools. Across the country from New York to Los Angeles and more than 20 cities in between, parents, students, teachers, educators and community leaders are gathering “before the bell” to stand together in support of great public schools. We’ll be meeting in the entrance courtyard at Denny as scholars arrive, from 7:05-7:35.
Via e-mail, Holly Briscoe from the Highland Park Elementary PTA says, “HPE will also be participating in the walk-in. We are encouraging families to wear red and to sign the vision board at drop off. Event begins at 8:30.”
And in comments, AJP says Louisa Boren STEM K-8 is in, too – 9 am to 9:30 am.
(WSB photos: WSHS players from left, #32 Lydia Giomi, #3 Izzy Turk, #21 Gabby Sarver)
4:26 PM: We’re in the gym at Bellevue College, where the West Seattle High School girls have just made it into the district-playoff quarterfinals with a win over Juanita, 73-66. Top scorer: WSHS senior Lydia Giomi, with 32 points. The Wildcats’ next game will be at 3 pm Thursday, against the winner of tonight’s Lakeside-Bellevue game.
(#30 Lexi Ioane)
5:55 PM: We’re back at HQ now and adding photos.
The scoring was rounded out by #30 Lexi Ioane with 12, #21 Gabby Sarver with 10, #3 Izzy Turk with 8, #20 Grace Sarver with 6, and #10 Jenna McPhee with 5.
Head coach Darnell Taylor‘s Wildcats led by as many as 20 points during the course of the game, but Juanita kept battling back. At halftime, the Wildcats were up 38-28, and added 7 unanswered points at the start of the second half, with the 50-30 lead not long after that. Juanita then scrapped its way to within five points, 52-47, but WSHS kept fighting and took the win.
When the West Seattle Block Watch Captains Network met three weeks ago, police staffing turned to be the hottest topic of the meeting. Southwest Precinct commander Capt. Pierre Davis said he’d like to have more officers, but hiring citywide wasn’t going very quickly.
Maybe it will now – in his State of the City speech this afternoon, Mayor Ed Murray doubled his promise of new officers to be hired before his first term is up – saying he’ll now commit to hiring 200 more officers, above and beyond ongoing attrition.
Acknowledging that while violent crime in Seattle is low, property crime is not, he said SPD is forming a “dedicated team” working on reducing it.
He announced a Commercial Affordability Advisory Committee to, as the news release about his speech describes it, “identify issues that lead to displacement of small businesses in growing Urban Villages and recommend actions that support affordable commercial spaces.”
He spoke of renewed commitment for transportation projects including Sound Transit light rail to West Seattle and the Lander Street overpass in SODO, which was named in the Move Seattle levy. And he said the Vision Zero safety campaign – which has cut speed limits and rechannelized streets, including parts of 35th and Roxbury in West Seattle – is working, with traffic deaths down 25 percent, at an all-time low.
He also announced that all Seattle Public Schools campuses will be designated “Safe Places.”
Read more highlights here.
(WSB photo from 2015 sale)
It’s a sale – it’s a benefit – and it’s earlier this year – March instead of April:
The West Seattle Co-op Preschool system is very excited to be hosting another kids’ consignment sale on March 5 from 9 – 1 p.m. at the West Seattle VFW Hall to help fund scholarships for families in need.
Anyone from the community can consign at this sale. Consigners can set their own prices, and guidance and information about how to register to be a consigner are available online.
This sale will be a great way for families to make some money with their gently used baby/kids gear, spring/summer clothing, toys, and books. Sellers will make 65 percent of the asking price and the preschool scholarship fund will retain 35 percent. The consigners will be paid for the sold items via a check, which will be mailed the week following the sale.
Anyone is welcome to shop for low cost, good quality items for their kids the day of the sale. All proceeds from the sale benefit the coop scholarship program to help families in need.
The sale page will have sneak peeks as the event gets closer.
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