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Ten days till Freeway Fright ’07. You can skip the first day entirely by staying right here in West Seattle and golfing for a good cause: the first-ever Seniors for Juniors Golf Tournament @ WS Golf Course. 1 pm August 10th, hosted by local sportscasting legend Bruce King (photo right, from the Fir State Junior Golf Foundation site). Read all about it here, including how to register. (Getting in on this entitles you to more than golf — it’s a full day of fun, including refreshments, entertainment, and dinner.)

Teeing up for a good cause

July 5, 2007 5:08 pm

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| West Seattle businesses | WS & Sports

Learned a few new things while looking around for more of what WS people are up to online: A software enterprise involved in some cool concerns is located at Luna Park, and it’s got a sponsorship deal going with a charity golf tournament later this month.

WS Little League update

July 2, 2007 5:02 pm

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Big games tonight for two teams in WS Little League, which has been hosting a regional All-Star Tournament at Bar-S Playfield (atop Alki Point): The 10-11 team moved on to the state tournament and plays in Kirkland tonight; the 9-10 team is in a double-elimination round and has a must-win match tonight (6 pm @ Bar-S). The 11-12 team has two wins under its belt too; good luck to all!

Another WS claim to fame

July 1, 2007 9:07 pm

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| West Seattle people | WS & Sports

Until this article turned up in today’s Times, we had no idea WS is home to a champion “competitive eater.” The article mentions he’s got a blog; looks like this is it.

Batter up!

June 25, 2007 9:09 am

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If you heard the screaming and cheering from high atop Alki Point over the weekend (we did, while out walking before the deluge) — Cami from AlkiNews.com lets us in on what’s going on — West Seattle Little League is hosting the District 7 All-Star Tournament at Bar-S Playfield. So far the WS 9-10 and 10-11 teams have racked up victories; more games to come for them (6 pm Wednesday), and the 11-12 team will play later this week too.

Swimmers, rejoice

June 18, 2007 7:15 am

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Today’s the first weekday of the season for Colman Pool, which is now open noon-7 pm every day till early September (full schedule here).

A rummage sale to remember

June 5, 2007 11:49 am

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| Fun stuff to do | WS & Sports

Put “Rat City Rollergirls” and “rummage sale” in the same sentence and you just know it’s gonna be something good. Not only are they having one at the Alki Bathhouse this Sunday, but right this very moment (or any time between now and then) you are invited to donate items for it … the dropoff address (in White Center) is in this LJ post.

Sealth scandal leads to lawsuit

June 1, 2007 8:01 am

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| West Seattle schools | WS & Sports

Fired assistant coaches are suing parents who spoke to the Times, says the paper.

Alive & kickin’

June 1, 2007 4:14 am

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Starting today, you can register kids/teens ages 5-18 to be part of the West Seattle Soccer Club for its fall youth soccer season (mid-Sept. through mid-Nov. for most players). League officials (who provided the photo below, from a 4/29 visit to WSSC by Seattle Sounders players) say “the emphasis is on fun and soccer skills” — and a wide variety of playing environments are offered, including coed. You can learn more about WSSC, and you can register online, at their website, or click here to e-mail the league if you have questions. P.S. They’re offering soccer coaching clinics in June and summer soccer camps in July & August, too!

Today’s top three

May 12, 2007 9:04 am

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| Fun stuff to do | WS & Sports | WS culture/arts

In case you missed it in our weekend roundup … three particularly interesting events today/tonight worth one more shoutout: Megawatt’s WS Community Garage Sale Day till 3 pm (map/guide here), Seattle Majestics women’s football @ Sealth field @ 7 pm, and bellydancing at ArtsWest “afterhours” @ 10 pm. Have a great day, whatever you do. (And don’t forget to put out the bag o’food.)

New disc-overy

May 8, 2007 2:03 am

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Tonight’s the kickoff for a weekly West Seattle Ultimate Frisbee pickup game — just one catch; the first three sessions are in Tukwila, apparently because of a field-space crunch. If you want to join the fun, show up at the Tukwila Community Center field tonight @ 6:30. (Weather should be splendid.)

Congrats, Wildcats

May 7, 2007 7:58 pm

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| West Seattle schools | WS & Sports

West Seattle HS is in the baseball playoffs — and won its first-round game today.

“Walking on Logs,” now rolling on rinks

February 18, 2007 3:57 pm

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| Seen around town | WS & Sports

Just saw bold new T-shirts on the “Walking on Logs” figures alongside the Fauntleroy end of the high bridge — bearing the official Rat City Rollergirls logo. Bet that’s in honor of their season-opener next weekend.

Dow vs. Erik?

February 15, 2007 6:56 am

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| West Seattle politics | WS & Sports

Now our County Councilguy Dow and his fellow KCC Dems suggest we vote on the Sonics tax plan (the one co-sponsored in the Legislature by our state senator). Er, didn’t some of us already kinda vote on that sort of thing? How about we just have a daily vote on something or another so we can get all these votes out of the way more quickly?

If you see this before 3:30 pm or so

February 4, 2007 12:04 pm

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Got a request for a WS Super Bowl poll. Bears or Colts? We don’t have time to go find some site that’ll give us real poll code but tell everyone your prediction in this post’s comments! (P.S. If you’re making Super Bowl guacamole — which we did LONG before it was trendy — Thriftway has a killer deal, tons of mega-ripe avocadoes for 45 CENTS EACH.)

Congrats

October 21, 2006 1:41 pm

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| Westwood | WS & Sports

… to West Seattle HS for the Huling Bowl victory against Chief Sealth last night. While we walked around Westwood Village in the same time frame (see below), we couldn’t miss the raucous cheers (and band drums) echoing from the field to the north.

On the run

September 13, 2006 6:55 am

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| West Seattle parks | WS & Sports | WS culture/arts

Don’t go to Lincoln Park this Saturday looking for a quiet stroll among the trees. It’ll be the site of the Sundodger Invitational college cross-country meet. Haven’t found the exact times yet, but did find this course map.

(Also on Saturday — one more festival before we officially say goodbye to summer — the Morgan Junction Community Festival. The entertainment lineup is posted here.)

All about sports, sort of

July 25, 2006 6:22 pm

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BASKETBALL: Full details on the Chief Sealth ruling, from the P-I here, and from the Times here.

BASEBALL: I hate the Mariners. They’ve ruined my commute for three nights straight.

SOCCER: In two weeks, David Beckham’s going to ruin my commute.

VOLLEYBALL: This Sunday, on Alki, concurrent with the Art Fair, and there’s something of a baseball tie-in.

FOOTBALL: I got nothin’.

West Seattle skateboard park?

June 14, 2006 5:19 am

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| West Seattle parks | WS & Sports

While city leaders deliberate what to do about the viaduct, the Sonics, and other sore spots, it seems they also are plotting a network of skateboard parks. If you’ve got anything to say about this, there’s a hearing at SW Community Center tomorrow night.

Jumping through hoops

February 15, 2006 6:08 am

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According to today’s Times, the high school on my side of the peninsula has a bit of a sports scandal to deal with. Just for once, I would like to hear about a school going out of its way to recruit students because of their brain, not their brawn …

In honor of the Olympics …

February 14, 2006 8:48 pm

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… I’m looking up West Seattleites with Olympic history.

First one I’ve turned up is Doris Heritage, an Olympic track star turned SPU track coach, who lives on this side of the bay, according to her bio on the SPU site.

That’s it so far … let me know if you know of someone else. Meantime, it’s back to the TV to ooh and aah and pretend I know the difference between a triple lutz and a triple toe loop.

Blue-green blues

February 6, 2006 7:51 pm

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OK, one last word (or a couple dozen, really):

–Sad shred of Super Bowl mania: The blue & green balloons festooning cars at one of the Huling Brothers lots.

–Moment where I wish I’d had a camera: Driving to work on the viaduct this morning, with the sky that pre-dawn deep blue, a truck flying a 12th M*n window flag (which had been beside me since leaving WS) framed against the blue-green lights on the Qwest Field roof.

Peaceful, over, let’s close the book and move on to … SPRING!