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[Youth Tutoring Program]

Tutoring is taking place online using the Zoom platform due to COVID-19. In person opportunities will be available as soon as health and safety permits.

In person sessions (once health and safety permits) occur in one hour sessions from 4:20PM, with our last session ending at 7:40PM

Our High Point center in West Seattle historically has a need for support for tutors open to working with a wonderful community of youth from elementary students to high school students.

YTP welcomes everyone who wants to help and we particularly encourage members of the Black community and other people of color to become tutors.

Help tackle educational inequity by becoming a tutor – no experience necessary! The Youth Tutoring Program (YTP) addresses the disparate outcomes in education for students in communities impacted by poverty, systemic racism, and insufficient opportunity.

We support families and students from low-income housing, people of color, and immigrant communities build confidence and skill in their learning through tutoring. Our volunteering program offers one-to-one tutoring and personalized tutoring plans. Our goal is for students to have a welcoming space, to be supported after school, entirely free of charge.

The program depends on volunteer tutors – could you join our tutoring program and help enrich the education of young people in Seattle?

What you need to know:
– You will receive all the training and resources you need
– Required commitment of one hour per week
– We serve six communities where we have tutoring centers: West Seattle, Lake City, Rainier Beach, First Hill/Yesler Terrace, Rainier Valley, Columbia City!

Apply now and help students achieve their potential

To learn more about our program or to apply as a volunteer, please visit YTP’s Organization Page and click on “Volunteer Now.”

For questions, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at VolunteerYTP@ccsww.org

[Youth Tutoring Program]

Tutoring is taking place online using the Zoom platform due to COVID-19. In person opportunities will be available as soon as health and safety permits.

In person sessions (once health and safety permits) occur in one hour sessions from 4:20PM, with our last session ending at 7:40PM

Our High Point center in West Seattle historically has a need for support for tutors open to working with a wonderful community of youth from elementary students to high school students.

YTP welcomes everyone who wants to help and we particularly encourage members of the Black community and other people of color to become tutors.

Help tackle educational inequity by becoming a tutor – no experience necessary! The Youth Tutoring Program (YTP) addresses the disparate outcomes in education for students in communities impacted by poverty, systemic racism, and insufficient opportunity.

We support families and students from low-income housing, people of color, and immigrant communities build confidence and skill in their learning through tutoring. Our volunteering program offers one-to-one tutoring and personalized tutoring plans. Our goal is for students to have a welcoming space, to be supported after school, entirely free of charge.

The program depends on volunteer tutors – could you join our tutoring program and help enrich the education of young people in Seattle?

What you need to know:
– You will receive all the training and resources you need
– Required commitment of one hour per week
– We serve six communities where we have tutoring centers: West Seattle, Lake City, Rainier Beach, First Hill/Yesler Terrace, Rainier Valley, Columbia City!

Apply now and help students achieve their potential

To learn more about our program or to apply as a volunteer, please visit http://www.ccsww.org/ytp and click on “Volunteer Now.”

For questions, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at VolunteerYTP@ccsww.org

[JayDee]

As far as the sneaks using the turn lane to bypass traffic, SDOT could install a cement island in the turn lane, if not more than one. That would bring this practice to a halt.

[34thandG]

Multiple days of seeing 1 or 2 people sleeping at Totem Pole Park on 35th. Used to be in the grass, but have moved onto the path. Today noticed a tent had been erected. Not sure which task force should be involved here. Just don’t want anyone moving under the tree again.

[sn6uV]

Free Weber Gas Grill – Burners work okay, but not great. Likely needs replacement burners or at least some work to unclog them. Preference to West Seattlites, so mention the blog if you email me.

Sorry if the craigslist post is a little terse, but craigslist people tend be a little off, so I like to set strong ground rules in my postings:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/zip/d/seattle-weber-3-burner-propane-grill/7177084083.html

Reply to the Craigslist add with a mention of WSB.

Thanks

[SDH13]

Hi Everyone! First time poster here so sorry if this has been asked.

I live on 38th Ave SW between Dawson and SW Hudson. Over the last couple of weeks there’s been loud construction work that continues very late into the night, sometimes into the early mornings where every few minutes there’s a loud bang or two. I cannot make out where it’s coming from, but it’s incredibly disruptive…. especially since we often have all our windows open to keep cool. It sounds like it’s coming from somewhere close to the junction.

I was under the impression there’s a construction curfew of 10:00 PM so it leads me to believe it may be something else… or they just don’t care. Normally I wouldn’t care, but it’s so loud that it’s disrupting my and my partner’s sleep.

Any insight would be helpful!

Thank you!

[WSB]

When people ask us if WSB has an op-ed section, we note that the Community Forums are the closest thing we have. We seldom publish anything on our own behalf but we have chosen to sign on to this letter by Seattle’s independent-journalist community, of which we’ve been a proud member for 13 years. Many of the signers are publishing it on their respective sites, too.
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We are independent news organizations, editors, reporters, photojournalists, and freelancers working in Seattle, and we are coming together to oppose the Seattle Police Department’s subpoena seeking unpublished photographs and video taken by journalists at the Seattle Times, KIRO 7, KING 5, KOMO 4, and KCPQ 13.

This is not the Trump Administration pursuing these subpoenas. It is the Seattle Police Department, charged with serving and protecting our city. Those duties should include protecting our free press rights.

We believe that a democratic society requires a truly free press, and that the Constitution protects the rights of journalists to work independently from the power of the state. That obviously includes independence from the Seattle Police Department. Journalists cannot safely and effectively do our work if authorities can seek our unpublished notes and images as evidence. We cannot gain the trust of sources, including protest participants, if we are seen as collaborators with the police. Some of us already have been targeted with that allegation as a result of the subpoena. We cannot hold government agencies accountable if our unpublished notes and images can be scooped up and used as evidence in criminal cases.

As the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild wrote in a statement, “Journalists and their work product are not the agents and tools of the police.”

“We disagree in the strongest possible terms,” the Guild continued, referring to a June court decision largely in SPD’s favor. “This move by SPD and decision by Judge Nelson Lee undermines the credibility of local journalists and puts us at risk for danger.”

We stand with the Guild, the news organizations fighting the subpoenas in court and the individual journalists who may end up in an impossible position to either betray their values of journalistic integrity or face potentially serious charges.

The ongoing court case is frightening for our counterparts at these major news organizations. But it is terrifying for us, independent journalists without the financial and legal backing of a major media corporation. If SPD is successful in this case, there is no reason to think that independent journalists won’t be targeted next.

As newsrooms across our city have shuttered or shrunk, independent outlets and freelancers have become more and more vital, watchdogging government and telling a wide variety of stories about life in Seattle. Unless some business model comes along to revitalize or build large local news organizations, independent journalists will only become more important in the future.

SPD Chief Carmen Best is the person who can most easily stop this case, and we urge her to do so. There is no piece of evidence that the police might discover in journalists’ unpublished videos, photographs, notes or audio recordings that justifies this violation of fundamental press freedoms.

We also urge Chief Best, Mayor Jenny Durkan and the City Council to create clear policies to prevent another similar case in the future. Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda has introduced Resolution 31961, which calls on police to stop arresting and harming journalists during protests and urges the City Attorney to stop supporting SPD’s subpoena. That’s a good start.

But the city should also develop legally binding policies to prevent or severely restrict police subpoenas of journalists’ unpublished work in the future. At its most basic level, journalism is a two-part process: Gather information, then choose what to publish. Both of these steps are vital, and both have faced SPD attacks in recent months.

When the state starts threatening journalists, democracy itself is threatened, too.

Signed,

Erica C. Barnett, The C Is for Crank
Carolyn Bick, freelancer, South Seattle Emerald
David Calder, photojournalist
Justin Carder, Capitolhillseattle.com
Susan Fried, freelance photojournalist
Tom Fucoloro, Seattle Bike Blog
Alex Garland, freelance photojournalist and reporter
Nate Gowdy, photojournalist
Marcus Harrison Green, South Seattle Emerald
Sarah Anne Lloyd, freelance journalist
Renee Raketty, writer/photojournalist
Tracy Record & Patrick Sand, co-publishers of West Seattle Blog
Kevin Schofield, SCC Insight
Elizabeth Turnbull, freelance reporter
Katie Wilson, columnist at Crosscut

[Colonel Mustard’s Wrench]

On July 12th, I was about to walk into Cupcake Royale at the Alaska Junction. The employee inside the door had his mask off of his face down around his neck. There were customers seated inside.
On August 4th, I was shopping at the West Seattle Trader Joe’s around noon. I got in line at a checkstand. Every other checkstand is closed to maintain social distancing. All of a sudden, a checker opened the checkstand next to my line. It was impossible to maintain 6 feet from the next line of shoppers. I went down to the far south line in the wine department that was social distanced. Trader Joe’s management needs to take the social distancing and the pandemic seriously.

[VashonFresh]

As so many West Seattleites (myself included for the past 15 years until recently moving to Vashon) enjoyed taking a ferry trip over for the weekend or a day trip. Covid has certainly added to the complications of traveling for leisure and extending ferry wait times. VIGA the organization that hosts the Vashon Farmers Market, made the tough decision to keep our producers and community safer by not hosting the physical market this year. Vashon Fresh is our online farmers market that we’ve used in conjunction to the physical market for the past 5 years.

We have received a landslide of requests over the past few months to extend our distribution days or create a pick up location in West Seattle. As many of our Vashon vendors were unable to secure their off island market booths due to limited stall availability, local West Seattle customers are reaching out.

We are so pleased to be partnering with the Fauntleroy Church to offer a safe contactless pick up location for Vashon Fresh items. Everything sold on Vashon Fresh is either grown or processed on Vashon Island creating a true farm to table experience. All producers are fully licensed and insured as well as our staff ensuring our procedures for aggregation are as per CDC and local safety guidelines. Masked, gloved and 6ft away. We are opening our pick up location beginning this Saturday Aug. 8th: 2:30pm-4:00pm. Online Ordering is open, all items will be pre-order only! Please be sure to confirm your order by 11:50pm on Friday for your Saturday items….farm fresh indeed. Harvested day of pick up.

Visit http://www.vashonfresh.com or email vashonfresh@vigavashon.org for more info!

[edemocracyideas]

I’m a long-term West Seattle Resident. This legislation isn’t trivial. NATURALLY I’m curious to know what the sponsors of this bill know NOW that they didn’t know when they ran for office. I also think I’ll learn something from the questions other citizens ask – and the answers they receive.

Over the last two years I’ve emailed Representative Lisa Herbold 3-4 times to ask questions or offer an opinion. If I received an answer to my question it was typically delayed by weeks or months. Often the answer wasn’t really an answer. She’s busy – I get that. In a perfect world, she’d answer the questions blog reades post here – so everyone can see her answers.

[alkistu]

Hi West Seattle,
We need a sales manager for Alki Bike and Board, one of Seattle’s oldest bike shops. With the restaurant slowdown and layoffs it seems a former restaurant manager would be a good fit for our busy shop. Very livable wages would be available for a qualified manager. We are a community 1st business and would want like minded associates. Please send resumes through this media. Looking forward to working with you!

[Jessica85]

Please read neighbors. We the tenants at Alaska House would not be posting this if we did not need help. We have ask for third-party help from everywhere we can think of and they all keep saying it’s a civil matter the only person to really help you is an attorney. Please read our GoFundMe and read how this management defrauded the US Army. So if they don’t care about what they do to the army they sure font care about seniors and disabled people who are low income. If there is a civil attorney that would like to offer us pro bono help that would be appreciated as well. I myself personally have been discriminated against because of the color of my skin and for standing up for others in my building and teaching them the federal laws and helping my neighbor’s get in contact with third-party help to help with their issues with the office. Because I was an advocate for my neighbors I faced a just cause eviction and I wo. I won a anti-harassment court case against me by the management. We are reaching out to our neighbors in the west Seattle Community to please hear our voice. To understand that we may smile when we’re out and about but at night a lot of us cry ourselves to sleep. Please help us have our voices heard and fight against this corrupt management company. Thank you for reading.

Hi, I’d really appreciate it if you would share or donate to this GoFundMe. https://www.gofundme.com/f/seniors-and-disabled-discrimination?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=more&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

[newnative]

It was midnight. It was super loud in North Admiral. It woke me up from a deep sleep. For some reason, it’s discussed in the gazillion-comment discussion on the home page about last night’s protest.

[VBD]

She was saying “thank you” instead of “no s**t Sherlock”. She was quite aware of the situation. As a dog owner who’s had my dog attacked in the off-leash area, I can understand her worry. Perhaps she was there next to the park on purpose to rehabilitate one of the dogs to the park after being viciously attacked. I, of course, have no idea why they were there, but perhaps you don’t either.

[Rigger du jour]

The Sylvan Ridge Community has received and posted SDOT signs to remind drivers that people live along Sylvan Way SW and for those of you who chose to enter the Sylvan Ridge subdivision, please note the “20 is Plenty” signage. Children are at play in our neighborhood.

The Sylvan Ridge community is working with SDOT to cut down on the number of accidents in the Sylvan Way SW corridor which is now a designated detour route to the 1st Ave South Bridge. There have been 37 accidents in this corridor in the last 2-1/2 years and that doesn’t even count the accidents at the intersection of Delridge Way SW and SW Orchard.

Please slow down and drive safely!

• This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Rigger du jour.

[Michael Waldo]

Hello,
We have kitchen cabinets from Cardell cabinetry brand.
There were here when we moved in 10 years ago. lately, some side runners that help the drawers slide in and out have come loose. We can’t figure out to to take the drawers out. Can’t find a release latch. We need someone who would know how to work on them and fix them.

• This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Michael Waldo.

[valvashon]

We have CL’s 100 up/100 down service and have been very happy with it. Occasionally there are days where our router (a D-Link) freezes up and our wi-fi signal either disappears or shows up but doesn’t allow a connection. Wired connections go down too at that point. It will operate for weeks with no problems, then we’ll have a bad day with lots of router restarting.
For example, I did have to re-start the router this morning but it was good until late last night. I suspect that it burps sometimes due to CL network work but haven’t been able to track down the exact problem. I did figure out a hack to use my own router (not the one they want to rent you) so it may be less resilient to coming back after whatever network work they are doing, if that’s the problem.

Other than that we’ve been happy with the uptime, the speed (especially since we upgraded to the 100/100 plan) and the price which has actually dropped with the increased speed.

I think that CL fiber is great- if you are still trying to use CL DSL service I would look elsewhere. That’s a dying technology.

[Metropolitan Market]

Here We Grow Again!
Incredible Opportunity for Talented and Enthusiastic Individuals to Join Our Team!

At Metropolitan Market, we know food! We are a progressive, upscale grocery-retailer and one of the best places to work in the Pacific Northwest. Metropolitan Market is a company recognized within the food industry for freshness and quality – from our locally made chocolates to our imported olive oil.
We provide outstanding employment opportunities, including a generous benefits program and attractive wages. These fast-paced positions in our Front End Department provide ample opportunity for growth and development within the Company. We are looking for outgoing, friendly individuals who want to work in a healthy and rewarding environment!

To be a qualified applicant, you must have the following:
• A strong work ethic
• The ability to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously
• Friendly and professional to customers in a fast-paced environment, excellent customer service skills
• Reliable, self-motivated, and energetic
• Able to work independently as well as in a team atmosphere
• Strong verbal communication skills

How to apply:
Applications are accepted online. Team member positions in Front End Department are coded as “Checker” regardless of individual roles or responsibilities. Our teams are cross-trained and enjoy variety in their work. Please visit our website to view complete job descriptions for the Checker position.

1. Go to http://www.metropolitan-market.com
2. Select the Careers section
3. Complete a general application and create a profile
4. Search open positions and apply anytime, using your general application and profile

BENEFITS & COMPENSATION:
* Attractive Hourly Wage, Negotiable DOE
* Rich Paid Time Off Benefits including Vacation, Personal, Holiday, and Sick
* Generous Medical and Dental Plans at Very Low Cost to Team Members
* Company Funded Life & Disability Insurance and Pension Plan
* Generous Employee Discount
* Employee Sponsored ORCA Card Program

[Jeannie]

I could use someone, too. I’ve read that it isn’t a good idea to power-wash a roof; it can dislodge shingles.

[gxnx]

What said has been said many times.
The West Seattle Bridge won’t be functional till 2030
or never
West Seattle Island- home of palm trees and beautiful bountiful coconut trees. Maybe they should not rebuilt the bridge, less pollution, less traffic and quiet island living in the city.
Closed all the roads leading to W. Seattle like they do to Key West.

[Patrick]

Head-to-Toe Day Spa and Skincare, a day spa with therapeutic focus on skin, located in the Admiral District of West Seattle, has an opening for a Front-Desk Service Coordinator with opportunity to grow in responsibilities.

If contributing to making someone’s day better brings you satisfaction, then we want to meet you!

This position is 25 – 35 hours per week including morning to afternoon and afternoon to evenings shifts with at least one weekend day per week. Some flexibility is required. Residence in West Seattle or close proximity to the south (Burien, White Center, Normandy Park areas) is a plus because of the West Seattle bridge closure. We are a busy, well established day spa with smart, vibrant and dedicated team of professionals. We enjoy being of service to our guests and making sure their time spent with us is the best part of their day.

Responsibilities for a Day Spa Coordinator include:

– accurate appointment scheduling
– gracious and prompt client reception with point-of-sale closing and
follow-through
– sharing knowledge about our services and products in order to advise guests
– complete opening and closing procedures
– service provider support
– receiving and maintenance of inventory
– reception area cleanliness and organization
– client management, filing and other duties assigned by supervisor

Check out our website and reviews:

http://www.Head2ToeDaySpa.com

The successful candidate will have:

*Spa/salon scheduling and retail sales experience
*Great customer-service skills
*Ability to multi-task graciously
*Outgoing personality and pleasant phone voice
*Availability for morning – afternoon, afternoon – evening weekday and
some weekend shifts
*Computer proficiency
Experience retailing skin care, makeup, and knowledge of Millennium
software a plus.

We offer:
*Hourly $16 – $18+ per hour plus commissions
*Paid Training.
*Paid Time Off
*Medical Plan Available
*Aflac Insurance
*Employee discounts on products and services
*Opportunity to join a team of dedicated professionals

Please email a cover letter & resume headtotoedayspa@comcast.net or drop off at the spa. We look forward to meeting you!

Local Candidates Only Please.

[amoukar22]

CHARLOTTE, NC — Hospitalization for coronavirus illnesses in North Carolina rose to record heights for at least the third day in a row Wednesday as the state reported an increase of 1,435 confirmed cases of the virus in a day.

The new batch of cases of novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, increased the state’s total to more than 77,000 lab-confirmed cases, according to North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services data.

The state’s virus-related death tally rose to 1,441 Wednesday, 21 deaths higher than reported Tuesday.

As of Wednesday, 10 percent of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state were positive.

Hospitalizations rose by five patients to 994 patients reported Wednesday, marking the fourth day of increases and the highest number of patients treated for COVID-19 reported in the state yet, according to data.

Don’t miss the latest coronavirus updates from health and government officials in North Carolina. Sign up for Patch news alerts and newsletters for what you need to know daily.

Hospital capacity remains available throughout the state, according to a DHHS survey of about 89 percent of the state’s hospitals. According to the state agency, there were 4,399 staffed inpatient hospital beds and 460 intensive care unit beds that remained empty in the state as of July 8. Ventilator readiness remained stable with 73 percent — or about 2,374 — of the state’s supply available for use.

[Sunuva]

Hello 2 Much Whine, I get what you are asking, but no, he was not trying to warn me of my headlights being off. He brighted me for an extended period, not a friendly flash. It was clear he was trying to guard the pedestrian, but there was not a need to. Also, he did this as I was slowing down and he kept them on until I was stopped. I was already in the process so it was completely unnecessary.

It’s really not a big deal but it was something unexpected and unnecessary. It confused the pedestrian and myself. Even his hazard lights were pretty unnecessary. I get it, people on 35th think everyone is out to mow down pedestrians, but I’m very much on the side of pedestrians and always try to keep an eye out and stop for them. It would personally never occur to me to try to do what this other driver did, and it made me think it is something he’s done before and will eventually catch someone totally off guard and cause a worse problem. When you see a pedestrian, it is your responsibility to stop and let them cross. That is all that is necessary and the safest thing to do, IMO.

It was just very strange and added confusion and frustration to a situation where there should not have been any.

• This reply was modified 6 years ago by Sunuva. Reason: grammar

[Sunuva]

As I was driving north on 35th this morning, I saw a car on the opposite side of the road stop in the lane with hazards on. I also saw a pedestrian trying to cross from that side of the road so I started to slow down intending to let the person cross. However, next, the car on the other side of the road started moving again into the center lane at an angle, which caused the pedestrian to get confused and go back to the curb, and also confused me because I had thought the car had stopped to let the person cross.

Next, the driver put his high beams on and it was clear then that he had purposefully moved to angle his car so the high beams would shine directly in my eyes! I was already slowing down with intention to stop, so this was completely unnecessary. Not to mention, dangerous!! That IS NOT an acceptable use of high beams.

To the other driver, if you keep doing that, you are going to eventually cause an accident. Knock it off! All you did was cause confusion and irritation because I was already in the process of stopping. Thankfully myself and the pedestrian figured out what you were doing and they were safely able to cross. However good intentioned, this was not acceptable. It is not YOUR job to force other drivers to stop for pedestrians by using your high beams in that way. Please learn how to drive safely and use your high beams for their intended purpose.

[22blades]

Wow…Thanks! Too bad it’s gone. I went to King County’s iMap Parcel Viewer & set the base map to 2007 & it looks to be already gone. The only map before that was 1936 & it shows a field there before the radio facility. Reminds me of Fort Ward on the south end of Bainbridge Island where there was a secret government radio intercept facility named “Station S” covering the Pacific during WWII in addition to the gun emplacements. They intercepted the messages instructing the Japanese Ambassador to break off negotiations with Washington D.C. right before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I’ve been there a few times. Again, thank you!

• This reply was modified 6 years ago by 22blades.