January 2009

After our article "A Half-Century of Happiness for the Olsens," appeared in our West Seattle Herald 12-29-08 issue, an Olsen family member contacted us to point out the following inaccuracies.

Jerry Olsen, Ken and Donna's son, is an electrician. Steve Hance, the husband of their daughter Virginia Hance, is CFO of Evergreen Vending, not the other way around as reported.

The Bremerton camera shop where Ken Olsen first worked was managed by Bill and Virginia LeBeau.

Elected leaders have decided to replace the ailing Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep bore tunnel, ending years of debate between city, county and state officials.

Most funding would have to come from the state, with some help from the county and city. The funding plan also includes a local investment district.

About $2.8 billion has been set-aside by the state to pay for the project. The original price estimate for a tunnel was $3.5 billion.

The state legislature will still need to approve the plan, which will be presented by Gov.

A damaged BMW in the Seacrest Pier parking lot became further mangled when booby-trapped and ignited Saturday. No worries.

At the Southwest District Council meeting on Jan. 7, King County Metro Transportation Planner Jack Lattemann said West Seattle could see Rapid Ride service by 2011.

Rapid Ride was first introduced in 2007 and was designed to improve travel times through King County's most heavily used transit stations.

A prayer was made. The sun came out. And with the snip of a bright red ribbon the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center opened its doors for business, pleasure, and a cold lesson in the realities of a tribe being placed back onto a map by those who tried to erase it and by those who continued their hereditary connection to it._

More than 200 hundred filed into the standing-room only reception hall on Jan.

Police have arrested three young men who they believe were responsible for a string of robberies over the last month after the suspects attempted to rob the 7-Eleven convenience store near the corner of California Avenue Southwest and Admiral Way.

Police are continuing to investigate the incidents and expect that more suspects involved remain at large.

According to Lieutenant Steve Paulsen of the Southwest Precinct, the robbery occurred around 1:35 a.m. on Jan.

His name is Bogie, but his accomplished life of nearly 80 years has been right on par. Between 1967 and 1990 West Seattle's Howard Bogie was a big-league sports statistician and director of Seattle Parks Department's aquatic, athletics, and golf facilities.

Eugene Guszkowski of Milwaukee-based AG Architecture, a firm specializing in assisted care facilities, presented five plans for the new $150 million redevelopment of the Kenney Presbyterian Retirement Community to the Southwest Design Review Board and area residents at a recent public meeting.

It was held at the West Seattle Christian Church. Two schemes were modified from suggestions collected by the board and public at the first meeting, on Oct. 23.

"Area-X" and "Area-Y" mark the spot. That's according to Burien city manager Mike Martin, who conducted a recent open house meeting on the city's annexation project. He pointed to a map that proposes unincorporated North Highline be divided more or less into one north area and one south area.

The meeting was held at Shorewood Elementary School and nearly 30 residents attended, most from unincorporated North Highline.

The driver on 35th SW admitted he'd had one drink. This after he passed the patrol car at 51 miles per hour, weaved across lanes of traffic, and slammed into the curb so hard that he flattened his front tire. The arresting officer noticed that the man?s car also had rear-end damage.