The Ballard High School girls tennis team suffered its third shutout in a row May 7 against Lake Washington. The team (0-10) has one match remaining for the season.
The highlight of the day for the Beavers was Jimena Diaz, who took her opponent to three sets.
Ballard's last match is a make-up match against Juanita at 3:45 p.m., May 8 at Juanita.
The Ballard High School softball team was no match for Bothell in a 11-1 May 7 loss.
The Beavers had three hits, but gave up 10 to Bothell.
Haley DeGarmo went one-for-three with a double and an RBI for Ballard.
Pitcher Sophie Overlock-Pauley gave up 10 hits, walked nine and had two strikeouts in a little more than five innings of work.
Ballard's offense is having a hard time keeping up with opponents this season. In 15 games, Ballard is being outscored 143 to 24.
With three games left, the Beavers are 1-14 overall and are on an 11-game losing streak.
They face Lake Washington, a team that blanked them 10-0 April 16, at 3:45, May 8 at Crestwood Field.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish will host an open house for the West Seattle community on Sunday, May 17 from 9:30 a.m to 1 p.m. The completion of this new building marks an important milestone in Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish’s history and is the first project funded by the Parish Capital Campaign, completed in 2007, said church members in a press release issued May 8.
“We are excited about this remarkable new gathering space, and office space, for our community,” said Pastor Fr. Jack Walmesley. “Our open house is an opportunity for members of the West Seattle community to visit our first new facility in decades. This center is the first step in our building plans for the parish, and makes a powerful statement about our bright future.”
The Pastoral Center houses 6,800 square feet of handicap accessible meeting rooms, offices, and storage. The first floor has three meetings rooms and offices for full and part-time staff.
On the lower level, there is a larger meeting room for religious education classes, and other prayer and spirituality groups. Visitors at the open house can take a self-guided tour, and light refreshments will be served.
Dear Editor,
The Swedish ‘CIS’ Team wishes to give a very heartfelt “Thank You” the community of north Ballard for their generosity in a recent food drive benefiting the Ballard Food Bank.
On April 11, Swedish employees distributed collection bags to approximately 1,000 homes in the Ballard area. The following Saturday, community members surprised the volunteer team by donating more than 2,700 pounds of non-perishable food and supplies. T
his compassionate response provides much-needed, tangible support to Ballard neighbors in need. THANK YOU, Ballard!
Karen J. Allvin
Swedish CIS Project
Seattle Public Schools will hold its annual Family and Community Engagement and Response to Intervention (RTI) symposium on Saturday, May 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the John Stanford Center auditorium.
Families and community members are invited to attend. Seattle Public Schools families and community partners will learn about district strategies to support student academic achievement. One of the major goals of the district’s strategic plan, Excellence for All, is that the whole community is engaged as partners in supporting and strengthening the school system.
Wanda Brown, director of support, prevention and intervention said, “Seattle Public Schools is implementing RTI as a way to provide structured, coordinated intervention support to students struggling both academically and in social/emotional areas. This symposium will create an opportunity for our district families to receive extensive training in our support, intervention and prevention strategies and provide a clearer sense of their roles in supporting their children’s academic success.”
Stephen Sondheim comes to West Seattle High School as the drama club and music department present "Merrily We Roll Along."
Show times are:
May 7, 8, 9, 15, 16 at 7:30
Special Benefit Performance
May 14 at 8:00
KaBOOM, the company that is designing the new Delridge Playground, wants the help of local kids.
Children will put crayons to paper and show KaBOOM what a great place to play means to them.
The public is invited to attend a design meeting on Tuesday, May 12.
The "kids meeting" will take place from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. followed by a spaghetti dinner from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The "adults meeting" will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Childcare will be provided.
The Delridge Community Center is located at 4501 Delridge Way S.W.
Attendees can RSVP to the Delridge Community Center by May 11 at (206) 684-7423 or e-mail ryan.spencer@seattle.gov. Please include how many children and adults will be in attendance.
While the Woodland Park Zoo’s new, popular penguin population pleases, the zoo’s 800-pound gorilla, so to speak, may be its three elephants. Protest groups have been organizing to have Watoto, Bamboo and Chai removed and taken to an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee to give them more space and sanity, according to protestors.
As the Ballard News-Tribune reported April 27, a press conference was held that morning with actor/comedian Lily Tomlin and included Alyene Fortnang, co-founder of Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants, who want the three zoo elephants liberated from captivity.
Now, an ambitious 15 year old from Greenwood, Maia Sebek, is taking the bull by the horns, or, in this case, the elephant by the trunk, and has created The Elephant Project. Coached by her mother, Mary, and helped by her younger sister, Katie, she, like Tomlin and Fortnang, is putting pressure on the zoo to free the elephants.
They are collecting signatures and appearing at the Ballard Farmers Market and other public venues to get their message out.
Rubbish is reborn for The RE Store's 8th Annual Recycled Art Show in Blowing Sands Glass Studio.
The juried exhibit, now extended to June 6, features would-be trash fashioned by local professional artists into original collage, sculpture, textiles, and mixed media pieces.
The Recycled Art and Fashion Show is part of a large-scale partnership coordinated by The RE Store, of Bellingham and Ballard, cooperating with Allied Arts of Whatcom County, The Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Western Washington University’s Viking Gallery 507, and the Blowing Sands Gallery. The show featured five art shows in two cities, two Trash Fashion Shows, and a hands-on art workshop series.
Blowing Sands Glass Studio is located at 5801 14th Ave. N.W. in Ballard. The gallery will be open 6 to 9 p.m. for the Saturday, May 9 Ballard Art Walk. Regular hours are 11 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Mayor Greg Nickels today announced the release of the city’s draft Pedestrian Master Plan, the first citywide action plan aimed at making walking safer and easier in Seattle.
Launched by the mayor’s 2005 Pedestrian Safety Initiative, the Pedestrian Master Plan provides the city with a comprehensive strategy for making Seattle the most walkable city in the nation.
In the next six years, the city will invest $60 million to support pedestrian improvements through the 2006 Bridging the Gap levy. The Pedestrian Master Plan systematically examines the needs of walkers across the city and helps identify and prioritize projects in areas with the greatest need, according to a press release from the mayor's office.
Improvements include: new sidewalks, sidewalk repairs, safe routes to school, pedestrian countdown signals, crosswalks, pedestrian signage, and stairway rehabilitation.
