September 2009

Community groups planning a neighborhood arts or cultural event in 2010 can apply for funding through the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs’ Neighborhood and Community Arts program. The deadline is Oct. 27.

The funding program helps Seattle’s neighborhood art councils and community-based groups produce festivals and events that enhance the visibility of neighborhoods, promote cultural participation, celebrate diversity and build community through arts and culture, according to the city.

Neighborhood arts councils and community-based groups that have been in existence for at least one year may seek annual support for a recurring festival or event that has a significant arts and cultural component, is open to the public and takes place in Seattle.

Applicants are not required to have 501(c) (3) tax-exempt status.

Funded organizations each receive $1,200 to support direct project expenses, including artist fees, marketing and promotional fees, venue and equipment rentals or other production-related expenses.

The Fremont Outdoor Movies will host the Fremont Oktoberfest pre-party with an "Animal House" Toga Party closing the outdoor movie season, Saturday, Sept. 12 at dusk.



Watch as the hard partying, beer guzzling Delta’s take on the Omega’s and administration at Faber College in the 1978 classic comedy.

“It’s the perfect outdoor movie to hoot and hollar at while drinking a beer outdoors in Fremont,” said Fremont Outdoor Movie Coordinator Ryan Reiter. “We salute great flicks that compliment our audience and weekly theme. We can’t think of a better way to kick off the Fremont Oktoberfest than to get in the drinking spirit and relive your glory days.” 



There will be pre-show games and activities that keep with the fraternity and Oktoberfest themes, from toga style photo sessions to college party games. Winners of the games and photo contest are given prizes that include a chance to win tickets to the Fremont Oktoberfest.

An extended beer garden allows movie goers to drink along with the big screen fraternity mates.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 2, local residents will hold a vigil at Ballard Commons Park to honor those who organizers say are "suffering under the current healthcare system."

The vigil will put the focus of the healthcare debate back onto real people and show that Washington State cannot afford to wait for health care reform, according to a release from MoveOn.org.

More than 300 vigils will be held nationwide on the same evening, also organized by members of MoveOn.org Political Action, along with the Center for Community Change, Democracy for America, Doctors for America, Health Care for American Now, and TrueMajority.

Organizers said in the media release that more than 100 residents have already signed up to attend the community event. Vigil participants will light candles, hold pictures, and share the names and stories of those suffering under the current healthcare system.

At the Ballard vigil, participants will add their photos and stories to a large wall to demonstrate the desperate need for a real public health insurance option.

Washington produces almost 100 million boxes of apples every year – and more than half of all apples eaten in America come from our state.

Today you can find more than 20 types of apples in most local markets. Some apples are great for eating fresh, while others are best for pies or baking, and some cook into the most wonderful applesauce!

Apples ripen six to 10 times faster at room temperature than if they are refrigerated. For best storage, try keeping apples at 35 degrees to 40 degrees in the refrigerator crisper drawer, or in a cool basement if you have a whole box. Below are some great apple recipes – and a chart that tells you which apples to use when. Enjoy!

How to eat apples

Fresh:
Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Jonathan, Ida Red, Rome Beauty, Winesap, Honey Crisp, Pink Lady, Braeburn

Pies:
Granny Smith, Winesap, Rome Beauty, Fuji

Baked:
Rome Beauty, Gala, Winesap, Granny Smith

Applesauce:
Gravenstein, Jonagold, McIntosh, York, Rome Beauty, Winesap, Honey Crisp, Fuji

Caramel Apples:
Rome Beauty, Winesap, Granny Smith

Baked Apples

Nick Poelzer, 18, of Beverly Park has attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
His culminating Eagle project was planning, funding and leading a crew in the rebuilding of an Adirondack sleeping shelter-an open-air bunkhouse-in a secluded wooded area at the Schoenwald Park in Burien. He was awarded the Eagle ranking in a ceremony at the park on Aug. 29.
Poelzer recently graduated from Aviation High School and has been in the Boy Scouts organization since first grade.

Seattle City Light crews restored power to most of the 7,100 customers affected by an Aug. 26 outage in Burien and unincorporated King County by midnight.
The cause of the outage remains under investigation. A power line did come down, starting a fire in a wooded utility right of way south of South 96th Street and west of Des Moines Memorial Drive.
City Light deenergized the power lines to allow firefighters to put out the blaze. Crews were dispatched to restore service once the fire was extinguished.
The general boundaries of the outage were Southwest Barton Street on the north, Southwest 167th Street on the south, Glendale Way South on the east and Puget Sound on the west.

Highline Big Picture High School in SeaTac has won a $2,500 second place prize in the Big Lots Lots2Give video contest..
Big Lots asked participating schools to submit a short video and brief essay explaining why their school is in need of financial support. From June 11 through July 12, the public voted for their favorite video at www.lots2give.com. More than 300,000 votes were cast to determine the 26 winners.
In addition to the video contest, Big Lots established an in-store donation program to help the 103 schools participating in the Lots2Give program. From May 2 through July 12, Big Lots customers were invited to make $1 or $5 donations at participating Big Lots stores, with all donations going directly to participating schools.
This initiative raised more than $74,000 to help participating schools.
Big Picture High will also receive $684.50 from their share of the donations collected in-store throughout the Seattle/Tacoma market.
Midway Elementary School in Des Moines also participated in the Lots2Give program and will be receiving $684.50 for their school.

While in Lacey a couple of weekends ago I heard my partner's mother comment on the "Swine Flu Ready to Explode" headlines in the Olympian.
We all should be "bracing for a second wave of Swine Flu infections that could sicken millions of people and contribute to the hospitalization and deaths of thousands, including many children and young adults."
That article is one taken from Washington Post Staff Writer Rob Stein's 8-10-09 column. It shrieked dire warnings about what "could" happen with this new flu pandemic.
According to Marc Lipsitch, there will "fairly" be "tens of millions of illnesses and hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations, and tens of thousands of deaths. That's not atypical. It just depends on how many tens of thousands."
I immediately thought, as is typical, "'They're' fanning the fires of panic again." The authorities urge us all to get the Tamiflu anti-viral drug, which "generally appears to continue to be effective."
"Generally appears"?! These immunizations have mercury and aluminum in them! Why on earth is it OK to put these two highly toxic heavy metals into our bodies if they "generally appear to be effective?"

Robber hits bank twice
A persistent bank robber has hit the same Wells Fargo Bank twice. The bank is located inside the Safeway Store at 4011 S. 164th, SeaTac. The robber first struck about 5:50 p.m. on June 17th. He presented the teller with a robbery note, then fled with the cash. No weapon was seen.
On Tuesday of last week the same guy struck again. On Aug. 25 he walked up to a teller just after 5 p.m.. He again used a note, was given the cash and walked out. No weapon was seen. No one saw a getaway car after either robbery.
The robber is a Hispanic male in his 30's about 5'8" to 5'11" tall with black hair. He wore dark sunglasses and a tan zip-up jacket in both robberies. He wore a white baseball cap in the most recent incident.
If anyone recognizes this suspect they are asked to call the King County Sheriff's Office at 206-296-3311 (24 hours) or 9-1-1.

Salon owners charged
One of the owners, Xin He, of Natural Beauty Salon is charged with using counterfeit wrinkle remover, which he injected into a client's face causing a reaction so severe that she required medical care. Another client had to get plastic surgery.

Let’s talk Des Moines Rams and the South King County Junior Football League. OK?
Fred Archie’s been just a coach in the past, usually working with the youngest Pee Wee division, but this year he’s the coach of the Rams and also the president of this Rams franchise.
So, what about this Rams program, this Bantams division team you’re coaching?
“We don’t even want you to write about this story right now, we want you to go over and talk to Derrick (King) about what Des Moines did to us,” said Archie.
OK.
So, the story is changed some. From the kids to the politics, but here we go.
No more Des Moines Rams. Well for now, anyway. This SKCJFL franchise used to practice at Zenith Park, but could only get “two days per week” this year. That according to Derrick King, who helps coach one of the five divisions: Pee Wees, 89ers, Bantams, Juniors and Seniors.
And two days per week is just not enough. It certainly was not enough for Fred Archie, the Tukwila Bulldogs’ franchise club president, nor King.