October 2009

ArtsWest presents the Seattle Premiere of “Measure for Pleasure,” by David Grimm, opening Oct. 21 through Nov. 14.

Lady Vanity loves Sir Lustforth, who loves Hermione Goode, who loves Captain Dick Dashwood, who loves, well, just about everyone (male and female) before the intermission.

Meanwhile, Will Blunt is in love with Molly, a young transvestite prostitute. But Blunt doesn't count on his boyfriend falling in love with Dashwood as well.

“The script gives us a collision of Restoration comedy with modern sensibilities: rhyming couplets that include swearing, a leading romantic homosexual couple,” said ArtsWest Theater Director Christopher Zinovitch. “By turning the conventions of both periods on their ears we get a surprisingly honest exploration of the connection between self love and romantic love.”

Directed by Zinovitch, ArtsWest’s production of “Measure for Pleasure” features Zach Adair, Jared Michael Brown, Beth A. Cooper, Paul Custodio, Alex Garnett, Heather Hawkins and Colleen Robertson, with Ryan Floresca, James Frasca and EmilyRose Shotwell-Frasca.

The Ballard High School boys golf team ended the season with its fifth loss in a row Oct. 8, this time 212-227 to Bellevue.

No Ballard player cracked the top five in scoring.

The Beavers finished the season with a 1-7 record. The team's only win came on Sept. 17 against Lake Washington.

Coach Casey McMullin said Ballard had the look of a very good team this season, they just didn't seem to score.

McMullin said the Beavers were often the victims of their opponents playing very well.

Ballard will send six players – Eric Frank, Michael Bay, Ross Upton, Oliver Guarino, Colin Johnson and Ray McCormick – to the 4A Medalist Tournament Oct. 13.

The top players from the first day will move on to the second day of the tournament Oct. 14. The best players from Oct. 14 move on to the state championship.

McMullin said the team has a few players who could at least make it to the second day.

For nearly 58 minutes on Oct. 8 it looked like the Ballard High School girls soccer team would earn its first win since Sept. 22.

Senior Sara Ives had given the Beavers a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute, and the team held off Roosevelt for the next 57 minutes.

Unfortunately for Ballard and its fans, Roosevelt (2-4-0 conference, 4-7-0 overall) scored the tying goal in the final minute of the match then scored another early in overtime to get the win.

The Beavers are in ninth place in KingCo with a record of 1-3-2 in the conference and 2-6-3 overall.

There are five matches remaining in the regular season for Ballard, only two of which are against teams with winning records.

The Beavers take on Garfield (1-5-0 conference, 2-6-1 overall) at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 13 at Memorial Stadium.

On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Seattle City Council unanimously adopted Council Bill 116611, approving three agreements with the State of Washington that will allow the state to proceed with the reconstruction of the Alaskan Way Viaduct from South Holgate Street to South King Street.

The plan to replace this section of the viaduct with what is primarily a surface route has been agreed to by all stakeholders. Completing this project will replace approximately half of the elevated structure, greatly reducing the risk for loss of life and property in the event of a serious earthquake.

Under this legislation the city and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) agree that WSDOT will perform the design and construction of, and procurement of materials for, the SR 99 Viaduct removal from South Holgate to South King Street Stage 2 Project.

Three Girls Bakery
6209 15th Ave. N.W.
420-7613 
Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday - Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Closed Wednesdays

We've heard of farmhouse breakfasts -- stoking the farmhands for a day of hard work on the farms, with their hands. At Three Girls Bakery, they serve farmhouse sandwiches.

Long a fixture in Pike Place Market (since 1917) the historic establishment has opened a Ballard location, baking the bread for the market store and serving the denizens of Northwest Seattle at the same time.

The cute storefront on 15th Avenue Northwest, complete with curtains in the windows, looks homey and inviting. This is one of two companion brick buildings on 15th that still look like the old days, housing businesses downstairs and apartments upstairs. Appropriate for Three Girls, since it's an old fashioned kind of place.

When we first came to Seattle from a small town deep in the Oregon hills, the original Three Girls Bakery beckoned to us from its Pike Place Market Corner. Hearty sandwiches, substantial soups, real bagels and a counter to believe in called us. We had never seen cheese Danishes like this before.

The Balmar cocktail lounge, located 5449 Ballard Ave. N.W., will host a benefit on Oct. 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. in support of Ref. 71, the statewide referendum to approve full domestic partnership for both the GLBT and seniors in Washington.

Organizers, the Kwanchai design group, said the event will promote fundraising and education for the attending guest, and proceeds will also help the Approve Ref. 71 campaign.

Entertainment and a DJ are in the works. A raffle is also planned to help bring in additional needed funds for the campaign.

A $10 VIP pass will entitle attending guest to receive a discount price on both appetizers and cocktails. This pass can be pre-purchased through the office of Kwanchai, by calling 206.262.1022.

Further information or updates may be found under the events link of www.kwanchai.net.

For information about the BalMar, visit their Web site at www.thebalmar.com.

Dear Editor,

As religious leaders of West Seattle, we have come together to speak with one voice for all families. Religious leaders before us have spoken to end slavery, and to ensure equal rights to all persons regardless of gender, nationality, religion, and race.

Today, we feel compelled to speak out in support of Washington’s domestic partnership law, which provides essential protections to families throughout the state. 
 


As people of faith, we oppose any effort to take away the rights and protections provided to families through our state’s domestic partnership law. 
 
As providers of pastoral care to families, we know that gay and lesbian couples form loving, lasting, committed relationships, raise children and grow old together.

These couples and their children have the same needs and deserve the same rights as their heterosexual peers.

We also know that the domestic partnership law provides important protections to non-gay couples where one partner is at least 62 years of age. 


There are 88 units completed now at the Greenbridge development in White Center. Commercial space is starting to get leased and residents are moving into apartments.

The King County Housing Authority sent out the following update on the low-to-moderate income housing project.

“Families have finished moving into 88 colorful, energy-efficient new townhomes and apartments in Salmon Creek, the fourth phase of rental construction to be completed at Greenbridge, the 96-acre master-planned community being developed by the King County Housing Authority.

With full occupancy of Salmon Creek, a total of 357 affordable rental units will have opened on the site. Work on another 111 units, aided by federal stimulus dollars under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is currently underway, with completion scheduled for next summer.

The Salmon Creek development is located on two separate parcels: one anchors the east corner of Roxbury Street and Eighth Avenue Southwest, the other sits just north of the White Center Heights Elementary School. Both blocks also host retail spaces. A coffee shop, Dubsea Coffee, is slated to open on the Eighth Avenue plaza in November.

Today, Friday, Oct. 9 is Leif Erikson Day and the Leif Erikson Lodge is planning a special dinner in celebration.

Olaf Kvamme will describe the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Viking boat, and Jay Haavik who designed the base and tribute display at Leif Erikson Plaza at Shilshole Bay Marina will show slides of the inside workings of Oslos Viking Ship Museum. 6 p.m. social, 7 p.m. dinner.

Details:

$25, Leif Erikson Lodge, 2245 N.W. 57th St., Seattle, 98107. RSVP by Oct. 6: 206-783-1274 or e-mail Leif@leiferikson.org.

This is also the 80th anniversary for Leif Erikson Day in Wisconsin set in 1929 -- apparently this was the first state to officially recognize the event. Washington state didn't do this until 1941.

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