May 2010

The men wore skirts and the women wore jeans as the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society-Seattle Branch played music, demonstrated fancy footwork, and taught newcomers such dances as "Fish & Chips" at the Rainier Room, Seattle Center during the Northwest Folklife Festival Memorial Day weekend. Instructor Clark Cavin of Greenwood has taught Scottish Dance for two decades.

West Seattle resident Alan Goodin who lives west of the Alaska Junction was decked out in traditional Scottish garb.

"My grandmother on my father's side was a 'McKay,'" said Goodwin. "I dress up five or six times a year. I could wear it every Monday night but it's a lot to put on. I'm also a member of the Caledonians and we have Scottish dancing Monday nights at the Phinney Neighborhood Center.

Performing keyboard in the Rainier Room was Polly Tarpley, who used to dance but said she has had health problems with her feet. Tarpley's mother, Mary Dean Scott, was born in West Seattle and graduated West Seattle High School class of 1930. Scott's great-granddaughter, Cesca Segarra, 10, danced at the event in her honor.

The Memorial Day Service at Forest Lawn began under cloudy and intermittently rainy skies but as it got underway, the sun broke through
and the 40 to 50 people in attendance were able to hear Seattle Opera Mezzo-Soprano Melissa Plagemann sing the "Star Spangled Banner" and American Legion Post #160 Commander Chris Shea speak.

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Shea talked about his own service in the Navy as a submariner, about America, and about the meaning of service.

As the service took place, many people came to the cemetary to honor loved ones, some who never served in the military, some who did.
Adjutant Commander of Post #160 Walton E. Delong said, "I'm a retired Navy man, and my father was in the First World War, my brother was in the Second World War another brother served too," and he emphasized his family had indeed served their country. Leroy Bernard, also of Post #160 said, "This is a great day for all of us."

Pam Thompson was there to honor her father, Howard Bell, It also happened to be his birthday. She said, "He was in both the Army and the Navy, he did both services," fighting in World War II and Korea.

Photographer Kurt Howard captured these images of Mt. Rainier's 2-3 double overtime loss to Glacier Peak in the 3A State Championship game on May 29. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO PLAY SLIDESHOW.

Upon arriving in West Seattle from the Canadian prairie in 1923, ten-year-old Morey Skaret put his emerging athletic talents to work for the Jefferson Elementary School baseball team. And it was on the baseball diamond, in games against rival Fauntleroy Elementary, where Morey first noticed the “pretty little French girl,” Marjorie Dorais, who would someday wear his diamond.

“When I played ball for Jefferson Grade School—I played 1st base—and Marjorie Dorais went to Fauntleroy here,” Morey recalls, eighty-six years later, his eyes still bright with the memories. “We played Fauntleroy a couple of times during the ball season. And every time I came down to play here, I noticed this pretty little girl named Mar-jor-ie Dor-ais. She always went over and stood by 1st base, where she was kind of close to where I was. And I could see she kind of liked me, and I liked her, ’cause she was a very pretty little girl. And that’s how I got acquainted with Mar-jor-ie Dor-ais.”

Shaw Dixon, founder of Baked in Seattle will be at the company's 'Grand Opening Celebration' Thursday, June 10th, 2010 6-9 p.m as they bring their products to West Seattle's Blue Willow Luncheonette, at 4310 SW Oregon St..

Baked In Seattle's mission is to balance culinary pleasure with local purveyor/merchant support and aggressive charitable donations to Seattle non-profits Lifelong AIDS Alliance, KEXP Listener-Powered Radio, Seattle Out And Proud, Country Doctor Community Health Center and Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest.

Baked In Seattle products utilize Pacific Northwest ingredients, eggs without steroids, hormones, stimulants or cages, recyclable compostable packaging, and their desserts contain no trans fat. Baked In Seattle uses Shepherd's Grain "identity preserved" Food Alliance Certified flour, traceable back to its originating environmentally-sustainable Northwest family farm.

Dixon spent 15 years cooking in Chicago's fine dining restaurants and 2 years food service manager/cook at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Metropolitan Park Tower.

SEATTLE--Some onlookers were saying that many baseball players in the Class 4A and 3A finals were more excited about being at Safeco Field than they were about making the "final four" state games held at the Seattle Mariners' home field.

That would be a tough thing to say about Federal Way.

The Eagles fought hard against Kentwood in the semifinals and led most of the way until the Conquerors caught them at 2-2 in the sixth inning and won it, 3-2, with bottom of the seventh heroics.

That sent the Federal Way contingent into tears, including head coach Danny Graham and the two players who joined him in the post-game interview room -- leadoff hitter and center fielder Drew Cratsenberg and pitcher Elliot Morris. They waited with their hands over their faces for the Kentwood coach and media-selected players to finish so they could come up behind the podium.

"I've watched playoff games and was glad I'm not coaching in the pros because we would not have this kind of meeting after we lost," Graham said. "We came to win. Kentwood is an awesome team. They smashed us twice (during the regular season), but I thought we did enough to get over it since then."

Saturday, June 12 the 5th Annual Morgan Junction Festival will take place offering live music, crafts, vendors and lots of food since Bite of Morgan is back. The event will run from 11am to 7pm at 6415 California Avenue S.W.

People will crowd into Morgan Park & the parking lots of Beveridge Place Pub and Zeeks/Feedback Lounge for the event.

There is limited parking for the festival. If you plan to go it is recommended that you take a bike or bus. The location is served by Metro routes 22, 54, 128 and Sound Transit Express 560.

The Bubbleman will make an appearance from 5:15 to 5:45 and music will be provided by the following bands:
Kenny Mandell Jazzworks
Hal Merrill
Moe Prevencher Project
Sweet Secrets
Bill Wolford's Head
Slags
Burley Mountain Band

Event schedule:

10:30 am Kenny Mandell Jazzworks, Middle School Student Band , Jazz

11:20 am Kenny Mandell Jazzworks, Adult Student Band, Jazz

12:00 Noon Hal Merrill, Jazz on Pedal Steel Guitar

12:30 pm Moe Provencher Project, Americana/roots

1:15 pm Najma, Belly Dancer

1:45 pm Sweet Secrets, All Ages Rock

2:30 pm Chalk Contest, Drawing contest on sidewalk art frames

Endolyne Children’s Choir Concert and Summer Workshop
St. John’s Episcopal Church
3050 California Ave. SW
Saturday, June 5, 2 p.m. Beetle’s Coat and Kid’s on Broadway will be presented by the Children’s Choir with a reception following. Tickets $7 adult/$5 child (12 years and under), available at the door or at 935-5490 or
www.endolynechoir.org.
August 23-26 - Workshop is offered to all children grades 1-8 at St. John’s with an evening performance on Thursday, August 26. info@endolynechoir.org

The Kenney Family Reunion
7125 Fauntleroy Way SW
937-2800
Saturday, June 5, 1-4 p.m. A Festival for All Ages! All past and present families, friends and employees of The Kenney are invited to reunite! Ongoing fun throughout the campus, indoors and out. Help create our family tree, see live music by The Raining Sounds, Family photos by Gail Ann Photography, and participate in face painting, balloons & bubbles, caricatures by Primo, home movies, lawn games, hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy & ice cream; also a beer garden patio for the grown-ups! Bring a package of diapers to stuff The Kenney Bus benefiting our friends at Westside Baby!

Nancy Woodland, Executive Director of Westside Baby will be the guest speaker at the Noon meeting of the Kiwanis Club of West Seattle scheduled for Wednesday, June 9.

The luncheon gathering will take place in the dining room of BE’s Restaurant, 4509, California Ave. S.W.
Westside Baby is a nonprofit organization that collects previously owned items for children and babies and distributes them free of charge to South King County families in need. They work through local social service agencies already assisting low-income families. Agencies order items from Westside Baby and deliver them to families who are homeless, living in transitional housing or simply in need of a little help during a difficult time.

The goal of the organization is to reach a day when all babies and young children in our community have their basic physical needs met - enough diapers, food, adequate clothing, appropriate toys, books, and safe equipment for their care.

Since opening in 2001, Westside Baby has distributed over $6 million worth of clothing, toys, baby gear, and other items.  In 2009, alone they served more than 15,000 children.

Ella Cox of West Seattle passed away May 25. She was 95. The West Seattle Herald featured Ms. Cox twice for her award-winning hand-painted eggs and her prominence in the West Seattle Rock Club. Her daughter and son-in-law, Audrey and Lyle Vogelpohl, are active members in the club and teach cabachon polishing to children and others interested in learning.

The West Seattle Herald and its readers seemed to respond both to Ella's artistry as well as her gutsy, independent spirit. We will miss her.

In our March 27 article, here: http://www.westseattleherald.com/2010/03/27/news/95-year-old-artists-de…

We write: A glass case filled with 34 handmade decorative carved eggs, landscape-painted eggs, jewelry box eggs, plus some jewelry by 95 year-old artist Ella Cox is now on display at the Kenney Home foyer in time for the Thursday night, April 8 West Seattle Art Walk. Cox ordinarily lives in her Highland Park house, but temporarily resides at the Kenney for rehab. She is a member of the West Seattle Rock Club and polishes gemstones to create cabachon jewelry. Last summer she won "best of show" at their annual gathering.