February 2011

West Seattle wrestler Trenton Tibbetts, representing O'Dea High School, won three matches today in his 135 lb. class to take third place and move on to Regionals at Kennedy High School in Burien next Saturday. He won his third match against an Ingraham High School opponent (not pictured) 17 to 2, giving him the victory with a "technical fall" which is a win for a wrestler once he is ahead by 15 points.

His proud parents, James and Cynthia, were ringside to cheer the sophomore on.

Metro championships

At Chief Sealth H.S.

Team scores — O'Dea 338, Bainbridge 148, Ingraham 147, Franklin 132, Bishop Blanchet 121, Chief Sealth 118.5, Eastside Catholic 102, West Seattle 79.5, Nathan Hale 68, Lakeside 63, Cleveland 62, Rainier Beach 32.

Both Ballard varsity basketball teams played their last games of the season on Friday night. The Roosevelt Roughriders hosted the Beavers for one win and one loss.

The boys team needed a win to snap out of their two game losing stretch and to secure a home game for the first round of playoff. The Beavers came out focused and strong, badly wanting a win in this game.

They gained a ten-point lead in the first quarter and continued growing that lead. They had a season low of six turnovers and grabbed 35 rebounds. The Beavers got their much wanted win with a final score of 66 to 37.

Sophomore Seth Berger lead the Beavers with 13 points and eight rebounds. Senior Salim Gloyd had his 13th double double of the season with 12 points and 16 rebounds. Sophomore Stu MacGeorge added 11 points and Junior Brad Baker contributed 10.

Ballard will host their first ever Kingco playoff game on Tuesday, Feb 8, at 7:30 p.m. against the Eastlake Wolves.

Also, Ballard's Salim Gloyd has been nominated as a McDonald’s All American Basketball Player.

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It seems like just yesterday that Edward Jarisch married Veronique, or "Mickey" Mercedes McFarland. Well, it was not quite yesterday, but Jan. 18, 1941, a mere 70 years ago. They wed in Edward's mother's living room at her 4725 Findlay home where he grew up. He robbed the cradle. Ed is 93. Mickey is 87. But she was just 16 and he was 23 when they married.

According to a newspaper wedding announcement now framed in their Alki home room where they live with their son and daughter, Mike and Marion, "Miss McFarland was escorted by her father and wore a rose taffeta gown with orchid corsage. Her sister, Mrs. Roy Claboe, was her only attendant, in an Alice blue taffeta gown and corsage of pink and white carnations."

At their recent anniversary party at their home, a purple orchid, Ed's anniversary gift to Mickey, stood proudly by the couch.

"I gave Ed a hug," Mickey laughed.

"We met at my sister's house, at a party," Mickey recalled. "Ed was supposed to take me home and he didn't do that. He took me some place else, down to a place on the beach where we kissed and smooched."

"I had a 1930 Model-A Ford Roadster with a rumble seat," Ed recalled with a proud grin.

At 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 3rd Pioneer Square's First Thursday Artwalk is just kicking into gear. Its epicenter is directly across Elliott Bay from Alki, the historic 619 Western Arts Building, home to a colony of over 100 studios on six floors representing perhaps 200 artists, a century-old structure that has recently placed a grin on the face of the wrecking ball. It is perched directly over what will be the Deep Bore Tunnel, if and when it is built, and is too unstable to withstand the force of the drill. It will either need to be demolished, or get a retrofit costing millions and taking two years to complete. Either way, the artists will be forced to vacate and scatter.

By 1:00 a.m. the air is paradoxically filled with both frenzy and mellowness as perhaps a thousand visitors will have climbed the tall, storied wooden staircase, meandered through the cavernous hallways and in and out of the 800 square-feet or so studios while gazing at paintings, photography and sculpture on or against what seems to be every available section of wall. The question on many artists' minds in 619 is, "Is the party over?"

The First Ever Cocktail Party Benefitting WestSide Baby is Saturday February 5 from 7-9pm at the Hall at Fauntleroy at 9131 California Ave. s.w.

Tickets are $30 and are available on-line at WestSidebaby.org or at the door (although advance purchase is greatly appreciated).

The evening promises great appetizers, fun drinks, cool drawings, a program to share WestSide Baby and a lively opportunity to give.

Earlier in the day the organization is holding their Benefit Tea at the Brockey Center at South Seattle Community College but that event is sold out. WestSide Baby Executive Director Nancy Woodland said, "Because we sold out really quickly, we added the First-ever Benefit Cocktail Party for the evening at the Hall at Fauntleroy from 7-9pm. It’s crazy but we’re doing it."

About WestSide Baby
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. We work through local social service agencies already assisting low-income families.

PRESS RELEASE:

We need a Music Director/pianist for a new 50s revue to be performed The Senior Center of West Seattle and in various senior centers in the Seattle area during June. Rehearsals start April 25, three times per week for five weeks in West Seattle.

Budget calls for $400 stipend, comps, and video of production. Must teach cast of eight adults “Doo Wop” voice parts by rote. Possible local touring opportunities will follow.

Also…. a Choreographer ($100 honorarium)

Also…..Musical Performers….. looking for four men and four women (18-50ish) who sing (all must be soloists) and can charm an audience. $100 stipend, comps, and video for initial run.

This is a non-union production.

Contact Kent Johnson (kjohn04@msn.com) for more information.

Regards,

Kent

kjohn04@msn.com

Description of project: To present the Northwest premiere of “Those Fantabulous Fifties”.

Tuesday, Feb. 1

Boys basketball
Evergreen 77, Renton 74
Evergreen of White Center outgunned Renton in a high-scoring Seamount League game played Tuesday.
Chief Leschi 60, Seattle Lutheran 50
Seattle Lutheran of West Seattle was topped by 10 points in Tuesday, Feb. 1 action.

Girls basketball
Seattle Lutheran 37, Chief Leschi 12
Seattle Lutheran won a defensive game by 25 points last Tuesday.
Renton 53, Evergreen 17
The Wolverines mustered only 17 points in going down to a Seamount League defeat Tuesday.

Thursday, Feb. 3

Boys basketball
Seattle Prep 78, West Seattle 63
The Wildcats absorbed a 15-point defeat at the hands of Seattle Prep on Thursday.

One of the main goals of the West Seattle Blockwatch Captains' Network in 2011 is to create an online system where people can find out if there is a blockwatch in their neighborhood, how to get involved or start one up and how to better communicate with neighboring blockwatches and the Seattle Police Department to cut down on neighborhood burglaries, car prowls and the like. The following information was posted on their website, http://wsblockwatchnet.wordpress.com, by Karen Berge, a co-director of the Network:

We’d like your input!

As most of you know, one of our main goals this year is to create an online system for Blockwatch Captains.

The primary objective of this online system is to make getting and receiving Blockwatch-related information more efficient and more effective. For example, individual citizens could find out if there is a Blockwatch in their neighborhood and if so, how to make contact. Blockwatch Captains could find out about neighboring Blockwatch groups in their area.

It’s official. Zippy’s highly-praised giant burgers will be making the move to 9614 14th Ave s.w., described by owner Blaine Cook as right off Roxbury St., behind Bartell drugs and a few blocks north of Big Al Brewing.

“I guess you could call it a godsend if anything,” Cook said. “It worked out really, really well for us.”

Expect the transition to occur sometime mid-April as their lease at the current location ends on April 19, Cook said.

The new spot has been vacant for the past few years, most recently the Hudaa Halal Restaurant and prior to that the Cookbook Café. Cook said the prior owners must have just gotten up and left one day as the kitchen and eating area are nearly ready to roll.

“It’s huge,” Cook said of their new location. “We are just a little over 500 square feet (currently) and this place has just under 1600 square feet. It has seating capacity for 60 people and a much larger kitchen.”

“At our current location it’s really not that conducive for what we do and there is a lot of running around and a lot of bumping into people,” he added. “We kind of call it, ‘Kitchen Frogger.’”

A barricade along a section of the new westbound First Avenue on and off ramp to the Spokane Street Viaduct has been demolished because it was built in error. This is part of the Spokane Street Widening Project. The ramps are expected to open next fall.

The section is 160 feet long and was intended to have a curve but was instead built to be straight, an error of some five inches. The contractor has demolished the section and will rebuild it at no cost to the city