May 2011

Discovery Shop
4535 California Ave. S.W.
206-937-7169
Wednesday, June 1: Vintage Event Special! 50% OFF Men’s wear: Sundays in June. 50% OFF pink tagged items from Wednesday, June 1. Every day: the shop features a variety of craft supplies and needle-craft implements: fabrics, yarn, buttons, needles and much more. The Shop is open on Sundays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All other days the Shop is open for our valued customers & donors purchasing and/or contributing goods; offering estates or financial support from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m

Green Exercise with Friends of Lincoln Park Work Party
Saturday, June 4, 9 a.m.-noon. Join us as we restore and protect our beautiful forest. Dress for weather with sturdy shoes or boots and bring garden gloves and hand clippers if you have them. Extras available. Meet at the kiosk in the north parking lot across from Rose St. (on Fauntleroy Way S.W.). Contact Sharon at sabaker41@gmail.com or 206-454-1068.

West Seattle High School Class of ’51 - 60th Reunion
Snoqualmie Casino-Sno Room
37500 6th North Bend Way

Biscuit is a 9 year old Yorkshire Terrier who, according to owner Lew, Judy and Rachel Townsend was conceived on 9/11. "We weren't there, but the breeder was," said Lew. Biscuits father is from Nanaimo in British Columbia, Canada and his mother is from Seattle. Sybil Evans was the co-breeder from Issaquah.

The Townsends shop for Biscuit's food at either Next to Nature in the junction or Pet Elements south of the Morgan Street Junction and they get him Natural Choice Duck and Potato, small bites. He enjoys Buddy Biscuits for treats.

Most small dogs are unaware of their own size of course and Biscuit is no exception. "He's an Alpha Male," Lew said, "He's all muscle and tendon." That in conjunction with good hearing make him a good guard dog.

He has an outsized personality too but he's modest about it and seems to take everything in stride. Even the range of outfits the family has found for him including a genuine Mexican sombrero, a hunting outfit, a leopard print bow in his hair and for an obvious reason, a ruffled dress. Why obvious? "Because it's adorable on him and the girl's outfits are cuter than the boy's outfits," said Judy.

Update for June 14:
Beer and charity has overcome beer and a hot dog as the ultimate combination.

Here is the list of charities ten West Seattle and White Center establishments will donate a portion of their proceeds to:

THE BRIDGE: Dogs For Dogs
MISSION: Summer Concerts at Hiawatha
SHADOWLAND: West Side Baby
WEST 5: SW Historical Society/Log House Museum
LOCOL: Roxhill Elementary
FEEDBACK: West Seattle Helpline
EASY STREET: West Seattle Food Bank
BIG AL: White center Food Bank
COMPANY: West Side Baby
BEVERIDGE PLACE: Camp Long Environmental Education

Addresses and phone numbers for each business are located at the bottom of this story.

Thanks to Jeff Gilbert, proprietor of the Feedback Lounge, for providing this information.

Original post:
Big Al’s Brewing of White Center teamed up with West Seattle’s Feedback Lounge to create Löwman Bräu, a golden summer Kölsch-style beer that will only be sold at select West Seattle establishments with a portion of each pint sold going to West Seattle-based charities.

Press release:

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 – 7 p.m.

Seattle Lutheran’s Saints brought home the 2B boys baseball trophy on Saturday, May 28 with a 7-1 victory over Warden at Parker Field in Yakima.

Updates were tweeted by Seattle Lutheran throughout the championship game and told the story of a Saint squad that went up 2-0 in the first inning and never looked back.

Seattle Lutheran pulled away from Warden in the top of the sixth, driving in three runs and putting the tally at 6-1.

One more run in the seventh and the Saints emerged victorious, 7-1.

Reflections on a record-tying accomplishment
Saint’s coach Steve Meehan and his team are undoubtedly still running high off their championship win on May 28. Taking the trophy this year ties Seattle Lutheran with DeSales out of Walla Walla as the only 2B teams to win back-to-back championships.

And as good sport stories go, the Saints had to get through DeSales’ storied squad (their coach Kim Cox has 500 career wins and was recently inducted into the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Hall of Fame) in the semifinal to get a crack at the championship. They ended up beating DeSales 12-7.

A charity event called "Dance 4 a Cure" is set to take place Saturday June 4 from 7:00 pm-12:00 am at Taproot Church which is located at 20400 1st Ave S in Des Moines.

The band Vital Signs will provide the musical entertainment for the evening and there will be multiple raffles and a silent auction that will be held throughout the evening. The event is free but please make donations at the door.

Have fun while raising money and awareness for Breast Cancer Research. Proceeds for the susan g komen 3 day for a cure walk in Sept see www.the3day.org participant Jana Wilbur.

The goal is to raise at least $2300.00

SLIDESHOW: Click on the image to see dynamic photos of the athletes in action by Kurt Howard.

Highline youths did well at Friday's State Track Championship

NOTE: Please read about these talented youths in this story by Tim Clinton.

Press release:

The Road Map Project, which is aimed at driving major improvements in education results in South Seattle and South King County, is releasing the latest round of individual school district data collected by the Higher Education Coordinating Board on the Roadmap goal to get 100 percent of all eligible 8th graders in the project region signed up for the College Bound Scholarship by June 30 of this year. ( Click here to view.)

For the first time ever the region’s school districts are working collaboratively to increase the number of eligible students signed up for the scholarship which covers the cost of tuition at Washington’s public colleges and universities. Low-income students who sign a pledge to graduate from high school, demonstrate good citizenship and seek admission to a college or university by June 30 of their 8th grade year are eligible.

The West Seattle custom cake bakery, "BAKED." opens Wednesday, June 1, at 2604 California Avenue SW at Heavenly Pasty & Cake's current location. The two bakeries will share the space, Allison Barnes of Heavenly Pastry told the West Seattle Herald. This storefront space is the former West Seattle Herald headquarters. We joined our Burien office at 14006 1st Avenue South.

Kristina Serfass and Natalie Vorpahl co-own BAKED. Serfass graduated from the Art Institute of Houston with a culinary arts degree. Vorpahl graduated from the Seattle Culinary Academy. They have both been in the cake business for five years, and have been business partners for three. Serfass lives in West Seattle, Vorpahl in Queen Anne. Their former location was on 36th Ave. SW.

"It's funny, said Serfass. "We have probably nothing in common but cakes and food."

"We just joke about it all the time," added Vorpahl.

"I like to go camping," said Serfass. "Natalie likes to go shopping."

"I'm not much of the, 'Oh, let's go out and go for a hike' type," Vorpahl added.

Yet walk into their space, and they do seem very much in sync with all things cake-related.

Press release from Delridge District Council:

For those of you that drive down Delridge you are aware that the Seattle School District boarded up the Boren School building earlier this year. This has led to several incidents of tagging of the building. In an effort to cut down on this acitivity 40 murals have been painted to attach to the windows of the building.

We need some volunteers to come out this Saturday morning from 9 – 11 am to help finish the project. We need to paint the backs and the sides of the murals to help increase their longevity. If you have two hours to spare on Saturday your help with this community project would be appreciated.

If you want to participate or would like more informaiton please contact me or just show up at the Boren School site at 9 am on Saturday, June 4th.

Please feel free to pass this along to anyone that you think might be interested in helping with this commmunity project.

Thanks

Pete Spalding
206.579.4373 (cell)

Press release:

Dr. Diane Sherwood-Palmer, a White Center doctor of chiropractic, has been named “Chiropractor of the Year” by the Washington State Chiropractic Association (WSCA). She was presented with the association’s highest and most prestigious award at the WSCA Spring Conference on April 30, 2011 at the Marriott Seattle Airport Hotel.

Dr. Sherwood-Palmer was also honored with the “President’s Gavel Award” at the conference. The awards recognize her leadership as President of the WSCA Board of Directors in 2010 and her contribution to the chiropractic profession over the years.

The 1000-member WSCA is the only statewide association that represents the chiropractic profession in Washington State.

Dr. Sherwood-Palmer operates Palmer Chiropractic Clinic located at 10767 16th SW in Seattle. She is a second-generation chiropractor operating a nearly 50-year old family practice. Dr. Sherwood-Palmer comes from a lengthy line of chiropractors—her father, mother, sister, brother-in-law, and two brothers are all practicing. She was born and raised in the Northwest and has been in practice for 27 years.