The next recovery night for B-Town’s Recovery Youth in Motion will be Aug. 23 at the Burien Library Multipurpose Room, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The free gathering is open to youth 13-25 in recovery from alcohol or drug abuse.
There will be music, games, movies and prizes.
For more information, call 206-251-9171.
It was the most exciting day in this 8 year-old Burien boy’s life. Certainly more momentous than four years earlier when my parents brought my baby sister home from the hospital.
It was a summery August day so I should have obeyed my mom’s usual admonishments to go outside and play.
But on that afternoon my family was FINALLY getting its first television set ever. Oh, the anticipation!
What I remember from that first glorious afternoon in 1955 is watching live the Slo-Mo V hydroplane flip during a qualifying run. Believe it or not, back then all three network-affiliated Seattle TV stations would interrupt programming to show all Seafair race qualifying attempts. No--not just the race on Sunday—but all the three-lap speed runs during the week.
The other thing I remember from that inaugural afternoon is seeing the wondrous “King’s Klubhouse” with Stan Boreson and motionless No-Mo, the basset hound.
I went on to have many more grand days watching Stan Boreson on Channel 5 and, of course, the magical, J.P. Patches on Channel 7. Capt. Puget on 4, Brakeman Bill on 11 and Sheriff Tex on13 provided more magical moments.
By Pat Cashman
(Editor’s Note: Pat Cashman, well known Seattle personality, writer, comic actor and more, knew J.P. Patches as a personal friend and wanted to share his thoughts about him.)
For some of us---after we’ve shuffled off this mortal coil (Shakespeare’s eloquent substitute for the word croaked)---nice words will be spoken, eulogies given and tributes delivered: “Uncle Carl was such a nice guy. And he always gave me candy. I loved him.”
Sweet words, all right. If only Uncle Carl was around to hear them. But usually, by the time they are spoken, the Uncle Carl’s of the world are already down the road.
So imagine how great it must have been to be J.P. Patches (mortal name: Chris Wedes). This was a remarkable person who heard thousands of people tell him how loved he was countless times---day after day---and nobody waited until it was too late.
By Zachariah Bryan
Many may have missed Stan Boreson, “The King of Scandinavian Humor,” at this year’s SeafoodFest. That’s because Boreson, who has opened for the event for many years now, has retired.
“I’ve done it for 70 years,” Boreson said of being an entertainer. “So, I decided, that’s enough.”
Boreson, a popular entertainer and TV show host, said he will also be retiring from his company, Boreson Tours, which he has run with his wife for the past several years.
For several years now, they have taken tourists, mostly elderly people who are nostalgic about Stan Boreson’s TV show, traveling all over the states, seeing sights and entertaining with music. Their last trip will be in October, they said, and that will be it.
As for why they are retiring, it has to do with timing and with finally recovering their financial situation. It also has to do with old age. Stan Boreson is not exactly the young jokester on television anymore, though he’s still jovial and laughing.
For the Boresons, this is just one element of the next stage of their life -- old age.
(Editor's Note: Here's the old column written when Cashman performed with ChoralSounds Northwest.)
I hate Pat Cashman.
I know others will love to see the humorous radio-television personality this weekend at the Highline Performing Arts Center. Cashman and Choral Sounds Northwest members are taking the audience on a "sentimental journey" back to the 1940s in the form of a "live" radio show.
But why does Cashman have to be so irritatingly perfect?
Funny guys are supposed to sound funny-- like Jerry Lewis. But Cashman has a deep rich voice that makes him in great demand for commercials and announcing jobs.
Funny guys are supposed to look funny -- like Woody Allen. But Cashman has got those movie-star looks.
Funny guys are supposed to pick a medium to specialize in. But Cashman has starred on three morning radio shows, the "Almost Live" TV show, and a slew of commercials.
(Editor’s Note: This column was written to preview Boreson’s appearance at a ChoralSounds Northwest Christmas concert.)
With all due respect to J.P. Patches, I was always a Stan Boreson kid.
Oh sure, during the commercials I might flip away from “KING’s Klubhouse” on Channel 5 to J.P. on Channel 7 or Captain Puget on Channel 4. I might even turn the dial all the way up to the independent stations to see Brakeman Bill (Channel 11) or Sheriff Tex (Channel 13.)
Along with Channel 9, that was our entire television universe growing up in the Puget Sound area during the 1950s and 1960s.
Loyalty to our favorite local after-school program host is why so many of us baby boomers will be popping fresh batteries into our hearing aids to catch Stan Boreson performing with ChoralSounds Northwest this weekend at the PAC (Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien.)
Call 206-246-6040 or visit www.nwassociatedarts.org for ticket information.
The ChoralSounders will offer their usual Christmas concert mixture of beautiful carols and fun songs.
Man arrested at grocery after trying to kidnap employee
A 43 year old Seattle man was arrested July 27 after attempting to kidnap an Albertson's employee by dragging her into his van. The incident occurred just before 5 p.m. at the Albertson's located at South 128th Street and 1 Avenue South. Deputies said a 21 year old female employee was in the parking lot of the store gathering shopping carts. The suspect, who was not known to the victim, approached her and tried to convince her to get into his van. When the victim would not get into the van the suspect grabbed her arm and attempted to pull her into the van. A nearby witness called 911 and ran to assist the victim. The victim was able to get away from the suspect and ran into the store to hide. Witnesses said the suspect then went into the store and peared to be looking for the woman. King County Sheriff's deputies arrived quickly and took the suspect into
custody as he was leaving the store. Deputies said the victim was very shaken up after the incident. The victim told deputies that prior to the suspect grabbing the her, he tried to used a number of ploys
Got garbage pickup today? You'll have to wait until next week.
The Waste Management strike by Teamsters Union drivers continues, meaning garbage, recycling and food and yard waste will not be picked up today in many areas, according to a Seattle Public Utilities press release.
Customers will not be charged for any extra trash or additional items put on the curb next week, when pickup should resume. SPU encourages people with Wednesday pickup to still put out their garbage, recycling and food and yard waste containers out tomorrow before 7 a.m., and leave them out until 6 p.m. Thursday night.
According to the press release, Teamsters Local 117 went on strike last Wednesday after their contract with Waste Management expired on May 31. Teamsters 174 garbage and yard drivers have been honoring the picket lines.
The strike affects about 60 percent of the city, the press release states, particularly in the Northwest and South quadrants, including the Ballard area. The other 40 percent, which is mostly collected by CleanScapes, remains unaffected by the strike and will continue pickup as normal.
Rotary Club of West Seattle has elected Andy Horner as their new President, to serve for one year beginning July 1, 2012.
He is the Senior Supervising Manager of Leavitt Machinery USA headquartered in Tukwila, WA. Leavitt is one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest privately owned full service multi-line dealers of Materials Handling equipment
As president of the 75 member club, which received its charter from Rotary International in 1947, Horner will be responsible for strengthening the group’s participation in community and international service projects while attracting new membership.
The club meets every Tuesday at Salty’s Seafood Restaurant.
“It is a great honor to be selected to represent the Rotary Club of West Seattle as Club President," Horner said. "West Seattle has a long standing tradition of producing great results in the local community as well as developing Rotary leaders for Rotary District 5030."
Watching the garbage collection strike unfold is almost amusing save for the fact that it will eventually cost us all more money. Allowing trash to mount for a few days isn't that big of a deal. It is more of an annoying symbol of the stranglehold Waste Management and the Teamsters union has on our communities.
This charade is played out every few years in order for this monopoly to further gouge us to take away our household waste. The cities which grant the right to collect trash to one of the two companies in the region which do so are over the same barrel we are.
Here's how it works: The city gives the trash hauler a contract to do the work. The trash hauler employes the Teamsters to do the hauling. That arrangement ties up the community for periods of years. This deal makes it worthwhile for the trash hauler to buy the expensive trucks needed to do the job. The Teamsters just have to show up for work, which more or less is driving around an expensive truck for a few hours. For this work, they want nearly $100,000 including benefits per man per year.
