November 2012

press release:
November 23, 2012 will be the date for the inaugural Chief Sealth alumni basketball game. In what hopes to become an annual event, the Nels Enquist Alumni Basketball Game will feature a number of former Seahawks in celebrating the school’s rich basketball history.

Both a men’s and women’s game is scheduled for that Friday evening at the Chief Sealth International High School gym, and will be played in succession with the traditional intersquad scrimmage for the current boys and girls teams which kicks off their respective seasons.

The evening of basketball will begin with the girls scrimmage at 5:00pm and has the boys taking the court at 6:00pm. After a brief ceremony, the two alumni games will begin at 7:00pm. Admission to the event will be just $2 with all proceeds going to supporting alumni-related athletic needs.

Jeanne Read is now the caretaker for Sadie but Sadie has been through some changes in her time and is still doing well. In fact Jeanne and her son Jim describe her path as miraculous.

Sadie, who is a "part hound dog, part German Shepherd, part Beagle," once lived on a ranch out in Enumclaw and is now 21 years old. Until two years ago she lived with a woman who later had to move to an apartment that didn't allow pets so she asked Jim to take care of her..but there's more that story.

Press release:

On Saturday, Oct. 13th, Highline Medical Center Foundation held their Annual To Your Health! Gala & Auction at the SeaTac Hilton & Convention Center.

The gala raised over $306,000 for programs and services at Highline Medical Center. Presented by BECU, this year’s event had over 350 Foundation supporters and community members attending.

Local resident, sports radio announcer and the voice of the WNBA Champion Seattle Storm, Dick Fain was emcee for the evening. Guests enjoyed live jazz music and had the chance to bid on exciting one-of-a-kind experiences.

The amount raised supports innovative treatments and a broad range of health care services, including a cardiac initiative that will reach hundreds of thousands of community residents.

Highline Medical Center Foundation would like to thank everyone who attended for their generosity and support. Also, thanks to the sponsors who helped make this event possible.

For more information about the Foundation, please go to www.SupportHighline.org.

Press release:

The Highline Historical Society and Humanities Washington invite the community to an engaging conversation with Harriet Baskas, a member of the 2012-14 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau.

This free event takes place Sunday, November 18, 2 PM at Highline School District ERAC (administration building), 15675 Ambaum Boulevard SW, Burien.

About this program
Space restrictions allow most museums to display only about 10 percent of their holdings. However, there are also surprising political, philosophical, artistic, environmental and historic reasons why museums keep objects from view.

Journalist Harriet Baskas will present a fast-paced, photo-filled and, at times, somewhat offbeat tour of Washington history through the stories of museum artifacts that are rarely – or never – shown to the public. Examples include Bing Crosby’s toupees in Spokane, a quilt made of Ku Klux Klan robes in Yakima and Native American spirit boards in Tacoma.

We will explore how these objects came to be in the local collections and who makes decisions about what is displayed or kept from view.

About Harriet Baskaas

The West Seattle Nursery Annual Holiday Open House is set for Saturday, November 10, 2012 from 11 am to 3 pm and this event in years past has been full to overflowing.

The event features free food, free espresso and free seminars on Holiday themed matters.

In a mailing to customers, the nursery provided details:

Guest Speakers:
11am to 12pm: Wreath Making 101 with Mary Holdsworth, West Seattle Nursery Staff. Back by popular demand! Mary will inspire you to really deck the halls! And get you inspired for our 2nd annual wreath making competition (see below).

1pm to 2pm: Hard Cider Brewing with Matt Pope, City Fruit Instructor. Got Apples? Learn how to brew your own pure, liquid gold! Packs a powerful punch, good for what ails ya!

Other Open House Draws:
Mike Feagins with Excellent Edge Sharpening will be here to sharpen your knives, scissors and gardening tools-the first item is free and additional items can be dropped off for pick up the following Monday after 2pm.

UPDATE 6:53pm

Metro confirms that bus routes are back to normal now.

"The earlier blockage at California Av SW and SW Brace Point Dr in the Arbor Heights neighborhood has been cleared.

RapidRide C Line & Sound Transit Rt 560 resume their regular routing along SW Barton St"

UPDATE 6:10pm
The gas line break on California Ave SW happened according to SDOT officials on the scene because crews were using a concrete saw to cut through a damaged road panel in preparation for repaving set to start in a few weeks. In the process they "cut through a shallow gas line," a spokesperson said.

Puget Sound Energy sub contractor InfraSource responded to the break by excavating the spot near the break but said that the repair would take more time and extend well into the evening since it required going under the existing road bed. The road surface would then be covered until paving could be completed.

ORIGINAL POST

This story originally appeared in our sister newspaper, The West Seattle Herald

Washington State, with Referendum-74, is projected to join Maine and Maryland in allowing same-sex couples to wed via public vote.

Because of our mail-in voting system, Washington's final tally won't be official for the next few days. It was leading 51.8 percent to 48.2 percent in the final hours of Nov. 6. late Election Night.

It seemed like well over two thousand supporters of the referendum, and of President Obama, packed four floors of the Westin Hotel election night in downtown Seattle, if cheers, hugs, t-shirts, and poster-toting revelers were an accurate indication.

Closer to home, the OutWest Bar, which calls itself "West Seattle’s only Neighborhood LGBTQA Bar", at 5401 California Ave. SW, hosted a well-attended Referendum-74 party election night.

Boyfriends Daryl Dukes and Dave Kern live on the Burien, West Seattle border and attended the party. They are regulars at OutWest. While not sure if they will marry, they now have a choice.

The Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle held election night parties on four floors. Perhaps over two thousand revelers supporting the reelected president and Referendum-74 for marriage equality attended.

Highline Times asked area politicians and others at the Westin parties to comment on the results, and projected results, of the races:

King County Executive Dow Constantine

""They've just called Colorado for Barack Obama. We're starting to see the numbers really rack up for the president now. What you're seeing here is a cementing of the shift that happened four years ago in American politics. The nation is becoming somewhat more urban. The old right-wing Republican line, people just aren't buying it anymore. The Democratic party has moved to the center and started to really articulate how it can move this country forward in the 21st century. People have gravitated to that message. People are not going to follow the Republicans over that cliff that the Tea Party is trying to take us over unless they rethink their message.

Meanders Kitchen, the funky and fun restaurant that developed an almost cult like following for its home style cooking is closing its West Seattle location at 6032 California Ave.

Owner Miranda Krone and her associates recently opened a new Meanders in White Center on 16th SW in the former location of Papa's Pub.

But the energy required to maintain both locations proved to be too much as Krone stated on the restaurant's Facebook page:

"Though we'd wanted to keep the West Seattle shop open through December, it's become pretty darned clear that we need to focus our resources on the White Center shop. This past weekend was an amazing turnout; much more than we had thought, so our kitchen got backed up pretty significantly. In order to bring our best to you in the new space, we'll be closing the West Seattle shop this week.

So, tomorrow will be our last day in West Seattle. Ed's on the grill today, and I'll be cooking tomorrow. Come say howdy...I'll miss the West Seattle shop dearly, but I hope to see you all in White Center!"

Washington State, with Referendum-74, is projected to join Maine and Maryland in allowing same-sex couples to wed via public vote.

Because of our mail-in voting system, Washington's final tally won't be official for the next few days. It was leading 51.8 percent to 48.2 percent in the final hours of Nov. 6. late Election Night.

It seemed like well over two thousand supporters of the referendum, and of President Obama, packed four floors of the Westin Hotel election night in downtown Seattle, if cheers, hugs, t-shirts, and poster-toting revelers were an accurate indication.

Closer to home, the OutWest Bar, which calls itself "West Seattle’s only Neighborhood LGBTQA Bar", at 5401 California Ave. SW, hosted a well-attended Referendum-74 party election night.

Boyfriends Daryl Dukes and Dave Kern live on the Burien, West Seattle border and attended the party. They are regulars at OutWest. While not sure if they will marry, they now have a choice.