November 2012

WSHS Skills and Drills basketball clinic Nov. 17

The West Seattle High School Boys Basketball team is having a PRE-Season SKILLS and DRILLS CLINIC.
Now is the time to GET A TUNE UP ON YOUR HOOP SKILLS BEFORE THE UP AND COMING BASKETBALL SEASON!!
Drop your kids off for THREE HOURS of HOOPS and have them bring a friend!

Special guests: WSHS Head Coach Donald Watts, and SEATTLE SONICS LEGEND "SLICK" WATTS

Who: Boys and Girls, Grades 1st-8th
When: Saturday November 17th, 2pm-5pm
Where: West Seattle High School Gymnasium: 3000 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116
Cost: $45.00

Register at: www.wsbasketballboosters.com
Please contact our WSHS Basketball Booster President, Pierre Newsome at (206) 227-5386; email jpnewsome@comcast.net, for any questions!

The Irish Tenors Holiday Concert
Benaroya Hall In Seattle

In a final touch of levity, I would like to discuss the most recent articles about how the Burien City Manager went to the North Highline Unicorporated Council and told them once again that Burien has no tree pruning or cutting permits.

The White Center Now Blog quotes him as saying," Asked about claims that annexation would bring more bureaucracy to simple acts like cutting a tree at a person’s own home, another point annexation opponents have cited, Martin declared it “consummate b******t.”

Perhaps the City Manager is unaware that there is a tree pruning and cutting permit process in his city and so he claims it will not add another level of bureaucracy to the lives of the citizens in Area Y.

So here are some parts from that tree removal/pruning permit that Mike Martin/Burien City Manager claims doesn't exist. Enjoy reading this.

Just this permit process is a reason for voting against joining Burien. By the way, there is a permit fee for pruning and cutting the tree under this process.

Debi Wagner
Burien

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Significant Tree
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A 34-year-old West Seattle man is charged with malicious harassment (Washington State’s hate crime statute) and third degree assault for allegedly attacking another man with a baseball bat while yelling homophobic slurs on Oct. 26.

The charges were first reported by SeattlePI on Nov. 4.

According to charging documents released in the case, the victim stepped off a Metro bus shortly after 2 p.m. near S.W. Bradford St. and S.W. Avalon Way and Ryan Joshua Cox allegedly struck him four times across the back with a wooden baseball bat while calling him a “homosexual” and “sodomist.”

The victim reported the attack to the bus driver, who called 911 while the suspect left the scene. The victim told police he believed he was targeted and hit because of his sexual orientation.

In June, a portable toilet, or a "Honey Bucket," was placed at the Ballard Commons Park. And now, as we head into the winter season, the City of Seattle Department of Human Services wants to know what you think about it.

A two week comment period, from Nov. 2 to Nov. 16, will be open for people to comment on the Honey Bucket. To make things easier, they created a survey for you to take on SurveyMonkey, which can be found at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HGVD39Y

Some community residents have expressed concerns over the Honey Bucket, saying that it attracted homeless people and encouraged them to camp over night. Others were concerned about drug use and public drinking. To date, there is no data or solid evidence that the bathroom has increased activity or "residency" from people who are homeless.

At the Ballard Community Taskforce on Homelessness and Hunger, the subject of the Honey Bucket was brought up. Taskforce Chair Graham Pruss said that the City was deciding whether to keep it keep it year-round or to only have it during summer months.

One member said aloud, "But the need (to go to the bathroom) is year-round!"

Letter to the Editor;

In a final touch of levity, I would like to discuss the most recent articles about how the Burien City Manager went to the North Highline Unicorporated Council and told them once again that Burien has no tree pruning or cutting permits. The White Center Now Blog quotes him as saying," Asked about claims that annexation would bring more bureaucracy to simple acts like cutting a tree at a person’s own home, another point annexation opponents have cited, Martin declared it “consummate b******t.”

Perhaps the City Manager is unaware that there is a tree pruning and cutting permit process in his city and so he claims it will not add another level of bureaucracy to the lives of the citizens in Area Y.

So here are some parts from that tree removal/pruning permit that Mike Martin/Burien City Manager claims doesn't exist. Enjoy reading this.

Just this permit process is a reason for voting against joining Burien. By the way, there is a permit fee for pruning and cutting the tree under this process.

Debi Wagner

Page 2
Significant Tree
Removal/Pruning
Handout

Today's the last day to vote.

All ballots must be postmarked or put into a dropbox by today.

A dropbox can be found right outside the Ballard Branch Library (5614 22nd Ave NW). A list can be found here. Ballots must be inserted in the dropbox by 8 p.m. tonight (Tuesday, Nov. 6).

Between all of the mailing services we have in town (Ballard Mailbox, Mailbox Ballard, Sip and Ship), it shouldn't be difficult to send it off through the mail, either. You just have to make sure it's postmarked for today.

Wondering who to vote for? The Ballard News-Tribune interviewed both 36th District candidates for Washington State Legislature -- Port Commission President Gael Tarleton and Progressive Majority Leader Noel Frame -- in our Coffee with Candidates series.

A middle aged woman, who may have been the victim of a hit and run accident, was found injured and unconscious at the intersection of 152nd and 4th Avenue SW Monday, Nov. 5.

CPR was administered by a King County Sheriff's deputy and she was rushed to Harborview Hospital in Seattle.

This story will be updated when more information is available.

Press release from King County Sheriff’s Office:
A 43 year old Oklahoma man, who police learned was a pilot and was supposed to fly a commercial plane from Sea-Tac Airport to Japan on Monday morning, was arrested in SeaTac last night after stealing another man’s car.

SeaTac police officers responded to the Hilton Hotel in the 17600 block of International Blvd last night around 8:40 p.m.. The victim, a 66-year-old Bainbridge man, told police he had gotten into his rental car at the Hilton Hotel when the suspect got into his back seat.

The victim asked the suspect what he was doing in the car. The suspect replied, “You know, you know.” After a brief exchange of words, the victim pointed a handgun at the suspect and told him to get out of the car.

A struggle ensued and the victim struck the suspect several times with the handgun. The victim got out of the car and the suspect chased him around the car. The suspect then got into the driver’s seat and fled in the victim’s vehicle.

Sound Transit press release:

Sound Transit is kicking off the process for working with South King County communities on options for extending high-capacity transit service. The effort will help shape alternatives for building high capacity transit from South 200th Street to Kent/Des Moines, as well as a shovel-ready plan for reaching the heart of Federal Way.

Community members are invited to attend two open houses as part of an early scoping process. The process will help Sound Transit identify options that will be evaluated in an alternatives analysis over the next several months.

Des Moines
4-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 at Highline Community College (Building 2), South 240th Street and Pacific Highway South

Federal Way
4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at Truman High School (Gym), 31455 28th Ave. S.

Sustainable West Seattle is partnering with BackyardBarter.org this Saturday, November 10, at the Camp Long Lodge from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm for a fun and unique barter session geared toward the holiday season.

There will be pot luck selections for the hungry so plan on bringing a dish. The event takes place in the historic Lodge at Camp Long.

Camp Long is accessible via SW Dawson Street, in the 5200-block of 35th Avenue SW. The Metro #21 bus goes right by the park.

he object of the Barter Fair is to promote more meaningful gifting of products through exchanging services, or items made from raw materials according to Sustainable West Seattle.

Categories include:

• Services
• Art and Crafts
• Home Crafts
• Food Crafts
• Salvaged and Refurbished Items

This year’s fair will be held in cooperation with www.BackyardBarter.org. Folks from BackyardBarter.org will guide the trading during the afternoon.