August 2015

by Chef Jeremy McLachlan

Whether you are green, pear, grape or big fat and juicy, I have some tricks for you! This month we are all about the tomahto, the British accent makes me sound more respectable and sophisticated — kinda like when Giada over pronounces her Italian words! This summer is shaping up to be the best growing season ever for tomatoes, and now the question arises on what to do with them after they are ripe for the pickin'. In this blog I give you my three biggest tips on how to handle the tomatoes.

When to Pick!

By Kathryn Kingen

It is not often in life that we come across a real live angel. We had one from the day we opened our doors at Salty's on Alki in West Seattle. You may have met her, her name is Joyce Entus, and she was the beautiful, unforgettable, vivacious greeter who rolled out the red carpet for the guests who graced our door. I would like to tell you about her.

Joyce had a very accomplished life as a woman in business. In the mid 1960s she managed the waterfront icon of West Seattle, the Beach Broiler Restaurant. By the mid '70s she owned it. She worked "eight days a week, 25 hours a day," and loved every minute. Guests came from all over the world to enjoy her food and view, including the great pianist Liberace and famed opera singer Rolf Bjorling.

The national “Night Out” Crime Prevention event gets underway on the evening of Aug 4 and is always popular in West Seattle.

It is designed to heighten crime prevention awareness, increase neighborhood support in anti-crime efforts, and unite our communities. It is a great chance to learn about crime prevention, while also celebrating your community and spending time with your neighbors.

Night Out in Seattle
Seattle has had a long history of supporting Night Out. The program has been growing every year, with over 1,400 neighborhoods participating each year. This type of community participation is what makes Seattle a great place to live.

The event is a unique opportunity to bring your neighbors together, welcome new neighbors, talk about crime prevention and Block Watch efforts, and mainly just have a great time with food, music, games - whatever you want. The creativity we've seen of what neighborhoods come up with is amazing. Some gatherings are just a few households; others expand into large block parties.

information from West Seattle Hi-Yu

The West Seattle Hi-Yu meeting is tonight, Monday Aug. 3, 2015 at 7 pm at the Admiral Congregational Church 4310 SW Hill Street, three blocks North of Admiral Way.

We will be discussing the newly proposed Hi-Yu Teen Ambassador program & Jr. court program for the 2015-16 Hi-Yu fiscal year. Your input is important. Please come to the meeting.

FYI: West Seattle Hi-Yu, Inc. is an All Volunteer non-profit organization.
See the attached messages for more information.

Please pass on the info. to your friends and neighbors that have student in the 8 yr. to 22 yr. ages and others who may be interested in keeping the West Seattle Hi-Yu festival going into the future.

With more volunteer members helping with the various events and programs, and expanded events and programs, the West Seattle Hi-Yu, Inc. will be even more successful, carrying on the community festivals in the summer, fall, winter and spring.

Thief makes off with $1820 in tools

Police are looking for a tool thief who nabbed power tools from a home located on the 1000 block of 14th Avenue Northwest on July 28. The complainant told officers that he came home to find the tools he had stored in his entryway were gone. The sliding door to his home was badly damaged, and his back door was completely opened. Police believe the suspect entered through the sliding door, grabbed the tools and left through the back door. The complainant thought he heard someone running through the alleyway when he first arrived home. No fingerprints were discovered at the scene. The estimated loss was $1,820.

Master keys to apartment complex stolen

If you’ve driven by West Seattle Brewing Company on Fauntleroy Way lately and noticed they were closed, the owners assure us that it’s not permanent. They are in the process of upgrading electrical and plumbing and that takes time, and permits.

While they can’t provide an exact date you can get back in, they estimate some time in the next two weeks
When they do, reopen you will be able to enjoy their new outdoor deck seating area, and they have some special events planned that will likely surprise people.

One is a Led Zeppelin tribute band that they promise will rock very hard.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Three local teams will open their high school football seasons against each other in the Highline Public Schools Jamboree scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.
Evergreen and Highline of the Seamount League will be joined by Mount Rainier of the South Puget Sound League in the action at Highline Memorial.

Full games begin Friday, Sept. 4 with 7 p.m. games for Seamount League teams.

Evergreen visits Nathan Hale that night as Highline travels to Ingraham and Foster to Interlake.
Kennedy Catholic opens with a 1 p.m. game the next day at Highline Memorial against Rainier Beach.
The schedule for Friday, Sept. 11 has Highline at home against Nathan Hale at 5 p.m., Fife at Evergreen at Highline Memorial at 8 p.m., Foster hosting Sammamish at 7 p.m. and Kennedy traveling to Seattle Prep at 6 p.m.

The Seamount League regular season opens Thursday, Sept. 17 when Evergreen plays Hazen in a 7 p.m. game at Renton Stadium.

Highline hosts Lindbergh at 8 p.m. the next day and Kennedy visits Renton at 7 p.m. as Foster travels to Cleveland for non-league action.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Pros
Mariners
After playing a 12:10 game in Colorado on Wednesday the Mariners come home to Safeco Field to play Chief Sealth graduate Keone Kela and the Texas Rangers for three games this weekend.
The Rangers are in Seattle for a 7:10 p.m. game Friday, a 1:10 p.m. game Saturday and a 1:10 p.m. game Sunday.
Saturday's game is Jamie Moyer's induction into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame in a ceremony at 12:30 p.m.
The Baltimore Orioles then come to town for 7:10 p.m. action Monday and Tuesday.
Mariners games are carried on the ROOT cable television network and on 710 AM.

Sounders
Seattle plays a 7 p.m. Cascadia Cup game in Vancouver against the Whitecaps on Wednesday before visiting the Los Angeles Galaxy at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Sunday's game can be seen on the ESPN cable television network.

Rainiers
Tacoma, the Seattle Mariners' Class AAA affiliate, is at home at Cheney Stadium playing the Reno Aces at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Aces stay for a 1:35 p.m. Pacific Coast League game Sunday.

information from City of Seattle

The City of Seattle is collaborating with the North Delridge community to produce a shared vision and action plan to continue the work of improving the health, equity, and vitality of the Delridge community.

At Delridge Day, the project advisory team and City are seeking comments on how the Delridge parks, trails, open spaces and community center programs can best support the diverse community. There will also be an opportunity to review proposed steps the City and neighborhood can take to create great community places along Delridge Way, address drainage and flooding, increase access to healthy food, while making recreation, walking, biking and taking transit an easier choice.

Share your ideas about parks and community development at our booth at Delridge Day.

Saturday, August 8, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Delridge Community Center Playfield
4501 Delridge Way SW

Last month, the Mayor’s Office released a list of seven potential City-owned sites that could be used for sanctioned tent encampments. Three of the sites were recommended for use in 2015, and one of those sites is 2826 NW Market Street in the Ballard neighborhood.

The public will hear from City staff about:

· The ordinance passed by City Council in March that allows sanctioned tent encampments on City-owned or private land in non-residential zones.

· The selection process to identify possible City-owned sites.

· The operations of and conditions for sanctioned encampments.

· The additional work that the City of Seattle is doing to address the crisis of homelessness.

Staff from the Human Services Department, the Department of Planning and Development, and the Department of Neighborhoods will be on hand to answer questions and discuss their work.

Meeting Details:

Wednesday, August 12
6:30-8:00 pm
Leif Erickson Hall
2245 NW 57th St, Seattle, WA 98107