September 2015

October 16, 1924 ~ September 18, 2015

Clarice Audrey Watson was born October 16, 1924 in Valparaiso, IN, to Rexford and Audrey Watson. In West Seattle, WA, she attended E.C. Hughes Elementary, James Madison Junior High and West Seattle High School.

From the earliest age, Clarice's undoubted passion was music. In 1941 she joined the Junior Seattle Chorale, and met her future husband, William "Bill” Brunke, in this acapella group. The two married June 11, 1945 and were together 60 years until Bill's death in 2006.

Their love of music and the outdoors was matched only by time with family, and they gathered them close as often as possible. They were also founding members of the Normandy Park Congregational Church and performed in the choir. For nearly 45 years they held their church family equally dear.

Clarice, aka Grams, Aunt Carrie, Clarice Ornery and Carrots (for her fiery red hair) will be most remembered for “being there” always for her family and her friends.

Carnation, WA – Local Burien resident, Cassidy Huff performed in front of an audience of 500 on Saturday, September 19th at Grow, an annual fundraising event for Camp Korey. Cassidy was born with Conradi-Hunermann Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder involving skeletal development and has attended Camp Korey for the last five years. “Camp Korey has changed me because I felt really self-conscious when I got there.  I wasn’t really shy, but I was self-conscious and I didn’t know what to do, and was kind of scared of the world around me, so camp has really opened my eyes. I see things differently and see things that are more beautiful,” says Cassidy. Camp Korey is celebrating it’s 10 anniversary year, and is the only SeriousFun Camp in the Pacific Northwest, hosting life changing programs throughout the year for children living with serious medical conditions.
 

On Tuesday September 22nd, Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Seattle Field Office Supervisory Immigration Services Officer Lihn Tran administered the Oath of Allegiance to 22 of America’s newest citizens during a special naturalization ceremony at the Burien Library. This event was part of USCIS’ annual celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.

On Tuesday September 22nd, Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Seattle Field Office Supervisory Immigration Services Officer Lihn Tran administered the Oath of Allegiance to 22 of America’s newest citizens during a special naturalization ceremony at the Burien Library. This event was part of USCIS’ annual celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.

The Burien Arts Gallery is presenting something completely new and excitedly different in October with its “They Drift X Sneke” exhibit.

Sneke One is a fixture in Seattle’s graffiti art and hip-hop scene. He and his crew have left an indelible mark on the Pacific Northwest and cities throughout the world including New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Geneva Switzerland and Paris France.

Meet Sneke at the Burien Arts Gallery’s Artist’s Reception, Friday, October 2, 5-8 p.m.

Known for “style writing” Sneke has been delivering dynamic, aerosol murals for over 20 years. He transforms a variety of shapes, symbols and letters into colorful bursts of abstract magnificence.
In the past several years, Sneke has moved to a multimedia platform, creating contemporary urban-inspired pieces with canvas, vinyl foam core and layered wood.

Some of his more notable works include Blue Scholars Brand identity, 2004; Red Bull Music Academy, 2005; Xbox Videogame booth, 2005; Cherry St. Coffee installation and mug design, 2006; Stomp Concessions booths at Hard Rock Café, 2006; Starbucks Spring Hip Hop CD, 2009 and Vain Hair Salon, 2006-2013.

Meet Melinda Keane, Burien resident of 56 years, happily married for 36 of them with 2 kids and 5 grandchildren. A hard-working community member and Burien business owner for 25 years who is physically active, on many boards, vibrant and lives life to the fullest. She is happy, healthy, and has no history of breast cancer in her family.

Fast forward to an exceptionally warm day in June 2015 when in the act of putting on her sports bra, Melinda noticed a funny looking indentation on her left breast. Giving herself a quick self-exam in the mirror, she finds a lump.

Four days later Melinda would have a mammogram and the following day a biopsy revealing Stage 1 IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma). About 80 percent of invasive breast cancers are invasive ductal carcinomas, also called infiltrating ductal carcinomas. IDC begins in a duct in the breast and breaks through into the surrounding fatty tissue of the breast. From there, IDC can metastasize (spread) to other parts of the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system. Melinda’s had spread to her lymph.

Information from Seattle DPD

Join DPD and the Department of Neighborhoods on Tuesday, September 29, for a workshop on the Draft North Delridge Action Plan.

At the workshop you can:
Confirm community priorities for actions the City and community can take to create great community places along Delridge Way, address drainage and flooding, and increase access to healthy food while making recreation, walking, biking, and taking transit an easier choice.
Help provide details for the Healthy Delridge Parks Vision that will identify how park facilities can support a healthy Delridge community.

Join forces with City staff and community organizations to identify the next steps for taking action.

Meeting Details
Tuesday, September 29
Delridge Community Center
4501 Delridge Way SW
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

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. To date, we’ve heard that the community’s priorities include:

Seattle Public Utilities has released an update on the Ballard Natural Drainage System project.

SPU reported that they have received construction bids and plan to go with a construction contract by the end of the month.

The Ballard Natural Drainage System is a project undertaken by the City with a goal of preventing 1 million gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater from entering Salmon Bay by building rain beds in a northern quadrant of Ballard.

SPU plans to build raingardens along 22 city blocks in Ballard. SPU found that the raingardens reduced peak flow rates by over 80 percent and reduced the amount of overflow into Salmon Bay.

Back in 2013 preferred blocks were identified after public outreach and initial investigations that analyzed infrastructure and soil composition.

The end goal of the project is to prevent no more than one overflow per year. The overflows happen when storm water runoff overwhelm Ballard’s combined overflow sewage system. Millions of gallons of runoff enter Salmon Bay via overflow sites. 10 percent of that water is raw sewage.

An accident occurred on Seaview Avenue NW on Sept. 23 leaving one elderly man rolled over in his car but uninjured.

Emergency units and Seattle Police was dispatched to the scene after witnesses reported seeing a man in Honda CR-V sideswipe a parked van on the right side of Seaview Avenue NW. The vehicle made contact with the car and flipped over in the middle of the street.

A Seattle Department of Transportation was working in the area and witnessed the accident. Brad Powell and his co-worker were in an SDOT truck across the street when they saw the vehicle roll over in front of them.

“We were in the truck, and all of a sudden we see this car go by, and we heard a loud bang and saw it flip right in front of us,” said Powell.

Powell called 911 while his co-worker climbed into the vehicle to check on the man. All the air bags in the vehicle were deployed.

Lt. Sue Stangl of Seattle Fire Department said that the man was uninjured and was able to climb out of the vehicle on his own. He was looked over by emergency crews at the scene.

Seattle police are searching for a group of males after a home invasion at an apartment located on the 300 NW 85th Street Sept. 23.

Police responded to reports of a disturbance from neighbors of the victims. They said there was a potential robbery in progress and reported hearing a gunshot and a woman scream, “They're trying to rob us!”

Police arrived at the scene and located the apartment unit where the disturbance was reported. There was blood on the door and in the hallway. There was also a Walther .22 caliber pistol found in the parking lot. The unit was locked. Neighbors said that the victims – a male and female couple – went to the hospital.

Meanwhile, a local Ballard hospital called police and reported that a man was being treated for a laceration to his face from being pistol-whipped.