October 2015

Photo by Patrick Robinson

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4535 California Ave. S.W.
206.937.7169
October is Breast Cancer and Liver Cancer Awareness month and in acknowledgement all pink clothing will be reduced 40% every Tuesday and all green clothing every Wednesday during October. Items with blue tags are half price starting October 1. Always check the white board behind the counter for unadvertised specials and look over our antique, vintage and collectible shelves for one of a kind treasures. Seniors get 20% off their entire purchase all day Tuesday, high schoolers with student I.D. all day Saturday and if it's your birthday, let us know for 20% off any one item of your choice.

Morgan Community Association (MoCA) Meeting
The Kenney Community Room
7125 Fauntleroy Way S.W.
Wed., Oct. 21, 7–8:30 p.m. Agenda items include finalization of the Morgan Junction Micro-Policing Plan, land use updates in Morgan Junction, a traffic calming proposal for 49th Ave. S.W. and S.W. Graham St., and a call for a slate of candidates for the 2016 MoCA officers. More information: Cindi Barker 206.933.6968 / cindilbarker@gmail.com.

By Amanda Knox

It turns out that I’m a sprinter. That is, as opposed to...what? A runner? Let me explain.

I survived the half-marathon! And I was surprised to discover something about myself that makes total sense now that I’ve discovered it, but wouldn’t have thought of in this way were it not that I just ran a half-marathon. It has to do with how I ran the half-marathon.

Last I left you, I had arrived in Park City, Utah and was about to run the North Face Endurance Challenge the next day. My understanding had been that the marathon route would be a long, 26.2 mile loop around the hillsides, of which I would run 13.1 miles all in one go. It turns out that, actually, the route my partner (a fun Frenchman friend named Fred) and I ran was a 6.55 mile loop which we would each run twice, in turns.

Playback theater will bring their unique brand of improvisational performance to Ballard in October. The topic of the show will be “homelessness.” This will be an opportunity for all people (homeless or not) to share personal stories that speak to their experiences, thoughts and feelings. The intention is to facilitate understanding and connection.

Date/Time: Saturday, October 24th, 1 pm – 3 pm
Place: Ballard Eagleson VFW Post 3063, 2812 Market Street
$10 donation at the door
For further information, contact event organizers:
David Sokal: dsokal@msn.com, 206-322-8748 or 206-233-0156 ext. 230 Ira Woodward: ira.woodward@gmail.com, 206-243-1333

As many in the Ballard area and beyond are aware, the City of Seattle is in the process of preparing a site for the Nickelsville homeless encampment on Market Street next to the Ballard Eagleson VFW Hall. In the last month, neighbors made it clear they felt the city had not given them enough input into the decision making process. Currently, work is under way to secure another more favorable site in Ballard. However, until it is ready,

Nickelsville may still need to temporarily occupy the site on Market Street.

Neil Young, whose tour brought him to Seattle paid a visit to his friend and former employee Cary Kemp owner of Ventidue 22 (Pizzeria 22) in the Admiral District. Cary shared this with the West Seattle Herald.

"I worked for Neil Young for 10 years as a road manager and retired when I had my children. My best friend Eric Johnson is his tour manager and we both grew up together in Ballard, I had a Ballard News Tribune paper route...Anyway, we all stay in touch and they come to the restaurant when they are in town.

The last tour 2 years ago Neil had to cancel but the rest of the band and crew came out to Pizzeria 22.

This time Neil and his family made the trip along with his current band, which features 2 of Willie Nelson's children.

We had a great evening and Neil was happy with all the menu choices available to him as a vegetarian."

After practicing for over 40 years at their location on 1718 N.W. 56th St., Treece-Richdale Law Firm closed its doors and moved to make room for condominium and apartment high-rise projects.

David Richdale and Tom Treece built the building and started their office back in 1978. At one point they employed 13 attorneys and 25 support staffers. In 2001 they downsized and later sold the building but rented their space from the owner.

“It’s been good. We’ve been in Ballard all this time, but we sure wouldn’t have move if we didn’t have to. I figured we were set until we quit,” said Treece.

Along with Treece-Richdale Law Firm, 24 other tenants were displaced. A developer purchased the lot, as well as the neighboring lot to the east and one across the street.
The two have had a long go of litigation in Ballard, but have since moved on to practicing probate, estate planning and real estate law.

“We don’t do litigation anymore. That’s a young man’s job. … They’ve taken the ambush out of it, and it’s too arduous at my age,” said Treece.

Last week OPAL Community Land Trust announced they were unable to raise the $200,000 needed to move the Edith Macefield house from Ballard to Orcas Island.

OPAL, a non-profit land trust organization, was declared the recipient of the structure two months ago after the owners accepted applications from interested parties. OPAL had plans to move and refurbish the home to eventually offer it as permanent affordable housing to a needy family on the island. But first they needed to move the house.

OPAL started a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds but raised less than $20,000 from 183 backers. Two weeks ago OPAL reported that there was a backer willing to match $50,000.

“We were excited by the potential of having Edith’s home provide permanently affordable housing, but there were not enough donations to our online campaign or through personal appeals to make this happen,” said Lisa Byers, OPAL executive director. “We are sad to not be the ones who will care for this house into the future, and thereby honor Edith’s legacy of scrappy independence.”

The Macefield Music Festival was held in the heart of Ballard over the weekend. The festival is named after and honors Edith Macefield for what the organizers of the festival calls her “fiercely independent spirit” in not giving in to developers.

Take Drugs Steal Shit performing Friday night at the MMF.

There were over 50 bands that played at five stages, three of which were at local bars. Food trucks and vendors also made it out to the event. Three-day passes were $45 and thousands of people flooded Ballard Avenue to enjoy the festivities.

Dedicated to the preservation and celebration of Ballard history since 1988 the Ballard Historical Society (BHS) looks to the future with an interactive mapping project thanks to a grant from the City of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods.

The ‘Mapping Historic Ballard: Shingletown to Tomorrow’ project will build a widely accessible, living map of this area’s past. By updating and digitizing previous historic resource surveys and conducting a contemporary survey, the BHS intends to catalyze an exciting and informed connection between current and new residents.

As Ballard Historical Society member Susan Reinhard says of her walking tours, “It’s the little stories that make up the big stories.” There is great interest on the part of Ballard’s newer residents in learning about, and from, Ballard’s storied past, particularly through a digital format.