August 2016

BHS ACTIVITIES
10/10-15
Quote of the Week:
“Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.”
~Robin Sharma

Monday, October 10

Tuesday, October 11
· ASB Officer Council meeting, Staff Lounge, 2nd period

· Safety Team meeting, Counseling Conference room, 3:45pm

Wednesday, October 12
· Earthquake drill with evacuation, 3rd period 10:55am

· Senior pictures during both lunches in the AC

· CSIP meeting, Counseling Conference room, 3:45pm

Thursday, October 13
· All-school special assembly: Chris Herren, after 6th period

· BLT meeting, Staff Lounge, 3:45pm

· Chris Herren community event, Commons, 6pm

· Fall play opening night: The Foreigner, PAC, 7:30pm

Friday, October 14
· No school for students/Teacher professional development day

· ASB AWSL state leadership conference, Vancouver WA

· Fall play: The Foreigner, PAC, 7:30pm

Saturday, October 15
· ASB AWSL state leadership conference, Vancouver WA

· Fall play: The Foreigner, PAC, 7:30pm

Inebriated man beaten, robbed near 7-Eleven

Seattle Police responded to reports of a man beaten and mugged near the 7-Eleven located on the 1700 block of N.W. Markets Street on August 18. When they arrived they found the victim swaying back and forth. Officers reported a scent of alcohol emanating from the man. He told police that he believed four men beat him in the head with a baseball bat and stole his backpack, wallet and keys. Officers observed blood coming form the side of his head and advised the man to seek medical attention. He denied going to the hospital but agreed to have Seattle Fire Department medics check him. The 7-Eleven store attendant told police he had not seen nor heard a disturbance that evening.

Family returns from camping to find mom’s jewelry box stolen

By Peggy Sturdivant

It was no coincidence the museum interviewers from Sweden were in Ballard for Viking Days. The Nordic Heritage Museum’s former Chief Curator Lizette Gradén still knows the event drill intimately. It doesn’t get much more intimate than standing by a hot grill during a heat wave making hundreds of Swedish pancakes. Voluntarily!

Two years ago Gradén returned to Stockholm for a new position as Head of Collections for several of Stockholm’s National Museums. She is also an Affiliate Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies at UW. She stays in close contact here, and where better than Ballard to conduct research on the role of rapidly expanding museums in urban areas? Gradén was in town last week with colleague Tom O’Dell, Professor of Ethnology at Lund University. His research focuses on the manner in which cultural and economic processes are entangled in one another.

A fire broke out at Swanson’s Nursery in the early morning hours of Monday August 22, and Seattle Firefighters were quick to respond and extinguish the blaze.

According to the Ballard News-Tribune’s news partner, Q-13 Fox, a Seattle Fire Department representative said flames damaged a portion of a greenhouse at the nursery, which is located on the 9700 block of 15th Avenue N.W.

Q-13 reported: “Fire broke through the glass of the greenhouse,” said Deputy Chief Tom Walsh. “It was extinguished pretty quickly. I would say about 15 minutes.”

Swanson’s reported that a concerned neighbor tipped off SFD for a quick response.

According to SFD, the flames were limited to a small room within the large greenhouse. Their crews had to get to the flames through the back of the property and needed to clear a portion of a wooden fence to get to the fire. They believe an electrical issue made the initial combustion. Fire crews prevented the flames from spreading to neighboring properties.

A Land Use Application to allow a 54 unit residential development (eight townhouse structures with 37 units and 17 single family dwelling units) at 6800 31st SW has been filed with Seattle's Department of Planning and Development for a project to be built by Polygon Homes. They purchased the land from the Seattle Housing Authority last September.

Polygon's website lists the property as being called High Point at Hundley, offering "4- and 5- bedroom single family homes and 2- and 3- bedroom townhouse."

They said a sales office will open in the next few months.

Parking for 85 vehicles would be located within the residential structures and unenclosed surface parking stalls. It is Project # 301859.

This is a project with a long and varied history.

The area to be developed is in an "environmentally critical area" but the final Environmental Impact Statement dated September 24, 2004 was prepared by Seattle Housing Authority.

By Sarah Wyatt

Make plans this Labor Day weekend to watch a group of zombie impersonators, nationally-recognized comedians, a country rock band, and a Shakespeare improvisational troupe.

What is this creative assortment that has landed upon Jet City, you ask? It’s Bumbershoot, the Pacific Northwest diverse annual arts event that takes over Seattle Center on Labor Day weekend. With artists emanating from a diverse range of performing, visual and literary genres, the festival demonstrates the varied nature of the arts and culture scene in the Pacific Northwest and internationally.

Total Bumbershoot

Dan Niven performs as a Dickens Caroler, and as a musician. Niven’s busiest performing role at the moment, however, is singing with longtime festival standout, the Total Experience Gospel Choir (TEGC), led by Pastor Pat Wright. The group performs in West Seattle regularly, including a date a few weeks ago at Hiawatha Park, attended by more than 600 people.

By Lindsay Peyton

Construction is wrapping up at two new elementary schools in West Seattle – just in time for the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

Arbor Heights Elementary, located at 3701 SW 104th St, will offer the community a sneak peak of the campus during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will also be held at Genesee Hill Elementary School, located at 5013 SW Dakota St, at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Both campuses were constructed with funding from the Building Excellence IV Capital Levy, approved by voters in 2013 – and each will offer students state-of-the art learning environments.

Arbor Heights School, a 90,000 sq. ft. elementary, will accommodate 660 students, doubling the capacity of the 1940s-era building it replaced. The budget for the school was $40.9 million.

The campus was built around the concept of a pioneering Environmental Science Technology Engineering (E-STEM) program.

“The big thrust of the design was environmental learning from sea to sky,” R. Ross Parker, senior associate with Bassetti Architects said.

An early design guidance meeting has been set for a proposed 80 unit apartment building to be constructed at 2222 Barton Street SW. The project would also include 2221 Barton Street SW. The existing buildings (an older apartment building) would be torn down.

MEETING

Date: Thursday, September 15, 2016

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: West Seattle Senior Center
4217 SW Oregon St
Hatten Hall

All meeting facilities are ADA compliant. Translators or interpreters provided upon request. Please contact the Public Resource Center at prc@seattle.gov or (206) 684-8467 at least five business days prior to the meeting to request this service.

OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT

The Director will accept written comments to assist in the preparation of the early design guidance through September 15, 2016. You are invited to offer comments regarding important site planning and design issues, which you believe, should be addressed in the design for this project.

The Seattle Department of Planning and Development has given a conditional go ahead to a four story, 52 unit apartment building at 4801 Fauntleroy Way SW. This location is directly across from the now under construction Whittaker/Whole Foods project. The project would have one live-work unit and 2,575 sq. ft. of retail space on the ground floor.

The project "has been conditioned to mitigate environmental impacts."

The construction and development application was accepted on 5/5/16.

The decision can still be appealed and as the decision states "Appeals of this decision must be received by the Hearing Examiner no later than 9/8/2016."

To do that you can contact either the assigned planner Joshua Johnson at (206) 684-8278 or contact the Public Resource Center 206-684-8467, prc@seattle.gov

The Seahawks Richard Sherman and Bobby Wagner paid a visit to wing stop in West Seattle at Westwood Village on Saturday, August 27. Sherman is a co-owner in the restaurant along with Greg Southern. The defensive backs for the Seahawks stayed for more than four hours to help promote the new restaurant which just opened in the last few weeks.

While he was there he had a chance to meet the West Seattle Harold's own ad representative also named Richard Sherman . The Herald's Richard Sherman said,"He signed my business card.... He smiled and said... " I never met another person with our names". Seems like a warm man."