October 2016

The King County Library System is offering FREE small business classes in Spanish in November at theWhite Center Library

Tuesdays, November 8–December 13, 6pm

• November 8: Time Optimization
• November 15: Legal Aspects and Financies
• November 22: Business Plan
• November 29: Marketing, Promotion and Image
• December 6: Sales and Customer Service
• December 13: Project Presentation and Q&A

Space is limited. Must attend at least 5 classes for Certificate of Attendance.

White Center Library • 1409 SW 107th Street • 206.243.0233

Discovery Shop
4535 California Ave. S.W.
206.937.7169
Starting Oct. 28. We still have Halloween items at 40% off, and award-winning costume possibilities from our racks. All items with blue tags are $1 starting Oct. 28 and all items with yellow tags are half price starting Nov. 1. Check the white board by the register for unadvertised specials and shop our Antique, Vintage & Collectible shelves for holiday gifts for yourself and others. The all volunteer run non-profit American Cancer Society shop is open every Sun. 11 a.m.–3 p.m., all other days 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Follow our blog at www.discoveryshopwestseattle.org.

HALLOWEEN EVENTS

Toddler Pumpkinpalooza at High Point Community Center Oct. 27
From 10 am to noon. Join the High Point Community Center staff at 6920 34th SW and enjoy age-appropriate Halloween games, booths, face painting, arts and crafts activities, and snacks. Fee is $5.

Glow in the Dark Party at Delridge Community Center Oct. 27

Robbery of California Ave. pet shop

Next to Nature, a pet supply shop located on 4543 California Ave. S.W., was broken into sometime after closing on Sun., Oct. 16. Between the time the last employee left the store around 8:30 p.m. and before opening the next day, the back door had been pried open and three interior doors damaged. The co-owner of the store discovered that the safe was open and money stolen. The suspect left behind a yellow screwdriver. Police believe that once inside the suspect went immediately to the office, since no other areas of the store were disturbed. The victim said about $1,500 was missing from the safe, as well as a spare set of keys to the store. The suspect also took an iPad and a computer. The security cameras did not capture the crime, causing police to believe that the suspect might have prior knowledge of the layout of the security system. A former employee, who was fired after admitting to long-term theft of the business, may be responsible. Officers were only able to locate one fingerprint.

Home robbed on Marine View Drive

By Amanda Knox
 
A world away, I still heard the stories. My friends wrote me letters. January to June, my childhood best friend was deep in Hillary Clinton’s primary campaign, extolling her virtues to folks who still owned a home phone. Other friends were all about Obama. After years of economic difficulty and military involvement abroad, Obama was a vision of hope and change, the vehicle for progressivism. Not to mention, Obama was also the most eloquent rhetorician and charismatic public speaker EVER, hadn’t a grey hair on his head, and upon earning the Democratic nomination, was the first black man to ever run for president. People were discussing politics over family dinners, in the hallways between class, over rounds of beer pong. They were going on marches and making art. On social media, they cried out “Yes We Can!” and on November 4th, 2008, my friends were dancing in the streets along with the rest of them.
 

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Oct. 22
Football
Kentlake 28, Mt. Rainier 0
The Rams fell to 6-2 overall with Saturday's road loss to the now 7-1 Falcons.
Quilcene 70, Seattle Lutheran 28
Seattle Lutheran of West Seattle came up short against Quilcene in Saturday's battle for second place in the SeaTac B League.

Friday, Oct. 21
Chief Sealth 44, Franklin 7
The Seahawks scored a decisive victory in Friday's battle of previously winless Metro League teams.
Kennedy 49, Hazen 26
Kennedy upped its season record to 7-1 following Friday's win over the Highlanders.
Fife 57, Foster 15
The Trojans of Fife trounced Foster on Friday.
White River 42, Evergreen 0
White River swamped Evergreen in Friday's game.

The 2016 Fauntleroy Fall Festival on Oct. 23 offered its usual array of fun for the family including live music, a cake walk (with some very special cakes), bird house building, pumpkin decorating, pony and mule rides, rock climbing, salmon hat making, and more.

To learn more about the festival visit http://fauntleroy.net/fallfestival.html

Update 11/4/16

The public comment period has been extended to Nov. 18 for the potential removal of two bus shelters in the West Seattle Junction was announced by King County Metro. The shelters are on the south side of SW Alaskan Street between California Ave SW and 44th Ave SW; the two shelters are the ones closest to 44th, between the alley and 44th. This would not affect the shelters to the east, between California and the alley. If you have comments, please contact dale.cummings@kingcounty.gov or call 206-553-3000.
These shelters, like the others in that area of the junction feature historical metal reproductions of the West Seattle Herald front pages from our long history, since 1923 of serving the community.

Original Post 10/2216
Notices have gone up on two of the bus shelters just west of California Ave SW in the West Seattle Junction notifying riders that they will be removed in mid-November for "safety reasons."

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Thursday, Oct. 20
Football
West Seattle 43, Ingraham 0
The Wildcats improved to 6-2 overall with Thursday's decisive crossover playoff victory over Ingraham at Seattle Memorial Stadium to go with their 3-1 Metro League regular season record.
They will see district playoff action next week.
Renton 42, Highline 6
Highline was dealt a defeat by Renton in South Puget Sound League Class 2A action Thursday.

Girls soccer
Chief Sealth 2, Franklin 1
The Seahawks scored a one-goal victory over the Quakers on Thursday.
Blanchet 2, West Seattle 0
West Seattle was blanked by Blanchet.
Fife 8, Evergreen 0
The Trojans of Fife got the best of Evergreen.
Eatonville 2, Tyee 0
Tyee took a shutout loss Thursday.
Franklin Pierce 4, Foster 1
Foster fell to Franklin Pierce in Thursday action.
Highline 1, Steilacoom 0
Highline handed the Sentinels a defeat.
Kennedy 2, Kentlake 2
The Lancers battled the Falcons to a 2-2 tie.
Mt. Rainier 1, Kent-Meridian 0
Mount Rainier emerged victorious over the Royals.

Volleyball
Chief Sealth 3, Ingraham 2
The Seahawks outlasted the Rams in a match that went the full five.

By Gwen Davis

The Port of Seattle will hold a community meeting about the nearly 3,000 trees it's planning on chopping down.

According to the Port, the tree-cutting project, dubbed the "Flight Corridor Safety Program" is to help ensure safe aircraft takeoffs and landings.

The trees will be removed in three phases, over the course of roughly three years, starting at the end of 2016. The trees to be removed are on Port, public and private property.

The meeting is on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 6-8:30 p.m.
Bow Lake Elementary
18237 42nd Ave S. 98188

See our previous coverage.

Visit the Port's info page on the project.

West Seattle author, Conrad Wesselhoeft whose contemporary novels for young adults have won awards here and in Germany will be on hand Nov. 4 at Barnes and Noble/Westwood to talk about his latest book, "Dirt Bikes, Drones and other ways to Fly"

In 'Dirt Bikes', a 17-year-old dirt-bike-riding daredevil catches the eye of the U.S. military due to his first-place ranking on a video game featuring drone warfare. The conflict between what the military wants him to do and the emotional scars he has suffered following a violent death in his family creates huge problems for the young man.

Wesselhoeft's free presentation will begin at 5PM on Friday, November 4th, at Barnes & Noble/Westwood Village. All purchases made by those attending the talk that afternoon and for the next five days will result in a contribution of ten percent of proceeds to the Southwest Seattle Historical Society under the Barnes and Noble's Book Fair program.