November 2016

By Gwen Davis

On Wednesday evening, the Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) and the Department of Neighborhoods hosted the Westwood Highland Park Urban Village Community Design Workshop at Chief Sealth High School.

The workshop informed participants about the city’s proposals to expand affordable housing in the area, within the city’s signature Housing Affordability and Living Agenda (HALA).

Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold was in attendance to observe the workshop.

“How do we grow as a city, create more affordable housing, and while we’re doing that maintain the essential quality of neighborhoods where new housing will be developed,” said John Howell with OPCD at the beginning of the workshop, addressing a crowd of about 15.

The forecasters are saying that over the next 10 years, 50,000 new people will move to Seattle, Howell said.

The question isn’t whether our neighborhoods will change, he stated. It’s a question of how do we want them to change.

“We don't do anything special, we just take care of them.”

Pete Knutson, co-founder of Loki Fish Company speaks casually about his fishing practices, but how he handles his catch has garnered the respect and admiration of many Seattleites, as well as Martha Stewart’s American Made Program.

Knutson says the company’s aim is to keep the quality of the fish from the time it lands in their boat in a gill net to when it’s served on the table. Freshness, respect, scope are the foundation of their practices, and the quality of their products convey a message of stewardship, of independence and respect for the harvest. That message is being communicated beyond the farmers markets, small time purveyor shops and Fishermen’s Terminal where people find Loki Fish Co.

One of Ballard’s oldest buildings is more likely to still be standing after an earthquake because the owners have undergone a voluntary seismic retrofit with the help of King County.

The two-story building at 5101 Ballard Avenue is known as the Hansen Building, and until recently many Ballardites would recognize it as the at the location of Dock Street Brokers. The business operated there for the last 40 years. Dock Street Brokers recently sold.

The building was built in 1905 and was added to the U.S. Department of Interior National Register in 1976 as a building that adds to the Ballard Avenue Landmark District.

Hansen Building in 1937 operated as the Ballard Hand Laundry.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Kennedy Catholic saw its girls soccer season end with a 3-1 loss at Hanford on Tuesday.
The Lancers were playing among the state's final 16 teams, however.
They came into the state tournament as the No. 8 seed out of the West Central District after taking a 4-0 loss to Sumner in the game for the No. 6 seed Saturday.

The low seeding resulted in the long trip to Eastern Washington to play a 5 p.m. match against Hanford, a No. 1 seed going in.

Kennedy Catholic earned the state berth with a 2-1 victory over Olympia last Thursday.
The Lancers played their first season as a Class 4A team in the North Puget Sound League after moving up from Class 3A and the mixed Class 2A/3A Seamount League, which is now defunct.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Kennedy Catholic saw its girls soccer season end with a 3-1 loss at Hanford on Tuesday.
The Lancers were playing among the state's final 16 teams, however.
They came into the state tournament as the No. 8 seed out of the West Central District after taking a 4-0 loss to Sumner in the game for the No. 6 seed Saturday.

The low seeding resulted in the long trip to Eastern Washington to play a 5 p.m. match against Hanford, a No. 1 seed going in.

Kennedy Catholic earned the state berth with a 2-1 victory over Olympia last Thursday.
The Lancers played their first season as a Class 4A team in the North Puget Sound League after moving up from Class 3A and the mixed Class 2A/3A Seamount League, which is now defunct.

By Katy G. Wilkens

I drive by a quince tree on my way to work. One day I am going to stop and say, “Excuse me, I couldn’t help noticing you have ambrosia going to waste in your front yard; can I have your quince?” Quince makes the most wonderful jams, fruit pastes, sorbets, liqueurs and tarts. Poached quince over yogurt is quite possibly the best breakfast you can eat.

Though hard to find today, quince trees were a staple in every pioneer garden. Older homes often have a quince planted years ago by knowing gardeners.

The lovely musky, sweet floral smell of a ripe quince is at odds with the fruit’s lumpy, fuzzy appearance. Fruit should be yellow; let it ripen more if it is green.

Because quince is hard, a cleaver is the best tool I have found to cut the flesh from the core. Some recipes suggest peeling the skin, but that is a hard job; I try to skip it because the peel is full of pectin, which helps when making jam.

Eastridge Church at 4500 39th Avenue SW will continue a tradition they established a few years ago on Nov. 19 when they giveaway 1500 turkeys to anyone who asks, no proof of need required. That number, will be split between their West Seattle and Issaquah campuses and is good while supplies last. It's not just a turkey, but includes a bag of groceries too.

The event begins at 9am.

Free adult and children’s coats will also be given away plus free Bibles.
Free Bibles

The church is seeking volunteers to help with the giveaway. If you'd like to help please email
heather.westad@eastridgetoday.com

information from the Highland Park Action Committee

HPAC urges members to attend this info session hosted by the Morgan Community Association (MoCA) on Tuesday, November 29, 2016, from 6:30 - 8:30pm at the Highland Park Improvement Club

This informational session to help you understand Seattle’s Mandatory Housing Affordability rezones proposed for the five District 1 Urban Villages, in advance of a December city-sponsored Open House. This learning session will enable you to go the Open House knowing what is proposed and prepared to give input or ask questions of City staff.

Proposition 1 or ST3 the proposal from Sound Transit that ptoposed bringing light rail rapid transit to West Seattle and Ballard among other suburb is leading in King County.

Full results available here:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/results/2016/201611.aspx

The measure vote count in the latest release was:

Proposition 1, Light-Rail, Commuter-Rail, and Bus Service Expansion

Approved 298089

Rejected 210838

The bond from Highline Public Schools District 401
Proposition 1, Bonds to Construct New Schools and Replace and Renovate Deteriorating Schools

Approved 18913

Rejected 10196

City of Seattle
Initiative Measure No. 124

Initiative 124 concerns health, safety, and labor standards for Seattle hotel employees.

Yes 168111

No 49021

The next vote count will be released tomorrow at 3:30pm

Other results in the election were:

State Measures

Initiative Measure No. 1433
concerns labor standards.

Yes 436,737

information from Highline Public Schools

It appears the Highline bond measure will pass, with early results showing 64.79 percent voting in favor of rebuilding and renovating schools.

“We are grateful to Highline voters for supporting our students by providing safer schools and room to learn,” said Superintendent Susan Enfield. “We pledge to continue our record of good stewardship of bond funds and on-time, on-budget construction projects.”

Thanks to the passage of the bond, the district will be able to:
Install electronic locks on every classroom door.
Upgrade the video surveillance system at every school in the district.
Rebuild Highline High School, preserving as much of the façade as structurally and financially feasible.
Begin design of new Evergreen, Tyee and Pacific campuses.
Build a new school on the district-owned Zenith site to house Des Moines students, with room for growing enrollment.
Build a new middle school on the district-owned Glacier site.
Replenish the capital fund, which will be depleted in 2017-18. This fund covers critical needs and emergency repairs.