November 2016

information from the Duwamish Tribe

The Duwamish Tribe invites the public to its Longhouse Thanksgiving weekend for a Native Holiday Gift Fair. Buy directly from native artists and craft persons. Lots of holiday spirit and a big lighted tree. Unique gifts in every price range– fine art, native crafts, regalia, cards, jewelry, t-shirts, smoked salmon and more. Snacks: soup of day, hot chocolate and more. Celebrate National Native American Heritage Day on Nov. 25th! Free admission and parking for shoppers.

WHAT: Duwamish Longhouse Native Holiday Gift Fair

WHEN: November 25-27, 2016
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Free | All Ages

WHERE: Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center
4705 W Marginal Way SW
Seattle, WA 98106
www.duwamishtribe.org, 206.431.1582

EVENT WEBSITE: https://www.facebook.com/events/297110830670886/

By Peggy Sturdivant

What I love about writing this column is that nine times out of ten what’s underneath the surface facts is a love story. It can be a love story between a neighborhood and a tree, a pet and its owner, a volunteer and a cause, and yes, between humans.

I was invited to a lunch below the original chapel at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in order to meet a few members of their Edible Hope Program. Doug Owens and Elizabeth Denison glow like newlyweds, some sort of quiet, shared radiance. They are going to cook as team, one of two representing Edible Hope in “Bringing in Ballard’s” final event on November 18, 2016.

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Street brawl incites baby shower chaos

Seattle Police were called to a brawl at N.W. 54th Street and 32nd Avenue N.W. on Saturday, Oct. 29. The initial call came in as a large disturbance and physical fight. The incident began around 7 p.m. Police arrived and found that one man had punched a window and was bleeding from the arm. Another man had reportedly broken a beer bottle over his own head. The men were fighting in the street. A large group of people celebrating a baby shower noticed the men fighting and went out to observe. A disturbance about an unknown issue started abruptly between the observers. Multiple officers were called to the scene. Police broke up the fight and order was restored. The two men were transported to a local hospital for treatment for their injuries. The crowd eventually broke up and went home.

Police lift fingerprints off glass cabinet after burglary

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How much money will you need in retirement? To arrive at an estimate, you should consider various factors, such as where you’ll live, how much you plan to travel, and so on. Not surprisingly, you’ll also need to think about health care costs, which almost always rise during retirement. But there’s one area you might overlook: long-term care. Should you be concerned about these costs?


In a word, yes. Expenses for long-term care – which can include receiving assistance at home as well as prolonged care in a facility – can be surprisingly expensive. Consider the following statistics, taken from the 2016 Cost of Care Study issued by Genworth, an insurance company: 



• The average annual cost for a private room in a nursing home is more than $92,000. And in some places, particularly major metropolitan areas, the cost is considerably higher. 
• The average annual cost for full-time services of an in-home health care aide is more than $46,000.

Information provided by the City of Seattle

Repairs to five sections of the Burke-Gilman Trail that runs through the University District will begin on Monday, Nov. 7. Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) awarded the construction contract for repairs to Westwater Construction. Work is scheduled to be completed in early 2017. This project will repair sections of the trail, remove areas of asphalt in disrepair, remove invasive roots that are causing upheaval, and replace those sections with new asphalt. Trail sections were determined by 2015 condition-assessment work done in collaboration with Seattle Department of Transportation.

Cyclists and pedestrians will be detoured around the construction area onto side streets. The contractor will work on one section at a time, from east to west, to reduce the impact to trail users. Please visit www.seattle.gov/parks/about-us/current-projects/burke-gilman-trail-repa… for more information about the detour routes.

By Amanda Knox

I accelerated into the mostly empty parking lot and veered a wide arch into a spot. I pulled up the parking break at the same time that I unclipped my seat belt. Chris already had the passenger side door open. We were on a last-minute mission to buy temporary black hair dye for my Jessica Jones costume, before heading to a haunted house with my family, and we were running a little late. We bounded toward the entrance to Walgreens when, suddenly, I jerked to a halt. Chris swept by me, but paused after a few steps, looking back. “What’s up?” he asked.

I stared through the passenger side window into the other lone vehicle in the parking lot. Inside, a man—tall, lean, white, 30s, with short, dark hair, wearing jeans and a plain, long-sleeve T-shirt—was slumped in the reclined driver’s seat, apparently passed out. His right arm lay stretched out in his lap, and his left hand curled limply around a needle sticking into the cubital fossa of his outstretched right arm. I stared. “Look!” I said to Chris. “He’s…Should we do something?”

Please join us for a party this weekend at Ballard Corners Park! Gabriella sends you all this message:

Please join us for a work party at Ballard Corners Park (17th Ave NW & NW 63rd Street) on Saturday, November, 12th from 9am-2pm, rain or shine.

We'll be weeding, spreading wood chips, cleaning up debris, (and possibly planting some new plants). Some tools and refreshments will be provided. If you have your own gloves and tools please bring them. Any questions, please contact Gabriella: gabriella@seanet.com or (206) 782-3238. We look forward to seeing you there!

In homage to its roots, Seattle’s award-winning Reuben’s Brews is launching the “Hop Idol” Homebrew Contest. Do you think your beer has what it takes to be the next great homebrew?

“Homebrewing is where it started for us,” says Adam Robbings, Co-Founder and Head Brewer of Reuben’s Brews. “Homebrewing competitions gave me the confidence to take a chance at opening a brewery. We’ve wanted to start a competition like this for some time as a way to try new beers, support the homebrew community, all while having a lot of fun!”

The winner will receive $250 and get to brew their beer with the Reuben’s Brews team at their brewery in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. The finished brew will available on tap in the Reuben’s taproom and see some distribution around the Pacific Northwest. It is also planned to be entered in the Pro-Am category at one of the most prestigious beer competitions in the country – the Great American Beer Festival (GABF).

How will they choose a winning beer? Like a former reality show with a similar name, the judging will be led by a Brit with a high standard of excellence – U.K native Robbings.

Highland park improvement club Holiday Bazaar Nov. 12
Who: The Highland park improvement club,
What:we are having our annual holiday bazaar
When: November 12th from 10 am to 3pm
Where: 1116 SW Holden St., Seattle, Wa 98106

More information? Christie Sjostrom csjostrom@hotmail.com

We have over 20 vendors all selling handmade items, we have breakfast and lunch for sale as well as Highland park t-shirts and hoodies.

Fauntleroy Art Show
Fauntleroy Church UCC
9140 California Ave. S.W.
Nov. 11–13, Fri., 5–8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.–2 p.m. The ninth annual Fauntleroy Fine Art & Holiday Gift Show will feature 17 West Seattle artists and creative crafters showing and selling their work.

Holiday Concert
and Bazaar
Breath of Life Adventist Church
9807 26th Ave. S.W.