November 2016

More than 40 million pounds of food has passed through the warehouse of the Washington State Food Lifeline, located at 815 S. 96th in South Park this year. The Food Lifeline has been distributing food from their new location since April of this year.

It is food that otherwise would have gone to waste, save for the volunteers and administration of the distribution to more than 275 food banks throughout western Washington. 

Expansion plans call for doubling the amount of food the Lifeline is able to warehouse, keep cool and distribute via a fleet of trucks to the community food banks they serve. 

Special consideration and care is taken to refine the deliveries to accommodate the needs of each community. Local food banks can make requests, if certain foods are available, and have more of different types of those foods delivered. 

Like the food that is donated from area grocers, wholesale distributors and generous individual donors, the Food Lifeline operates largely on volunteer labor.

By Greg Whittaker

We live in a magical place to explore if you take the time to get out of the work-a-day world and get out into our regional playground. Those of us who have been lucky enough to grow up here and to have families that ski and snowboard know that winter is a special time in Washington. You can spend a day up in the deep snow of the Cascades or Olympics, and come home to the green of the Puget Sound region. This really makes the trip to the slopes seem a lot further than it actually is.

Kids who are presented the skills to be confident in the mountains are given a gift to be used for a lifetime. To be able to confidently rip down some of the steepest alpine terrain in the US is something that very few humans are presented with, and the associated skills of driving in gnarly conditions, navigating in no visibility, and knowing how to stay warm when in inclement weather is upon us, harkens back to times when screens were not the entertainment method of choice.

By Greg Whittaker

We live in a magical place to explore if you take the time to get out of the work-a-day world and get out into our regional playground. Those of us who have been lucky enough to grow up here and to have families that ski and snowboard know that winter is a special time in Washington. You can spend a day up in the deep snow of the Cascades or Olympics, and come home to the green of the Puget Sound region. This really makes the trip to the slopes seem a lot further than it actually is.

Kids who are presented the skills to be confident in the mountains are given a gift to be used for a lifetime. To be able to confidently rip down some of the steepest alpine terrain in the US is something that very few humans are presented with, and the associated skills of driving in gnarly conditions, navigating in no visibility, and knowing how to stay warm when in inclement weather is upon us, harkens back to times when screens were not the entertainment method of choice.

information from Seattle Parks Dept.

Basketball season is just around the corner, and at Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) that means hundreds of Seattle youth will be coming in to the community centers to sign up for teams.

It also means that we will need volunteer coaches for those teams. If you’re 18 or older, have a love of basketball, and want to be a positive influence in youths’ lives – consider becoming a coach! Visit our website at http://www.seattle.gov/parks/volunteer and register as a volunteer. We require that all coaches also pass our background check before working with youth.

You can coach at a center near your home or work with any of the 26 centers across the city. Not all centers get enough kids of the same age group for a team, in which case more than one center may put together enough kids to form a team. If your child and/or neighborhood kids are interested in playing, and you are interested in coaching, the staff at any community center can help form a team.

To register online please go to: https://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/ap?AP=1483382340

The King County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating family members of all 16 King County Sheriff’s deputies who have been killed in the line of duty since the county was created in 1852.

The Sheriff’s Office will be dedicating a memorial to the deputies at 10am on December 2nd at the King County Courthouse and would like family members of the fallen deputies to be present during the historic unveiling. If you are a family member or relative of one of these fallen deputies please contact Captain Greg Thomas at Greg.Thomas@kingcounty.gov

The fallen Deputies are (in alphabetical order);

Deputy Donald A. Armeni
End of watch
September 15, 1954

Deputy Mark William Brown
End of Watch
February 27, 1999

Deputy William G. Cherry
End of Watch
March 6, 1853

Deputy Richard S. Cochran II
End of watch
May 22, 1991

Deputy Steve E. Cox
End of Watch
December 2, 2006

Deputy Richard Anthony Herzog
End of Watch
June 22, 2002

Detective Sergeant Samuel A. Hicks
End of watch

information from Seattle Public Library

The High Point Branch, 3411 S.W. Raymond St., 206-684-7454, is tentatively set to temporarily close effective Monday, Dec. 5 for refurbishing. The book drop also will close.

During the closure, the Library plans to hold several programs at alternate locations and to open the nearby Delridge Branch, 5423 Delridge Way S.W., 206-733-9125, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays. Alternate services will be confirmed after a firm closure date is set.

The 7,200-square-foot High Point Branch opened in June 2004, thanks to the 1998 voter-approved “Libraries for All” bond measure that renewed and revitalized libraries across the city.

After 12 years of use, the branch needs new carpet. While the branch is closed for that work, the Library also will reconfigure the holds area, add seating, provide power in seating areas and at tables and reconfigure the children’s area to provide a more welcoming space for families. Technology and sound quality in the meeting room also will be improved. Improvements are based on branch usage and projected service needs.

By Peggy Sturdivant

I love the rain but appreciate the melancholy that accompanies shorter days. Since it’s a rainy morning as I write this, on the last Saturday in October, I’m not outside raking leaves. I’m not pulling up the tomato plants or untangling the dead Heavenly Blue morning glory vines. I’m inside with a black cat at my shoulder thinking about a week from today.

Saturday, November 5, 2016 will be the morning, the day after the 7th Annual Ballard Writers event. My living room will likely be littered with tablecloths and raffle ticket stubs, gift baskets awaiting pick-up and my party box of cups and napkins. Back in July when the Seattle Times had its deadline for Fall Arts Calendar I randomly chose as theme “Lucky Seven.” This morning I’ve been wondering if the annual event has run its course. Of course, ask me again in a week.

Car stolen from secure parking garage

Seattle Police responded to a car theft that occurred in a secure parking garage of an apartment complex located on the 1700 block of N.W. 58th Street on Oct. 20th. The complainant told police that she locked her car the night before. When she came down to the parking lot the next day she found her car was missing. The gate to the garage was closed. It needs a remote for it to open. The complainant told police that she was current on her car payments, which led them to believe it was not repossessed. The manager of the building said that there were no other car thefts or disturbances reported from other tenants. The estimated value of the car is $39,000.

Armed robbery at store off Leary Way

Summary-The King County Sheriff’s Office and 16 other local law enforcement agencies in King County will be participating in a DUI Emphasis this weekend. Over 50 extra officers combined from the agencies will be on patrol targeting DUI drivers.

Story- The King County Sheriff’s Office and 16 other local law enforcement agencies will be participating in a DUI emphasis this weekend in King County. Over 50 extra officers will be patrolling cities and unincorporated areas in King County looking for drunk drivers.

Agencies participating include, the King County Sheriff’s Office, Washington State Patrol, Washington State Liquor Control Board and police officers from city police departments including; Bellevue, Black Diamond, Burien, Covington, Federal Way, Kent, Maple Valley, Muckleshoot, Port of Seattle, Redmond, SeaTac, Seattle, and Shoreline.

The Washington State Patrol Mobile Impaired Driving Unit (MIDU) will be operating to support law enforcement with DUI processing. MIDU officer staff process impaired drivers in a faster manner to allow patrol officers to return to the road.

By Marjorie Young

Years ago, when my psychic abilities became a central part of my life, I chose to work with researchers to better understand them as well as discover if they could be validated by scientific methods. In the end, I acted as a test subject in the United States and, for an extended period, in Japan. Those taking part were from several countries and areas of expertise…biochemists, physicists, medical doctors etc. My abilities both as a psychic and a healer were thoroughly examined and given credence. In the beginning, I was gratified by the positive results, but as time passed, I began to feel the futility of the exercise. Being required to ‘prove’ the same thing over and over eventually lost its appeal, and I happily left my time as a test object behind.