November 2018

26 year old man shot to death near White Center

A 26 year old man was shot multiple times by an unknown assailant around 7pm on Monday night, and died. The shooting occurred in the 10000 block of 1st Ave SW.

The King County Sheriff's Office said they had not yet determined the motive or if the assailant and victim knew each other. 

A K-9 unit was brought in but no suspects were apprehended.

The KCSO Major Crimes unit was on the scene conducting the investigation.

 

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Museum offers "Info Night" for High School  Dec. 4

High school juniors and seniors can find out how the Museum’s aviation career courses can help launch their dreams

On Dec. 4 the Museum’s flight instructors will be on hand to help high school juniors and seniors find out how the Museum’s aviation courses can help them become a Professional Pilot, Air Traffic Controller, Airport or Airline Manager, or Unmanned Aerial Systems Specialist.

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A community health center with roots in West Seattle turns 50

In the 1960s, Seattle started to take shape as a major city. The Space Needle joined the skyline, the first cars drove down the Seattle Freeway (later renamed I-5), and the city’s first community health centers popped up in neighborhoods. Neighborcare Health, the largest provider of primary medical and dental services to low-income and uninsured people in Seattle, traces its origins to the beginning of this community health movement and to West Seattle.

Neighborcare Health at High Point medical and dental clinic in West Seattle is the culmination of two of the first community health centers in Seattle—the Joe Whiting Dental Clinic and High Point Medical Clinic. These volunteer–based clinics were an integral part of the changes in health care delivery sweeping the country in the late ‘60s. Many of the first health centers were operated in converted apartment units, fire stations and even taverns.

In the beginning

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Local seniors and their community join together to support Seattle-area homeless

Most Wednesday mornings, Sally Dunn and Mary Alice Bueser efficiently pack the trunk and back seats of Dunn’s Toyota Prius with a week’s worth of donations and make the 20-minute drive north to Burien from their home at Judson Park senior living community.

This has become a familiar route. For the past two years, they’ve made weekly trips to drop off boxes and bags of clothing, toiletries, food and other supplies at Transform Burien, a community resource center for some of Seattle’s most vulnerable.

When Dunn moved to Judson Park in 2016, she was eager to explore ways she could spend time to benefit others. When the idea of helping the homeless was brought up, she knew she had found her passion.

“There are so many ways you can contribute to those less fortunate,” said Dunn. “This really resonated with Mary Alice and me and we knew it would have a real impact on an issue affecting our city.”

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Local seniors and their community join together to support Seattle-area homeless

Most Wednesday mornings, Sally Dunn and Mary Alice Bueser efficiently pack the trunk and back seats of Dunn’s Toyota Prius with a week’s worth of donations and make the 20-minute drive north to Burien from their home at Judson Park senior living community.

This has become a familiar route. For the past two years, they’ve made weekly trips to drop off boxes and bags of clothing, toiletries, food and other supplies at Transform Burien, a community resource center for some of Seattle’s most vulnerable.

When Dunn moved to Judson Park in 2016, she was eager to explore ways she could spend time to benefit others. When the idea of helping the homeless was brought up, she knew she had found her passion.

“There are so many ways you can contribute to those less fortunate,” said Dunn. “This really resonated with Mary Alice and me and we knew it would have a real impact on an issue affecting our city.”

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For the good of Ballard

By Peggy Sturdivant

I am not the first person to note the amazing parallels between Western Fire & Safety’s new facility on NW Market Street and the Nordic Museum directly across the street. “A Dream Realized,” blazed Westside Seattle’s front page when the world-class museum opened in May 2018.  The same is now true on the other side of Market, as though offering proof outside of exhibit walls of what it can mean for an immigrant to fulfill their American dream.

Mirza Agha, Western Fire & Safety owner, emigrated from Pakistan as a newlywed. He has been an American for 42 years. The new location, just blocks from their 29-year home on NW Market Street, has been years in the planning. They had their open house on November 8, 2018.

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OP-ED - Santa Claus: to lie or not to lie

 Ho-ho-ho. Do your kids believe in the magical, mythical, mysterious bearded man in the red suit who drives a sleigh with eight reindeer? Did you believe in the jolly ole guy during your childhood? Is your family seeped in the Santa-obsessed season?

Well, here’s my question: Is there any harm to children when parents lie about Santa Claus being a real person? Answer: It depends on who you ask.

David Johnson, PhD, author of the book, The Myths that Stole Christmas (Humanistic Press, 2015) debunks the myth that “The Santa Claus Lie is Harmless.” Lying to children gives the message that parents cannot be trusted, so the argument goes. Is Johnson just a Christmas scrooge and a Santa naysayer?

And don’t adults teach kids not to lie. Hmmm. And aren’t children disciplined for lying.

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