West Seattle - Features

The West Seattle Cheerleaders will be holding a Mini Cheer Camp Saturday, January 5th in the West Seattle Gym from 10:00am to 1:00pm.  

K-5th grade kids will have a great time learning fun cheers and making crafts with the Westside…MORE

Aaron and Dana Clark got their dog Gansett three years ago in Florida where Aaron was stationed in the Coast Guard at Port Canaveral. They named her after another place he was stationed, Naragansett, Rhode Island.

Gansett is a Treeing…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

You know what I mean. Even before Thanksgiving the atmosphere is permeated with holiday music. I say holiday rather than Christmas because there are other celebrations during the dark season of the year. Can’t you…MORE

When I was a boy in Portland, Oregon, sometimes we got to go downtown at Christmas time where the Elks had rented the Hippodrome building and put on a big show for poor kids.

When it was over we lined up and each got a net stocking full of…MORE

Safeway Corporation has conducted Gingerbread House building competitions for kids in other areas and recently asked Jill Maas, the Admiral Safeway Deli Dept. Mgr. to find a school to participate in West Seattle. Naturally she chose Lafayette…MORE

When Rick Cook began his career in hair styling he had no idea what his future would hold. He was trained as a genuine stylist and early on he did it all, from colors to curls. Some 36 years later he has settled in as a men's only traditional…MORE

Furry Faces Foundation and Animal Aid and Rescue Foundation are back for the holidays to sponsor a series of 'Wrap It Up' events, a fundraiser that gets your gifts artfully wrapped and benefits the two organization's outreach and community…MORE

Gifted

‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was snoring except for my spouse Who though he could wake up the dead with his clatter Still blissfully slept, unaware of the matter

When up on the…MORE

Meagan Dahl got her dog Alki almost by accident. "We found him in West Seattle. He was a stray wandering in the alley behind Jefferson Square. My girlfriend found him and brought him in and called me, because she knows I'm a sucker." That was…MORE

Each month the Tool Library brings together West Seattle's experts to provide advice on your home and garden ideas. From light-hearted transformations (like holiday decorating) to heavy-hitting ones like rainwater catchment, building an addition…MORE