The Ballard High School boys soccer team was shut out in its league opener March 20 against Roosevelt.
The Beavers allowed the first goal only three minutes into the game. Roosevelt was able to get on the board again early in the second half for a 2-0 victory.
Ballard is now 0-1 in league play and 1-2 overall.
The Beavers play again at 7:30 p.m., March 24 at Interbay Stadium against Woodinville.
Mayor Greg Nickels today requested an Ethics and Elections Commission investigation into allegations that preferential treatment regarding snow removal was given to his, and Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis' West Seattle neighborhood during the December 2008 storm.
The lead story of the March 19 issue of The Seattle Times reported that the largest crews were dispatched to the Alki and Admiral neighborhoods where Nickels and Ceis reside.
The mayor's press release on this issue states, "(The Seattle Department of Transportation Department's) internal reports show crews were dispatched to similar duties in other neighborhoods. However, an investigation by the Ethics and Elections Commission will determine whether there were inappropriate operational decisions that violated the ethics code."
“Let me be clear: If I learn that anyone acted improperly or unethically, there will be discipline and consequences," the mayor said in a statement.
Despite the current economy, the Alaska Junction is considered a thriving business district with shoppers and diners visiting from across the city. But for businesses located on the Conner Homes property their future in West Seattle is uncertain.
If construction begins on the Conner Homes project, located on California Avenue Southwest, Southwest Alaska Street and 42nd Avenue Southwest, all existing buildings on the property would be demolished, including some of the Junction’s oldest businesses.
Businesses operating out of small spaces, like the Classic Barber Shop, are especially concerned about finding affordable locations of a similar size.
West Seattle’s local barber shop has been doing business at its current location on California Avenue since 1927. Owner Keith Grayson said he will stay there as long as he can, but expects he will have to move if the Conner project moves forward.
"I'd rather not move, but if you have to you have to," he said.
When asked if they'd been offered new retail space in the Conner project he and stylist Julie Dobson said no.
"Like we could afford it," said Dobson.
Starting March 30, Seattle Public Utilities will offer new recycling services with added options for glass, paper, food waste, electronics, oil, plastics and more. The recycling program aims to help the city divert 60 percent of all generated waste to recycling or composting by 2012.
Currently, Seattle sends over 400,000 tons of garbage to a landfill in eastern Oregon. That is enough waste to fill 7,000 train cars each year. More than half of the disposed items are recyclable or compostable.
Food and yard waste will now be collected every week. Currently, food and yard waste is collected every other week. There will also be more food and yard waste cart sizes to choose from, including 13-gallon, 32-gallon and 96-gallon options.
All leftover food, including meat, fish and dairy, can go into the recycling and yard waste carts now.
Food scraps account for one-third, or 45,000 tons, of residential trash each year, according to a city news release. Last year, more than 100,000 Seattle households helped divert 80,000 tons of food and yard waste from the landfill, turning into compost for local parks and gardens.
If it weren’t about corporate greed and the rich getting richer, “Duplicity” would be perfect escapist fluff for these dire economic times. It takes the spy thriller and removes all the risk and danger, while leaving in the sex, double-crosses and one-liners. It’s James Bond corporate.
The film follows Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and Ray Kovel (Clive Owen), two spies who’ve gone private. Claire and Ray hit it off in Dubai until Ray ends up drugged, robbed and jilted. They meet up again years later while working intelligence for two competing corporations trying to one-up each other by any means necessary.
From there, writer/director Tony Gilroy (the “Bourne” series, “Michael Clayton”) keeps things light, funny and suitably complicated with a series of double-crosses and flashbacks.
But, with the spies trying to steal the formula for the next big skin-care product (“Is it a lotion or a cream?” one of the corporate heads demands of his intelligence team) instead of nuclear warheads or state secrets, there is never anything really at stake. This has its bonuses and drawbacks.
The average Ballardite, if asked where the library is, would tell you it’s right at the corner of Northwest 56th and 22nd Northwest, but, actually, Ballard has two.
Squeezed between Great Harvest Bakery and Tableau Gifts and Embellishments a small sandwich board will lead an individual down some creaky stairs and through a long hallway to the tucked away Seattle Metaphysical Library, 2220 N.W. Market St.
In what began at the Pike Place Market in 1961, the late Carrie Fisher and a few friends, all astrologers, created this library to offer "personal transformation, and evolving global consciousness" by providing access to metaphysical, trans-dimensional, rare and unusual material available to share with their friends, said Margaret Bartley, executive director of the Metaphysical Library.
Over the years, the library moved to a Capitol Hill location where a wealthy patron help to support the its $3,000 a month rent. Unfortunately, after the patron passed, the non-profit resource center could not afford the rent and opted to find a new location.
The Ballard Food Bank board decided to discontinue the food bank’s meal program at the Calvary Lutheran Church and has plans to reconsider the program once they find a new building.
“We don’t have the capacity to police that big of an area between 15th Avenue and 24th Avenue Northwest and the behavior of our clients is such the impact on the neighborhood is not appropriate,” Nancy McKinney, executive director of Ballard Food Bank said.
The food bank announced in February that they are seeking to move in 2010 or 2011 after the current land owners decided to develop the property.
McKinney said they’ve had difficulty with deliveries in a residential area where streets are built for smaller vehicles.
They hope to find a new location closer to bus lines or out of city neighborhoods in the Ballard or Interbay area.
With the increase in clients and the most recent sale of their property, the Ballard Food Bank is now looking for a new home.
Since being in a residential area causes some difficulties, the food bank is seeking to move in 2010 or 2011 when the current land owner wants to develop the property.
"We want to stay in the neighborhood but the truth is our location is right in the middle of residential which truly is not the best location," said Nancy McKinney, executive director of the Ballard Food Bank. "Running a business and social services agency is really difficult for everyone."
It is also difficult for the bank when big trucks and deliveries load and unload supplies in an area where streets are built for smaller vehicles.
Hoping to find a place closer to bus lines or out of city neighborhoods, they hope to stay in the Ballard or Interbay area.
"We don't have any followed leads but we do have some ideas. We have a capital campaign called Movin' On Up, who is exploring how much money we need to raise and what that will look like for the food bank and community," said McKinney.
Mayor Greg Nickels today requested an Ethics and Elections Commission investigation into allegations that preferential treatment was given to specific neighborhoods during the December 2008 storm.
It's been reported that managers at the Seattle Department of Transportation instructed crews to clear sidewalk landings and bus stops in West Seattle, where Nickels and other senior staff live.
The transportation department's internal reports show crews were dispatched to similar duties in other
neighborhoods. However, an investigation by the Ethics and Elections Commission will determine whether there were inappropriate operational decisions that violated the ethics code, according to a release from the mayor's office.
The Chief Sealth expansion project is being appealed by the group Save Our Schools and a public hearing is scheduled for April 24.
The Chief Sealth Senior Projects Manager for the Seattle School District reports that on March 6, the Seattle Department of Planning and Development received an appeal from a member of the public.
The following decisions are being appealed:
- The Determination of Non-Significance, which states the project will have no adverse effects to the surrounding environment.
- A departure to allow less than required parking stalls.
-A departure to allow the new structure to xceed maximum height in a single family zone.
The permits, and the appeal process, is part of the process to obtain the Master Use Permit and building permits for the project.
"We are following the process and the project team will continue to take steps to get the required permits for our project," the district said in a statement.
The project is proceeding to meet the expected opening of Chief Sealth on time in September 2010 and complete the construction of a new Denny Middle School.
