On November 3 at approximately 1:40 p.m., a van from a local wiring company sitting at the light of 320th Street and Highway 99 suddenly burst into flames.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
According to photographer Kyle Robinson, the driver of the van got out safely with some gear. Smoke quickly filled the cab and back of the van.
South King Fire & Rescue was on the scene and many concerned bystanders were present.
Todd Beamer High School sits in a secure position after posting a 3-1 South Puget Sound League playoff victory over Graham-Kapowsin last Tuesday, Oct. 27.
The Titans earned the SPSL No. 1 berth into the West Central District tournament with the win at Federal Way Memorial Stadium, and they can do no worse than the No. 2 seed out of a Saturday, Oct. 31 West Central District sub-district pairing against SPSL North No. 2.
Playoffs continue Wednesday, Oct. 5 followed by WCD finals action Saturday, Nov. 7.
“WCD is next Saturday, so they’re right around the corner,” said Beamer head coach Joel Lindberg, whose team improved to 11-2-2.
The Titans’ midweek action is the “crossover” portion of the tournament, pitting South No. 1 against North No. 1 and South No. 2 against North No. 2, etc.
Beamer was set to play its crossover games Tuesday against Kapowsin. But whether they see the Titans again at home remains to be seen.
“We played well,” Lindberg said. “We had a little scary streak there, but I’d like to see it be something to make them tougher at state instead of just a sport.”
Odie (short for Odessa) is from Alaska and 10 years ago her owner Bob Woods had her as part of a sled team he was watching. "She got pretty good at it," Woods said. "She's more of a house dog, a companion who would ride with me," he continued.
Odie is a Husky mix so being part of that world comes pretty naturally. "When she hits the snow she runs around like crazy. She's so sweet and mellow and good with kids, and really good with other dogs, she isn't confrontational," Woods said.
Odie developed a taste during her time in Alaska for a particular food too. She loves salmon skin. "When you grill it on the barbecue I just peel the skin off," Woods explained. Woods fiance, Ryan Basilione said "She's a good guard dog. She always lets us know when the mailman is there."
Joe Mallahan conceded the mayoral race to his opponent Mike McGinn at about 4:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. On election night McGinn was ahead by mere hundreds, but that gap gradually widened as more mail-in ballots came in from last-minute voters.
The count from King County Elections at 4:04 pm was:
Mike McGinn 96514 50.88%
Joe Mallahan 91575 48.28%
With a lead in the count now at 4939 McGinn declared victory speaking to his staff and campaign workers, "Everybody look around this room. Look around this room at the people here. Know what you did, know how hard you worked, Everybody, today, we did it,"McGinn said.
Joe Mallahan, speaking from his Eastlake campaign headquarters conceded at a news conference on Monday, evening saying, "Voters of Seattle responded to Mike McGinn's message and I congratulate Mike...It's been a great ride...I look forward to being involved in Seattle in the future."
Mallahan said he plans to return to T-Mobile where he was a vice president.
Boundary maps for Seattle Public Schools were presented during the School Board workshop on their New Student Assignment Plan at John Stanford Center auditorium on Tuesday, November 3rd. The boundaries are used to determine which school students in elementary, middle school and high schools will attend. The SPS Communications Department has built an address lookup tool which can be found here:
http://www.seattleschools.org/area/newassign/maps.html
The links specific to certain schools are as follows:
Sealth High School
West Seattle High School
Denny Middle School
Madison Middle School
Alki Elementary School
In The Field House, the new store by Blackbird owner Nicole Miller, shelves have been slapped together with boards, produce bumps up against flannel shirts sitting near a collection of antlers, and there may or may not be some butter churning in the future.
The Field House, located in the old Art By Fire location near Bergen Place, is Miller's attempt at an old-time general store. One that will include classic clothing, groceries, perfumes and other assorted goods.
"It's not something I made up," Miller said. "It's how my grandparents lived. This is how I grew up."
The store is a tribute of sorts to the basement in Miller's grandparents' home in Kent. In that basement were feedbags full of antlers and pine cones – many of which have worked their way into The Field House – that Miller's grandmother never got around to throwing out.
Miller found the seashells that cover a table in the The Field House in the basement in a Tide detergent box labeled "Mexico 1992 Shells" from one of her grandmother's trips.
"This is just the more down-home, organic, fun way to do it," Miller said of The Field House's ramshackle, anything-goes aesthetic.
Fourteen swimmers will be representing the Ballard High School girls swim team in the KingCo 4A District Championships Nov. 6 and Nov. 7.
The 14 swimmers will be competing in 12 different events.
The Beavers who qualified for the KingCo 4A District Championships are Annemarie Thayer, Kylie Brown, Gailyn Portelance, Janine Warren, Nikki Martin, Amanda Malmgren, Dylan Miller, Katie Jo Burkland, Anna Cechony, Katie Seibel, Kaelan Gilman, Victoria Shao, Karli Lafferty and Nicole Reams.
Qualifying Ballard swimmers will move on to the State Championship Nov. 13 and Nov. 14.
Seattle voters have been dropping ballots into the drop box outside the Ballard Neighborhood Service Center steadily all morning, creating a loud, echoing clunk inside the building whenever the drop slot is opened or closed.
"We've gotten used to it by now," said Sonia Melchor, a customer service representative at the Service Center. "It's going to be pretty constant today. But, it's good. It lets us know the volume of people doing their duty."
Voters need to have their ballots postmarked by today, Nov. 3, or else dropped into one of the available drop boxes by 8 p.m. No postage is required for the drop boxes.
Ballard's only drop box is at the Neighborhood Service Center, located at 5604 22nd Ave. N.W.
The Department of Neighborhoods will be holding an election day open house at the Service Center from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
There will be refreshments, giveaways, an information booth and a chance to meet other civically minded Ballard residents.
The Lafarge Cement plant at 5400 West Marginal Way will be shut down for approximately 32 days "due to full inventory" according to Plant Manager Richard Sebastianelli. A letter has been sent from Sebastianelli advising Community Liason members. During the shutdown maintenance will be performed and none of the 73 employees jobs will be affected. "This is a normally planned shutdown due to full inventory," according to Sebastianelli.
"Dear Community Liaison Members:
We have shutdown our plant due to full inventory last Wednesday October 28.
I anticipate the duration of our shutdown to be approximately 32 days.
You will be informed of the anticipated start-up as soon as this is
confirmed.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Richard Sebastianelli
Plant Manager – Seattle | Lafarge North America"
Lafarge Corporation whose corporate offices are in Reston, Virginia is North America's largest supplier of construction materials.
The Seattle plant has an annual production capacity of 420,000 tons of clinker, an intermediary product in the portland cement manufacturing process.
To extend or not to extend the first time homebuyers’ tax credit, that is the debate facing congress right now. Some say that the $8000 tax credit is boosting the real estate market, an enormously important part of our economy, whereas others say that it doesn’t bring many more new buyers into the market than would have been there already and that the price tag is just too high.
First of all, let’s think about why home values have dropped over the past couple of years. Well, the primary factor would be an oversupply of housing. Too much inventory creates a vicious circle whereby values decline and potential home buyers, not wanting to buy into a falling market, sit on the sidelines and wait for a perceived bottom. This lack of demand then causes values to fall even further.
And, buyers continue to wait.
So to address this, congress created the tax credit for new homebuyers. Across the country, we’ve seen pending and existing home sales turn a corner and rise month over month, with figures much higher than a year ago — this is a much faster turnaround than was expected.
