September 2010

The Annual West Seattle Junction Car show saw more umbrellas than cars on Sunday, Sept. 19 as the weather kept dumping rain, sometimes in buckets on the event. Still, Seattleites are used to the rain but the bigger squalls made exhibitors and visitors alike run for the cover of Junction awnings. Some sunbreaks finally made it through to give attendees and exhibitors a break.

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The weather limited attendance by the exhibitors too with only 142 cars registered by 10:00 a.m. (the show started at 8:00 a.m.) but June Farran, in charge of registration expected more to arrive.

On display were some of the regular car show veterans and a few new participants. All cars were pre-1975.

Taking part in the show were antique fire trucks from the Last Resort Fire Dept. and even a few boats including the Miss Oberto hydroplane.

The Ballard High School girls soccer team ended its 2010 nonconference schedule with a 1-1 tie Sept. 17 against a Seattle Prep team had won four straight and was outscoring opponents by more than 2.5 points per match.

Prep's Madison Nelson put the Beavers in a first-half hole with her goal in the 38th minute.

Senior Maria Tsagalakis salvaged the tie for the Beavers with a score off an assist from senior Sara Gilmore in the final two minutes.

Ballard finished nonconference play with an 0-3-3 record. The team opens KingCo play against Eastlake High School at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Memorial Stadium. Eastlake beat the Beavers 4-2 in their meeting last season.

On Saturday, Sept 18th, Burien Town Square Park 5th Avenue Southwest and Southwest 152nd Street was the site for Arts-A-Glow a festival of lights, lantern making, music and fun.

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The festival included lantern making, face painting, stilt walking by Cabiri, and artist created lantern installations and performances.

The Normandy Park Youth Orchestra, Boys of Greenwood Glen and Yellow Hat Band provided music and free treats were on hand thanks to Phoenix Tea and Grand Central Bakery.

The Australian Pie Company Burien Press, both across the street, stayed open late for those seeking food.

The highlight of the evening was the lantern procession got under way despite the rain around 8 p.m. LEDs or glow sticks provided much of the lantern illumination. Some glow sticks were available at the information booth for a donation.

After the procession, the Yellow Hat Band and lantern artists performed.

The Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, EarthCorps, Green Seattle Partnership (GSP), forest stewards and community volunteers are piloting a citizen science effort that engages Seattle residents in analyzing and monitoring the urban forest.

One team was working in Camp Long, near the South Loop Trail on Saturday Sept. 18 to assess the forest ecosystem in a small area that will be used as the basis for understanding the relative health of the urban forest in that area. The areas assessed have been predetermined and targeted to be "cleaned up" meaning invasive species such as Himalayan Blackberry and Ivy will be removed.

Malia Caracoglia, Program Coordinator for the GSP Forest Monitoring Team said, "We're collecting baseline data so that after next year, restoration will have occurred (...) and this 1/10th of an acre will represent this whole area that's going to be restored. It will be like a snapshot."

One of the first citizen science projects in the US to focus on urban forests, the Green Seattle Partnership Forest Monitoring Team engages communities in surveying the condition of their urban parks, forests and forested wetlands.

The Seaview neighborhood at the end of Brandon Street and 47th s.w. held their 1st Annual Seaview Swine-Que Neighborhood Pig Roast on Sat. Sept. 18. They weren't kidding either, they really had a roasted pig.

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With beer supplied by The Beer Junction and Joel Hagman who played guitar and sang (he's a local musician with a CD "Caught on a Rail"). the whole neighborhood got together (under a tent as the event went on and the rain came back) and enjoyed "Pork, Pictures, and Prizes"

The organizer, Shelly Kurtz said, "Last year at the neighborhood night out, my husband Nathan and I were talking about things we'd like to do, and one of the things we talked about was spit roasting a pig. It was sort of on the Bucket List and we had some like minded neighbors so we started planning it and orginally we were going to do it in the empty lot on the alley but we ended up getting a street permit to close the street and it was sort of an organic grass roots movement."

Approximately 60 people showed up from around the area to get some of the 118 pound pig that they purchased from Central Market.

Live painting, aerial artists, video shorts, an art auction, musical and dance performances produced an evening of creativity at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center Sept. 17.

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The impetus for the event was to raise money that will cover one year's rent for the multiple non- profits housed within the Youngstown Center.

The evening was made possible by SKIFFLE, a collaboration of Blank Canvas, All Access- the youth focused art program within the Youngstown Center- and partnerships with, Arts Corp, Rock School, Youth Media Institute, and the Nature Consortium.

Skiffle is an old English term for people coming together to raise rent money for an individual or group.

In 2009 Skiffle was able to raise $15,000 toward rent for non- profits at the Youngstown Center.

Blank Canvas is a cadre of creative people that believe a charitable contribution can mean more than a monetary one. With that in mind the Blank Canvas Artist Throwdowns materialized.

Artist Throwdowns are acts of spontaneous and collaborative paintings done all in one day, in one place, in the service of charity.

Westfest, the annual festival put on by Holy Rosary Church and School had a "surprising number of people" appear even during a very rainy Friday evening, Sept. 17 and hundreds who were more than happy to visit Saturday Sept. 18 when the event was blessed with some glorious sunshine.

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Hundreds gobbled down the barbecued ribs and other great food outside and still more spent their time on the rides, watching the dancers and other performers or took part in the fun and games in the school and the gymnasium where an array of activities were up and running.

The event raises more than $30,000 to support the Holy Rosary School and is now in its 21st year.

It features rides, kids’ games, an entertainment stage, specialty food booths, beer garden, BINGO, a used book sale, a raffle and much more on the Holy Rosary School grounds, between 41st and 42nd s.w. on Dakota Street.

According to workmen on the site of the new Wingdome restaurant under construction in the West Seattle Junction, the company is shooting for the 2nd week in October for completion.

No direct word from the Wingdome on an actual opening date as yet.

The renovation and construction of the space includes a rear storage area and outdoor deck and concrete steps.

The company has been doing some very creative promotion in advance of the opening including placing washable chalk stencils on the street, and projecting a video of flames on the paper lining the front window.

You can keep up with their progress on their own blog The Fire Is Spreading or by liking them on their Facebook page.

The hours (once they actually do open) will be
Mon: 11am – 11pm
Tue-Thur: 11am – 10pm
Fri-Sat: 11am – 11pm
Sun: 11am – 10pm

On Friday, Sept. 17 at approximately 11:27 a.m. there were shots fired at a residence in the 19400 block of 1st Avenue South in Normandy Park.
No persons were injured in the shooting. The shooting is still under investigation by Normandy Park police. It does appear that the suspect in this case left the immediate area.

As a result of this shooting Marvista Elementary was placed in a temporary lock-down. Marvista Elementary was re-opened and the school was let out at the normal time.

Around that same time, an unidentified male called the City of Normandy Park and made threats to officers. This case is also currently under investigation.

As a result of these phone calls Normandy Park City Hall was locked down. The Normandy Park City Hall was closed and will reopen on Monday at 9 p.m.

Any persons with information regarding these cases are encouraged to call 206-248-7600 and ask to speak to any officer on-duty.

Swedish Automotive at 7501 35th Ave. s.w. had the moving truck come today, Sept. 17 to pack up twenty years of memories, tools, parts, papers, furniture and more and move it to their new location at 35th and Kenyon Street.

Our previous story about the new location is here.

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Hansen Brothers Moving was handling all the transport chores but the employees had to pack everything up on carts and in bins. The phones had to all be routed to owner Dave Winters cell phone and while some work was deferred he said that work will begin right away on Monday.

Swedish Automotive works on Volvos and Saabs of course but they also service Subarus and after his people complete a training course on October 2 and 3 in Nevada Winters said, "We will be able to service Minis too," referring to the diminutive Mini Coopers that have seen sales increase in the last few years. That work can be booked as soon at October 4.