September 2010

For the second day in a row, the Ballard High School volleyball team was shutout by its opponent in a nonconference match, this time 3-0 by Lakeside High School Sept. 9.

Lakeside handled the Beavers easily in the first game, winning 25-12. Ballard was able to come back slightly in the second game, falling 25-19, and had its closest game of the season in the third game, losing 25-22.

Monique Marquez had 15 assists and three aces for the Beavers. Deanna Meyers finished with 10 kills, and Ria Conti tallied 14 digs.

Ballard is a young team with only one returning senior, and the Beavers are using their early nonconference schedule to gain experience and work on improving their passing, coach Tami Reese said.

The team lost one of the best hitters in the league, Lisa Day, to graduation after last season and needs to find a way to replace her, Reese said.

She said the players are all working hard to do that and will have an opportunity to gain more experience and get prepared for the regular season during a tournament in Yakima this weekend.

Ballardite Jim Cook was one of seven Seattle seniors honored Sept. 9 by Foss Home and Village for their contribution to their communities as part of its preparation for Senior Appreciation Week.

Foss holds this event to recognize active seniors, to encourage other seniors to remain active, to build admiration for community seniors and to foster public advocacy for their needs, Foss spokesperson Erin Mullin said.

She said Foss selected Cook for of his contributions to the community both before and after retirement.

According to the Foss biography of Cook, he is proud of serving his country, his church and his wonderful family. He is a man who can always be counted on and is just glad to help other people, according to the biography.

Cook was born in 1934 and raised on a farm in Eastern Washington.

At 20, he joined the Marine Corps and served in the 1st Marine Division. He traveled to Korea just after the Korean War and served on an anti-tank platoon near the 38th Parallel from 1954 to 1955.

During the pursuit of his Masters in Business Administration at WSU, Scott Goerig wrote a business plan that he hoped might become real one day. His plan called for "Coug West", a WSU themed tavern, focused on good food, fun, and of course the Washington State Cougars, and located on the west side of the Cascade Mountains. He made his plan a reality, but now the Redline is closing.

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When the building at 4439 35th Ave. S.W became available he launched his plan. It has been the home to a long series of restaurants and bars stretching back to the 1970's when it was a Pizza Haven. Before Goerig got there it was called "Legends" and had developed a poor reputation.

With the enthusiasm of a man on a mission Goerig did as much as he could on a limited budget and opened Redline Music and Sports in July of 2007. That transition was made a bit easier by the previous owner Goerig said, "He was so good to me in actually helping me through the process. I had never owned a bar before. I had never worked in a bar before. I had frequented a lot of bars however so I knew what I didn't like."

Barbara Spooner-Miller, whose paintings were on display during the Sept. 9 West Seattle Artwalk has been been painting nearly all her 93 years. But you might be surprised to see the style of art she enjoys painting. The work is decidedly abstract, often angular, thoroughly modern with movement and almost a sense of animation.

Her paintings are on display at The Kenney at 7125 Fauntleroy Way Southwest.

"I probably started when I was about 8 years old going to the art museum on Saturdays and taking lessons and I've been at it ever since, one way or another, drawing and painting."

Spooner-Miller first got a scholarship in art to the prestigious Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York when she was 17, but has also attended the Universite de Grenoble, in France, has a Master of Science in Art Education from the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Art Education from Chicago State University.

Her paintings have been in shows in Paris, Chicago, Denver, and in cities around Washington State.

"I like abstracts and they evolve as I work," said Spooner-Miller, "I don't like symmetry."

West Seattle resident Mr. Dumdemurter and his family with his young daughter came to Lowman Beach Park just before sunset on Sept. 9. The family spent the late summer early evening playing on the tennis court that is just off the beach, as the sun went down.

After hearing from the community and conducting additional analysis, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) today announced changes to SW Admiral Way to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety without impacting existing vehicle travel lanes.

SW Admiral Way will be restriped between SW City View St and SW Manning St in September 2010. After the work is complete, the 0.7 mile stretch will feature the existing two travel lanes for each direction along with a bike lane with a striped buffer on the northbound (uphill) side of the roadway and shared lane markings in the outside southbound (downhill) lane. A pedestrian crossing island will be constructed at SW City View St to accommodate pedestrians crossing SW Admiral Way to the Metro transit stop on the west side of the roadway. On-street parking will remain on the east side of the roadway north of City View, while underutilized parking will be removed south of City View to accommodate the two travel lanes and the buffered bike lane.

King County Sheriff Sue Rahr, Burien Police Chief Scott Kimerer and Normandy Park Police Chief Rick Kieffer will hold a news conference at the Educare Early Learning Center 625 SW 100th St. in White Center on Wednesday September 15, 2010 at 10 a.m. to release a report showing that investing more in voluntary, high-quality early learning programs not only reduces crime over the long run but also saves millions of dollars in the state’s education budget in the short term.

The report shows that investments in early learning programs can reduce the need for special education placements and other K-12 education expenses as children advance to later grades.

The law enforcement leaders will call on Sen. Patty Murray to press for a shift from a K-through-12 education model to a preschool-through-12 approach, as Congress rewrites portions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, called the No Child Left Behind Act in its last renewal.

West Seattle High School needs your help with assembling "First Day Packets" for students on Friday Sept. 10. They sent out this request tonight to try and reach as many people as they could. If you have time tomorrow, come to West Seattle High School at 3000 California Ave. s.w. as early as you can, preferably at 7:30 a.m. to help them meet this need.

Here's their announcement:
Greetings, families and friends of West Seattle High School!

Welcome to our new parents, and welcome back to the rest of you. While faculty and students are digging in for another great year of learning, Volunteer Coordinator Amy Doll is busy overseeing the assembling of first-day packets for students to bring home tomorrow. These packets contains a myriad of important information for your review and action, so be sure to ask your student to hand it over! Also, Amy has an URGENT NEED for a volunteer crew to assist her in assembling these packets.

Please consider dropping in at the school office tomorrow,
Fri 9/10, between 7:30am and 1:30pm, to assist in assembling First Day Packets.

Swedish Automotive, the long time scandinavian car repair facility on 35th Ave. S.W. has nearly completed construction of their new home at 35th and Kenyon Street. "We're just waiting on Seattle City LIght to put power to the building, which is supposed to happen tomorrow (Friday Sept 10) and Monday," said owner Dave Winters, "then we should get our final permits Wednesday and at that point we can actually start operations down there. I could start moving stuff now but we can't operate from there until we have our final certificate of occupancy."

The West Seattle Herald's previous coverage of the company's project is here.

The company plans to move all equipment, supplies, parts, tools and everything else the weekend of Sept. 18 and 19 and "hopefully be back open and in business on the 20th," said Winters.

The company is holding an Open House on Sept. 25th from noon to 4:00 p.m. Winters said he plans to have Down Home Catering supply some food for the event and a "customer of ours who is in a blue grass band" will play for a couple of hours.

Nominate your favorite local food warrior for the Jeff Fairhall Local Food Hero Award. The award will be presented at the 7th Annual Eat Local Now! dinner celebration at Herban Feast in Sodo Park on September 30th. Eat Local Now! encourages participation in local food systems, bolstering the local economy and the development of green jobs.

Eat Local Now! established the Jeff Fairhall Local Food Hero Award in 2008 in honor of Jeff Fairhall, a pioneer in creating organic food that was sold in supermarkets, on airlines and in corporations. Fairhall pushed organic food into the mainstream founding the Essential Sandwich Company and later the Essential Bakery. He passed away in 2007.

Richard Conlin, the current Seattle City Council President, won the award in 2009 for promoting local food, urban farming and other sustainable practices in the City of Seattle. In 2008 Viki Sonntag received the award for her work in local food activism in the Puget Sound Region.

To nominate a Local Food Hero, please download the nomination form and submit it by September 11th.

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