October 2010

Community meeting participants in SeaTac's Riverton Heights neighborhood have identified a new park as the number one priority for the former Riverton Heights School site.
Citizens are invited to share their vision for the new neighborhood park at a fourth meeting scheduled for Nov. 3 from 6-8 p.m. at the SeaTac Community Center, 13735 24th Ave. S.
The Riverton Heights site is an 8-acre property located between South 148th Street and South 150th Street in a diverse residential neighborhood with close proximity to the new light rail station at South 154th Street and Tukwila International Boulevard.
In 2007 SeaTac purchased the property for $1.95 million and it is now available for public use.
An open house to share conceptual designs will also be held on Wednesday, Dec. 1. The open house will be held at the same time and location as the Nov. 3 community meeting.

The Wing Dome and Northwest Harvest are partnering to give back and help the hungry.

During November and December (Nov 1st to Dec 31st) for every wing purchased, The Wing Dome will give donate TWO cents to Northwest Harvest.

The goal to reach is 400,000 wings, which translates to approximately $8,000.

This lofty goal is actually attainable since the combined Wingdome Restaurants in the Seattle area go through 120,000 pounds of wings every month.

The West Seattle Herald covered the opening of the newest Wingdome in the West Seattle Junction here.

Participating Wing Domes:

WEST SEATTLE
4523 California Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 932-9465

GREENWOOD
7818 Greenwood Ave North
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 706-4036

KENT
21008 108th Ave SE
Kent, WA 98031
(253) 854-9464

KIRKLAND
232 Central Way
Kirkland, WA 98033
(425) 822-9464

The Ballard High School girls soccer team continued its hot streak and secured itself a playoff berth Oct. 26 by defeating Bothell High School 2-1 in the final match of the regular season.

With the victory, the Beavers won their third match in a row and claimed the fifth-seed in the six-team postseason.

After going winless in the season's first nine matches, Ballard wrapped up the year going 5-1-1 to finish with a 5-4-1 KingCo record and a 5-7-4 record overall.

The win against Bothell was arguably the Beavers' biggest of the season. Not only did it secure their playoff spot, but it is the team's only victory over an opponent with a winning record.

Bothell also finished 5-4-1 in KingCo and will be the sixth-seed in the postseason.

Senior Cricket Harber gave Ballard a lead it wouldn't lose with her goal in the 21st minute in the Oct. 26 match. Senior Jordan Travis added to the Beaver lead with a goal six minutes later.

Travis finishes the regular season 10th in KingCo with six goals and one assist.

Bothell's Shannon Schueren got her team on the board early in the second half, but it would be the only point her team could muster.

West Seattle Blockwatch Captains’ Network met on Oct. 26 to discuss how technology will help revitalize blockwatches on the peninsula and met with Community Police Team officer Jonathan Kiehn to discuss his role with the Southwest Precinct.

Co-leader Deb Greer discussed the group’s effort, in conjunction with the Southwest Precinct, to create an online map of blockwatch captain locations throughout West Seattle. Their hope is that the map will be a resource for people to contact captains if they want to get involved, identify blocks where a watch is needed and connect with nearby blockwatches to work together in keeping an eye out for crime.

“Crime does not stop where your blockwatch ends,” Greer said.

Greer said the map’s progress has been slowed with the recent change in operations lieutenants at the precinct. Outgoing Lt. Norm James, who was working on the map project and is now headed to the West Precinct, will be replaced by Lt. Pierre Davis in early November. The BWCN hopes to get the project back up and running once Lt. Davis takes his post.

West Seattle on Social Media (WSSM) in association with Team Tracy and Endolyne Joe's is holding a Drink for Pink fundraising event at the restaurant at 9261 45th Avenue Southwest Oct. 28 to benefit the Susan G. Komen 3 day Walk for the Cure.

Endolyne Joe's will be making cosmopolitan cocktails and donating $1 for every one sold all day.

This promotion is concurrent with WSSM's monthly West Seattle Tweetup, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m in the restaurant's back room for all area Twitter account holders or followers.

In addition to the cocktail promotion a raffle is being held featuring some unique West Seattle prizes.

• 2 tickets for ArtsWest showing of Evil Dead, the Musical
• $25 Gift Certificate for Endolyne Joe's
• 4 passes to the Museum of Flight
• One hour of free bowling and shoe rental from West Seattle Bowl (up to six people)
• A $35 value 'mini-facial' from Envy on Alki
• and more.

Signups are now open for the Ballard Boys & Girls Club Holiday Hoops Camp as well as winter basketball.

The Holiday Hoops Camp runs from 9 a.m. to noon on Dec. 20 to Dec. 23 and is open to boys and girls from kindergarten to third grade.

It costs $75 for the camp or $25 per day. Extended care is an additional $20 per day.

Winter basketball runs Jan. 3 to March 4 and costs $75.

Third-grade boys will play Wednesdays and Fridays, fourth and fifth-grade boys will play two of the three days of Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and fourth and fifth-grade girls will play Tuesdays and Thursdays.

For more information and to register, visit www.ballard.positiveplace.org. Call 206.783.5775 or email wrodgers@positiveplace.org with questions.

It seems like a lot of officials and politicians want a tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. But not our Mayor Mike Mcginn. Well, bless his courageous heart.

His underlying view is that Seattle residents should not get stuck with the inevitable millions of dollars in cost overruns resulting from the tunnel project.

It's funny how things happen in Seattle, even with the consent of the voters who end up picking up the tab, but who get a dubious benefit for their money. 

The light rail project that connects downtown to the airport is a good example. This expensive project feathers the nest of some downtown business interests, but it does very little to address transportation problems in the region. 

Most members of the Seattle City Council love the tunnel idea, too. 

Is it possible that McGinn is standing firm because he truly believes what he says? We agree with him.  

Lately we have not heard much about the cost overruns.

To the editor:

I would like to echo Lonnis Saisslin's letter to the editor last week in the Herald's endorsement of Patty Murray. Although Senator Murray has disappointed me with her continued support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is critical that we not allow the Republicans to again take control of Congress and re-institute their goal of giving it all to the rich and letting the working class and poor fend for themselves. The Republicans are also hell-bent on privatizing Social Security, and we must not let that happen.

Senator Murray has been consistent in her support for labor and job creation in Washington State, and is in favor of letting Bush's tax breaks for the rich expire.

As a former teen age box boy at Portland"s Meier and Franks department store it was my daily duty to push a wheeled cart through the first floor, artfully dodging shoppers while I gathered different mail order packages from various stations and delivering same to the lowest downstairs level for mailing.

Snagging silk stockings of scores of angry lady shoppers was always a challenge.

But I was good enough to avoid lawsuits and went on to snagging a less hazardous position as the in-store mail boy wearing a huge leather bag to 12 floors of department bosses.

Today, grocery stores have hundreds of wheeled baskets for customers to push around. Some of these baskets you might notice are abandoned on various street corners and are kind of a plague to contend with.

Dear Editor,

What's the difference between your average Republican candidate's complaint about Obama and a drunk driver?

Not much, the drunk gets to court and blames the severity of his victim's injuries and how long his recuperation takes on the hospital that treats him. Heaven forbid he have any responsibility for wrecking anything.

Guess the only difference is Karl Rove's money.

Thank you,

Marc DeMartini
Ballard