November 2010

Wake up early and come hungry for the 64th West Seattle Community Pancake Breakfast set to fill you up on Saturday, Dec. 4th from 7:00am to 11:00am

This is benefit breakfast of course and the Adult Donation is $5 Advanced Sale or $6 at the Door, Kids 12 and Under $3.

Discounted tickets are available through Friday. Contact Warren Lawless at 206-938-8032 or ewl@westseattle.com

The event is happening at the West Seattle Masonic Temple at 4736 40th Ave. S.W.

For your donation you get "2 Yummy Pancakes, a slice of Canadian ham, orange juice, coffee or tea, syrup & butter," according to the Kiwanis promotional materials plus for those who qualify a FREE Photo with Santa for Kids 12 and under accompanied by an adult.

The United States Marines will be collecting new, unwrapped “Toys for Tots” so plan on picking up a toy to donate for this cause too.

Kiwanis Club of West Seattle

We are a group of folks from West Seattle who are dedicated to community service.

Please join us!
Meeting times and contact info:

Five days before it officially opens for use, Swedish Ballard's new five-story Tallman Building is empty and spotless, making it look like a set from "ER" or "Gray's Anatomy." But, don't expect to see any of television's chaos or drama, the entire building has been designed to maximize efficiency and the patient experience.

The 90,000-square-foot Tallman Building, located at 5350 Tallman Ave. N.W., will house Swedish's new Emergency Department, Medical Imaging Center, Primary Care Clinic, OB/GYN specialists and more. It will open for business Nov. 9.

As Swedish Ballard staff showed off their new home, it was often hard for them to contain their excitement.

"I really love this new machine," Dr. Rayburn Lewis, Swedish Ballard executive and medical director, said as he inspected a piece of equipment on the second-floor Medical Imaging Center.

Marilyn Fahey, manager of medical imaging, said even though some of the rooms may not look like much, they are amazing compared to what the department came from.

"You could have a dance in there it's so big," she said, pointing into what of the imaging center's tech rooms.

The Museum of Flight today announced its new president and CEO, Douglas R. King, a UW MBA graduate and 15-year director of the St. Louis Science Center, the country's forth largest.

He succeeds Interim President Michael Hallman, who returns to his previous post as Vice Chairman, Board of Trusties for the museum.

Astronaut, Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar held the position from Oct., 2005 until last July and is President, Wings Over Washington, a museum affiliate focused on educational initiatives and bringing a NASA space shuttle to the museum.

Prior to his St. Louis position, King served five years as President, Challenger Center for Space Science Education headquartered in Washington, D.C. He has served many NASA related posts including Chairman, NASA Education Advisory Committee.

Press Release:
The National Development Council (NDC) and the City of Seattle have announced the Grow Seattle Fund’s first loan of 2010 – a $1.98 million loan to independent grocer West Seattle Thriftway. The grocery store will use loan proceeds to consolidate company debt, freeing up business cash to invest in energy-efficiency upgrades such as new lighting systems and refrigerator units, and retain 120 local jobs.

"A lot of the loan was for refinancing an existing note, "said store owner Paul Kapioski, " and we are going through and doing some major upgrades. Some of them are already done."

The Grow Seattle Fund is part of NDC’s national Grow America Fund (GAF) program, which is a recognized preferred lender by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and uses an SBA guarantee program to provide financing to small business borrowers that traditional lenders might not serve.

Centerstage is pleased to announce the world premier of the latest of its hugely popular “English Christmas pantos”: SLEEPING BEAUTY. Part of a tradition that goes back three centuries, Centerstage pantos are written by Paul Hendy, now widely-regarded in England as one of the best in the business.

Centerstage Artistic Director explains how this came about: “I had lunch with Paul at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre near London as we were preparing for last year’s JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. I told him that we were starting to run out of his scripts that we’d be able to produce at Centerstage. SNOW WHITE was written for 7 diminutive adults (casting kids would not do…the script was a little too risqué) and we couldn’t afford to fly actors in PETER PAN. But I told him if he had a SLEEPING BEAUTY, we’d do it.” Six months later, Hendy agreed and put pen to paper on his latest project. This version of SLEEPING BEAUTY will premier in Federal Way before being produced at major theatres throughout England.

By Stacey Riley

Let’s talk window treatments—most rooms just don’t look finished without them. Unless you are going for an over-the-top modern look and you have amazing windows and/or views…you need them. Of course there are function and style considerations to be made, but today I want to focus on function. We’ll cover style next time.

Ask yourself what you want them to do. Do you need privacy? Are you a light sleeper? What do you do in the room or rooms you need window treatments for? These questions will help you to decide on the fabric type—light or heavy, see-through or dark, full coverage or partial coverage. Seeing the shadow of a figure is different than seeing a naked figure.

Next consider those that live with you—mainly children, dogs and cats. Significant others can usually be trusted, but babies like to grab, dogs like to rub and cats like to claw and swing. This might make a more formal floor length treatment a bad option. You can never pull them up out of the way and they are more likely to get dirty on the floor.

A giant Slurpee stands tall on the rooftop of the 7- Eleven at 3280 Avalon Way.

MEDIA ALERT

WHAT: There is a new franchisee in West Seattle at a 7-Eleven in West
Seattle. To celebrate the occasion there will be an event in the
neighborhood.

When: Saturday, November 6 2010
Where: 3280 Avalon Way SW in Seattle 98126
Time: Noon to 2 pm

Everyone is invited to stop by.

On hand will be a barbeque and sampling of many 7-Eleven products, a
children's bouncy toy, and prizes to win.

Alki resident, Jules Sugerman, passed away Nov. 2. He was 83. He was the president of the Alki Community Council.

Just added:

Jule’s Memorial Service will be on Saturday, November 20, 2010, at 2 PM at the Westside Unitarian Universalist sanctuary, 7141 California Avenue SW Seattle WA 98136.

Candy has identified two charities in lieu of flowers for contribution remembrances to be sent:
A) the WSUU Building Fund 7141 California Avenue SW Seattle WA 98136 and
B) the Children’s Alliance 718 6th Avenue South Seattle WA 98104.

Cards to Candy Sullivan may be sent to their home at: 1140 Alki Avenue SW #505, Seattle 98116.

Thanks to Charles Redmond.
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Sugerman was the architect, manager and director of Head Start under Sargent Shriver during the Johnson administration's War on Poverty and was the leader of many organizations nationwide.

The West Seattle Herald spoke to Libby Carr, whose husband, Paul, wrote a piece about Sugerman for alkinews.com:

http://alkinews.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/acc-mourns-passing-of-presiden…

While Republicans did very well across the nation in the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election, Democrats prevailed in Highline. In some legislative races, Republicans were not even on the general election ballot.
Burien Planning Commission Chairman Joe Fitzgibbon appears to have defeated fellow Democrat Mike Heavey for the open 34th District House seat.
Vote totals and percentages are as of 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, (See www.highlinetimes for election vote updates)
King County Elections reported Fitzgibbon received 13,664 votes (55.13 percent) while Heavey garnered 10,831 votes (43.70 percent.) .
Fitzgibbon is a legislative aide for Rep. Sharon K. Nelson. Heavey is an aide for King County Councilwoman Jan Drago.
Nelson ran unopposed for the 34th District Senate seat vacated by Joe McDermott, who sought a King County Council position. Nelson received 97.44 percent of the vote.
In the other 34th District House race, incumbent Eileen L. Cody, a Democrat, beat Ray Carter, who said he "prefers reluctantly Republican Party." Cody got 20,573 votes (78.85 percent) and Carter got 5,407 votes (20.72 percent.)

Todd Humberto Phelan, 34, was charged with third degree child rape on Oct. 29, according to charging documents released by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

The documents state another man was involved in the sexual assault and police are actively searching for him.

The documents charge Phelan with allegedly picking up two 15-year-old girls who had fled from a youth center, taking them back to his apartment in West Seattle and giving them alcohol before sexually assaulting one of the teens.

It was early afternoon on Oct. 23 when the two 15-year-old girls fled from Spruce Street Secure Crisis Residential Center in Yesler Terrace, according to the documents. Spruce Street CRC is a “community resource for runaway or street youth between the ages of 12 and 17,” according to their website.

The teens told police they walked to a nearby AM/PM gas station without shoes and wearing clothes marked with “Spruce Street CRC” when Phelan and another man offered them a ride.

The teen who later became the victim in the case told police they were, “desperate to get out of the area,” and accepted the ride.