December 2010

A 2010 Special Edition Ornament is now available from Avalon Glassworks.

A green-turning-blue coil called "Serpentine" is approximately 8" long, signed and numbered in a limited quantity of 250. A portion of proceeds benefit the Seattle Public Library Foundation. $30 each, packaged in a shiny silver tube and shipped via Priority Mail.

Order online at http://www.avalonglassworks.com/specialedition2010.aspx or call 206-937-6369.

In the first game of the season the BHS girls basketball started strong in the first quarter leading by three point. Soon however the Rams from Rogers High School took over the lead and despite their best efforts, the Beavers lost 46 to 36.

Senior Elena DeWeese finished with 14 points and Freshman Nancy MacGeorge had 13.

Jack Burke, local resident and retired pilot signed his book A LIFE ALOFT for visitors to Burien Books Friday night. For more than two hours Jack regaled the large crowd with tales of his life in the military and later as a round the world pilot for Pan American Airlines.

The book is available in limited quantities for $24.95 at Burien Books. Officially the book will be released next month.

Three little Santa's helpers were spotted last week at Howard and Marge's hip boutique in Olde Burien Friday night. The giddy girls were helping their moms keep up the holiday spirit.

From left they are Avery Dunkle (6) Macy Dunkle (8) and Isabella Steinert (8). Howard and Marge is located at 9th and 152nd.

The West Seattle Rotary Club Holiday Shopping Spree got welcome last minute financial boost of $2500, all from Rotarians to bring them to their financial goal for the 37th annual staging of the event. Andy Horner, Rotary Community Service Chair said, "We raised the $2500 in one day to get us up to the budget total, from 60 people on the Tuesday before the Saturday event," he said.

"This year we're getting volunteers from Interact Clubs which are High School students that do service above self, so they are Rotarians in training and we've got a Sorority and a Fraternity from the University of Washington. This is my first year as a Rotarian (…) This is my first event and I want to help the community and be with friends. It's a lot of fun," he said.

A West Seattle tradition since May of 1929, the Kiwanis Club is holding their annual community breakfast this morning (Dec. 4th) with the help of Boy Scout troop 284 and Key Club members from local high schools.

The main goal of the event is to collect toys for Toys for Tots and “a chance to renew long-standing friendships and to make new ones,” according to the event press release.

“This is a big thing here, this is our big fundraiser,” said Kiwanis member Ken Norton, who has been with Kiwanis for 27 years and is the past Dean of Students at Seattle Lutheran High School. “The main focus of Kiwanis is kids.”

“When I began in this club we didn’t have the help of the scouts and since that time it has grown just tremendously,” Norton said. “They provide a tremendous amount of help.”

Pancakes, ham, orange juice and coffee are being served at a rapid rate, and the pancakes come from a “treasured” recipe of long-time Kiwanis member Sig Staaksted.

Husband and wife Randy and Marie Guzzardo were in attendance as parents of a scout from Troop 284, which is in its 95th year (the third oldest continuous scout troop in the U.S.), according to Marie.

Saturday Dec. 4 seems like a day that a lot of people chose to hold an event in or related to West Seattle. Here's a list of events you should know about and some you should consider attending.

37th annual Rotary Club Shopping Spree

West Seattle Rotary Club members and community volunteers will gather at the Starbucks Center early on to come to the aid of economically disadvantaged children from area elementary schools.

The program pairs a child with an adult and with the help of student volunteers everyone gets breakfast at the Mezza cafe in Starbucks Center.

Then then job shifts to determining the children's sizes for the shoes, coats and clothing they are to be given. Once ready, the "shopping spree" begins and warm winter coats, pants, tops or shirts and shoes are picked out within their budget.

64th Annual West Seattle Community Pancake Breakfast 7:00 am

Please join us for this fun tradition that a growing number of folks look forward to. It's a chance to renew long-standing friendships and to make new ones. For the 64rd year, the event will be sponsored by Kiwanis.

Jonny Boston's Sandwich Shop at 4151 California Avenue s.w. has opened its doors and is serving a steady stream of customers all eager to give the new restaurant a try. The West Seattle Herald told you about the new shop first in August and owner Dan Atherton had some of the usual hurdles to clear in terms of permits and construction but got the supplies and people in place and is now open. The Grand Opening is not yet firm but should happen "within the next ten to twelve days" according to Jonny Atherton, son of owner Dan Atherton.

Working the shop will be Jonny, Beverly White at the counter and Frederick Marble who will do double duty between the kitchen and counter. Jonny describes his role as the "facilitator for my father doing anything that he needs me to do."

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few ideas:

1. After work today, round up your kids and head down to Fremont because it’s the place to be this evening.

To kick off the evening in holiday spirit, there the lighting of the Lenin statue. With the help of City Lights Sign Company and a couple of local artists, they’re bringing back the lights again this year with festivities in Lenin Square.
There will be live music and free refreshments such as Peet's coffee, sweetened mint tea, hot cocoa, and Mighty-O Donuts! Santa will make an appearance bearing oranges for the kids. Santa also has the honor of flipping the switch to light the statue.
Festivities start at 5 p.m. Lenin Lighting is at 5:30 p.m.

Also in Fremont tonight, Hub and Bespoke invite you to decorate your bike with lights, tinsel, candy canes or anything else creative you can come up with, and then strut your christmas bike during a ride around the neighborhood.
The Hub and Bespoke shop will be serving hot mulled wine during the festivities.

After the Lenin Lighting, Fremont invites you to stay for the First Friday Fremont Art Walk.

Bystanders at the 7-Eleven on Roosevelt had to tell a Green Lake resident to stop jumping up and down, and get home to hide her ticket after she realized she won $170,000 playing Hit 5, a draw game from Washington’s Lottery.

The lucky winner stopped by 7-Eleven to pick up a bottle of water and check to see if she had any winning tickets. When she saw her winning prize she couldn't believe it. First she thought she won $1,700 then $17,000. Finally she had to call the clerk over to find out the final amount.

“He said, ‘No, no, I've been waiting for you to come in, it's $170,000," she said. "I went home and hid my ticket in in my room. I kept checking throughout the night to make sure it was still there. When I woke up this morning, I was worried it was all a dream.”

The winner said winning the Lottery is a Christmas miracle. “Things are getting better for the industry, but this money will be very helpful."

The first thing she intends to buy is a doggy bed for her new puppy.

The winning ticket was bought at 9126 Rossevelt Way in Seattle which will receive a retail selling bonus of $1,700.