January 2011

New this week at area Farmers Markets around Seattle for the week of Jan. 9 including the West Seattle Farmers Market open every Sunday year round behind the Junction from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Here's the product list for the week of January 9 - 16, 2011

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Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance Markets:
University District (UD) – Saturdays, 9 am – 2 pm, YEAR ROUND –
West Seattle (WS) – Sundays, 10 am – 2 pm, YEAR ROUND

Locations, Hours, Vendor and Event Info: www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org

New this Week:

*****NEW ITEMS IN ITALICS*****

Tulips – First of winter season – From Alm Hill Gardens (Everson, WA). Gorgeous fresh colorful tulips. Sure to cure the January blahs...in red, purple, pink, ivory, orange. Also ruffled “parrot” petal tulips.

Stewing Hens – Stokesberry Sustainable Farm at UD and WS.

Kombucha – back at the market. Fermented tea loaded with antioxidants.
At UD.

Deborah’s Homemade Pies – Fruit and savory pies. Incredibly rich and flaky crust. Ingredients sourced from local farms. At UD.

The Link Apartments, being built in the West Seattle Triangle at 4550 38th Ave. s.w. is the newest development by Harbor Properties and just recently added a new nighttime element to the West Seattle skyline. Their new sign, illuminated with spotlights points to their upcoming completion this Spring.

The project will feature 14,000 SF of Street LevelCommercial/Retail space, 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments, Studios and Garden Lofts.
It will have a 3,200 SF Indoor/Outdoor Rooftop Deck & Lounge and offer residents Rooftop P-Patch gardens to let them grow their own fresh veggies.

It is located on the future RapidRide bus route and has access to the neighboring YMCA.

Inside there will be a WIFI lobby lounge and “Linked” private spaces and It is being built Green Certified.

Hard hat property tours will start later next week according Rose Manos, spokesperson for the project.

In the next two weeks, a portable trailer or other temporary structure will be brought to the site which will act as the office until they have a room inside the building.

If you looked up in the sky on Saturday over the southern part of the West Seattle peninsula you probably saw some searchlights, painting the cloud cover.

It was the continuing grand opening of the new 7-Eleven store at 35th Ave. s.w. and s.w. Barton.

Owner Nirbhai Singh reports that so far his staff has been extremely busy and business has been great.

What is the biggest hit at the new store? "That would be the Slurpee's", Singh said.

The West Seattle Herald's original story about the business is here.

12 P.M. on Jan 5. 1300 block of N.W. 67th Street.

According to police reports, on Tuesday, Jan 4, a fight broke out between various young men around Ballard High School.

The following day, the Seattle Police Department received a call from the BHS Assistant Principal who reported that she had a man in her office who she believed to have been the assaulter from the previous day.

When interviewed by the police, the suspect’s story revealed much more than a petty fight between two young men.

The suspect said he confronted another student because he believed him to have been one of the robbers who robbed his grandmother’s house last December.

There were a total of five suspects that reportedly went inside the suspect’s grandmother’s house on the day of the December robbery. Four suspects wore masks, the other was identified and apprehended. The suspect believed the victim of the assault to have been one of the masked robbers because of rumors he had heard floating around the school.

The suspect admitted to have been present at the fight but denied assaulting anyone.

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UPDATE: Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears Sunday, Jan. 16. Kickoff at 10:00 a.m. Seattle time.

The Seattle Seahawks turned on the electricity to shock the 2010 Super Bowl champs, New Orleans Saints, with a 41-36 victory. The highlight may have been Marshawn Lynch's 67-yard touchdown run, breaking seven tackles.

Cheering fans at the Admiral Pub, Brickyard BBQ, Celtic Swell, RockSport, and other area watering holes buttressed the twelfth man in spirit.

The photo above is of Jeremy Peck who went missing in late December. A family friend of Jeremy's sent this photo to the Herald and said a search party will be formed on Sunday, Jan. 9 at 10:30 a.m., meeting at Puerto Vallarta at 4727 California Ave. s.w. and splitting up into search groups from there.

If you would like to help the search you are asked to join the effort by showing up to join the search party or by emailing Cheryl Perry.

On. Jan. 7 Seattle police Southwest Precinct Operations Lt. Pierre Davis said the precinct was aware that Peck was missing, but to his knowledge the police are not actively searching for him at this time.

Jeremy Peck was last seen the early morning hours of Christmas eve, about 1:00 am at the Admiral Pub on California Ave.

The Herald has received information from Cheryl Perry which may assist in the search for Peck. Here is her information.

"DOB; 12/10/86, 24 years old
He is 6' 1", 177 lb
Brown Hair
Brown eyes
Last seen wearing blue Jeans, tennis shoes, black waist length coat over a gray hoodie type sweatshirt.

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The PINK 2: Five Year Anniversary Pub Crawl took place Friday night and early Saturday morning. West Seattle's alpha-dog Dave Blank, who some say is well known for being well known, sponsored this bar-hopping event. Most of the 50 or so participants chose the safer option and "crawled" on foot. While the event was just for kicks, it was rumored that next year the gang might raise money for a cancer charity.

This was the schedule:

Alaska Junction
8:00 pm West 5
8:30 pm Rocksport
9:15 pm Talaricos

Admiral Junction
10:00 pm Benbow Room
10:30 pm Angelinas
11:00 pm Yen Wor / Admiral Pub
2:15 am Heartland Cafe

Construction Reroute - Rts 5, 54 & 55.

The ramp to northbound Alaskan Way Viaduct will be closed Jan 10-13, 10:00 PM-5:00 AM each night.

The first stop in downtown is northbound on 3 Av just south of Madison St. Buses will not stop on Seneca St.

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Sue Stimac Verduin is a former PTA president, the co-chair of the Ballard High School Athletic Booster Club and co-chair of the Ballard High School Foundation's Golf Classic. She’s also a Seattle University Hall of Fame athlete, a coach with over 16 years of experience, a former business woman, and a mother of two.

She has held many titles in the Ballard community and she’s about to get another one.

On January 14th, the Ballard High School Basketball program will retire her #15 jersey, the first female basketball player to receive this honor.

Verduin played varsity basketball at BHS from 1975 to 1978, received honors for both league and region, and was Student Athlete of the year in 1978. She also played varsity tennis and was the first to compete at the state tournament during her senior year.

She continued her athletic career at Seattle University where she played varsity basketball until 1982. She received All–American honors during her junior and senior seasons and was Student Athlete of the year 1981. Her #33 jersey was retired and she was inducted into the SU Hall of Fame.

The Board of Fire Commissioners for South King Fire & Rescue on Jan. 6 unanimously approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the firefighters of International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 2024 to eliminate a 2 percent Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2011 for Des Moines and Federal Way firefighters.
While the fire department is becoming smaller through attrition and early retirements, forced layoffs are not yet on the line, according to district officials.
They say that SKFR had wisely put aside cash reserves prior to the economic downturn allowing them to keeping existing employees for now, despite the ballot failure of a new revenue source in August of 2010.
The firefighter's union proactively offered a concession without the threat of immediate jobs on the line.
"The firefighters understood the climate of our community and their willingness to enter into negotiations to adjust their salary is a clear reflection of a long standing team effort between management and labor," said Fire Chief Al Church.