May 2011

The Nordic Heritage Museum has an exciting announcement for all "Deadliest Catch" fans out there. On May 22, the Nordic Heritage Museum is offering the unique opportunity to attend a private tour and seafood barbecue aboard Sig Hansen’s famous vesselThe Northwestern at the docks of Pacific Fishermen Shipyard.

The Northwestern crew will be onboard for an alder-smoked seafood BBQ featuring Alaskan King Crab.

Maritime Brewery will provide its special brew to complement the crab and beef sliders will be available for landlubbers. Autographed copies of Sig Hansen’s new book "North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters" will be available for sale at the event.

“This will be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to share the catch with the crew of the iconic vessel that has captured the imagination of the entire world,” said Eric Nelson, CEO of the Nordic Heritage Museum.

The “Deadliest Catch” has become one of television’s most-watched programs, with millions of followers. The show portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan crab fishing seasons.

The West Seattle Smoke Company, now under construction at 4748 California Ave. s.w. in the former location of the laundromat that operated in that location for many years.

The owner is Omar Kahn.

According to the construction crew on the site, the business will open in approximately three weeks. They were busy constructing shelving and cedar lined cases for tobacco storage.

The shop plans to offer a "large selection of cigars, tobacco, pipes, hookahs and glass pieces," as well as "E-cigarettes to fit your lifestyle, with several flavors of E-Juice to choose from in high, medium and low nicotine."

They are billing themselves as a " full service smoke shop."

They will also carry,"hand pipes, glass on glass water pipes, sherlocks, gandolphs, vaporizers, chillums and other glass smoking accessories plus shisha, natural coals and hookah accessories."

206-420-8885
4748 California Avenue S.W.
Seattle, Wash. 98116

Hours:
Mon-Thur 10am to 9pm
Fri-Sat 10am to 10pm
Sun 11am to 6pm

Stopping by the Totem House across from the Ballard Locks, it's evident that change is coming to the landmark chowder house.

While the exterior still looks the same, the interior has been gutted to expose high ceilings with beautiful old cedar beams.

"The place needs a lot work," said Michael Shepherd, one of the Shepherd sibling who recently became the new tenants of the Totem House to expand Red Mill Burgers to a third location.

The exterior, including the tall totem pole, will be repainted but kept intact and an outdoor patio will be added to accommodate more Red Mill Burgers fans.

The interior, is getting a full make-over. In addition to exposing the old cedar beams, the owners took down the walls to make a bigger, more spacious area that will seat more customers.

Build in the 1930s, the Totem House has been a landmark in Seattle for decades. Before getting the 10-year-lease last month, Shepherd said they were eying the building six years ago but the owners didn't want to sell it at the time. So when it became known that the Totem House was closing in December, the Shepherd family went after it again.

Press release from the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council:

The North Highline Unincorporated Area Council (NHUAC) cordially invites you to the dedication ceremony for the Steve Cox Memorial at 3 PM on Sunday May 15th. The dedication will be at Steve Cox Memorial Park, 1321 SW 102nd St in White Center.

Deputy Steve Cox was killed in the line of duty on December 2, 2006. At the time of his death he was the White Center Storefront deputy and served the community as the President of the NHUAC.

The NHUAC led the community effort to rename the park for Deputy Cox and the fundraising to install a memorial. Artist Jay Haavik was selected to design and build a stone memorial to Deputy Cox.

May 15th is also National Peace Officers Memorial Day. In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day.

For Further information contact Ron Johnson, rjohnson@northhighlineuac.org, phone (206) 767-3053.

Information on Steve Cox Memorial Park from King County:

Press Release from King County Sheriffs:

Missing Man Still Missing; Public’s Help Still Needed

A man missing from Burien is still missing. The man is developmentally disabled and unable to speak more than a few words. He has a mental capacity of about a 10 year-old.

Christopher Nuckols was last seen Friday, May 6th about 1:30 PM at a house in the 800 block of SW 125 St. where he lives with his parents. He is African American, 6’ 2” tall, 220 lbs., with brown hair. He was wearing gray sweats when last seen.

Chris has wandered away in the past, and has been found in the Queen Anne area and north Seattle, among other places. He was once located at Rodgers Park, 2800 3rd Ave West on Queen Anne. He doesn’t drive and typically walks everywhere.

If anyone has seen Chris, they are asked to call the King County Sheriff’s Office at (206) 296-3311 (24 hours) or 9-1-1.

UPDATE: Please check out our latest story on the SBX now docked at Vigor Shipyards here: http://www.westseattleherald.com/2011/05/11/news/sea-based-x-band-radar…

While the West Seattle Herald will attend the media event announcing the arrival of the Missile Defense Agency's Sea-Based X-band Radar (SBX) vessel Wednesday to Vigor Shipyards (formerly Todd Pacific Shipyards), it arrived Tuesday night in Elliott Bay.

According to the Defense Agency's latest press release:

SBX RADAR VESSEL TRANSITS PUGET SOUND TOWARD SEATTLE'S VIGOR SHIPYARDS

Tuesday, May 3
Boys soccer
Evergreen 2, Lindbergh 1
Evergreen of White Center posted a 2-1 victory over Lindbergh Tuesday, May 3.
Chief Sealth 12, Cleveland 0
Luis Ramirez earned the shutout for Chief Sealth last Tuesday, May 3. Quang Nguyen contributed four goals.
Fastpitch

Bainbridge 8, Chief Sealth 2
Bainbridge got the best of the Seahawks in a Tuesday, May 3 game.

Wednesday, May 4
Fastpitch
Highline 7, Sea. Luth. 2
The Pirates prevailed in softball action last Wednesday.
Highline 11, Evergreen 1
Highline also played Evergreen last Wednesday and won, 11-1.

Thursday, May 5
Boys soccer
Evergreen 4, Renton 0
Evergreen scored a healthy win over Renton last Thursday.
Chief Sealth 2, Nathan Hale 2
Chief Sealth knotted Nathan Hale last Thursday.
Franklin 5, West Seattle 1
Franklin scored five goals to finish off West Seattle last Thursday.

Friday, May 6
Fastpitch
Kennedy 7, Chief Sealth 6
Kennedy Catholic slipped past Chief Sealth in a non-league game Friday.

Over the first weekend of May someone broke into a school’s storage shed at 700 S. Concord St. The suspect(s) brought needle nose pliers and a hammer to the scene of the crime (both were left on the ground next to the shed), used the hammer to bash an opening in the particle board wall and discovered the shed was full of preschool student supplies. Nothing was missing, however a large rubber ball generally used for a good ol’ game of kickball or red rover was removed and found against a fence close by.

Dad didn't have to wake us at 4:30. We hardly slept that night in April, 1950. It was Opening Day of lowland lakes trout fishing.

We struggled into flannel shirts, tennis shoes and jackets and waited near the oil furnace while Dad packed the car with fishing gear and his idea of the classic fisherman's lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and an orange in paper sack. We were going to Lake Fenwick.

Lake Fenwick had a mystical feeling to us. There was no I-5 freeway then, no Southcenter, no industrial sprawl in the valley. The lake was a lovely 18-acre gem two miles southwest of Kent, nestled in tall trees and hidden from the road.
We lived near the airport in McMicken Heights, just east of the airport. The drive to Fenwick was probably less than 15 minutes but it took on the character of a great adventure when Dad and his three sons set out to stalk the wily rainbow trout.

It was still dark when we parked in the dirt lot on the north end of the lake. A shack near the water's edge was buzzing with activity as fishermen rented rowboats while others with their own boats pushed off to their favorite spots on the lake.

A 28-year-old man was arrested by Des Moines police following the stabbing of a pregnant woman and two others Sunday night.
Des Moines police said the man and three women were in an SUV by an apartment complex in the 23000 block of 30th Avenue South about 11 p.m., Sunday night.
The man apparently was meeting with the women about paying back money that was owed.
Police said the man stabbed a woman in her 50s and her daughter, who is in her 20s, inside the vehicle.
According to police reports, the man chased all three women out of the vehicle and he stabbed them again many times.
The third woman, a friend of the two other women, is pregnant, police reported.
The three women were taken to a hospital but their conditions have not been released.
Police hunted down the suspect near the intersection of South 240th Street and Pacific Highway South. He was caught about 2:30 a.m., Monday morning. Police booked him into jail for investigation of assault.