May 2011

The last of the wayfinding kiosks sponsored by FeetFirst have been installed around West Seattle.

As the West Seattle Herald first told you the kisoks, designed and built by artist Paul Corey, have been slowly getting permanent placement and the artwork, by Corey and artist Mike Raney have been installed.

Even the kisok the Herald told you about last week north of Me Kwa Mooks park that was briefly taken over by someone with a sense of humor, has been completed.

Chas Redmond provided the link to his Flickr Gallery of iPhone images of the other kiosks in the area here

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The outdoor Spring Fling and Pinewood Derby at Big Al Brewery, 9832 14th Ave. SW, today, Saturday, helped kick off the 83rd Annual (& 88th year) of the White Center Jubilee Days' Street Fair & Parade.

The crowd braved the chill in the air to hear bands Rats in the Grass, a rock/bluegrass band, and Rat City Brass, which credits Herb Alpert for its sound.

"I've been involved with White Center Jubilee Days for about 25 years, and was president of the committee for two years," said Jerry Robison, a Burien councilmember with a law practice there. "Now I'm an advisor. When I got appointed to the Burien City Council I withdrew from the official positions from Jubilee Days. I still help out with stuff and I've arranged the fireworks.

Tracy Corey has a remarkable job. She's a breastfeeding coach and the owner of Nurturing Expressions near the West Seattle Junction. Referring to herself as "The Boobie Coach", Corey who is a registered nurse and a certified board lactation consultant, began her business in 2004 and saw that the field of breastfeeding research was finding remarkable connections between breastfeeding and infant health and development.

She set up the business on a mobile basis so breast pump specialists could deliver equipment and supplies to new mothers in their homes or the hospital. There are now five lactation consultants in the business.

"For years I was a home care nurse. The hospital was never a place I wanted to practice medicine. I believed I could give the best care to my patients if I could see the environment that they lived in."

Here’s the Farmers Market Fresh Sheet for 5-8-11.
Note, not all products are available at the West Seattle Farmers Market.

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
Columbia City (CC) – Wednesdays, 3 pm – 7 pm, April 27 – October 19
Broadway Farmers Market – (BW) – Sundays, 11 am – 3:00 pm, May 8 – December 18

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

New this Week:

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

Wild Watercress– wild foraged from Foraged and Found at UD, BW and WS.
Garlic Chives
Komatsuna – Japanese Green from Mair-Taki Farm at UD
Shungiku – Edible chrysanthemum leaves from Mair-Taki Farm at UD
Lovage – Green leaves and stalks that taste like celery – From LetusFarm at UD and CC
Maitake Mushrooms – Cultivated – earthy flavor and meaty texture – “like scallops” - a farm premiere variety from Cascadia Mushrooms at the UD
Lettuce – Green and Red Leaf, Oak Leaf, Red Romaine – large lovely heads – at all markets
Raab –Cabbage, Rutabaga, Broccoli, Kale
Daikon Radish
Asparagus
Rhubarb

The White Center Chamber of Commerce, working with designer Kathi George of Noise without Sound Design have finalized the languages to be added to the welcome signs at various locations around the community.
There are now five total signs (two have been installed already) and they are meant to reflect the highly diverse population of the area. The first two signs were paid for with a Department of Neighborhoods grant

Languages and Sponsors for the Five Chamber signs:

108th & 4th Ave s.w.
English, Korean, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Duwamish Tribe,Khmer, Somali, Italian, Bosnia, Japanese, Tongan

Roxbury and 20th
(No sponsor yet)
(Near Holy Family- no sponsor yet)
 

English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Laotion, Samoan, Chinese, Hebrew, Hungarian, Amharic, Russian

Roxbury and 10th
(Sponsor - Arrowhead Garden)
English, Greek, Malay, Thai, Turkish, Norwegian, Persian, French, Uzbek, Finnish

Delridge and 18th s.w.
(Sponsor – Malo’s Autobody)
English, Mien, Maori, Punjabi, Netherlands, Armenian, Portugese, Korean, Hindi, Estonian

Facing eight counts of second degree burglary and one count of attempted burglary for a series of smash-and-grab burglaries in Burien and West Seattle, Stephen H. Kirk plead guilty to his charges in March.

On May 6, he was sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison for his crimes before Judge Mariane Spearman. It was the high end of his sentencing range. Before Friday’s sentence, Kirk had been booked 37 times and had 89 warrants out since 1984, according to Court Service records.

According to charging documents, through the summer months of 2010 Kirk had a habit of taking rocks, bricks or cinder blocks and chucking them through the windows of businesses between midnight and 6 a.m. Once inside he would take cash from tip jars, gumball machines and cash registers. On a few occasions he took the whole cash register with him.

Seattle Police and King County detectives worked together to identify Kirk as their suspect and KCSO detectives obtained a search warrant to place a GPS tracking device on his red pickup truck on August 6, 2010, according to court documents.

The sixth annual Carne Asada Bowl between Chief Sealth’s junior varsity soccer team and the Secondary BOC (Bilingual Orientation Center School) Internationals ended in a 3-2 victory for the Internationals, but everyone with an empty stomach emerged victorious with a plate full of carne asada tacos with all the fixings and dessert to boot.

The event was originally started by Chief Sealth teacher Delfino Munoz and Principal John Boyd. Boyd was the principal at SBOC before heading to Sealth and they came up with the idea along with International’s coach Juan Carlos Torres.

“Today (SBOC) is one of only a few schools nation-wide designed as a preliminary educational portal through which immigrant children pass in their quest for academic achievement and full participation in American society,” according to their website.

Cinco de Mayo was celebrated a night early upstairs at the Mission Latin Bar and Restaurant in the Admiral Junction with the band Villains of Yesterday and fans who watched their new video release on the TV monitor there. The track "Walls" is from "Zero in the Sun", their album to be released May 24.

The band formed in Nov., 2009. Bandmember Shawn Zellar, drummer and vocalist, lives south of the Alaska Junction. Carl Klein, guitarist and vocalist, also lives in West Seattle. Terry Houser, lead vocalist, lives in South Park, and Sean Gephardt on bass and vocals lives on the East Side. The video was shot in a 50,000 square-foot warehouse with 30-foot ceilings in South Park by West Seattle videographer Jamie Chamberlin. The West Seattle Herald has featured Chamberlin and his video work with ZZ Top and, currently, Duff McKagan and his band Loaded.

For "Walls", Chamberlin utilized the cavernous, industrial space with high angles and wide shots and even a close-up pan with his fish-eye lens. Well, OK, he could have done that shot in a small room, but it still looks cool.

According to a Burien City Manager’s report, “Group Health corporate is planning a $24 million expansion of (the) Burien Clinic … Group Health plans to transform patient care at the new Burien Medical Center through an innovative design approach they call Production Preparation Process. The new center is expected to have a professional staff of 75 and serve up to 15,000 patients a year in Burien. Ground breaking is anticipated mid 2013.”

Burien Economic Development Manager Dick Loman has been appointed to a Group Health Study Advisory Committee “comprised of 25 senior Group health officials, medical personnel and local supporters.”

Group Health Senior Media Consultant Katie McCarthy told the Highline Times the project is in an early planning stage at this time and more specifics will be available in early June.

McCarthy added it is uncertain at this time whether the new clinic will be built at the current location (140 s.w. 146th St) or if they will have to relocate for more space.

Press Release:
ArtsWest announced its new gallery exhibition, Sun in an Empty Room: Ode to Hopper coming to the ArtsWest gallery May 31st and running through June 25th. This exhibition reveals American artist Edward Hopper’s iconic style as a benchmark for modern artists today. Hopper was a creator of compelling paintings who produced remarkably subtle and realistic effects in oils, etching, and watercolor. This exhibit is a tribute to Hopper through a display of contemporary paintings, pastel art, and photography by three contemporary artists: Zachary A. Mazur, Barbara Noonan, and Alec Huxley.