August 2011

With just under 20 percent in Seattle and just over 20 percent of all registered voters' ballots received so far, the deep bore tunnel gets a boost as Referendum-1 is ahead two-to-one, and anti-tunnel candidate and West Seattle resident Michael Taylor-Judd finishes forth (behind Jean Godden, Bobby Forch, and Naurice Classen, all pro-tunnel advocates for Seattle City Council Position 1.

Incumbent Steve Sundquest and Marty McLaren are ahead of Joy Anderson and Nick Esparza in that order. Two will go on to the general election.

So far King County Council member and West Seattle resident Joe McDermott is ahead 67 percent to Diana Toledo's 27 percent and Goodspaceguy's 5 percent.

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Many family members, friends and curious bystanders spent time at the makeshift memorial built around a light pole in White Center, only a handful of yards away from where 23-year-old “Sweetheart” was shot and killed on Aug. 16.

The memorial grew throughout the day, with balloons, photo collages and hand-written celebrations of her life and good byes sprouting from the otherwise dull gray structure at the corner of SW Roxbury St and 16th Ave SW.

Herald photographer Greg McCorkle took this slideshow in the early evening of Aug. 16.

Please click the photo above for a slideshow of images.

In addition to the street-level memorial, Sweetheart’s remembrance has been taken to Facebook, where a tribute page was created.

Complied by Christopher Juneau

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Seattle Parks Acting Superintendent Christopher Williams announced today that Parks will extend the wading pool season through August 28 at 11 sites. The season was scheduled to end at these sites on August 21.

Because of budget reductions, Parks stretched its summer program budget by planning for a longer season at the wading pools with the most attendance, and a shorter season for those with lower attendance rates, thus keeping as many wading pools open as possible.

Cool, rainy weather caused Parks not to open wading pools on quite a number of days this summer, and the savings from those “closures” enables Parks to extend the season at the “short season” sites.

They are:

Wading Pool Address Added Days Times
Bitter Lake Community Center 13035 Linden Ave. N August 24, 25, 26 Noon – 7 pm
Cal Anderson Park 1635 11th Ave. August 26, 27, 28 Noon – 6:45 pm
Dahl Playfield 7700 25th Ave. NE August 23, 24, 25 Noon – 7 pm

It seems what people didn’t know about Kay Reinartz while she was alive could fill more volumes of history than even she wrote or edited in her lifetime. Her folk-dancing friends didn’t necessarily know about her Masters’ degrees or Ph.D. Her renters didn’t know about her mountain-climbing or spelunking. Even those who know knew her as a consummate historian thought her allegiance was to just their neighborhood or county.

However everyone would agree that a brain cancer called glioblastoma robbed not just her husband and family of another twenty years but multiple communities of a “fountain of knowledge.” Diagnosed in 2008, Kay Reinartz died on April 16, 2011.

For many, many years Kay wrote a history column for the Ballard News-Tribune. She was also in charge of the community project that became the limited edition “Passport to Ballard,” published in Washington’s Centennial Year 1989. She last wrote for the special issue celebrating 100 years since annexation. Then-editor Jack Mayne recalls, “Kay was indefatigable and a constant source of details and facts. She knew Ballard as no one will ever know it again.”

Cool Whirled held it's official opening on Friday, August 12, and it has already gained a steady following of customers who repeatedly come back for that soft-serve frozen yogurt deliciousness, said owner Mark Hausman.

Cool Whirled is a self-serve frozen yogurt shop where customers make their own frozen treat creation.

The concept is simple. You come in and pick a cup of a preferred size. Then, you fill it with one or various flavors of frozen yogurt like creamy non-fat country vanilla, refreshing mango sorbet, and rich chocolate. And finally, you finish your creation with a selection of over 70 different toppings.

The cup is weighed at the register and you pay by weight rather than size or number of flavors and toppings

The result is that your frozen treat is as good as you make it.

Cool Whirled is independently owned by Cassandra Lindquist and "recovering attorney" Mark Hausman.

"We saw the concept in Dallas three years ago when we were traveling," Hausman said.

"We thought it was a great concept in we decided in spring to go for it in earnest."

Former Highline employee loses state certification
The state Department of Health has suspended the heath care credentials for a former Highline Public Schools employee who was sentenced to prison for conducting medical exams on students without a license. Jayson W. Boehm, 37, was sentenced to 13 months in June after pleading guilty to four counts of unlicensed practice of medicine, forgery and first-degree theft. The state Department of Health said Boehm conducted physical exams on more than two-dozen male and female student athletes. He also served as a substitute stadium manager for Highline's Memorial Field. Boehm was neither a licensed physician nor a physician's assistant. Boehm also falsified physical exam forms to make it appear a licensed physician performed the exams and charged the students $5 per exam. The district fired Boehm after learning about the allegations.

Burien woman injured in rollover accident

By Charles Ganong

(Publisher's Note: I asked son-in-law Charley Ganong to give me a list of what he likes about White Center. Charley was captain of the Evergreen High football team and a graduate of Harvard. He has not addressed the prolific empty stores issue. He lives in Gregory Heights. -Jerry Robinson)

1. The people are more friendly, "genuine" and unpretentious here than in other "trendier" places around town.

2. $200,000 houses with million-dollar views. Affordable housing.

3. Fun for all ages can be found at White Center Park: "Log cabin" Field House, baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, handball court, playground, etc.

4. A highly diverse and multicultural community, which encourages interracial understanding, tolerance and cooperation.

5. Evergreen High School--a "Model United Nations." Students of every conceivable racial and ethnic background and ancestry.

6. The new track at Evergreen. Combined with the cross-country course, now a decent track and field complex.

7. The reopening of the Evergreen Pool (it was a shame to have closed it so long for lack of funds).

Times/News photographer Kurt Howard stopped by Flute Quest at Saltwater Park on Aug. 21 and took photos of the festivities.

To see the slideshow, please click the photo above.

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Flute Quest, a musical festival celebrating the Native American flute and world instruments, will energize Saltwater State Park in Des Moines Aug. 19-21, beginning at 9 a.m. daily.

Grammy Award winner Mary Youngblood will be returning along with artists Jeff Ball, Tim Blueflint, and Rona Yellow Robe. They will be performing at the Friday and Saturday evening concerts, in the Wesley Homes Terrace Auditorium, 816 S. 216th St. Tickets are $25 for adults, and $15 for children under 13, and may be purchased in advance online at www.flutequest.com

Flute Quest, the largest Native American flute festival in the Northwest, brings together internationally known flutists and accomplished local musicians, as well as adults and children who want to learn to play or simply enjoy listening to the Native American flute.

Washington Flute Circle sponsors the event.

There was a contentious discussion about the Beaconsfield Project on the Sound at the Aug. 9 Normandy Park City Council meeting.

Council members tried to tell worried landowner Lisa Hadley-Colmenares she has nothing to worry about, while admitting they did know much about the project.

"The council has no ulterior motive," Mayor Pro-Tem Clark Brant said. "There are things we may not be up to speed on.

"I don't think anyone on this council has any idea where this is coming from," Brant said, referring to phone calls and emails from citizens concerned about Conservancy Land Conservancy's (CLC) acquisition of shoreline land near Marine View Park.

Lisa Hadley-Colmenares and her husband Angel Colmenares own a home above the shoreline property being purchased by CLC. They have easements with the shoreline property owners below them for a bulkhead. CLC asked them a couple of years ago if they would be willing to sell their property and they said no.