August 2011

press release:
Would you like to sell some artwork or a craft? Are you a Massage Therapist looking to get your hands on new clients? You're in luck! This year Delridge Day will be hosted and organized by The North Delridge Neighborhood Council.

You can purchase a vendor booth for $75. The cost directly supports the event, and as an added Karma bonus, 15% of the fee goes directly to ARC providing scholarships for Community Center programs. We're operating on a tight budget with everything being volunteer-based. Any proceeds will benefit the North Delridge Neighborhood Council.

Delridge Day
When: Saturday, Sept. 17th from 11am-3pm
Where: Delridge Park 4501 Delridge Way S.W.

Okay, so you want a booth? The forms are available the link above, and don't fret about the deadline of August 1st. That was for the big-time sponsors who wanted to be included on our marketing materials. You have until September 9th to claim your booth.

We're operating on a first-come, first-serve basis.

If you have any further questions, please contact Amanda Leonard, Amanda.leonard.wa@gmail.com or by phone (509) 528-2635.

The new Admiral Safeway is set to open at noon on Thursday, August 11 and brings with it high expectations for the neighborhood and the promise of greater economic vitality in the future as the residential component, Element 42, is built and occupied. But first the store must get re-established as a destination shopping experience. Given what the store will feature, that's looking more likely.

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The West Seattle Herald will bring you a more comprehensive look just prior to opening after a media tour this week but here's what you can expect at a minimum.

Safeway introduced a new format, called the Lifestyle Store several years ago that includes earth-toned décor, subdued lighting, custom flooring and unique display features to a warm ambiance designed to enhance the shopping experience.

The store features:

• A very large produce department with a wide variety of specialty and organic produce
• Fresh bakery with hearth oven for baking bread
• An expanded wine and beer department with wine cellar
• A Starbucks with expanded seating area

The documentary FREEDOM from husband and wife team of Josh and Rebecca Tickell is aptly named because in the context of the film it represents the most significant meaning of the word and gives it depth, dimension and hope. The couple showed the rough cut of the film, it's only Seattle theatrical showing at the Admiral Theater (the third time it's been shown publicly) on Saturday, Aug. 6. It's due to be released at the same time theatrically and on DVD later this month.

FREEDOM is about a journey the couple took that began with a wish to document the disaster of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform and its impacts on the Gulf Coast environment, economy and people. They actually shot that film (which documents among other things Rebecca's ongoing health impacts) and also what the film makers say was, "an incredible coverup," and it will come out in the future. But along the way Josh came to a new understanding about the world's relationship, and this nation's addiction to oil.

Reverend Peter Mueller, 39, becomes the new pastor of Hope Lutheran Church and School in West Seattle. He will be installed Sunday, August 14. He was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Vancouver, BC. He received his B.A. in Youth and Family Ministry from Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle in 1994, and earned his Master of Divinity degree from Regent College, Vancouver in 2002. He became certified for the pastoral ministry of the LCMS in June 2004. Before arriving here, he was Pastor of Discipleship and Outreach at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Orange County, California and taught evangelism and Old Testament at Concordia University, Irvine He has been regularly involved in mission work in Mexico and inner-city Los Angeles.

Peter's wife, Patra, is a church leader who has served as a Director of Christian Education (DCE) for more than 20 years, 11 as assistant professor of Christian Education and Director and Assistant Director of the DCE training program of Concordia University, Irvine. They have two children; John, 6, and Hannah, 4.

Why I advocate for Joy Anderson:

She is the candidate that understands what our educational community, families and children need. She is a strong candidate not only because she has a child in the Seattle Public Schools, but because she is not focused on one issue, but the issues of 1) how the school closures have overpopulated our elementary schools; and 2)how the costs of portables, food services, the costs of bussing has actually increased costs to the district.

It is funny how people think that her platform is all about school closures. What folks tend forget is that the closure of ONE
elementary school in West Seattle has resulted in overpopulated classrooms, portables on the playground, increased costs to buss our kids all over West Seattle and a huge assortment of unhappy parents and children. The value of education has diminished and we have more schools failing the AYP (annual yearly progress report) due to overpopulation.

Does anyone realize that it will cost up to 10-12 millions dollars to rehab buildings for us to have an additional elementary school for our children to attend? Schools that will not end up in our neighborhood!

Heather Johnson Enajibi and Erin Halter of Animal Aid & Rescue Foudation, or AARF , our doggie rescue friends who seem to hit every West Seattle street fair and fest, are today at Woofstock 2011 in Tacoma until 4:30 p.m.

Woofstock is a large event put on by the wonderful Dugan Foundation. We'll be there (along with over 20 other rescue groups) with adoptable dogs and Merrick goodies to help us raise money for our extensive vet bills. Come enjoy some great music, shopping and fun for the whole family.

Saturday, August 6 · 10:00am - 4:30pm

Location:

Todd Field on the University of Puget Sound Campus
1500 N Warner Street
Tacoma, Washington

Heather and Erin have rescued, and placed, many troubled foster dogs with West Seattle families. Check out their AARF website.

Erin says, " Come by and meet Dug, Wyatt, Daizy and Duke." We assume, but cannot confirm, that these are dogs.

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The 15th annual Dead Baby Downhill race took place in West Seattle and Georgetown on Friday, August 5th.

Founded in a small Belltown bikeshop 15 years ago, the Dead Baby Downhill has grown into one of the most epic downhill urban races on the West Coast.

The actual race starts at a different hill in Seattle each year and ends in a massive bike party in Georgetown.

This year's race started at 7 p.m. at the Shipwreck tavern on S.W. Admiral way in West Seattle, where hundreds of cyclists gathered before bombing down the hill to an (at the time) undisclosed after-party in Georgetown.

Cyclists rode a wide array of pedal-powered vehicles from super tall welded bicycles to a multi-person, fire-spitting trike.

Not long after 7 p.m., participants took over the sidewalks, trail, and the right lane of W Marginal Way, surprising many of the motorists.

Close to 3000 people came to the Greenbridge Plaza in White Center on August 5 to enjoy a free barbecue meal courtesy of the Vertically Integrated Partnership to Feed Those in Need (VIP) working as part of Governor Gregoire’s Feeding Washington Program.

VIP is a coalition of farmers, food processors, food distributors and other food service companies that are working together to help stop hunger in the Pacific Northwest. The VIP includes Sodexo, Annie's Fun, Hirai Farms, Sysco, Food Services of America, McCain Foods, National Frozen Foods, Farmer Bean Company, Darigold, Franz Bakery, and UW Housing & Food Services, etc.

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press release:
A county-wide fire safety burn ban is declared by the King County Fire Marshal in coordination with the King County Fire Chiefs’ Association. This ban is prompted by ground conditions and forecasts calling for continued dry weather.

This Phase 1 burn ban applies to all outdoor burning except for small recreational fires in established fire pits at approved camp grounds or private property with the owner’s permission. These fires must:

·Be built in a metal or concrete fire pit, such as those typically found in designated campgrounds;
·Grow no larger than three feet across;
·Be located in a clear spot free from any vegetation for at least 10 feet in a horizontal direction, including a 20-foot vertical clearance from overhanging branches; and
·Be attended at all times by an alert individual with immediate access to a shovel and either five gallons of water or a connected and charged water hose.

The use of gas and propane self-contained stoves and barbeques will continue to be allowed under the ban.

Seattle Human Services Department preschool programs are now enrolling 4 year-olds from low to moderate income families.

Seattle Step Ahead and the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) still have free or reduced-cost spaces available for more than 600 children at 21 sites in southeast and southwest Seattle this school year. Three are located in West Seattle. They are:

Community Day School Association at Highland Park Elementary School
1012 SW Trenton St. Seattle, WA 98106
(206) 767-4906

Refugee & Immigrant Family Center
9001 9th Ave. SW Seattle, WA 98106
(206) 767-6896

Southwest Early Learning Bilingual Preschool
5401 Delridge Way SW Seattle, WA 98106
(206) 913-2980

To be eligible, a family must live in Seattle and have a child who will have turned 4 by August 31, 2011. For ECEAP, a family of four earning up to $24,585 per year is eligible, and for Step Ahead, a family of four earning up to just over $67,000 annually is eligible.