September 2011

Christy Wolyniak, Intern

Although the Northwest prides itself in its fine draft beers, Ryan Hilliard and partner Adam Merkl are hardly squeamish about their new Ballard brewery going aluminum.

Hilliard has been making beer out of his home since he was in college, but became serious about producing beer on a larger scale in the last few years. He received his first delivery of 150,000 cans Wednesday. They are in the process of filling them with amber ale and Saison pale ale.

“There is sort of a stigma about having beer in cans, because there have been a lot of bad canned beers, but if you put good beer in cans, it’s still good beer,” said Merkl.

For beer, some things are better in the dark. A can prevents air or light from getting in, making for fresher and more flavorful beer. Hilliard also chose cans for production purposes. Made by Cask Brewing Systems, his ACS 3.5 is the first automated production machine to hit the Northwest, which fills and packages cans at a rate of 75,000 per hour.

Update as of 11:49 am on Sept. 14, 2011
The power has been restored. The failure was in an underground line that fed several transformers. Since the line was underground it required being dug up to find the fault and then crews had to replace the section that failed.

Update as of 6:52 am on Sept 14, 2011
The latest estimate for power restoration from City Light is 1:56 pm .

Update as of 2:32 am on Sept 14, 2011

Seattle City Light posted they are still trying to fix the equipment failure and that the power now won't be restored until 6:27 am on Sept 14, 2011.

Original post

335 West Seattle homes are without power as a result of an equipment failure. The time of restoration is likely after 2:00 am. To check on the status of the outage you can visit the City Light System Status page.

The original outage was concentrated along 48th s.w. from approximately 100th s.w. on the south to Brace Point Drive on the north. Now it has grown to include a major section of Maplewood Pl s.w. to the south and down to Brace Point just south of Fauntleroy Cove including s.w. 97th Pl.

Posted by Detective Jeff Kappel- From the SPD Blotter

On September 13th officers from the Aggressive Driver Response Team issued the following citations:

West Seattle Bridge – 45 mph zone

3 at 70 mph

1 at 67 mph

4 at 65 mph

1 Bus Lane violation

West Marginal Way SW – 40 mph zone

1 at 61 mph

1 at 56 mph

1 at 55 mph

1 at 54 mph

2 at 52 mph

1 at 51 mph

3 No Proof of Insurance

1 Seat Belt

Arbor Heights Elementary School – 20 mph zone

1 at 32 mph

1 at 30 mph

1 at 29 mph

1 at 28 mph

1 No Proof of Insurance

Holy Family Elementary School – 20 mph zone

1 at 32 mph

3 at 31 mph

The Seattle Police Department encourages all motor vehicle operators and bicyclists to be familiar with and obey all local and state traffic laws and to always drive with due regard for all others on the roadway.

Starting out, King County Assessor Lloyd Hara said home and business owners who recently received a valuation postcard in the mail probably noticed it had shrunk significantly from years past. This small change, requiring some to pull out the reading glasses, saved the Dept. of Assessments $125,000, Hara said – a necessary reduction in light of a $2.1 million budget cut to his department.

Those who could see the valuation printed on miniaturized stock likely (and unfortunately) noticed the value of their lot and structure had diminished as well.

According to Hara, there has been a “very significant” drop in property value for White Center, Boulevard Park and Burien … 17.5 percent in one year for some areas.

“There is a very close correlation between jobs and real estate,” Hara said. “As employment improves, the real estate market will also improve.”

Hara said nearby West Seattle and Delridge neighborhoods to the north did not take as big a hit (- 7.2 percent), due in part to quality of school districts and proximity to downtown Seattle.

Eat Local Now! has announced their 8th annual fundraising dinner to celebrate the local food economy set for Oct. 24 and hosted again at Herban Feast at 3200 First Avenue South, in SODO.

The fundraising dinner celebrates the cultivation of our local food economy from farmer to family and is a sell-out event every year.

Eat Local Now! is now part of National Food Day, which advocates for access to healthy, sustainably grown foods for everyone and protecting the environment by reforming factory farms, curbing junk food marketing to kids and supporting fair conditions to food and farm workers.

The star attraction is fresh local food prepared by Herban Feast’s award winning chef Dalis Chea. Locally and sustainably produced beer, wine and fresh cider will be available at a cash bar. Other organizations involved in the local food economy will have information at the event about purchasing locally as well as growing your own food.

UPDATE: The below information is now accurate. We previously listed a few of last year's auction items and regret the error.

The White Center Community Development Association will be holding its Dinner and Live auction Sept 16 at South Seattle Community College in the Jerry Brockey Center.

A limited number of tickets are still available for $65 if you call the CDA office through Wednesday, Sept 14th at 206-694-1082.

The event is a fundraiser for the White Center CDA and all their various programs including Family Connections, neighborhood revitalization, and community building."

This is the final week to experience the 2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale (NFB), an unprecedented exhibition of Nordic fashion, design and culture that is making its first US appearance at the Nordic Heritage Museum through November 13.

Critics have given rave reviews to the unusual exhibition, produced in partnership by the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle, WA and the Nordic House in Reykjavik.

It is also the final week to cast a vote for the 12 finalists of the North by Northwest Fashion Competition, either by in-person ballot at the Museum or online at http://www.nordicfashionbiennale.com/nfb/competition/.

12 young US designers are competing for a trip to Iceland’s Fashion Week and the cachet of winning both a juried and a “People’s Choice” award for their original Nordic-inspired fashion designs.

The Exhibition

Anchoring the Nordic Fashion Biennale is the exhibition Looking Back to Find our Future which features cutting-edge, contemporary Nordic fashion and jewelry from designers throughout the Nordic regions, including Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

From the Rat City Roller Prom Facebook Page:

A second chance at Prom the way it could have been, and this time it's on roller skates.

Wednesday, Sept. 21, 8:00pm - 11:00pm

Southgate Roller Rink
9646 17th Avenue SW

Phone 206-931-1449

Get a tux or a gown, find a date and come get down! Tickets: $20 includes skate rental, 3 hours of skating/dancing, "formal" photo booth by RJB Photo.

$20

21+

Proceeds to benefit White Center Food Bank

After some confusion Please Note: This is not a Rat City Rollergirls event. Rat City is a nickname for White Center, a neighborhood in unincorporated Seattle, where the event is taking place. We love Rat City Rollergirls and hope many come out for this but just want to make clear the distinction. Thanks :-)

The Ballard District Council is convening for its monthly meeting tonight and topics on the agenda for the evening include the economic well being of the Ballard area industry, Ballard "Greenways", and the Shilshole Bay Marina.

AGENDA:

7 p.m.: Introductions & Short Announcements - please hold announcements to not more than one minute.

7:15 p.m.: Introducing Tracy McKendry, New Harbor Manager at Ballard’s Shilshole Bay Marina

7:25 p.m.: A Check Up on the Economic Health & Well Being of Ballard Area Industry by Dave Gering, Executive Director of the Manufacturing Industrial Council of Seattle

7:50 p.m.: Envisioning Ballard “Greenways” by Jennifer Litowski & Colin Dietrich

8:00 p.m.: Our Neighborhood Matching Fund.

Laurie Ames, Project Manager at the City Dept of Neighborhoods, will review current opportunities to secure a grant from the City’s world renowned Matching Fund program. She’ll also provide a snapshot of some of the more successful and interesting projects in Ballard funded through this program over the past two decades.

8:15 p.m.: Staff Report, Rob Mattson

8:20 p.m.: Report – Executive Committee, Catherine Weatbrook

From SDOT:

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will begin construction of the SW Cloverdale Street Sidewalk Project in about two weeks. The new sidewalk will be built on the south side of SW Cloverdale Street between 8th and 9th Avenues SW. When finished, it will provide a new pedestrian connection to Westcrest Park.

Construction updates will also be posted to the project website.

Doug Cox, Associate Planner
Multimodal Program & Project Group
SDOT Traffic Management Division

www.seattle.gov/transportation/btg_newsidewalks.htm