September 2011

At least 25 dignitaries cut a bright blue ribbon early this afternoon to officially open Denny International Middle School, located behind Chief Sealth High School, within the same building. You can read about Denny getting ready to open and building details here:

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To see a video of Janelle Maroney singing the national anthem at the event click here.

This girl shows off the new backpack she received at the SeaTac Back to School Fair at Valley Ridge Park. Besides backpacks, the fair offered free haircuts, dental care and many other human services for SeaTac students.

Highline Schools Superintendent John Welch thanks people at his farewell ceremony. Welch has left the district to become superintendent of the Puget Sound Educational Service District in Renton.

Alan Spicciati is serving as interim superintendent. The board plans to select a new superintendent next spring.

The Highline paparazzi were out in full force last week snapping photos of famous people visiting the area. Here is a cellphone photo taken by Carson White of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with Osteria da Primo proprietor Lindsay White. Rumsfeld dined at the Burien restaurant while here on a book tour.

Press release
In remembrance of the events of 9/11/2001, the Highline Historical Society will be videotaping short oral histories of first responders and the general public at two events on the weekend of September 10 - 11.

On Saturday, September 10, the Historical Society will be at the Burien Fire Station, 15100 8th Avenue SW in Burien, from 10 AM to Noon.

On Sunday, September 11, the Society will be at the SeaTac Fire Station, 2929 S 200th Street in SeaTac, from 1 - 3 PM.

People who wish to share their memories of where they were a decade ago and how they reacted when they heard about the airliners that had been flown into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon are invited to stop by and be videotaped. These memories will then become a permanent part of the Highline Historical Society's collections.

For more information on the Highline Historical Society and its activities, visit www.highlinehistory.org.

Cold fries make customer irate
The manager of a fast food restaurant located in the 15800 block of 1st Ave. S. called to report and incident with a customer. A female customer returned to the drive-through window after receiving her purchase. The customer felt her fries were too cold. She began yelling profanities and flipping off the manager.

After trying to diffuse the situation, the manager told her to leave or she would report it to the police. The woman did leave. The next customer to come to the drive-through stopped half way through. They noticed a handful of nails in the lane. The manager was able to clean up the nails before any damage was done to a vehicle. No one was able to identify the customer or prove that she was the one that dumped the nails.

Prowler tackles resident

As an Alaska Airlines plane from Anchorage landed at Seatac around 4:30 a.m. on Sept. 6, a 39-year-old male passenger was unwilling to wait quietly with his seat belt clipped as the plane taxied to its stop, according to Alaska Air spokesperson Bobbie Egan.

The man rushed to the front of the model 737-900 plane with 166 passengers on board and attempted to exit the aircraft prematurely.

“Flight attendants and a couple passengers restrained the man," Egan said. "After the plane was parked at the gate, the pilot serving as the First Officer left the flight deck to assist in restraining the disruptive passenger during which time the passenger bit the First Officer."

Port of Seattle Police came out to the plane and arrested the man while the first officer was taken to the Highline Medical Center in Burien with minor injuries.

No other passenger or flight crew injuries were reported.

What will next year’s budget look like? Will the Council require all Seattle businesses to provide sick leave for their workers? When will mobile street vendors be on the streets selling? One year after the shooting death of John T. Williams, do Councilmembers think the Seattle Police Department has responded properly?

The September episode of City Inside/Out: Council Edition features Councilmembers Tim Burgess, Sally J. Clark and Jean Godden, answering your questions. Plus host, Brian Callanan, an Emmy award winning veteran broadcast journalist, will ask questions of his own.

Submit your questions for the Councilmembers by Wednesday, September 7 at 5 p.m.

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Don’t miss this opportunity to put your issues before the City’s lawmakers and contact us with your questions now. Tune in on Monday, September 12 at 7 p.m. to watch the Councilmembers answer your questions. Watch past shows at http://www.seattlechannel.org/CouncilEdition/.

Coinciding with National Fashion Night Out on September 8, Stella & Dot stylists Dana Litt and Heather Hedemann are hosting The Ballard Beauty Bash, an event that promotes style, beauty, local business, and stewardship in the Ballard community.

Hosted at BalMar Restaurant, the event will feature a fashion show, debuting Stella & Dot's the fall jewelry and handbag collection.

Promoted as a "night of beauty, pampering, raffle give-aways, and much more", the event aims to promote local Ballard businesses and to encourage customers to frequent local business and give back to the community.

The event will benefit the Ballard Food Bank as 10 percent of the sales will be donated to the Food Bank.

Additionally, merchandise form local businesses will be given out in a raffle and all attendees who bring items or money for the Ballard Food Bank will be receive a free raffle ticket.

Prizes include items from Savour, Sip & Ship, Fitness 19, Habitude, and more.

The Ballard Beauty Bash runs from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Thursday, September 8 at the BalMar Restaurant,
5449 Ballard Avenue NW.

On Saturday September 24, people all around the world are joining together for 350.org's Moving Planet, a worldwide rally to demand solutions to the climate crisis.

In Seattle, 350 Washington State, Sierra Club, Cascade Bicycle Club, Climate Solutions, and many other community groups will gather at Lake Union Park for a rally, activities, and workshops to explore how to end our reliance on coal and oil while taking action on urgent campaigns in our region.

Moving Planet Seattle will have many activities on Saturday, September 24, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at South Lake Union inlcuding: Skate Like a Girl and stand-up paddleboard classes, climate action workshops led by Earth Ministry and the Sierra Club, the Dutch Bike Company conference bike, a Zumba flash mob led by teachers from Roosevelt, tasty food trucks, an electric vehicle rally, and much more.

Without using fossil fuels, thousands will travel to South Lake Union by sailboat, bus, bike, foot, stilts, skateboard, kayak, unicycle, stand-up paddleboard, carpool, wheelchair, and eBike.