April 2012

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Attention all adult track and field enthusiasts! Grab your track shoes and stretch out your hamstrings! The Masters Track and Field Meet will take place on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at West Seattle Stadium, 4432 35th Ave. SW.

The Meet is for adults 30 and older. It will include the 100M, 200M, 400M, 4 x 400M relays, 5,000M run, pole vault, long jump, shot put and much, much more! Last year’s event attracted more than 150 participants.

The cost is only $5 per event and you can participate in as many events as your heart desires. Registration will take place at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the event.

Want to participate but haven’t run in a while? Seattle Parks is also offering a Countdown to the Meet in Eight Weeks Training. The eight weeks of one-hour training sessions will help improve fitness, form, speed and endurance. Participants can expect a warm-up, pre and post stretching, striding, jogging and running at a level based on fitness level. Trainings are conducted at West Seattle Stadium, a safe and convenient place to run.

Training Details
Dates: April 4 – May 24, 2012

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Engineers will conduct routine load tests today on the Delridge Way SW on- and off-ramps to the West Seattle high-level bridge to measure the affects of heavy trucks.

Drivers may experience delays of 10 minutes at a time on three occasions between noon and 4 p.m.

Also, drivers may be briefly delayed by traffic flaggers under the bridge on Delridge Way SW at times today until 6 p.m. Please plan ahead and allow extra time to reach your destination.

UPDATE:
BARBOZA SHOW CANCELLED

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the 4/27 Barboza show in Seattle has been CANCELLED. The hosting club is a brand new venue. The grand opening of the venue was postponed last week and rescheduled for this week. Today the band received word that the Fire Department has again delayed the final inspection. Therefore the venue will not be open for our event.

If you have purchased advance tickets, Barboza will be contacting you with instructions on how to receive a refund or exchange. STAY TUNED FOR AMAZING STUFF FROM BARBOZA! This new venue is an incredible addition to the Seattle music scene. The events leading to this cancellation were not within Barboza's control. Thank you for supporting Brent Amaker and the Rodeo and sorry for any inconvenience.

The band will perform next in Roslyn, WA at The Brick - Saturday 4/27.

Sincerely,

Brent Amaker

Original post:

Seattle Police reports that on Friday night, at approximately 9:30 p.m., North Precinct Anti Crime Team members served a Narcotics Search Warrant at a house in the 8300 block of 24 Av NW.

This residence has been a problem house in the area for the past year or so.

Two male subjects were arrested without incident for their involvement with the Narcotics case.

The suspects were later transported and booked into King County Jail for various Narcotics charges.

The listed items were recovered:

· 1 gram of Methamphetamine

· 6.3 grams of Heroin

· $563.00 Seized

· Smith & Wesson 38 Revolver

After my third interview where I basically told another client looking for a promotional writer, “You don’t really need me, you can do this stuff on your own,” I had to ask myself, “What the hell is wrong with you?” My first assumption was that I didn’t really want the job, so was talking them out of hiring me. But I am rarely that simple. Upon further contemplation, I realized I do the same thing with my coaching clients. They’ll ask me to edit 100 pages of their book and I’ll say, “That’s expensive. I’ll just edit thirty pages and tell you what’s working and not working and how to edit the rest yourself.”
Now you’re probably saying, “What the hell is wrong with you?” and I have to agree. But in my defense, I view myself as a teacher more than an editor and try to foster my client’s ability to edit and critique their own work, rather than merely edit it for them. I don’t want them feeling as if they are dependent on me in order to write, I want to inspire them to be able to write for themselves. Those are the healthy reasons why I talk myself out of accepting money.

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Highline Public Schools’ district-wide food drive starts today and runs through April 27. All the food and money collected will be donated to the Highline, Des Moines, and White Center food banks and distributed to hungry families.
 
Students are being asked to bring food items or monetary gifts to school. Financial donations are especially helpful because food banks buy in bulk very inexpensively. A donation of one dollar gives food banks the equivalent of four dollars in buying power!
 
Food donations should be nutritious, non-perishable foods that are easy to prepare, including peanut butter, canned or dried beans, canned fish, nuts, rice, oatmeal, and whole grain cereals.
 
“Local food banks are such a critical resource for many of our families,” says Interim Superintendent Alan Spicciati. “We hope families who are able will contribute to the food drive so all students in our community have access to nutritious food.”

Press release:

Highline Public Schools’ district-wide food drive started April 16 and runs through April 27. All the food and money collected will be donated to the Highline, Des Moines, and White Center food banks and distributed to hungry families.

Students are being asked to bring food items or monetary gifts to school. Financial donations are especially helpful because food banks buy in bulk very inexpensively. A donation of one dollar gives food banks the equivalent of four dollars in buying power!

Food donations should be nutritious, non-perishable foods that are easy to prepare, including peanut butter, canned or dried beans, canned fish, nuts, rice, oatmeal, and whole grain cereals.

“Local food banks are such a critical resource for many of our families,” says Interim Superintendent Alan Spicciati. “We hope families who are able will contribute to the food drive so all students in our community have access to nutritious food.”

Press release:

King County issued $30 million in bonds today to finance the County’s share of costs to replace the South Park Bridge. Construction of the new bridge began in May 2011, and it is expected to open in fall 2013.

“Once again, our prudent fiscal management and blue-chip bond rating has enabled us to finance a needed piece of infrastructure – in this case replacement of the South Park Bridge – at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine.

The total cost of replacing the South Park Bridge is $163 million. The other funding sources include a grant from the federal government and contributions from local partners including the State of Washington, Port of Seattle, City of Seattle, and others.

The county was able to achieve very low borrowing costs thanks to its high quality bond ratings and favorable market interest rates. Annual debt service costs, initially projected at $2.5 million annually, will actually be about $2 million, resulting in a savings of $500,000 per year for the County’s Roads Fund, or $10 million over the 20-year life of the bonds.

Deadline for receiving items for Community Calendar is 5 p.m. Wednesday for the following week’s Times/News. Events are published based on timeliness and space availability. Email submissions to: hteditor@robinsonnews.com Items can be accepted from nonprofit groups and government agencies only. Others may call Dona Ozier at 206-708-1378 for inclusion in our “Out & About” advertising section.

Art Exhibits

Burien Community Center—Marquetry art by Dennis Harrison. Marquetry is an art form that uses only natural and dyed wood veneers in its presentation. It is a little-known art form in America, but it is hundreds of years old as practiced elsewhere. Through May 31. 14700 6th Ave. S.W. Mondays-Thursdays 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Fridays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Music

UPDATE, Tuesday, 8:45 p.m.

One of three engines belonging to the Space Shuttle Trainer arrived yesterday by truck, and was unveiled this morning shortly after 11:00 a.m. at the Seattle Museum of Flight's new Charles Simonyi Space Gallery. It will be on display and will join the rest of the craft. The 9-foot tall artificial engine resembles a giant beehive and is made of porous foam.

Museum President Douglas King separated some stubborn paper with the help of two others to reveal the faux, foam engine. The main sections of the trainer begin arriving June 16 from the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, flown into Boeing Field on that "pregnant silver fish" the NASA Super Guppy, a 25-foot by 25-foot by 111-foot long cargo plane. We are told the Super Guppy will be piloted by West Seattle High School alumni, Space Shuttle Astronaut Captain Gregory C. Johnson.

SEATTLE’S MUSEUM OF FLIGHT WELCOMES FIRST PORTION OF NASA’S SHUTTLE TRAINER TUESDAY