April 2012

Working the nightwatch April 28-29, Herald photographer David Rosen became aware of an altercation at the 7-11 store 2429 HARBOR AVE SWat 2:45 am Sunday morning.

Rosen made the 911 call that brought 8 officers to the scene of a fight between the occupants of an SUV who were apparently intoxicated.

"I saw a male and female get out of the SUV, words were exchanged, and the male hit the female in the face. That made me call 911," said Rosen.

Others got out of the SUV to break up the fight and the male who hit the female left on foot southbound on Harbor Ave. but returned 5 minutes later. The police arrived about one minute later.

They arrested a female and a male and he, according to the Seattle Police, was a burglary suspect they had been seeking.

We're contacting the SW Precinct for more details.

Catsino, the benefit event for Furry Faces Foundation was back on Sunday, April 29 with 13 games of chance all to benefit the work done by Furry Faces Foundation, A.A.R.F., Purrfect Pal and Regional Animal Services of King County. The event was held at href="http://www.beveridgeplacepub.com/">Beveridge Place Pub 6413 California Avenue Southwest.

The event raised $3,786.31.

Games like Texas Snip ‘em, Pig Craps, BlackCat 21 and K9 Blackjack were featured at sponsor tables.

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Robinson Newspapers through the West Seattle Herald sponsored a table and in the end the $550 prize of two nights at the Bellwether Hotel on Bellingham Bay was won by Debbie Daschner.

More than 60 people paid $25 to join the fun and enjoyed an array of food.
Deena Scholl of www.deceptivedelights.com was there offering samples of her gluten free, sugar free and yet decadent chocolates, frozen confection similar to ice cream, waffle cone and more.

Silent auction donors included:

• 12 Anonoymous Donors that love animals
• Alki Tours

UPDATE: 5/14

Due to an unexpected illness, the May 11 performance of Bye Bye Birdie at West Seattle High School was cancelled but a performance has been added for Tuesday May 15 at 7:30pm. Excellent seats are available for this added performance.

The West Seattle High School Drama Club is presenting "Bye Bye Birdie" starting May 10.

BYE BYE BIRDIE (1960) is a satire, and tells the story of a rock and roll singer who is about to be inducted into the army. For more background on the musical see the wikipedia entry here.

Songs, An English Teacher, What Did I Ever See in Him?, Put on a Happy Face, One Boy, A Lot of Livin' to Do, Kids, Rosie and Spanish Rose are musical theatre classics.

The former Dunville Gallery, whose owner Mel Neville we profiled late last year, is in the process of being remodeled by building owner Jimmy Wong.

While Wong is not certain about a potential tenant for the primary space at 9025 35th Ave. s.w. he said that a "massage therapy" business would occupy the most southern space in the building and a "computer graphics company" would take a narrow space next door as soon as early May.

Neville, who operated the gallery in the space for more than three decades, closed the gallery in December and retired, and at last report was traveling the nation.

Students, parents, and staff of Cedarhurst Elementary School in conjunction with the City of Burien cleared their walk-to-school walking trail from 12th Ave South to 8th Ave South at 132nd St. Saturday, April 28, as part of the city-wide Burien Clean Sweep event. The City of Burien will provide gravel and remove debris collected.

The school got a Safe Routes For Schools grant and every Thursday they do a "walking school bus" and walk to and from school.

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While many cigarette smokers will always buy their favorite brand by the box or carton at the convenience store no matter how high the price, some have recently switched to bargain do-it-yourself machines stationed in certain smoke shops to save big bucks. State tobacco taxes, 15 cents per cigarette, don't apply to those produced by these machines.

But if that's how you roll, you're soon out of luck as beginning in July, these cigarettes which now cost $36.50 a carton locally will almost double, with an additional $31 fee tacked on, as Olympia has nipped these machines in the bud for fear of losing revenue. Governor Gregoire is expected to sign the bill into law Wednesday, May 2. Legislators claim more than $12 million in increased revenue will come in the first year, slightly more annually after that.

Over three hundred Sea Tac Airport employees, labor advocates, and politicians gathered at a park just east of the runways by South 188th Street and International Blvd. at noon today for over an hour of speeches, then marched south to Angle Lake Park to gather again. Many celebrated the sun and warm weather, but all complained about bad working conditions including low salaries, generally minimum wage or lower, paid to taxi drivers, jet fuelers, skycaps and others.

One America partnered with Working Washington to celebrate International Workers' Day, technically May 1 with the goal to fight for a future with good jobs.

"We want to bring fair wages and good working conditions to nearly 4,000 workers at our airport who make poverty wages," Thea Levkovitz, event communications director, told the Highline Times before the rally. Some may recognize her as the former coordinator for the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition.

Saturday, April 28 was a big day in White Center as Starbucks, in collaboration with SeattleWorks hosted a service project as part of its second annual Global Month of Service. Eight teams of people from an estimated 150 who volunteered spread out across the neighborhood to work on cleaning up and sprucing up parks, and more.

This project is one of many projects taking place throughout the month of April. The month is a celebration of Starbucks commitment to helping communities thrive. As with last year, thousands of partners, customers and community organizations around the world are coming together to participate in service projects that address their local community needs.

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Highland Park's own Laura Drake has written and directed the Spring Musical at Chief Sealth based on the Glee concept called "The Rehearsal Room (Don't Stop Believing)" described as " An original musical about building something out of nothing. With hit songs from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and today!"

There will be two evening performances and a very special Mother's Day Matinee featuring flowers and chocolate for all moms at 2pm May 13.

May 11 and 12 at 7:30, May 13 at 2:00 at Chief Sealth.
Adults $8, Studens $4. www.sealthdrama.eventbrite.com and Like the on Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/ChiefSealthDrama

Check out the video of the rehearsal for the show.

The Genesis Project was formed to offer hope for a new life to young women and girls involved in Domestic Minor Sex-Trafficking (DMST) in the South King County area.

A team of SeaTac-based police detectives and staff are transforming vice into virtue, liberating young teens from "the lifestyle" of prostitution on the mean streets of South King County and offering shelter, food, clothes, and folks other than their "daddy" or pimp, to look up to, at the Genesis Project drop-in Center.

The Project was started last August by Deputy Andy Conner of the "SeaTac Vice". He was just named "Citizen of the Year 2012" by the Municipal league of King County, nominated by King County Sheriff Sue Rahr.