April 2012

Press release:

Who: Students, parents, and staff of Cedarhurst Elementary School in conjunction with the City of Burien.

What: Students will clean their walk-to-school pathway and improve the walking trail from 12th Ave South to 8th Ave South as part of the city-wide Burien Clean Sweep event. The City of Burien will provide gravel and remove debris collected in the effort.

When: Saturday, April 28, 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Where: Trailhead is located at 12th Ave S & 132nd St. and runs between 12th and 10th Ave S.

Highline Public Schools and the City of Burien have worked together this year to create safer routes for kids to walk to school as part of a grant through Seattle & King County Public Health. The school sponsors a walking school bus every Thursday when students, families, and staff walk to school together.

Seattle Parks and Recreation is seeking stewards for the Delridge Skatepark. The Stewards will interact with Parks staff to help keep the skatepark free of litter and trash.

Responsibilities include identifying and communicating with Parks staff on maintenance issues and problems.

This is a great opportunity for an individual who loves to skate and has a strong commitment to help maintain the skatepark for the enjoyment and safety of all users.

Parks points out that you can fulfill your service learning requirement for volunteering.

For more information: contact Carol Baker at 206-684-7457 or email carol.baker@seattle.gov.

http://www.seattle.gov/parks/projects/skateboard/delridge.htm

For more Volunteer Opportunities in the Seattle Parks and Recreation check out their webpage at http://seattle.gov/parks/volunteers

The last Thursday of every April since 1994 has been earmarked as the date for Dining Out For Life. Hundreds of restaurants and thousands of diners from across the nation come together in support of the fight against HIV and AIDS. By dining out at a participating restaurant tonight, 30% of your check will go to support more than 60 AIDS and HIV organizations. You can find other Seattle area restaurants by visiting the the Dining Out for Life website, http://www.diningoutforlife.com .

In West Seattle

• Buddha Ruksa 3520 SW Genesee Street 206.937.7676 Donating 30% Dinner
• Skylark Cafe & Club 3803 Delridge Way SW 206-935-2111 Donating 30% Dinner
• Talarico's Pizzaria 4718 California Ave SW 206.937.3463 Donating 30% Dinner

The family of slain 51-year-old Greggette Guy is offering a $10,000 reward, on top of Crime Stoppers $1,000, in hopes of bringing her killer to justice, according to Seattle Police.

Guy was found floating in the Sound near Cormorant Cove Park on March 12 after leaving her Kent home on the evening of March 11 to take a walk along Beach Drive S.W.

SPD said suspect(s) remain at large and homicide detectives have been pursuing a number of leads in the case.

Q13 Fox's David Rose spoke with Guy’s widower Dwight Guy for “Washington’s Most Wanted” (part of the interview can be seen at their website), the first time he has spoken publically about the tragedy.

Dwight told Rose his wife often went for walks along Beach Dr. S.W. and especially enjoyed being near the Sound during stormy weather. He said he drove to the area and searched for her the night of her disappearance before calling police to report her missing.

Monday, April 23, 2012:

Baseball Inglemoor

Beavers baseball hosted Inglemoor on Monday afternoon at Whitman Baseball fields. The game was scoreless until the sixth inning when Ballard batted in four runs. Inglemoor did get five hits off Ballard pitcher Caleb Jaeger but was unable to score, and the game ended in the first half of the seventh inning.

Jaeger pitched all seven innings, striking out two and giving away no walks.

Softball:

The Lady Beavers hosted Redmond on Monday afternoon at the Lower Woodland Park fields. It was a scoreless game up until the second half of the fourth inning when Ballard batted in two runners. Ballard had a few more hits but the game finished without any more runs. Ballard won 2 to 0. Pitcher Andrea Jewett was 2 for 3 at bat with a double. And Kirsten Aaakervik scored one RBI. Jewett pitched for seven innings, allowing one hit and one walk, and striking out 11 batters.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012:

Soccer:

Waiting for spring and the return of local veggies to your plate can be hard. But there is hope! I am still harvesting beets from my garden, so salads with beets are in order. It really makes me appreciate what my grandmother did with beets in the winter. She pickled them. Pickling without salt is a great way to add new flavor to veggies that you may be getting tired of. It almost makes them a new food.

Pickled vegetables are found around the world: greens in China, Japan’s daikon, Indian vegetables with curry spices, Mediterranean turnips and lemons, and even Italian mixed vegetables and garlic. Home-pickled vegetables may sound salty, but it is vinegar that “quick pickles” vegetables, not salt. And that’s great news because salt is hard on your blood vessels, hearts and kidneys. So, leave out the salt, add some inventive seasonings, and capture that fresh food taste until spring greens arrive.

The Seattle Foundation is hosting another "GiveBig" campaign today, and several Ballard campaign could benefit from your donations.

Aiming to inspire people to give generously to nonprofit organizations, the May 2nd "GiveBIG" campaign is a one-day community-wide giving challenge to make our region a healthier and more vital place to live.

Each donation made to the more than 1,300 nonprofit organizations profiled on The Seattle Foundation's website between midnight and midnight (Pacific Time), will receive a pro-rated portion of the matching funds (or "stretch") pool.

The amount of the "stretch" depends on the size of the stretch pool and how much is raised in total donations on GiveBIG day. For example, if a nonprofit organization receives 3 percent of the total donations during GiveBIG, then it will receive 3 percent of the stretch pool.


KingCo residents can make contributions of any size through The Seattle Foundation’s online Giving Center, which includes information about the 1,300 nonprofit organizations that will benefit from this drive.

Tens of thousands of people drive across the West Seattle Bridge every day and as you approach the community westbound, it's easy to overlook the set of bronze statues on the right side of road. "Walking on Logs" a set of bronze statues of children designed by sculptor Phillip Levine and installed in 1998. The exuberant scupltures are frequently decorated with t-shirts or otherwise used in various organization's promotional efforts. But like any outdoor installation it requires maintenance.

This Saturday you have a chance to make a difference by giving just two hours of your time to help clean up and beautify the area around the sculptures.

The Walking on Logs Landscape Restoration Group is looking for volunteers for Saturday, April 28th for two hour shifts between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. The group is re-landscaping the area around the Walking on Logs statues with native plants and aspens to create a “Woodland Grove” theme as a backdrop to the statues. Their goal is not only more attractive landscaping for the site, but less long term maintenance by installing plants suitable for the conditions at the site.

The Tuscan Tea Room at 4521 California Ave. s.w. in the middle of the West Seattle Junction has changed its name to La Romanza Bistro Italiano. Owner Aimee Pellegrini in a post on the restaurant's own blog said that, they made the change, "at the urging of our patrons and our good judgement."

Along with the name change they are adding Wednesday nights to their dinner hours beginning next week.

The company is also expanding into web sales, and will begin offering their more than 70 teas on the internet.

The changes get an inaugural celebration April 26 with a sold out wine dinner featuring jazz quintet Pearl Django.

You can make reservations for most evenings by calling 206-906-9914.

La Romanza Bistro Italiano is open for lunch Tuesday through Friday 11 am to 4 pm and dinner Thursday through Saturday 5pm to 10pm. Weekend Brunch is 10:30am to 4pm

At 6 pm, on April 25, 2009 Jeff Gilbert pushed play on his iPod and began blasting out "Jumping Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones to launch the Feedback Lounge. It's been quite a ride since then and the restaurant/bar that pioneered the unconventional combination of craft cocktails and rock n' roll in West Seattle has thrived.

Created by Jeff Gilbert, Matt Johnston and Paul Larkin the bar leveraged their individual talents. Gilbert (who works for Live Nation as his day job) is the music man. His own musical talents (he's played guitar for 30 years) and multitude of connections in the industry plus an amazing graphic design ability have supported that part of the effort. Matt Johnston is an expert with alcohol, able to expound on the history of not just types but brands. He's built a continuously evolving array of craft cocktails, and stores on the back bar dozens of infused blends allowing him to blend drinks unique to the Feedback. Larkin did the build out and created the core structure that allowed the rest of it to exist.

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