June 2012

The Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced on June 25 over $111 million in funding for over 220 city and county police departments across the United States, and Burien made that list.

Three City of Burien police positions will be funded with $375,000, used to either hire new or secure existing positions for military veterans who have served a minimum of 180 days since September 11, 2001.

Here is the full DOJ press release

WHITE HOUSE, DEPT. OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCE LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR HIRING OF VETERANS

Western District of Washington to Receive More Than $6.4 Million as Part of Nationwide Initiative

Update for June 27
The City of Tukwila has issued a statement of remembrance for David Fenton, 67, who was killed in a motorcycle accident on June 24 on W. Marginal Way:

The entire Tukwila community was saddened to hear of Dave Fenton’s fatal accident on Sunday, June 24. His commitment to the community and City – both people and programs will surely be missed.

Mr. Fenton was first elected to the Tukwila City Council in November 1997, and took office January 5, 1998. He chaired the Finance and Safety Committee his first year on the Council, and served as Council President his second year. He served eight years as a Councilmember and countless others as an involved resident, invested community member and business owner.

This information is from Mark Solomon, Crime Prevention Coordinator for the Seattle Police Southwest Precint

Dear Community Friends –

In an effort to keep you informed, and in our constant attempts to reduce future victimization, we want to let you know about recent level 3 sex offenders that have moved into Southwest Precinct neighborhoods.

**Please note the map links below refer to an entire block, not a specific home***

·Christopher Starr, 42 year old White male, recently moved to the 700 Block of S Elmgrove ST.

·Douglas Carter, 46 year old African American male, recently moved to the 1500 Block of S Cloverdale ST. Mr. Carter is no longer under Department of Correction supervision.

Mayor Mike McGinn will be in Ballard for a town hall meeting this evening at Ballard First Lutheran Church.

Mayor Mike McGinn and representatives from various city departments and community groups will answer your questions and hear what’s on your mind.

Agenda:

- 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Meet and Greet: City Departments and local community
organizations have information tables, answer questions and offer volunteer opportunities

- 6:30 p.m. - 6:40 p.m. Youth performance

- 6:40 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Open question and answer session with the Mayor

The Mayor’s Town Hall will take place from Tuesday, June 26th, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Ballard First Lutheran Church, 2006 Northwest 65th St.

The 66-unit, four story supportive housing project used to help Seattle’s homeless get back on track received final approval from Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development on June 25.

The decision can be viewed here.

DESC (Downtown Emergency Service Center) has been working through both the permit process and a mountain of community resistance to the project at 5444 Delridge Way S.W. for over a year, and the master use permit gives them the green light to move forward with construction plans, assuming there are no appeals.

Appeals can be made until July 9 (details here).

The mixed-use apartment complex will house chronically homeless people who are often battling mental illness or addiction. There will be a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week staff on hand and rehabilitation and counseling is made available to the tenants as they work towards stability in their lives.

Free Group Smoking Cessation Seminar for Single Moms
West Seattle Branch Library
2306 42nd Ave. S.W.
June 28, 6:15-7:45. This complementary seminar is offered by Robert J. Schryvers C.hT, Master Hypnotist at West Seattle Hypnosis. This event may fill up fast, so please confirm attendance at robert@westseattlehypnosis.complementary. Open to the public.

West Seattle Democratic Women Meeting
West Seattle Golf Course
4470 35th Ave S.W.
June 28, 6:30-9 p.m. Showing of movie ”Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House” Illustrating Valerie Plame Wilson’s “outing” as a covert CIA agent, followed by discussion. Social/Dinner: 6-6:30 p.m. Cost for dinner, coffee/tea & dessert Member/$12 or Non-member/$15, or $5 for coffee/tea & dessert. Wine $5 per glass. Reservations required: 935-3216 or wsdwomen@yahoo.com. Current info: westseattledemocraticwomen.org

Discovery Shop
4535 California Ave. S.W.
206 937 7169

By Kyra-lin Hom

Hello everyone! For today “How to Survive a Renaissance Faire...and other such silly things” is exactly as it sounds. I've been trying to fight, finagle, steer and plead my way out of this topic since I know this isn't everyone's scene, but my mind keeps coming full circle right back to it. Why? I'll tell you.

Since graduating college and moving back to the Seattle area, I have finally succumbed and joined several of my friends in a group called “The Seattle Knights.” This is a stunt fighting troupe that specializes in Medieval-style combat reenactment. It is both as cool and as geeky as it sounds. These people are the real deal – like a local version of the shows you might see in Las Vegas' Excalibur Hotel. They know their showmanship and western martial arts history inside and out. They are not associated with that pathetic display seen on America's Got Talent a few months back.

by Georgie Bright Kunkel

The Seattle World’s Fair, focusing on the future, really stimulated change. The whole period of the nineteen sixties resulted in a new look at fairness and equality. For example, 80 percent of women of childbearing age were using contraception after the birth control pill was approved. Women were finally protected from sexual harassment and domestic violence became illegal. Maternity leave was allowed so that women did not have to quit their jobs when pregnant. Many men chose to be stay-at-home dads so that mothers did not have to take on childrearing all alone. Compensatory time schedules were made available on some jobs to fit the schedule of parents. Equal pay for equal work had been legislated earlier but at last women were finally taking advantage of it. There is still much more to accomplish in the area of human services so hopefully the money and focus won’t be on yet another stadium project before we catch up in that area.

By Jerry Robinson

 Hurley Ring was chasing moles at the old Earlington Golf Course near Tukwila when I met him in the spring of 1950. His job was to rid the course of pesky varmints. I had five little varmints of my own hoping he would trap them so I could get in a round of golf.
 
Hurley had a special knack for killing moles. He would drive in a circle with his three-gang mower, watching for fresh dirt being poked up. He would leap off the mower with his shovel, sneak up like a ninja to scoop the little rascals out of the hill where he could swat them with the shovel. He averaged several a day at the course.

       While Hurley was busy whacking moles, his partner George Puetz, ran the golf shop.
    
 Hurley tired of poking holes in the ground looking for rodents. He ended up in White Center, like me, but he was selling novelty gags and mixers next to the liquor store on 16th SW at the Party House. 

Bringing together bikes, dining and fundraising, the third annual Spoke & Food event invites the community to bike to a participating neighborhood restaurant to raise money for a local non-profit.

The commitment is easy. All you need to do is gather some friends and bike to and from one of the participating host restaurants on Tuesday evening for dinner.

Located throughout Ballard and Seattle, the host restaurants have agreed to donate 20 percent of all of their patron revenues from the evening directly to the local non-profit selected by Spoke & Food.

Last year's Spoke & Food event raised more than $3,200 for the Children's Garden program at Seattle Tilth.