October 2012

Tonight, Thursday, Oct 18th from 6 to 9pm is the Grand Opening Celebration for the the TAF Bethaday Communty Learning Space and a fundraising dinner. The building is located in the Lakewood Park of White Center at 605 SW 108th St, Seattle, WA.

The $16 million, 22,500 square foot, three-story building will become a high tech learning environment for White Center area kids and a community space available for rental.

Proceeds will support TAF’s ongoing programs.

Coming up next week on Wednesday the Community Grand Opening Reception is set to take place from 5 to 8pm. The public is invited to attend.

Update for Oct. 31
The design packet for a second early review of the proposed 6-story, 370-apartment, large retail space project at the corner of Fauntleroy and Alaska is available for viewing.

It can be found here, in advance of the Nov. 8 design review. Note: It's a large file and will take time to download.

To read up on the first early design review meeting, please click here.

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Original post on Oct. 18

A last minute reminder for any North Highline residents who have questions on Burien's proposed annexation of the area.

North Highline voters will decide whether they want to become part of the City of Burien in the Nov. 6 election (although ballots are expected to hit mailboxes early next week or late this week).

Here are the details from Burien:

Thursday, October 18: Cascade Middle School, cafeteria, 11212 10th Ave SW, 6 pm

Annexation of North Highline
The Burien City Council on April 2 adopted a resolution that requests King County to place on the Nov. 6, 2012, General Election ballot a proposition concerning annexation of the North Highline Area "Y" annexation area. Residents of the proposed annexation area would vote on whether to become part of the City of Burien. The proposed annexation area includes the unincorporated remainder of North Highline, which takes in White Center, Top Hat, Beverly Park, Glendale, and portions of Boulevard Park, Riverton Heights and Shorewood. Burien annexed the southern section of North Highline in 2010.

When the feature film "Two Shadows" premieres at the Admiral Theater it will be the latest hallmark of success for West Seattle raised Christen Hepuakoa Marquez the film's producer. Marquez, who describes herself as "a third generation West Seattleite" will attend the premiere on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 1:40pm.

“I am incredibly excited to bring this film back to West Seattle. I actually worked in the pizza shop (now Luciano's) that is attached to The Admiral in high school. It was called Jorge's back then."

The film's story follows Cambodian-American heroine Sovanna (Sophea Pel), who receives a letter claiming that her long lost brother and sister are still alive. In a snap decision, Sovanna ditches her evening routine of drifting through hipster dive bars to brave a solo journey through the backroads of Cambodia in search of her two missing siblings. From the moment she arrives she finds herself in unsettling territory as she is pulled into increasingly dangerous situations in the hope of reuniting her family.

Press release:

King County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested a man in connection with a Malicious Harassment case that occurred Sunday in Burien when a man tore a “Reject R-74” (referendum on same-sex marriage) sign off of a woman’s car and shoved another woman when she stepped in to help.

Detectives arrested the 23-year-old Burien man at a house in the 900 block of 164 St. SE in Snohomish County just after 10 a.m. Oct.17. The man was booked in the King County Jail for Investigation of Malicious Harassment.

The case will be forwarded to the prosecutor for review.

The intersection of 26th SW and Roxbury Streets was the scene of yet another rollover accident on Oct. 18.
The last one was in early September but this time someone got hurt and had to be extricated from the vehicle before being sent to the hospital.

We were unable to get information on the other driver.

A black SUV was hit by other vehicle, a silver Honda in the intersection and ended up on its side.

That intersection links Westwood Village at the other end of 26th and the area just adjacent to the Safeway store on Roxbury Street.

Lara Fox, and opera singer who lives in Ballard, will play cross gender roles in Molière’s Les Précieuses ridicules. She will be playing the character La Grange in both English and French.

Le Théâtre Français will be presenting two performances of the one-act play on the same night, one in French and one in the new English translation by the Director, Professor Scott Taylor of Western Washington University.

“Rather than use the common translation of Precious Maidens Ridiculed, I have translated the title as Princess Butterflies because it evokes both the flightiness and beauty of the play’s two main female characters, Magdelon & Cathos," he said.

Audiences won't just be treated to two different languages, though, but will experience two entirely different styles of theater.

The English version, presented first, will be set in modern day Hollywood with the main characters playing Hollywood starlets and over-the-top metrosexuals. The French version will be performed in a bouffonnesque, circus-like stylein the tradition of Jacques Le Coq.

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Sugary soda, flavored coffee drinks and alcohol have a problem in common with fruit juice. They don’t make us feel full, so when we drink their calories, we still eat just as much. And since they often come in 16-, 24- or 32-ounce sizes, they increase our tendency to drink two, three or even four servings at a time.

Soft drinks used to be a treat, like a candy bar or an ice cream cone. You might have one once in a while, on a special occasion. Now, 90 percent of children and teens drink sweetened beverages every day. Most are at least double servings, which means the calories are doubled too, coming in at 200 to 350 calories each. Drink one every day, and you’ll gain two pounds a week.

In the 1970s the average teenage boy drank five glasses of milk a day and one soft drink. Now, many teens drink four or five sodas a day, and one glass of milk. When they get older, they will be at high risk for bone disease because they are substituting empty-calorie soda for milk, which is rich in calcium and vitamin D.

A man and woman are behind bars and facing first degree assault charges for allegedly firing several shots into the bedroom of a White Center woman who was sleeping with her 9-month-old baby on Oct. 7.

Charges in the case were originally reported by Seattlepi.com.

According to charging documents, 28-year-old Tony Dante Avery and 27-year-old Ebonee Machiah Heller, both with last known addresses in Burien, allegedly went to the victim’s home on the 9600 block of 11th Ave. S.W. shortly after 1 a.m. During interrogation, Avery told detectives he fired several handgun rounds at the home (all seven shots were concentrated on the victim’s bedroom window) at the request of Heller due to a dispute between her and the victim.

Asleep with her infant, the victim told police she awoke to the sound of gunfire and the sight of bullets coming in through her bedroom window, shattering glass and tearing into walls. She grabbed her child and ran to the living room where she called 911.

Mountain to Sound Outfitters will be hosting their third annual West Seattle Ski & Snowboard Swap at the VFW in West Seattle (3601 SW Alaska St.) If you have any used skis, snowboards, or any outdoor gear you would like to sell, the specifics are below:

Bring your gear by M2S on October 19th from 12-6pm. We will then have you tag and price your gear and we’ll be available to answer any questions you may have.

The swap will last from 10:00am thru 6:00pm on Saturday October 20th, & 10:00am thru 3:00pm on Sunday October 21st.

Pick-up time will be Sunday October 21st from 3:00 – 5:00pm. You can come pick up any gear that didn’t sell, get your checks or store credit at that time. A 20% commission will be charged for those choosing a check, 100% M2S store credit will also be offered.

Items not picked up by October 23rd will be donated to the Boys and Girls Club. Checks not picked up by October 23rd will be donated unless specific arrangements have been made with M2S.