The King County Water Taxi will run an additional sailing on the West Seattle route tomorrow, October 3, for the late afternoon Mariners game. In addition to its normal schedule, a 7:15 pm sailing from Pier 50 and 7:30 pm sailing from Seacrest will be added.
By Elizabeth Wang
Though there wasn’t a cloud in sight, Trinity United Methodist Church celebrated the installation of its new rain garden, the largest, non-residential one of its kind, on Sept. 30.
Armed with scissors, a group of children commenced the ribbon-cutting ceremony and the rain garden was officially opened after church pastor Rev. Kathleen Weber passed on a blessing.
“I’m not a visual person,” Weber said. “But really seeing it unveil itself is very exciting. We really wanted people to interact with it so it’s really fun to see the kids run through it and explore the garden.”
Through the RainWise program, Seattle has begun building rain gardens around the area to help retain, filter and infiltrate runoff stormwater that can be collected from roofs, roadways and even parking lots. The resulting efforts not only reduce pollution to viable water streams and prevent erosive water power, but can sustain a myriad of flowers and plants.
One year ago today, Oct. 3, 2011, it finally happened. It was 12:55 p.m. Seattle time, 9:55 p.m. Perugia, Italy time when the jury's verdicts were read by Judge Claudio Pratillo Hellmann in the appeal trial, and West Seattle-raised Amanda Knox, then 24, was free to leave the Italian courtroom, free to pick up her tooth brush and other effects at Capanne Prison, her home for three years and 11 months, and free to return to her parents' Arbor Heights home.
She and then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito had been convicted of the brutal Nov. 1, 2007, murder of her British college roommate, Meredith Kerscher, along with a local drifter and serial thief, Rudy Guede. Knox and Sollecito were acquitted of the murder. Guede, considered by the courts to be the lone killer, remains in prison.
Updated story for Oct. 3
The northeast corner of 11th Ave S.W. and S.W. Holden St. is mighty busy around 8 a.m. as commuters cram Holden in their rush to work, while parents and children attempt to navigate the arterial on their way to school.
On Oct. 3, International Walk to School Day, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and Seattle Dept. of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School Coordinator Brian Dougherty met with around 30 parents and children of Highland Park Elementary to celebrate a recently installed crosswalk at the corner and discuss the importance of walking to school on two fronts: doing it safely and doing it for the sake of health.
Rachel Wright, a Highland Park Elementary parent and activist for safer routes to school, spoke first.
Wright moved to the neighborhood in 2002 and had her daughter a year later. Knowing her child would one day have to cross Holden on her way to school “terrified” Wright, and prompted her to get involved in looking for improvements.
If you've ever had questions about the safety of the seafood you eat you will have the chance to ask experts at meeting about seafood safety in West Seattle set for Oct. 9.
The UW Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health is sponsoring a community conversation about Safe Seafood next Tuesday 6:30-8pm at Chaco Canyon, 3770 SW Alaska Street.
This is the 1st of 3 Public Health Cafe events this school year.
Two speakers will address the topic, both recognized experts in this field.
Dr. Elaine Faustman, researcher at the University of Washington School of Public Health, is an international expert on toxicants in fish and shellfish, as well as on policy and regulation.
Alberto Rodriguez, Program Manager at the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, will speak about contamination, cleanup issues and community concerns in the Duwamish, our neighborhood Superfund cleanup site.
Public Health Cafe is free and open to all ages. No science background required.
Have you ever flung a snowball at car on the road? Did you sneak some apples off your neighbor’s tree? Did you tear your best pants and lie to your mother about how it happened? You are not alone. As the bestest boy on N. Simpson St. I did those things and more. I hope pastor Nankavel up in heaven forgives me. I was just a kid.
So was my brother Russell only he was NOT the bestest kid. He had good intentions but much of what Russell got into resulted in damage to something or a fight down the street. Russell didn’t take no guff!
As kids, we liked to tempt fate but Russell was just better at it. He saw a magazine about some Aborigine people in Australia that made boomerangs to hunt birds in the air. Russell challenged himself to build his own.
He found an old wood crate down by the rail yards. He brought it home where he removed a slat to begin carving it into the shape of a boomerang. It was beautiful. But could it fly and could it fly back to him, which is the whole idea if you miss your target?
The final touches are looming and Technology Access Foundation (TAF) staff are readying for an Oct. 8 move into the Bethaday Community Learning Space located in Lakewood Park of White Center.
There are three events coming up to celebrate the opening of the $16 million, 22,500 square foot, three-story building that will become a high tech learning environment for White Center area kids and a community space available for rental.
Here are the details from TAF:
Thursday, Oct 18th (6-9pm) is the Grand Opening Celebration
A fundraising dinner. Proceeds will support TAF’s ongoing programs. Click here to register, or email Janet Lotawa at janetl@techaccess.org for details.
Wednesday, Oct 24th (5-8pm) is the Community Grand Opening Reception
Until the evening of Oct. 4 motorists using Highland Park Way s.w. will see, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) doing maintenance work on the west side of Highland Park Way SW at S Othello Street.
The work will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. While it is in progress, traffic will be shifted to the southbound lanes where there will be one lane open for travel in each direction.
The sidewalk on the west side of Highland Park Way SW will be closed to pedestrians through the work zone. Motorists should plan on slowing down through the work area.
Have you ever flung a snowball at car on the road? Did you sneak some apples off your neighbor’s tree? Did you tear your best pants and lie to your mother about how it happened? You are not alone. As the bestest boy on Vancouver ave. I did those things and more. I hope pastor Nankavel up in heaven forgives me. I was just a kid.
So was my brother Russell only he was NOT the bestest kid. He
had good intentions but much of what Russell got into resulted in damage to something or a fight down the street. Russell didn’t take no guff!
As kids, we liked to tempt fate but Russell was just better at it. He saw a magazine about some Aborigine people in Australia that made boomerangs to hunt birds in the air. Russell challenged himself to build his own.
He found an old wood crate down by the rail yards. He brought it home where he removed a slat to begin carving it into the shape of a boomerang. It was beautiful. But could it fly and could it fly back to him, which is the whole idea if you miss your target?
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Art Exhibits
Mark Restaurant-- Showcasing a selection of the Des Moines artist Daniel Wend’s landscapes and wildlife. Wend works in oil pastels and acrylics. For more information, contact: dan@wendart.com
Robinson Newspapers Photojournalists-- Patrick Robinson, Steve Shay, Kimberly Robinson and David Rosen. Oct. 20. 6-9 p.m. Alki Arts 2820 Alki Ave. S.W. Latin Jazz quartet “Todo Es.” Complimentary wine.
Auditions
