Update: In case you didn't know, Senor Moose is open again. Go get yourself some good eats.
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As you may have noticed, Senor Moose has taken a bit longer than they initially thought to open back up again. Renovations are underway, but according to a new note on their door, they are closing in. You can read that note above.
Update Tuesday 10:34 pm
The library and location were approved. See coverage here:
http://www.westseattleherald.com/2013/02/26/news/king-county-library-sy…
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Mark Ufkes, President of the White Center Chamber of Commerce is championing the effort to get a new library funded and built for the community and is asking the public for help regarding a meeting that will influence choices being made with regard to a final location for the building. A meeting set for Feb. 26 in Issaquah will focus on this siting issue.
He shared a letter he has sent to those interested:
White Center Chamber Members and Friends:
The new White Center library needs your help today!
Saturday, Feb. 16
Boys swimming
State Class 3A
Seven victories helped Kennedy Catholic secure a fourth-place finish in the state Class 3A boys swimming and diving meet that concluded Saturday, Feb. 16.
The action started of with the Lancers' Thane Maudslien, Tharm Sribhibhadh, Nick Dorsett and Tommy Thach winning the 200-yard medley relay in an All-American Consideration time of 1 minute, 38.38 seconds.
Maudslien later won the 100 butterfly in an All-American Automatic time of 49.76 and he took the 100 backstroke in an All-American Automatic time of 48.56.
Maudslien also teamed up with Alex Ballanger, Skylar Martens and Thach to take second in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:27.47.
Thach won the 200 individual medley with an All-American Automatic time of 1:49.22 and he took the 100 free in an All-American Automatic 45.47.
Brian Donohue of the Lancers also helped the Lancers score 181 points by winning the diving competition with a score of 430.45.
Martens took 19th in the 200 free in 1:53.13 and Sribhibhadh was 23rd in the 200 IM in 2:07.33.
Nate Williams of Highline placed 16th in the 500 free in 4:57.76 and JFK's Dorsett came in 22nd in 5:16.73.
Normally a patient tactician in the boxing ring, unbeaten "Vicious" Vincent Thompson threw caution to the wind and went for an early knockout on Saturday night.
His plan nearly backfired when his opponent, ex-MMA fighter Giovanni "Bam Bam" Sarran, refused to play patsy and survived the round and the fight.
Though Thompson was tired and spent after his first-round blitzkrieg, he managed to tough out his 13th consecutive professional win in the six-round main event before 1,123 fans at the Skookum Creek Event Center at the Little Creek Casino and Resort in Shelton.
"Vince was trying hard for the knock out and burned himself out," said Thompson's coach Sam Ditusa, a Normandy Park resident. "(That) threw the game plan out the window to box and to take opportunities to box and opportunities if they came for a KO."
Thompson (13-0, 2 KOs) of Federal Way said he wanted to go for the early knockout to please his fans and to quiet those in the boxing game who doubt his power.
"I just wanted to show I have power and I'm here to hurt people," Thompson said.
PUYALLUP - It took a little prodding and encouragement before Class 4A West Central/Southwest Washington bi-district champion Mount Rainier (25-1) ascended to a 69-50 girls basketball win against No. 7 WCD/SWW Kentridge at the 2013 WIAA Hardwood Classic Regional Championships held at Puyallup High School on Friday, Feb. 22.
With the win the state top-ranked Rams return to the Tacoma Dome for a 9 p.m. first round state match up with Inglemoor on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Tacoma Dome with the hope of improving upon last season's third place finish. Kentridge (14-12) concluded its season.
"They had nothing to lose," stated Ram head coach Bob Bolam. "We knew they would scratch and claw. They had us on our heels for awhile. We had to remind our girls at halftime that they had to work and fight for it. It wasn't just going to be given to us."
Maintaining a slim 37-34 margin with 6:24 remaining in the third quarter, the Rams blew the door down for fifteen consecutive points behind the eight points of Brittany McPhee who closed out with a game-high 29 points including a 13-of-16 achievement from the free throw line.
Mary Elizabeth (Feser) Clement
Doreen Rae (Sneesby) Hinrichs
Born June 7, 1932 in Seattle, WA, Doreen passed away February 3, 2013 in Federal Way, WA. Doreen was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend.
Right after the big war, which I had won nearly single handed, I left Boeing in spite of their pleas and my promise to never drive my fork lift truck on the soft asphalt portion of the airport runway near the hangar.
And I was looking around for an occupation.
I had three little kids and had once worked after high school at a big department store helping a crew dress windows.
I figured I knew how to do that and printed up some business cards that read Window Dresser; "We Create Displays That Sell".
I handed them out when I walked door to door in downtown Renton, White Center, Des Moines and Burien. I did not go to West Seattle because I was driving a 1928 DeSoto with a leaking radiator and that was a long way from home in case I had to walk.
Wonder of wonders one day I got a call. This man needed someone to glaze the big windows on the street level floor of Seattle's Smith Tower. He also asked me to cover some tables with crepe paper. He was going to sell some things I guess.
Ballard likes to bicycle, according to Gene Balk, AKA FYI Guy, of the Seattle Times. He put together a neighborhood map based on Commute Seattle's survey of commuters and bicycle commuting estimates from data provider Experian.
While not at the top of the list -- that honor goes to the North University area -- several Ballard-area neighborhoods certainly exceeded the 3 percent city average. As Balk notes, while that may not seem a large percentage of commuters, it's one of the larger rates in the nation, and adds up to more than 11,000 people.
The neighborhoods in question are as follows:
Sunset Hill: 6.54 percent
Ballard: 5.66 percent
Loyal Heights/Whittier Heights: 5.2 percent
Phinney Ridge: 5.43 percent
Fremont: 5.85 percent
Further north and more up the hill, however, neighborhoods begin to fall below the average. North Beach ranks in at 2.84 percent, Greenwood 2.92 percent and Crown Hill a measly 0.39 percent.
