June 2013

Noise for the Needy, the music festival for a cause, is coming to Ballard to benefit the Ballard Food Bank, because where else would you rather have it and what better nonprofit would you rather benefit? Whereas in previous years the festival has taken place all throughout the city, this year will be a special Ballard-only event with acts playing at Hattie's Hat, Conor Byrne, Sunset tavern and the Tractor Tavern.

But this isn't just your run-of-the-mill no-name band music festival. Some great names and up-and-coming talents will be present. Among them are the Maldives, Hot Bodies in Motion, Horse Feathers and the headliner Polyrhythmics. And many, many many more.

All-festival wristbands are already sold out, but tickets are still available for individual shows.

Below is the lineup. For more info, visit http://www.noisefortheneedy.org.

Thursday, June 20

Conor Byrne, 9:00 p.m., Lures, Santee, Manplus, Goodbye Heart

Sunset Tavern, 9:00 p.m., Peeping Tomboys, Cabana, Prism Tats, and Yeah Girl

Tractor Tavern, 9:00 PM, Said The Whale, Brite Lines, Ghost Town Riot

The following notice was sent out by Seattle Public Schools:

There are still slots open for summer credit retrieval for high school students in West Seattle.

Classes start Monday at Chief Sealth International High School. Of the 75 spaces available; just 41 are filled. Classes run June 24-Aug. 8 (no school July 4-5) and are scheduled Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Full participation and attendance is required or students will be dropped from the program.

Priority will be given to 11th and 12th grade students who need to retrieve both Language Arts and Math credit.

Students who enroll in the program and attend June 24-28 will be provided with an Orca card for the month of July to get to and from their school site.

Interested students who fit the above criteria should contact Janet Blanford via email at jlblanford@seattleschools.org.

Information from Call2Recycle

Seattle residents are being asked to take part in a friendly recycling competition June 22-26 to help their neighborhood win the title of Greenest Seattle Neighborhood.

Call2Recycle, North America’s first and largest consumer battery stewardship and recycling program, is partnering with The Seattle Public Library to put battery collection boxes at six different branches across the city. The neighborhood whose box weighs the most will be crowned the greenest in Seattle. Boxes will be weighed at Call2Recycle’s collection event June 28 at Westlake Park with the help of local celebrity John Curley.

“Building on the success of last year’s Battery Recycling Day, which was proclaimed by Mayor Mike McGinn, we are again celebrating on June 28,” says Jennifer Childress, director of marketing and communications for Call2Recycle. “In honor of this, we want to know which Seattle neighborhood can gather the most batteries. After you drop off batteries, make sure to tweet us at @Call2Recycle so we can say thank you.”

Update, July 11

Eater.com confirms that the Copper Gate bar will be replaced by a new joint called Olaf's, bought by fans of The Viking Tavern, which closed across the street recently.

The name Olaf was inspired by the plucky cartoon viking that was on display at The Viking, named Olaf.

As for the viking ship bar? Gone. The nudie art? Gone. The Pussy Room? Gone.

The Pussy Room, which will just be the "room in the back," may continue to have music. A projector or big screen TV may be added for sporting events.

Former Persimmon owner Sara Moot will be in charge of food. Stumbling Goat and Ma'ono server/bartender David "Cheeto" Chilson will handle service and liquor. Local entrepreneur David "Cheeto" Chilson will handle the business.

Food will be "delicious bar grub" and will include the same awesome reuben from Persimmons, Eater reports.

Olaf's is tentatively set to open on August 21, though lots of work remains.

Update, June 19, 12:20 p.m.

Well known KING5 TV gardening expert Ciscoe Morris is making a guest appearance at the West Seattle Nursery June 20 and there are still tickets left according to the company. Tickets are only $10 but there is a limit of 5 per person and there are only 100 tickets available.

This is also a celebration of the 30 years of business for the Nursery so they will have food, refreshments and prizes.

The event runs from 5 to 8pm.

Call for more information 935-9276 or via email contact Galen Guffy at galen@westseattlenursery.com.

West Seattle Nursery is located at 5275 California Ave SW

By Jennifer D. Munro

“We couldn’t find any place to eat,” my dad lamented, “so--”

“--we kept going to the QFC deli,” my mom interrupted him. “We went twice in one day. Those Boar’s Head sandwiches are terrific, and--”

“--then your son clued us in to Ann’s Teriyaki,” my dad interrupted her.

How could my parents not find anything to eat in Ballard, where there are approximately 7,468 new restaurants? Only a handful have lasted in Ballard as long as my marriage.

Where have my parents been living all this time? On a rock?

Yes, they have. They travelled from their home in Hawaii, cashing in miles to fly first class to Ballard so they could drink heavily in-flight to mentally prepare for babysitting the Little Monster, age 10, while the Man I Married and I took a two-night vacation to commemorate 25 years of wedded bliss-ters: a quarter century that began right here in Ballard.

Compiled by Eric Mathison

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Art Exhibits

Artists United June Show--Burien Community Center, 14700 6th Ave. S.W. Through July 5. Recent paintings & photography by Barbara Benedetto, Harry Langen, Sharon McConnell, Judy Olson, Janie Sevela, Carole Shankland, Dorothy Wayne, and Nancy Wood. http://www.artistsunitedclub.com
Burien Community Center—Burien artist Kim McCarthy (aka Urban Soule) 14700 6th Ave SW, Through July 31. The Community Center is open Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information please call 206-988-3700.

(Editor’s Note: This letter was sent to Sound Transit and King County Councilmember Julia patterson with a copy to the Highline Times.)

I'm sorry, but I really have to ask....

How is the existing Metro Transit Rapid Ride - A Line not already serving the needs for effective, high capacity transit between the future Angle Lake Station and Federal Way area (Federal Way Transit Center)? What additional value do you believe that your study (of Federal Way light-rail extension) will bring to the table - if it's expected to simply deliver similar service as Metro's A Line, don't you feel that you'll just be poaching ridership?

Why must further studies be performed when I'm sure Metro had most likely already studied to the umpth degree before deciding on implementing the very first Rapid Ride route between the two points in your study. Is it simply because Metro is outside your agency and you don't effectively communicate and share information between agencies, is it because you have a predetermined budget to spend in studies?

On behalf of the Highline Historical Society, I'd like to thank everyone involved in the 2013 Highline Garden Tour, held last Saturday (June 8.)

From the gardeners who offer up their unique visions of a verdant paradise and the guest artists who share their talents, to our business sponsors, wonderful volunteers, and, of course, the The Highline Times for providing great advance coverage.

All of these efforts add up to an event that knits the Highline community together in a myriad of ways.

Ideas are swapped and inspiration is ignited. The tour makes a point of both celebrating the diversity of expression and finding common ground.

We wish everyone a happy summer in the garden, and we look forward to producing another great Highline Garden Tour in 2014 - hope to see you then!

Barbara McMichael
Highline Historical Society

It might be fair to say that paddling has saved Rob Casey’s life.
Shortly after 9/11 happened, Casey suffered one of the first -- but not yet the worst -- recessions in his business as a photographer. It was around that time he took up sea kayaking and paddled around the Puget Sound.

Then, around 2009, after the last economic recession hit, his photography business was all but gone. Where before, Casey and other photographers were able to make a decent living -- even at times “make a crazy amount of money” -- now business isn’t so good.

“It was like the carpet was pulled from beneath us. Now you’re lucky to get a few hundred a month.”

But instead of despairing, he got on a board, stood up, and paddled.
When he first tried, back in 2007, it wasn’t so easy. While in Kona, Hawaii, he rented a stand up paddleboard (SUP) that was too small and unstable. He fell, of course. And he fell again. And again.

But, for whatever reason, he wouldn’t quit trying. He felt there was something to SUP.