June 2013

Press release:
HomeTask hosted the second annual Burien Bites this past weekend, June 2nd. Burien Bites (BurienBites.com) is a community event created to help raise money for local charities and get to know your neighbors and you mingle and dine at all the local participating restaurants. All registration proceeds went to local charities, such as: Highline Schools Foundation, Highline Food Bank, YETI – GoYETI.org, New Futures & SW Youth & Family, and HomeTask Cares Foundation.

To participate in Burien Bites this year each restaurant competed in this year’s TOP CHEF Qualifier, which was held on March 20, 2013. It was a competition between the local chef’s and served as a qualifier event for Burien Bites. Each restaurant received a box of secret ingredients provided by Freggies and were given 90 minutes to make a dish with those ingredients and whatever they had in their kitchen and bring it back to our judges for scoring all this while being followed around by a Film Crew.

HomeTask is proud to announce the winners.

Burien Bites Top 3 Winning Restaurants

1st Place - 909 Coffee & Wine
2nd Place – Maven Mercantile
3rd Place – Mama Sambusa’s African Kitchen

Last Friday, Ballard High School students strutted their stuff to benefit the nonprofit Treehouse, which supports foster-care youth, for the first ever Stylin' and Sharing fashion show.

Earlier, we spoke with the mastermind behind the event, Ballard High junior Celia Major, who was inspired by friends and the "We Day" event to do something good for the local community. She said the event was a success: a fair amount of money was donated, a large load of clothes was brought to Treehouse's Wearhouse and the kids had fun. She said she hoped next year goes better.

Almost all the models were Ballard High School students and they were taught beforehand how to walk by professional model Michael Delk. Photographer Lauren Capone (https://www.facebook.com/LaurenCaponePhotography) was on the scene taking pictures. Click the main picture above or the thumbnails below to scroll through the slideshow.

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Chief Sealth International High School is the site for an All Alumni & Staff an all school reunion on July 13.

The event will begin in the Commons (adjacent to the main office, the old ASB lounge). Following the initial gathering the event will move into the auditorium for a short program after which there will be guided walking tours.

Everyone will meet again in the Galleria (built in the courtyard previously located between the main school building and the gym) for talking time, refreshments, and class pictures.

If you'd like to volunteer message the Friends of Sealth on Facebook.

The newest in the series of West Seattle produced music videos, shot at Salon 08, which is on Genesee Street north of the West Seattle Junction has been released by Black Dahlia Films and director Jamie Chamberlain. Chamberlain in recent years achieved national attention with his work for bands ZZ Top and Duff McKagan.

The featured artist this time out is West Seattle based rock band The Dolly Rottens. The first video in the series featured Travis Bracht.

The video is for their single "The Ruiner" and the band is fronted by Geneva Butler and Darci Carlson, featuring members of Bob Wayne and The Outlaw Carnies and JD Hobson.

This alt. rock pop band is known for their tell-it-like-it-is sensibility and sassy, catchy, make-up/break-up, girl powered rock songs. They will be celebrating their EP release titled "Honeymoons Over" on June 13th at Slims Last Chance in SODO.

Clips from first film LIVE FROM SALON 08 will premiere every Tuesday at www.blackdahliafilms.com.

By Elizabeth Wang

The Relay for Life of Northwest Seattle at Whitman Middle School brought in 27 teams and 228 participants to walk, run and raise money that will all be donated to the American Cancer Society.

The 16-hour marathon over June 1-2 featured events like team parades, lawn games, guest speakers such as 36-D Rep. Gael Tarleton and Carson Wiggs of the Seattle Seahawks, as well as the traditional survivors’ lap.

With over 1.66 million cases of cancer projected for 2013, according to the American Cancer Society, “the Big C” has become a disease that has touched almost everyone in one way or another.

Cindy Lange, who joined the Windemere Walkers team, kept thoughts of her friend and her mother in mind as she walked the track. Her friend is a mother of a 37-year-old son, who is currently suffering from brain and lung cancer. He had fought to overcome the disease a few years ago, but this time around proved less fortunate for the family. Lange’s friend decided to move back home to Texas and put her life on hold to spend time with her son.

By Holly Brown

Mirror, mirror on the wall, what the heck is happening?! According to www.LiveStrong.com, the plump and healthy looking skin we enjoy in our youth is from collagen, and elastin, stored in our bodies. Collagen forms connective tissues such as tendons and ligaments, and gives young skin its smooth texture and resilience. Elastin is a protein also found in connective tissues, and provides the flexibility to structures such as skin, cartilage, and arteries.

Unfortunately, these important proteins are depleted as we get older, causing wrinkles and other visible signs of aging we see looking back at us in the mirror. The good news is you can build collagen and elastin with every bite, by serving meals containing ingredients that keep production levels of these key proteins up.

Ingredients like leafy greens, citrus, soy, and seafood all contribute to the beauty and health of your skin.

Here’s why:

Wesley Homes, based in Des Moines, Washington presented a letter of intent to further explore sponsorship of The Kenney in West Seattle.

Wesley Homes operates two facilities in Des Moines and Auburn with plans for Puyallup and Renton in the future. They were founded in 1944. It is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church.

The letter of intent was presented to and accepted by The Kenney board of directors on June 4, 2013. In a press release from The Kenney they said, "It is the next step in the process of completing due diligence before Wesley Homes makes a decision to become the new non-profit sponsor. Due diligence typically involves an in-depth review of the operations, physical plant, legal issues and finances, including discussions with the bank lender. The due diligence is expected to take several weeks."

Ellen Boyer, COO for Wesley Homes said, "What we really want to do is serve seniors in our community and we believe that extending to the West Seattle area would be a good fit with not only our mission but our strategy."

Your tax dollars could mean a healthy smile and pain-free mouth for several Seattle students in coming years.

On June 4, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn visited Madison Middle School in West Seattle to announce $274,680 from Families and Education Levy funds will be used to set up onsite dental screening facilities at 11 Seattle schools next year. The selection of schools is still in the works, but the City, in partnership with Neighborcare (who will administer the care), is targeting schools with low-income student populations who could most benefit.

Madison was chosen as the site to unveil the program because they already have a dental facility up and running, acting as a pilot for Neighborcare to expand.

McGinn opened his remarks with a number of realities, including the fact that low-income students are far less likely to have access to dental care outside of school, and that researchers have found links between children living with tooth pain and declining school performance.

This program, he said, “is just another way in which we in the city can help support our kids and our families.”

Information from the Seattle Fire Department

This summer Seattle Firefighters will be reading to kids at library branches throughout the City. The Seattle Fire Department and Seattle Public Library are partnering to host seven firefighter story times in June and July.

The West Seattle visit is set for June 13.
Delridge Branch 5423 Delridge Way S.W. Thursday June 13 @ 11:30 a.m.

“This is a chance for firefighters to meet our youngest community members and educate them on how to protect themselves and their families during a fire,” said Fire Chief Gregory Dean.

For more than a decade, Seattle firefighters have volunteered for literacy events at local branch libraries.

“The firefighter story times are among our most popular literacy programs for preschoolers,” said City Librarian Marcellus Turner. “We appreciate the firefighters volunteering their time each year to support libraries and reading. It’s a wonderful opportunity for some of our youngest patrons to learn about fire safety and the work that our brave firefighters do every day.”

From Ballard High School

The Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced nominees for the Northwest High School Awards of Excellence. These awards celebrate the most outstanding productions from five Northwest states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Productions are nominated by a jury of NATAS industry professionals. Students from the Ballard High School Video Production Program earned eight nominations. The winners will be announced on June 15 at the 50th Annual Regional Emmy Awards ceremony.

Ballard’s nominations span four categories, reflecting the diverse skills students learn in the program. These are the nominations by category.

Community/Public Service Announcements:

Anti-Littering by Tristram Fetters, DJ McCoy & Sage Borlo

Not Even Once by Sam Baldwin, Paris Burhen, Brian Cropp & Gabriel Tagulao

Long-Form, Fiction:

The Godsend by DJ McCoy

Long-Form, Non-Fiction:

Impact by Kenton King, Jacob Scott & Mackenzie Wright