September 2013

The annual fall festival featuring lots of activities from music to rides to bingo, WestFest at Holy Rosary gets underway Friday Sept. 20 at 6pm (ends at 10pm) and of course on Saturday from 10am to 10pm.

The fun is at the school site, 4142 42nd Ave S.W. in the playground area behind the school and the gym.

You can take part in the always popular Cake Walk and you can earn an hour for each confection baked, up to four for the school year if you'd like to contribute. Covered items can be delivered to the school hall or gym Friday afternoon, Sept. 20th, or Saturday morning, Sept. 21st. There will be a climbing wall, rides, the big toys (inflatables), carnival style booth games in the gym, raffle tickets, face painting,

Hotwire Coffee will offer a special WestFest drink—for every beverage purchased they’ll give $2 back to Holy Rosary.

There will be lots of food on hand including pizza, baked potatoes, root beer floats, ice cream, scones, BBQ Ribs, beans and potato salad, burritos, burgers and hot dogs, teriyaki and yakisoba, salmon and caesar salad, and of course the beer garden.

The Admiral Theater is the single Seattle venue screening The Manhattan Short Film Festival on Saturday, Sept 28 and Sunday, September 29 at 4:00 PM both days. Tickets are $10.00.

This year the festival received a record breaking 628 short film entries from 48 countries, with films from Finland, UK, Australia, France, Ireland and the USA making up the ten finalists. These films will not only entertain a global audience but will be judged by them as well. Audiences at the Admiral will be handed a voting card upon entry and asked to vote for the one film they think should win. Votes will be sent through to the festival headquarters with the winner announced at www.ManhattanShort.com on Sunday Oct 6 at 10pm (EST).

It's no new news that the Seattle Police Department North Precinct Station has been outgrown. The current, 15,000 sq. ft. station was built in 1984 -- long before the booming days of Ballard -- and was meant to house 154 staff.

It's now home to 254 staff.

The proposed station is located at Aurora Ave N and N 130th St and is expected to be approximately 6,000 sq. ft. It would be able to accommodate up to 370 officers and civilian staff (which means room to grow), with on-site multistory parking for patrol cars, visitors and staff. It will also offer a community meeting space and public art. The building is expected to have a useful life of 30 to 50 years.

"Being on the corner of major arterials with good access to I-5, and offering enough space to build a station that will meet our needs for decades to come - this site offers the best location for the Seattle Police Department's north-end operations," said Interim Chief of Police Jim Pugel.

Press release from Easy Street Records:

There's still spots open to golf in Easy Street's golf tournament and they have now opened the After Party to the public. All proceeds to the West Seattle Food Bank!

To sign up for the tournament (Four-person scramble, create your own teams or we'll help you find a team. Check-in will start at 9am, and first tee-time at 10am. The $75 fee includes entry for one player plus an after hours party with food, beverages and entertainment supplied):

E-mail golf@easystreetonline.com and include the following information

* Total number of players ($75 per player)
* Registrant name
* Names of all additional players
*Registrant e-mail & phone number

Easy Street Records 25th Anniversary Golf Tournament After Party: Brandon Daniel & the Chics
Friday September, 20 @ 7:00PM
Free and All Ages! West Seattle Store, 4559 California Ave SW, (206) 938-3279

On Sept. 17, around 5 p.m., a female pedestrian was hit by a Federal Way woman driving along 17th Ave. S.W., resulting in serious injuries according to the King County Sheriff's Office.

KCSO said the 51-year-old transient female victim was crossing 17th mid-block (near the Bank of America) when she was struck by a 54-year-old driving southbound.

The victim was taken to Harborview with serious injuries, including several broken bones.

KCSO said the driver has been cooperative with the investigation (which is ongoing) and no arrests have been made nor charges filed at this time.

Seatac-- At about 1:12 A.M. on September 19, 2013, the Sheriff’s Office received reports of multiple shots being fired in the 16700 block of 31 AV S, just east of International Blvd. A man in his 30s fled the scene to a nearby bank where he collapsed with at least one gunshot wound. Another person from the same bullet ridden car checked himself into a nearby hospital with at least one gunshot wound.

The car the men were in crashed into several parked cars in an apartment parking lot after they had been shot at. The shooters in this case have not been captured and there are not very clear accounts from witnesses.
The man who fled to the bank was transported to Harborview Medical Center with serious injuries. The other passenger in the vehicle was driven privately to Highline hospital after he left the scene prior to deputies arriving.

It is not yet known if the shooting was a random act or the people in the car were specifically targeted.

The King County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes detectives are investigating this ongoing case.

Fauntleroy UCC church at 9140 California Avenue SW is holding the Fauntleroy Fine Art & Holiday Gift show November 15-17 and are seeking artists to display their work at the event.

The Fine Art and Holiday Gifts at Fauntleroy will highlight the creativity of fine artists and crafters, working in any medium, living in West Seattle. Painters, glass artists, printmakers, photographers, sculptors, fiber artists and crafters who exhibit a high level of creativity are welcome to apply. All participants must present items for sale.

You have until Sept. 30 to apply.

Participants must provide 15% of their sales to Fauntleroy UCC.

Hours will be:
Fri.- November15, 2013- 5pm-8pm
Sat.-November16, 2013-10am-4pm
Sun. - November 17, 2013- 11 am - 2 pm

Learn more at their website at www.fauntleroyucc.org or by phone or email Telephone: (206) 932-5600 E-mail: fauntleroyfineart@gmail.com or info@fauntleroyucc.org

Seattle Seahawks star defensive back Richard Sherman was doing a charity event at the Commons Mall in Federal Way where Coach Jeff Scott is the security director, and Sherman was asked by him to give the football team at Seattle Lutheran High School a shout out.

He was kind enough to agree.

The Saints next game (the Sept. 21 Oroville match in West Seattle was cancelled) is an away game against Concrete on Friday, Sept. 27.

Homecoming is taking place Saturday, Oct. 26 vs. Chief Leschi, at West Seattle Stadium.

 
55 bus routes including 2 in the West Seattle area will be affected by changes coming from Metro on Sept. 28. In a press release on Sept. 18 Metro said, "Streamlined service on Interstate 90, better timed connections and more bus trips in downtown Seattle mark some of the changes to 55 bus routes starting Sept. 28 as King County Metro Transit launches its fall service revisions.
 
Red timetables and a special orange rider alert will be available in coming days, and riders can go online to preview changes to routes. While Metro’s online trip planner is updated to reflect trips Sept. 28 and after, the online timetables will be changed late on Friday, Sept. 27.
 
“Ridership continues to grow and these service adjustments are intended to better serve our customers and attract new riders,” Metro Transit General Manager Kevin Desmond said. “However, meeting the growing demand and addressing overcrowded buses isn’t possible in the face of Metro’s funding challenge and the very real prospect of substantial service reductions in fall 2014 after our temporary funding expires.”
 

Heather and Paul Fairchild got their dog Mickey, a pure bred Maltese through an EBay classified ad in Spanaway, they said. Mickey is two and they've had him a year.

Mickey came from a home that could not care for him any longer.

"They had a daschund already and they had adopted a few children. Between their work schedules and the children and side jobs they were not able to care for two dogs any longer. Mickey had just sired a litter at that time too, so they said between the puppies and all the dogs he had to go," Heather explained.

That was clearly fortunate for the Fairchilds and they love having him be part of their family. "He's just a fantastic dog, great temperament, and just a good boy," said Heather. "When we are gone he doesn't do anything destructive. What he does, is so cute. We have a couch that borders the front main window and he sits on the back of the couch and waits for us to come home."

When they come home, Mickey has a rather special vocalization. "It's part Wookie (from Star Wars) and part trumpet," said Heather laughing. "It's like he's Chewbacca and he has a tiny trumpet."