October 2013

Joe Szilagyi offered a post from the Oct. 1 Westwood-Roxhill-Arbor Heights Community Council meeting held Oct. 1.

October 1, 2013 WWRHAH meeting notes

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Here are the notes from our October 1, 2013 WWRHAH meeting at the SW Branch of the library on 35th SW.

Community news:

Details from Free2Luv:

Our West Seattle based nonprofit, Free2Luv, an organization passionate about celebrating individuality through the arts and entertainment, is having a charity event.

Booze Balls and Bingo is hosting a fundraiser bingo night for Free2Luv!

It's a Mama Tits, Tru St. James and Tony B Production with some super cool prizes lined up. It's a guaranteed fun night of drag bingo while supporting an awesome cause!

Here are the deets:

Event: Booze Balls and Bingo
Date: Sunday, October 13th
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Feedback Lounge
6451 California Ave. SW
West Seattle
FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/394760603983949/?fref=ts

“If you see something, say something.”

It’s the mantra shared time and time again by our Southwest Precinct police team, encouraging West Seattleites to pick up the phone and call 911 when they see suspicious activity in their neighborhoods – be it a stranger loitering about or an unfamiliar vehicle rolling by at a slow pace.

In an area known for higher property crime rates than any other category, strangers lurking about could mean a burglary is in the works and “Don’t be afraid to call” advice makes sense. SPD leadership has assured us that calling 911 instead of searching for a non-emergency number is fine and does not put undue stress on the 911 system. Additionally, they have shared several success stories where someone calling with a gut feeling (who has yet to witness an actual crime) paid off with an arrest.

For some peninsula residents, however, following that mantra has led to less-than-friendly interactions with 911 operators and responding officers.

Here’s an example, shared with the Herald by West Seattle resident Erika Harnett:

Information from King County

The Barton CSO project entails building a system of bioswales in the Westwood and Sunrise Heights neighborhoods to capture stormwater runoff that would flow into the sewer system during heavy rains and cause overflows in Puget Sound.

As we prepare for construction, King County will transplant 24 trees within the Barton CSO Control project area to make room for the future bioretention that will be installed on city 15 blocks.

Staff will be in the neighborhood this week posting fliers on the trees that will be transplanted. Fliers will indicate the location for transplant. Trees marked with pink ribbons will be transplanted to another location in the public right-of-way, and trees marked with orange ribbons will be delivered to homeowners. Earlier this year, King County notified project area residents of the opportunity to give these trees a home, and we will be in touch with individuals receiving trees to confirm their interest. Trees delivered to homeowners will be replanted by the homeowner, and it is expected that these trees will be planted on their property.

Tree relocation will occur on or after November 6.

Raisbeck Aviation High School (RAHS) teacher Julie Burr is being honored with a prestigious national award for her dedication to aerospace education. The RAHS Coordinator of Work-based Learning & Career Readiness received the Aerospace Educator Award from Women in Aerospace.

The award honors an outstanding teacher who is dedicated to aerospace education and the advancement of women in aerospace. A total of nine woman across the country are being honored by Women in Aerospace this year, including NASA Research Scientist Kristin Rozier and three NASA executives. Burr is the only educator selected for an award.

Burr works to ensure RAHS students gain authentic workplace experience in the aerospace industry through internships, mentorships, and a variety of aerospace-related programs. Her leadership has resulted in a dramatic increase in girls participating in these experiences.

The Board of Directors of Destination Des Moines held their monthly meeting at the Scotch and Vine Restaurant on Tuesday, August 24, 2013. The agenda for the meeting was to discuss the 2013 Fall Events, Trick or Treat Path and the Holiday Tree Lighting, which Destination Des Moines produces with the help of local Des Moines Businesses. As well, the board elected 2 members to its board. Tony Hettler, Owner of John LScott Des Moines, was re elected to the office of President for a 2 year term and Lindsay Smith Mora, Relationship Manager with Des Moines Key Bank, was elected to the position of Secretary for a 2 year term. Other Directors include Jill Pritchard, Vice President and Co-owner of the Scotch and Vine, Susan Goegebuer - Treasurer, Corporate Account with SeaPort Petroleum, Michelle Fawcett – owner of Salon Michelle, Gene Achziger – President of Des Moines Pool District and Shan Hoel, a Des Moines resident.

By Scott Anthony

So it’s raining and sleeting pretty hard last month and I’m driving down 320th and I see a huge, looming object from over my shoulder. It roars down on to me and cuts me off, leaving me in a spray of slushy water. The only thing I could see for a time was the badging on the back of this behemoth auto, ‘Avalanche’.

This is a suitable name, don’t you think, for a vehicle that I have come to know as a terrible hodgepodge of unfortunate plastic panels juxtaposed with metal body parts configured as a sort of oversized trucklet. The whole of it looks as though it was assembled while hurtling down a mountainside. How apt. This brings us to consider the good minds at auto companies around the planet in charge of the naming of the cars we drive, these extensions of ourselves. But do these creative minds really put that much thought into who will be piloting the things they make and name?

By Matt Wendland

Eric Mathison, former editor of the Highline Times, became the newest member of the Burien City Council’s Parks & Recreation Citizen's Advisory Board after a unanimous vote by the seven members of the Burien City Council at their meeting on the evening of Monday, September 16th.

In an interview in the days following his appointment to the City of Burien’s Parks Board, Mathison gave this statement:

“Once I retired as the editor of the Highline Times, I wanted to find a way to stay involved in the community. My family has always been part of the community and actually donated what is now Mathison Park. I was practically born to be on the parks board since I grew up in what's now one of our parks. It seemed like a good fit.”

Share Your TB Story: Participants from all generations
invited to participate in local project The TB Voices Project for King County seeks people to share their experiences about tuberculosis (TB), whether it affected themselves or someone else in their lives. The project runs until October 2013. The purpose of the TB Voices Project is to allow individuals from all generations throughout the county to tell their TB story, and in turn, these stories can help persons around the globe currently impacted by TB.

For more information or to schedule an interview, contact project director Teresa Rugg at 425.345.3958, or tbphotovoice@frontier.com. Find out more about the TB Voices Project at: www.tbphotovoice.org.
The TB Voices Project goal is to bridge the gap of understanding between past and present tuberculosis (TB) experiences in Washington state and

By Adam Robbings, founder of Reuben's Brews

In November 2011, my wife Grace and I took a leap of faith.

We signed a lease on an empty warehouse at 1406 NW 53rd St. The place had no water or gas. The plan? To open a brewery.

At the time, we had only late night conversations with Mike Pfeiffer, our brother in law and now brewer, about moving to Seattle if we did ever open a brewery. It could easily have been cheap talk after a few brews. But his commitment to our dream was a key factor in us making the leap of faith, which eventually led to Reuben's Brews opening our doors on Sunday, August 5, 2012.

Looking back at our first year since opening, it feels like we've always been open -- but it also feels like we opened just yesterday.