December 2013

The apartment building boom in West Seattle continues as Junction Flats, a four story, 78 unit apartment complex that has already passed two design reviews is up for the third time, Jan. 16 at the West Seattle Senior Center at 8pm.

Designed by NK Architects, the building will contain studio, one, and two bedroom apartments plus two work-live units. It is planned to be built at 4433 42nd S.W. Parking for 52 vehicles will be provided below grade.

The financial backer is BCK Investments. The gross square foot total is 55,000 sq. ft. and it is being built at a cost of $11.5 million. It's expected to be complete in the summer of 2015.

MEETING

Date: Thursday, January 16, 2014
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: West Seattle Senior Center
4217 SW Oregon St

OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT

JUNO, the West Seattle Junction Neighborhood Organization are hosting a booth at the West Seattle Farmers Market this weekend with a very special challenge.

Use your best creative efforts to create homemade decorations from recycled materials and bring them by to enter them in a contest called the Holiday Reduce-Reuse-Recycle Contest.

This event is in participation of a citywide challenge to raise awareness about reducing waste in our neighborhoods.

The best entries will win prizes in categories like Best Ornament, Best Gift Wrap, and Best Rudolph Antlers.

If you can't make it on Sunday, you can drop off your entry sooner by emailing wsjuno@yahoo.com.

Entries will be judged on Sunday and announced at 1:30pm

UPDATE 4:50pm
The National Weather Service has downgraded the approaching Weather System to a Winter Weather Advisory from a Storm Watch. The prediction is now for 1 to 3 inches of snow in our area, quickly erased by rain.

A WARM FRONT WILL BRING SNOW TO THE WESTERN WASHINGTON LOWLANDS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...AND TO THE CASCADES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN OVER THE LOWLANDS BY AFTERNOON.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

Update at 10am

RYAN BURNS TO PERFORM IN EXHIBIT SPACE

The Highline Historical Society is hosting Burien musician Ryan Burns on Thursday, December 19, 6:30 PM, at the Society’s pop-up museum venue at 216 SW 153rd Street in Burien. Burns will be accompanied by Chris Symer on bass.

Admission is free both for the performance and for the “Hope in Hard Times” exhibit, which contains stories and artifacts from the Great Depression. However, donations of non-perishable food items for the local food bank are gratefully accepted

For more information on the “Hope in Hard Times exhibit,” visit http://www.wahopeinhardtimes.net It will be open to the public through January 4, 2014.

He’s been named the “the embodiment of the renaissance in Seattle” and “a wizard from Valhalla,” but many know Regnor Reinholdtsen as a humble potter and teacher.

Beyond pottery, Reinholdtsen is a complex man with many hobbies including fishing and sailing. He owns two wooden boats, one a 36-foot teak sloop called Hintha.

“I’m a jack-of-all trades really. My Achilles heal would be electricity,” Reinholdtsen said in a documentary friends made about him.

Reinholdtsen explained that when he was young he did not have electricity but later when he moved to Ballard from Norway they did and he shocked himself with a fork accidentally and was blown through
an end table.

Reinholdtsen has been a Ballard fixture in the arts for his entire life. Born in Norway, Reinholdtsen moved to Seattle in 1947 when he was just 4 years old. His father worked as a commercial fisherman living largely away from home.

"I did not get to see my father much at all. We had to live with a different family while he was away,” said Reinholdtsen.

Friday, Dec. 13
Boys basketball
Highline 60, Tyee 58
Highline's Pirates slipped past Tyee for a two-point victory in the Totems' home gymnasium on Friday.
Kennedy 64, Foster 49
Kennedy Catholic scored a 15-point win over Foster on Friday.
Lindbergh 69, Evergreen 51
Evergreen fell to Lindbergh in Seamount League action this past Friday.
Tahoma 85, Mount Rainier 62
Mount Rainier took a loss in a high-scoring South Puget Sound League North Division game Friday.
Girls basketball
Tyee 48, Highline 21
The Totems posted a decisive win over the Pirates on Friday, led by the 21 points of Zareya Flowers and the 18 of Zakeya Flowers.
Kennedy 61, Foster 19
Homestanding Foster was outdistanced by the Lancers in Friday's game.
Evergreen 53, Lindbergh 41
The Wolverines were winners over Lindbergh in the second part of a twin bill with the boys team Friday.
Mount Rainier 57, Tahoma 46
The Lady Rams tripped up the Tahoma Bears in a South Puget Sound League North Division game on Friday.
SCS 47, Vashon 41
Seattle Christian won over Vashon Island in Nisqually League action Friday.

Saturday, Dec. 14
Boys basketball
Kennedy 67, Mt. Rainier 47

High schools

Boys basketball
Evergreen is scheduled to visit Decatur High School in Federal Way at 7 p.m. Monday and Mount Rainier is at Thomas Jefferson at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Wednesday's schedule has Tyee at Foster, Hazen at Highline, Kennedy at Lindbergh and Evergreen at Renton for 7 p.m. games.
Friday Mount Rainier is at home against Kentwood for 7:30 p.m. action, with Evergreen hosting Kennedy at 6:15. Highline is at Renton, Foster at Hazen and Tyee at Lindbergh in 6:15 p.m. road action.

Girls basketball
Mount Rainier will be at home playing Thomas Jefferson in a 7:30 p.m. game Tuesday and the Seamount League will be seeing 7 p.m. Wednesday action. Foster goes to Tyee, Renton at Evergreen, Lindbergh at Kennedy and Highline to Hazen.
Mount Rainier hosts Kentwood at 5:45 p.m. Friday and Evergreen entertains Kennedy at 7:45 p.m.
Foster is at Hazen, Highline at Renton and Tyee at Lindbergh for 8 p.m. games that day.

Gymnastics
Highline and Evergreen journey to Kennedy for a 7 p.m. meet Tuesday as Tyee travels to Hazen.
Mount Rainier goes to Todd Beamer along with Decatur at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

by Christy Wolyniak

After serving the movie buffs of the Ballard community for 25 years, Rain City Video is sad to say goodbye to their location on Market Street. However, in spite of the loss of having a handpicked movie collection in its backyard, Sunset Hill’s Rain City is revving up its store with artistic flair.

For most neighborhoods, renting a movie equates to a large red box with a limited selection of hot picks thanks to the internet chasing nearly every video store out of town. However, Rain City Video Owner, Mark Vrieling, is not afraid of the online movie giants because for him film is an artistic presence, it’s personal, and he hopes to continue supplying authentic films with his knowledgeable staff for years to come.

By Peggy Sturdivant

There is a “book row” taking shape (triangular) in Ballard between the historic Murphy Building and the finally reopened retail corner of 20th NW. The most visible businesses are All the Best Pet Care and Bauhaus Coffee on Market. But look south on 20th NW, and be prepared to relearn the meaning of browsing.

Before browser referred to a program used to navigate the Internet by connecting with a Web system, but after it first described an animal that feeds on the leaves and shoots of trees, it was almost always associated with someone looking at books. As a verb, browsing is usually associated with perusing merchandise. The clerk asks, “Can I help you?” Potential customer answers, “Just browsing.”

Purveyors of used and rare books encourage browsing because it’s likely that their in-house customer isn’t looking for a specific volume, but as a book lover may discover something they didn’t even know existed. And now there’s a whole Ballard commercial area for those who prefer grazing used books to nibbling tree shoots, with its nexus at the Murphy Building.

The Speed of Sound Concert Series at the Museum of Flight will feature well known local artists Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands, Star Anna, Day Laborers & Petty Intellectuals Friday, January 31, 2014 - 8:00pm - 11:00pm.

Mark Pickerel was the drummer for seminal grunge favorite The Screaming Trees and has played on albums by Mark Lanegan, Brandi Carlile and Nirvana. Star Anna is a well-known Americana, alt-country performer who hails from Ellensburg. Opening the show will be the six-piece folk-apocalypse band Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals.