Seattle Fire Department responded to a call of a fire in a single family residence in the 8000 block of 45th S.W. just before 7am on March 4.
There was no smoke or flames visible and firemen on the scene said the cause was likely a malfunctioning furnace though the incident remains under investigation.
By Emile Monte
Local actress Peggy Gannon has directed her first play for Arts West Theatre: Wendy Wasserstein’s final work before succumbing to cancer in 2005, Third. In the vein of Wasserstein’s other works, we find a strong, central female role surrounded by smart, secondary characters, heightened language, and political-ideological themes. In this case, a small liberal arts university professor of literature, Laurie Jameson, becomes unhinged when her feminist ideals are offended by the very essence of her new student Woodson Bull III, an outwardly stereotypical jock immediately accused of being a “living dead white man.” Already unsettled by the Bush administration, her father’s dementia, her best friend’s cancer, and her daughter’s decision to settle for a “nice” bank teller instead of a Guggenheim poet, Laurie accuses “walking Red State” Woody (who prefers to go by “Third”) of plagiarizing his brilliant Freudian interpretation of King Lear. As it turns out, Third is more than he seems, and through him, Laurie’s limitations and prejudices finally become transparent.
You could call it big news but that might be misleading. A tiny new store with an equally diminutive style of inventory, Alki Beach Miniatures is now open at 2622 Alki Ave. S.W. It's tucked in between Alki Beach Tattoo and Lucky Ladyz medical marijuana dispensary.
Owned by Sandi Bender and assisted by her boyfriend Sam Tropp, the store is a treasure trove of tiny. More than 50,000 items are very carefully organized in a 350 square foot space.
Bender and Tropp live just down the beach. She can walk to work and Tropp, who must tend to the affairs of his aging father in London, traveling there frequently, helps out. She has been in the business since 1984 and up until a short time ago had a 1300 square foot shop in Kirkland called the Dollhouse Cottage. Now, with 1000 feet less, she couldn't be happier because her commute is easy and she expects the foot traffic to be phenomenal. "I've been open about a day and I've had dozen's of people come and ask about it already," Bender said.
By Betty Rose Cortes
You don’t have to be a physician to care for those who need it most at Highline Medical Center. In fact, you don’t need any medical experience at all. If you have the desire to care for others and have the time to do so, you can join the devoted team of helping hands as one of Highline’s finest volunteers.
At the Day Surgery Center, everyone knows Sam Fenner. He is the older volunteer that helps patients around the 3rd floor Cedar wing of the hospital. You could never tell by his smile, contagious laugh or clever jokes that he is 82 years old and still kicking.
“I meet so many wonderful people here,” said the Tennessee native about his experience as a volunteer, “We get back so much more than we ever give.”
Originally from Butler, Tennessee, Sam served in the Navy, which brought him to Washington State. Shortly after, he met his wife, Geri, in Seattle, then worked at Boeing for nearly 39 years before retirement.
“I started because my wife saw an ad in the newspaper and thought I would be good at it,” he said.
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Be a Beach Naturalist in 2014!
Care about beaches and good with people? Register by March 22 to be a volunteer beach naturalist with the Seattle Aquarium at a Seattle-area beach this summer. Naturalists will receive training from marine and interpretative experts and then spend low-tide weekdays and weekend days from May 27 - August 11 helping visitors enjoy the beach without harming it at Seahurst Park, Des Moines Beach Park, Salt Water State Park, or Redondo Beach. Training begins March 25. For information: j.mathisen@seattleaquarium.org or call (206)386-4365. To register: BeachNaturalist@seattleaquarium.org
Highline Classic Jazz Festival
Mountain View Elementary locked down after threats of castration
According to the King County Sheriff’s Department, Mountain View Elementary School in the north Highline area, went into lockdown on Feb. 20 after reports of a man wondering around the school making threats came in. The incident started just before 2pm when the suspect was reported to have been staggering around the school in the roadway yelling, swearing and making threats to “castrate” someone. Police charged the suspect with disorderly conduct and according to filing paperwork, the threats made by the suspect may have had nothing to do with the school in anyway.
Suspect reported for Illegal Discharge in SeaTac
According to paperwork filed by the SeaTac Police, on the evening of Feb. 8, a man in SeaTac is said to have exited one of the units in the Skyline Apartments and fired several rounds from a handgun into the air. Initially the incident went unreported to police but on Feb. 18, residents in the complex reported the incident to police and the suspect was charged with Illegal Discharge of a Firearm.
Love of Cinderella leads to vandalism in north Burien
Editor's note: The following is a copy of a story that first appeared in this newspaper in 2009. It outlines a plan that was an alternative to the tunnel now stalled under Seattle. City and county officials waved it off at the time.
Architect Roger Patten said he could accomplish this with a relatively economical, 2.5 mile long “Elliott Bay Bridge” design he created in his Burien home studio.
His cable-stayed bridge would be an alternative to the deep bore tunnel and would arc out through Elliott Bay with six traffic lanes and two pedestrian and bicycle lanes. Light rail could also glide across the bridge.
His two on and off ramps are placed west of Safeco Field and west of the Battery Street Tunnel.
Patten has a patent pending on his “buoyancy-stabilized pier."
“This pier is new technology, a type of floating pier,” said the 77-year-old, who has been licensed for 45 years and specializes in residential designs in his AIA Architecture company.
“An ordinary bridge’s footing in the bay would require a depth of an 80-story building to get through the sediment and hit bedrock, and you’d need to dig two piers," Patten said.
by Joseph Moldovan
A two car collision occurred Sunday night March the 2nd after 7pm last night at the rain soaked corner of 160th and 8th Ave SW. in Burien. A witness that was almost involved in the wreck saw one of the vehicles enter against the red light. There were no apparent injuries with one of the vehicles wrapping the cars rear end around a city light pole.Paramedics arrived within minutes and soon the injured were removed by ambulance and the vehicles were towed away.
By Gerardo Bolong
KENT - It was on the Kent-Meridian High School gym floor that the Foster boys made their last gallant stand of 2014 on Saturday, March 1, in a 64-53 Class 2A Hardwood Classic round of 16 regional basketball loss to Hockinson (Bush Prairie).
Converting 33 of 39 from the free throw stripe, the Hawks reached the quarterfinals of the Class 2A state tournament at the Tacoma Dome while Foster had to accept the rugged loss after fighting its way through the district just to reach this high ground.
"Having so many free throws at this level of play was part of our problems," said head Bulldog coach Isaac Tucker. "We needed to put a body on them all the time and we didn't\t play well against the zone early. It's tough to see our big man (Ronnie Roberson) on the bench early with fouls. Ronnie doesn't score a lot, but he's a work horse on the glass. We also didn't have our freshman (point guard) today to run a different offense. Hockinson was physical and scored when they needed to."
