July 2014

The property values in North central West Seattle are up by an average of 11.8% noted King County Assessor Lloyd Hara on July 7.

The area, designated Area 48 consists of three sections Sub 9 (bounded by Admiral Way S.W. to the north, 55th Ave. S.W, jogging east to 51st Ave. S.W. on the west, California Ave. SW. to the East and S.W. Alaska Street to the South), Sub 6 (bounded by Admiral Way S.W. to the North and East, Fauntleroy and Alaska Streets to the East and South, and Sub 3 (bounded by Alaska and Fauntleroy to the North, California Ave. S.W. to the West, 35th Ave. S.W. to the East, and Morgan Street S.W. to the South).

The last physical inspection of the area was in 2011 and the number of improved sales recorded in the 2014 update was 705, with the range of sale dates from January 1, 2011 to January 1, 2014.

You can see the full 2014 update at the link above.

information from the City of Seattle

The High Point and NewHolly Farm Stands open this week offering fresh organic produce picked right from the P-Patch market gardens. Grown by low-income gardeners, the produce that is fresh right now is spinach, carrots, leafy vegetables, new onions, peas, turnips, and radishes, to name a few. The farm stands’ hours of operation are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

· High Point Farm Stand (32nd Ave. SW and SW Juneau Street) open Wednesdays from July 9 to September 24.
· NewHolly Farm Stand (S. Holly Park Dr. between 40th Ave. S. and Rockery Dr. S.) open Fridays from July 11 to September 26.

Both farm stands accept EBT cards and participate in Fresh Bucks which doubles consumers’ first $10 spent on the card. Come see the garden, meet the farmers, and enjoy their fresh produce.

Throng assaults fence and female victim

The proposed 3-story, 20,000 square foot plus medical services office, Clearview Eye and laser Clinic for 7520 35th Ave. S.W. is the subject of an early design guidance meeting of the Southwest Design Review Board on July 10. The proposed clinic would have 1500 square feet of retail on the street with 32 parking spaces provided. The existing structures, a single family home and pizza restaurant would be demolished. The total square footage of the building is 20,500 to 21,500. The Eye Clinic approximate total square footage would be 13,000.

The meeting will be held at the West Seattle Senior Center at 6:30pm, 4217 S.W. Oregon Street.

The proposal submitted by the developers calls for maintaining the existing curb cut and suggests the following:

• 130 patients per day plus a staff of 20
• 4 daily deliveries by truck
• King County Access bus twice a day several times a week

The facility requires easy access for patient transfer by Emergency vehicles. They note that the majority of patients are over 65 and many have vision issues.

The Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB) today issued the state’s first 24 marijuana retailer licenses. A complete listing, including contact information of the new retail licensees, can be found online within the Public Records section of the WSLCB website.

The 24 applicants were notified via email early this morning that they were approved for a retail license. Once approved for a license, producers and/or processors are able to file a required manifest for transporting to retail locations. Following a 24 hour quarantine period, they may begin transporting products to retail stores. Marijuana retailers may begin selling marijuana at their discretion following receipt of product and entering it in to the traceability system.

Businesses receiving their licenses today represent the first of 334 licenses allotted by the WSLCB for retail sales who have successfully completed the licensing process. Locations receiving licenses were selected by taking into account population, geographic dispersion and the individual applicant’s readiness to be licensed.

We are very excited to announce the opening of The Ballard Beer Company! The tap room will officially open Thursday, July 10th at 4 pm. We will be featuring beers sourced from the Ballard neighborhood, as well as, all over Washington State. Come between 6-8pm and chat with some of our local brewers about your favorites! Please join us in raising a pint to celebrate great beer and our wonderful community.

West Seattle's Bar-S Fields will be the next destination for the West Seattle Little League Majors ages 11-12 baseball All-Stars after holding off a determined bid by Rainier 12-10 on Sat., July 5th, afternoon in the provisional championship of the 2014 Washing state District VII tournament at the Valley Ridge Fields in SeaTac.

District VII has an opening tournament engagement against District IV at 1:00 p.m. on Bar-S Field #2.
During the post game photo taking, the team could be heard chanting, "West Seattle, here we come. Bar-S, here we come."

Fourth inning fusillades formed the cushion West Seattle needed to hold off the ever charging Rainier All-Stars.

Leading only 9-7 going into the home at bat, West Seattle loaded its ammunition. Kenji Suzuki started with a double into the right center field gap before going to third base on a wild pitch. Jackson Sullivan's infield single produced a run. Two consecutive fielder's choice ground outs enabled Max Debiec to come to bat for a sliced triple to the right field corner for the RBI and an 11-7 margin.

Editors Note: Our publisher Jerry Robinson passed away on May 30 of this year. Here's a column he wrote for the White Center News in 1954

By Jerry Robinson

When the magazines are old I enjoy a barber who can supply conversation with the cut. This situation is not too difficult to find in most shops. The loquacity of barbers is well known. What makes a man who cuts hair so
well informed on so many subjects is anybody’s guess. Perhaps they are good listeners, too.

Glenn Coley, gaunt but not forgotten clipper at Clyde Hutto’s White Center Barber Shop, is both. But the other day I got him talking about barbers in general and himself in particular.

Glenn learned to cut hair in barber college in San Francisco during the depression. The first day they put him in the “free” room and he went to work shaving a skid roader. He had never shaved anyone but himself

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Discovery Shop
4535 California Ave. S.W.
206 937 7169
Our Storewide Summer Sale starts Friday the 11th and everything in the store is half price through Sunday the 13th.  Shop early because this is a popular sale!  We are also having our annual plant sale that weekend, during the Summerfest Weekend in the Junction.  We have houseplants, many cleverly potted, and bedding plants.  Although these are not included in our storewide sale, prices on them are reasonable and, of course, all proceeds support cancer cure research.  The all volunteer run, nonprofit American Cancer Society shop is open this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and all other days 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Free Healthy Cooking Class
Breath of LifeSDA Church
9807 26th Ave. S.W.
206-762-0333 / www.bolchurch.org

By Tim Clifford

Break in on Delridge
Police received a call from a resident on the 5200 block of Delridge WY S.W. on June 30 just after midnight that she could see someone breaking into her neighbor’s home. The suspect was described as a black male in his mid to late 20’s wearing an army camo jacket and light pants. The caller could also see that the suspect had his pit bull tethered to a bicycle nearby.

Police arrived in time to find the suspect in the house which was actually a separate mother-in-law unit to another nearby residence. The suspect explained to police that the unit had caught fire in May and that he had been living there at the time and was just returning to grab his stuff. The unit showed obvious signs of smoke and fire damage. Police contacted the owner of the residence, who was not on the scene at the time, and learned that he didn’t know the suspect and wasn’t aware of anyone coming to take things from the home.