July 2014

information from King County

As construction progresses, King County will continue to provide monthly project updates to keep the community informed. King County will notify the community and ferry commuters should any ferry lane closures or work requiring additional notification occur.

Previous work

Work over the past month has focused on equipment and pipe installation:

· Piping, valves and electrical equipment installed in odor control/generator room, pump station, and valve room.
· Excavation for diesel tank to support on site generator.
· Arrival of diesel tank on site.

Upcoming activity
Over the next month, you’ll see:

· Continued delivery and installation of underground equipment.
· Equipment testing.

What to expect

· Work hours typically 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

· Flagger to move traffic through site and in and out of ferry terminal entrance.

· Heavy equipment on site.

· Noise and dust typical of a construction site.

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

The title brings up memories of the first time I ever heard of anyone using the term “Kissin’ Cousins.” I knew growing up that one was not supposed to marry close family members but I wasn’t really sure why. In prehistoric times I expect that people weren’t aware of the taboo of having sex with a cousin. It wasn’t until scientific research brought out that so-called in-breeding was a no-no that humans paired up with people outside their extended family. Even early tribal people picked partners from another tribe. There were various customs involving this practice. Most of the time the young bride would move to the village of her new husband where she was ruled by her husband’s mother. But that’s another story.

Does anyone remember the Elvis Presley movie made in 1964 called “Kissin’ Cousins?” Wow, did he strut around in his cowboy shirt with fancy studs all over it and a silver buckle on his belt. You would never have thought that he was a church going fellow while watching his hip gyrations to every ballad that he sang. When I saw him I always wondered about that. You can tell how sheltered I was in those days.

Federal Way, Washington - June 2, 2014 - The PowellsWood Storytelling Festival “is like a little pearl,” enthuses storyteller Syd Lieberman.
The two-day festival, which runs July 18-19 this year at PowellsWood in Federal Way, is decidedly unique.

The first day of the festival, storytellers engage registered guests with workshops designed to turn everyday people into tellers of their own stories. Full-pass participants even get a chance at “Tea with the Tellers” on PowellsWood’s fabled Garden Room Terrace.

The second day, it’s all telling, all the time, with special secret spots in the 3-acre garden set up with tents featuring storytelling tracks for adults, families, and children. This year’s tellers include Donald Davis, Diane Ferlatte, Angela Lloyd, Barbara McBride-Smith, and Ed Stivender.

Natalia Fialkoff was strolling in Olde Burien one day last week with Bajia, a one-year-old red poodle. Natalia has lived in Burien since 2002. She is an intern for Seattle Public Schools.

The Highline Historical Society has been reaping acclaim and honors for its Hope in Hard Times exhibit, which ran from October through December last year in a pop-up museum location on SW 153rd Street in Burien.

Last week the Washington Museum Association honored the Historical Society with its annual Exhibit Award, a statewide honor. Earlier in the spring the Association of King County Historical Organizations also selected the Hope in Hard Times exhibit as the top exhibit in the county in 2013.

The exhibit focused on how Highline residents survived the hard times of the Great Depression, and drew parallels to what current Highline residents have had to do to get through our more recent economic downturn.

The basis for the exhibit was a series of information panels generated by an exhibit at the Washington History Museum in Tacoma and made available with the support of Humanities Washington. Then Highline Historical Society curator Nancy Salguero McKay developed several additional displays of artifacts using items from the Society’s collections and loaned by local residents.

Boeing Employees Parapsychology Club (BEPC) invites you to a Conscious Wellness Expo featuring a variety of vendors, healers, and readers. Enjoy free admission, parking, guest speakers, and hourly door prizes.

This event is open to the public, so bring your friends & family! Saturday, July 26th from 10:00 - 4:00, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N., Kent.

For more information, visit our website: www.bepcweb.org

The inspiration rose from different sources but the results were similarly spectacular for three local
artists—Ken DeRoux, Robert Dean and Diane Baxter--featured in July at the new Burien Arts Gallery.

The opening reception for the artists’ show is Thursday, July 3, 5-8 p.m. at the gallery, 826 S.W. 152nd
St. in Olde Burien. The opening is part of the monthly B-Town Beat Art Walk. The show runs through
Aug. 3.

DeRoux, a Burien resident, will display his abstract paintings on canvas and works on paper.

“The work reflects my current concerns with the problems of making abstract art and how the work
can provide a direct and unique aesthetic encounter for the viewer, how it can embody a sensibility
about ways of being in the world,” DeRoux notes.

DeRoux’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions in Washington, Alaska and California.

He began painting in 1978 when he returned to his hometown of Juneau where he curated exhibits at
the Alaska State Museum.

He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography/film in 1969 and went on to manage the
Canyon Cinema Cooperative and curate films at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Working Washington issues the following statement calling on the people of Seattle to visit SUPPORTseattleWORKERS.com and stop doing business with companies which have joined efforts to leave workers in poverty by lowering the minimum wage:

If your business supports poverty wages, we won't support your business.

Working Washington is launching SUPPORTseattleWORKERS.com today to meet the public demand for information about which businesses are supporting efforts lower the minimum wage. We are calling on consumers to consider that information before choosing where to spend their money.

Seventy-four percent of Seattleites — more than seven in ten — back the $15 minimum wage because they believe everyone should be able to support themselves, afford the basics, and contribute to the economy. That's why the City Council voted unanimously to pass the $15 minimum wage, and that's why the Mayor made history by signing it into law.

By Matt Wendland

Elderly Burien woman wandering in roadway after threats of self-harm
According to the Burien Police Department, an elderly Burien woman was found wandering in the busy intersection of Ambaum Boulevard and S.W. 148th Street on evening of June 19th. Police arrived at the scene after multiple calls were made notifying police of a woman walking aimlessly along Ambaum Boulevard. The woman, who was reported missing early that evening, was taken into custody and transported to Highline Hospital as police believed her to be a danger to herself. The woman’s caregiver reported that she had snuck away from the caregiver’s home after threatening self-harm and stating that she would “rather die” than go to another hospital. The woman has been diagnosed with dementia as well as bipolar disorder. Despite the woman’s late night presence in the busy intersections, no accidents or injuries were reported as a result.

Tukwila man dies after jumping from vehicle on I-5

In his public safety address to the Seattle City Council last week, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray detailed a series of ‘Find it, Fix it’ Community Walks, focused on several crime hotspots.

At the walks, community residents, police, and city officials will walk together to identify physical disorder and solve it, hence the find it and fix it theme. The primary areas of focus are graffiti removal, street lighting, litter and garbage clean-up, and trimming overgrown bushes and trees.

The first Find It, Fix It Community Walk:
Wednesday, July 2, 7 - 9 p.m., 23rd Ave. S and S. Jackson St.
Meet in Red Apple parking lot (Map)

7 – 7:30 p.m.
Short program featuring Murray, Councilmember Bruce Harrell, City Attorney Pete Holmes, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole, and department representatives.

7:30 – 8:40 p.m.
Walk commences along the following route:
· Jackson from 23rd to 22nd
· 22nd from Jackson to Main
· Jackson from 25th to 26th
· Stop at Fire Station 6 (405 Martin Luther King Jr Way S)
· Walk along S King St. to 28th and 29th