A high speed crash involving a single car closed down part of Fauntleroy Way SW in the 7600 block near Lincoln Park around 12:23 am on Aug 13.
The driver was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.
The Traffic Collision Investigators are on scene putting together how the crash happened and the road is expected to be closed for the next few hours.
Week of Aug. 13-20
High schools
Tryouts for high school football will open across the state on Wednesday, Aug. 20.
Contact the respective schools for more information.
Tryouts for all other fall sports begin Monday, Aug. 25.
Junior football
Practices are continuing for area junior football teams this week.
They begin at 5 p.m. each weeknight at Hiawatha for the West Seattle Wildcats and at 5:30 p.m. at the Southwest Athletic Complex for the SWAC Cougars.
The Burien Bearcats begin at 5:30 p.m. at the old Glacier High School field and the Pacific Highway Chargers start at 6 p.m. each night at Chinook Middle School.
Sounders
Tukwila will host a professional sports event Wednesday as the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer entertain Chicago in a 7:30 p.m. match at the Starfire complex. The Sounders train regularly at the site but usually play their matches at CenturyLink Field.
Seattle drops in on Salt Lake for an 11:30 a.m. match Saturday that can be seen on NBC Sports and hosts San Jose next Wednesday at CenturyLink on JOEtv.
Another edition of White Center's own mini music festival will feature 10 bands at 3 venues in downtown White Center on Aug. 23 from 6pm to 2am. The event will stretch across the neighborhood and fill three local restaurant/bars with live music.
Here is the lineup:
Mac's Triangle Pub:
Full Tilt:
Company Bar:
Rat City Recon is a free event. You can Pre-order for the exclusive event t-shirt that will be available that night, at each of the venues. $20 will guarantee you a shirt in your size and a wristband good for happy hour drinks at each venue all night.
Sustainable Ballard's 11th Annual Festival is coming up quickly and they are excited than ever! As Ballardites may know, this is a solid community event and a lot of fun!
We are including the "Taste of Ballard" (Ballard breweries and food carts) again this year, along with our usual demos, games, and interactive displays. As always, we encourage you to be part of the action with your own interactive exhibits because your full participation is part of what makes this such a fun and lively experience for the Ballard community and folks interested in sustainability. This year you can complete your Application online. Please take a look at the materials HERE and send your application by August 18th so that we can give you our best support and exposure.
Apply to Sponsor/Exhibit
“It feels like angel kisses. It feels like cat whispers (laughs). No, I don’t know, it just kind of vibrates and feels like a nasty sun burn,” said Sara Purr, a tattoo artist at Rabid Hands Studios (4775 Ballard Ave. N.W).
Sara sits under a bright light on what looks like a comfy dentist chair, while Jerad Shealey, owner of Rabid Hands, tattoos an illustration of Sara’s dog, Franklin, on her leg.
Purr's skin reddens and goose bumps rise and fall under the rhythmic vibration of Shealey’s iron (ink gun) and steady hand.
“It feels like a razor burn when you shave your legs or on your face, and then you put something on it that really stings. … It feels like a tattoo.“
Shealey tattooing a grim reaper themed rendition of Purr's dog, Franklin, on her leg. Photo by Shane Harms
Rabid Hands is the newest tattoo studio to open in Ballard and has been embedding ink in the epidermis of Ballardites for about a year.
About the sensation of getting a tattoo, Shealey said,“You just need to channel your warrior spirit."
The second public open house meeting for the 17th Avenue Northwest Greenway was held at Ballard High School last Thursday August 7.
Around 50 attendees gathered in the BHS gym and viewed materials that explained the reasoning, design features and planned action thus far for the project.
SDOT’s goal for the meeting was to gather public feedback for project design and other elements. Attendees were encouraged to ask questions and leave comment cards for SDOT officials to consider before future action is taken.
SDOT official, Dawn Schellenberg, explained that at its base, Greenways are made to provide safety. SDOT has a goal of having zero traffic fatalities by 2030. They reported that nine out of ten people survive traffic accidents occurring at 20 mph, compared to one out of 10 occurring at 40 mph. 70 percent of Seattle streets are residential. Designating safe bike routes is essential to completing the Bicycle Master Plan.
Mayor Ed Murray and the Seattle City Council announced Aug. 11 nearly $1.65 million in matching funds will go to support neighborhood-initiated projects across the city. Forty-three community groups received awards from Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ Neighborhood Matching Fund Program for projects as diverse as an Afro-Latino arts education program to the creation of welcoming gateways to neighborhoods.
Projects getting support from the Small and Simple fund in West Seattle include:
Facilitate a planning process to redesign the school yard to have a creative and engaging play space; and to learn how to work across any cultural, ethnic, and language barriers in our diverse neighborhood and build on our community strength.
The 12th annual Northwest Hope and Healing Alki Beach 5k Walk/Run is set for Aug. 24. Participants can join Warrior Marathon Runner Carol Dellinger -- and hundreds of her fellow cancer survivors of the event.
Dellinger is a 4 year breast cancer survivor and finisher of 278 marathons, 44 of those since her breast cancer diagnosis. Dellinger invites other warrior walkers and runners -- cancer survivors, those still fighting it, and their supporters alike -- to join her.
ALL the money raised from the event stays in the Seattle area to help local women get through breast cancer.
The 3.1 mile walk and run starts and finishes at the Alki Beach Bathhouse (2700 Alki Ave S.W., Seattle). Preregistration is $35, $40 the day of the event. The race begins at 9am.
A group of West Seattle residents are starting a weekly Shambhala meditation group that will meet at the Youngstown Cultural Center starting Tuesday, September 2nd.
From their website:
The Shambhala teachings are grounded in ancient wisdom and practical knowledge from many traditional cultures, especially teachings from ancient Tibet. These teachings begin with the understanding that all beings are basically good, and that life is worth living. We call this a path of spiritual warriorship, which here means living a life of fearlessness, gentleness, and intelligence. The Shambhala teachings emphasize being in the world, and bringing together everyday life, work, family, and social action with the path of meditation. The teachings focus on how to help this world. In essence, Shambhala is about living a full human life, right in the midst of challenges.
This will be an ongoing weekly meditation on Tuesday evenings that is open to the public and
free (donations are welcome and appreciated). Learn more about Shambhala here http://seattle.shambhala.org/west-seattle/.
By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR
The journeyman professional baseball career of Travis Ishikawa has taken him right back where he started from -- the San Francisco Giants organization.
Ishikawa, who was originally drafted by the Giants in 2002 out of Federal Way High School and won a World Series ring with them in 2010, is back in San Francisco after stops with four other Major League Baseball teams.
Ishikawa started off the year with the Pittsburgh Pirates before being designated for assignment by that team and signing with the Giants' Class AAA farm team in Fresno on April 25. He had his contract purchased by the Giants and received a promotion July 27.
The 6-foot, 3-inch first baseman who weighs in at 220 pounds hits and bats left-handed and is known for his defensive prowess.
Ishikawa was drafted in the 21st round by the Giants and he made his Major League Baseball debut with them in 2006. He became a regular with the squad from 2008-2010 before spending the entire 2011 season in the Minors.
