October 2014

An apparent homicide in the White Center area is under investigation by King County Sheriff's detectives. Human remains were reported to have been discovered in the 10700 block of Sixth Avenue South.

While the gender of the victim was not announced, the Sheriff's office had previously reported a woman missing from Burien on Oct. 13.

That investigation led to the site where human remains were found. No identity has been determined.

The medical examiner will make the judgement as to whether the remains belong to that of the missing woman or not.

In West Seattle development news the Department of Planning and Development has posted the following updates.

Applications

1606 California Ave. SW Project Number 3016112

Land Use Application to allow a 3-story structure containing 16 apartment units. Parking for 24 vehicles to be provided both below and at grade. Existing structures to be demolished.
The public can submit comments on this project until Nov. 5, 2014.

2167 Harbor Ave. SW Project Number 3018365

Land Use Application to allow one 3-story, 2-unit townhouse structure in an environmentally critical area. Parking for two vehicles to be provided within the structure. Existing Single Family Residence to be demolished under a separate permit.
The public can submit comments on this project until Nov. 5, 2014.

Decisions

4827 21st Ave. SW Project Number 3014681

Land Use Application to subdivide one parcel into two parcels of land in an environmentally critical area. Proposed parcel sizes are: I) 18,205 sq. ft. and J) 9,753 sq. ft. Existing structures to remain.

The Department of Planning and Development announced a flurry of subdivisions in the works in Ballard. Three new land use applications have been submitted. One application proposes turning one lot into four. In addition, the DPD has granted permission for another subdivision. The applicant will bisect the lot.

1762 NW 61st St:

Land Use Application to subdivide one development site into four unit lots. The construction of residential units are under #6417759. This subdivision of property is only for the purpose of allowing sale or lease of the unit lots. Development standards will be applied to the original parcel and not to each of the new unit lots.

1611 NW 65th St:

Two people were shot in the View Ridge Park Villa apartments on 124th Street SW. and sent to Harborview Hospital in an early morning incident in Burien according to the King County Sheriff's office.

Police say that the victims apparently knew the shooter and consider this a domestic matter.

Both people were shot in the stomach and the assailant is still at large.

Two people were shot in the View Ridge Park Villa apartments on 124th Street SW. and sent to Harborview Hospital in an early morning incident in Burien according to the King County Sheriff's office.

A man and woman were shot in the stomach and the assailant is still at large.

Police say that it appears the assailant knew the victims, and authorities consider this to be a domestic incident.

by Gwen Davis

A discussion to improve safety on 35th Ave. SW provided a dynamic opportunity for officials to hear the thoughts and voices of concerned neighbors. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) invited community members to attend the first of two community meetings this month to improve safety on 35th. The purpose of Wednesday's meeting was to review existing conditions and traffic data, discuss potential engineering and enforcement strategies and hear concerns and ideas from residents. It took place in Neighborhood House on Sylvan Way SW.

The meeting was facilitated by Jim Curtin, SDOT project manager.

Here is what you need to know:

Folk and blues artist Alice Stuart brings her eloquent guitar and tough 'n' tender voice to Fauntleroy Church this Friday night (Oct. 24). The concert--part of the community's Sweet, Sweet Music series--will be held in the church's Fellowship Hall at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults ($8 for seniors).

The Seattle Times has called Stuart a "folk-blues treasure." Her career spans the Berkeley folk scene, the blues revival, and psychedelic rock. A tireless collaborator, Stuart has toured or played with Van Morrison, Joan Baez, Jerry Garcia, Frank Zappa, Albert King, Doc Watson, Phi Ochs, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Mississippi John Hurt, and many others. She was briefly a member of Zappa's band, the Mothers of Invention.

Along the way, Stuart has blazed a trail for women in blues and rock 'n' roll.

"There would be no Bonnie Raitt without Alice Stuart," said music historian and blues hall-of-famer Dick Waterman.

Stuart describes her brand of music as "American roots, pure and simple."

"We look forward to a wonderful evening of stories and songs," said Bronwyn Edwards, coordinator of the Sweet, Sweet Music series.

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

People ask me how I find something to write about for the weekly paper. I reply that every morning I wake up with my mind whirring like an electric mixer. As I often say, “I get no sympathy because I have no life threatening illnesses –not even Alzheimer’s.” So my little aches and pains must go unheralded and un-pampered. Not that some mornings I don’t have the urge to roll over and go back to sleep. Luckily I come from upstate Maine stock with some Missouri stubbornness thrown in. My mother used to get up at first light to have some quiet time before her brood of eight children still living at home bounded downstairs asking, “What’s for breakfast?”

I remember when one time we couldn’t get out the door from the upstairs because an earthquake had knocked the dining room stove over blocking our way. That meant that one of my older brothers had to crawl out the upstairs window and drop from the sloping roof onto the back porch and go in and clear the way. We kids thought it was exciting but my mother was upset even though she never let on that she was.

by Greg McCorkle

Students at Cascade Middle School in Burien were treated with a big surprise yesterday when Seahawk players led by quarterback Russell Wilson and slot receiver Doug Baldwin came to their school for a Home Town Huddle event to inform students about good eating habits and an active healthy lifestyle.
Home Town Huddle, created in 1999 by the NFL and the United Way, is a program that helps franchises volunteer within their local communities. King County United Way and the Seahawks have set the bar in what a franchise community relationship can look like. At this event were representatives of CostCo and the DLR Architects Group of Seattle.

By Matt Wendland

Baggage claim cameras film theft of over $40,000 in luggage, suspects charged