A multi-axel dump truck lost its load and flipped at SW Spokane St and SW Avalon Way around 3:15pm blocking the roadway to the West Seattle Bridge on ramp. A tow truck was brought in to help right the truck and clear the road. Traffic was blocked following the incident. No one was hurt.
Information provided by Swedish Hospital
On Feb 9, Swedish Hospital (Cherry Hill campus) honored 22 nurses with the DAISY Award for the extraordinary care they have given to patients.
Five nurses who work at the Swedish Ballard campus were nominated by their patients, patient’s families and colleagues including: Sherry Collins, RN; Feven Jembere, RN; Maryann Parris, RN; Meredith Roe, RN; and Rebecca Swanson, RN.
The recipients were honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, a national program that recognizes nurses who provide the best patient care, supported by UnitedHealthcare.
Nurses are nominated by their patients, families, and colleagues to receive The DAISY Award. The honorees receive a certificate that reads: “In deep appreciation of all you do, who you are, and the incredibly meaningful difference you make in the lives of so many people.” The honorees are also given a sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Africa.
The Ballard Bridge has a long history of not being the safest bridge to cross for pedestrians, but Ballardite and co-owner of Peddler Brewery, Haley Woods, has created a video with hopes of improving the crossing.
Woods has created a video that depicts just how dangerous the bridge is for cyclists and pedestrian.
“I thought that the best way to show how bad it is would be to show what it’s like on the bridge because a lot of people just haven’t been on the sidewalk of the Ballard Bridge. I’m sure people have heard that it’s bad and probably driven across, but they probably haven’t actually been on the sidewalk, so I figured the video would be the best way to give them the experience without actually going out there.”
Woods shows the route from a variety of perspectives and situations including from the eyes of cyclists, parents pushing a stroller and the disabled.
“I ride my bike and walk as my main mode of transportation and find this dangerous route a necessary hurdle to cross, but many fellow cyclists and pedestrians avoid it for safety concerns,” said Woods.
Today, Mayor Ed Murray and Councilmember Jean Godden announced a new paid parental leave benefit for City of Seattle employees.
Murray and Godden will introduce legislation that will provide employees access to four weeks per year of paid parental leave for the birth, adoption or foster placement of a minor child or children. This leave would be in addition to other paid accrued leave available to City employees, such as vacation and sick leave. This benefit will be available to all regular employees six months after their hire date consistent with the City’s Family Medical Leave policy. Implementation of this new policy will be negotiated with the city’s labor partners, many of whom have already demonstrated their support for this benefit.
“The United States is only developed nation in the world without a statutory right to paid parental leave,” Murray said. “The City of Seattle is proud to not only lead the region by adding a four week benefit for City employees, but I hope this is yet another way Seattle leads the nation.”
An industrial fire at Meltec on Harbor Island was being dealt with by the Seattle fire department when a Seattle firefighter fell in a pit of boiling water and metal suffering second-degree burns. He was taken to the hospital. A second man in his 30s was splashed with hot material and was also taken to the hospital.
6/29/1922 ~ 2/13/2015
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Volunteer Soccer Coaches Needed
High Point Community Center
206.684.7422
South Park Community Center
206.684.7451
Spring 2015, Mon. and/or Wed. afternoon / evenings. Both Centers are looking for volunteer soccer coaches to start up a new soccer league in their neighborhoods. Coaches will teach soccer skills to 5-7 & 8-10 year olds. Games will be on Friday nights. If interested contact: giovannina.souers@seattle.gov
Community Information Meetings for Charter School
Summit Public Schools is applying to open a free, public charter school, grades 6-12, in West Seattle. We invite the community to join us at an upcoming Information Session and to share their input.
Southwest Branch Library
9010 35th Ave. S.W.
Thurs., Feb. 26, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
White Center Library
11220 16th Ave. S.W.
Tues., March 17, 6:15-7:15 p.m.
Discovery Shop
4535 California Ave. S.W.
206 937 7169
By Kyra-lin Hom
When I was in undergrad, we film school students used to play 'guess the major' when killing time in our film school lobby. We'd lounge under the monitors displaying recent student projects sans volume and point out the loud and manic production majors, the quirky, quieter screenwriters, the good-natured, techno-nerd recording arts majors – so on and so forth. These general distinctions are hardly unusual. For example, here at the University of Chicago, there is a 'friendly' rivalry between the law and business school students comprised of mutual mocking. Even the professors get involved.
It's well accepted college lore than certain programs attract certain types of people. But a recent article published by Government Executive online went a step further. It compiled five separate surveys, conducted over seven decades, looking for a correlation between general aptitude test scores and college major. In other words, is your college major an indicator of your intelligence? The results gleaned over 70 years were remarkably consistent.
By Tim Clifford
Shoplifters scuffle over Valentine’s candy
On Feb. 11 employees at a grocery on the 4200 block of S.W. Morgan St. reported a small fight with two shoplifters they had caught in the act. One officer, who managed to respond very quickly since he was three blocks away, arrived in time to see the two suspects running away. He was unable to catch up to the suspects and an area search yielded negative results.
According to witness and victim accounts a black male in his 30’s with scruffy facial hair and a Hispanic female in her 20’s entered the store together and began wandering the aisles, eventually ordering food from the store’s deli. What caught the attention of employees at the store was the suspicious way the female suspect was lingering near the Valentine’s Day chocolate display in the store. The employees watched the couple during their time in the store and followed them out of the store as they left.
by Pat Cashman
Even after all these weeks have gone by, a friend is still railing about the New England Patriots. “Those guys are cheaters!” he said. “I mean, under-inflating their balls? A baseball team would never do that.”
What an excellent point.
Every year, there are sure signs that spring is at hand.
Rooftops throughout Seattle are covered in moss. (I’m writing a book about it---Fifty
Shades of Green.)
Tim Eyman is working up some new initiative---perhaps to lower the minimum wage.
And the swallows soon return to Capistrano, the crows to my neighbor’s yard---and the hornets to my back deck. (I’m hoping to develop a line of flypaper clothing for working in the garden. Flies will only land on you once.)
But the other sure sign of seasonal change is when baseball begins their spring training---underway now for the Mariners.
It’s a time for high hopes, competitive rejuvenation---and pulled groins.
