Seattle Police and Fire responded to a wires down call in the 2700 block of California Ave SW. A utility pole was hit by a truck backing down the alley and is in danger of toppling.
The South side of SW Stevens St is closed off as well as the South side of the stores parking lot.
PCC is still open to customers. Seattle City Light is responding
Protecting Our Waters is King County’s program to prevent pollution caused by excess stormwater in the sewer system on rainy days. As an extension of that program King County offers grants worth up to $4000 for homeowners to have rain gardens or cisterns installed on their property.
The older parts of King County's wastewater system use a single set of pipes to carry both sewage and rain running off streets and buildings. Most of the time, this polluted water goes to a wastewater treatment plant. But in heavy rains, the pipes can overflow into rivers, lakes, or Puget Sound. Overflow points called “combined sewer overflows” or CSOs are built into the system. CSOs prevent sewer backups into homes and streets. In West Seattle two are currently under construction, the Barton Street CSO and the Murray Basin CSO.
Nice start to the track and field season for Evergreen.
No scores kept, since it was a jamboree, but, a lot of nice finishes, including some sweeps, for the Wolverines, in this track and field preseason event, running up against Highline and Mount Rainier and Tyee, in the action of the 2015 Highline Public Schools Jamboree at Highline Memorial, Thursday.
"Looks like you hit your steps that time," said Chuck Cushman, head coach of the Tyee/Evergreen, co-op team.
Cushman was speaking, there, to Wolverines' sprinter, and, jumper, a senior, Danae Austin. He was watching Austin run the runway toward the long jump pit. And, then, Austin continued running, straight past the board marker--not jumping before it, as, is needed for it to be a legal jump. This was practice before the event.
Austin looked at Cushman, talking to her, and, said, "Yeah," acknowledging her coach, as, she walked out from the dirt of the long jump pit. Austin went to go make another practice run, solidifying her steps, even, more, as, Cushman moved to go give pointers/encouragement to someone else on the Wolverines' team, who was preparing for an event.
Control is the key to successful pitching, and Friday’s matchup between West Seattle and Rainier Beach offered dramatic proof of that baseball axiom.
Wildcats hurler pitcher Jamie Maples struck out 11 batters, and West Seattle mercy-ruled the Vikings 12-0 after five innings.
Rainier Beach starter Arius Willis just could not find the plate, walking three and hitting a batter in just the second inning, when the Wildcats sent 11 to up to bat. Willis didn’t have much support from his outfield, either, as pop fly after pop fly dropped in front of left fielder Thertis Wade.
Maples turned in a masterful performance, handcuffing the Vikings with a combination of speed and precision control.
“It was good to see Jamie pitch so well. He was throwing strikes. If you throw strikes against these guys, you can make it an easy day, and that’s what he did,” West Seattle head coach Velko Vitalich said.
Rainier Beach managed to get runners to third in the second and fourth innings, but never could get a complete trip around the diamond on the board.
By Gerardo Bolong
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Defending SPSL 4A North Division girls tennis co-champion Mt. Rainier will depend upon an unusual combination when it competes this season.
"This is a bridge year," said long-time Ram head coach Tim Lee. "We have quite a few freshmen with potential to work with our experienced returning seniors."
Returnees are Anya Bonner (12), Svetlana Avanesyan (12), Alessia Pepe (11) and Ariana York (10). Newcomers are Leila Marie Martinez (12), Lena Lor (12), Ciera Crone (9) and Hayley Camp (9).
Bonner, Avanesyan and York were full-time varsity while Pepe has part-time varsity experience.
"We're already well bonded as a team," said Bonner. "The newcomers are already figuring it out. I'm more aggressive, although I still like to play mainly defensive and win rallies."
Improvements also are part of Avanesyan's make up.
"My serves are more consistent while I'm working on my volleys."
Junior player Pepe evokes team concepts.
"I would like us all to be a team and support each other 120 percent," she said.
Mayor Ed Murray recently proposed a new $900 million transportation levy program called Move Seattle. The program is funded by property tax and is slated for the Nov. ballot.
Move Seattle would replace the existing Seattle transportation levy, which was approved by voters in 2006. The projects in Move Seattle range from 50 miles of new protected bike lanes to tree planting.
A series of public meetings will be held to discuss the program. On March 31 a meeting will take place at West Seattle High School at 6 p.m. All are encouraged to attend.
Who: 33rd District State Reps. Tina Orwall & Mia Gregerson and Sen. Karen Keiser
What: Telephone town hall
When: 6 – 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25
Where: 33rd Legislative District
Why: Reps. Orwall and Gregerson & Sen. Keiser will give a brief update about what’s happening in the 2015 legislative session. Then, the majority of the live town hall will be spent answering questions from constituents on the line.
Under the telephone town hall format, thousands of constituents will receive automatically generated telephone calls to their homes in the 33rd Legislative District just before 6 p.m. this Weds, March 25th. The constituents may ask questions of the legislators to answer live by pressing *3 on their phones during the call. They will also have the opportunity to listen to questions from their neighbors.
If constituents would like to call-in, they may do so at 877-229-8493 and enter ID Code:18646.
Letter to the Editor:
Help, my name is Jackson Corley. I am a fith grader at Napa Valley language Academy in Napa, California.
The reason I am writing to yo is that my class is doing state reports and I have chosen your beautiful state, Washington. I would really like if you posted my letter in your newspaper so I can get all the hep I need for my report. What I need from you or your readers are pamphlets, postcards, souvenirs, or anything else that would be useful. I will be writing about your state's agriculture, history, economy, famous people, events, historical figures and National parks. I will also be doing an oral report and making a state float.
Thank you for your support and help in making a great reashercher of your astounding state
Jackson Corley
Napa Valley Language Academy
℅ Mrs. Dearborn
2700 Killburn Ave.
Napa, CA 94558
Among the first street level tenants in the new 4730 Apartment building in the West Seattle Junction will be a Chipotle Mexican Grill, the Denver based company confirmed.
Chipotle, which has been a rising star in the fast casual restaurant business since their founding in 1993 has stores that are typically 2,500 square feet and seat approximately 75 people. Each restaurant employs 25-30 people and interested applicants can visit jobs.chipotle.com for information about career opportunities.
They have 1700 locations across the nation and internationally.
The West Seattle location is expected to open in the fall, with signage going up soon and construction beginning in the next few weeks pending permit approval.
information from Seattle Public Schools
The West Seattle community, along with Schmitz Park Elementary families, staff and Genesee Hill School alumni, are being invited to submit suggestions for the name of the new school building being constructed to replace the old building on the Genesee Hill school site. This Seattle Public Schools Building Excellence IV (BEX IV) project was approved by Seattle voters in February 2013. The Schmitz Park Elementary program is scheduled to move into the new building at the Genesee Hill site in September, 2016.
“We hope to select a name that honors our legacy as Schmitz Park Elementary, while building a new tradition, in a new location, on Genesee Hill,” said Gerrit Kischner, Principal, Schmitz Park Elementary.
