July 2015

LAS VEGAS-- A team of West Seattle and Burien-area players captured first place at an AAU basketball tournament played in Las Vegas, Nev. this week.

The Seattle Pride age 16 and under squad swept all four games in the tournament by double digits -- over teams from Texas, Hawaii, Canada and California.

The final was Thursday.

Two Seattle Lutheran players (Josh Meyer and Roberto Duenaz) are on the team along with two from West Seattle (Nate Pryor and Tyler Lenzie), two from Shorewood Christian (JJ Young and Jovie Fevealaki), two from Kennedy (Matthew Sassanoff and Emilio Mancol) and one each from Chief Sealth (Evan Moe), O'Dea (Shea Carstens) and Seattle Prep (Jaxon Woodward).

Seattle is staying in Las Vegas through the weekend for another tournament -- the Big Foot Hoops Las Vegas Classic.

The Reign already opened pool play with an 86-56 victory over the Houston Lynx. The tournament includes 160 top 16 and under teams from around the nation and the world.

The arrival of legal marijuana has meant changes were likely to take place in a wide variety of industries. From retailing to recreation the normalization of the previously illegal substance is bound to have effects both economic and societal.

As the changes that have swept Colorado in the wake of their legalization effort prove, one of the most interesting is the development of the lodging and hospitality industry. In Colorado according to new data released by Colorado and analyzed by the Marijuana Policy Group, the money the industry brings in in Colorado's recreational dispensaries is estimated to be $295 million in sales and $51 million in taxes for the year 2014.

So it's no surprise that West Seattle would see the arrival of its first so called "Bud and Breakfast" called the 7 Leaf Bed and Breakfast in the Admiral District.

The four room townhouse offers overnight stays ranging from $50 (for students) to a more regular rate of $140 per night topping out (literally) at $420 per night for the (High Cave -THC Suite) on the fourth floor though the price will fluctuate based events and time of year.

The Arts in Nature Festival, which took a year off last year is back August 22 & 23 at Camp Long in West Seattle. The quirky celebration is a mix of performances, art installations, and activities for all ages. You can now view the full schedule on our website to plan out your whole weekend.

And don’t forget – tickets are only $10!

Saturday

30+ Performances and activities including:

SiLM, Duo Finelli, Rabbit Stew String Band, Karl Blau, Ziryab Collective, Althea Fantast, The New Alchemists, The Acoustix, Juggling Workshop, Wildlife Exhibit … and many more

Sunday

20+ Performances and Activities including:

Miho & Diego Duo, Onsemble, Your Heart Breaks, iji, Norman Baker & The Backroads, Craig Salt Peters, Champagne Honeybee, Ian McFeron & Alisa Milner, Haiku Workshops … and many more

All Weekend

Beer Garden sponsored by Fremont Brewing
Visual and sound installations by Clyde Petersen, Maya Soto & Nico Tower, Sean Harrison, and more

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

VANCOUVER--A close 5-4 loss spelled the end of the season for the West Seattle team at the 2015 Washington State 10/11 Baseball Tournament.

The Westsiders fell to a District 9 team that has won four straight including that game to reach Friday's losers bracket final assured of at least a third-place state finish.

District 9 is from the Mercer Island and Eastside area.

West Seattle opened the tournament played at the Fort Vancouver Little League complex in Vancouver by posting an 8-2 victory over the host District 4 team Saturday, before falling to District 2 (Kitsap area) by a 15-5 score in a winner's bracket quarterfinal Sunday.

The Westsiders then rebounded for a 5-3 win over District 11 (Anacortes, Bellingham area) Monday before being bumped out by District 9 on Tuesday.

West Seattle came in as the District 7 champion after winning a five-team tournament earlier this month.
The team of 10 and 11 year olds was managed by Isaiah Brent, who was assisted by Steve Savage and Ted Godwin.

The biggest west side art fair of the year is happening this weekend as the Alki Art Fair sets up on the Promenade west of the Alki Bathhouse.

Live music runs until 9PM Saturday and 8PM Sunday.

Art vendors of all kinds will be hand and you can hear music/performances (featuring Chris Mess Band, Jasper T. & Friends, Jasper T (solo act on busker stage), Jesus Rehab, The Jilly Rizzo, Julia Massey & The Five Finger Discount, Kate Voss, Sundae + Mr. Goessl, The Velveteen Lotharios, Banzai Surf, Pleasure Island, Gretchen Yanover, and more). Also part of the event is a silent auction and children’s activities.

There will be plenty of food and drink available on the beach or from Alki Ave. vendors.

Check the music performance schedule here for who is performing.

Getting there and parking

Shuttle bus from West Seattle Bridge Park & Ride and Admiral Junction:

SeaTac, WA (July 21, 2015) – The City of SeaTac will host its first Community Leadership Academy this fall to enhance community involvement while sharing information about how city government operates.

The academy will include presentations by City officials responsible for services ranging from public safety and street maintenance to the local court system, policy making and budgeting. All City departments will participate in the interactive information sessions.

Many of the presentations will take place at City Hall, 4800 South 188th Street. Some may include tours of facilities, such as a fire station, or “field trips” to other City locations such as the community center. The final agenda will include more detailed information on locations and the focus of each presentation.

By Amanda Knox

ArtsWest Theatre’s 2014-2015 season saw new faces—both on and off the stage—and record attendance. The production team, lead by new artistic director Mathew Wright, earned their traditional summer break between seasons. Instead, it’s cabaret!

Wright had this idea. Back in college, he and his friend Adam used to buy a case a beer on a Friday night, break into the Fine Arts building on campus, sit down at a piano, and sing show tunes into the night. It didn’t matter that Wright was a self-taught pianist, not classically trained. He banged merrily away and retains a fondness for those kinds of moments that exemplify the reason he taught himself to play the piano in the first place: to hear the music.

Also back in college, Wright watched repeatedly a DVD entitled, The Leading Ladies of Broadway, featuring beloved Broadway stars, like Ethel Merman, performing as themselves.

For decades people came to the Beach Broiler in West Seattle and were greeted by the smiling and gracious Joyce Entus. After selling the business to Gerald and Kathryn Kingen she still served as a hostess, greeting everyone who entered with her trademark smile. She passed away on July 18.

Salty's on Alki shared this with the West Seattle Herald.

"We honor the passing of one of the great, legendary ladies of Seattle, Joyce Entus, on July 18, 2015. She was born in Anacortes, Washington to Thomas (Dom) and Mary Karklin Entus. Her parents, along with her younger brother, William, predeceased her. Although never married, Joyce had a family by choice, comprised of the many friends she wrapped into her generous arms.

Local kids got a new park today when Burien opened Dottie Harper Park Playground on 146th and 6th S.W.

Included in the work was a new roof on the Burien Community Center .The two projects came about through a partnership between the City of Burien and King County Community Development Block Grant Program and was funded through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the City of Burien.
Burien’s Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan adopted in February 2012 had identified this playground as being in need of replacement. Safety and accessibility standards for playgrounds have evolved over the years, and the PaRCS Department has sought to update the City’s various playgrounds as resources become available. In 2013, the Burien City Council authorized the upgrades to this playground and added it to the City’s Park & General Government Capital Improvement Program. At the same time, PaRCS staff began exploring the potential for grant funding, and focused on a traditional, competitive source for such projects: the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).
 

With voter's pamphlets circulating the Ballard News-Tribune thought our readers would be curious to see who’s funding our District 6 candidates’ campaigns as they race for the City Council seat.

The City’s Ethics and Election Commission enforces, interprets and administers the Seattle Ethics Code for elections. Candidates must report their campaign contributions and expenditures as well as their financial condition. The full campaign financial disclosure report can be found at http://www2.seattle.gov/ethics/eldata/filings/campaigns.asp?ElCycle=el1…

By far the leader in funding is the incumbent, Councilmember Mike O’Brien. So far he has raised $57,384. 26 percent of the amount is coming from District 6; 20 percent from District 3; 14 percent from outside city limits; and 13 percent from District 7. The rest of the amount has come from all parts of the city or an address was not declared. O’Brien did not report personally funding his own campaign. Furthermore, individual donors make up the bulk of O’Brien’s campaign amounting to 76 percent of the contributions totaling $43,225.