October 2015

By Pat Cashman

Once again for Mariner fans, the baseball playoffs have arrived---and Seattle is right in the thick of…watching it…on TV. So let’s bring up the name of a non-Northwesterner.

If you don’t remember the name Steve Bartman---then you’ve made Steve Bartman a very happy man. But Chicago Cub fans will never forget Bartman. Ever.

Even if Cubs should somehow make their way to the World Series in coming days, the pitiable wretch Bartman is no more likely to be forgiven than Hitler. After all, it was Bartman---not Hitler---who inadvertently deflected a foul ball in game 6 of the National League championship series in 2003---and immediately became a pariah in the windy city.

In a town where fun guys like Al Capone and John Dillinger used to hold sway---Steve Bartman may still be considered the more odious criminal by thousands of Cub fans.

This is the city where heads were knocked in---out in the streets during the 1968 democratic convention. It prompted Mayor Daley to famously say: “The police aren’t out there causing disorder. The police are out there to preserve disorder.”

The Southwest Seattle Historical Society is teaming up with The Kenney to present School Daze Pop-Up Museum, a FREE exhibit and reception at 2-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, in the lobby of The Kenney, 7125 Fauntleroy Way S.W.

What is a Pop-Up Museum? It’s similar to the Antiques Roadshow. Essentially, it’s showing your stuff and telling your stories for an afternoon.

Items from the collection of their “Birthplace of Seattle” Log House Museum as well as those from residents and members of the public will be featured.

Anyone is welcome to bring a photo or object related to the theme of “school,” but doing so is not required. You could bring a yearbook, report card, photo, letter sweater or ??? The point is to share stories and socialize.
Stories sure to be told include the romantic tale of a teacher exchange between Gatewood Elementary and a school in England resulting in two marriages.

Collections items will include dramatic photos of how the spring-vacation 1949 earthquake devastated Lafayette Elementary School, forcing it to be rebuilt.

The Fauntleroy Fall Festival will offer pony rides, bird house building, food, music and more today Oct. 11 from 2 to 5pm

The event is centered primary at Fauntleroy Church at 9140 California Ave. SW.

This annual neighborhood celebration brought to you by the Fauntleroy Community Association, Fauntleroy Church UCC, West Seattle/Fauntleroy YMCA, Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes Catering, Endolyne Joe’s, Fauntleroy Children’s Center, Little Pilgrim School, Fauntleroy Schoolhouse, and members of the Fauntleroy community.

Most activities are FREE.

See the attached schedule of events.

information from SWSHS

The famed native-son poet Richard Hugo will be given a jazzy tribute on Sunday evening, Oct. 11, 2015, at White Center Fieldhouse, 1321 S.W. 102nd. St., sponsored by our organization and funded by 4Culture.

Named after one of his poems, “Some Places Are Forever Afternoon: A Tribute in Music, Words and Film to White Center’s Richard Hugo” will begin at 6 p.m. Admission is free.

Helming the show is Rainier Beach composer and pianist Wayne Horvitz, whose Hugo tribute CD, released in July, has won raves in The New York Times and more than a dozen other journals.

The White Center concert is the ninth and last of a Hugo-themed Northwest tour and the only presentation whose admission is free. To be screened at the Oct. 11 show is the hour-long 1976 film on Hugo, “Kicking the Loose Gravel Home.”

Hugo (1923-1982) was an acclaimed poet who often wrote about his home. For more info on Hugo, click here.

Over 50 citizens gathered at the 17th Avenue NW and NW Dock Place last Saturday Oct. 10 for a life-size Street Scrabble tournament and to provide feedback on the uses of the space, which will one day be a park.

Groundswell Northwest, Ballard Greenways and the Seattle Department of Transportation hosted the event.

The intersection was recently reconfigured in the making of the new Greenway running on 17th Avenue NW. There are plans for the space to be a park under SDOT’s Pavement to Parks Program. The program aims to create community-driven public spaces in underutilized street spaces.

Part of the feedback gathered was regarded what the park will look like. Local artists have already proposed mural ideas for an interim look. The Pavement to Parks programs will fund the interim effort. Meanwhile, a $90,000 Neighborhood Park and Street Fund grant was awarded to Groundswell NW, which will go toward constructing the defining and permanent look of the park.

David Folweiler, a board member of Groundswell NW was at the event.

“The tournament is really being held to promote the turning of this pavement into a park,” said Folweiler.

The West Seattle Helpline's 6th Annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors Dinner & Auction is set for Nov. 13.

This event raises critical awareness, support, and funds to ensure that all of our neighbors have a place to turn when they need help getting back on their feet after a crisis.

This year, the event will feature:
*A cocktail hour with live music, fun activities and a silent auction
*A three-course meal with beer and wine from local breweries and wineries
*A live auction including vacations and one-of-a-kind experiences
*Their famously competitive (and delicious) dessert dash!

We are anticipating a sell-out crowd, so please get your tickets before it's too late! For more information or to purchase tickets online, visit: www.wshelpline.org/nhn2015/

We can't wait to share an evening with our friends and neighbors celebrating and strengthening our wonderful West Seattle community!

EVENT DETAILS

Date: November 13, 2015
Time: 6:00-9:00pm
Location: The Hall at Fauntleroy (9131 California Ave SW)
Event Website: www.wshelpline.org/nhn2015/

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Thursday, Oct. 8
Football
West Seattle 14, Cleveland 10
West Seattle improved its Metro League record to 2-2 and evened its overall record at 3-3 with Thursday's win over Cleveland at Seattle Memorial.
Next up for the Wildcats is the Huling Bowl against Chief Sealth at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 at the Southwest Athletic Complex.

Girls soccer
West Seattle 2, Rainier Beach 0
The Wildcats shut down the Vikings in Thursday action.
Kennedy 8, Foster 0
Kennedy Catholic clobbered the Bulldogs in a Seamount League match.
Highline 4, Renton 2
The Pirates outgunned the Indians on Thursday.
Mt. Rainier 1, Kent-Meridian 0
The Rams edged the Royals in a South Puget Sound League clash.

Volleyball
Kennedy 3, Foster 0
The Lancers, who improved to 7-0 in Seamount League action, put the Bulldogs away in three straight Thursday.
Evergreen 3, Tyee 0
The Wolverines won to run their Seamount record to 5-2.
Shorewood Christian 3, Mt. Rainier Luth. 2
Shorewood Christian edged out Mount Rainier Lutheran in a Thursday SeaTac B League match.

Burien, WA – Highline Public Schools conducted a lottery drawing on October 7 to fill 25 at-large positions for the Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC). The public event, presided over by Board President Bernie Dorsey, was held at Highline’s central office and was carried live on Periscope with results sent out on Twitter.

“Public schools belong to the entire community, and funding for capital improvements is generated though voter-approved bond measures,” said Superintendent Susan Enfield. “It is essential that community members participate in developing the District’s long-term capital facility plan to ensure that it reflects the values and priorities of the community.”

The committee members selected by lottery are:
Laura Castronover
Rose Clark
Joseph Clegg
Linda Cook
Barbara Daligcon
Aaron Easter
Kathryn Finau
Aaron Garcia
Michel Hansmire
Chad Harper
Jennifer Hefford-Anderson
Danielle Houle
Andrea Ivy
Nicole Jolley
Lindsey Judd
Elizabeth Leavitt
Brian Lucio
Jen Pilgrim
David Polda
Kathy Reed
Susan Rombauer
Kelee Tatterson
Gonzalo Torres
Nora Vivarelli
Tony Vo

information from King County

King County’s contractor finished the concrete work for the Murray CSO Control facility’s one million gallon underground storage tank. Building the storage tank required some of the most intense activity on the project. King County and its contractor deeply appreciate the community’s patience while crews built the tank.

The facility building will have three rooms to house mechanical and electrical equipment. It was designed to follow the slope of Lincoln Park Way S.W. behind it. The building will be 20 feet tall at its highest point. Construction of the facility building will continue into Spring 2016.

Work to connect the underground storage tank to the Murray Pump Station will continue while the building is constructed. This work will increase congestion and cause traffic delays of up to 15 minutes and parking restrictions on the 7000 block of Beach Dr. S.W. Please stay safe. Follow the directions of flaggers and signs when near the site.

What to expect:
Work on weekdays from 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday work from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Burien, WA – Buddhist memorial rites will be held Friday and Saturday for Kenney Bui, the TEC High School senior who died Monday as the result of head injury.

The public is welcome to pay respects and offer condolences to the family throughout the day. No formal service will be held.

Friday, October 9, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 10, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Columbia Funeral Home, 4567 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle

**The family requests no cameras at the funeral home**

The Bui family has created the Kenney Bui Memorial Scholarship in memory of Kenney. The scholarship will be awarded at Highline's annual Scholar-Athlete, Coach, and Community Recognition Banquet.

The Scholar-Athlete program awards college scholarships to outstanding multi-sport athletes who have shown exemplary efforts athletically, academically, and in community service. The first Kenney Bui scholarship will be awarded to a graduating scholar-athlete from the Evergreen campus next spring.

Contributions to the scholarship may be made through the Highline Schools Foundation website.