November 2015

Update 7:25
Only 20 customers on Beach Drive remain without power as crews from City Light work to get it restored. They expect that to happen by midnight.

Update 3:45
The power has been up and down as strong winds buffeted the Seattle area with power out earlier for nearly 5000 West Seattle customers. That outage was fixed pretty quickly with most back up inside of two hours. The most recent outage affects 79 customers along Beach Drive SW roughly between Edmunds Street SW and Brandon Street SW. Estimated time of restoration is after 8:30pm.

Update 12:00 Noon
Power was restored for nearly everyone on the West Seattle peninsula aside from three singular outages which remain.

Update 9:23am
The power has been restored for some of the nearly 5000 city light customers that lost it this morning with the number now 3179

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Seattle City Light reports that 4932 people lost power in West Seattle beginning around 8:36am. The outage is primarly along Beach Drive SW.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

West Seattle trio signs up for college

West Seattle High School held a College Signing Day Celebration last Thursday for three seniors that signed on to play college sports.
Gabby Wenn signed with Villanova to play softball, while Morgan McCullough penned his name to play baseball at the University of Oregon and Lydia Giomi signed with the University of Oregon to play basketball.
The celebration for the three Wildcats took place at the school library.

Burien's Hirsch bound for the UW

Burien resident Jacob Hirsch of O'Dea High School signed on to play baseball at the University of Washington.
He attended Three Tree Montessori and Sylvester Middle School before attending O'Dea.
Hirsch made the 2015 All Metro League first team and started out playing Little League in Burien.

Ugwoaba makes second team

Highline's Uche Ugwoaba made the GNAC second team for men's soccer out of Western Washington University.
The Nigeria native who went to Highline Community College made GNAC honorable mention last year.

NOAA has issued a High Wind Watch for Tuesday Nov. 17 with gusts as high as 58 mph from Tuesday morning through the entire day with the strongest winds expected in mid morning.

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS EXCEPT NEAR THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA WHERE THE STORNG WINDS COULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...SHELTON...BREMERTON...AND SEATTLE.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR FROM MID MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON TUESDAY...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA. STRONG WINDS IN THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA WILL BEGIN MID TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, Nov. 14
Girls soccer
SCS 1. Seattle Academy 0
Seattle Christian earned a berth in the state Class 1A girls soccer semifinals with a 1-0 quarterfinal victory over Seattle Academy at Shoreline Stadium north of Seattle on Saturday.
Warriors sophomore Jacey Childress scored the lone but deciding goal in the 65th minute.
Seattle Christian now carries a 17-2-1 record into a 2 p.m. state semifinal matchup against King's on Friday, also at Shoreline Stadium.
The winner plays for the state championship at 2 p.m. Saturday and the loser plays in the match for third and fourth places at 10 a.m.

Friday, Nov. 13
Football
Seattle Lutheran 44, Naselle 22
Seattle Lutheran journeyed to Pacific County next to the ocean on Friday and came away with a 44-22 state Class 1B opening victory over Naselle.
The win advances the Saints of West Seattle into a state semifinal game this coming weekend.
The game will be played on the road against defending Class 1B champion Neah Bay.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Kennedy Catholic of Burien spiked its way to the state Class 3A volleyball title this past weekend, winning all four tournament games played at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.

The Lancers capped off their stay with a 3-1 victory over Columbia River after defeating West Central District nemesis Auburn-Riverside, 3-2, in the semifinals played earlier Saturday. They opened with a 3-0 victory over Stanwood Friday morning and defeated Mount Spokane by the same 3-0 margin in the quarterfinals Friday evening.

Set scores in the championship were 27-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-20 in favor of JFK, while the semifinal was a tight, 25-18, 20-25, 25-13. 13-25. 15-10 victory over the defending state champion Ravens of Auburn-Riverside.
The Lancers were 25-18, 25-13, 25-13 winners over Mount Spokane in the quarterfinals and 25-17, 25-12, 25-11 winners over Stanwood to open.

It was the first ever volleyball state championship at Kennedy, even though the Lancers have been frequent visitors to the tournament.

Photo by Patrick Robinson.

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by Hannah Danforth

As Joan Lewis’s knitting circle gathers around her in celebration of her 83rd birthday, it becomes apparent that they are all incredibly close friends. “These ladies make me feel so good!” says Joan.

Gathering weekly at Uptown Espresso in the Junction, this tight-knit group of lively women from all walks of life, laugh and share stories about their lives while knitting together. “This is my therapy,” gushes one member.

Longtime West Seattle resident Joan Lewis, opened the Yarn Gallery and ran it for fifteen years before retiring. “I’ve always done things with my hands and made clothing for my children,” says Joan. Extremely knowledgeable on knitting, crochet and other needlework, she held regular classes at local coffee shops.

Some of these ladies have been under Joan’s instruction for close to twenty years.

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The shop is decorated and ready for the holidays with treasures to decorate with, to wear and for unique one of a kind gifts. It's a visual treat from our window to the back of the store. Look at the Seattle Sounders calendar for 2016 - It's beefcake in pink and would make a great gift. Best of all, 100% of the proceeds goes to the American Cancer Society for on-going research and support services for patients. The all volunteer run nonprofit American Cancer Society Shop hours are: Sun., 11–3 p.m.; Mon. - Sat., 10–4:30 p.m.

Lincoln Park North Play Area Renovation-Public Meeting
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2801 S.W. Thistle St.

By Amanda Knox

Accumulated experience has taught me to curate my thoughts, be mindful of when and how to share them, at least with strangers. It’s unfortunate and unfair when your words are purposefully taken out of context and used against you. When I was little, though—in elementary school, say—I was never shy with anyone. Hello, you’re pretty! No, I don’t want your half-eaten donut, gross. Yes, I wanna play! Race you! Um...your hair looks weird.

“Be nice!” Mom would shush, seeing as I had just addressed her hairstylist.
“But it’s the truth!”

In a world where so much was unknown to me, how could I not be affirmative of what I did know—what was true to me? “You’re allowed little white lies,” Mom advised, “so you don’t hurt people’s feelings.” But I couldn’t make sense of that. It unnerved me to say anything that didn’t accurately reflect reality as I knew it. At all times. Especially if you asked.


by Michele Smith

On November 5th Drizly began its alcohol delivery service in West Seattle. Co-founders Nick Rellas and Justin Robinson created the service while at Boston College in 2012 and launched the company in in 2013.

Since launching in Boston, Drizly has added Austin, Baltimore, Boulder, Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City, Providence, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Vail and Washington D.C. to the list of cities they have delivery service available in.

Drizly works with local liquor stores and typically more than 2,000 products are available in each community including beer, wine, liquor, soda and mixers. Standard delivery charges are $5 but Drizly is offering West Seattleites a free delivery promotion until the end of the year to get acquainted with the company.

To order simply visit http://www.drizly.com and schedule a delivery up to 48 hours in advance for Thursday, Friday or Saturday delivery between 11AM – 3PM. Use the promo code NEWSEATTLE for free delivery when checking out.