March 2016

OLYMPIA – With St. Patrick’s Day upon us, Washington’s Lottery is sharing its “Luckiest Stores” – retail locations that have sold the most tickets with prizes worth over $1,000 in the previous year. Washington’s Lottery has released a “Luckiest Stores” list for six regions around the state: Tri-Cities, Puget Sound, Olympic Peninsula, Eastern Washington, Southwest Washington, and Central Washington.

With 13 big wins in 2015, two retailers in Renton share the top spots.

The top 10 “Luckiest Stores” around Puget Sound are:

· 13 Big Wins: Fred Meyer at 365 Renton Center Way SW in Renton
· 13 Big Wins: Safeway at 17230 140th Ave SE in Renton
· 12 Big Wins: Safeway at 101 Auburn Way S in Auburn
· 12 Big Wins: Albertson’s at 11330 51st Ave NW in Gig Harbor
· 11 Big Wins: Fred Meyer at 1100 N Meridian in Puyallup
· 11 Big Wins: Café Truong Nguyen at 7143 Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Seattle
· 11 Big Wins: Safeway at 138 SW 148th St in Burien
· 11 Big Wins: Fred Meyer at 801 Auburn Way N in Auburn
· 10 Big Wins: Safeway at 1243 Marvin Rd NE in Lacey

Finally up for design review on April 7 at the West Seattle Senior Center is the project called Upton Flats at 6058 35th SW. It will consist of two, 4-story structures, one containing 61 residential units above 5,533 sq. ft. of commercial space and one containing 41 residential units above 4,612 sq. ft. of commercial space. Parking for 109 vehicles would be provided in a below grade garage.

The full Early Design Guidance proposal is available at the link.

The project has been in process for sometime after the soil was remediated in 2010. It is project number 3020272 .

MEETING

Date: Thursday, April 7, 2016

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: West Seattle Senior Center
4217 SW Oregon Street
Room: Hatten Hall

By Peggy Sturdivant

When I first spoke to Marcia Wiley after learning she was going to be featured on the cable program “Handcrafted America” she was en route to Missouri. At least I think it was Missouri because I was coming down with this season’s severely annoying cold and everything got a bit Kleenex-blurred after that. I’ve been trying to catch up with her ever since but it would take years to actually catch up with all of Wiley’s passions and talents.

So I didn’t get a column written before the INSP Network aired Episode #3 on March 8, 2016, featuring Wileyware. But as well as nose breathing again I’m happy that Marcia’s episode will air again on Tuesday, March 22nd at 5:30 p.m. She is also planning to screen the episode for friends and glass camp students at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 1 at Sunset Hill Community Association Clubhouse.

information from South Seattle College

South Seattle College students Austin Tugade and Musa Abdi have been named to the All-Washington Academic Team, as selected by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

The All-Washington Academic Team is comprised of representatives from Washington’s community and technical colleges. Students are selected for outstanding achievement in and outside of the classroom, making positive contributions to their community.

Abdi and Tugade will join the rest of these exceptional students on March 24 where they will be honored at a ceremony at South Puget Sound Community College.

In addition to being named to the All-Washington Academic Team, Tugade was also selected as a member of the Coca-Cola Academic Team as a Bronze Scholar. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation recognizes 50 Gold, 50 Silver and 50 Bronze Scholars from across the country. As a Bronze Scholar, Tugade will receive an additional $1,000 scholarship and a special medallion that recognizes this achievement, courtesy of Coca-Cola.

A Sealth High School student was, according to the Seattle Police Department, walking in the 2100 block of SW Thistle St around 7:30 AM when two teenage boys approached him.

One of the two threatened the student with a knife, and demanded money. He was forced him to empty his backpack. Both suspects then grabbed his cell phone and took off.

The student ran to school and contacted staff, who called 911.

Officers conducted a search but were unable to find the suspects. The victim described the suspects as a white male, 15 years old, 5’7, wearing tan cargo shorts, a green hooded jacket and white shoes and a Hispanic male, also 15, 5’5, wearing a black hooded jacket and white shoes.

SPD’s Southwest Precinct is working with school officials to ensure the safety of students as they travel to and from campuses in West Seattle.

Kennedy Catholic outscored the West Seattle Titans, 19-12, as the Washington state boys lacrosse season got underway on Kennedy's own field behind the campus Monday.

The game under windy, cold and showery conditions started off close with both teams getting of to a good start. The Lancers led off with senior Payton Williams (11:16) and freshman Sean Leaming (8:57) each scoring early.

Their goals were matched by two from Liam Allen (7:32 and 5:22) of the Titans.

Junior Dar Sleeper of the Lancers began to take over by winning face offs and got his first goal with 7:38 left in the first quarter and assisted senior Nate Brummond to finish the first with a 5-4 lead.

The Lancers started the second quarter quick with one goal from freshman Leaming (11:08).
Then Sleeper won back-to-back face offs and quickly scored on both at 10:55 and 10:22.

Defense for both teams was the story for the rest of the second until the Titans added their fifth goal by freshman Jett Centioli with 40 seconds left in the half on a fast break.

Sophomore Alex Bergseth had four saves to keep the Titans close. The halftime score was Lancers 8, Titans 5.

By Amanda Knox

Maybe it’s the Peter Pan production I saw recently, the image of the lost boys clapping Tinkerbell back to life. Or maybe it’s the almost-Spring weather, the sky like an infant’s face, sometimes fresh and cheerful and bright, sometimes clouded over by a stormy tantrum, and in-between, a gray-white calm.

By Pat Cashman

A well-known local personality wrote a book of his memoirs a few years ago. He was an acquaintance of mine, and I delighted in watching him promote his tome with much fanfare, loads of publicity and a bunch of local TV and radio appearances. I was thrilled when I received my copy.

Then I read it.

From nearly the first page came a torrent of misspellings, grammatical missteps and messed up punctuation. The book contained more slips than a lingerie company; more errors than a blindfolded shortstop; more boo boo’s than a ghost convention. (I attended analogy school for a semester.)
When the author of the book finally asked me, “What’d you think?”---I decided to be brutally honest. “It was absolutely terrific,” I stated boldly.

He replied quickly, “You didn’t notice all the mistakes?”

“What mistakes? “ I asked with typical candor.

“Oh, come on,” he said. “You had to notice that there are more slips than a lingerie company; more errors than a---“I cut him off. “Yes, “I admitted. “I did notice one or two.”

After a natural-gas explosion in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood that leveled three businesses on March 9, community members have banded together to help business owners affected by the blast.

The three businesses completely destroyed in the explosion were Neptune Coffee, Mr. Gyros and Greenwood Quick Shop. G&O Family Cycles neighbored the blast epicenter and was heavily damaged as well. In addition, the explosion damaged over thirty other businesses and injured nine firefighters.

The Phinney Neighborhood Association and the PNA Business Advisory Group have come up with action plan to help the business rebuild and repair damages. They have set up a website to receive donations at https://phinney.ejoinme.org/MyPages/GreenwoodExplosionReliefFund/tabid/….

In addition, a local barista group has set up a Gofundme.com account to support the Neptune Coffee baristas and to fund repairs to businesses. As of March 15 they raised over $46,000 of their $50,000 goal. Commenters on the site have asked to raise the goal.

Some new art now graces the Equity Residential Building on the corner of California Ave SW and SW Alaska Streets depicting scenes from this area's history. The ten 12 inch by 39inch vertical brass panels occupy recessed spaces on the columns of the building on both streets. But there's something very special about this work.

The artwork was done by West Seattle sculptor Lezlie Jane who was quite literally born in the West Seattle Junction. From 1938 to 1961 the second floor of the building there was occupied by the West Seattle General Hospital which was West Seattle’s primary health center until it moved into larger quarters on Holden Street in 1961. "I knew I was born in the West Seattle Hospital in the Junction but I never figured it out until I got this project."