May 2016

Update 6/16/16
After some typical delays the Tap Shack, the newest venture by West Seattle Brewing is open on Alki Beach. They took over the former Slices Pizza location but made a lot changes to the interior and brought in their own signature touches. Open from Noon every day the new beach front spot will offer 8 beers on tap initially. Owner Drew Locke is relieved the bar is finally open and said, "We want this to be a community gathering place and place people can feel at home."

original post 5/25/16
Ever since West Seattle Brewing announced it was taking over the former SLICES location at 2600 Marine Ave SW on Alki Beach there's been a buzz in the community. Will they still serve pizza? Will they have seating inside? and of course, when will they open?

That last and most important question is still up to the Washington State Liquor Control Board but it's looking likely it will happen in early June according to partners Drew Locke and Chris Alatorre.

Lincoln Park's iconic Colman Pool will start its historic 75th season Memorial Day weekend. This is the pre-season with limited hours. Seven day operation begins June 20.

Pool Features

• 1m diving board
• Slide
• Pool size: 50 meter/8 lane (Olympic size)
• Pool Temperature: 85 degrees

Colman Pool Season Dates
Pre-Season: May 28-30, June 4-5, June 11-12 and June 18-19

• Noon -2:45 Lap Swim (8 lanes)
• 3-4:45 -Public Swim
• 5-7pm Lap Swim (4 lanes) and Family Swim (slide open)

Regular season: June 25– Sept. 5
Post-Season; Sept 10-11

All Day Swim Meet Closures
Thursday, July 7– Saturday, July 9
& Friday, July 15 – Saturday, July 16

Colman Registration and Rental Scheduling Dates
Courses visible on SPARC now. Paper brochure printed soon.

Group Lessons
On-line Registration begins: Tuesday April 5 Starting at Noon

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Fastpitch softball
West Seattle journeys to the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey for state tournament action scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
Seattle Christian will be at the Columbia Playfield in Richland playing in the 1A state tournament the same days.
Times and opponents are to be announced.

Track and field
Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma will be the site of the state 2A, 3A and 4A track and field meets Thursday, Friday and Saturday as the 1A, 2B and 1B teams go to Eastern Washington University in Cheney.

Golf
State golf action concludes Wednesday with all of the tournaments played in Central or Eastern Washington.
The 4A boys tournament is being held at Meadow Springs in Richland and the 4A girls at the Sun Willows course in Pasco.
The 3A boys are at The Creek at Qualchan in Spokane and the 3A girls at Indian Canyon in Spokane.
As for the 2A action, the boys are playing at Horn Rapids in Richland and the girls are at Columbia Point in Richland.

information from the WCCDA

White Center community members identified safety and housing, among other topics, as top community priorities in the 2016 White Center Community Survey.

The survey was conducted by the White Center Community Development Association in March and April 2016. A total of 590 community members completed the survey, including 158 middle and high school students.

When asked what issues community organizations should focus on to improve White Center, 54% of adults and 49% of youth identified safety as a top priority. Suggestions to improve safety included strengthening drug prevention, making public spaces more clean and inviting, increasing police presence, and expanding community-oriented policing programs. “Stronger internal family support, gang culture alternatives, safe drug use sites, decriminalizing minor drug use, infrastructure for individual empowerment,” one resident wrote.

The Seattle Department of Transportation released its draft Freight Master Plan (FMP) for public review. The draft FMP was developed by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to address the unique characteristics, needs, and impacts of freight mobility in Seattle. It identifies why goods movement is so important to the City and the region, examines the challenges of moving goods, and provides solutions to address these challenges.

Just about every product purchased by someone reaches its final destination by some combination of truck, plane, train and ship. It is important for the City to identify a freight network that supports goods movement and delivery throughout Seattle.

The FMP is one of our City’s four modal master plans: pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and freight. With the Move Seattle plan providing Mayor Ed Murray’s 10-year strategic vision for all transportation modes, the City is seeking opportunities to integrate these plans and create a comprehensive multimodal system that safely moves people and goods.

Sixteen Highline School District scholar-athletes were honored Tuesday night, May 25,2016 for excellence.. They received thousands of dollars in scholarships, donated by businesses and members of the community. The event took place at Mt. Rainier HighSchool. Here is a list of the contributors:

Platinum Sponsor $5,000+
Alaska Airlines
Kenney Bui Memorial
White Center Eagles

Gold Sponsor $2,500+
Craig Heyamoto & Boeing Matching Gifts
Highline Kiwanis
Highline Schools Foundation
Monique Matheson
Terri McMahan

Silver Sponsor $1,000-$2,499
Doris Burdin Memorial
Friends of Ken Rogers
Highline Education Association
John & Jana (HHS ‘82) Savell
John & Lisa Welch
Machinists Inc.
Raymond Burcham & Jeananne Tescar-Burcham & Boeing Matching Gifts
Susan Enfield & Tony Harasimowicz
Thompson Family
Tyrone, Sr. & Michele Curry

Bronze Sponsor $500-$999
Andy MacDonald Memorial
Cail Family
Evergreen Coaches, Admin, & Alumni
Exchange Club of Highline
First Presbyterian Church
Gilbreath Dental
Group Health
Highline HS Booster Club
Highline HS Coaches, Admin, & Alumni
Hunter Family
Lake Burien Physical Therapy
Larry & Katy Jensen - HHS ‘59 & ‘60

Aside from his camera, most people wouldn’t think Dean Wong to be a photographer who has attracted the praise from the New York Times and the South China Morning Post. He’s not a large man. There’s some graying stubble on his chin. He wears faded sneakers and an old bomber jacket. However, during a conversation with Wong, one quickly finds themselves to be in the presence of a keenly observant, introspective and deeply experienced person with a lifetime of story telling.

Wong, a former Ballard News-Tribune staffer, has published a book that has drawn international attention and given an inside view on China Towns in major cities including Seattle, San Francisco, New York and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Wong is a second generation Chinese American Seattle native. He’s also a self taught photojournalist and writer.

There will be a special meeting of the board of commissioners of the Southwest Suburban Sewer District.

PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING

Friday, May 27th, 2016
Time: 12:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss Seattle Public Utilities & Sewer Service to the White Center Area.

Location: Angelo’s Restaurant, Burien, WA

Hunger is a a human condition that always needs attention. In a society seemingly awash in food advertising, people fighting obesity, and heart disease, and a nation whose all inclusive culture seems to offer any kind of food, you can imagine the facts of hunger are hard to face.

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Your parents may have taught you to set the dinner table with a salt shaker, but now we know the American diet of processed food contains so much salt it threatens our health. Luckily, there are lots of other choices to add sparkle to your meals. For instance, try a little sweetness.

Honey, sugar, molasses, sweet fruits, maple syrup or simple syrups can build big, bold flavor so you don’t need, and don’t miss, that extra salt in our diets that is killing one in seven Americans!

Sweet is an inborn taste all humans have from birth, but the taste for salt is learned. Newborn babies are indifferent to salty flavor; they have to be taught to like it. By age 2, most toddlers choose higher salt food. It doesn’t have to be that way.