July 2016

The annual Alki Art Fair is back on the Alki Beach Promenade near the Alki Bathhouse (near 60th SW) on July 23 and 24

The event features art vendors, music/performances, silent auction, food/drinks, and children’s activities.

It's open from 10AM to 6PM (live music runs until 9PM Saturday and 8PM Sunday)

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

Shuttle runs in a continuous loop from 9:30AM – 6:30PM both Saturday and Sunday
Park under the West Seattle Bridge at the Park & Ride – there will be signs to mark the shuttle pick up point.

The shuttle will take SW Admiral Way with a stop at the intersection of Admiral and California in Admiral Junction on the way to and from Alki Beach. Use the Metro bus stop on the Northwest corner in front of Chevron to catch the shuttle to Alki, and use the Metro bus stop on the Southeast corner in front of Admiral Bird/Flower Lab to catch the shuttle back to the Park & Ride.

Chief Sealth
Multi-Class Reunion
Dante’s Inferno Dogs is catering this event as a food option for Sealth Graduates that do not want to “BYOF” (Bring your own food).
Class members from each of the 20 graduating classes are expected “with dozens confirmed”, according to co-host Tom Huling, Class of 1972. “We hope people understand this is a trial event, and all the details will work themselves out for future events.”
Please support our efforts with your attendance! Come and get reacquainted with old friends, catch up, and meet new friends!

If you would like more information, please contact David Katt at 206-650-0863 or email at DJK@comcast.net.

Lucha Libre Show
Duwamish Waterway Park
7900 10th Ave. S.
Sat., July 23, Noon–4 p.m. A free, family-friendly Mexican wrestling event in South Park. There will be activities from 12-2 and the Lucha Libre Volcanica show is from 2-4. for more information visit www.ecoss.org/events.html.

Stuff the Bus Diaper Drive
HomeStreet Bank parking lot
4022 S.W. Alaska St.

By Pat Cashman

A neighbor friend keeps a huge schedule board in his family kitchen. I mean huge. And I mean schedule. It is not HIS schedule mind you---it is for his kids this summer. It covers almost an entire wall and looks like something you might expect to see in a war room at the Pentagon.

All the events, appointments and exact times of the kids’ summer itinerary are written out: Monday---7: 30-8:30am, swim lessons; 8:45-11:00am, violin lessons, 11:15-1pm, baseball practice, etc. It is an appointment calendar so complete that the only thing not officially planned is breathing.

When I was a youngster (back in the previous century) nobody kept a summertime schedule for my siblings or me. Oh sure, I had the occasional Little League game---but once the game was over my day was free. And I was very well rested, as you would expect from someone who sat on the bench for several innings.

The Seattle branch of the World Mission Society Church of God, is an international organization that has been awarded and recognized by numerous organizations including government entities as outstanding in taking the lead in social change. They believe in sharing the love of God through action. They recently received the President’s call to Service Award from Barack Obama for the third time and have been acknowledged as the “best organization in Korea” by the South Korean government. Locally they have conducted large blood drives, numerous street cleanups, disaster relief in the recent Twisp fires, as well as worked with other major volunteer organizations such as Seattle Children’s Hospital, Food Lifeline, and Treehouse.
On Sunday, July 17, they hosted a street clean up along Rainier Avenue in Seattle.
Spokesperson Joshua Bury said "We had over 60 adult participants and were able to make a notable change in the cleanliness of the trash on Rainer Ave. Countless people thanked us sincerely and even some store owners brought us gifts from their shops. In total, we collected thirty bags of trash."

By Amanda Knox
 
Some things are irrevocably lost. The time I spent in Perugia—when I was just another young college student in the crowd—feels that way. I had been there for only a little over a month before tragedy struck. I couldn’t say that I knew even my own roommates deeply. There is only so much you can know about a new place or person in so brief a time.
 
And then, for circumstances to turn on their head… It’s difficult to reconcile Perugia, the paradise, with Perugia, the prison, especially when the duration and intensity of prison dwarfed my experience of paradise. For that reason alone, looking back on my memories of blossoming friendships, cultural discovery, and delicious food feels painful. It’s as if wrongful accusation not only physically removed me from Perugia, but by redefining me as something I was not, it also stole from me who I had actually been in Perugia, and everything I had actually done.
 
Long ago I gave up dreaming that any piece of Perugia, the paradise, would ever be restored to me. Because that’s life.
 

Rooftop guest suspect in burglary on Alki Ave.

Police received a call for a burglary at 10 a.m. Thurs., July 7 from a commercial property located on the 2700 block of Alki Avenue S.W. The manager of the business said he had arrived at work that morning to find the front door unlocked and a number of items missing inside, including a briefcase, laptops, chargers, books, two cases of wine, desktop computer, external hard drive, tools and W2 copies. Officers found no signs of forced entry, however they did find a fixed-blade knife that could have been used to cut into a screen in an open window.

An officer also noticed that a roof access hatch was closed, but not secured. He went onto the roof and saw a sleeping cot, mattress pad, sleeping bag, tarp and other personal items.

A number of fingerprints and items were submitted into evidence.

Robbery at Delridge gas station

The West Seattle Garden Tour featured ten of West Seattle's most amazing gardens, displaying the talents of the owners and the vision of garden designers.

The proceeds from the Garden Tour support a number of worthy organizations including ArtsWest, the Highline Botanical Garden Foundation, Plant Amnesty Urban Foresty Symposium, Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Seattle Children's Play Garden and the Arboretum at South Seattle College.

The lecture this year was by Steve Hootman, the Executive Director & Curator of the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in Federal Way, Washington.

Prizes donated for the raffle included:

• West Seattle Thriftway ~ Mariner's Gift Basket ~ $500
• Avalon Michael Oxman Japanese Maple Trees
• Avalon Glassworks ~ Glass Arrangement ~ $100 Michael Oxman ~ Japanese Maple Trees ~ $165 (3)
• Jan Clow's Pots Menashe & Sons Jewelers Pearl Necklace
• Jan Clow ~ Planted Pots ~ $125 (4) Menashe & Sons Jewelers ~ Pearl Necklace ~ $250
• Esquin ~ 6 Months Wine Storage ~ $627

Forty one entries from drill teams, and political candidates, to fire engines and motorized trikes all showed their stuff during the July 17 event. Gathering south of 112th SW they made their way slowly (it was a parade after all) north into White Center in front of a good size crowd. Law enforcement from the Washington State Patrol and King County Sheriff's office were recognized and applauded.

WINNERS!

• Favorite Drill Team: 1st Place Electronettes Highsteppers Drill Team and Drumline
• 2nd Place Washington Diamonds Drill Team
• 3rd Place North Queens Drill Team
• Favorite Marching Bank: Pacific Northwest Drumline
• Favorite Specialty: Princesses of Elegance
• Favorite Group: Latin Dancing Horses of Washington
• Favorite Antique Car: John Michaud 1929 Model A Phaeton
• Favorite Classic Car: Denny Engberg 1955 Red Cadillac Convertible
• Favorite Floatish: Mclendon's Hardware "All American"

Parade Announcer: Mario Lorenz
Parade Organizer: Terri Robison

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Kela activated from 60-day DL

Chief Sealth graduate Keone Kela rejoined the bullpen for the Texas Rangers on Friday as they returned to action after the All-Star break, being activated from the team's 60-day disabled list.
Kela had brief rehabilitation stints with Round Rock (July 4) and Frisco (July 7) of the Rangers' minor league system on his road to recovery from elbow surgery in April.

Barnette still standing out

Thomas Jefferson graduate Tony Barnette is still enjoying a solid season, also as a member of the Texas Rangers' bullpen.
Barnette has a 6-3 record with a 2.36 earned run average in 42 innings of work over 36 games. Barnette has recorded 31 strikeouts and walked 12 batters.
Barnette is in his first Major League Baseball season after spending the past six years in Japan.

Ishikawa now a Rivercat

Federal Way graduate Travis Ishikawa is back in the San Francisco Giants organization as a member of the Sacramento Rivercats.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

SHORELINE--PacWest's Senior Little League baseball all-star team prevailed in capturing a state championship despite playing up an age group at the Big League level.

The contingent from Burien and SeaTac finished an undefeated tournament with a 5-1 victory over District 1 at Shorewood High School in Shoreline on Thursday.

PacWest also went undefeated at the Seniors age 14-15 level during the regular season, then played age 16-18 baseball in the Big League tournament and went 4-0.

It automatically qualified for state as the only Seniors team out of District 7 and opted up.
After opening with a 13-4 win over District 1 on Sunday, July 10 the PacWest team blasted District 8 by a 14-0 score the next day and then defeated District 9 in the winner's bracket final Tuesday.

That sent the squad straight to Thursday's provisional championship needing to be defeated twice by the squad coming out of Wednesday's loser's bracket final, which happened to be District 1.
No second if-necessary game was necessary, as PacWest took care of the opponents from north of Seattle by the 5-1 score.