July 2018

High Point and NewHolly Farm Stands open this week

Gardeners offer fresh, affordable, organic produce

information from Seattle Dept. of Neighborhoods

For organic produce look no further than the High Point and NewHolly Farm Stands opening for the season beginning on Friday. The farm stands offer produce picked fresh from the P-Patch Market Gardens and grown by residents of the High Point and NewHolly Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) neighborhoods. Hours of operation are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. You can find them at:

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The magic of fire

By Ken Robinson

Managing Editor

Sitting at a fire, an open fire of burning wood, is one of the elemental joys of being human. It is a basic skill taught to young scouts. It is a form of magic.

At Indian Creek Campground site No. 56 in Yellowstone last week, my pal and I had many fires, each one a unique event. I call it an event because each fire has a beginning, middle and end. Each fire is a three-act play.

Setting a good campfire requires a certain grace. My friend, Sparky (for his training as an electrician), has both the temperament and experience for this. I watched him find the best available thing for ignition. Sometimes it was dried pine needles. Or a scrap of newspaper. Placed under the teepee of kindling, it was set to burn.

Each fire has a character different from others. Each fire yields something to our benefit.

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Burien Pride keeps energy going with scholarship fund

By Lindsay Peyton

The festivities may be over—but Burien has not stopped showing off its Pride.

Proceeds from the second annual Burien Pride festival went towards building a scholarship fund.

Event organizer Sarah Toce said $8,000 was raised for the cause from the festival held on June 2. Scholarships will go to students in the LGBTQ+ community who “just need a little extra lift to get where they want to go,” she said.

She explained that Burien Pride always planned to give back to the local community, and the idea of building a scholarship fund came out of discussions about ways the festival could support the city.

Scholarship logistics will be developed by a newly formed committee, Toce said. The crew plans to meet monthly for a while to iron out the details.

“It’s a group of people who are dedicated to seeing this program succeed,” Toce said.

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No Laughing Matter

By Jean Godden

I have always had a secret love affair with editorial cartoonists and wish I'd had the talent and training to be one. It's one thing to be an editorialist trying to right the world in 700 words or less. It's far, far better to slay dragons in a cartoon with less than 700 strokes of the pen.

When I wrote for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial page, I worked with some talented cartoonists. First among them was David Horsey, who went on to win two Pulitzer prizes, go to work for the Los Angeles Times and now, happily for us, return to Seattle to draw for the Seattle Times. Along the way I worked with others: Ray Collins, known for Cecil C. Addle and Dipstick Duck, and Bob McCausland, who drew Hairbreath Husky.

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Ballard Police Blotter week of 7-2-18

Burglarized while asleep

A woman residing in the 2400 block of NW 60th St called police around 4 p.m. Sunday, June 17 to report a burglary. She said that her small French bulldog woke her up around 5:30 a.m. or 6 a.m. when he started barking downstairs. When she headed down, she noticed her front door was unlocked.

A large bag full of unusued Purell wipes was just outside her door. She had an external lockbox for a spare key for dog-walkers. She had been using an app to coordinate the walks while she was away at work.

The spare key was still inside the box and it was not damaged. The victim’s wallet, computer and carious cords were taken from her kitchen island. She cancelled her credit cards but one had already been used to make s $315 purchase from Walmart. A knife had also been removed from a block in the kitchen.

Officers searched for prints but were unable to find any.

Pizzeria Credo featured on Food Network's Diner's, Drive-Ins and Dives

 

Jacques Nawar is about to see business at Pizzeria Credo in the West Seattle Junction really take off. That was the advice of the famous Guy Fieri whose Food Network show Diner's Drive-ins and Dives visited here in March. 

Westside Seattle profiled Nawar and his background in 2015.

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