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Southwest Seattle Historical Society presents “If These Walls Could Talk,” their annual home tour, which is scheduled for Sunday, August 5, 2018 from 2 to 4 pm. This year the organization invites tour guests to visit the house where REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) was founded on Gatewood Hill in West Seattle in 1938.
The reigning queen of burlesque can trace her roots to West Seattle and White Center.
“INGA” is her stage name--others might know her as Sara Beresford Carnell--and she received her crown from the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas in June.
“Skål” translates to “cheers” in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.
And soon it will refer to Ballard’s Viking mead hall, a place that nods to the neighborhood’s Nordic heritage.
By Tim Clinton
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Born and raised in West Seattle to Ralph and Shirley Foster; she was a graduate of West Seattle High School, 1957.
Sheila was a bibliophile, traveler, mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother; collector of rocks, feathers and plane rides.
Sheila is preceded in death by her parents and survived by her children, Patrick Collins (Margi), Katie Collins (Nicholas), her grandchildren Kelsey (Josh), Kyle, Candace and Clay, and three great-grandchildren.
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By Jean Godden
Seattle's got food trucks, hundreds of them. The trucks, scattered at temporary locations all over the city, are a low-cost way for diners to satisfy hunger and acquaint themselves with novel cuisines.
For their owners and staff, food trucks have other advantages. The mobile kitchens are an inexpensive way to break into the food market and build a fan base. Next step for a successful food truck could easily be -- and sometimes is --- a brick and mortar restaurant.
Food truck fans have it easy when it comes to tracking their favorite vendors. Diners have only to click on social media sites, checking locations, hours and menus. Browsing through the long list of Seattle food trucks is a mouth-watering prelude to satisfying hunger. What'll it be today: Mexican, Thai, Creole or Taiwanese? There are a multitude of choices.
By Tim Robinson
It took close to 50 years but board members of the Southwest Suburban Sewer District have moved out of crowded spaces and are beginning to enjoy the new headquarters of their offices just off 180th St, near the 509 freeway and the Occupational Skills Center.
A semi-private opening ceremony was held recently. A sort of dry run for the main event to take place later this summer when the district will invite the public to tour the main offices, machine shop and warehouse.
Board members met in the conference room to announce completion of the project. The previous offices were not up to ADA code and had weathered poorly in the last several years. As the population grew the responsibility to maintain a smooth operation was more difficult. Insufficient equipment, including a lack of storage forced the district to use cargo containers for nearly 20 years. Simply put, it was time.
By Lindsay Peyton
Highline Medical Center staff and administrators mingled with Burien city officials and other guests over lunch, music, trivia, face-paining, balloon art and a Teddy Bear Clinic—all part of the hospital’s 60th anniversary celebration.
“Happy Birthday,” Burien Mayor’s Jimmy Matta said to the crowd gathered in the main building on the campus located at 16251 Sylvester Rd SW.
His daughter was born in the hospital. “Your care has really helped and benefitted our community,” he said. “I’m proud to say we have a hospital that gives good care and cares about its patients.”
Ballard homeowner fires at burglar
Around 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 15, a Ballard resident was home asleep in the 6700 block of 25th Ave. A sound made him bolt awake—the sound of someone breaking into his house.
The resident armed himself with a handgun and found the burglar already broke into an enclosed mudroom and was attempting to get into the main house. The homeowner fired a shot through the door window and into the mudroom. Then, the man called 911, and officers responded to the scene. A neighbor reported to police that he saw a dark-colored station wagon drive away from the victim’s house.
Only 10 minutes later, a man with a gunshot wound to the abdomen was dropped off at Swedish Hospital in Ballard.
