August 2018

Ballard artist Dara Solliday captures city’s ever-changing landscape

By Lindsay Peyton

Most days, Ballard artist Dara Solliday can be found working away on her encaustic canvases in her Pioneer Square studio.

Lately, the sounds of construction come into her window, as crews tear up and reconfigure 1st Ave below. The ever-changing cityscape has made its way into her work, which features architectural images, construction cranes, scaffolding and urban development.

Layered into Solliday’s pieces are old newspaper articles and other forms of text, alluding to the story behind the fluctuating landscape.

A long-time fan of literature and creative writing, the artist enjoys the aspect of storytelling that can appear in a painting. She also favors encaustic—or using pigment mixed into hot wax—because the medium allows her to weave in collage and found objects.

“There’s something about encaustic that’s so conducive for building and layering,” she said.

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Highline Crimes week of 8-13-18

Des Moines Police seek information on shoplifter

An adult caucasian male was captured on security cameras in both stills and video stealing cigarettes from a store in Des Moines last week. (See their Twitter feed for video. He was driving a gray station wagon and entered the store, quickly grabbed several cartons of cigarettes from below the counter and exited the store. This was a Shell gas station convenience store. If you recognize him you are urged to contact the Des Moines Police Department.

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West Seattle Police Blotter week of 8-13-18

Early morning assault of man in tent 

A man residing in a tent near the intersection of 23 Ave SW and SW Juneau St. was outside around 4:50 a.m. Monday, Aug. 6 when a suspect tried to strike him in the head with a lantern. The victim used his right forearm to block the attack. He was not injured and declined medical attention. He said he was preparing to pack up and move.

 

Burglary on 44 Ave SW

A couple let their home in the 9800 block of 44 Ave SW around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 5. When they returned home at 7 p.m., they found that burglars had entered through an unlocked basement window. The screen was damaged. Two video game systems and a debit card were stolen. A jar of change was moved but left behind downstairs. The suspect already used the debit card at a restaurant in White Center. A handprint was found on the window used as an entry point.

 

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SPF 30 filled Alki Beach with more than 25,000 people and powerful rock n' roll

Sub Pop Records held their 30th Anniversary party on Alki Beach on Aug. 11, and thousands took part in the rock festival atmosphere spread out across the entire Alki neighborhood. Though dampened by rain the musical acts brought in by the iconic record label represented three decades of innovative and creative music. Over the course of the day the crowd which was sparse for the early hours kept growing until an estimated 25 to 30 thousand people were in the neighborhood. massed in front of the stages. A few people had issues, passing out from exhaustion or too much to drink but there were no serious issues or injuries. The event ran from 12 Noon til 10pm. 

Four stages were used for the event. Two near the Alki Bathhouse, one near 57th SW and another on the Alki playfield. Food trucks lined 59th Street SW and honeybuckets by the hundreds were strategically placed near the large beer gardens during the event.

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Special guitar made for SW Seattle Historical Society will be auctioned off

A One-of-a-kind Sub Pop “SPF30,” 30th Anniversary Art-themed Commemorative Guitar—Hand Made Maverick Pro Model will be auctioned off to benefit the Southwest Seattle Historical Society. 

Southwest Seattle Historical Society is hosting the Sub Pop “SPF30” Music Festival on Alki Beach in West Seattle on Saturday, August 11, 2018. This guitar was hand built and donated with the generosity of Terry and Ryan Martin of Walla Walla Guitar Company (with special thanks going out to Karen Sisson).

This rare guitar will be featured on stage during the “SPF30” Music Festival.

You can bid on the guitar here and early bidding drove the price over $1500.

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Commuter plane stolen from SeaTac airport crashes on Ketron Island

A Horizon Airlines Q400 prop aircraft that was stolen from a storage area at SeaTac Airport, took off and crashed on Ketron Island, in Pierce County Friday evening. The plane flew roughly 25 miles before going down. The aircraft was a Dehavilland Dash 8-400. The plane was chased in the air by two fighter aircraft according to official reports who were attempting to get the plane to land at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

It is believed that a 29 year old ground services agent now being described as suicidal from an unknown airline at the airport took the plane, executed what was observed to be apparently acrobatic maneuvers and/or displaying lack of flying skills in the air, but then crashed into the island.

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Florence Ann Meyer

Florence Ann Meyer, formerly of West Seattle, passed away peacefully at the age of 94, on July 8, 2018.  She was born in Seattle on June 7, 1924 to Harry & Vera Peterson.  She graduated from West Seattle High School in the class of 1942, and went on to attend Whitman College for two years where she was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority.  She earned her elementary school teaching certificate at Western Washington College of Education, and also enjoyed studying art there, creating beautiful drawings and watercolor paintings.

White Center Food Bank opens new "Grocery Store" model shopping experience

Serving thousands of people in need monthly, the White Center Food Bank joined the movement among food distribution centers nationally on July 5th opening a new "grocery store" shopping model.

The new layout offers fresh produce, shelf stable milk, canned goods, packaged foods and frozen meats. They are located at 10829 8th Ave SW. near White Center.

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