November 2019

information from the City of Burien

The Burien community is coming together this December to celebrate the magic and wonder of the winter season in a new event series called It's a Wonderful Burien. Join us for holiday performances, family fun activities, and beloved cultural traditions. A new winter light display will illuminate Town Square Park every night, inspiring people to come to downtown Burien for unique dining, shopping, and seasonal experiences. Come check out what Burien has to offer!

The Christmas Spirit, Select dates from Friday, November 29 – Sunday, December 22, Performances on Fridays and Saturdays are at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., Burien Actors Theatre, 14501 4th Ave SW, Burien

Ryan Fenster, a graduate student from Seatac, Wash., is set to compete on television's Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions quarterfinals November 8 on KOMO-TV (ABC)

You can watch Fenster compete on JEOPARDY! on KOMO-TV (ABC). The show airs at 7:30pm. 

In an alliance with West Seattle Helpline, Westside Baby, West Seattle Food Bank and Westside Interfaith Network the West Seattle Eagles have joined the effort as those groups begin their Annual Winter Blanket and Coat Drive. 

This community driven event runs through November 15th, 2019.

The West Seattle Eagles located at 4426 California Ave SW are acting as a "Drop off" point for gently worn or brand new coats and blankets. The bin is located in the entryway to the club and can be accessed by all. Not an Eagles member ? Just buzz as a visitor, locate a member or the the bartender on duty to make your valuable contribution.

Donations will be picked up each Thursday, dry cleaned as needed, then distributed to the designated charities. 

information from SDOT

While the full Fauntleroy Boulevard Project continues to be on hold pending Sound Transit’s choice of a route for the voter-approved light rail extension to West Seattle, we have been working to implement near-term improvements on Fauntleroy Way SW to improve safety and mobility.

information from City of Seattle

 Mayor Jenny Durkan, Fire Chief Harold Scoggins, and Councilmember Sally Bagshaw today helped launch Seattle’s new “Health One” unit into service to help address non-emergency 911 calls downtown. Beginning today, the Health One unit, which is staffed with a team of specially trained Seattle Fire Department (SFD) firefighters and a civilian social worker, will help people with non-emergency 911 requests for issues like substance abuse, non-emergency medical issues, and a need to access services. 

The first Paws on Patrol training program put on by the Seattle Police Department is set for Tuesday, Nov. 5.

By Jean Godden

The late Jim Ellis was the speaker at a League of Women Voters lunch in December, 1965. At the time he was being hailed as "the father of Metro," having gained fame for the clean-up of Lake Washington, previously a cesspool of partially-treated sewage and fenced in with "no swimming" signs.

At the League luncheon, Ellis deposited a well-used briefcase at his side. He leaned on the desk-top podium and started speaking. He said that the region needed to act now to  preserve this region's quality of life. It was a speech that we, the audience, hadn't expected. Instead of resting on his clean-up of the lake, he was urging us to help spearhead the most ambitious plan for public works ever presented in King County.