May 2020

By Patrick Robinson

My mom was an artist of course. She taught herself to paint (she took some “correspondence courses” back in the day and had some large figure drawing books for reference. It was cool.

She would draw and paint and write and play piano and sing. She was quite gifted at all of them.

And again.. completely self taught.

She suffered from what we now call bi-polar disorder but back then, it was just called the blues.

I recall many late afternoons when my father was away at work, she would play sad music on the piano, the melodies drifting up through the house expressing her personal anguish.

She had a right to it of course.

Recently named athletic director Don Hoffman made official his first two head coaching hires, naming Greg Caldwell  and Willy Burns the next head coaches of the boys and girls basketball programs, respectively.

Greg Caldwell takes over the boys program following Hoffman’s recent decision to step down from the position. Caldwell spent the past eight seasons as the head girls coach, compiling a 92-91 record during that time, but was anxious to return to the same boys sideline where he served as an assistant to Hoffman prior to accepting the girls job in 2012.

“It was a very difficult decision to step away from the girls program,” Caldwell shared. “I am excited about what we were building there, but I felt that I could not pass up this opportunity. I am eager to get back over to the boys side and continue and grow the great culture that Don has established for this program.”

If you have been sitting at home dreaming of somewhere to get some great coffee and waffles, your dreams have come true.

Phil Sudore is the owner of The Spot West Seattle, new at 2950 Avalon Way Southwest. 

Sudore writes:

It has always been a dream of mine to establish strong  roots and be able to leave a legacy of service in the neighbor I live and love. What better way than to open a community hang with food, full bar and music. "The Spot West Seattle".  

The District 1 Community Network meeting on May 6 is a virtual one via ZOOM but open to anyone who would like to learn more about issues we are facing as a community from the West Seattle Bridge closure to Bike Connections and more.

District 1 Community Network

Wednesday, May 6, 2020, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

Via "Zoom"  - electronic meeting due to COVID-19

Zoom Meeting info:

Meeting link is  https://zoom.us/j/222985415?pwd=ZFFJSzZzWWwvSlgzaE5GeHFmWENoUT09

Meeting ID: 222 985 415

Password: 625318  (only needed if you manually enter the meeting number)

Call in only info:

Phone number: 669-900-6833

Meeting ID: 222 985 415

information from West Seattle Junction Association

In times of solidarity, joyful or mournful, we often look up to see our emotions reflected in the Space Needle in larger-than-life beacons of city pride, seasonal festivities or national reverence. In late March, Major Jenny Durkan raised our latest flag – #WeGotThisSeattle –  as a hopeful rallying cry to stand strong and healthy in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home order.