November 2020

By Jerry Robinson

Publisher Emeritus 1920~2014

I don't know where he found it but number five son Scott Anthony somehow discovered a bruised and battered two door Chevy sedan someone had left to die.

It was on it's side in a field near the airport flight path. With some of his teenage friends he got it on its wheels and managed to pull it with a chain and some luck up to our house. 

He then came, muddy and merrily, into the house with the announcement that he and I could restore it and I would not have to help him buy a car for his 16th birthday. 

He then tugged me outside to look at his muddy discovery. 

I had built lots of things for the kids but had never tried to restore a battered, mud-covered mother-of-all-discards.

 "I am going to make this baby sparkle by my birthday," he grinned, "But I could use a little help."

....There goes my golf match.

By Jean Godden

When I first started writing a newspaper column, I had a co-author. You may be acquainted with that secret helper: Elephant Car Wash's iconic pink elephant. 

To the Editor:

Enjoyed your story about the creek and woods as I have others I have read in your paper.  We have owned homes in the area for over 50 years and I have explored the area in your story a few times.  Have you explored it since the big earthquake about 10 years back?  You probably remember that the creek used to head toward 116th and sort of peter out.  After the earthquake there was a huge slide near your early home that opened up an underground aquifer which now feeds the creek more abundantly.  Don’t know if you knew it but you can access a trail alongside the creek from near the entrance to the treatment plant.  If you walk up it about a half mile you will now see a sharp right turn in the creek as it flows toward the slide area.

Gov. Jay Inslee today announced a four-week statewide set of restrictions in response to the recent rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus in Washington and across the country.

The new restrictions come as Washington sees consistent increasing daily case counts, with over 2,000 cases a day over the weekend and average cases in the state doubling over the past two weeks.

The President and CEO of the Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA )in a letter to members warns that Washington is about to enter a new lockdown, set to take effect Monday, Nov. 16.  As the holiday season draws near Thanksgiving and other holiday gatherings will be hardest hit, though enforcement is clearly not likely to happen.

WFIA’s Tammie Hetrick states that Governor Jay Inslee will announce on Sunday that new restrictions will need to put in place to stem the rising tide of COVID-19 cases. As of Nov. 14 Washington has seen 127,731 cases and 2519 deaths. Cases are spiking dramatically this month to levels matching last March.

Here are the new rules quoting the letter:

“1. All indoor social gatherings are prohibited. We are unsure how this will be enforced at this time.

2. Restaurants and bars are closed for indoor service. Outdoor service is limited to 5 people. To-Go Orders may continue.

Seattle musician and School of Rock West Seattle teacher Payge Turner wowed the coaches during her blind auditions on season 19 of NBC's The Voice and joined team Gwen!  She has now advanced to the Knockout Rounds. Her perfornance has even earned the praise of the Art Minister of Trinidad.

Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Payge has lived and performed in the Seattle area for a few years and teaches part time at The School of Rock in West Seattle. 

The Port of Seattle Commission voted to adopt new, community-sourced names for six Port-owned parks and shoreline habitat areas along the Duwamish River. The names reflect the cultural, historical and environmental significance of each site. The action followed months of community engagement in areas surrounding the parks. The ‘Incredible Parks Want Incredible Names’ project was designed in partnership with the Seattle Parks Foundation, a public greenspace non-profit, to ensure community involvement and transparency.

A Pre-Thanksgiving Food Drive Event called Farm to Family Boxes is set for Nov. 20 in West Seattle at the West Seattle Golf Course.

Free groceries will be given away including free turkey, but supplies are limited.

Produced and supplied by Farmer Frog  a Woodinville based Non-Profit Farm that supplies food drive events and Badger Farms that also plays a huge role this food drive.

Backing the event are

• East West Food Rescue
• Seattle Parks and Recreation
• INSP
• Top Pot Doughnuts
• Cargo Plus Shippers
• Mango Tours
• Jack n Poy