July 2022

LETTER: White Center neighbors decry large clearcut and ask King County for executive tree protection order

Dear Executive Constantine,

We are writing to ask you to take immediate steps to protect King County's urban trees, and to investigate the removal of a White Center forest. We are a group of White Center neighbors and urban forest advocates. We know that you value and have worked hard for the environment, and we hope you will extend this care to forests in urban areas.

On June 22, a forest of 13 exceptionally large trees was removed from 10628 19th Ave SW, to build one house. Although this was done without a permit and potentially more than the legal limit of 5000 board feet of timber were removed, a permit was retroactively granted. County enforcement staff refused to investigate despite our copious documentation of the trees and the removal. We have forwarded our concerns to the Ombudsman.

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Benbow Room sets sail; Casual food and a pirate atmosphere

Mark Fuller is a restaurateur who gets it. As conditions in the world changed he understood to survive in the restaurant business you have to give people what they want and more importantly what is possible to sustain (and make a profit).

That thinking is what you find at the Benbow Room, the legendary West Seattle watering hole which began in 1950 as the Admiral Benbow. But times changed.

It went through a number of iterations as the Heartland Cafe, a video game parlor with drinks and more but now, a year after the lease was signed, a very simple but carefully curated and crafted space with a clear pirate theme is the result.

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West Seattle Summerfest music line up features Naked Giants

West Seattle Summer Fest is happening this weekend after a two year hiatus due to covide and hundreds of booths will line the streets of the West Seattle Junction with music filling the air, food for sale on the street and lots of fun for the whole family.

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The headline band on Friday night is Seattle's own Naked Giants. Learn more about them here.

https://www.nakedgiants.com

Learn more about the festival here https://westseattlesummerfest.com/

 

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White Center Library Guild Sidewalk Sale is July 15 and 17; Books and much more are on sale

The annual White Center Library Guild SIDEWALK SALE is on this Friday & Sunday, July 15 & 17 (note... closed on Saturday) from 10am to 4pm

The sale will feature books (of course) and gently used household treasures galore.
All proceeds go to benefit White Center Library programs.

White Center Library • 1409 SW 107 Street • Seattle, WA 98146 - 206.243 0233
 

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Seattle Parks and Recreation invites community to learn about Colman Pool maintenance project

Information from Seattle Parks and Recreation

Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to Colman Pool on Sunday, July 17 from noon to 2 p.m. to learn about and provide input on an upcoming maintenance and improvement project at the pool. Colman Pool is in Lincoln Park at 8603 Fauntleroy Way SW in West Seattle.

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Colman Pool being filled. Photo by Patrick Robinson

 

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The future of Evergreen and Tyee High schools and Pacific Middle school is up to voters on fall ballot
Bond would not raise the tax rate

Information from Highline Public Schools

The 2022 Highline School Construction & Improvement Bond will continue Highline’s commitment to replace our aging school buildings with safe, modern learning facilities. This bond would rebuild three schools and fund critical improvements across the district without raising the tax rate.

Our volunteer-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee recommended the bond to the Highline School Board. Voters will find it on the November 2022 ballot. Capital construction bonds require a 60% approval rate by voters.

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Duwamish River Festival will entertain and educate Aug.6

 On Sat., Aug. 6, 202, the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/TAG, is hosting s the  16th Annual Duwamish River Festival/Festival del Río Duwamish at Duwamish People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat  (8700 Dallas Ave S, Seattle WA 98108) in the South Park neighborhood in partnership with the planning committee, and a diverse group of government, business, and community sponsors.

The Festival will be an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on 50 years of the Clean Water Act and focus on how far we’ve come and how much farther we must go to protect our water, our health and ecosystems.

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Hit and run driver leaves behind passenger and other victims

Information from Seattle Police Department

#2022-176529/Southwest Precinct/First Watch: 

On 07-09-2022 at 7:15am, officers responded to a head-on collision.

The scene and the response shut down both directions of the street for a little over one hour. The driver of one vehicle had fled the scene on foot.

The victim vehicle was occupied by two and had been heading up hill.

The suspect vehicle had been going downhill and crossed the centerline, colliding into the victim vehicle. The victim vehicle was forced back off the road about 50 feet from the impact.

The passenger was taken to HMC via AMR. The driver was extricated from the vehicle and taken to HMC via Medic One, with possible bone breaks. The passenger of the suspect vehicle was taken to HMC via AMR. An area check for the driver was negative. The call was screened with TCIS.

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