August 2023

"Pouring West Seattle" will unite all West Seattle Wineries on Aug. 19
Hosted by the Highland Park Corner Store

Join the good folks at the Highland Park Corner Store on  August 19 for Pouring West Seattle! For the first time, all West Seattle wineries will be together under one roof.

Come meet the makers and support some local wineries! Saturday 8/19 from 4-7pm

All West Seattle wineries - all in one place

DARBY • NOTA BENE • PINE LAKE • T2 • VISCON • WELCOME ROAD

TICKETS $20 ADVANCE / $25 AT EVENT

HIGHLANDPARKCORNERSTORE.COM

Category

Rachel Porter is the new Executive Director for the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce

The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce has selected Rachel Porter as its new  Executive Director. Porter, the former Director of Membership and Community Relations for the Greater Federal Way Chamber of Commerce, brings to West Seattle a wealth of leadership experience, including a successful history of membership retention, a strong background in advocacy, volunteer management, and programming, and a proven track record in building public sector partnerships.

Category

A Cleaner Alki has removed tons of trash and demonstrated connection through community

By Erik Bell

My name is Erik Bell and I run a community cleanup group in West Seattle called A Cleaner Alki.  During the pandemic I struggled with feeling down, not sleeping well, and feeling untethered. My work life as a designer had fallen off a cliff and I struggled with even knowing what to do with my time. To get my days going I found myself walking and cleaning up along Alki Beach each morning, doing this for an hour got my day moving and I found inspiration to keep it up. After several months of this morning ritual my spirits began to lift, I was meeting daily walkers along the beach and making connections and felt if this was working for my well-being it might work for others too. 

Category

Seattle Public Schools will hold community meetings on "Well-Resourced Schools "

Information from Seattle Public Schools

Seattle Public Schools will host community meetings to develop a shared understanding of what resources, programs, services, and learning experiences make up well-resourced schools. Students, families, staff, and community partners have been invited to participate. 

WHO:  

  • Dr. Brent Jones, Superintendent  

  • Bev Redmond, Chief of Staff 

  • Dr. Art Jarvis, Deputy Superintendent of Academics 

  • Dr. Rocky Torres, Associate Superintendent of Student and School Support 

  • Fred Podesta, Chief Operations Officer  

WHAT:  

Five community meetings across the district and one virtual community meeting to connect with the SPS community to envision what it means to have a well-resourced school.  

Category

Art of Music performances during the August 10 Art Walk

The next free admission Art of Music performances presented by the West Seattle Junction Association are coming up on Second Thursday Art Walk Evening August 10 at Three locations— in the Alaska Junction in front of KeyBank, in the Admiral District at Soprano’s Antico Pizza & Pasta Restaurant, and in the Morgan Junction at Whisky West. 

 

Musicians will perform from 6 pm to 7:45 pm (with one 15-minute break at the midpoint). 

A page about the August Art of Music performers can be found at:

Category

Dick Rehm is 101 and credits his longevity to his wife Nell

Dick Rehm is 101. but he takes no credit for his own longevity. Instead when asked how he managed to live such a long life he pointed, and said, "She's standing right there," referring to his wife of 73 years Nell.

His family held a party at the Rehm home in West Seattle to celebrate on Saturday, bringing together four generations. Cake and cupcakes were enjoyed and smiles, hugs and laughs were plentiful. The youngest party goer was only 6 weeks old.

Dick said he always got a lot of sleep, and ate "A lot of fruits and vegetables" in his life. He did note that his four children all say they are lucky they got some of his genes, looking forward to long happy lives themselves.

Richardson "Dick" Rehm was born at Virginia Mason Hospital, Seatle WA, to Norma and Hays Rehm in 1922.

Category