The Seaview neighborhood at the end of Brandon Street and 47th s.w. held their 1st Annual Seaview Swine-Que Neighborhood Pig Roast on Sat. Sept. 18. They weren't kidding either, they really had a roasted pig.

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With beer supplied by The Beer Junction and Joel Hagman who played guitar and sang (he's a local musician with a CD "Caught on a Rail"). the whole neighborhood got together (under a tent as the event went on and the rain came back) and enjoyed "Pork, Pictures, and Prizes"

The organizer, Shelly Kurtz said, "Last year at the neighborhood night out, my husband Nathan and I were talking about things we'd like to do, and one of the things we talked about was spit roasting a pig. It was sort of on the Bucket List and we had some like minded neighbors so we started planning it and orginally we were going to do it in the empty lot on the alley but we ended up getting a street permit to close the street and it was sort of an organic grass roots movement."

Approximately 60 people showed up from around the area to get some of the 118 pound pig that they purchased from Central Market.

It was roasted by Sini Djelic, who was born in Bosnia and has lived here two years. For him this is an old family tradition so it came naturally. He likes living in America, "I like it a lot. I get to roast a pig," he said laughing.