West Seattle, Washington
19 Friday
Till 5 pm, you are invited to join the celebration at City Mouse Studio and Store (WSB sponsor), the new name of Donna Ryan‘s photography studio and kids’ shop in The Junction (4218 SW Alaska). That’s Donna on the left with Laney; in the middle, Michelle and Ava, and at right, Aubrey and Oliver (the latter four were among the well-wishers stopping by at the same time we did this morning). Treats – as you can see in the photo – and prizes too. Earlier this morning, the West Seattle Tool Library welcomed visitors to another round of Ask An Expert:
(Photo by Heather P. Brincko)
From left to right: Joshua Brincko from International Studio, visitor Christie, Laura Elfline and Doug Elfline from Mighty House Construction). You don’t have to wait for the next Ask An Expert to visit the Tool Library – its regular Sunday hours are 1-5 pm, so you can drop by and check it out tomorrow (here’s where to find it).
The new Archbishop of Seattle, The Most Rev. J. Peter Sartain, was in West Seattle this morning to preside at the World Day of the Sick Mass at the Providence Mount St. Vincent Chapel today. He was joined by five other priests – Holy Rosary’s pastor the Very Rev. John Madigan, Rev. Lyle Konen of the Redemptorist Fathers of Seattle, Rev. Abraham Miller of The Mount, Rev. William Gallagher, and Rev. Richard Ward from the Order of Malta, which has a thousand-year history of devotion “to those who suffer, especially the poor and sick,” according to the program for this morning’s service.
Also participating: the Seattle University Choir:
The World Day of the Sick is commemorated each year “on the occasion of the memorial of the Blessed Virgin of Lourdes,” according to this year’s message from the Pope; holy water from the shrine at Lourdes was used in today’s service.
We get a fair amount of coyote reports (THANK YOU!) but not many come with photos. Thanks to Amanda Teicher for snapping the one she spotted as she and her dog were headed out for a walk this morning at 17th and Brandon (map). Quite the tail on this one. And here’s the long view:
We share coyote reports not to generate hysteria but just to remind people that they live among us and that it’s important to take steps on your (and your pets’) behalf and theirs to keep them at a distance (as explained here). Our archived coyote coverage, newest to oldest, is here.
(Photo by David Hutchinson)
POSTSEASON BASKETBALL: (updated) FIVE games today/tonight – Madison Middle School plays Eckstein at Chief Sealth International High School, 2 pm today, in the middle-school girls’ championship, right after Denny International Middle School plays in the boys’ championship game, also against Eckstein, also at Sealth, at noon … In boys’ high-school district tournament play, Chief Sealth hosts Eastside Catholic tonight at 7, while West Seattle High School will play at Bellevue at 4 pm, and Seattle Lutheran High School at Shoreline Christian at 7 pm.
NEIGHBOR APPRECIATION DAY: Full details in our preview from last night – fire-station tours 11 am-2 pm, Delridge Community Center‘s celebration noon-2 pm, Southwest Pool‘s free swim 1-2 pm.
34TH/BARTON P-PATCH DESIGN MEETING: Help plan the P-patch at Barton/34th! Barker Landscape Architects will facilitate the first public meeting 1:30-3:30 pm today, Southwest Community Center.
WEST SEATTLE TOOL LIBRARY HOSTS ASK-AN-EXPERT: 10 am-noon, expert advice for do-it-yourselfers on topics including construction and solar power, at the West Seattle Tool Library, (north end of South Seattle Community College campus, 6000 16th SW)
COMMUNITY ORCHARD OF WEST SEATTLE: Steps away from the Tool Library, it’s a class, lunch and work party at and for the Community Orchard of West Seattle, starts at 10 am, topic “Perennial Planting” – details and RSVP info here
CITY MOUSE OPEN HOUSE: In The Junction, help celebrate the new name City Mouse Studio and Store (WSB sponsor) with an Open House from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 20 percent off storewide, a sale rack with savings up to 70 percent off, buy-one-pair-get-one-pair-free on past season Pediped and See Kai Run shoes, door prizes, mimosas and cupcakes. Everyone who makes a purchase will be entered to win a $300 portrait package and anyone who books and pays for a portrait shoot ($75 sitting fee) for March or April will receive a $35 credit towards any Tea clothing purchase made today. (4218 SW Alaska)
CLICK! TRUNK SHOW: Sarah Loertscher trunk show at Click! Design That Fits (WSB sponsor) in The Junction, 11 am-5 pm (details here)
NEW ARCHBISHOP IN WEST SEATTLE: World Day of the Sick service at Providence Mount St. Vincent (4831 35th SW), with Archbishop Most Rev. J. Peter Sartain presiding in a special Eucharistic Celebration with Anointing of the Sick and Blessing with Holy Water from Lourdes, 10 am in the chapel.
CAT ADOPT-A-THON: Regional Animal Services of King County has more than 50-plus adoptable cats at Kitty Harbor, noon-4 pm today and tomorrow (3422 Harbor Avenue).
JEREMY PECK FUNERAL FUNDRAISER: Fundraiser for the family of Jeremy Peck, to raise money for his funeral, Admiral Benbow room at Heartland Cafe, 8-11 pm (here’s the Facebook event)
COMMUNITY SWEETHEART DANCE AT HIAWATHA: 7-10 pm, part of the ongoing Second Saturday Dance Series, starts with beginners’ East Coast Swing lesson, then dancing to a variety of music 8-10 pm (with “mini-lessons throughout the evening to keep you dancing,” instructor/DJ Lilli Ann Carey (Hiawatha Community Center, 2700 California SW)
TRAFFIC ALERTS: On Fauntleroy Way south of the ferry terminal, you might be affected over the next few days by the movie filming we mentioned earlier this week (here’s the story) … And remember the southbound Alaskan Way Viaduct ramp to 1st Avenue South is closed this weekend (with more changes to come – full details here).
(added) OPEN HOUSE: The Community School of West Seattle, 9450 22nd SW, sends word it has an open house, continuing till 2 pm.
Mark your calendar for a community celebration in honor of Delridge’s Neighborhood District Coordinator Ron Angeles. Delridge community advocate Pete Spalding of Pigeon Point shares the news tonight, confirming what we had heard rumblings about … that Ron is retiring from his longtime job at the Department of Neighborhoods. That’s Ron at right in a photo from last November, when Pete won a People’s Choice Award from Seattle CityClub. Pete says everyone is welcome to come wish Ron well and celebrate his decades of work on behalf of Delridge; it’ll be a potluck party at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 6-8 pm February 24th. Pete says, “Since Ron is all about community building, we want to make sure that the community has an opportunity to come out and express their gratitude to Ron for his many years of dedicated service to our Delridge community. Everyone who lives/works/plays in Delridge comes into contact with some of Ron’s work on a regular basis without realizing it.” You’re also welcome to join Ron, Pete, and other eastern West Seattle community leaders at the Delridge Neighborhood District Council’s next meeting this coming Wednesday night (February 16), 7 pm, also at Youngstown (4408 Delridge Way SW).
One more reminder: One big part of the city’s 17th annual Neighbor Appreciation Day tomorrow is that all Seattle fire stations are open for tours. West Seattle has five – listed here, and pinpointed on the Google Map above. The open house is 11 am-2 pm. Other Neighbor Appreciation Day events include free swimming at Southwest Pool 1-2 pm (and they have refreshments starting at noon), plus a drop-in party (light refreshments, we’re told) at Delridge Community Center, noon-2 pm.
(WSB photo from West Seattle Summer Fest 2010)
Tonight, an update on applying NOW to be part of the summer’s biggest local event, West Seattle Summer Fest, this July: We reported last week that applications were available online for everything except musicians; now, musicians’ applications are available too. Susan Melrose of the West Seattle Junction Association wants to make sure you know that if you’re local and you apply within the next month, you get to be at the head of the line:
We strongly encourage West Seattle businesses and non-profits to participate. Space in this event is in high demand and in an effort to have our local flavor well represented, the Junction Association is offering West Seattleites priority. All West Seattle businesses and non-profits that turn in complete applications by March 15 will get priority consideration.
The application links are all on the Summer Fest home page – one form for crafts/imports/nonprofits/services, one form for food vendors, and one for musicians. This year’s Summer Fest dates are Friday-Sunday, July 8-10.
Reminder from the Alaskan Way Viaduct south-end replacement team: The weekend closure of the southbound SR 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct off-ramp to First Avenue S. starts at 7 tonight, and when the ramp reopens by 5 am Monday, it’ll put you onto Royal Brougham, not 1st Avenue South. Also in the announcement:
Starting Monday, drivers will be able to use a new street connecting S. Royal Brougham Way and S. Atlantic Street between First Avenue S. and Alaskan Way S. The new street is temporarily called East Frontage Road S.
Then as of 7 pm next Friday (February 18th), the northbound Alaskan Way Viaduct onramp from 1st Avenue South will close for up to six weeks. That closure will kick off with a surface-street closure too:
With the exception of access for local businesses, the following streets will be closed from 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 18 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22:
* First Avenue S. between S. Royal Brougham Way and S. King Street
* Railroad Way S. between Occidental Avenue S. and S. King Street
All this is explained here. But wait – there’s more:
Starting Monday morning, Feb. 14, both directions of Alaskan Way S. between S. Atlantic Street and S. Royal Brougham Way will be closed to traffic until 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 21.
We’ll provide drivers with a signed detour around the closure via the new East Frontage Road S. Learn more about the detour and the reason we’re closing Alaskan Way S. on our website. The Alaskan Way S. bike and pedestrian path will remain open during the closure.
At 5 a.m., Monday, Feb. 21, one southbound lane will reopen. All northbound lanes will remain closed through 2013 while crews incorporate the area into our existing long-term construction zone.
(The judges with, second from left, Karen Chilcutt, one of the volunteer organizers)
3:02 PM FRIDAY: We’ve just wrapped up about two hours of an amazing We the People: Project Citizen event at Madison Middle School, with humanities teacher Starr McKittrick‘s students presenting their research on two hot topics – education funding and police/public relations – to a high-powered panel: Former Mayor Greg Nickels, County Councilmember Joe McDermott, and Seattle School Board President Steve Sundquist (all three West Seattleites), plus U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott‘s district director Darcy Nothnagle. The students made spoken presentations (written material also was turned in earlier) and were grilled by the four; then they were rated, with the winning group going to compete in a statewide event in Olympia this spring. For any parents awaiting word of the winners – the afternoon classes, who handled education funding, came out on top. We recorded most of the event on video and will add long excerpts later, so you too can cheer the students, described by Madison principal Henterson Carlisle as the event began, as “the leaders of tomorrow.”
ADDED LATE FRIDAY/EARLY SATURDAY: The video clips show each group of students, four each from the morning and afternoon classes, presenting specific parts of their argument, moving from the first group outlining it, to the fourth group with an “action plan.” The presentations were made in the Madison library, with each student group taking seats at the front of the room, facing the judges (and, behind the judges, the audience including all other participants as well as some parents plus the volunteers and school staffers). We’ve preceded each group with a photo of the hallway display about their topic (which, like the presentations, addressed it in four sections):
MORNING STUDENTS: Their project was described as “Help eliminate police brutality through more crisis intervention and cultural-awareness training.”
For this topic, we recorded the students’ presentation, but not the back-and-forth with judges, who asked some tough questions each time, trying to suss out how well the students knew their topics, premises and conclusions. (Added: To a point that has arisen in story comments, the students’ research, they said, did include meeting with police.) Here’s the first group, from left, Dakota Kantner, Buick McNamara, Lena Le, August Carow, Kyle McGlasson, Dominic Yem:
Second group, from left, Abby Gluckman, Diane Ly, Nafsya Magarssa, Erin Pennington, James Caldwell, Carlos Hernandez-Castro:
Group three, from left, Jamal Abdile, Zakariah Nyberg, Queen Norm, Taylor Latham, Sonja Fridriksson, Kristine La:
And the final group on this topic (with the “action plan”) – Gabriella Vanek, Brandon Tyler, Calvin Nguyen, August Mears, Lincoln Vuong, Nickolas Dyer:
AFTERNOON STUDENTS: The official description of their project: “Stop state government from rerouting federal monies for education.”
For three of these four groups, we were able to record some of the interaction with the judges, including this first group, outlining the problem: Ryan Wilson, Miski Hassan, Peter Forsberg, Alyssa Magcalas, Lina Le, Mecca Amen:
Second group: Carter Mensing, Jacob Woodbury, Danielle Nielsen, Ashley Abriam-Snell, Apisara Krassner, Katrina Carper:
In the third education-funding group, whose clip includes questioning from the judges – from left, Daseray Dang, Simon Tate, Colleen Huynh, Sahra Ibrahim, Kaelyn Johnston, Dylan Ledbetter, Lindsey Hage (who also is a starter on the Madison team playing in the middle-school girls’ championship game Saturday afternoon):
Here’s the final group presenting its solution to the education problem: Left to right, Natalie Williams, Nicholas Barth, Hannah Johnson, Mychael Huynh, Ellen Salenjus, Hannah Eklund. (this clip also includes the interaction with judges):
The judges offered their thoughts while the votes were tallied, and then Sundquist handed certificates to each and every participant, including the adult volunteers:
We’ll let you know when we have more information about the competition in Olympia, at which the Madison students will be the first-ever Seattle Public Schools team competing. The showcase on Friday was the culmination of months of work; one student, just before the event, told us he had edited his report eleven times!
One week ago, we reported the likelihood of a plea bargain for the second defendant in the Highland Park hate-crime attack on a teenager (the first defendant, 23-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, pleaded guilty in December and was sentenced last month) – and today, that’s exactly what has happened. 21-year-old Jonathan Baquiring pleaded guilty this morning; details from our partners at the Seattle Times. Baquiring will be sentenced on March 11th; he has remained in jail since his arrest last September.
9:31 PM UPDATE: Kristin Storm just confirmed to WSB that her daughter Alex is home safe. Thanks to WSB’er “Ad” for the original report in comments (p.s. Kristin has posted there too).
ORIGINAL 11:58 AM STORY: Kristin Storm is asking for your help in finding her runaway daughter Alex. Here’s what she just e-mailed us:
My daughter, Alex Storm (age 14, 5’4″, 120 lbs) has been missing since Sunday, February 6th at around 10:00 pm. At around 9:30 pm I discovered that Alex was trying to help another runaway when I found the girl in her bedroom. After calling the girl’s father he requested that I call the police due to her being a repeated runaway and has a warrant out for her arrest as a suspect in a robbery. The girl panicked and jumped out my daughter’s window and called for Alex to follow her. They both left with the clothes on their backs. At that time Alex was wearing a white puffy jacket with a hood with fur trim, but as she’s been spotted around the West Seattle area it appears she may have other clothes. The other girl, according to the father, probably had $1,000 on her.
I have been networking with West Seattle community centers and parks, police, friends and local business and have posters up at several bus stops along Delridge and 16th Ave SW from South Seattle Community College to Westwood Village. These are the areas she may be frequenting, including Denny Middle School and Sealth High School, especially around lunch time and after school typically with a mixed group of teenagers. She may also be seen on the bus routes in West Seattle, especially the 120, 125 and 128.
According to one of my sources, my daughter’s friend is not allowed to return to many of the places that would be safe for her to stay due to her behavior, so I’m extremely worried for my daughter’s safey as I haven’t been able to determine where she’s staying. It appears that some of Alex’s friends are trying to help me find her and some of her friends are trying to help hide her which so far has been a catch 22 as I’m always one step behind. The friends that know both girls are both worried and very surprised that Alex befriended this person and runaway with her.
I want to send the message out that I just want Alex to know that she can come home safely. She is not in trouble with the police (running away is not illegal and therefore not a crime, they are just trying to help me find her) and I’m not trying to get anyone else involved in trouble. I just want her to come home. I love her very much as well as her friends, family and pets. We all miss her.
If anyone spots her please call me at 206-290-5956 so I can take down the information very quickly and then head that way and then call 9-1-1 to report her being seen as well.
They’re celebrating a big anniversary at Tom’s Automotive Service (WSB sponsor) in The Triangle today – 40 years in business! Though the office is decked with balloons and streamers, and trays of cupcakes are on the counter and in the waiting room – all in the red/white/blue theme that are also their company colors – they’re not stopping down for a party; we could barely get everyone together for our photo; the phone just kept ringing. Tom’s was founded at 6047 1/2 California SW on this date in 1971 (that’s namesake Tom Smith in our photo, fourth from the right). The business moved to The Triangle in 1973. There’s a bit more about Tom’s Automotive in our official WSB welcome from last year, including their community involvement (signs of which are all over the office – with certificates, photos, and the basket for food-bank donations you’re invited to bring in for a discount on your bill).
There’s so much going on tomorrow around West Seattle, organizers of the planning meeting for the new 34th/Barton P-Patch want to make sure their big event doesn’t get lost in the shuffle: They hope everyone interested in the new community garden can join them for the first community design meeting, 1:30-3:30 pm Saturday at Southwest Community Center (map).
Meantime, you might recall that some wondered about possibly naming the new P-Patch after the late Tony Genzale, longtime owner of the Tony’s Market produce stand across the street; WSB’er Mike has been checking into that and reports that city staffers have told him that naming the P-Patch in honor of a person would be a possibility, but would require getting a feel for what the community thinks, among other factors. Mike says, “It is my hope that ‘Tony’s P-Patch’ would be special and heartwarming. He was a great guy!” (P.S. If you missed the news, Tony’s Market reopened this week, with Tony’s son Joey in charge – here’s our story.)
West Seattle-based Grindline, which (as a subcontractor) created the design (above) for Delridge Skatepark, is one step closer to building it. A week and a half after the word that Grindline had submitted the “apparent low bid” in the second round of bidding (here’s backstory on the 1st round), project manager Kelly Davidson has an update this morning: “The formal Request to Award to Grindline has been submitted to City Contracting. This means that Parks has reviewed and approved all pre-qualifications and we will move forward with contracting and bonding. This process can take 2-4 weeks.” Once the bid is awarded, then a date will be set for construction to start. The city says Grindline’s bid was $483,000 (almost $20,000 lower than its bid in the 1st round).
(Photos and video by Christopher Boffoli for WSB)
Tonight’s West Seattle Art Walk highlighted imagination and whimsy as well as boldness and brightness in the wide range of art on display around the peninsula. Laura Castellanos was at Click! Design That Fits (WSB sponsor) – you might recognize her “bummerbunny.” Bright night overall at Click!
Also in The Junction, more imagination and whimsy courtesy of Kate Endle, at CAPERS:
Kate is an accomplished illustrator and also works in collage, using decorative and hand-painted paper. You’ll find some of her children’s books on sale at CAPERS, too. Next Junction stop – ArtsWest:
Encaustic abstract artist Kate Fluckinger is one of the artists who are “Spinning Straw Into Gold” in the ArtsWest Gallery‘s current exhibition. A bit off the beaten Junction track, Joya Marie was the featured artist at the Nature Consortium offices, showing her linocuts:
Live music there, too, from Bando-Rio:
Finally, two stops outside The Junction – Art Walk night is always busy at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), with Wine Club and a featured artist – this time, Chris Hunter:
His “day job” is at Alki Beach Tattoo, but he’s been painting longer than he’s been tattooing, and that’s what C&P is showcasing – watercolor and ink paintings and drawings. Last but by no means least, a stop at Stephanie Hargrave‘s South Admiral studio to say hi to Jean Lovejoy, who drew a full house of fans for her retrospective:
Last night we featured Stephanie’s story about Jean, who’s going strong at 91. Remember, most venues display their artists’ work all month long, so even if you couldn’t get out tonight, you’ve got time to wander around and enjoy it in the weeks ahead. Next West Seattle Art Walk: March 10.
Three gorgeous pictures came in from wonderful West Seattle photographers today – we’re sharing two tonight, and saving one for tomorrow’s morning preview. Thanks to Mike Scharer for the paddleboarder picture above, and Robin Lindsey (also known for her Seal Sitters work) for the great-blue-heron image below:
Got a photo to share with your West Seattle neighbors via WSB? Here’s how.
Both West Seattle High School and Chief Sealth International High School had home games tonight in Metro League tournament play. The Seahawks defeated Lakeside; close game for the Wildcats, but they were on the losing end. More after the jump:Read More
Another week, another speeder roundup on the Admiral Way hill north of the West Seattle Bridge (map), according to a report just published on Seattle Police’s SPD Blotter. After last week’s roundup, WSB’ers had a lot to say. But did the speeders heed the warning? Apparently not, according to tonight’s report, which says they caught one driver at 64 miles per hour:
On February 10th from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. the SPD Traffic Unit’s Aggressive Driver Response Team conducted a speed enforcement emphasis in the 3300 block of SW Admiral Way. Emphasis patrols are regularly conducted in accordance with the Traffic Unit’s mission to promote traffic safety through the vigorous enforcement of city and state traffic laws. The posted speed limit on this stretch of road is 30 mph.
In the one-hour-long emphasis, five officers issued a total of 42 citations. Among those citations included some notable excessive speeds: Two violators at 50 mph, one at 51 mph, one at 52 mph, and one at 64 mph (who also had no proof of insurance).
The top speed reported in the crackdown a week earlier was 55 mph.
From West Seattle Montessori/West Seattle Academy (WSB sponsor) – If you have a blanket you don’t need (or can buy a new one to donate), get ready to donate it in a blanket drive, inspired by pre-primary student Morgan Williams, who wants to “help the homeless people of West Seattle stay warm,” according to the school’s announcement. Next week, February 14-18, they’ll be collecting clean blankets – new and used – in a bin set up outside the school, so anybody can donate, not just students, staff and families. They’re at 11215 15th SW (map). P.S. Morgan says, “You can give them coats, too!” (One more WSMS note – the elementary play “Fiddler on the Roof” will be performed again tomorrow night, 7 pm, West Seattle High School Theater.)
65-year-old Gregory Paul Hess is now charged in the videotaped stickup at Roxbury Shell that brought him the nickname “Polite Robber” – eight years after, as we first reported early Tuesday, he gained infamy as the “Transaction Bandit.” The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Hess with one count of first-degree robbery for last Saturday’s heist. The charging documents reveal a few new details about what happened after the videotaped robbery: First, the station owner didn’t just stand there – he called 911 and then walked out into the parking lot to try to get the license-plate number of the vehicle the robber got away in. The King County Sheriff’s Office (which has jurisdiction because the gas station is outside city limits) got “several tips” on the Monday after the robbery, all identifying the man on the video as Gregory Hess. A detective looked up the name and found it belonged to a 65-year-old man on probation after serving time for bank robbery; federal probation authorities had an address for him in the Top Hat area, and investigators got a search warrant (after the robbery victim identified Hess in a photo lineup). When they found him there, the charging papers say, he told them, “I’m the one you’re looking for.” He also is reported to have pointed them to the pellet gun used during the robbery. While being questioned, authorities say, Hess confessed, saying he got $200 from the robbery and used it to buy food and gas and to pay a cell-phone bill, then depositing the remaining $90 in his bank account. Tonight, he remains in jail in lieu of $250,000 bail, and his arraignment is set for two weeks from today. (Photo: Washington Department of Corrections)
With six weeks having gone by since our last progress report on the West Seattle Trader Joe’s, we weren’t surprised to see questions come up in the comment thread on this past Monday’s Triangle open house. Then, just as we got ready to start on an update, two people e-mailed to say the Burien Trader Joe’s staff — long a source of West Seattle rumors, it seems – had told West Seattle shoppers that the project was allegedly having permit problems. Keep in mind, the formal permit application was made just two months ago, and these things seldom move swiftly through the city pipeline. But to get a better idea of where it’s at, we did two things: 1. Went downtown to the Department of Planning and Development to look into the application file. 2. Talked to John Wunder, who represents properties (including this one at 4545 Fauntleroy Way) owned by Steve Huling and family (the site was the longtime Huling Brothers Buick showroom). Here’s what we found out:
THE FILE: The documents we reviewed at DPD HQ at noontime yesterday appear relatively routine. The newest one-sheet, from the land-use review, was dated February 1st. Most of the back-and-forth has to do with parking for the store, some of which will be on the building’s rooftop parking area, some of which will be on the ground-level lot. According to the documents, some of the parking was in conflict with a strip that’s on the record as an alley, so the city asked that parking proposed for that “alley” area be removed. The city asked for a traffic study and more information on where the “loading berth” will be. A few data points of interest are also in the application – it’s expected the project will generate 1,365 daily vehicle trips. The exterior modifications (architect rendering at right) will bring the height to 39’9″ in at least one spot, a few feet higher than it is now. It appears that only one comment was received during the recent open-comment period for the project’s environmental review; a North Seattle woman wrote that she felt the project would have an environmental impact, and hoped that trees would be included. (The proposal does call for adding “landscaping islands” that are projected to reduce the amount of “impervious” surface on the site.)
THE PROPERTY REP: John Wunder says he’s checked with key players on the project, and there’s really nothing to say other than, it’s proceeding. They hope to finish the permit process this spring.
The documents on file with the city project a 175-day construction schedule – that’s just under six months – so you could certainly conclude the store is not likely to be open before late summer/early fall. (The original TJ’s announcement last June promised only “2011.”) According to the documents, Trader Joe’s would seek to “commence construction immediately” once the permits are granted. The file also notes that “50 to 75 employees” are expected to work at the store.
By Megan Sheppard
On the WSBeat, for West Seattle Blog
From reports on cases handled recently by Southwest Precinct officers:
*On Monday afternoon, a ongoing beef between two groups of teens came to a peaceful end when the heads of the two groups shook hands. Witnesses described the genesis of the disturbance to an officer who, in the report, states, “There was a stand-off much like the one between The Sharks and The Jets, but without the finger snapping.”
*Two juveniles had a verbal argument last week, but the victim of threats told officers he wasn’t too concerned: For one thing, the suspect claimed the incorrect gang affiliation for his part of town. (“He doesn’t live there. He should have claimed “xxxx” gang instead.”) And with street lingo favoring the word “cap” for “shoot,” the victim was apparently reassured when the suspect threatened, instead, to “clap” him.
Ahead, six more summaries, including the forger-turned-nanny and the case of the misplaced car keys:Read More
(Illusions Hair Design Twitpic from last year’s Have a Heart Day)
Need a haircut? You have a chance to combine a good look with a good deed if you get an appointment for this Sunday’s “Have a Heart Day” at Illusions Hair Design (longtime WSB sponsor). The Illusions team is donating its time so that all proceeds go to charity – they’ve done it every year since 1994. This year the beneficiary is Pencil Me in for Kids, which gets school supplies to students who have trouble affording them otherwise. Illusions says some spots are still left (and prices are reduced, too) – 11 am-4 pm this Sunday, February 13th. Call for an appointment ASAP – 206-938-3675.
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