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TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Wednesday watch

(Click any view for a close-up; more cameras on the WSB Traffic page)

6:47 AM: Good morning – again today, the day starts with no incidents reported in/from West Seattle.

LOOKING AHEAD: A few notes for the days ahead – with the Democratic caucuses on March 26th, candidate/campaign visits are expected next week, including Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, March 22nd, and Vice President Joe Biden one day before that (we will of course be watching for times/routes when that all gets closer). … We’re now a week and a half from Metro‘s March 26th spring service change, which includes the splitting of RapidRide C Line (which will thereafter go to South Lake Union) and D Line – if you’re not already steeped in the details, find them here.

7:29 AM: We’re covering the 4th/Roxbury fire separately but if we discover any traffic effects as we get closer, we’ll make note here.

7:49 AM: The fire is in a residential area off the south/westbound side of Olson/Roxbury – the outside lane in that direction has a couple SFD units but traffic the other way, toward 509, is not affected at all.

11:54 AM: Driving around, we just saw two things you might want to know: Avalon is down to one lane each way between Fauntleroy and 35th; Yancy east of Avalon is closed. Utility work in both cases.

If you heard the ‘booms’…

… multiple texters/tweeters say it was fireworks, somewhere in the Fauntleroy/Alaska vicinity. Too far for us to hear from here but “boom”-type fireworks per one description.

MID-MORNING P.S. Thanks to the commenters sharing info about what they saw and when!

Community Police Team updates & more @ Admiral Neighborhood Association

By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor

Know who your Community Police Team officer is?

Officers on the CPT handle issues that generally aren’t 911 emergency responses – but due to their persistence, may affect a neighborhood far more than a crime here and a crime there.. The CPT officer whose turf includes the Admiral District talked about several ongoing issues at the Admiral Neighborhood Association‘s March meeting.

Officer Jon Flores first talked about the Mobile Precinct van that the Southwest Precinct has been deploying (we showed it to you when it arrived) – it’s “popping up” all around West Seattle and South Park, and precinct commander Capt. Pierre Davis wants it to be for the entire area. “It has a deterring effect – when our kids see it, they don’t necessarily want to hang out around it,” so it’s spent some time by the Admiral Safeway, which has had some “issues.” And of course the Mobile Precinct will spend time on Alki as the weather warms – “it’s a way for us to have a presence without having three or four different patrol vehicles deployed in an area.” CPT Officer Clayton Powell is the “designated mobile-precinct officer” and you’re invited to introduce yourself if you see the van around.

CPT officers also have been working to have “more meaningful interactions with schools around the West Seattle area,” though CPT is not school-resource officers, Flores cautioned. “We want to get into all the schools – we’re not going to be there daily or even once a week but we’re making a more concerted effort to get out and meet the principals, the students, get into the classrooms,” as they recently did at Concord International in South Park, “to build positive relationships with our youth.”

The CPTs also work on issues with transients and homeless people. In Admiral, Flores said, the vacant ex-Life Care Center property at 47th/Admiral/Waite has had squatter trouble, so its owner Aegis Living has now signed up for the vacant-building trespass warning program – a new program like the trespass program that exists for businesses, “giving us the ability to deal with the many vacant properties we have around West Seattle and the city,” said Flores.

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TRAFFIC ALERT: Truck wreck blocks 1st S. south of Kenyon

March 15, 2016 9:26 pm
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9:26 PM: What started as a heavy-rescue call and became a hazmat call is blocking 1st Ave. S. south of SW Kenyon [map]. It’s a tanker truck that went sideways but police tell us nothing spilled and no one was hurt. A tow truck has been summoned.

9:55 PM: Added a photo showing the truck on its side right by the gas station that’s there by the freeway ramp.

CONGRATULATIONS! Seattle Lutheran HS SeaBot Robotic Team success

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Thanks to Jeannette Wartelle for the update on Seattle Lutheran High School‘s Robotics team:

What happens when you combine creativity, computer programming, robotic building, teamwork and humor? Team SeaBot!!

The SLHS SeaBot Robotic Team enjoyed great success last weekend, earning 11th place out of 38 teams in the qualifying meet; they were also named the 8th Alliance Team Captain. Neither have been achieved before in the team’s history. Next meet is this weekend in Ellensburg.

Go, Team SeaBot!!

West Seattle development: Community meeting for new Junction project

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The developers of 4528 44th SW in The Junction – the six-story, 58-microapartment building in the rendering above – are holding a community meeting for anyone interested in construction-related info before work begins. They sent us the announcement today – it’s a drop-in meeting, 4-6 pm on Monday, March 28th, upstairs at the Senior Center of West Seattle. The project already has made it through design and environmental reviews, so this isn’t a meeting for comments, but rather a meeting to learn what’s ahead in the year or so that it will take to build. They also promise to post construction/traffic-related information here. The latter is of special note since this construction site abuts an alley and parking behind Junction businesses in the 4500 block of California. The project team says it’s expecting the building permit to be issued by the end of April.

Another letter home: Trespassing arrest at Boren campus

Two more schools’ parents are getting a letter home this afternoon. This is about an incident this afternoon at the Boren Building campus, home to STEM K-8 and temporary home to Arbor Heights Elementary.

To STEM K-8 and Arbor Heights’ Families,

I am writing to let STEM and Arbor Heights’ families know that this afternoon at approximately 2:15 pm a young man entered the main doors without checking in. He was immediately noticed and because he did not have school business was politely asked to leave school property. He left the building but would not leave school grounds.

Seattle Police and SPS security were notified and the young man was arrested for trespassing. At no point were any threats directed towards SPS staff, students, or property. Some students observed the arrest during afternoon recess.

Thanks for regularly checking in and wearing visitor badges when you visit our schools. It creates a safe environment where exceptions are immediately noticed.

Sincerely,
Benjamin Ostrom, Principal
Louisa Boren STEM K-8

Thanks to STEM parents for letting us know.

West Seattle Crime Watch: Police serve search warrant in Admiral

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2:59 PM: Thanks for the tips about the police activity south of Fairmount Ravine, including SWAT officers. So far, all we’ve been able to find out is that they’re serving a warrant – that’s what we learned at the scene. What kind of warrant, we haven’t been able to find out yet, aside from that it’s not any kind of active just-happened-crime type of incident – we’ll update with anything more we do find out.

6:17 PM: We’ve just learned from police that this was a “narcotics search warrant” case. We may yet find out even more, but for starters, that’s an added detail.

West Seattle Crime Watch: 2 suspects arrested after 2 robberies targeting students

(UPDATED TUESDAY EVENING with word of arrests, WEDNESDAY AM with more details)

2:10 PM: A Denny International Middle School student told school administrators and police that he was robbed on his way to school this morning. This letter is going out to Denny and Chief Sealth International High School families right now, the district tells us:

This morning, one of our sixth-grade scholars reported to us that he had been robbed on his walk to school today near 20th Ave SW and SW Thistle St. He was approached by two males who were wearing hoods. At the time, he was walking alone. Our scholar did the right thing and cooperated with their demands to give them his valuables — they stole his iPhone. The two then ran east on Thistle and our scholar ran to school where he reported it right away. School staff called the police, who came to take a statement. Our scholar did a great job by reporting it right away. The Seattle Police and Seattle Public Schools staff will both be providing extra presence in that area.

As a precaution, we are reminding our scholars this afternoon about safety tips for walking to and from school. We would appreciate your help by having a similar conversation at home. The walking safety advice includes:

GENERAL WALKING SAFETY TIPS

ï‚· Avoid walking alone.
ï‚· Keep valuable items, such as expensive phones, out of sight.
ï‚· Pay close attention to your surroundings, avoid “automatic pilot.”
ï‚· Walk with a purpose; project an assertive, business-like image.
ï‚· Use common sense; plan your route to avoid uninhabited parks, parking lots, garages and alleyways.
ï‚· Stick to well-lit areas.
ï‚· Develop a plan before you see trouble. Crossing a street or entering a store may get you out of a potentially bad situation.
ï‚· If a car follows you or beckons you while you are walking, do not approach it. Instead, turn and quickly walk the opposite direction.
ï‚· Consider wearing clothing and shoes that you can move freely and quickly in, especially when walking or waiting for the bus.
ï‚· Always plan your route and stay alert to your surroundings. Avoid shortcuts. Walk confidently. Scan your surroundings and make eye contact with people.

In addition, as a part of our ongoing collaboration with the Seattle Police Department Southwest Precinct, we have been encouraged to let all scholars know that they should not be hanging out unsupervised at the Southwest Athletic Complex during non-school hours (or during high school lunch times). Being a part of a PE class or a sports team using the field or being at the Southwest Community Center is fine; hanging out in the parking lot area or bleachers without supervision should be avoided. This recommendation is being made by the police, who have noticed an increase in suspicious behavior by some adults in that area. After school, our scholars should be a part of an organized after-school program at school or head home.

As always, safety is our top priority. Thank you for your ongoing support.

The letter is signed by Denny principal Jeff Clark and Sealth principal Aida Fraser-Hammer. This happened just six days after a meeting held at Sealth to address student safety; WSB was the only media organization there – here’s our coverage.

2:17 PM: SPD Blotter has just published more details, even before we could call SPD to follow up:

Seattle police are working with school officials and seeking a pair of young robbers suspected of holding up a middle-school student Tuesday morning at knifepoint.

The student was reportedly walking in the 2100 block of SW Thistle St around 7:30 AM when two teenage boys approached him. One suspect brandished a knife, demanded money from the victim, and forced him to empty out his backpack. Both suspects then fled with the student’s cell phone.

The student ran to school and contacted staff, who called 911.

Officers searched for the suspects but were unable to find them. The victim described the suspects as a white male, 15 years old, 5’7, wearing tan cargo shorts, a green hooded jacket and white shoes and a Hispanic male, also 15, 5’5, wearing a black hooded jacket and white shoes.

P.S. If you have questions for police about this or any other local incident, or neighborhood concerns, remember that the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meets TONIGHT, 7 pm at the precinct (2300 SW Webster).

6:19 PM UPDATE: We’ve just learned from Southwest Precinct commander Capt. Pierre Davis that two suspects are in custody in connection with this robbery and another holdup. We’ll add anything more we find out tonight.

7:39 PM UPDATE: Capt. Davis confirmed at the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting that the arrests followed a second robbery this afternoon, and that what they recovered from the suspects included what was taken in the first holdup.

ADDED WEDNESDAY MORNING: A few more details in this SPD Blotter update.

West Seattle development: Design Reviews ahead for High Point, North Admiral projects; other WS notes

We’ve been overdue for a development/construction update – so here are some notes, starting with the next two Southwest Design Review Board meetings:

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6058 35TH SW: This will be the third Design Review for the two-building proposal at High Point’s last remaining major corner, 35th and Graham. Currently it’s described as “two 4-story structures, one containing 61 residential units above 5,533 sq. ft. of commercial space and one containing 41 residential units above 4,612 sq. ft. of commercial space. Parking for 109 vehicles to be provided in a below-grade garage.” (Links to last year’s June and September meeting reports are here.) The review is set for 6:30 pm April 7th at the Sisson Building/Senior Center (4217 SW Oregon).

1606 CALIFORNIA SW: Two years after the first Design Review meeting for this 3-story, 16-apartment, 24-offstreet-parking-space project replacing a smaller multifamily building in North Admiral, it’s going back to the SWDRB at 6:30 pm April 21st, also at the Sisson Building, in what could be its final review, as it moved on to the “recommendation” phase after the 2014 meeting (see the official city report here).

Also from the development/construction/land-use files:

‘STREAMLINED DESIGN REVIEW’ FOR 1714 CALIFORNIA SW: Also in North Admiral, this 4-unit residential proposal is up for “streamlined design review,” which means no public meeting (despite what this city webpage would suggest), but you can send comments to the assigned planner, at magda.hogness@seattle.gov.

‘STREAMLINED DR’ AHEAD FOR NEW PROPOSAL AT 5448 DELRIDGE WAY: “Streamlined design review” also is ahead for a new, denser proposal for this site just south of the Cottage Grove Commons complex, described on the city website as:

Demolish existing house. Remove exceptional trees and replace canopy as needed. Construct four-story building at west side of site containing two commercial spaces at ground level and two dwellings above. Construct three-story building at east side of site containing two townhomes and four parking spaces off of alley.

Watch for the formal comment-period notice.

‘STREAMLINED DR’ FOR 5224 FAUNTLEROY WAY SW: And one more “streamlined design review” plan has turned up in the city files – 5224 Fauntleroy Way SW, replacing a single-family house with five townhouses. This, too, is early stage, so watch for the comment period to be announced.

TOWNHOUSES AT 4311 SW BRANDON: An early-stage proposal for 4311 SW Brandon (across Brandon from West Seattle Nursery) would replace a single-family house with four townhouses.

OTHER DEMOLITION PERMITS/APPLICATIONS: Recent addresses on the demolition-permit list, in various application stages (could even be gone already), include these single-family houses:
3700 37th SW
3021 61st SW
3519 SW 97th
5940 21st SW
2161 Harbor SW
4817 38th SW
4823 38th SW
2211 41st SW

West Seattle Tuesday: Crime Prevention Council; Fauntleroy Food Fest; more…

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Today’s featured photo comes with an explanation from photographer Mark Wangerin: “Perhaps West Seattleites walking through our parks of conifer forest have heard a series of loud, high-pitched, and complex notes, and wondered what was producing it. The answer may be the tiny, elusive Pacific Wren down amongst the salal and ferns.” So now you know! The Audubon website to which we usually link bird names in photo captions, by the way, usually includes audio – so click the “listen” button on this page to hear those “notes” firsthand (and click the photo for a larger “lightbox” view).

And now – highlights for today/tonight, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

FAUNTLEROY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FOOD FEST: Live and/or work in Fauntleroy? As previewed here last weekend, the annual membership get-together of the Fauntleroy Community Association includes free bites and sips from local eateries, as you mingle with neighbors, renew your FCA membership, find out about local organizations, and vote on this year’s leadership. 6 pm at The Hall at Fauntleroy. (9131 California SW)

TERMINAL 5 TEST: Just another reminder that the second-to-last “rapid-load” piling test – fast but loud – is scheduled for around noon today; more information (including a link to video showing what it looks/sounds like) is in this update.

STREET VACATION FOR SODO ARENA? Hot topic for many, from the maritime industry to sports fans. 5:30 pm City Council public hearing at City Hall downtown on the issue of whether to “vacate” public right-of-way for the proposed arena – background documents/agenda here. (600 4th Ave.)

PRAWNAPALOOZA: 6 pm food/music/more event (21+) at Salty’s on Alki (WSB sponsor) – call ASAP to see if reservations are still available – number’s at the end of our listing. (1936 Harbor SW)

WEST SEATTLE CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL: 7 pm at the Southwest Precinct, be there to bring up your neighborhood crime/safety concerns and questions with local police. Also, tonight’s scheduled featured speaker, as announced by WSCPC president Richard Miller at last month’s meeting, is from SDOT, talking about pedestrian safety. (2300 SW Webster)

WEST SEATTLE QUILTERS: 7 pm at the Senior Center of West Seattle – details in our listing. (California SW/SW Oregon)

NIGHTLIFE: Live music and karaoke are among the listings you’ll find on our complete calendar.

Dance and dine to help Madison MS music

March 15, 2016 9:09 am
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If you missed the recent Big Band Dinner Dance at West Seattle High School – or if you were there and want to experience another night like that – you’ll want to be in the Madison Middle School Commons this Friday, 6-9 pm, for the Jumpin’ Jive Swing Dance and Auction. The West Seattle Big Band – featured in the clip above (courtesy of WSBB director Jim Edwards) from the WSHS event a week and a half ago – will perform, as will Madison’s own Senior Orchestra, Senior Band, and Jazz Band. All ages are invited for music, food, dancing (including lessons!), and auction bidding that will harmonize as the Madison music department’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Ticket information’s here.

TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Tuesday watch

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6:34 AM: Good morning! So far, no incidents in/from West Seattle.

VIDEO: Equity legislation review, caucus preps @ 34th District Democrats

March 14, 2016 10:16 pm
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As the Legislature wrapped up its regular session – which moved immediately into a special session – our area’s largest political organization convened a panel to review how social-equity policy legislation fared this year. That was part of the 34th District Democrats‘ March meeting last Wednesday at The Hall at Fauntleroy, and we recorded the panel on video. Attorney and 34th District precinct-committee officer Jamila Johnson moderated the discussion featuring (left to right in our video) Rachel Myers, executive director for the Washington Low-Income Housing Alliance / Washington Housing Alliance Action Fund; Janet Chung, legal/legislative counsel from Legal Voice; and Doug Honig, communications director from the state branch of the ACLU.

This month’s 34th DDs meeting also was its last membership meeting before the March 26th caucuses in our state. A training session preceded the meeting; for those involved in the group, logistics were the big topic. If you’re planning to participate as a Democrat, here’s the info, and here’s where to go to find your caucus location. They start at 10 am on March 26th (which is a Saturday); this state-level guide explains how the process works.

(Our state is having a presidential primary on May 24th, but the Democrats are using the caucus process for their nominating-convention delegates, while the Republicans are using the primary for theirs.)

Remembering Olga McEwing, 1920-2016

Friends and relatives are remembering Olga (Mitchell) McEwing, and wanted to share this with the community:

A long-time West Seattle resident, Olga McEwing died peacefully following a short illness on March 10, 2016, at age 96.

Olga was born on February 7, 1920. She emigrated to the United States from England with her parents Joshua and Ellen, and a younger brother, John, in 1927. She was a very generous person and cared a lot for others. She enjoyed music, gardening, and liked making the best pumpkin pies.

She was preceded in death by her husband James McEwing, 1919-1978.

Olga will be missed by The Kenney residents, the Schau and Matalone families, as well as many others, and will remain in our hearts forever.

(WSB publishes West Seattle obituaries by request, free of charge. Please e-mail the text, and a photo if available, to editor@wsb.blackfin.biz)

UPDATE: Brown water in north West Seattle

7:30 PM: Another round of brown-water reports tonight – we’ve heard from people in several areas we would generally describe as north West Seattle. The first thing we’ve advised, as always: Call Seattle Public Utilities‘ hotline at 206-386-1800. We have also contacted SPU’s communication team, and will update with whatever they find out is going on. (Also note: This is the SPU webpage with general advice about what to do if your water is discolored.)

(Added: Photo sent by Michelle)

8:24 PM: We’ve just talked with Andy Ryan from SPU. He says an SPU crew was using a hydrant in the 3200 block of Belvidere and that’s what stirred up the sediment in the lines. A water-quality inspector is following up on the reports the SPU hotline has received, but Ryan stresses that the water is safe to drink/use – but let it run as advised in the link we featured above.

P.S. Later this week, we’ll be publishing a report taking a closer look at how SPU monitors and tests drinking water, after a visit to its lab in SODO.

ADDED TUESDAY AFTERNOON: SPU tells us today they had about a dozen calls last night and half a dozen this morning. (If you have NOT called and are seeing discolored water, please call them!) SPU’s Ryan says the crew that used the hydrant did not let the water run as long as they should have – until it’s clear – and so, “We will be doing more training to ensure our crews understand their responsibilities in this regard.”

VIADUCT CLOSURE NEARS: Highway 99 tunneling machine reaches ‘maintenance stop’

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No start date yet – but that two-weeks-or-so Alaskan Way Viaduct closure is in view, now that the Highway 99 tunneling machine has reached its “maintenance stop” just before going beneath the structure. The machine could stay stopped there for up to a month, says WSDOT in its announcement:

On Saturday, Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine, reached a planned maintenance stop near Yesler Way, after successfully mining almost 300 feet during the past three weeks. According to STP, the TBM functioned within required operating parameters. The machine has now mined a total of 1,560 feet.

Seattle Tunnel Partners will spend up to one month inspecting the machine and performing planned maintenance. Scheduled work includes:
· Performing hyperbaric interventions
· Inspecting the cutterhead, main drive unit and screw conveyor
· Replacing cutting tools
· Extending the conveyor belt and the high voltage cable.

When STP has completed its maintenance work, crews will tunnel out of the maintenance stop and beneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct. WSDOT plans to close the viaduct for approximately two weeks to allow the machine to pass beneath the structure.

We will provide the public with advance notice of the closure, but the start date isn’t yet known. It will depend on the amount of work that must be completed while the machine is in the maintenance stop. STP won’t know the extent of the needed maintenance until inspections are complete, a process that could take approximately two weeks of the one-month maintenance period. Check www.99closure.org for additional details as the closure approaches.

More backstory here. Wondering how the closure will be handled? See our report (including video) on the briefing the West Seattle Transportation Coalition got last month from state and county reps; the WSTC was told WSDOT will do its best to give at least two weeks’ warning of the closure’s start.

West Seattle Crime Watch: Seen this stolen Subaru?

Seen this stolen car? It was stolen around 4 am today in Highland Park, from 12th SW/SW Holden: “All green, bright green wheels on driver’s side, child’s car seat, iPhone, children’s clothes inside.” Plate number is AIC0067. Call 911 if you see it.

VIDEO: Herbold one of two ‘no’ votes as City Council passes bike-share buyout

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(WSB photo from Friday: TV crew examining Pronto station outside City Hall downtown)

3:38 PM MONDAY: With some changes, the much-discussed Pronto bike-share buyout has just won Seattle City Council approval, 7-2, with West Seattle/South Park City Councilmember Lisa Herbold voting “no” (along with at-large Councilmember Tim Burgess). Herbold said, among other things, that she didn’t think it was wise for the city to buy equipment they wouldn’t likely want to keep. Among the amendments that passed was one by West Seattle-residing at-large Councilmember Lorena González, as noted and tweeted by Seattle Times reporter Daniel Beekman:

So far, there is no definite plan to expand the bike-sharing program to the peninsula. We’ll add the summary and meeting video later when they’re available.

ADDED TUESDAY: Here’s the meeting video, as published on the Seattle Channel website today:

Need a sitter Saturday? ‘Night Out with West Seattle High School Gymnastics’

March 14, 2016 2:50 pm
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Whether you’re going to one of the local fundraisers this Saturday night – or just looking for a chance to go out and have fun – here’s a chance for your elementary-school-age kid(s) to have fun too: “Night Out with West Seattle High School Gymnastics.” From 5-11 pm Saturday at the school, the kids will learn basic gymnastic skills, play games, and have treats, and you’ll be helping the program pay off its new, required spring floor, which the families had to pay for themselves, and are sharing with Chief Sealth IHS. They’ve already raised two-thirds of the cost and have $8,000 left. Saturday’s event is $50 for one child, $65 for two in the same family. Please RSVP ASAP to Karen Lansdowne, who says, “High school sports is such a great way to teach kids leadership, social skills, and working within a team. It keeps them busy, off their phones, and off the streets.” E-mail her at kelansdowne@hotmail.com or call 206-227-6807 to sign up for Saturday.

TERMINAL 5 TEST: Updated schedule

The “rapid-load” pile test scheduled at Terminal 5 this afternoon has been rescheduled to tomorrow (Tuesday, March 15th), according to Port of Seattle spokesperson Peter McGraw:

In response to concerns we’ve heard, we are postponing today’s test.

One of the reasons for the last test being more noticeable may have been its location at the south end of Terminal 5. When we reschedule, it will use less fuel than the last test, with the amount of fuel being the same as what was used in previous tests. We will also use noise and vibration monitoring devices in the vicinity of 37th & Prescott.

The tests will take place tomorrow and Thursday, both at noon. These will be the last of the rapid load tests.

A video made public by the port last week shows, close-up, what these tests look and sound like.

West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2016: 2 months away!

March 14, 2016 11:46 am
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Exactly two months from today, it’s the 12th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day – the one day of the year that our area becomes the epicenter of person-to-person, in-person recycling – Saturday, May 14th, 9 am-3 pm.

If you’re new to our area, this is NOT one big garage/yard/etc. sale, but many sales of many sizes, in many places (usually including a couple of venues open to multiple sellers who just don’t have room wherever they live, or who only have a small amount of stuff to sell). Since 2008, we’ve coordinated it, including creating online and printable versions of the map, marketing and distributing it far and wide. This year, we’ll open registration on Monday, April 4th – three weeks from today – so check back here and at the official WSCGSD website when that day arrives, if you’re interested in participating!

What you need to know for the rest of your West Seattle Monday

March 14, 2016 9:58 am
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(Thanks to Wade for the photo of Sunday’s double rainbow on Alki)

Busy Monday already – and here are highlights of what’s scheduled for the rest of today/tonight:

EARLY DAYS’ NEW LOCATION: Today’s the second Monday, 10:30 am-noon, for this parenting-support group to meet at Nurturing Expressions (WSB sponsor) in The Junction. More info here. (4746 44th SW, Suite 201)

ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVERS: A free twice-monthly support group, 1:30-3 pm, meets today in the east dining room at Providence Mount St. Vincent – details here. (4831 35th SW)

ANOTHER PORT TEST: Another “rapid-load” piling test is scheduled at Terminal 5 around 3 pm today, the port told us last week. See our report for a video clip showing exactly what happens during these tests.

COMMUNITY ORCHARD OF WEST SEATTLE: If you can spare some time in the late afternoon/early evening, it’s time to work in the orchard – stop by 4-6 pm today or find other opportunities via the info in our listing. North end of South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) campus. (6000 16th SW)

GAME NIGHT WITH SHELTERBOX: 6:15 pm at Meeples Games (WSB sponsor), play games AND find out about ShelterBox, which “provides emergency shelter and vital supplies to support communities around the world overwhelmed by disaster and humanitarian crisis.” More here. (3727 California SW)

NO NORTH DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT … it’s been canceled, but community members are urged to attend this week’s Delridge Neighborhoods District Council meeting, 7 pm Wednesday at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. (4408 Delridge Way SW)

BLUES AND MORE: 8 pm at Parliament Tavern, Rippin Chicken takes the stage. (4210 SW Admiral Way)

SEE OUR COMPLETE CALENDAR for even more – browse it here, any time.