Archive for August, 2008

White Center-related meetings this week

Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Annexation, Crime, White Center news | Comments Off on White Center-related meetings this week

JAIL-SITES FIGHT: The Highland Park Action Committee, the community group leading the fight against two potential city-jail sites in West Seattle -- including the Myers Way site close to White ... Read more..

Your thoughts sought on “Neighborhood Revitalization”

Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Government | 2 Comments »

On first glance, it sounds dry as a grassy parking strip in August: The county is seeking comments right now on Amendments to the Consolidated Housing & Community Development Plan ... Read more..

Checking back on the annexation discussion

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Annexation, Online | Comments Off on Checking back on the annexation discussion

Just six days after this website went live, I happened to be covering the 34th District Democrats' meeting in West Seattle for WSB, when Seattle City Council president Richard Conlin ... Read more..

Friday night music in White Center: 2nd report

Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Arts, Fun, Music, Video | Comments Off on Friday night music in White Center: 2nd report

Click To Play As promised in our earlier post about tonight's live music at Cafe Rozella, here's a quick sampler of the show that followed, a couple blocks south at Full ... Read more..

Friday night music in White Center: First of two reports

Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Fun, Music, Video | Comments Off on Friday night music in White Center: First of two reports

Click To Play More live music tonight in White Center - this video shows just a bit of the beautiful acoustic sounds provided by members of Children of the Revolution, ... Read more..

The truth about crime and safety

Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Crime, Online | 2 Comments »

In a growing and changing area like White Center that's working to overcome outsiders' inaccurate perceptions - it helps to have the facts. Here's a good resource to look up ... Read more..

Update: Stolen pugs found

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Crime, Pets, White Center news | Comments Off on Update: Stolen pugs found

I just posted this bulletin on West Seattle Blog, and wanted to share it with White Center Now readers since the story had been posted here too: The stolen pugs ... Read more..

Margarita Prentice to face off against Juan Martinez

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Government, Politics | 27 Comments »

Margarita Prentice will face off against fellow Democrat, Juan Martinez in the general election.  Although many are aware of the annexation issue regarding the unincorporated parts of White ... Read more..

Back-to-School Block Party: The results!

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Education, Families, Fun, People | Comments Off on Back-to-School Block Party: The results!

Last Friday, we showed you scenes (like the one above) from the Back-to-School Block Party on 12th SW ... today, we have an update from executive director Pat Thompson at ... Read more..

Centaur Hearts Cd release party at Full Tilt Ice Cream

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in White Center news | Comments Off on Centaur Hearts Cd release party at Full Tilt Ice Cream

Centaur Hearts www.myspace.com/centaurhearts Abitron www.myspace.com/arbitraitor and One Million Teeth www.myspace.com/onemillionteeth Starts at 9 pm SHARP Friday, over by 11 pm FREE FREE FREE Read more..

Election update: Latest 11th District Senate results

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Election, Politics | Comments Off on Election update: Latest 11th District Senate results

King County Elections will release daily vote counts till all ballots are tallied. After this afternoon's count, the race to see who will face 11th District State Senator Margarita Prentice ... Read more..

Update on missing pugs: Definitely stolen

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Crime, Pets | 1 Comment »

Ricardo posted about the missing pugs below, and we reported on it at West Seattle Blog, where we now have an update: A witness called police with information indicating the ... Read more..

Children of the Revolution to Perform at Cafe Rozella

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Fun, Music | Comments Off on Children of the Revolution to Perform at Cafe Rozella

[caption id="attachment_215" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Children of the Revolution"][/caption] Cafe Rozella continues its summer music series with Children of the Revolution's acoustic trio.  COTR are always a big draw so plan on ... Read more..

Arbor Heights Resident’s Pugs Stolen

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in White Center news | Comments Off on Arbor Heights Resident’s Pugs Stolen

The Seattle Times is reporting that Arbor Heights resident, Marsha Lubetkin, had her two pugs stolen during a burglary last night.  Lubetkin is posting pictures  and asking residents ... Read more..

Midnight madness at White Center’s Evergreen High

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Schools, Sports | Comments Off on Midnight madness at White Center’s Evergreen High

Football's an all-weather sport - good thing, since according to this Times blog post, the Evergreen High School football team is scheduled to start practicing just after midnight, and it's ... Read more..

Primary election: First results are in

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Election, Politics, White Center news | 1 Comment »

The latest King County results are linked from this page. We'll add updates to this post as the 11th Legislative District (which includes part of White Center) races shape up; ... Read more..

New restaurant in White Center

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Beverages, Businesses, Development, Food, White Center news | 7 Comments »

Be's just opened on 16th in the old Entourage space. It is the same folks who have the Be's on California. I will post some pics and a review soon. Read more..

How to find out who’s building what

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Development | Comments Off on How to find out who’s building what

Knowledge is power, they say. So if you want to stay in touch with who's building what in your neighborhood, here's a page to keep an eye on: King County ... Read more..

This year’s Geocache Cup starts @ Lakewood Park!

Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in Fun, Technology, White Center news | 3 Comments »

Happened onto this while chasing something else: The Technology Access Foundation's annual Geocache Cup -- described by TAF as a "high-tech treasure hunt" -- will start at White Center's Lakewood ... Read more..

Crosscut Blog delves into White Center’s Changing Character

Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in People, Sustainability | 1 Comment »

Vashon resident, author and contributor to the Crosscut.com blog, Daniel Jack Chasan, has a couple of informative posts on current developments in White Center. The first post, ... Read more..