Archive for March, 2009

Tuberculosis is more of a risk than you think: World TB Day

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 Posted in Health, White Center news | 1 Comment »

(Crossposted in part from partner site West Seattle Blog.) Area students are involved with the World TB Day event Tuesday night at Town Hall in downtown Seattle is free - ... Read more..

White Center art studios tour (till 10 tonight)

Saturday, March 21st, 2009 Posted in Arts, Fun | Comments Off on White Center art studios tour (till 10 tonight)

Lots of great art in the studio rooms upstairs from the 16th SW entry to the old skating rink .. but this was our favorite ... with an invitation to ... Read more..

Memorial Amateur Boxing Show – Saturday March 28, 2009

Saturday, March 21st, 2009 Posted in Sports, White Center | Comments Off on Memorial Amateur Boxing Show – Saturday March 28, 2009

The Greater King County Police Activities League and the White Center PAL Boxing Program will sponsor the First Annual Sgt . Ken Migita Memorial Amateur Boxing Show on Saturday March ... Read more..

Happening today/tonight: New Food Bank hours; art studios open

Saturday, March 21st, 2009 Posted in Arts, White Center Food Bank | Comments Off on Happening today/tonight: New Food Bank hours; art studios open

WHITE CENTER FOOD BANK: Today's the first of its new monthly Saturdays - third Saturday of each month - for WCFB to be open for clients 11 am-1 pm. ART STUDIOS ... Read more..

One shot, one “grazed” on SW 119th

Friday, March 20th, 2009 Posted in Crime | 4 Comments »

Just talked to Sgt. John Urquhart of the King County Sheriff's Office to find out why a search was under way around 16th/SW 116th - turns out one man was ... Read more..

Evergreen TEC competing in FIRST Robotics next week

Friday, March 20th, 2009 Posted in Evergreen High School, White Center news | Comments Off on Evergreen TEC competing in FIRST Robotics next week

The huge regional FIRST Robotics Competition is happening in Seattle next week - Thursday 3/26 through Saturday 3/28 at KeyArena - and Evergreen TEC will be there. Read all about ... Read more..

You’ll see students out and about today

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in Highline School District, Seattle Public Schools | Comments Off on You’ll see students out and about today

... because Highline Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, and even the Vashon school district all are in no-classes mode today. Read more..

WestSide Baby “sorting frenzy” tonight – can you help?

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in How to Help, WestSide Baby | Comments Off on WestSide Baby “sorting frenzy” tonight – can you help?

Just got this from executive director Nancy Woodland at White Center-based WestSide Baby: WestSide Baby is hosting a 3rd Thursday After Hours Sorting Frenzy Join us between 7 and 9 to organize ... Read more..

Special evening food drive announced: Kiwanis invites you to help the White Center Food Bank

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in How to Help, White Center Food Bank | Comments Off on Special evening food drive announced: Kiwanis invites you to help the White Center Food Bank

Just announced: Members of the Division 26 Kiwanis in Seattle would like to invite you to bring non-perishable foods to the White Center Food Bank on Wednesday evening April 8, 2009 ... Read more..

Seattle Times: Snow Response Driven by Politics

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in Government, Politics, Safety, Snow, Traffic, Transportation | 1 Comment »

The Seattle Times is reporting that the road clearing during December's snow storms was driven by political decisions rather than the clearing of critical arterials. In previous storms, plow drivers had ... Read more..

Highland Park Action Committee announces agenda

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Highland Park, White Center news | Comments Off on Highland Park Action Committee announces agenda

Your neighbors on the Seattle side of the line are inviting you again to the next Highland Park Action Committee meeting - here's the announcement from chair Dan Mullins: This month's ... Read more..

SPD to White Center: “It’s the County’s Problem”

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Businesses, Crime, Safety, White Center, White Center news | 9 Comments »

Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, so the chronic alcoholics, that live on the streets, felt emboldened.  Two drunks wondered down 16th Ave. SW, malt liquor in hand (no bags).  Clearly ... Read more..

Pedestrian hit at 16th/Roxbury, taken to hospital

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in White Center news | Comments Off on Pedestrian hit at 16th/Roxbury, taken to hospital

We've been covering this story at partner site West Seattle Blog, but turns out it's on the county side of the line. Deputies tell us the man is expected to ... Read more..

Big turnout sought for Evergreen Pool

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in Evergreen Pool, King County, White Center news | 2 Comments »

There's word of a meeting this Friday, 11 am-noon, at North Highline Fire District HQ, regarding the future of Evergreen Pool -- Pat and Bob Price forwarded the note through ... Read more..

White Center Food Bank adds Saturday hours, once monthly

Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in White Center Food Bank, White Center news | Comments Off on White Center Food Bank adds Saturday hours, once monthly

Just in from Rick Jump at the White Center Food Bank: Effective Saturday, March 21st the White Center Food Bank will be open on the 3rd Saturday of every month between ... Read more..

Seattle P-I to cease paper edition, go to online-only

Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in White Center news | Comments Off on Seattle P-I to cease paper edition, go to online-only

The Hearst Corporation has indicated that the St. Patrick's Day edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will be their final newspaper edition. Going forward, the "P-I" will publish as a web-only newssite. ... Read more..

Interesting Article on Kindred Cafe in NYC

Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in Businesses, cafe rozella, Development, Economy, White Center | Comments Off on Interesting Article on Kindred Cafe in NYC

From the New York Times, a story of a cafe, not unlike Cafe Rozella: Vox Pop was “kind of placing a bet on an emerging neighborhood” when it opened, said Sander ... Read more..

Creek work near White Center now threatened by Seattle budget cuts

Sunday, March 15th, 2009 Posted in Environment, White Center news | 1 Comment »

According to this P-I story, the long-awaited Durham Creek work -- $400,000 worth -- is now on a list of possible cuts when the city updates its budget crunch in ... Read more..

Sunday snow, turning to rain (and now the wind)

Sunday, March 15th, 2009 Posted in Weather, White Center news | Comments Off on Sunday snow, turning to rain (and now the wind)

If it hasn't turned to rain already where you are, it should soon. But watch out for possible wind trouble later today - there's a National Weather Service advisory from ... Read more..

Live music, big crowd at Full Tilt Ice Cream on Saturday night

Sunday, March 15th, 2009 Posted in Full Tilt Ice Cream, Music, Video | Comments Off on Live music, big crowd at Full Tilt Ice Cream on Saturday night

That's Husbands Love Your Wives, playing live for a capacity crowd at Full Tilt Ice Cream last night. Read more..

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