Archive for April, 2009

More forums to discuss Highline Public Schools cut proposals

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Highline School District | Comments Off on More forums to discuss Highline Public Schools cut proposals

Just received this from Ian at WCCDA: There will be two sessions at Mt. View Elementary tomorrow for parents and community members to be informed about HSD budget cuts. HSD Board ... Read more..

Update on Scatt, the Cross Church cat

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Crime, Pets | Comments Off on Update on Scatt, the Cross Church cat

(photo from Pasado's Safe Haven website) As just published at our partner site West Seattle Blog - the animal-advocacy group Pasado's Safe Haven has updated Scatt's condition; here's the latest. Read more..

Help White Center Schools

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in White Center news | Comments Off on Help White Center Schools

Help Highline School District decide budget cuts! The district is asking for community help to prioritize funding. Highline Public Schools and our school board will be holding a series of ... Read more..

King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg in White Center tomorrow night

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Crime, King County, Safety | Comments Off on King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg in White Center tomorrow night

He has longtime ties to the area - and tomorrow night, he's scheduled to be back in White Center for a guest appearance at the White Center/South Delridge Community Safety ... Read more..

“April Pool’s Day” this Saturday at Evergreen Pool

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Evergreen Pool, Fun | 1 Comment »

This info was left as a comment on an old story about trying to keep Evergreen Pool open - so we wanted to republish it here: April Pool’s Day Saturday, April 25th ... Read more..

White Center church’s cat “Scat” attacked, may not survive

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Churches, Crime | 2 Comments »

View Larger Map King County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Sgt. John Urquhart just sent this news release about a cat that may not survive having been viciously attacked; as noted in the ... Read more..

North Highline annexation vote wins final blessing from Boundary Review Board

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Burien, White Center news | Comments Off on North Highline annexation vote wins final blessing from Boundary Review Board

The vote is on, as noted in this item from this morning's city of Burien newsletter - the final action by the Boundary Review Board was a followup to the ... Read more..

King County Sheriff gives Seattle’s mayor “thumbs up”

Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in King County, Politics | Comments Off on King County Sheriff gives Seattle’s mayor “thumbs up”

So says this news release just in from the King County Sheriff's Office: Sheriff Rahr Applauds Seattle Mayor Sheriff Sue Rahr has applauded Seattle’s mayor Greg Nickels pledge that there will be ... Read more..

Seattle has fewer fireworks – but Three Tree Point is ready to step in!

Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Holidays, How to Help | 1 Comment »

Got this note from Julie - we're thinking WCNers will be interested as well as some West Seattleites: As you may know, many of the communities in "southern" West Seattle look ... Read more..

Arlington Northwest by Ron Richardson

Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous, People | Comments Off on Arlington Northwest by Ron Richardson

[caption id="attachment_2509" align="alignnone" width="324" caption="Arlingto Northwest Memorial at Greenlake"][/caption] Arlington Northwest Memorial was set up Sunday, April 19 to honor Spc. Chris Dickison of White Center and 4,273 other American men ... Read more..

Traffic alert: Don’t head north on Delridge right now

Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in Fire, Traffic | Comments Off on Traffic alert: Don’t head north on Delridge right now

Delridge is blocked from Thistle to Holden because of a fire in the 8100 block. Read more..

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Cafe Rozella

Saturday, April 18th, 2009 Posted in Arts, cafe rozella, Music, White Center | 1 Comment »

Cafe Rozella will host a very special Cinco de Mayo celebration with the music of Trio Lucero del Norte, specializing in Son Huasteca.  The celebration begins at 6 p.m. on ... Read more..

Tonight: White Center artists’ open houses

Saturday, April 18th, 2009 Posted in Arts, Fun, White Center news | Comments Off on Tonight: White Center artists’ open houses

It's become a monthly tradition - and tonight's your chance to check it out again: The White Center for the Arts open studio tour, 5-10 pm. Read more..

Big Blog Meetup Taking Place at Cafe Rozella – Wednesday (April 22nd) at 5:30 p.m.

Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in cafe rozella, Technology, White Center, White Center news | Comments Off on Big Blog Meetup Taking Place at Cafe Rozella – Wednesday (April 22nd) at 5:30 p.m.

Come and meet PI Journalist and social media maven, Monica Guzman and other members of the BigBlog to discuss the state of journalism at Cafe Rozella this Wednesday (April 22nd) ... Read more..

Got a messy house? Reality TV show may be your solution

Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Fun | 1 Comment »

Got this note from a Seattle-based TV production company and thought we'd share (if we weren't in media, we'd apply ourselves, as absolute experts on house-messiness): Seattle’s Screaming Flea Productions is ... Read more..

Hit & Run Driver Stopped by Bystanders

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 Posted in Traffic, White Center, White Center news | 7 Comments »

One of our cafe patrons was driving to the cafe when he saw an approaching car hit a child who was sumersaulted by the blow.  As the child was crawling ... Read more..

White Center, Shorewood in delivery zone for new Zeeks Pizza

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 Posted in Food, White Center news | Comments Off on White Center, Shorewood in delivery zone for new Zeeks Pizza

Check out the boundaries described in the report we just posted at partner site West Seattle Blog. Grand opening: 11 am May 1st. Read more..

White Center establishments in “Dive Bars” book

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 Posted in Beverages | 1 Comment »

Seattle Weekly's managing editor Mike Seely, who lives in West Seattle, is getting a lot of buzz right now for his new book about the area's "dive bars." We asked ... Read more..

If you’re going up to the tax deadline, here’s where to mail late

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Posted in White Center news | Comments Off on If you’re going up to the tax deadline, here’s where to mail late

View Larger Map Only one place in the greater Seattle area is postmarking returns till midnight: USPS's Riverton Station, 15250 32nd Ave. So., a few blocks east of the northeast end ... Read more..

Puget Sound Park off the sale list: Greg Duff’s postscript

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 Posted in North Highline UAC, Puget Sound Park | Comments Off on Puget Sound Park off the sale list: Greg Duff’s postscript

View Larger Map We want to share this letter, sent to us as a followup to yesterday's report (and our previous coverage, archived here). We appreciate WCN being included in the ... Read more..

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