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Sunday, July 19th, 2009 Posted in Businesses, cafe rozella, Crime, Development, Economy, Full Tilt Ice Cream, Greenbridge, People, White Center | 3 Comments »
Two elderly ladies walk into Cafe Rozella gushing about the cafe. Unprompted, one of them says, "we love White Center. We tell people we live in West Seattle, because of ... Read more..Happening now: “Stuff the Bus” for White Center-based WestSide Baby
Sunday, July 19th, 2009 Posted in How to Help, WestSide Baby, White Center news | Comments Off on Happening now: “Stuff the Bus” for White Center-based WestSide Baby
Buy some diapers and take them to either Burien Chevrolet or the West Seattle Farmers' Market by 2 pm today - Roxbury Safeway is a dropoff spot too - it's ... Read more..Woman murdered in South Park; Seattle Police ask for help finding the killer
Sunday, July 19th, 2009 Posted in Crime, South Park, White Center news | Comments Off on Woman murdered in South Park; Seattle Police ask for help finding the killer
We received this bulletin for our sister site West Seattle Blog. It's important information for White Center too and we're publishing it in both English and Spanish, which is how ... Read more..During White Center Jubilee Days: The Not-Its at Full Tilt
Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Full Tilt Ice Cream, Music, White Center Jubilee Days, White Center news | Comments Off on During White Center Jubilee Days: The Not-Its at Full Tilt
3 pm today, The Not-Its play Full Tilt Ice Cream on 16th SW. Here's the - pardon the pun - scoop. (But first, of course, it's parade time, 1 pm!) Read more..9-month sentence for the man who attacked White Center church’s cat
Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Pets, White Center news | 1 Comment »
This afternoon, the man who attacked Scatt the White Center church cat was sentenced - and seattlepi.com reports he got 9 months in jail. Read more..Date set for YES Foundation Block Party in White Center
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Fun, White Center news | Comments Off on Date set for YES Foundation Block Party in White Center
That's one of our photos from last year's Block Party, offering free backpacks full of school supplies to White Center students, as well as food and fun. The YES Foundation ... Read more..Annexation-vote questions? Ask ’em Thursday night
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on Annexation-vote questions? Ask ’em Thursday night
Reminder - Thursday night is the special "got annexation questions, ask 'em now" North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting, 6 pm, St. Bernadette's. Read more..Congratulations to White Center Food Bank volunteer Beth Grieser
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in White Center Food Bank, White Center news | 1 Comment »
At right, that's Beth Grieser, honored tonight in West Seattle for her volunteer commitment to the White Center Food Bank (which also serves part of south West Seattle). The Southwest ... Read more..White Center for the Arts’ big-time Jubilee Days plans
Monday, July 13th, 2009 Posted in Arts, White Center Jubilee Days, White Center news | Comments Off on White Center for the Arts’ big-time Jubilee Days plans
You won't be able to miss White Center for the Arts during White Center Jubilee Days this weekend - they're planning to be everywhere, according to this update from Shelli: White ... Read more..Mark your calendar! Hicks Lake cleanup date set
Sunday, July 12th, 2009 Posted in Environment, Health, Hicks Lake, White Center news | 1 Comment »
That's one of our photos from the Hicks Lake cleanup last September. A date's set for this year, according to early word from Dick Thurnau of Friends of Hicks Lake: We ... Read more..Less than a week till the White Center Jubilee Days Parade
Saturday, July 11th, 2009 Posted in White Center Jubilee Days, White Center news | Comments Off on Less than a week till the White Center Jubilee Days Parade
... not to mention the rest of Jubilee Days. On behalf of West Seattle Blog, we've been tabling at West Seattle Summer Fest this weekend, and we have a few ... Read more..Another free outdoor concert at Greenbridge
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Fun, Greenbridge, White Center news | Comments Off on Another free outdoor concert at Greenbridge
Just received this: Enjoy an evening of free live jazz music at Jazz in the Plaza. Thursday, July 23rd from 4-6 pm in the Greenbridge Plaza (in front of the SW ... Read more..King County Council Chair Dow Constantine proposes hiring freeze
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Posted in King County, White Center news | Comments Off on King County Council Chair Dow Constantine proposes hiring freeze
From King County Council Chair Dow Constantine's office: Metropolitan King County Council Chair Dow Constantine today called for a County hiring freeze through the end of 2009, a step that could ... Read more..34th District Democrats endorse North Highline South Annexation
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 Posted in Annexation, Politics, White Center news | 13 Comments »
FIRST REPORT: We've been at the 34th District Democrats' meeting all night covering their long-running endorsement meeting (4 1/2 hours so far). Still to come - whether they will endorse ... Read more..White Center Food Bank reports “critical shortage”
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in White Center Food Bank, White Center news | 1 Comment »
From the White Center Food Bank's Facebook page (you can "become a fan" here): We are currently facing critical shortages of canned fruits & vegetables as well as dry goods such ... Read more..Our favorite White Center Jubilee Days event
Monday, July 6th, 2009 Posted in Fun, White Center Jubilee Days, White Center news | 2 Comments »
So many marathons these days, it's refreshing to see a "microthon," which is what's planned right before the White Center Jubilee Days parade on July 18th - not a 26 ... Read more..Reminder: Less than 3 weeks till White Center History Tour!
Sunday, July 5th, 2009 Posted in Fun, history, Southwest Seattle Historical Society, White Center news | 4 Comments »
While out and about covering 4th of July activities on Saturday, we stopped by the Southwest Seattle Historical Society membership picnic at the Log House Museum in West Seattle, and ... Read more..Reminder – NO Elliott Bay fireworks this year
Friday, July 3rd, 2009 Posted in Holidays, White Center news | Comments Off on Reminder – NO Elliott Bay fireworks this year
(Three Tree Point fireworks from July 2008 - one place you CAN see over-water fireworks tomorrow night) We have reported it repeatedly on partner site West Seattle Blog, and it's been ... Read more..Got annexation questions? Special date for North Highline Unincorporated Area Council’s next meeting
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Annexation, North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on Got annexation questions? Special date for North Highline Unincorporated Area Council’s next meeting
North Highline Unincorporated Area Council's Greg Duff sends word of the next meeting - not early in the month as usual, nor at the usual location, but full of important ... Read more..Mark your calendar: Water-saving event @ McLendon Hardware in White Center
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Environment, Utilities, White Center news | Comments Off on Mark your calendar: Water-saving event @ McLendon Hardware in White Center
Just got this word from Linda Holmes at McLendon Hardware: McLendon Hardware’s White Center location will be hosting a free water conservation clinic on Saturday August 1st from 10:00-12:00. ... Read more..