May 25th, 2010 at 12:24 am Posted in South Park, Transportation, White Center news | Comments Off on South Park Bridge closure-plan meeting tonight
Tonight is the second of two meetings for the public to hear about the closure plan for the South Park Bridge – now just a month away (7 pm, June 30th). The meeting’s 6-8 pm at the Machinists’ Union Hall in South Park; full details at the SP Bridge Closure page on the King County website.
Tags: south park bridge
May 24th, 2010 at 1:41 am Posted in White Center Jubilee Days, White Center news | 1 Comment »
While looking around for more information about Rat City Brass, whose Friday performance in West Seattle is now featured here, we noticed they’re playing during Jubilee Days – and then found that the WCJD schedule is taking shape in a big way. There’ll even be a fireworks show! Find out a lot more by checking out the WCJD website.
Tags: White Center Jubilee Days
May 22nd, 2010 at 3:13 pm Posted in Evergreen Pool, West Seattle, Westwood Village, White Center news | 1 Comment »
Evergreen Community Aquatic Center is among the organizations/businesses/entities tabling at today’s Westwood Village Street Fair, close to the White Center/West Seattle line, so if you go to the street fair, drop by and say hi! The events are all happening in the Bed Bath Beyond/Pier 1 Imports parking lot, till 7 tonight. We’ve got a schedule of events and other highlights in our coverage on partner site West Seattle Blog.
Tags: Evergreen Community Aquatic Center, Westwood Village
May 21st, 2010 at 1:20 am Posted in Election, North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on North Highline UAC election: And the winners are …
Just hours after the voting, the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council has posted news of Thursday night’s winners on its website:
District 1: Pat Price
District 2: Stephen Porter
District 3: Jessica Stoneback
District 4: Christine Waldman
At Large: Rebecca Lopes, Barbara Dobkin, Richard Miller.
They will be seated at the next meeting, June 3, 2010.
That meeting, like other NHUAC meetings, will be at 7 pm on the 1st Thursday of the month at the North Highline Fire District‘s HQ.
Tags: North Highline Unincorporated Area Council
May 20th, 2010 at 5:28 pm Posted in North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on Reminder: North Highline Unincorporated Area Council elections TONIGHT
Tags: North Highline Unincorporated Area Council
May 20th, 2010 at 1:49 pm Posted in Safety, Schools, White Center news | 1 Comment »
From Maggie Anderson at the King County Food and Fitness Initiative:
This morning a student (a young boy) was struck by a hit and run driver as he was attempting to cross the street to get to school today in white center. The boy is a student at White Center Heights Elementary School. According to the school office manager, the school has been waiting (since it was built a few years ago) for crosswalks to be painted and flashing lights to be installed so that children and families can cross safely. The young boy has leg injuries (possibly a broken leg).
The King County Food & Fitness Initiative (KCFFI) recently received funding from the WK Kellogg foundation to create opportunities for healthy eating and active living at White Center Heights Elementary School and 5 others between 2010-2012. Activities include leading focused efforts in two specific limited income public schools each year over the three year implementation period (totaling six schools over three years) as they relate to school wellness policies, improving meal and snack quality, farm to school, school gardening, safe routes to schools, physical activity and education, and school wellness advisory councils. The KCFFI plans on beginning that work in fall 2010.
What do safe walking and bicycling environments include?
* Neighborhood schools that are within walking and bicycling distance from homes
* Sidewalks or bike-paths that connect homes with schools
* Improved opportunities to cross streets (such as the presence of adult crossing guards, raised medians or traffic and pedestrian signals)
* Slow vehicle speeds accomplished through roadway safety measures (traffic calming) and/or police enforcement where needed
Safety education includes working with:
* Children – to provide them with basic safety education, such as how to cross streets, obey crossing guards and be visible to drivers.
* Parents – to create awareness of the need for pedestrian and bicyclist safety education and opportunities to walk and bike and by practicing safety skills with their children.
* Drivers – to alert all drivers to the presence of walkers and bicyclists and the need to slow down.
* Law enforcement – to enhance pedestrian and bicyclist safety with school zone enforcement.
* Local officials – to identify changes needed to improve walking and bicycling conditions around schools.
Tags: king county food and fitness initiative, White Center Heights Elementary
May 20th, 2010 at 12:35 pm Posted in Politics, White Center news | Comments Off on King County Council District 8: Normandy Park councilmember files
Just posted at partner site West Seattle Blog: Normandy Park City Councilmember Shawn McEvoy says he’s in the running for King County Council District 8, the seat currently held by Jan Drago, appointed last year but not planning to run this fall (as of last time she discussed it publicly, anyway). McEvoy joins State Sen. Joe McDermott in the race.
Tags: King County Council, Shawn McEvoy
May 18th, 2010 at 11:56 pm Posted in Evergreen High School, White Center news | Comments Off on State suspends health-care provider who volunteered for Evergreen HS
This is a somewhat tangled tale – a 36-year-old man who worked for Highline Public Schools providing first aid at sports events, and also had volunteered with Evergreen High School, is now suspended by the state Health Department because of allegations of sexual misconduct. Our partners at the Seattle Times explain the story. And there’s more information in this HPS news release, which says the man was let go as soon as the district learned about allegations against him: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Highline Public Schools
May 16th, 2010 at 11:12 am Posted in Crime, White Center news | 5 Comments »
New information today on the 15th/Roxbury deadly shooting first reported here early yesterday – the King County Sheriff’s Office has sent this news release:
A shooting early Saturday morning (May 22nd) left a man dead in a White Center street. The incident occurred about 2:30 AM.
The victim was found in the eastbound lanes of the 1500 block of SW Roxbury Street. He was dead when police arrived after receiving a 9-1-1 call of a shooting. He was shot at least once, and in his early 20’s.
According to a witness who was driving by and heard several gunshots, the man stumbled out of an alley and collapsed in the street. There were numerous people in the alley, but most were gone when Sheriff’s deputies arrived, just minutes later.
No one has come forward who actually witnessed the shooting.
If anyone has information on the case they are asked to call the King County Sheriff’s Office at (206) 296-3311 (24 hours) or 9-1-1.
Tags: king county sheriff's office
May 15th, 2010 at 11:47 am Posted in Volunteering, White Center Community Development Association, White Center news | 2 Comments »
It’s going on noon, and we’re just back from a quick tour of some White Center Spring Clean sites. First, above, we stopped at White Center Community Development Association HQ, where the Polynesian Club was helping out with a planting project – a few members stopped to pose with “Miss Piggy” outside the office. Across the street, the triangle’s getting some love too:
In the downtown business district, Rat City Rollergirls are working at several spots – this group was at the second of 15 businesses in need of window-washing:
Across 16th SW, King County Sheriff’s Office community-service Officer Vary Jackson was outside the KCSO storefront with planters and plants:
As we pulled up, a well-known White Center-based entrepreneur happened to be wheeling one of the planters away – Full Tilt Ice Cream‘s Justin Cline:
WCCDA had signed up more than 500 volunteers for White Center Spring Clean even before the big day arrived.
Tags: king county sheriff's office, Rat City Rollergirls, White Center Community Development Association, White Center Spring Clean
May 15th, 2010 at 3:09 am Posted in Crime, White Center news | 1 Comment »
ORIGINAL 3:09 AM REPORT: If you’ve heard helicopter noise and sirens, it’s related to the investigation of an apparent fatal shooting at 15th/Roxbury in the 2 am hour. Suspect was described as a black male in his 20s, black hoodie, white Crown Victoria with “big rims,” last seen driving northbound into West Seattle. No other details at this point.
UPDATE: This is a King County Sheriff’s Office case, as evidenced by the crime tape that was still up at the scene when we checked back just after 6 am. The tape ran from the 16th/Roxbury corner by Pho 54 to just west of the Texaco at 15th/Roxbury. No other details available so far except that one person is dead. 2ND UPDATE: Our partners at the Seattle Times quote KCSO as saying the victim was a man in his 20s, reportedly a gang member.
Tags: shooting
May 14th, 2010 at 4:04 pm Posted in Full Tilt Ice Cream, White Center news | 2 Comments »
Thanks to Kate for sending word via Facebook that preparations are under way for tomorrow’s mega White Center Spring Clean event. Curb bulb work is happening at 16th and Roxbury – and that’s where we snapped the photo. Just around the corner, it was time for a treat:
Full Tilt Ice Cream, by the way, is featured this Sunday in a New York Times article, online now, about Seattle-area sweets. Read it here.
Tags: Full Tilt Ice Cream, White Center Spring Clean
May 13th, 2010 at 11:54 pm Posted in Education, Schools, White Center news | Comments Off on Cascade Middle School’s invitation for 6th-grade parents
The folks at Cascade Middle School e-mailed to ask if we’d share their invitation to parents of 6th graders in the White Center area, getting ready for 7th grade – You’re all invited to Cascade’s parent-night meeting May 25, 6:30-8:30 pm, where you’ll find out about the school’s transformation and get to meet the new principal. Here’s the official flyer.
Tags: Cascade Middle School
May 12th, 2010 at 10:49 pm Posted in Politics, White Center news | Comments Off on 34th District Democrats endorse Marcee Stone
At the 34th District Democrats‘ meeting in West Seattle tonight, one of the highlights was the endorsement vote in the State House Position 2 race. Before the vote, one of the three Democratic candidates, Mike Heavey, withdrew from the endorsement process, leaving the 34th DDs to choose between West Seattleites Marcee Stone and Burien’s Joe Fitzgibbon. The membership and PCO votes both went for Stone. The three Democrats are in the race with one independent, White Center entrepreneur Geoffrey “Mac” McElroy; the top two vote-getters in the August primary will advance to the November general. Earlier in the night, State Sen. Joe McDermott formally kicked off his campaign for King County Council, with an event preceding the 34th DDs’ regular meeting.
Tags: 34th District Democrats, Joe Fitzgibbon, joe mcdermott, Marcee Stone
May 11th, 2010 at 11:56 pm Posted in Arts, White Center for the Arts, White Center news | Comments Off on White Center for the Arts announces Saturday Art Walk lineup
From Shelli at White Center for the Arts:
White Center 3rd Saturday Art Walk
May 15th, 2010
6:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Salvadorean Bakery (1719 SW Roxbury): Marty Gordon– collage
Through his art, Marty is asking questions, inviting debate and telling stories. Looking at one of his works is akin to peeking through a window into another world, a world where art, humor, faith, tension and candidness live together in vignettes of surreal commentary.
Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th Ave SW):
Jaime Temairik – paintings and drawings. The artists reception will be Sunday, May 16th from 2 until 4. Here’s a note from the artist:
“Hey Kids!
I’ll have some new paintings and drawings up mid-May to mid-June at my favorite cafe, Dubsea Coffee!
How’s about you and your fam join me for the opening party on Sunday afternoon, May 16th?
There’ll be snacks and an art activity and maybe even some boogie-ing…”
Café Rozella (9434 Delridge Way Southwest):
Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Avenue Southwest): Richard Olmstead – drawings and prints. New works. This is good stuff.
Proletariat Pizza (9622 16th Ave SW): Alexander King – photography
Dzul Tattoo (9622 16th Ave SW B):
Dzul Family – Airbrush and Tattoo
Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Avenue Southwest):
Phil Scroggs – paintings. http://www.phillustrations.com/
And… 7:00 PM at Big Al Brewing DO NOT MISS “Billy and the Bouncers” a local jazz combo!

May 10th, 2010 at 11:50 pm Posted in Metro, Transportation, White Center news | Comments Off on Heads up, White Center bus riders: Upcoming ramp closure will affect you
While the upcoming closure of the 1st Avenue South ramp to the westbound (high) West Seattle Bridge won’t affect White Center drivers as much as their WS counterparts, for bus riders, it’s a different story. The ramp closes permanently one week from today, as the Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project enters a new phase. Our latest update over at WSB includes links to the bus routes expected to be affected, plus detour maps.
Tags: Metro Transit
May 10th, 2010 at 1:05 am Posted in White Center news | Comments Off on 500 volunteers set for White Center Spring Clean

(Photo posted on WCN after last year’s Spring Clean)
This Saturday is the big day, and according to the White Center Community Development Association site (you can see its latest headlines any time atop the right sidebar), registration has closed with 500 volunteers – more than last year’s turnout! 8:30 am-2:30 pm is the time, 17th and Cambridge is the starting place. You can also read more about it in the White Center Chamber of Commerce‘s latest newsletter.
Tags: White Center Spring Clean
May 7th, 2010 at 11:07 pm Posted in West Seattle, White Center news | Comments Off on Village Green Perennial Nursery 1 of 2 White Center participants in tomorrow’s West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day
Earlier this week, we mentioned that White Center Arts Alliance is participating in tomorrow’s West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, presented by our partner site West Seattle Blog – and we wanted to make sure you also knew that Village Green Perennial Nursery is on the map too. Speaking of maps, you can get yours by going to the official WSCGSD website at westseattlegaragesale.com – there’s a clickable Google Map which has been updated with last-minute cancellations plus an addition, and there’s a printable PDF version of the map (it doesn’t reflect those changes, so be sure to make note of them; they’re listed on that site too). If you don’t have a printer, closest place to get a pre-printed sale map is Bird on a Wire Espresso in the south West Seattle neighborhood of Westwood.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:51 pm Posted in Burien, North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on Toplines from North Highline Unincorporated Area Council, May 2010 edition
Toplines from last night’s North Highline Unincorporated Area Council< meeting: Council members voiced concerns about the county’s public-safety cuts – which elected officials say will have to be made unless new revenue is found, such as the sales-tax increase that’s being proposed for the August ballot. Heidi Johnson proposed writing to County Executive Dow Constantine to voice the NHUAC concerns, and her fellow councilmembers agreed. They’re already worried about a perception of lower King County Sheriff’s Office presence in what remains of the unincorporated area. Other councilmembers are suggesting that KCSO Major Jim Graddon come to a future NHUAC meeting to discuss the staffing situation.
The upcoming election was another big topic. If you’re eligible to vote in the NHUAC elections – check complete information on the council’s home page – you can come to the North HIghline Fire District headquarters between 6 and 8 on Tuesday night, May 20th, to cast your ballot. (Candidates also are listed on that page.) Council members who are not on the ballot this time will be there too, to listen to community concerns.
As usual, the council heard from Burien City Manager Mike Martin. His briefing included news of an opening ceremony at 10 am next Tuesday for the satellite City of Burien office at 11846 Des Moines Memorial Drive (map). The ceremony will include dedication of a plaque honoring the late NHUAC member Barb Peters.
The approaching June 30th closure of the South Park Bridge is on the council members’ minds too – they’ve sent a letter to the federal Department of Transportation, cc’d to Sen. Patty Murray and County Executive Constantine, expressing support for finding money as soon as possible to replace the bridge.
The North Highline Unincorporated Area Council regularly meets the first Thursday of the month, 7 pm, at North Highline FD headquarters; find them online at www.northhighlineuac.org.

May 6th, 2010 at 9:32 am Posted in North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on 2 big dates for North Highline Unincorporated Area Council: Tonight’s meeting; election 5/20
Tonight at 7 pm, it’s the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting – the recent annexation of what’s now North Burien has changed the area represented by the council, but they remain – for the remaining unincorporated area – the official community council. And toward that end, they’ve also set the location/time for the upcoming elections: May 20, 6-8 pm. Tonight’s meeting AND the elections are in the same location, North Highline Fire District Headquarters, 1243 SW 112th (map). Full details of candidates and voter eligibility can be found on the NHUAC home page. Now, here’s tonight’s agenda:
7:00 p.m. Call to order
Flag salute
Roll call
Approval of agenda
Approval of minutes
7:05 p.m. Public announcements
7:10 p.m. Public comment – 3 minutes for individuals
5 minutes for groups
7:15 p.m. KCSO – Report
7:25 p.m. Rachael Levine – White Center Library Guild
7:35 p.m. Dick Thurnau – Friends of Hicks Lake
7:45 p.m. Election Candidates
8:00 p.m. Treasurers Report
8:05 p.m. Corresponding Secretary Report
8:10 p.m. Committee Reports
1. Governance
2. Arts and Parks – Flower Planting & Movies in the Park
3. Public Safety
4. Housing and Human Services
5. Public Outreach
6. Transportation
7. Steve Cox Memorial
8.20 p.m. Old business
8:25 p.m. New Business
