Ichi Bichi performing at last year’s Beacon Rocks! Photo by Wendi Dunlap.
The schedule has been announced for the first Beacon Rocks! event of 2012 on next Sunday, June 24 from 1-5 p.m. at the Roberto Maestas Festival Street next to Beacon Hill Station. The event’s theme is “Transportation Exploration,” so along with four local bands and four poets, the afternoon will include a “slow bike race,” pedestrian info and walking maps, a visit from Sound Transit with information about the Link light rail system, and a transportation-themed haiku-writing contest with prizes in multiple age categories. We hear there will also be a visit from a giant chicken, to tell us why he crossed the road.
Food vendors will be at the site including a taco truck, a crepe truck, and Full Tilt Ice Cream. There will also be info tables on site for several local groups.
Here’s the entertainment schedule:
1:00: Random Axe (folk/jazz duo Jack LeNoir and Betty Jean Williamson)
by Kiersten Throndsen, KOMO Communities (Beacon Hill Blog news partners)
A burglary turned home invasion left a 70-year-old man with cuts to his wrist, according to police.
It happened Friday, around 1:30p.m., near 12th Avenue S. and S. Nevada Street.
The victim told police he heard noises coming from the back of the house. When he went to check it out he found the two men inside.
The victim tried to fight the suspects off but they pulled out a knife. He told KOMO News they used a telephone cord to tie his hands and feet together and left him in a bedroom while they went through the home.
Nearly 30 minutes later the victim’s granddaughter came home and found him. She called 911.
The man was treated at the scene for cuts to his hands.
An iPad, jewelry and money were reportedly stolen from the home.
Two founding members of the Beacon Food Forest will present a talk tomorrow (Saturday, June 16) about permaculture practices and how they will be used to build the food forest.
The talk, “Permaculture and Food Forests: Taking care of our Fruit Trees in Holistic and Long-Lasting Ways,” is at Jefferson Community Center, 3801 Beacon Ave. S., from 10 – 11:30 a.m.
According to the announcement, “We will be sharing formation on building soil, food forests, permaculture and plant communities. These skills will enable our community to care for fruit trees, including those we planted last month into pots for the fall, helping build a resilient community and local food source.
“Thanks to the efforts of City Fruit, in partnership, we have been funded by an ACT grant to bring this information to our community. Please RSVP cramerjacqueline99@gmail.com.”
If you can’t make this class, there will be another one on June 30 at 10 a.m. at El Centro de la Raza.
Earlier this month, neighbors toured the Food Forest site to see where the plants and features will be. Photo by K. Shuyler in the Beacon Hill Blog photo pool on Flickr.
Rockit Community Arts invites all families to the next third Tuesday Family Free-For-All at the Garden House, this upcoming Tuesday, June 19 from 4-6:30 p.m. Scheduled to perform are The Sweet Peas, a duo performing “original and classic children’s music with a contemporary folk sound.”
Family Free-For-All is a free monthly social event for families, intended as “a kid-friendly alternative to Happy Hour.” There are cookies and juice to enjoy, and guests may also bring their own food or buy tacos at the site. Along with the music, the event also features art projects and games.
The community is invited to discuss plans for the future redevelopment of this parking lot. Photo by Wendi Dunlap.
El Centro de la Raza and the North Beacon Hill Council have announced another community engagement event about the planned redevelopment in El Centro’s south lot. The event is next Tuesday, June 19 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at El Centro’s room 307.
At the event, El Centro will report on the current status of the project, and present more design ideas for community feedback. There will be round table discussions to examine various aspects of the project such as amenities, housing, sustainability, and more.
All are welcome; childcare, translation, and snacks will be provided. El Centro de la Raza is located at 2524 16th Ave. S.
Dominic Gates of The Seattle Times reports that a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) trial project may change flight paths over Seattle for planes landing at Sea-Tac Airport, with possible impacts to Beacon Hill. Under the proposed new procedures, incoming planes that currently pass over the airport and turn over Edmonds or North Seattle to head south to the airport would instead turn over Elliott Bay, rejoining the normal southbound flight path right over Beacon Hill. (See the Times’ flight map.) This will reduce noise over the northern neighborhoods, but the effect on Beacon Hill is, as yet, unknown.
Jets participating in the trial will use satellite signals for guidance to the airport runway, keeping engines on idle as long as possible. This will save fuel as well as reducing polluting emissions.
According to Gates (in an email forwarded to the Beacon Hill mailing list), it is unclear at this point whether the new flight paths will cause more noise over Beacon Hill, or whether the engines will still be in idle at the point where they pass over us. An environmental assessment (including assessment of noise impacts) will be performed later this year, after the completion of the flight trial project.
Thanks to Gina Tolentino and Dan Bennett who posted more photos of Sunday’s Beacon Block Party to the Beacon Hill Blog photo pool on Flickr. We’re sharing some of them here, but there are more great photos in the pool — check them out!
Vera Cruz Musicians and Dancers. Photo by Gina Tolentino.Ameyaltonal. Photo by Dan Bennett.Louisa. Photo by Gina Tolentino.Ameyaltonal. Photo by Dan Bennett.
The site is across the street from Beacon Hill International School, and next door to the Debre Medhanit St. Emmanuel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, which has expressed interest in buying the property to expand the church facilities.
The hearing on Tuesday night is at El Centro de la Raza, 2524 16th Ave. S. If you can’t attend the hearing and still want to let City Light know what you think, you can send your comments to:
Seattle City Light
Real Estate Services
P.O. Box 34023
Seattle, WA 98124
The comment deadline is June 26. Your comments about the 14th Avenue South property will be included in City Light’s report to the Seattle City Council.
Here are a few photos of folks performing, working, and having a good time at the Block Party yesterday on 16th Avenue South in front of The Station. All photos are by Wendi Dunlap. Did you take any photos at the event? We’d love to see them in the Beacon Hill Blog photo pool on Flickr.
