Wreath and Swag Workshop at Garden House, 11/15
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Enjoy the falling leaves with your kids at Jefferson Park
Seattle Parks and Recreation have scheduled a parent and child nature activity for next month, meeting at Jefferson Community Center. Here’s their press release:
Share nature with your child in your neighborhood park! Join one of our Naturalists for a fun filled hour and learn about the world outside your door. Please arrive 10 minutes before class time and wear weatherproof clothing. Up to two children can be registered with one adult. No strollers please. Pre-registration required. Call 684-7481 to register.
Ages: 3 – 5 years (accompanied by a parent)
Location: Jefferson Community Center, Hasselberg Hall, 3801 Beacon Ave. S
Date: Monday, November 17, 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Fee: $7 for one adult with one child; $3.50 for each additional person
Beacon Bits: Georgetown Morgue controversy, Ken Mochizuki, and gun bloggers
- The other day we expressed skepticism about the Georgetown Morgue story; Benjamin Lukoff has done the homework to explain why — Examiner.com
- …but A.M. Moscoso thinks Benjamin, by debunking the story, “didn’t prove anything other then the only story he could come up with was the deconstructing of another writer’s work.” (I disagree, but decide for yourself.) — Anita’s Owl Creek Bridge
(Edited at 1:08 pm on 10/27 to add the following: Since we linked to Anita’s Owl Creek Bridge last night, she has changed her post to remove the link to the Examiner entirely, changing it to a KUBE promotional link, and also to remove her link to the Beacon Hill Blog. See the cached version on Google, for as long as it lasts.)
- Beacon Hill native Ken Mochizuki, author of Beacon Hill Boys
, gave a couple of interesting online interviews last month: here and here — Flamingnet Young Adult Book Blog and ALSC Blog
- A “gun blogger” meet-up is planned at La Cabaña at 6:00 pm on November 9 – The View from North Central Idaho
Cleveland students create mural
Correction:The original post had the correct date, but incorrect day.
The Rainier Valley Post reports that Cleveland High School students are currently involved in a project to design and create a 9 x 31 foot mural for the school’s entryway, with help from SEED’s Public Art Program and Urban Artworks. You can see the mural and celebrate the achievement at a community celebration of the completed work on Saturday Thursday, November 20, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm at Cleveland. More information, including photos, at the Rainier Valley Post.
Beacon Bits: Blog love, salad love, touchdown!
- Columbia City hearts Mid Beacon Hill — Columbia City Blog
- Grown Folks Coffee has “the best spinach salad… in Seattle, and it costs only $4.95” — Seattle P-I
- The Times buried their “‘Beacon Hill Groper’ released” story deeply within their “Local Digest” while headlining a Totem Lake story on that digest page instead; this is one of the reasons I prefer the P-I — Seattle Times
- In a Rainier Valley high school football battle for the ages, Franklin beat Rainier Beach 22-21 on a last second touchdown pass, ensuring that both teams (along with, ahem, my alma mater Nathan Hale) will play a mini-tiebreaker next week for Metro playoff berths. — Seattle P-I
What are five things you love about Beacon Hill?
So I ask you all, what are the five things you love about Beacon Hill? Please post in the comments. If you have photos, please email them to us or put them in the Beacon Hill Blog photo pool at Flickr.
I’ll get things started with my list. I live in North Beacon so this might be biased toward that area:
- The light rail that will be serving us in less than a year!
- The lovely old Craftsman bungalows that haven’t been “remuddled” beyond all recognition
- The tasty food and drink available on Beacon Avenue these days (particularly El Quetzal and Victrola)
- The new library: beautiful, and full of the best things in the world: books!
- The sound of the gospel singing from the Baptist Church across from the Library, echoing through the evening air in summer when the windows are open
So what are your five?
Next week I may ask for the five things you’d like to improve about the Hill, but for now, we’ll stay on the positive side.
New Holly playground completed in one day
You’ll remember a few days ago, when we published an appeal for volunteers to help build a playground for New Holly’s 2,500 children in six hours. The day was yesterday, and the playground was completed on time with the help of many volunteers. The Seattle Times has a nice story about it, including video (but I wish they’d have shown more video of the playground — anyone out there take any photos at the event?).
Accused “Beacon Hill Groper” freed
The man suspected of being the “Beacon Hill Groper” is being freed on probation, after the victim best able to identify her attacker chose not to testify.
Darin L. Bolar, 42, was sentenced to five months in King County Jail for first degree theft and misdemeanor assault against a man who reportedly witnessed Bolar groping a woman on Rainier Avenue earlier this year. However, the woman refused to testify, and without such testimony, police are unable to link Bolar to any of the 25 sexual assaults that occurred in the Beacon Hill and Rainier Valley areas, beginning in 2006. None of the other victims were able to identify Bolar.
Bolar, a registered Level 1 sex offender, was given credit for the time already served and will be freed on two years’ probation, under condition that he completes a sexual deviancy evaluation and treatment program and stays out of trouble.
The “Beacon Hill Groper” cases involved the assault of 25 ethnically Asian girls and women, typically walking down the street or waiting at bus stops. The attacks became bolder and more aggressive over time, and caused substantial fear among Southeast Seattle residents.
Community forum on breaking down housing barriers
“Breaking Down Housing Barriers” is a two part anti-racism community forum to be held on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 6:00 to 9:00 pm, and on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 6:00 to 9:00 pm.
The first part is an education and awareness panel and discussion, which will “focus on issues that prevent people from finding housing including mortgage default, eviction records and criminal histories… (and) also discuss the underlying role racism plays and how it affects people of color trying to secure stable housing in Seattle/King County.”
The second part is an advocacy and action panel, which will “focus on actions community members can take to help make stable housing more accessible to communities of color.”
Both sessions will be at the Eritrean Community Center, at the foot of Beacon Hill and just off Rainier Avenue at 1954 South Massachusetts.
Find more information at the Solid Ground website.
Thanks to Liz Reed Hawk on the BAN list.
17th and Beacon intersection work status
If you are like us, you’ve been wondering what the heck is going on with the intersection at 17th/Beacon/Forest, across from the library, that’s been closed since September. Allison Delong took the initiative to call SDOT to find out.
Apparently, the hold-up is that they need to grind some asphalt to finish the work, and the grinder is in the shop! They hope to have the intersection open again in the next few weeks, one way or another.
Thanks, Allison, for posting to the Beacon Hill list!