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Editor of the Beacon Hill Blog.
Local Events

ROCKiT benefit yard sale this Saturday

Betty Jean Williamson sent us this notice:

“A long time neighbor and ROCKiT supporter is moving away and helping to support ROCKiT by donating the proceeds from a farewell yard sale.
Saturday, 9/29 8:00-3:00 3412 Beacon Ave. S. (between Spokane & Hinds)
If you have great stuff you would like to add to the sale, bring them to that address Friday 9/28 (that’s today! — ed.) between 11:00 and 4:00.
All proceeds go to support ROCKiT programs like Beacon Rocks, Tots Jam, Garden House Blues, Sunday Folk Club, BeaconBards Poetry readings and more.”

Health and Safety, Local Events

Part with your old prescriptions at National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

Photo by Dawn McIlvain Stahl via Creative Commons/Flickr.

Do you have a collection of partially-filled prescription bottles that you’ll never use? Or prescriptions well past their expiration date? You can turn them in for safe disposal on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, this Saturday, September 29, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Seattle Police Department South Precinct, 3001 S. Myrtle St.

A notice in the Seattle Police Email Community Newsletter this week said:

“The purpose of this National Take Back Day is to provide a venue for persons who wanted to dispose of unwanted and unused prescription drugs. This effort has been a huge success in removing potentially dangerous prescription drugs, particularly controlled substances, from our nation’s medicine cabinets.”

Intravenous solutions, injectibles, syringes, or medical waste will not be accepted for disposal.

Meetings

Safety, development, and Quieter Skies on agenda for next NBHC meeting

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September is nearly finished, which means that it’s almost time for the October North Beacon Hill Council meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, October 2, 7 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library, 2821 Beacon Ave. S. Agenda topics this time include a public safety update, a Quieter Skies update, and information about the new El Centro development.

Here’s the complete agenda:

  • 7:00 Introductions
  • >7:10 Lt. John Hayes public safety update
  • 7:20 List of current DPD projects
  • 7:25 Kate Gill de la Garza Update/info about El Centro development Plaza Roberto Maestas
  • 7:40 Quieter Skies/FAA update
  • 8:05 Community Calendar
  • Wrap up

All interested neighbors are welcome to attend. Meetings usually end before 9 p.m.

Getting Around

Pedestrian improvements planned for Beacon/14th intersection

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Mayor Mike McGinn today announced new funding for a Safe Routes to School project on North Beacon Hill. The project would install curb bulbs, curb ramps, and a pedestrian island at the complicated intersection of Beacon Avenue South and 14th Avenue South, near Beacon Hill International School.

Other projects in the Safe Routes to School program include pedestrian improvements near West Woodland Elementary School in Ballard, and improvements near McGilvra Elementary in Madison Park. The $800,000 for the plan comes from the city’s Real Estate Excise Tax, which is required by law to go to fund capital projects such as these.


View Planned pedestrian improvements at Beacon and 14th in a larger map

Education, Volunteering and Giving

Beacon Hill Int’l School seeks volunteer tutors

Beacon Hill International School needs volunteers to tutor kids who need additional academic help. Tutors must commit to one hour a week while school is in session. Each tutor is paired with a 3rd-5th grade student, and will work with that student for the entire year. Sessions at BHIS will be on Tuesdays, from 3:15-4:15 p.m.

Orientation sessions start this week, and tutoring will begin in October.

Neighbor Sara told us:

“My husband Dan and I have tutored with Invest in Youth at various elementary schools since 2004, and then joined the program at Beacon Hill International School four years ago when we moved to the Hill. We’ve had a fantastic time, each working with a student for one hour, once per week each school year and have really enjoyed getting to know some of the students and parents in our neighborhood. Over the years, a number of neighbors have volunteered with the program as well and I’d love to get additional community members involved with the program, providing great help and additional great role models for these kids right in their own backyards.”

To find out more and sign up to tutor, visit the Invest in Youth website.

Lost and Found

Have you seen Chompers?

Have you seen this dog?
Neighbor Andy sent the following notice:

Lost Dog in Beacon Hill. “Chompers” is a small black and white Chihuahua and Boston Terrier mix last seen around 17th and Hinds on the morning of 9/24/12. She is friendly to people, but aggressive with other dogs. She is in heat, which is probably why she got loose. She has tags with my phone number. If you know of anything, please email asiancajunandy@gmail.com or call 504-432-0020.

Arts, Local Events

Spice Box art and variety show 10/5 at Skin Deep Dance

Skin Deep Dance will present Spice Box, a monthly art and variety show, on Friday, October 5, at the Skin Deep Dance Studio (in the El Centro de la Raza building).

This month’s Spice Box will include art by Kook Teflon, art and performance by Magi, and performances by Amazon Heart, Bollywood Bliss (Katrina’s Bollywood student troupe), Janelle Bel Isle, Lesley Rialto, Twilight, and Chloe Anderson.

Admission is $10/person, free for kids under 12. All ages are welcome, and the event is family friendly. Proceeds will benefit Skin Deep Dance’s SEEDS (Self -esteem, Empowerment and Education through Dance) program.

The Spice Box series will continue on the first Friday of every month. Performers and artists have already been booked for events on November 2, December 7, and January 4.

The studio’s address is 2514 16th Ave. S. #311. Enter El Centro through the North entrance.

BH in the News

Seattle Times: South Seattle neighbors worried about Greener Skies

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Alexa Vaughn at the Seattle Times has written an article about the FAA’s new Greener Skies flight path proposal, and South Seattle residents’ worried response to the plan. Some Beacon Hill neighbors are quoted in the article, along with regional FAA administrator David Suomi, and Robert Bismuth of the Magnolia Community Council.

Though Mayor Mike McGinn recently sent the FAA a letter requesting that the FAA reopen the Greener Skies comment period and schedule a meeting in South Seattle to discuss it, the Times reports that the upcoming October 23 meeting at NewHolly will not be about Greener Skies:

“The FAA has scheduled a public meeting for Oct. 23 in South Seattle, but only to address air traffic and noise in general, Suomi said. Extending the public-comment period for Greener Skies and hosting a meeting specifically about its impact on that part of town is not going to happen, he said.”

More at the Seattle Times.