Burien’s El Dorado West Retirement Community is playing Santa for the White Center Food Bank this month by placing a “Giving Tree” in their front lobby.
Everyone is invited to pick a card from the tree and purchase a gift or give cash donations for that person, then bring the gift back to be placed underneath [...]
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El Dorado West Giving To White Center Food Bank
Snowshoe Designer Lends Hand To Explorer West Students
Cascade Designs Lee Getzewich helps Explorer West Middle School students build snowshoes.
White Center’s Explorer West Middle School kicked off their winter outdoor program Tuesday Nov. 18th when the school’s 6th-grade students worked on a snowshoe construction project with Lee Getzewich, MSR Snowshoe Product Manager for Seattle-based outdoor gear manufacturer Cascade Designs, Inc.
This was the [...]
Our “Turkeys N’ Diapers” Drive Is Sat. Nov. 22nd
[ November 22, 2008; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ]
The staffers from both the White Center and B-Town Blogs look forward to seeing as many of our readers and neighbors as possible on Saturday, Nov. 22nd at the White Center Albertsons for a special Thanksgiving-related fundraising effort.
It’ll run from 11am to 4pm.
Albertson’s is located at 16th Avenue SW and SW 106th Street, White Center.
We’ll [...]
Welcome Our Latest Advertiser:Vision Collision!
We at the White Center Blog offer a horn-honking and ding and dent-free welcome to our latest Advertiser: Vision Collision Auto Body Repair!
They are located at 803 SW 154th Street, just west of Ambaum and a little south of Olde Burien.
Vision Collision is quite a family-based business, from longtime area stock, on land that goes [...]
Memorial For Dick Dahlgard Will Be Nov. 15th
[ November 15, 2008; 3:00 pm; ] Richard “Dick” Dennis Dahlgard passed away Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 in his home in Burien, WA.
He was 73.
Dick was born in Pierre, SD, the first son of Dennis and Hazel, the oldest of four. They moved to Seattle in 1942 where Dick attended Sunnydale Elementary and Highline High School and graduated in 1954. [...]
Local Icon Dick Dahlgard Passes Away
[EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally posted on our sister site, The B-Town Blog, and we duplicate it here because the late Dick Dahlgard was very active in the entire White Center/Burien areas, being a longtime member of the local Rotary Club and much more.]
Story and Video by Janet Grella
Legendary local businessman Dick Dahlgard passed [...]
Welcome Our Latest Advertiser:Wag The Dog Daycare!
We are more than happy to shout a big and loud Woof Woof! (that’s Doggie Speak for “welcome”) to our latest Advertiser: Wag the Dog Daycare!
You kind of have to look to find Wag the Dog – they’re next to Supercuts on Ambaum in Burien, just south of Martini Cleaners. There’s plenty of parking.
“Wag the [...]
White Center Election Viewing Party Tuesday
[ November 4, 2008; 3:00 pm; ]
It only happens once every four years, so you might as well get out and enjoy Election Day 2008 at Big Al Brewing, where a potluck viewing party will happen.
Big Al Brewing Co. is located at 9832 14th Ave SW in White Center; phone: (206) 453-4487
Here are the details:
Potluck dinner [...]
EXCERPT: “Growing Up In Rat City And Beyond”
Alexander Sasonoff grew up in "Rat City" and lived to write about it.
by Scott Schaefer
Alexander Sasonoff is a longtime area resident whose acronym could easily be “AAA” - Architect, Artist and now…Author.
Just don’t call him if your car breaks down (although he could probably fix that too…).
Sasonoff, an accomplished local architect, grew up in [...]
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