Nov 20th, 2008
by Scottso.
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 [...]
Nov 1st, 2008
by Scottso.
We dropped by the Dia de los Muertos celebration going on a few miles south at the Burien Community Center Saturday and took these photos:
This altar was created by Spanish II students at Highline's Global Connections High School (formerly Tyee).
The altar is aimed at African children who died in conflict.
You'll see sugar skulls at many [...]
Oct 19th, 2008
by Scottso.
Photographed on 16th Ave SW near SW 112th is this scene of a White Center yard festooned for Halloween:
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Oct 11th, 2008
by Scottso.
Story by Scoop Dum, Photos by Dee Vellup
The White Center Blog's Bart "On The Street" Bryan (left) lent a hand (and extendable grabbing thingy) to the Rat City Roller Girls as they cleaned up 16th Ave SW Saturday.
It was quite a day Saturday (Oct. 11th) when the White Center Blog’s own Bart “On the Street” [...]
Oct 6th, 2008
by Scottso.
White Center Blog’s intrepid roaming reporter Bart “On the Street” Bryan just called in from SeaTac Airport with this breaking news: the Rat City Rollergirls have just landed, back from Houston where they took third place in the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) “Battle Royale” Regionals!
This means that the RCRGs are now qualified for [...]
Sep 24th, 2008
by Scottso.
Driving through the Dub-C this morning, we found this fascinating scene of nature vs man: a blackberry bush is growing through a traffic cone on the corner of SW 107th and 21st SW (possibly cultivated that way by a nearby resident):
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Aug 21st, 2008
by Scottso.
We took this photo a few months ago when we were first doing mockups of this here White Center Blog, found it again and thought it was worth posting – this was a memorial, perhaps for a fallen motorcyclist, that was set up near a crosswalk island on 16th Ave SW near SW 104th:
Found makeshift [...]
Aug 16th, 2008
by Scottso.
King County Library’s brand spankin’ new Greenbridge Branch Library will be opening soon, and here’s a sneak peak photo slideshow of the progress being made:
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
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