It may have been the salted caramel or the “Scout” mint that has had people standing in lines curling out of Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream’s five locations – including its newest on the hill at 321 W. Galer St. Whatever the magic flavor or ingredient, it was enough to place Molly Moon Neitzel’s ice creamery with two other finalists for King County’s Small-Business-of-the-Year award to be announced tomorrow in Bellevue.
But winning won’t be easy. Neitzel is up against Lightel Technologies, Inc. of Renton, and the highly popular Trophy Cupcakes and Party company, which won national recognition on the Martha Stewart Show and contributed to the nation’s cupcake craze.
King County Executive Dow Constantine is hosting the ceremony which takes place from 7:15 to 9 a.m., Wednesday, at Meydenbauer Center at 11100 N.E. Sixth St. in Bellevue. For more information visit www.kingcounty.gov/smallbusinessawards.
Anticipating vehicular gridlock during the nine-day closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Metro is adding more bus routes.
From Friday, Oct. 21 through Monday, Oct. 31 workers will complete the first stage of a side-by-side bridge and start demolishing part of the viaduct. During that time, the viaduct will be closed. Eleven Metro bus routs currently traveling the viaduct will be rerouted via Fourth Avenue South in the southend, and Third Avenue in downtown. These changes will affect buses 21 Express, 37 southbound, 54, 54 Express, 55, 56 Express, 113, 120, 121, 122, and 125. When the viaduct reopens, those 11 routes will begin using the new viaduct bypass currently under construction.
Traffic congestion on the north end of the viaduct is also likely to cause delays for Metro routes: 5, 15, 16, 18, 26 Express, 28 Express, and 358. That means that bus tracking using smartphone apps may not be reliable at the time.
Metro General Manager Kevin Desmond
If you use the viaduct regularly, Metro suggests taking the bus, carpooling, biking or even telecommuting if possible. These alternatives take “vehicles off the roadways” ultimately easing any congestion, says Kevin Desmond, Metro Transit general manager. He also suggested one allow for extra travel time regardless. Click here to find out other ways of getting around during construction.
Everybody, from kids to adults, has a joke to tell. Be it over dinner, on the phone, in the school hallway or by the communal coffee pot at work. The Queen Anne View wanted to hear your jokes and riddles. And so was born the Joke of the Week. We filmed neighbors from both Queen Anne and Magnolia telling some of their favorite jokes. If you like “Joke of the Week,” let us know by commenting. And we’d love to see you or your child tell a joke or riddle, too. Just say who you are, where you live, what you do and announce “this is my joke.” Upload it to YouTube then send the link to us at tips@queenanneview.com with Joke of the Week in the subject line. If you’ve always wanted to get on stage to tell a clean joke, and get reviewed online by your neighbors, here is your chance.
So without further ado, here is this week’s joke.
An architectural rendering of state Route 99's south portal, looking north toward downtown Seattle. This visualization is based on Seattle Tunnel Partner's design-build proposal for the tunnel and is subject to change. Photo courtesy of WSDOT.
There will be two meetings about the scheduled Alaskan Way Viaduct closure beginning at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 21 through 5 a.m., Monday, Oct. 31.
The Washington State Department of Transportation is hosting the meetings, the first of which begins today at 6 p.m. at the West Seattle High School commons at 3000 California Ave. S.W. Seattle City Council member Tom Rasmussen, King County Councilmember Joe McDermott and Matt Preedy of the viaduct replacement project are scheduled to speak. Public comments will be heard at 6:30 p.m.
The second meeting is from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12 at Adams Elementary School at 6110 28th Ave. N.W., in Ballard. Rasmussen and Preedy are scheduled to speak. The public comment period begins at 6:30 p.m.
Closure schedule
Northbound SR 99 between the West Seattle Bridge and South Royal Brougham Way will be closed around-the-clock beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 to 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31.
Northbound SR 99 between the South Royal Brougham Way on-ramp and the Battery Street Tunnel will open from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, and for special events at CenturyLink Field.
Southbound viaduct closure
Southbound SR 99 between the Battery Street Tunnel and West Seattle Bridge will be closed around-the-clock beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 to 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31.
New bridge construction. Photo courtesy of WSDOT.
WSDOT is closing the viaduct during this time so it can begin demolishing part of it. By Oct. 31, both directions through South Downtown will travel on the first of the two side-by-side bridges that are being built next to the viaduct. With traffic flowing on the new bridge, crews can begin demolishing the viaduct’s southern mile and begin constructing the second bridge.
For more information visit Seattle City Council’s SR-99 project site and visit WSDOT AWV site closure commuting options and detailed project information.
The final steps of her journey. Photos courtesy of Ilana Balint.
Having torn her ACL in April, super runner Ilana Balint (a marathoner and daily runner) needed a new past time – or at least something to get her up off the couch.
So she decided to walk every outdoor staircase in Queen Anne.
One of Queen Anne's historical, beautiful and daunting staircases.
“I needed a goal and I knew of the map that Thomas Horton had made,” Balint said, referring to the map of all of the neighborhood’s staircases that local architect Horton drew up in 2009 (Queen Anne Books still has copies).
“My goal was to do it this summer,” Balint added. “I started the first day of summer. I finished yesterday.”
Celebrating with Molly Moon's salted caramel ice cream.
Here is the final entry of her journal. Click here to see more pictures and entries.
“Today I completed every single street and every single staircase on Queen Anne! I feel like I have just completed a marathon!
I saved the best for last and finished on Queen Anne Avenue, right at the top of the hill. I was met with balloons, treats, water, stickers and some singing and I felt just like I had conquered the universe!”
It was 60 years ago that the Ballard Beavers football team went undefeated and was crowned as the state champs. This weekend, the 1951 team was honored. On Friday afternoon there was a luncheon and pep rally, followed by a tailgate party at the high school before the homecoming football game on Saturday.
Russ Quackenbush was a senior wide receiver on the team. “It was a great group of guys. I think that’s what was so neat about it,” he tells us about that 1951 team. “There were no stars, no two or three guys who made it happen. It was all of us, offensively and defensively. It was a special group of guys.” The 1951 undefeated state champs. Russ Quackenbush is third from the right.
During half time of Saturday’s game, the team was honored in front of a sea of red and black. “I think it’s very special. None of us anticipated all this that’s been done for us,” Quackenbush says. “In fact I think it makes it more of an event now than it was when it happened.”
Many of the players on the 1951 team started working out together in the summer of that year at the Loyal Heights Field House. Not only did they go undefeated that year, but Ballard outscored its opponents by 187-8.
Two players were nominated All-American: Mel McCain and Arleigh Hiersch. Seven others made the all-city team. And in the Thanksgiving Day game, Ballard beat Bremerton 14 to 13.
And the champs weren’t disappointed at last night’s homecoming game against Garfield. Ballard dominated the night, winning 26 to 7 at Memorial Stadium. Congrats, Beavers! Here a few more photos from the big homecoming game:
Well, this is it, the final market of the season for the Queen Anne Farmers Market. It looks like the rain will stay away, so drop by and see what the market has for you today.
There’s cranberry and orca shell beans, plums and pluots, nectar-plums, honey crisp apples, akane apples, pears, watermelons and more.
The market is at Crockett and Queen Anne Avenue North 3-7:30 p.m.
IN THE CHEF TENT
4 p.m. – Renee Erickson
A special appearance by chef and owner of the Boat Street Cafe and Walrus and the Carpenter.
5:30 p.m. – Kids Cook! Lauren Adler and team from Chocolopolis
IN THE MUSIC TENT ON CROCKETT STREET
5:00 – 5:30 p.m. – Jon Whalen and The Field Hands
5:30 – 6:00 p.m. – Nancy K. Dillon
6:00 – 6:45 p.m. – Bucket of Honey
6:45 – 7:30 p.m. – Vince Mtz. & The Great Blue Yonder
Plus special guests!
Here is Steve Jobs’ commencement speech to Stanford grads of 2005. (This posting brought to you with the irreplaceable assistance of an Apple MacBook Pro). Thanks Steve, for everything!
The man who struck and killed a pedestrian early Sunday morning, has been charged with vehicular homicide and felony hit and run.
Daniel C. Mozzochi’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 18 at the King County Courthouse, according the Seattle Times.
On Monday, the Queen Anne View was the first to report the incident in which Mozzochi was driving northbound on 15th Avenue West and struck Douglas Lefever as Lefever was crossing the arterial on his motorized wheelchair shortly after midnight, Sunday. Lefever was thrown from his chair and sustained life-threatening injuries. A witness in a vehicle followed Mozzochi and called police. Police captured Mozzochi in Ballard and arrested him. Meanwhile, Lefever was rushed by paramedics to Harborview Medical Center. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced Lefever dead Monday afternoon.
Tony Perez, a Queen Anne resident, was appointed to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age.
The committee advises the FCC on diversity issues in telecommunications and related industries.
Molly Moon and Queen Anne have only just gotten to know one another, but it looks as though the two might be quite compatible.
Two weeks into the ice creamery’s run on the hill, business is good, and quite different than its other four locations in town (Capitol Hill, Wallingford, Downtown, Madrona). Queen Anne, according to store employee Amanda Abbott, is the most family friendly.
“This is a family oriented shop,” she said on a drizzly Wednesday afternoon. “It’s almost exclusively families and kids.”
Abbott has rotated at the other stores and has seen firsthand the difference. The busiest time for the parlor at 321 W. Galer St. is when school lets out at McClure, John Hay and St. Anne’s. The most popular flavor among the store’s five locations is salted caramel. But in Queen Anne it’s Scout Mint, which is a peppermint and crushed Thin Mint concoction.
Welcome to the neighborhood Molly Moon.
On the docket at tonight’s Queen Anne Community Council meeting: $60 car tabs.
Adding $60 to existing car-tab fees is the upshot of Proposition No. 1, which will be on the ballot this November. That $60 would be added to one’s existing car-tab fee.
This past summer, the King County Council voted to add $20 to car-tab fees to help dig Metro out of its economic doldrums. Prop. 1 would add to that and potentially bring an annual $20.4 million to the city’s transportation coffers for 10 years. The funds would be used to maintain streets and bridges, improve transit infrastructure and develop pedestrian, bicycle and freight mobility programs.
The QACC will discuss the matter and will welcome public input at its meeting today at 7:30 p.m., at Queen Anne Manor at 100 Crockett St.
Magnolia and Queen Anne can say goodbye to persona non grata Keone K. Padilla, at least for six-plus years.
Padilla, a prolific burglar who robbed homes in North Seattle, Queen Anne and Magnolia, was sentenced last Friday in King County Superior Court to 76 months in prison, according to Seattle Police.
Seattle Police detectives have been working with the King County Prosecting Attorney’s Office to hold repeat burglars accountable through the Repeat Burglar Initiative, according to a release about the sentencing.
Mayor Mike McGinn has submitted to the City Council his 2012 budget, now City Council must decide what to keep and what to let go. The first hearing on the budget takes place today at 5:30 p.m., in City Council Chambers on the second floor at 600 Fourth Ave.
In McGinn’s budget is a recommendation from the Levy Oversight Committee to allocate $9.8 million to the Opportunity Fund to fund 17 major maintenance projects including replacing the plastic liner in the pool at the Queen Anne Aquatic Center.
If you cannot attend, you can still submit questions and thoughts about the budget in an online comment form.
Budget documents are translated into Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Somali, Spanish, and Tagalog and are available online at http://seattle.gov/council/translated_docs.htm. If you are planning on attending one of our budget hearings and need interpretation assistance, please call 206-684-8888.
A 57-year-old man in a motorized wheelchair who was struck by a vehicle as he was crossing 15th Avenue Northwest just after midnight, Sunday, has died.
Seattle Fire Department medics took the man, Douglas L. LeFever, to Harborview Medical Center where he died from a fractured spine, lacerations on the body and severe wounds to the head and torso, according to the King County Medical Examiners Office.
The driver of the vehicle has not been named, but he was arrested and booked in King County Jail later that day. The suspect was driving northbound on 15th Avenue West when he collided with LeFevre at the West Garfield Street intersection, throwing LeFever clear of his wheelchair, according to a police report. A witness followed the suspect and called police. Police stopped the suspect at 15th Avenue Northwest and Northwest 59th Street where they arrested him.
The suspect was booked into King County Jail for vehicular assault, a felony. Since the victim has died, King County Prosecutors Office may charge the suspect vehicular manslaughter or vehicular homicide.
Shortly after midnight, Sunday, Oct. 2, a pedestrian in a motorized wheelchair was crossing the street at the intersection of West Garfield Street and the 1600 block of 15th Avenue West, and was struck by a car, according to a police report.
The vehicle failed to yield the right of way to the victim, and continued northbound from the scene after the collision. A witness followed the suspect and reported to police the suspect’s vehicle description and license plate number. Police officers caught up with the driver around 15th Avenue Northwest and Northwest 59th Street in Ballard. Police placed the suspect under arrest and booked him into the King County Jail for vehicular assault.
The man in the wheelchair was transported to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
Two officers were injured early Sunday morning when a woman screaming profanities along 15th Avenue West attacked them.
At 3 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 2, two Seattle police officers had cordoned off southbound and northbound traffic on 15th Avenue West and eastbound traffic off the Magnolia Bridge while other officers investigated the scene of an earlier hit-and-run (vehicle/pedestrian) collision at the 1600 block of 15th Avenue West, according to a police report. At this time two women, who had arrived near the scene in a cab, got out of the cab and began walking up the middle of 15th Avenue West toward the scene.
One of the women was screaming vulgarities at the officers as she walked. They walked up to the detectives conducting the investigation and continued their behavior. Detectives told them they needed to get on the sidewalk away from the scene. One of the women complied, but the other continued her ranting toward the scene. A patrol officer stopped and explained, to no avail, that the woman needed to take another route. The woman continued screaming profanities and knocked over a piece of measuring equipment used by investigating officers.
The patrol officer then grabbed the woman by the arm. The woman wheeled around and punched the officer in the face knocking her to the ground. The woman then jumped on top of the officer and began hitting her some more. A second officer came to the first officer’s defense but was struck as well. A third officer arrived and finally subdued the ranting woman. The woman was taken into custody and booked into the King County Jail for two counts of felony assault. The officers who were punched sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Two officers were injured early Sunday morning when a woman screaming profanities along 15th Avenue West attacked them.At 3 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 2, two Seattle police officers had cordoned off southbound and northbound traffic on 15th Avenue West and eastbound traffic off the Magnolia Bridge while other officers investigated the scene of an earlier hit-and-run (vehicle/pedestrian) collision at the 1600 block of 15th Avenue West, according to a police report. At this time two women, who had arrived near the scene in a cab, got out of the cab and began walking up the middle of 15th Avenue West toward the scene. One of the women was screaming vulgarities at the officers as she walked. They walked up to the detectives conducting the investigation and continued their behavior. Detectives told them they needed to get on the sidewalk away from the scene. One of the women complied, but the other continued her ranting toward the scene. A patrol officer stopped and explained, to no avail, that the woman needed to take another route. The woman continued screaming profanities and knocked over a piece of measuring equipment used by investigating officers. The patrol officer then grabbed the woman by the arm. The woman wheeled around and punched the officer in the face knocking her to the ground. The woman then jumped on top of the officer and began hitting her some more. A second officer came to the first officer’s defense but was struck as well. A third officer arrived and finally subdued the ranting woman. The woman was taken into custody and booked into the King County Jail for two counts of felony assault. The officers who were punched sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Seattle Kids Dentistry at 2223 Queen Anne Ave. N. has announced it will buy back Halloween candy from neighborhood trick-or-treaters. And what the office receives will be sent overseas to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Seattle Kids Dentistry, owned by Purva Mercahnt, D.D.S., is partnering with Operation Gratitude’s annual Halloween candy buy-back program. Candy, letters and well wishes for troops will be collected at the Queen Anne office. All donations must be received between 4-7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 1.
For every pound of candy brought in, kids will receive $1. Kids must be 10 years old or younger to participate, and the maximum amount of candy each child can bring in is 10 pounds. Children making donations must be accompanied by an adult. Global consumption of sugar for kids increases by roughly 2 percent annually, according to Merchant. Questions? call Seattle Kids Dentistry at 425-780-5439.
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