The realities and dangers of overseas missionary work hit the Pacific Northwest last week following reports that Seattle Pacific University (SPU) alumna Rev. Phyllis Sortor had been kidnapped from her school compound in Nigeria.
In Ben Hanisko’s eyes, there’s a time and a place for a sales pitch, and it’s not at Queen Anne Days — at least, not when the public is expecting fun and games.
Author Anne Leigh Parrish, a 30-year Queen Anne resident, is determined to make her writing career flourish, despite years of difficulty getting published.
It doesn’t take a fortune cookie to reveal what an extraordinary person Yu-Mei is. You just need to spend a few minutes in her company. She is owner, entrepreneur and hostess of the popular Uptown China restaurant in Queen Anne.
Before immersing themselves in this year’s horse-race speculation, our city’s political class would do well to stop and pay homage to one of the most significant and effective council members in modern Seattle history.
More than 15 years ago, the process was started that gave Magnolians a major gift of written history in “Magnolia: Memories & Milestones,” written and published by a dedicated corps of volunteers.