| Queen Anne real estate market shows strength |
While the real estate industry continues to struggle both locally and nationally, Sam Konswa, the principal owner of Queen Anne Real Estate, couldn't be busier.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Queen Anne Community Council seeks new members |
The Queen Anne Community Council is looking for a few good citizens. Well, maybe more than just a few.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Don't end summer quite yet, please... |
I blandly opened the front door to go out the other day, and POW!, lying right in front of me was a single perfectly formed maple leaf stridently announcing the fall season.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Weak tea in Washington |
Labor Day is traditionally the time of year when people start to get interested in fall elections - with our all-mail ballot system, it's not much time until ballots arrive in mid-October. In coming weeks, I'll look at the critical ballot measures to be decided this year.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| The changing ritual of back to school fashion |
If you've been watching TV for any longer than 15 minutes during the last couple of weeks, you've no doubt been aware that you've been inundated with back-to-school commercials. Just open the daily newspaper to the comic pages and there are at least five strips all dealing with the upcoming school year.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Jennifer Sovey |
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Societal pressures causing job burnout |
Feeling burned out at work? Stressed, tired, crabby, anxious and possibly sick? Well, Labor Day seems to be a good time to talk about it.
First, what are the main sources of burnout? Research blames work overload, insufficient reward, values conflict, lack of control, unfairness and breakdown of community.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Corrections |
In the July 7 story about the Upper Queen Anne Merchants Association and the Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce joining forces, The News omitted or misprinted some information. The following is the correct information.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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| Jennifer Sovey |
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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| Summer gatherings ... |
We certainly are having those incredible summer afternoons - with the light lingering far into the evening hours. And then in the morning the famous regional grayness pervades. Our memories are short, for a mere 10 days ago we did have our first "heat wave" with all the celebration and whining. The heat was intense, but ever so short as the marine air came rushing back into the region.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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| Summer days at the drags |
Recently, I got an e-mail announcing that Pacific Raceways, out in Kent, was celebrating its 50th anniversary in business. Also, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) would be holding its Northwest Nationals at the track.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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| The mayor who hates cars |
At first glance, the downtown-tunnel standoff between Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and virtually every other state and local elected official is fairly simple, centering on a gray area in the enabling legislation passed by Olympia last year.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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| NAACP must step up and renew itself locally |
Last week, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) celebrated its 101st birthday with its annual convention, this year hosted in Kansas City, Mo.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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| McGinn and his target constituents |
While Mayor Mike McGinn's Walk Bike Ride Challenge should be lauded on principle, it ignores the general population who can't easily participate.
McGinn's challenge is to have residents walk or ride a bike or bus instead of taking a car. If participants report their efforts to the city, they will be automatically entered in a drawing to win prizes such as a $1,500 electric bike and an array of gift certificates. It's a good example for our city leadership to set.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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| Jennifer Sovey |
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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| Out-of-control spending is killing our country |
State Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, D-36th District, says that wrestling with the budget in the past legislative session was the most difficult task she has experienced in Olympia. Imagine the anguish if total spending was actually cut and not increased.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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| They will never leave the City that Care Forgot |
Watching from afar as the Gulf Coast suffers yet another devastating catastrophe, I am reminded of the two months I spent in New Orleans last year, watching the city continue to struggle for air in the lingering aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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| Fun Run sets great example |
Saturday's Crown of Queen Anne Fun Run & Walk, Kid's Parade, sidewalk sale and community picnic were impressive affirmations of how, even as the global community expands its reach, an urban neighborhood can still maintain a sense of self.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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| Famous folk who crossed my path |
A new friend asked me the other day how many famous people I have met during my 30-plus years behind a typewriter. It's an interesting question because I learned the hard way that in our celebrity-driven culture, everybody cares about famous people to some degree.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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| Jennifer Sovey |
Thursday, July 08, 2010
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