We, the Queen Anne Community Council are opposed to WSDOT plans to build a fence on the Aurora Bridge.In order of importance, our reasons are: 1) the fence is unlikely to prevent a significant number of suicides, 2) spending more than $7 million of public funds for this purpose seems wasteful, and 3) a fence could greatly mar the appearance of the bridge, an "Historic Place" and a "City Landmark."
So by 2010, the city will be faced with a deficit of $42 million and Seattle Schools still has a long way to go in chipping away at its $25 million hole.
I will put this as gently as possible: We no longer have the luxury to be innocent. By innocent I mean that by this time it is rather unconscionable to live like we did in the '60s and the early '70s. Back then we did things like pour paint down the drain, have unprotected sex with strangers, take Sunday drives to nowhere, and puncture bags full of garbage and throw them over the side of our boats with ease.
I would like to point out that both the Queen Anne and the Magnolia youth baseball programs depend on around a hundred volunteers, from coaches to umpires to team moms (and dads) to the board of directors. It's true I've stuck around longer than most, but it's not true that I do most of the work (Queen Anne/Magnolia News 4/1/09).
This week Mariner legend Ken Griffey Jr. returns to Seattle after 10 years, hailed as a conquering hero and a one-man local stimulus package.
Seattle Opera is searching for an opera novice. This person, someone who has never seen a production of Wagner's "Ring," must spend some time with Seattle Opera to create a reality-show-style, 10-minute documentary at the end of the summer chronicling the host's experience.
Stemming from a lifelong dream between the brothers and sisters of the Ly family, the newly opened Signature restaurant in lower Queen Anne features family recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation.
Solos Womens LuncheonSingle senior adult women are invited to this noon luncheon on Thursday, May 14 at First Free Methodist Church (3200 3rd Ave W). Come to the 2nd floor of the Fine Center, enjoy a wonderful luncheon, and hear a message entitled "Showers of Blessings." Questions, call Janice at 206-281-2240.
City Councilor Tim Burgess has asked to restart dialogue with King County regarding available jail space for its misdemeanants, a move that has delighted The Committee for Efficiency and Fairness in Public Safety (CEFPS), a grassroots group opposed to building a jail in Seattle.
The Met Market bats were hot last week and the home team Checkers were out for redemption as they beat Ken's convincingly 12-2.
1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Someone once said that "no one dies in general." Death is very specific.
"Who Will Ride the Train?" That was the gloomy question headlined on the featured front-page story on last Sunday's Seattle Times.
Magnolia Farmers Market is openThe market takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., every Saturday through Oct. 10, outdoors next to the Magnolia Community Center on 34th Street West.