So quickly the gentle tenderness of spring passes, and now, on the Solstice, we have the beginnings of the tough, bright, intense, full-bodied and highly fragrant gardens of our summer months. Instead of the soft verdant lushness of our wet Spring, we have the romping exuberance of summer. Well, yes we still have to imagine all of this fullness, but we can say that our spring ephemerals have quietly gone away.
As the article in last weeks Magnolia News stated, "Domesticated chickens will live an average of eight years. A healthy hen will produce eggs for two years..." Which leaves us with the other six years.
A promotion ceremony at Fort Lawton scheduled for 2 p.m. on July 10 will include the participation of Joint Base Lewis-McChord's field artillery honor unit, the Salute Battery.
The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development. Written comments on projects should be mailed to 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.
Even though Tate Loftin is new to Frantz H. Coe Elementary School, she is no stranger to Seattle Public Schools.
The light from the TV filled the room. It was late, and I couldn't sleep."It slices, dices, chops and purees -- You can't cook without one." Right, I thought sarcastically. That's just what I need. Then I keyed the remote.(Click!)
August is fast approaching which means it's almost time for the 10th annual Ballard High School Golf Fundraiser.
In a subterranean room on top of Queen Anne Hill, the tension was boiling. "... His eyes widened in sudden shock. 'Renata! You -- no!'
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.
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.
ConfusionPolice responded to a reported burglary at a home located in the 2600 block of Perkins Lane West at 12:16 p.m. on July 12. The victims were two homeowners, one of which said he left the house at 8:30 a.m. and when he returned he found that the northeast bathroom window had been left ajar. When he entered the house he found that the master bathroom had been ransacked. Taken from inside the house was approximately $5,000 in Canon camera equipment and a BOSE sound system.
Seattle Firefighters were out collecting donations in their boots for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) July 15 and 16. Thanks to the many drivers who slowed to drop cash and coins in the boot, the total amount raised was $102,731.
Magnolia's Summerfest organizer, Heather Ussery, will be stepping down after this year's festival, and the organization is putting a call out to get a new director for 2011.
Though State Superintendent Randy Dorn decided over the weekend to provisionally adopt a national set of standards in an attempt to get up to $250 million in federal funding, the funding will not come.
Journalists love transparency, unless they are the ones exposed. Now the tentacles of media bias are detailed in the release of messages among some 400 subscribers to the invitation-only JournoList, a private messaging service.