Peter Kirk's carnival will be June 1, from 5-8 p.m. Carnival is a fun event aimed at elementary-aged children and their families, although younger kids enjoy it, too.A few of the activities include games with prizes, pony rides, inflatables, crazy hair, face painting and a flower shop.
Juanita High School student Kevin Rovegno is one of 1,000 high-school seniors who won a National Merit Scholarship award financed by about 300 companies, foundations and other business organizations. Kevin, whose scholarship was funded by The Boeing Company, has chosen molecular biology as his likely career choice.
John Muir Elementary's Pat Jovag has been named teacher of the week in a Western Washington contest conducted by KPLZ-FM radio. Jovag, a third-grade teacher, was nominated as the radio station's teacher of week by her student, Eric Espinoza.
The music department at Kamiakin Junior High has, for the third year in a row, set a record for the number of students accepted to participate in Washington's most prestigious honor group for middle-school students: Junior All-State.
Northstar Junior High School students learned the power of a penny this spring when they raised more than $3,300 during the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's annual Pennies for Patients coin drive. They collected the equivalent of four miles of pennies in three weeks.
Seattle Seahawk Marcus Trufant visited Peter Kirk Elementary School and addressed the students on the importance of eating well and staying active.
The annual Magnolia Summer Festival and Art show, whichis held the first weekend in August, is a fond tradition in the com-munity. And a key part of the festival is the poster contest! Artists are invited to submit a piece of artwork or design to grace the festival poster, postcard and the cover of the festival program. The winning piece also will be featured in other print media and publicity.
On April 16, 40 local citizens gathered at the Madison Park Bathhouse for the Madison Park Community Council's regular monthly meeting to hear state Secretary of Transportation Doug MacDonald speak and answer questions about the state's plans to replace the state Route 520/Evergreen Point floating bridge.MacDonald, a Harvard-educated lawyer who has held the post for the last six years, has been very visible in the Seattle area campaigning with Mayor Greg Nickels for an underground tunnel on the Seattle waterfront to replace the failing Alaskan Way Viaduct. When this proposal was rejected by the voters on March 13, the state Department of Transportation's attention was redirected to its new No. 1 priority: the 520 bridge, according to MacDonald.MacDonald exclaimed that not only did he not want to be on the 520 bridge if it went down in a storm or earthquake, he did not want to be in charge at such a time of calamity. As such, McDonald announced on Friday, April 27, that he was leaving the department in July
Mayor Greg Nickels and Se-attle Police Chief Gil Kerli-kowske are drumming up support for a new concept in the way law-enforcement procedures are handled in Seattle. Called "Neighborhood Policing," it is a "faster, stronger and smarter" approach to public safety, according to the mayor.
JAN MARTIN I think that it is a conspiracy on a grand scale. We're talking about the Feds, the CIA and quite possibly the Department of Transportation. They are all in on it. No, in all seriousness, I think that their mysterious disappearance may havesomething to do with the fact that we are killing the planet.
Pacific Publishing Company, parent company of the Capitol Hill Times and publisher of weekly and monthly newspapers in metropolitan Seattle, has sold the Kirkland Courier to Sound Publishing, Inc.The transfer of ownership took place on Monday, April 30. Terms of the sale were not revealed. The Courier, a 23,000-circulation monthly newspaper, was the only Pacific Publishing newspaper in east King County.
The Better Business Bureau Serving Alaska, Oregon and Western Washington warns job-seekers to beware of misleading online job postings and employment arrangements aimed at stealing money and identities. Online employment scams generally target the increasing population of workers wanting to work from home, but also may affect those looking for second jobs and young people looking for part-time employment.
Stewart in Queen Anne writes:This whole Joshua Bell experiment in the D.C. Metro is huge music news! ["Pearls before Breakfast," Washington Post, April 8, 2007] What I got thinking about was the stage fright. I mean, here's a guy who sells out Carnegie Hall, and the D.C. Metro gives him butterflies! Do these pros even get stage fright? Also, I wonder if Mr. Bell had been playing one of my favorites, would I have stopped?
Stewart in Queen Anne writes:This whole Joshua Bell experiment in the D.C. Metro is huge music news! ["Pearls before Breakfast," Washington Post, April 8, 2007] What I got thinking about was the stage fright. I mean, here's a guy who sells out Carnegie Hall, and the D.C. Metro gives him butterflies! Do these pros even get stage fright? Also, I wonder if Mr. Bell had been playing one of my favorites, would I have stopped?
As someone who doesn't own a gun but believes in the Second Amendment (all of it, including the parts I don't like), I disagree with the premise of Rick Levin's column of April 11 on the recent shooting death at the University of Washington. Rebecca Griego caused her own death. First, why did a 26-year-old get involved with someone 15 years [her] senior with no visible means of support and who frequently moved? That's a red flag to me.