The annual Fun Run fundraiser for the Queen Anne Helpline is coming up in a couple of weeks, but there's trouble looming in the future if more people than last year don't participate, according to helpline spokeswoman Suzanne McCallum."The city permit folks have told us if we don't have 500 people this year, they won't issue a [race] permit next year," she said. "They've raised the bar."
FREMONT - The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will once again close the Fremont Bridge to all motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists while crews upgrade the bridge's electrical and mechanical systems.The bridge is scheduled to close 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night through Sunday, June 22. The SDOT will provide a shuttle service for pedestrians and bicyclists from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. between the ends of the bridge (from about North 34th Street and Fremont Avenue North to about West Nickerson Street and Fourth Avenue North).
The fate of Wallingford Play field and Hamilton International Middle School was still undecided after the May 24 meeting of the Board of Park Commissioners.On the agenda that evening were two separate Seattle Public Schools proposals. The first concerned a possible boundary adjustment for Hamilton that would extend the school property 27 feet north into the Wallingford Playfield. This adjustment would allow for the school's proposed renovations that include a new gymnasium and parking structure.<br
Thousands lined the streets of Fremont last weekend to enjoy the annual Fremont Fair - though one man toted a sign objecting to the pagan celebration. In addition to the numerous colorful art cars, the crowd gravitated toward the Solstice Parade, with its popular nude bicyclists covered in varying degrees of body paint and its unusual creatures.
Hamilton students use aerosol art to create mural for their schoolStudents at Hamilton International Middle School, 1610 N. 41st St., celebrated the end of the school year by initiating a unique art project that would represent their school like no other. Aerosol art, otherwise known as graffiti, was approved by the school's administration for a 24-foot mural. Hamilton is the first city school to introduce the art form as a positive medium.
You (Matthew Wilemski, ( "Notice of Proposed Word Use Action") live in Wallingford, although it seems to me that people pick their neighborhood based on what the real estate agent told them (i.e., if they said they wanted a house in Fremont, the agent told them your neighborhood is Fremont; but if they wanted a house in Wallingford, the agent said the house was in Wallingford).
Departments mishandle public perception by protecting a few 'cowboys'On Monday, June 18, the city was to release a report by the Office of Professional Accountability's (OPA) Civilian Review Board, examining the Seattle Police Depart-ment's (SPD) investigation of charges of misconduct by Officers Greg Neu-bert and Mike Tietjen, stemming from a Belltown drug bust in January. The report's release has now been postponed for two weeks by the city attorney's office, says the Review Board's Peter Holmes, one of its co-authors, on the grounds that the authors might get sued for what he told The Seattle Times was a report "very critical" of the SPD. According to the Times, "Holmes said the report 'shows serious problems in the department,' and that he believes politics may have played a role in the city attorney's opinion."<br
Once again, the Seattle Pride march this year is downtown on Fourth Avenue from Union Street to Denny Way. It kicks off at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 24, and is planned to pass any point in an hour, though the overall time from beginning to end for participants may be as long as two and a half hours. Seattle Out and Proud (SOaP) is presenting the parade again this year, but has given up organizing a festival. Saturday's QueerFest in Volunteer Park is under the direction of the Seattle LGBT Community Center, and an after-parade festival at the Seattle Center is under the auspices of One Degree Events.
Popular pastor helped in leading the All Pilgrim's Church mergerIt's been a rewarding tenure to say the least. For Peter Drury, co-pastor of Broadway's All Pilgrim's Christian Church, serving at an urban church has been a privilege more than a profession. But, as they say, all good things must come to an end. Following 10 years as a pastor on Capitol Hill, Drury gave his last sermon at Pilgrim's on Sunday, June 17. Drury's tenure on Capitol Hill coincided with the merger of the First Christian Church and Pilgrim's Church, a move that led to a revitalization of what was renamed the All Pilgrim's Church. Like so many old city churches whose memberships have declined precipitously over the years, both were facing the possibility of closing. The merger probably assured both congregations' survival.
The large, polite and well-informed crowd that gathered at Seattle Central Community College last week made it abundantly clear that Sound Transit is more than a rhetorical concern. While light rail is still years away from being up and running on Broadway, tangible steps are under way that will dramatically alter life along the Hill's busiest business corridor. Such steps are taking place as Sound Transit's initial light-rail segment, which will run from Downtown to Sea-Tac airport, nears its 2009 opening.
Lou Samson has lipstick applied during Bat-n-Rouge, the annual Dyke-vs.-Drag Queen softball game that raises funds for CHAC, Capitol Hill's Alanon center. The game took place Saturday, June 16, at Cal Anderson Park.
Few body blows match the psychological kidney punch of discovering you need to put a pet down-especially when that pet, with the help of medicine, seems just as spry as the day you got her.Yet that's what must be done, I recently discovered, after the veterinarian diagnosed the dog my ex and I share.
Seattle Parks and Recreation - along with the Seattle Housing Authority - are celebrating the newly renovated John C. Little Sr. Park with a dedication celebration on Saturday, June 23, from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. which is free and open to the public. The celebration will include live music from Guinea's Naby Camara and his group Lagni Sussu, a balloon clown and face painter for children and light refreshments.
On Sunday, June 10, thousands of dogs and their humans gathered in Seward Park for the 8th annual Furry 5k. The race raises money for the Help the Animals Fund (HTAF), which provides veterinary care and supplies for sick, injured or abused orphaned shelter animals. The Seattle Animal Shelter takes in nearly 8,000 animals annually. Of those, many receive the lifesaving care they need thanks to the donations of individuals and companies. The HTAF annual veterinary expenses come to approximately $300,000.
MOUNT BAKER - Three of four fires that broke out in the South End on Thursday, June 14 were deliberately set, with the fourth blaze still under investigation for arson, according to Seattle Fire Department spokesperson Helen Fitzpatrick.The fires were closely spaced in terms of time and location, immediately arousing suspicions that they were deliberately set, said Lt. Harold Webb from the Seattle Fire Department. "Something's going on, definitely," Webb said on Friday, adding that the department currently is trying to establish a pattern that might explain how and when the fires were started.