The Magnolia-based Moyer Foundation instituted by ex-Mariners pitcher Jamie Moyer and his wife Karen has been tendered the 2007 Steve Patterson Sports Philanthropy Award for Excellence in Sports Philanthropy, a joint presentation of the Sports Philanthropy Project and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Three years ago, former Mariner All-Star Jamie Moyer and his wife, Karen, founded the nonprofit Magnolia Baseball Club with the idea of providing Magnolia players who had graduated from Little League an opportunity to play select baseball in their own neighborhood. Now the MBC wants to celebrate its success with the community. For the next two weekends, the organization will host the Magnolia Summer Classic baseball tournament at Magnolia Field No. 1, next to Catharine Blaine School, with the 13-year-olds playing July 6-8 and the 14-year-olds competing July 13-15.
Queen Anne resident Michael Kahler had heard radio ads for years about the Climb for Clean Air, an annual American Lung Association of Washington fundraiser that takes participants to the top of Mount Rainier.The ads finally got to him. "And I thought it would be a good thing to do," he said. Besides, Kahler has a personal reason for making the 14,410-foot trek to the summit of the state's tallest mountain. "My mom died of lung cancer," he explained. "I'm doing it for that and for the personal challenge."
It starts early and continues into the afternoon.It includes a fun run and/or walk, a kids parade, a community picnic and an upper Queen Anne merchants sidewalk sale that runs all day.Queen Anne Day, Saturday, July 7, gets underway with the Queen Anne Helpline's annual Fun Run and Walk. Participants will assemble at Queen Anne Lutheran Church, one block west of Coe Elementary School at Eighth West and West McGraw, to stretch, hydrate and visit. It's also the place to register for those who haven't. Walkers set out at 8 a.m. from Fifth West and West Halladay; runners go 20 minutes later.
In the rarified world of violin auctions and sales they call them "sleepers." Sleepers are instruments that may not look like much at first glance but later prove to be extremely valuable. It takes instinct based on decades of experience to spot them, according to Rafael Carrabba, a Queen Anne resident who owns a stringed-instrument repair business at 405 W. Galer St.
What a splendid kickoff last Thursday for the new Farmers Market on Queen Anne. The sun shone with a wonderful afternoon intensity - pushing aside the recent incessant rain clouds. The hiss of balloons being inflated ... the giggles and raucous energy of the younger participants ... the traffic jams with the strollers ... the great turnout of "ancients" (over 50!) mixing with the young moms - the energy level and sense of community was indeed over-the-top.<br
WILMINGTON, DEL., JUNE 27 - When Thomas Jefferson penned the famous words "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence, he was expressing a conviction that our founding fathers most assuredly hoped would be ingrained in the hearts and minds of every generation of young Americans. As the country prepares to celebrate another Independence Day, the day the nation honors the Declaration of Independence, chances are Thomas Jefferson would be very disappointed to know that most of America's college seniors, the nation's future leaders, can't identify the document from which this important phrase originates.
BILL BROWN"Personally, I think of the Revolutionary War, the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of our great nation.
The Seattle Animal Shelter urges pet owners to take extra precautions to protect their pets from fireworks. ■ Keep pet indoors or otherwise secured when fireworks are being shot off.■ Take your pet outside to relieve itself before dark.■ If you take your pet to a park, do not leave it locked in a car.■ Do not take your pet to public fireworks displays.■ Make sure your pet is wearing proper identification, such as a current pet license.
I'm a firm believer in keeping the lines of communication open between parents and teenagers. If you can't bribe them or threaten them with taking away the car keys yet, then I say sitting down and talking to them should be given a chance. Much to the chagrin of my two teenagers, I do this quite often. Talk to them, I mean.
It's appropriate, isn't it, that no formality exists around the burying of a pet? Because, frankly, the few times I've heard of someone organizing a pet funeral, I've thought the idea over-the-top. Especially with all the larger griefs that befall us.Well, that was then. Before I lost my pet, a cat that held the locus of my affection in her paws, and suddenly equating my sadness to a greater sorrow couldn't lessen my own a bit. How unrealistic it is to compare heartbreaks.
One of our esteemed Magnolia residents took a "joy ride" Sunday evening along the sidewalk on the north side of McGraw, starting out in the vicinity of the Carnolia cleaners and exiting just past the Gim Wah restaurant.The only casualty in this endeavor was a bench outside the El Ranchon Café. However, there were some surprised diners, startled by the bang and the sight of a large black Hummer cruising by the window.
If you heard the word "Wow!" over and over again in Magnolia on Friday, June 15, you have the agents of Windermere Real Estate to thank. Nearly 30 volunteers from the Windermere Magnolia office descended upon Catharine Blaine School and the Community Center, wielding wheelbarrows, shovels and rakes as part of their citywide Community Service Day.
Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson, the brand-new superintendent of Seattle schools, has a slam-dunk opportunity to set a tone for her new tenure. I hope she uses it.At issue is an incident this month at Rainier Beach High School, wherein a female student was allegedly sexually assaulted.So what did school officials do? They suspended the boys for three days. Case over. Until three weeks later, when the girl herself reported the incident to police, something school officials are supposedly required to do immediately.
Last week I was called for jury duty. This is one of those things all the politicians give lip service to. You've heard the cornier, more obvious lines: it's a civic duty, one of those things that makes our country great, etc., etc.The truth is a little different.How many people, those with big jobs, or friends in high places, never serve? They have built-in excuses and they use them.