For more than 27 years Debbie McMichael has devoted her life to helping those around her. For the first time, her role has drastically changed. The 47-year-old First Hill resident was diagnosed at age 10 with Type 1 Diabetes. A little more than one month ago, doctors removed her right foot after a long battle with Charcot Foot, a bone-deformation condition found in many diabetes sufferers.
The Jolly Roger contingent was well represented in Saturday's post-Fun Run festivities.
Like Willie Nelson sings, "On the Road Again." By 6:30 in the morning, Pop and I were pulling out of Sun City Center, Fla., on our Lap of America, after a quick complimentary breakfast of juice, fruit, muffins and coffee at the hotel, and heading up the Interstate. The difference this time was that we were heading north and soon would turn west and be heading home.
My laptop gave out on me as I sat down to write this piece. The frustration generated by this technical failure quickly gave way, however, to the realization that fate was at work. A pen, not a laptop, seems the proper tool for writing about Blue Highway Games, the new shop at 2203 Queen Anne Ave. N. dedicated to the idea that we all need time to "Unplug and Reconnect." <b
It's been more than a week since the decomposing body of former KIRO-radio talk show host Mike Webb was found under a tarp in a concealed crawlspace in the basement of the Queen Anne rental home off Third Avenue West where he lived.
Uptown (a.k.a. Lower Queen Anne) holds a distinction that the Seattle Department of Transportation would like to see disappear. At 41 percent, the neighborhood has the highest rate in the city of people driving alone in their vehicles, according to Peg Nielsen from SDOT.
Eva Taylor, a resident of Magnolia and a member of the Class of 2008 at Providence College in Rhode Island, has been named to the dean's list for the spring 2007 semester. To qualify for the list, students must achieve at least a 3.55 grade-point average with a minimum of 12 credits.
A lot of Upper Queen Anne residents found themselves without electricity on a hot Monday afternoon, July 9, after a truck sheared a utility pole from its base. The locus was Crockett Street and Queen Anne Avenue North, and the Ave was closed down for several hours - along with many refrigerators, air conditioners and home entertainment centers.
Real estate mogul and Magnolia resident Martin Selig has big plans for the site of the former Westfarm Foods and Darigold building at 635 Elliott Ave. W.Too big, say numerous residents of two condo complexes up the hill and in the 600 block of W. Mercer Place. The main sticking point is the 65-foot height of a two-building, four-story complex Selig wants to build.
Carrie Clark and Damon Novell watch the Fourth of July fireworks in Lake Union from their inflatable raft.
Here are the finish times for Saturday's Crown of Queen Anne Fun Run & Walk, as supplied by Race Directions, the company handling race course logistics. The annual event is sponsored by the Queen Anne Helpline.Walkers set out at on the 3.3-mile course at 8 a.m. Twenty minutes later the runners took off.A couple of caveats: Not everyone who finished wore a nametag or handed a nametag to a race official at the finish line. If your name is missing, please let us know and we'll run an addendum next week.If your name is misspelled: Please check your penmanship at sign up time next year. We've done our best to get all the names right - but that dance requires two. If your name is misspelled let us know and we'll run the correct spelling in next week's addendum. If there is one. Who knows, maybe what follows is perfect.
FULL RESULTS and more picturesI was supposed to be the veteran this time around. After competing in last year's Crown of Queen Anne Fun Run, this should've been a piece of cake. I knew the routine, the schedule, the people - no problem. And by setting my cellphone alarm for just after 6 a.m., I figured I couldn't go wrong.br>Well, my cellphone running out of batteries in the middle of the night changed all that.
The Seafair summer festival got off to a glorious start with its first full weekend of events, including the annual Milk Carton Derby at Green Lake.
Daniel Johnson, CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of King County, addressed the crowd of Wallingford Boys & Girls Club members as they wait to enter the newly renovated clubhouse, 1310 N. 45th St., last Saturday, July 7. The clubhouse had been vacant for the last two years, while the club has moved from location to location since 1989
Local artist has donated wildlife paintings to Woodland Park Zoo's Jungle Party auction the last three yearsWhen Seattle artist Robert Blehert began his portrait of NBA all-star Ray Allen several months ago, he had no idea that his piece would honor the athlete's memory as a former Seattle SuperSonic. He was just excited about the piece.