Asked at the Columbia City's Bookworm Exchange during the July 20 "Wizard Wingding" in celebration of the release of the J.K. Rowling's final Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." How do you think the Harry Potter series will end? How have the books affected your life?
A "green" building, also known as a sustainable building, is a structure that is designed, built, renovated, operated, or reused in an ecological and resource-efficient manner. Green buildings are designed to meet certain objectives such as protecting occupant health; improving employee productivity; using energy, water, and other resources more efficiently; and reducing the overall impact to the environment.<br
The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development. The project number is in parentheses. For more information, call 684-8467.DESIGN REVIEWS — 1400 S. Dearborn St. (3001242) a contract rezone from IC-65' to NC3-85'. Proposal also includes a request to vacate portions of S. Lane St., Dearborn Place S. and Corwin Place S. Land Use Application to allow a six-story building containing retail, administrative office, warehouse and 565 residential units (in residential towers above the commercial bases).
It was early in the morning on the 26th of January 2005 when my wife awoke to the banshee-like scream of our smoke detectors going off. She jumped out of bed and ran out to the living room, where I had fallen asleep on the couch and screamed my name. She screamed several more times and shook me before I woke up. By the time the smoke detectors went off I had been overcome by the smoke billowing up from the basement where the fire started. My wife was in the bedroom with the door closed - an additional barrier between her and the dense smoke.
For the 12th year in a row, the residents of Georgetown opened their front and backyards, as well as their studios and homes, to all of Seattle on Sunday, July 8, for the Geogetown Art and Garden Walk. This year's celebration of the vibrant and eclectic community featured 40 sites, live music, food and drinks, and tours of the Georgetown Powerplant Museum and the communications museum. Ellen Valentine molded a record album to make a vinyl rose. Below, Ben Hammontree talked about his Brugmansia. The impressive flowering plant is more commonly known as Angels Trumpet.
The Beacon Hill Piñata Party, an annual community event organized by Beacon Hill neighbors for families in the area, boasted a strong turn out on Saturday, July 21, from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. The Franklin High School Lion Dance Team, at left, opened up the festival, and Nina Greenblatt and her children Jake (4) and Milo (2) were treated to an up-close view.
If we lived in a real democracy, we would've had free national health care years ago. We have the resources to give everyone free health care yesterday."Kate Johnson said this during last week's health-care forum "From 'Sicko' to Sanity."Johnson, one of five panelists, urged those in attendance to start organizing against health-insurance companies to take back their civil rights.
Children's birthday parties generally mean cake, candles, balloons, streamers and, most of all, festive presents wrapped in ribbon. That wasn't the case for Frank Garland. Garland celebrated his 10th birthday on June 8, and instead of wishing for the newest toy or gadget, he told his friends that he wanted to raise money for the Seattle Public Theater at the historic bathhouse in Green Lake. "I didn't want presents," said Garland, who lives in the Green Lake area. "I just know that my mom's been telling me that I have too many toys. I had no real goal [in how much money I wanted to donate]. I just wanted to help fix the heating."
SCHOLARSHIP: Lucia M. Saquic-Ray, a recent graduate of Nathan Hale High School, 10750 30th Ave. N.E., received a $2,000 Multicultural Achievement Program Scholarship to attend Western Washington University (WWU) in Bellingham for the 2007-08 academic year.GRANT: Jim Jarosz, a teacher at Hamilton International Middle School, 1610 N. 41st St., received a $15,000 grant to create three full classroom libraries, one library per grade level.Dean's list, graduations:
First-grader Olivia Birdick (center) reads her short story 'Unfortunately and Fortunately' to her group during Young Authors Day at Green Lake Elementary School, 2400 N. 65th St., last spring. One student from each of the K-5 grades read their stories to their group members, with adult volunteers (some from The Hearthstone Retirement Community) facilitating the table discussions.
Located on the west slope of Capitol Hill, the Harvard-Belmont Landmark District is significant to Seattle as a well-preserved, essentially residential neighborhood which retains its individual identity as an area of fine homes built by the city's leading financiers, industrialists, merchants and businessmen in the early years of the 20th century. Here are 20 points of artistic interest.
The Queen Anne News is a community newspaper covering the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle. Total circulation is 12,800 copies published weekly. The papers are part of Pacific Publishing Company, a newspaper group covering many of the communities in Seattle, including: North Seattle neighborhoods, with the North Seattle Herald-Outlook; Capitol and First hills, with the Capitol Hill Times; South Seattle, with the Beacon Hill News/South District Journal; all weekly papers, and the Madison Park, Madison Valley, Madrona, Broadmoor and Leschi neighborhoods with the Madison Park Times on the first Wednesday of the month; and the city of Kirkland on the eastside of Lake Washington with the Kirkland Courier on the first of the month. Total Newspaper Group circulation is 88,420 including our Monthly Newspaper products. Combined weekly distribution is 58,000 copies. Pacific Publishing Company, which purchased Flaherty Newspapers and Murray Publishing in 1990, also has an extensive commercial printing division, and prints many other local, niche and foreign-language publications in the Northwest. The papers' offices for news and advertising are located at 4000 Aurora Ave. N., Ste. 100, Seattle, WA 98103. Phone: 206-461-1300. The commercial printing, circulation and accounting offices are located at 636 Alaska St. S., Seattle, WA 98108. Phone: 206-461-1322.
The Queen Anne News is a community newspaper covering the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle. Total circulation is 12,800 copies published weekly. The papers are part of Pacific Publishing Company, a newspaper group covering many of the communities in Seattle, including: North Seattle neighborhoods, with the North Seattle Herald-Outlook; Capitol and First hills, with the Capitol Hill Times; South Seattle, with the Beacon Hill News/South District Journal; all weekly papers, and the Madison Park, Madison Valley, Madrona, Broadmoor and Leschi neighborhoods with the Madison Park Times on the first Wednesday of the month. Total Newspaper Group circulation is 88,420 including our Monthly Newspaper products. Combined weekly distribution is 58,000 copies. Pacific Publishing Company, which purchased Flaherty Newspapers and Murray Publishing in 1990, also has an extensive commercial printing division, and prints many other local, niche and foreign-language publications in the Northwest. The papers' offices for news and advertising are located at 4000 Aurora Ave. N., Ste. 100, Seattle, WA 98103. Phone: 206-461-1300. The commercial printing, circulation and accounting offices are located at 636 Alaska St. S., Seattle, WA 98108. Phone: 206-461-1322. DEADLINES Bulletin Board, School and Entertainment Notices,Press Releases Thursday, 5 p.m. Obituaries Monday, noon
For nearly 20 years, GreenStage has brought the plays of William Shakespeare and other classic artists to life in the greater Seattle area.An acting company, GreenStage produces Seattle's Shakespeare in the Park performances.Through Shakespeare in the Park, GreenStage has produced all but eight of the 38 plays in Shakespeare's canon in public parks in Seattle, Lynnwood, Burien, Fall City and Redmond.Last Sunday, an audience made up largely of couples, parents with children and dogs experienced "Richard III" at Discovery Park. It is one of two plays being produced this summer. Next weekend, Sunday Aug. 5 "Richard III" moves to Lincoln Park in West Seattle.
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has finished much of the street work on North and Northeast 45th Street in Wallingford and University District, though temporary road closures and parking restrictions are still needed as traffic-signal detector loops are installed.As of Monday, July 30, the contractor crew started installing the detection loops at southbound Brooklyn Avenue Northeast, northbound Seventh Avenue Northeast, northbound 11th Avenue Northeast, both directions of Wallingford Avenue North, southbound Meridian Avenue North and northbound Densmore Avenue North.