EAST-CENTRAL SEATTLE■ SCHOLARS AWARDS: Three East-Central Seattle students were among the 24 in the city to receive the Mayor's Scholars Awards: Seattle Girls' School sixth-grader Jessica Markowitz, St Therese School eighth-grader Nigel Norwood and The Bush School seventh-grader Duyen Tat.
The Moyer Foundation raised nearly $450,000 during the first-ever Moyer Foundation Golf Classic, a two-day event culminating in a best ball tournament at the private Tumble Creek golf course at Suncadia Resort near Roslyn, Wash."I am tremendously honored that Suncadia hosted the first annual Moyer Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament at Tumble Creek golf course," said Chris Kelsey, senior vice president of Development for Suncadia and Tumble Creek. "This tournament is a direct result of our partnership with the Moyer Foundation, and proof that with dedication and cooperation, the goals set forth by Karen and Jamie Moyer towards helping children in distress can be achieved."
On a sun-drenched July 25, St. James Cathedral celebrated its centennial with a procession of bishops and representatives from more than 100 western-Washington parishes. Joined by civic and ecumenical leaders, the procession made its way from the O'Dea High School gym into the cathedral. Archbishop of Seattle Alexander J. Burnett, presided at an afternoon Mass. An outdoor reception on Terry Avenue followed.
If you buy your groceries at a Safeway, Fred Meyer, QFC or Albertsons you may have noticed the employees in these stores wearing buttons that say "Share the Success." This is the message that the 20,000 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union are trying to get out to their employers. This is because these national chains are hugely successful and yet remain disinterested in sharing that success with those who are principally responsible for making it happen.I am one of those grocery workers.
Jack writes: At King FM you're always going on about chamber music, especially in summer. I don't get it. We all play stereos. Who actually makes music at home anymore? It's a dying art. Why should I care? You should care, Jack, because the very existence of chamber music is a sign of hope for humanity, diplomacy, tolerance, and evolution, exclamation point! Grandiose talk? Maybe, but how do you explain the armies of people - regular people - fighting to keep this intimate art around?
Transportation, court, crime programs all to receive funding Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Queen Anne) announced last week that he successfully obtained federal funding for local programs in the science, commerce, justice and state appropriations bill that passed the House July 16.
If political awards were Oscars, Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles could be this year's "Lord of the Rings."It was announced last week that Kohl-Welles (D-Queen Anne), whose 36th District representation includes both Magnolia and Queen Anne, has received recognition from five different organizations for her efforts in such far-ranging arenas as gun safety, the Iraq War, school lunches and promotion of the arts.
When Craig Wilson mounted the podium in Las Vegas last month to accept a video industry award, he looked out over the crowd of independent video store owners and wryly noted: "Each of you deserves this award, but I'm going to keep it."Wilson flew to Las Vegas to be honored by The Independent Dealers of Entertainment Association. He was one of four winners nationwide of the iDEARetailer of the Year Awards, which recognize outstanding independent DVD and video game retailers. The iDEAawards are presented jointly by the Entertainment Merchants Association and iDEA, EMA's division for independent video retailers.
The Discovery Park Advisory Council will host a photo exhibit Saturday, Aug. 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Discovery Park Environmental Learning Center, 3801 W. Government Way.The exhibit will feature photographs submitted for the park's third annual photography contest.More than 50 photographers entered the second annual Discovery Park calendar photography contest, submitting a total of 155 stunning photographs of the park. All entries will be on display at the exhibit.
Florence and Les Hightower will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Aug. 19 with a brunch buffet for family and friends.The couple met in Whitetail, Mont., in 1937 at a St. Patrick's Day dance. They corresponded over the next few months and were married July 11, 1937. They both worked for local farmers until a recruiter from Boeing came through town and asked if anyone wanted to go to airplane mechanics school for a possible job opportunity. Les was one of six people who volunteered. He left for Seattle immediately, and Florence and their two children followed him as soon as he had an apartment.
It starts off with a youth talent show at noon on Friday and winds down with a cinema under the stars Saturday night.The Magnolia Summer Festival & Art Show is the stuff summer memories are made of.This year's festival takes place Friday, Aug. 3 and Saturday, Aug. 4, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., at Magnolia Playfield behind Magnolia Village.Village merchants will kick off the proceedings a day early with a sidewalk sale starting Thursday, Aug. 2. The family oriented event, sponsored by the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce, prides itself on its appeal across generational lines.Nancy Callaghan Cleland works as a volunteer on the festival committee. She said her 20-year-old grandnephew from Tacoma attended last year with some friends and they thought it was "cool."
A tug-of-war involving 103 people, mostly kids, was one of the highlights of the first annual Queen Anne Block Party hosted Sunday, July 29, by Canlis Restaurant at Little Howe Park on the Hill. The free gathering, which featured grilled burgers and soft drinks, ran from noon to about 2:30 in the afternoon and raised nearly $1,000 in donations for the Queen Anne Community Center.
The long-running effort to find a place for a new skateboard park on or near the Seattle Center campus has been a problem from Day One.And the situation got even more complicated lately with a proposal to whack Everett DuPen's "Fountain of Creation" sculpture and wading pond north of KeyArena to make room for a new skateboard park.The issue originally came up when the city sold Seattle Center property east of the main campus to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their world headquarters in 2005. Most of the area was taken up by parking lots, but one section included Seattle's oldest skateboard park off Fifth Avenue North just south of Mercer Street.
Among the artists featured in this year's Magnolia Summer Festival & Art Show is Lisa Pettit.Pettit has lived in Magnolia for five years with her husband and dog. Her background in graphic design has directed her art toward what she calls "more simple, high-contrast imagery."
Jack writes: At King FM you're always going on about chamber music, especially in summer. I don't get it. We all play stereos. Who actually makes music at home anymore? It's a dying art. Why should I care? You should care, Jack, because the very existence of chamber music is a sign of hope for humanity, diplomacy, tolerance, and evolution, exclamation point! Grandiose talk? Maybe, but how do you explain the armies of people - regular people - fighting to keep this intimate art around?