T-Mobile employees work on a mural of Washington during T-Mobile's Huddle-Up work party on July 12 at Summit K-12 School, 11051 34th Ave. N.E. In addition to landscaping, revitalizing the outside of the school and painting murals, the work party of more than 150 volunteers created a T-Mobile Huddle Up Zone for after-school programs.
Public Health-Seattle & King County is encouraging parents to update their children's immunizations now to keep them safe this upcoming school year.Some school grades have new vaccine requirements this fall:• Sixth-graders who are 11 years old and older and have not been vaccinated against tetanus in the last five years should receive the tetanus, diphtheria and pertusis (Tdap) vaccine.
Students at Fairview Christian School, 844 N.E. 78th St., scored 'Superior,' and the middle-schoolers won a trophy for its average of 93.3 at the Northwest Association of Christian Schools International District Science Fair last spring. Fairview Christian participants included Sam Gibson (front, from left), Chase Gulick, Julia Haven, John Simmons, Lydia Herzog and Morgan Tucker, Graylin Derke (back, from left), Haley Lowe, Grace Nimmer, Ian Fitzgerald, Ian Gwin and Kevin Pringle (not pictured is Katie Noonan). The students were selected to participate in the District Science Fair after the school's science fair.
Prakash Patel, a 12-year-old graduate of Greenwood Elementary School, 144 N.W. 80th St., and PTA volunteer coordinator Lisa Cochrane paint letters on one of the new interactive learning stations set down on the school's playground in early May. Spearheaded by P.E. teacher Jeanne Bastasch, the playground painting project included a bicycle-safety course, courtesy of the Cascade Bicycle Club; relined basketball courts; and a numbered walking track encircling the playground to encourage students to practice their numbers. Patel's sister Deepa attends Greenwood. Bastasch designed the playground based on instructions she purchased from the Peaceful Playground Program through a community partnership grant from Starbucks and the University of Washington Huskies.
Prakash Patel, a 12-year-old graduate of Greenwood Elementary School, 144 N.W. 80th St., and PTA volunteer coordinator Lisa Cochrane paint letters on one of the new interactive learning stations set down on the school's playground in early May. Spearheaded by P.E. teacher Jeanne Bastasch, the playground painting project included a bicycle-safety course, courtesy of the Cascade Bicycle Club; relined basketball courts; and a numbered walking track encircling the playground to encourage students to practice their numbers. Patel's sister Deepa attends Greenwood. Bastasch designed the playground based on instructions she purchased from the Peaceful Playground Program through a community partnership grant from Starbucks and the University of Washington Huskies.
Roosevelt High School's Class of 1957 is having its 50-year reunion on Sept. 8. In anticipation of this event, alumnus Richard Nostrand has put together a reunion book that paints a class portrait, including the past and how far they have come.THE RESEARCHUsing a survey he gave to attendants of the 45-year reunion, Nostrand, a retired professor of geography at the University of Oklahoma, began to develop what is now the reunion book.
I've had the 3 a.m. call. Someone, sounding guilty, asked for my boyfriend and muttered something about the cops asking questions. Gratefully, I honestly answered that I didn't have the slightest clue where my (now thankfully ex-) boyfriend had gotten himself. I wasn't that polite, though. I never am at 3 a.m.I have dated bad boys, but the late-night excitement slowly eroded my tolerance - and interest. Eventually, owning a working refrigerator had more appeal than posting bail bond for a deadbeat - no matter how yummy the kisses.
You have seen the athletic dancing of the jitterbugs in old movies featuring swing bands and torch singers, but if you thought that kind of dancing was created in one afternoon by the likes of Arthur Murray, you are very mistaken. The basic dance of the swing era was the Lindy Hop, which came out of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s. One of the influential creators of the Lindy Hop will be here on Capitol Hill this week at the Century Ballroom. Frankie "Musclehead" Manning, 93, was a high-flying dancer at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom in the early 1930s. He gained fame, and a place in a nationally recognized swing dancing touring troupe, with the development of the "air step." He will be there to talk about the era and demonstrate steps.
For most of us, life without books can't be imagined. Yet there was a period in recent Chinese history when few books were permitted. Young people were allowed to read only those documents that reinforced the goals of the government. Of course, Chairman Mao's "Little Red Book" was the best seller."Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art," the current exhibition at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, provides a provocative exploration of books as an influence on contemporary Chinese artists who were youths during the Cultural Revolution.
Last year, my daughter, now herself a mother, went to a rock concert that was held at one of the local wineries. She was a bit disappointed. "Mom," she said, "they're all from your generation." Well, I thought, then I should give it a try. So I got tickets for the Doobie Brothers - mostly because I recognized the name from way back then. My daughter was right! As a grandmother, I did not at all feel out of place.Actually, it was quite heartening to watch this middle-aged (plus) crowd coming to listen to the old beat. And yes, it was indeed a far cry from the days of Woodstock and Monterey.
Attendance at Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) is up 13 percent from the beginning of the year, and the museum has welcomed 5,836 new members to the museum in the past 12 months, according to a press release from public-relations manager Maggie Skinner. As a result, effective Sept. 4, the Paul Allen-owned entertainment complex will extend its hours and be open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The venerable space still feels the same, which is good news for those who love the look and feel of the old Queen Anne branch of the Seattle Public Library.The library, closed for renovation since Dec. 16, will mark its reopening with a community celebration from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 (see sidebar for details).Now, library officials say, everything's up to date in the landmark structure at 400 W. Garfield, which first opened its doors on New Year's Day 1914.<br
The Department of Neighborhoods Tree Fund will give free trees to grace the planting strips of neighborhood streets - but you have to commit to maintain the trees for at least three years, and the deadline for applications is Friday, Aug. 24.The planting strip is that turf between curb and sidewalk (but you knew that). Get five households in your vicinity to go in on a collective request for at least 10 trees. Then send in your application to DON.<
With regard to your article "Conman targets Magnolia widow with new scam" (Aug. 15), I had a very attractive, young man appear at my door with a slightly different version for wanting to "upgrade my alarm system to my cellphone," etc. He said they were looking for a few homes in the neighborhood to upgrade my current alarm system (he asked me right out if I had an alarm system) to a cellphone rather than a landline; that my kids wouldn't need to know a code as they would all just press only one number."
Hard not to talk about the weather when it is so weird. The electric smell to the air on Saturday evening brought back my childhood memories of lightning and thunderstorms in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. One summer the storms happened every afternoon for two weeks straight. This became a bore for my parents in that they had to rush all the cushions and other summer props into the cabin. But I loved the light and sound as it moved up the river canyon, getting so close and loud, and then passing on. Afterward, the sun shone so brilliantly, the pine needles glistened with fresh wetness, and all was dry in time for the evening campfire and marshmallows.