Work party: The National Association of Industrial and Office Properties held a work party at Northgate Elementary School, 11725 First Ave. N.E., on Sept. 22, starting at 7 a.m. Release party: The Roosevelt High School Jazz Band performed at the book-launch party for photographer Ron Hudson's "Right Down Front" on Monday, Sept. 17, at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., Suite 255.
Internet dating provides efficient access to a, frankly, overwhelming variety of other singles. Internet dating can be a great resource when used correctly."Correctly," meaning "don't be dumb."
A collection of posthumously-published poetry by William Dunlop may serve to boost his reputation in the country he called home for 40-plus years.As Herald-Outlook publisher Mike Dillon wrote in these pages last year, "When William Dunlop died of cancer on Oct. 20, 2005, at age 69, the local media scarcely blinked. The English expatriot, Queen Anne resident and former University of Washington professor surely deserved better."
Juliana Suparman and her daughter-in-law Yusi Sasmitra have opened Julia's Indonesian Kitchen, 901 N.E. 65th St., specializing in different types of Indonesian fried chicken and the traditional Dutch rijstafel.University District Farmers Market, at Northeast 50th Street and University Way Northeast, is starting its Chef-in-Residence program on Saturday, Sept. 15, with TASTE Restaurant pastry chef Elise Fineberg.
There are thousands of hungry people in Western Washington. Many are not homeless, but are the working poor. They are families with children who have homes and pay bills. But when they get home from work and school, dinner isn't waiting for them on the table. The nonprofit organization Food Lifeline is committed to stomping out hunger specifically in Western Washington. Serving as the link between suppliers and the hungry, Food Lifeline last year obtained more than 21 million pounds of food for 16.4 million meals.
An unseasonable north wind blew all day Sunday before last. It cleared out the summer haze in the skies. The morning air had a chill to it, despite the incredible sunny clarity. Yet, it still felt like summer late in the afternoon. We are fighting back - we are neither able nor wanting to give up summer.Yet, the tantalizing sense of the new is once again upon us - the start of the school year. New hopes grab at us. Expectant hopes fill our sensibilities. We are optimistically looking forward while we cling to our summer pleasures. Yes, please, one more great gathering around the barbecue. Yes, another weekend over the mountains, chilling out in the brilliant waters of Lake Chelan. Yes, we can come back for the grape harvest, with all the fall colors - that can be later, please? We want our summer softness, the long days to just last, please, a little bit (well, actually a lot) longer.
Christopher Williams, current Seattle Parks and Recreation acting deputy superintendent, has been named the interim superintendent, effective Sept. 12. Williams will serve as interim superintendent until the mayor's nominee, Timothy Gallagher, is confirmed by the city council.Betty Jean "B.J." Brooks, who has been acting superintendent since February, resigned on Wednesday, Sept. 12.
Hugo House seeks youth writer-in-residence The Richard Hugo House seeks an active writer - of poems, plays, fiction or creative non-fiction - between the ages of 16 and 19 to apply to be Youth Writer-in-Residence starting in October. Applicants should have experience writing for an established publication (such as a school or club newspaper or newsletter) or have produced their own publication such as a 'zine or chapbook.<br
The magazine salesman who allegedly choked an Eastlake woman till she was unconscious, then stole her phone and laptop computer on Aug. 31 is in jail. He was arrested Sept. 12 in Oregon with a crew of magazine-subscription salesmen working for Michigan-based Urban Development Solutions.Urban Development Solutions officials cooperated with police in the case, according to Seattle police spokesman Mark Jamieson, and an Internet search turned up no record of legal problems with salesmen from the company. But Urban Development wasn't the only subscription company with sales crews in Seattle recently, according to numerous Seattle police reports.
Fishermen's Terminal is getting set to be right festive this weekend, the occasion being the 19th Annual Fishermen's Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Now, it's sad but true that J.P. Patches will not be part of the scene this year. In his stead, decorously manic entertainment for kids will be provided by Bubbleman. Otherwise, the time-honored slate of dockside activities will be in full cry on the Boardwalk at 1900 W. Nickerson St.
Parks Plan targets landscaping along Magnolia BoulevardIt's going to take another five years, but Seattle Parks and Recreation wants to help restore views by trimming trees and shrubs along Magnolia Boulevard West, according to Mark Mead, a senior urban forester with Parks.Speaking at an Aug. 13 meeting of the Magnolia Community Club, he said a Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) for the scenic boulevard was developed over the course of three years almost a decade ago. The plans weren't made in a vacuum, Mead stressed, because Parks made a point of talking to local residents about what should be done. "So when we go through this Vegetation Management Plan, it's a community effort."
Afghanis Professor Hamed (from left), Professor Rahmi and Governor Ustad Atta Mohammad Noor pose with Coe principal David Elliott and Julie Bolz, an American woman who has helped build schools for girls in Afghanistan. Bolz and the Afghanistan delegation appeared at Coe Elementary School the morning of Sept. 18 and gave students, staff and members of the community an update on progress building schools for girls in the war-torn country since the fall of the Taliban.
The annual book sale organized by the Friends of the Seattle Public Library is celebrating its 36th anniversary this year, and the event now held in an airplane hangar at the former Sand Point Naval Base has grown substantially in that time. In fact, it now takes a core group of approximately 30 volunteers working year round to put the sale on, said Maple Leaf resident Joan Amatucci, the paid book-sale director for the past 11 years.The preview sale for members takes place on Friday, Sept. 28, starting at 6:30 p.m. The sale will be open for business on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday that weekend from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The location is a large airplane hangar to the left as you enter the area from Northeast 74th Street. There will be signs.
Detta Vertrees was born April 21, 1940, on Bainbridge Island and died Sept. 3 in her home on West Olympic Place on Queen Anne. Detta was a beautiful human being both inside and out and never left anyone without a smile on their face. She had a heart of gold and always gave freely of her time anytime she saw someone less fortunate.
The idea of retaining the Capehart houses is bound to bring on the sound of loud screams of outrage from Magnolians and Discovery Park advocates, but I've often thought this myself, as a Magnolian, as a Discovery Park buff and as a plain old citizen in Seattle, that this is a good idea. I have to admit that, since American Eagle has taken over the Navy's administration of this tract, the housing stock, the yards and the surrounding grounds have never looked better. So the complaint can't be that this housing tract will be a blight on the park neighborhood.