James Douglas Lorentzen 1945-2008 James Douglas Lortenzen died March 4, 2008. He was a very private person, yet one of Seattle's finest public citizens. Mr. Lorentzen was soft-spoken and invariably polite. Despite his mild demeanor, he was a friend, confidante and public affairs advisor to many leaders in Seattle and especially in Queen Anne. Bob Frazier, former president of the Queen Anne Historical Society called him, "a giant in our community."
Beth Christensen "This year has been the best. We're undefeated and we are so close and love to spend time together. I wouldn't want my senior year to be any other way."
PERMIT APPLICATIONS ; 422 Malden Ave. E. (3006284) of a Land Use Application to allow two three-story, five-unit townhouse structures (10 units total) with parking for 18 vehicles located in a below-grade garage. Existing multifamily structure to be demolished. The following decisions have been appealed: Design Review conditionally granted (Reference: SMC 23.41); Determination of Non-Significance with conditions (no Environmental Impact Statement required). Environmental review completed, and project conditioned as applicable. The appeal hearing will take place April 9 at 9 a.m.
The days are getting longer, sun and light are flooding in and spring is in the air. Why not take this wonderful opportunity to clean and refresh your home with a new wash of color. Let's get rid of the winter color palette of rust, brown and gold. Take that wreath off the door, the twinkle lights off the front porch and bring in the yellows, greens, lavenders, blues and pinks of a new season. First you should pick an accent color that you really love. Many discount chain stores come out with new and vibrant seasonal colors each year. You can start by replacing your bathroom towels, rug and shower curtain with something lush and inviting with coordinating or complementary colors. Then introduce new dish towels, rug and pot holders in the kitchen, plus a nice bright welcome mat to make just walking in to your home a treat. Ideally you're looking for the maximum aesthetic impact with little investment.
By the end of the month, Madison Park residents may see workers with Seattle's Pavement Management and Engineering team, a subgroup of the Seattle Department of Transportation's (SDOT) street-maintenance program, according to Liz Ellis who is shepherding the project for SDOT. A certified arborist, Ellis joined the SDOT branch last year from the urban forestry department under city arborist Nolan Rundquist. Her move to the pavement managing and engineering team, which specializes in sidewalk safety, came as a result of the voter approved Bridging the Gap funding.
In the March 5 edition of the Queen Anne & Magnolia News, we ran a follow-up to a Feb. 25 story titled "Contractor on Queen Anne leaves legacy of complaints." The Feb. 25 story contained a series of neighbor complaints about a condo project at 1413 Third Ave. W. In the story, it was noted that efforts made to contact contractor Todd Maschmedt were unsuccessful. The March 5 follow-up story contained Mr. Maschmedt's side of the story. However, had Mr. Maschmedt's contact information been pursued more aggressively by the News for the original, Feb. 25 story, the entire account might have had a different outcome. In fact, the story may not have been written at all. We apologize to Mr. Maschmedt and to our readers. - Mike Dillon, Publisher
Normally, Magnolia resident Kitty Brown wouldn't have gotten that upset when she returned home on Thursday, March 6, and found about 20 assembled and broken-down boxes from the Magnolia Starbucks dumped on the sidewalk next her home in the 1900 block of 34th Ave. W. But Brown had had a rough day at work, she said, and that prompted her to start making calls, one of which was to the News. The other call was to the customer-relations department at the coffee giant's SODO headquarters, the Magnolia mother said.
Suspect being investigated by 16 police agencies in county for passing bad check Seattle Police have arrested the man they suspect is responsible for numerous thefts at businesses throughout Queen Anne, Magnolia, North Seattle and Madison Park. Using the victims' description of the suspect - in his 30s, weighing 190 pounds at 5 feet, 11 inches, with brown hair, blue eyes and a scarred right ear - police identified the suspect, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was arrested on Feb. 25 after police found him at a motel near North 122nd Street and Aurora Avenue North. The suspect, Randall Scott Bingham, was charged with two counts of theft in the third degree and one count of forgery on Feb. 28, according to the King County Prosecutor's Office, and two counts of ID theft in the second degree were added on March 6. Additional charges are pending.
It's a measure of the Lady Falcons' versatility that, of the team's usual 10-player rotation, seven different players were high scorers on different nights.Seattle Pacific University's low-key 68-39 pummeling of Western Oregon on Thursday, and its 62-54 victory over a scrappy St. Martin's team on Saturday, were characteristic performances and catapulted the team to a perfect season, 27-0. Now, onto the playoffs, where the Lady Falcons face fiercer competition.
The chapel in Bayview Manor's Albertson Center is getting a major facelift, and it needed one, according to community-relations director Darrell Hughes. The chapel first opened half a century ago, and the room in the Queen Anne retirement community was starting to look "a little long in the tooth," he said. The room used to be covered in dark wooden panels, which made the space "dark and depressing," noted Stephen Marshall-Ward from Stephen Marshall Design. "So they wanted a light, bright space that was more inspiring," he said of a design committee that included some of the 210 residents.
A couple years back, I wrote a column about Magnolia's Black Hole, also known as my wife's walk-in closet. I was installing new shoe racks for her Smithsonian-size collection of shoes. I swore never to venture into that room again.Well, time marches on, memories fade and, knowing how to read an organization chart, when my wife said for the thousandth time - her count, not mine - that she was tired of not being able to reach the clothes rods in her closet, I agreed to install new ones.
Once again, a local professional sports team's threats to move the franchise are resulting in lawmakers flouting their own rules (and, oh, yeah, the desires of a vast majority of their constituents) in order to throw public money at a project that will primarily serve to benefit team owners. And once again, local TV, radio and newspapers are breathlessly fawning over the proposal. So sliced bread has nothing on this latest unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to Save "Our" Sonics. Sigh.
One thing about growing older is, if you have paid any attention at all on your jaunt or stroll through life, you have to learn a few things that aren't taught in textbooks. For me, as an idealistic, young Catholic lad who started out as an altar boy, assisting at Mass and believing everything the nuns and priests told me, the first disillusionment came when I began noticing the difference between what was preached and what was lived.
Recently, while perusing the national media, I came across an item about a man who had sacrificed his $36,000-a-year job with the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) rather than wear a tie for an identification photo. Roger Arnold, a 22-year government employee, said he had not worn a tie to work for 10 years and that the last time he wore one was five years ago to his son's wedding.
UFO report The windshield of a City Light truck driving in the 2700 block of 15th Ave. W. was damaged at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 29 by an unknown flying object that was small, round and dark colored. The report notes that the Interbay Gold Course is west of the same area, but a passenger in the truck said the object appeared to come from the east, adding that he didn't think it was a golf ball.