t hasn't been that long since the north end of Broadway seemed all dead and forlorn. Safeway and Bartell's had moved out. QFC had been shunted southward, into sister chain Fred Meyer's former space.
The following are based on incident reports from the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described.
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 which will primarily serve to benefit team owners. And once again, local TV, radio and newspapers are breathlessly fawning over the proposal, without bothering to note that said media outlets have a tremendous financial interest in the success of the proposal.
ver the last three years I've rediscovered the joy of dancing. While nights of swing and salsa and tango, not to mention two step and waltz, have continued at the Century Ballroom now for 11 years, my indoctrination there came one evening when my partner and I attended Outdancing, an evening reserved for the gay community and their friends on the third and fourth Fridays of each month.
Saxman fighting the good fightTo the editor:I am writing to agree with Dennis Saxman. I have met him and found him to be quite a nice person. I am glad there is someone like him out there.
As sure as green shoots are appearing and trees are budding, it's time for spring egg hunts and other spring celebrations at our community centers! For Teens Only FRIDAY, MARCH 21 Jefferson Community Center, 7 to 7:45 p.m. Garfield Community Center, 2323 E Cherry, 6:30 p.m. For Toddlers to 'Tweens FRIDAY, MARCH 21 Van Asselt Community Center, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m SATURDAY, MARCH 22 Garfield Community Center, 10 a.m. Saturday International District/Chinatown Community Center, between 10 a.m. and noon Jefferson Community Center 10 to 10:45 a.m. at Maplewood Playfield Rainier Community Center, from 10 a.m. to noon Van Asselt Community Center, from 10 a.m. to noon Pancake Social will follow the egg hunt Yesler Community Center, 10 a.m.
Get ready to roll up your sleeves, put on your gloves and get to work because the city's Clean & Green Seattle project is coming to Beacon Hill this Saturday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to Noon. The "Clean & Green Seattle" project is an initiative designed to bring together community members with city departments to help make neighborhoods cleaner and safer. The event will start at Dr. Jose Rizal Park, located at 1008 12th Ave. S. at 9 a.m. with Mayor Greg Nickels scheduled to kick off the event around 9:30. The focus of this particular Clean & Green Seattle event is cleaning up the neighborhood and instituting conservation measures.
Once the ribbon was cut, you would have been hard-pressed to find a frown at the old Coleman School. Many years of anticipation concluded on Saturday, as the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) was finally unveiled to a touring crowd of several hundred. For the handful of those working relentlessly behind the scenes, the day arrived as somewhat of a relief. For nearly 30 years the idea to erect a museum devoted to the African American community has been tossed around in many forms. It was not until 2003 - when the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle purchased the school from the Seattle School District - when the idea became a feasible reality.
nched crackdowns on homeless encampments that have popped up with increasing frequency in our city's greenbelts. On the west side of Beacon Hill and more notably on Queen Anne Hill, police, aided by parks department personnel have raided make-shift little cities, summarily removing residents' belongings with not so much as a notice or attempt to assist affected individuals. Housing and homeless advocates have tracked the cause of these recent crackdowns to the mayor's office. The assumption prevailing there seems to be that you've got to clean up these problems as soon as they appear, cite the people involved, arrest them if necessary, or just order them out of the area.
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 which will primarily serve to benefit team owners. And once again, local TV, radio and newspapers are breathlessly fawning over the proposal, without bothering to note that said media outlets have a tremendous financial interest in the success of the proposal. So sliced bread has nothing on this latest unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to Save "Our" Sonics. Sigh.
Some of my white friends think that I am obsessed with race. I can't argue. Being the white mom of two brown daughters in a predominantly white culture, it seems that if I want to give my girls a fair shake at loving themselves for who they are, I have to be obsessed. I didn't always think this way. When my first daughter was born - in South Texas of all places - I naively took it for granted that we could all just "get along" and enjoy one happy, harmonious, multiethnic culture. In fact, since my husband's Jamaican, we've even got the whole "one love, one people" thing going on. Of course, this idea was just too good to be true.
For the past 11 years Rainier Beach High School has earned their way to the state 3A basketball championship with a combination of savvy court skills, dedicated athleticism and stellar leadership by head coach Mike Bethea. For the fifth time in the school's 3A history, the Vikings captured the state title on Saturday night, finishing off their impressive 29-1 season with a hard fought 53-45 win against Lakes of Lakewood on Saturday, March 8 at the Edmundson Pavilion. The culmination of such a successful season serves as a bit of brightness in a South End winter that has seen more than it's fair share of gang-related killings and violent youth crime. The hard working spirit of the Rainier Beach boys basketball team shows that the kids can be all right, provided our young men and women are offered supportive, nurturing environments that allow their best aspects to thrive and shine. We tip our proverbial hat to Bethea and his jubilant, young crew of court wizards for doing just that. Moreover, we hope to see their positive examples radiate into the community to help create a culture of excellence in our neighborhoods.
It has been a long, drawn out winter and we have endured more than our regular share of gray, rainy days and bone-chilling weather. The good news is March is here, which means longer days and warmer temperatures. One way to get out of the winter mindset is to start grilling. Many people grill year- round. If you are not one of them, now is a good time to start, and I have a recipe that will give you the incentive.
The following is the menu for Seattle Public Schools' elementary students. All breakfasts include toast, fruit, juice and milk. Lunches include vegetables, fruit and milk. The menu is subject to change.
This week's featured writers are the Shields sisters from the New School @ Columbia in Columbia City. The twins studied poems to learn various writing techniques, such as personification and patterns. Students then applied these, and other new literary tools, to write about topics that interest them.