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It has taken them roughly 10 years of earning badges and doing good deeds, and now three local boys have been installed as Eagle Scouts at Queen Anne Bethany Church on Queen Anne Avenue.Barry Garner, Price Hardman and Kevin Baumler were each installed as Eagle Scouts in a ceremony presided over by former Washington Governor Gary Locke, himself an Eagle Scout.
Extension may spell trouble for hardware store Metro is thinking of closing the gap between overhead trolley wires between Third and Sixth avenues west on West McGraw Street. Extending the wires will involve installing new poles to hold the wires from the sides, but the idea doesn't sit well with a couple of businesses along that three-block stretch of road, owners say. One of the businesses is Ken's Market, which stands to lose one or more of its dozen parking places on McGraw, said part owner Joe Vizzare.
The three amigas State Rep. Helen Sommers, 36th District Democrat and Magnolia resident, holds a stuffed tiger on the last day of the session, when she retired after 36 years in the legislature. Standing with her are fellow 36th District politicians, Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson (at left) and Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles. Seattle to create task force on public campaign financing The Seattle City Council and Mayor Greg Nickels announced a plan to appoint a joint task force to begin work as soon as possible on developing proposals for public financing of campaigns. Gov. Christine Gregoire signed Senate Bill 5278 today, which gives cities the option to establish public financing of political campaigns. Cirque du Soleil returns to Marymoor King County welcomes Cirque du Soleil back to Marymoor Park for their run of Corteo, beginning April 24. Cirque du Soleil brought "Varekai" to King Countys Marymoor Park in May 2006. With it came $550,000 in gross revenue to help support the maintenance and operations of King County Parks, and millions of dollars in economic gains for the greater community.
Brenda McLouglan I'd like to see more open space. A huge park would be such a nice place for families to come. I envision it as Seattle's back yard
'Eyesore' Mercer parking garage could become stellar theater district venue Some of Seattle Center's architecture has come to define the city and those in it: The aspiring qualities of the Space Needle, the Northwest friendliness of the fountain, its neighboring semi-submerged orca sculptures and the flat out weirdness of the Experience Music Project. But some of the World's Fair elements have run their course, are dated beyond measure and, say many residents and city leaders, are begging for a makeover.
The Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce held its awards dinner at the Canlis Restaurant this year on March 11, and the Queen Anne News landed the organization's Presidents Award. Also lauded with a Heritage Award was the Queen Anne Historical Society. Accepting the award was past president Isabel Eglin, who said the society felt honored by the chamber's recognition. "We try really hard to keep the past and the present connected," she added.
Pat Nolan relocates to Ken's Market He's baaack. Pat Nolan - of Pat's on the Ave fame - is back on Queen Anne Hill whipping up espresso drinks. Except this time, the Queen Anne High School alumnus and lifelong booster is working for someone else: Ken's Market, where his cousin, Joe Vizzare, is part owner. Nolan sold Pat's on the Ave almost two years ago so he could get a life and spend more time with his family, Nolan said at the time. The idea was to find a job that had regular hours, something that was rarely possible when he owned and ran Pat's, Nolan added.
Hundreds take advantage of SPU recycling day Literally tons of broken or out-of-date electronic equipment of all sorts was dropped off last weekend for free recycling in a parking lot at Seattle Pacific University. So much of it was coming in that trucks were still loading up the e-waste on Monday. The parking lot was empty because it's spring break at the Free Methodist university, but the recycling drive still came as a surprise, said SPU spokeswoman Tracy Norlen. "They kind of forgot to tell our campus people what they were doing."
The stereotype of the starving artist has a grain of truth at its core. And like artists struggling to make ends meet, the arts community struggles to pull together the funding and support to keep our artists fed, our cultural heritage preserved, and our communities enriched by art. Every year, I champion arts funding in the state Legislature, and this year is no exception. It's never easy, but this year we had special challenges. State revenue projections declined, and the need for education, health care and job creation programs is growing. The arts face stiff competition for every dollar. Over time, though, I'm encouraged by the growing effectiveness of local advocacy for arts funding. This year, I was especially pleased to see more than 200 arts supporters in the Senate gallery on Arts Day on Feb. 19. That was the day the Senate passed an important bill to preserve funding for 4Culture, the public/private King County arts and heritage agency.
With so many dramatic changes in our neighborhood, I guess we need big and shiny white directional signals to help us find our way. There are bright new street markings at the corners of West McGraw Street, Third Avenue West and West McGraw Place, locally known as 5-Corners, and the site of the last small and fine hardware store. The signs indicate from which lanes to make right and left turns and which lane allows you to proceed straight ahead. I had always thought all of this wayfinding at that intersection was self-evident? For me it feels as though some wise person had been instructed, from afar, to tell us dummies how we need to drive and position ourselves within our community. Stopping by, late in February, at the Queen Anne Office Supply store, my heart broke and memories flooded in. The shelves, once brimming with myriad selections, were now bare.
As a teenager I grew to hate proverbs and maxims. You know, like the Golden Rule: Do unto others the way you would have them do unto you. The reason for my unreasonable animosity toward the wisdom of the ages was manifold. I had two grandmothers and a mother and father who lived within proverbs.From an early age, when my overburdened and underpaid immigrant father came home tired from work, and occasionally shouted in our direction, "Children should be seen and not heard," to the times the adults surrounding me responded to my request for a measly two bits with, "A penny saved is a penny earned," it all seemed like prepackaged triteness conceived to frustrate my desire to enjoy my little life.
There's no easy way to say goodbye to a loved one, but we will all face that reality at least once in our lives. My phone call came on a Wednesday afternoon. It wasn't unexpected; my older brother, Bob, was diagnosed with lung cancer last fall, the doctors stating it was terminal. The only question now was how much time he had left; they thought they could buy him time with radiation, but decided they couldn't.
The three amigas State Rep. Helen Sommers, 36th District Democrat and Magnolia resident, holds a stuffed tiger on the last day of the session, when she retired after 36 years in the legislature. Standing with her are fellow 36th District politicians, Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson (at left) and Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles. Seattle to create task force on public campaign financing The Seattle City Council and Mayor Greg Nickels announced a plan to appoint a joint task force to begin work as soon as possible on developing proposals for public financing of campaigns. Gov. Christine Gregoire signed Senate Bill 5278 today, which gives cities the option to establish public financing of political campaigns. Cirque du Soleil returns to Marymoor King County welcomes Cirque du Soleil back to Marymoor Park for their run of Corteo, beginning April 24. Cirque du Soleil brought "Varekai" to King Countys Marymoor Park in May 2006. With it came $550,000 in gross revenue to help support the maintenance and operations of King County Parks, and millions of dollars in economic gains for the greater community.
The Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce held its awards dinner at the Canlis Restaurant this year on March 11, and the Queen Anne & Magnolia News landed the organization's Presidents Award. Also lauded with a Heritage Award was the Queen Anne Historical Society. Accepting the award was past president Isabel Eglin, who said the society felt honored by the chamber's recognition. "We try really hard to keep the past and the present connected," she added.