You've likely heard the old adage, "You can't live with them and you can't live without them." Typically applied by men toward women and vice versa, it describes the difficulties of cohabitation. Add insurance companies to that list. There is life insurance, healthcare insurance, home owners insurance, automobile insurance, personal liability insurance, business insurance and credit insurance, just to name a few. You likely have one or more of these.
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. Thursday, April 17 Breakfast: Egg-and-cheese burrito with or without salsa. Lunch: Soft taco with seasoned beef, beans, cheddar cheese, lettuce and salsa; Bean-and-cheese burrito with or without salsa; or Mini-bagel Munchable. Friday, April 18 Breakfast: Lightly iced cinnamon roll and cheddar cheese square. Lunch: Breaded-fish sandwich on multigrain roll, Cheese-stuffed pasta shells with marinara sauce or Yogurt and bagel Munchable.
I'm writing this from Cincinnati, once, in the 1890s, the sixth largest city in the United States. Winston Churchill, on a tour of the United States 85 years ago, called the place "The Queen City." Winnie might not have thought much of Seattle way back then -- we were provincial outback, not regional anchor and former Most Livable. Comparing Cincinnati and Seattle helps me realize that The Emerald City isn't so bad after all. Cities, like people, have growth spurts, fallow periods, peaks and declines. Cities are different.
❚ In the April 2 issue, the editorial "Helicopter Noise Over Neighborhoods Doesn't Fly," stated that one of the two news helicopters was piloted by KOMO-AM 1000's Paul Tosch. Tosch does not fly a helicopter but a fixed-wing aircraft (see Letters to the Editor above). ❚ People who appeared in the front-page photo in the April 9 edition of the paper were misidentified. The last name of the director of the Department of Neighborhoods is Chao. And the man standing with her next to a tree planted during the Clean and Green Seattle work party in Interbay is Ray Bartel, pastor of the Quest Church. ❚ In the April 9 story about the Counterbalance Park: An Urban Oasis we omitted in error the additional $100,000 in project funding that was included in the 2007-2009 biennial capital budget, as a result of the efforts of state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-Queen Anne). To report a correction, please contact us at qamagnews@nwlink.com or call 206-461-1310
Thank you for the article on the helicopters. The KIRO [710 AM] helicopter used to hover over my house at 6 a.m. even though they could go down the street and hover over the Northgate Mall, where no one would be disturbed. They haven't done it in a while so maybe my e-mail to them helped. - John D'Antoni Northgate
I totally agree with your opinion on making news out of nothing in your editorial about helicopter noise. I listen to KOMO [AM 1000] every morning for news and traffic info before I head out of the house on my short commute to work. However, I feel that you owe (KOMO traffic reporter) Paul Tosch an apology. Personally, I'm disappointed that he sometimes doesn't report what is going on concerning traffic issues about the [Alaskan Way] Viaduct. This is my commute every day. However, if there was a helicopter with its "window-rattling rotors" that disrupted the huffing joggers and birdsongs...ouch! You should have done a little research. Paul flies an airplane so it wasn't him that caused the problem. - Dan Allen Greenwoodd
I need to request a retraction in the next publication (regarding the editorial "Helicopter Noise Over Neighborhoods Doesn't Fly," April 5). Paul Tosch flies in a fixed-winged Cessna airplane. Perhaps you are confusing him with the reporter in the 710 [AM] KIRO helicopter? Or perhaps it was the KING-5 News traffic reporter helicopter. Those are the only two I am aware of regularly flying during the morning commute. As the editor of a news publication, I would have at least expected a fact-checking phone call before seeing something like this in print. - Dennis KellyAM Group Program DirectorKOMO 1000 News
I need to request a retraction in the next publication (regarding the editorial "Helicopter Noise Over Neighborhoods Doesn't Fly," April 5). Paul Tosch flies in a fixed-winged Cessna airplane. Perhaps you are confusing him with the reporter in the 710 [AM] KIRO helicopter? Or perhaps it was the KING-5 News traffic reporter helicopter. Those are the only two I am aware of regularly flying during the morning commute. As the editor of a news publication, I would have at least expected a fact-checking phone call before seeing something like this in print. - Dennis KellyAM Group Program DirectorKOMO 1000 News
Having lived in "Outer Magnolia," "Menopause Manor" or "Mayberry," otherwise known as the quiet sedate community of Magnolia since 1966, I feel a strong impetus to try and help preserve our small town way of life. Regarding the proposed development of the forested site at 2200 32nd Ave. W., and its rezoning to accommodate 10 townhomes and 18 underground garages, I prefer the proposed alternative of a pocket park for all to enjoy. Such a pocket park would preserve the mini-forest, conserving seven giant sequoia trees, our best allies in working off global warming. Through the mystery of photosynthesis, these silent giants continually convert CO2 emissions from the Bartell parking lot next door to oxygen for all of us to breathe. Where are Metro's sewer plant mitigation funds?
Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking and finalist for the National Book Award, will receive the fifth annual Denise Levertov Award and give a reading at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 22, at St. James Cathedral Place Hall 3307 Third Ave. W. 206-281-2988 www.imagejournal.org. Image journal, with the assistance of the department of English and the MFA program in Creative Writing at Seattle Pacific University, established the Levertov Award to honor one of the 20th Century's greatest poets. Levertov, who spent her last years in Seattle, embraced the landscape and culture of the Pacific Northwest.
Much will be familiar to local theatergoers attending "The Highest Tide," Book-It's final production of the season. The production is based on a novel by Jim Lynch who grew up around Seattle, graduated from the University of Washington and now lives in Olympia. It stars Queen Anne resident Kellen Larson and features Magnolia resident John Patrick Lowrie. What's more, the Nisqually earthquake adds to its drama, and the Puget Sound itself plays a significant role in the storyline. "The Highest Tide" April 18 to May 10, with a preview tomorrow.Book-It Repertory TheatreCenter House Theatre305 Harrison St.Tickets: 206 216-0833 or online at www.book-it.org.
"The Cure at Troy" really doesn't cure anything. Except maybe insomnia. For noted director Tina Landau, the idea was to modernize Greek drama for contemporary audiences. Landau makes a gallant effort, but engages the audience only sporadically. Though Heaney's poetic prose lasts only 90-minutes, it takes 30 minutes to get into it.
Two new things happened, or more precisely didn't happen, During the keynote for the seventh annual Pop Conference at Experience Music Project. Robert Christgau, the dean of American Rock Critics, had absolutely nothing to say-though you could hear him laughing amid the crowd at several critical areas. Also, nobody threatened, directly or otherwise, to eviscerate anybody else. No ideological schisms manifested as harsh words, nobody nervously stammered or equally nervous
PNB star also has a nose for perfume making For Jordan Pacitti, the lemon was a broken foot last spring, just before he was scheduled to dance a major part. The lemonade became a trip to France to study the mixing of perfumes with a professional "nose." Obviously not one to rest on his crutches, Pacitti came roaring back this season with Pacific Northwest Ballet to dance a number of featured roles, including Puck in the current production of "Midsummer Night's Dream."
Center School students film and blog four-day Dalai Lama visit The classroom was strewn with pizza boxes, donut containers and the occasional bottle of Jones Soda. The students in the Center School's Film 3 class were getting a crash course in broadcast news reporting last weekend during the Dalai Lama's whirlwind "Seeds of Compassion" tour that brought thousands out to the University of Washington, KeyArena and Quest Field.