With this year's expiration of the voter-approved Pro Parks Levy of 2000, Seattle faces the question of how to provide for its parks in the coming years. During its 8-year lifespan, the $198 million Pro Parks levy funded acquisition of 42 acres of open space for parks, and 70 park development projects.
The following incident records from the Seattle Police Department's South Precinct present the officer's accounts: An officer stopped a green, four-door Honda Civic for speeding in the 7600 block of Rainier Ave. S. While speaking with the 21-year-old male driver, the officer noticed a faint odor of marijuana, ordered the suspect from the car and then told him he was under arrest for possession of marijuana.
Do you know how many teenagers die every year in car crashes? Haven't your parents reluctantly told you those stories of high school buddies who perish, or get seriously hurt in car wrecks?
For Kelly Kong and Alyshia Mims, Franklin High School seniors and best friends since the sixth grade, going to college was not in their plans. Both said they felt like they didn't have the confidence or skills needed to succeed in college, but thanks to a 5-foot, 120-pound robot, that has since changed.
Beyond the window of Kwik Cup Espresso Shop, a curtain of rain formed the backdrop for a markedly contrasting slide show. A digital photo viewer on the counter in front of the window flashed scenes of sun-baked dirt streets, concrete block walls, pale blue skies and smiling, barefoot children.
What do a bunch of poor white kids sliding down a grassy hill in a refrigerator box "spaceship" have in common with a group of young black men playing cards in their clubhouse while Duke Ellington plays on the jukebox?
The rain, hail and snow finally stopped long enough for Rainier Little Leaguers to ask, "What's that strange yellow orb in the sky?" before turning their attention to another week of South Seattle baseball action. Highlights from selected games for the week follow:
I was thrilled when a friend surprised me with a handful of tickets to the Friday, April 11, event at Key Arena, "From Knowledge to Compassion Action: What We All Can Do." Like many of the discussions with Tibet's leader the Dalai Lama over the course of the five-day Seeds of Compassion event, the theme was about putting compassion into action. Walking the talk.
Yay for Mike Davis for telling Sonics owner Clay Bennett and the rest of the Okie rich-nicks not to let the door hit them on the way out ["The Sonics' move: just business," April 23 BHN&SDJ].
Geov Parrish's column on April 9 ["Beijing is the problem - not Tibet," BHN&SDJ] is uninformed, disorganized, and does a great disservice to understanding Tibet and China.
On April 13 a group of Latino leaders met with the Dalai Lama to discuss the immigration crisis in the United States. The following letter, drafted by Roberto Maestas and the leadership of Beacon Hill's El Centro de la Raza, was given to him in the hopes that international support and attention would be gained.
An attempt to do well by doing good in a parking lot at Seattle Pacific University didn't work out too well last month for Jason Purcell and Recycle Engage Neutralize Electronic Waste (RENEW), a for-profit company he recently founded.People were able to drop off electronics equipment to be recycled for free, and the response was overwhelming, filling the football-sized parking lot four to eight feet high with e-waste, said Purcell, a 2002 SPU grad and an adjunct faculty member at the school.
The following incident records from the Seattle Police Department's South Precinct present the officer's accounts: A Seattle City Light employee called police after finding a small 3-year-old boy playing in the street in front of a South Benefit Street house. The worker was there to issue notice that the power was going to be turned off in 24 hours.
Washington Audubon partners with city to provide premium environmental education to area youth and families at remodeled Seward Park Annex
On Wednesday, April 30, South End residents celebrated the first farmers market of the season in Columbia City.