Surrounded by family Muriel Annette Trotter, beloved mother, aunt and grandmother passed away peacefully on May 31, 2008, in Seattle.
Surrounded by family Muriel Annette Trotter, beloved mother, aunt and grandmother passed away peacefully on May 31, 2008, in Seattle.
Ruth Victoria Mortenson age 97, died Tuesday May 27 at her home in Magnolia from causes incident to age.
ESTEEMED BIOGRAPHER PAYS VISIT TO SEATTLE Several Queen Anne and Magnolia residents joined a group of enthusiastic Churchillians a couple of weeks ago to attend the first meeting of the Seattle Churchill Center's meetings inaugurated last November by the Honorable Celia Sandys (See my November 2007 column in the Queen Anne News). The Seattle chapter is an affiliate of the National Churchill Centre, headquartered in Washington D.C.
The idea for the paper came up as an inside joke at grad school that she was going to run away and join the circus.
One of my oldest friends was over last night and after a loosening glass of wine or two, she started running down her problems with a current squeeze. "Lots of whining," she concluded her litany.
The May 28 QA News introduced two Democrats hoping to replace Rep. Helen Sommers for the 36th District Legislative seat. It seems that these candidates, Reuven Carlyle and John Burbank, are both very eager to levy new taxes. Both are in favor of a state income tax. Recently, Burbank has gone so far as to advocate the ill-fated "latte tax."
The May 28 QA News introduced two Democrats hoping to replace Rep. Helen Sommers for the 36th District Legislative seat. It seems that these candidates, Reuven Carlyle and John Burbank, are both very eager to levy new taxes. Both are in favor of a state income tax. Recently, Burbank has gone so far as to advocate the ill-fated "latte tax."
Talk about an uphill battle. A Republican running for a seat in the Washington state House of Representatives from the 43rd District faces pretty daunting odds. Should such a person choose, for instance, to run against incumbent Frank Chopp, he or she would know that Chopp won reelection in 2004 and 2006, with 85 and 90 percent of the vote, respectively. That person would also know that Chopp is the speaker of the House.Kim Verde knows the odds, but she threw her hat into the ring anyway.
Seattle Department of Transportation crews painted the first of Seattle green bike lanes on the northwest corner of the intersection at East Green Lake Way North and North 50th Street, to the left of the right-turn lane where motorists might not expect to see bicyclists. Another green lane was installed at the south end of the Fremont Bridge, at Fremont Avenue North and North Florentia Street.The green bike lanes are put into existing bike lanes to raise motorist awareness of bicyclists at points where their paths cross. The city plans to install the lanes at nearly a dozen locations over the next three years.
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will have a neighborhood meeting on Thursday, June 19, to discuss the proposed installation of a new Residential Parking Zone (RPZ) in the North Green Lake neighborhood.The city uses RPZs to ease parking congestion in residential neighborhoods by discouraging long-term parking by nonresidents.The proposed RPZ boundaries are Densmore to Meridian avenues North and North 80th to 85th streets.During the meeting, the SDOT will share results of its recent parking study. Also, residents and business representatives will organize to help design the zone to meet the needs of the community's parking needs.For more information about RPZs, go to www.seattle.gov/transportation.rpzprogram.
For a while this spring, talk around the Wallingford business district swirled around a police incident in a commercial parking lot in the 1900 block of North 45th Street. The incident didn't involve shoplifters or car prowls, but a dispute between two local businesses over parking spaces.
The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development. PUBLIC HEARINGS1050 N.E. 50TH ST. (3007757) on the DPD director's recommendation to approve the Council Concept Approval application described as a Council Land Use Action to allow an addition to an existing fire station (No. 17) with outdoor training area and surface parking for 13 vehicles. Project includes grading. Three existing residential structures to be demolished.The Council Concept Approval and Modification of Development Standards would approve a city facility not fully meeting development standards. The application includes requests to modify the following development standards: structure height, curb cuts, side (alley) setback, structure width.Copies of the Director's Report and Recommendation and the Council Concept Approval application materials are available at the DPD Public Resource Center, 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000. Questions may be directed to DPD land-use planner Jess Harris, at 684-7744.A public hearing on the director's recommendation will take place June 25 no earlier than 9:30 a.m. (committee meeting begins at 9:30 a.m.) before the City Council's Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee in City Hall (located on Fifth Ave. between James and Cherry sts.) For those who wish to testify, a sign-up sheet will be available outside the council chamber at 9 a.m. Questions may be directed to LaTonya Brown at 684-8802 or latonya.brown@seattle.gov. Written comments should be received by 9 a.m. on June 25 at Seattle City Councilmember Sally J. Clark, Legislative Department, 600 Fourth Ave., Floor 2, P.O. Box 34025, Seattle, WA 98124-4025.The DPD director has determined that the proposal will not have a significant adverse environmental impact and has issued a Declaration of Non-Significance (no Environmental Impact Statement required). The director recommends conditions to mitigate environmental impacts in the DPD director's recommendation to City Council.
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. MONDAY, JUNE 16Breakfast: Hot or cold cereal.Lunch: Turkey ham-and-American cheese wrap with or without shredded lettuce or Chef's choice.TUESDAY, JUNE 17 (last day of school)Breakfast: Hot or cold cereal.Lunch: Chef's choice or Toasted cheese sandwich.
■ Molly Moon Neitzel and her dog, Parker Posey (who is featured on the store's logo), welcomes customers in front of Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream store, 1622 1/2 N. 45th St., on May 10. People were lined up around the block to get a taste on opening day. Molly Moon's will introduce a new summer flavor, Creamsicle, on Tuesday, June 17, the last day of school for Seattle Public Schools. photo/Bradley Enghaus