Questions or comments about the following applications or actions should be directed to the Regulatory Services Division, Washington State Liquor Control Board, 3000 Pacific Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 43098, Olympia, WA 98504-3098, or call (360) 664-1600. LICENSE DISCONTINUANCESSMOKIN' DICK'S BBQ: a restaurant selling beer and wine and a taproom selling beer, at 4743 University Way N.E.CAMPUS FOOD MART: a grocery store selling beer and wine, at 4224 University Way N.E.MR. VILLA MEXICAN RESTAURANT: a restaurant lounge selling spirits, beer and wine, at 8064 Lake City Way N.E.DOLLAR MAX: a grocery store selling restricted fortified wine, at 12528 Lake City Way N.E.STERLING CAFÉ: a restaurant selling beer and wine, at 2614 N.E. 55th St.BOTTLE ROCKET CAFÉ: a restaurant selling beer and wine, at 1605 N 45th St.LICENSE APPLICATIONSNORTHGATE ATHLETIC CLUB L.L.C. (AMIN JIWA, SALIMA JIWA, HAIDER PIRANI and MUSTAQ PIRANI): a restaurant selling beer and wine, at Seattle Athletic Club Northgate, 333 N.E. 97th St.CIRCUS CONTRAPTION: a nonprofit arts organization, at 3400 Phinney Ave. N.DOUGLAS McBRIDE GRAVES: change of location, for a domestic winery selling less than 250,000 liters, at Graves Cellars, 6310 Phinney Ave N. The business was previously at 7026 Fifth Ave. N.W.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described. STATUE THEFTThree men were videotaped stealing a fiberglass replica of the Statue of Liberty from a business in the 11000 block of Roosevelt Way Northeast around 3:10 a.m. on June 2.The tape shows two suspects unbolting the statue, which is more than 7 feet tall, and removing it from its base while the third suspect stood watch in the street.The business' locking gate was still locked in the video. The suspects entered and left by climbing a low fence.The statue is valued at $1,200, according to the police report.
■ Archbishop Alex J. Brunett (center) and Father William McKee (on right, in white) stand outside the doors of the remodeled and re-dedicated St. John the Evangelist Church, 121 N. 80th St., in Greenwood on April 13. Built in 1931, the church was renovated to reflect the current needs of the congregation. photo/Marguerite L. Young
■ Cathleen McCarthy (middle), a table hostess at the third-annual tea party at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 1805 N. 49th St., on May 3, talks with the other women at her table during the fund-raiser for St. Lawrence of Brindisi Parish in Limulunga, Zambia. photo/Susan Fried
Shame on the city official who ordered the destruction of such a large work of art ("City Paints Over Cherished Phinney Mural," May 23)! As a British Columbia art studio with a number of public art projects to our credit, we have become quite expert in murals. Our work has been widely covered by media, including at least one writer from a Seattle paper. There is absolutely no excuse for painting over a mural as has just happened. Volunteers can easily paint over the offending tags, and, if done quickly enough and regularly, the taggers will eventually give up. But there are top coatings for murals that makes them - depending on the texture of the wall - either graffitti-proof or graffitti-resistant, and city workers can remove most tags easily and quickly without damage to the art. I expect that the company that makes it might even be persuaded to donate a couple of gallons for your first coatings. The residual colour that may remain in the texture of the wall is almost invisible, and the area can be recoated with paint and top coat once a year to maintain the freshness. We don't understand why the maintenance department of a city the size of yours does not know about and use this product already. It is easy enough to find.C. Johnston Ice Bear Studio Cowichan, B.C., Canada
Can we end homelessness? According to Mike Buchman, communications manager for Solid Ground, "We can!" Unbeknownst to most of Fremont, this is why starting on the evening of Friday, June 20, our neighborhood becomes a business district under siege.
AWARD: Rep. Frank Chopp (D-43rd District) will receive Washington Public Campaigns' Public Leadership Award on June 21 at South Seattle Community College.Washington Public Campaigns is a volunteer organization advocating public funding for electoral campaigns.
■ Lake City's Natalie Dent rented a Lotus Elise convertible from Marvel Cars as a surprise birthday gift for her husband Graham's 30th birthday in March. The couple drove to Woodinville and cruised I-90 in the car. photo/Bradley Enghaus
What feeds a summer travel fantasy better than music? This thing we call "great music"- the artful harmony of the orchestra or of the chamber ensemble - can spirit us not only to places we might want to visit in person, but to times and places we had no idea we were looking for. In fact, isn't that the point of any travel? To discover a place - sometimes just a place within yourself - that you might not have known was even there? We introduce ourselves to the unfamiliar, then suddenly delight in a shiver of realization that we are, oddly, "home."
The contest may not have generated quite the heat or attention of the Clinton-Obama race, but last week an election with a decidedly more local connection came to a close. Following five months of work aimed at resurrecting the Capitol Hill Community Council, the nascent group held an election at the Capitol Hill Arts Center and selected its new officers.
The Space Needle, which hasn't received a professional cleaning since its 1962 World's Fair opening, is expected to be squeaky clean in five to eight weeks' time, assuming Seattle's weather cooperates.
GEORGETOWN - For the third year in a row the Georgetown Music Festival will engulf the historic, scrappy South End neighborhood in a barrage of bands from around the region, and the country. With a heavy emphasis on Pacific Northwest artists (even legendary punk-metal headliners Helmet, pictured at right, have roots in Medford, Oregon) ranging from pop to metal to hip-hop to soul-infused rock.
Along with vegetable gardens and flower beds, a crop of something else has been sprouting up this spring all over the Rainier Valley: Art. In parks, plazas and business districts everywhere, but especially along the light rail line, an array of sculptures, paintings, and mosaics has appeared like rhododendron flowers and plum tree blossoms, seemingly over night.
Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth.
The American Red Cross, City of Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, International Committee of the Red Cross and the Musée International de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge will present From Solferino to Guantanamo: 145 years of Red Cross Photography from June 11 - July 3.