It might be two years from now or next season, but barring an unlikely buy-back scenario involving Steve Balmer and friends, most would agree that the Seattle Supersonics are out of here.So where does that leave KeyArena, a citywide and regional attraction that draws in 1.2 million visitors a year? According to city officials and others involved in the issue, it will be in remarkably good shape.
DUE TO the writer/editor's inability to distinguish between the letters D and T, the name of the Tweedy & Popp Ace Hardware store was misspelled in the June 13 story "Parking-Lot Dispute Stalls Two Wallingford Businesses." It has been corrected on-line.THE PHOTOS of 36th District candidates John Burbank and Reuven Carlyle (above) were switched for the story "Two Dems, One Republican Vie for 36th District Seat," which appeared in the Friday, June 20. They appear correctly on-line.THE CAPTION for the photo accompanying the story "Community Kitchen Brings Residents Together" in last week's issue incorrectly stated that volunteers Esther Dean and Fannie Jin were preparing lunch at the Greenwood Community Center. They are at the Greenwood Senior Center. This also is correct on-line.
"Many families go through this," Michael Kleven admitted about his having to let go of the family home that has sheltered and seen six generations through 80 years. On display at the Fremont Branch of the Seattle Public Library is "Closing the Drawers," a collection of images Michael and his mother, Sandy Kleven, put together "for saying goodbye to the house."
Summer is officially here, and with the weather cooperating, people will be out and about enjoying the sun. What better time to join them and get to know the neighbors next door, down the street and in the next neighborhood over.While you don't need to invite each other over for family cookouts or celebrate holidays with one another, little acts of kindness go a long way to mending those neighborly fences.
The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development. Written comments on projects should be mailed to 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.Appeals are made to the Office of the Hearing Examiner, Seattle Municipal Tower, 40th Floor (SMT-40-00), 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 4000, Seattle, WA 98104. Appeals must be accompanied by a $50 filing fee in a check payable to the City of Seattle.The project number is in parentheses. For more information, call 684-8467.DESIGN REVIEWS902 N. 72ND ST. (3009271) of a three-story, three-unit townhouse structure with parking for three vehicles located below grade. Existing multi-family structure to be demolished. This proposal has been submitted voluntarily for Administrative Design Review in exchange for departures from the following development standards: Front Setback (Linden Ave.), Reverse Corner Lot Setback, Side Setbacks, Lot Coverage, Screening and Landscaping, Open Space Requirements, Modulation: Side Corner Lot (72nd St.), Curb Cut, Sight Triangles, Driveway Crest and Sag and Stairs in Setbacks.The DPD director will accept written comments regarding important site planning and design issues to assist in the preparation of the early design guidance through Wednesday, July 2. For more information, call DPD land-use planner Catherine McCoy, at 684-0532. To become a party of record, mail comments to the land-use planner (include project number): Department of Planning and Development; 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, P.O. Box 34019; Seattle, WA 98124-4019, or send fax to 233-7901.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described. PLAYGROUND FIGHTA girl called police "in a panic" at 11:55 p.m. on June 14 to report that 10 to 20 people were attacking her friends in the playground area in the 10700 block of 30th Avenue Northeast. The girl said she ran away when the attack started, but she could still hear screaming.Police arrived within three minutes and contacted one teenage boy who was holding his stomach; he declined medical attention.The boy said he and his friends had confronted another group earlier that evening, but they parted ways without fighting. The boy and his friends returned to the playground later and were immediately surrounded by 10 to 20 people. The girls, scared, ran off, while the boys fought.The boy said he was kicked in the stomach once and hit in the head several times. He ran from the group and tried to flag down drivers on 35th Avenue Northeast.He said he would be able to identify the main suspect, a man in his 20s, if he saw him again.Officers located the boy's friend, who had a cut lip; he also declined medical help.Police searched the area, but they couldn't locate the suspects. However, the boy called police about 10 minutes later, saying that the suspect had followed him to the 11000 block of 35th Avenue Northeast and tried to attack him again.Police tried to trace the suspect's license-plate number, but it didn't match the suspect's car.
■ About 30 art cars, in town for last weekend's Fremont Fair and Solstice Parade, make their way through the Washington Park Arboretum toward the University District, Green Lake and, finally, Fremont on Sunday, June 22. photo/Bradley Enghaus
Wallingford resident Chris Mulally dreamed of making music his career. While he is not signed to a major record label and hasn't sold out Madison Square Garden, Mulally is living the dream by playing and producing music with his band (also called Mulally) and by distributing the music of his and other local bands on the record label he built from the ground up.
The 8.0-magnitude earthquake that hit China on May 12 killed nearly 70,000 people to date. It caused severe damage to the province of Sichuan, also home to the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve. Recovery efforts are ongoing for more than 18,000 people still buried under the debris. Many people are also concerned about the status of the giant pandas. Currently, only about 1,600 pandas are left in the world.Wallingford artist Richard Heisler was quick to help. On May 31, he put one of his photorealistic paintings on eBay for auction to benefit Pandas International, a nonprofit organization that works closely with the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve to preserve the endangered species. It's a painting of a drive-in liquor-store road sign on Route 66.
■ ­Chico Eagle Bear dishes out his award-winning chili at Chili Palooza on Sunday, June 22, at the Haller Lake Community Club, 12579 Densmore Ave. N. His Ahh-Ahh-Ooh-Ahh chili has been the People's Choice winner two years in a row. photo/Bradley Enghaus
CLOSING: Bonnie River, 4410 Wallingford Ave. N., is closing at the end of July. The store has already started its closing sale.
It might be two years from now or next season, but barring an unlikely buy-back scenario involving Steve Balmer and friends, most would agree that the Seattle Supersonics are out of here.So where does that leave KeyArena, a citywide and regional attraction that draws in 1.2 million visitors a year? According to city officials and others involved in the issue, it will be in remarkably good shape.
Seattle's Pride parade takes place on Sunday, June 29, but this year there will be none of the traditional "no parking" barricades along Broadway. There won't be scores of raucous, cheering people lining the sidewalk, no vendors working the crowd and no rally in Volunteer Park. For the third straight year, the Pride parade will march along Fourth Avenue downtown, and it's not likely to return to the Hill in the near future. But unlike the last two years when the Hill was still home to the smaller, local Queerfest event, this year's Pride lacks virtually any Capitol Hill presence.
At one point, conversation at last week's Capitol Hill Community Council meeting became so heated a man stormed out.Fortunately for the process, that moment proved to be an exception.
About 400,000 spectators turned out downtown on Sunday, June 29, for the annual Gay Pride Parade held for the third time in downtown Seattle rather than its traditional home on Capitol Hill, which, according to some estimates, was roughly 170,000 more than attended last year's parade. Participants included the Leather and Fetish Pride Contingent, the Rainbow City Band, the Rat City Rollergirls and King County Executive Ron Sims.