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A 'wow' of a week in Denver

It was truly an honor for us to represent the 36th Legislative District as Obama Delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Spending the week with Democrats from across the country was incredibly exciting as well as intense. We went to the convention absolutely committed to Sen. Obama and his message of change, and left even more inspired and convinced of the importance of winning this election. What follow are some of our observations and experiences.

How to totally obliterate a nice park walk

Wilken's Watch

At least once a week, two of my oldest Seattle friends - I met them both at a 1992 lower Queen Anne party to announce the engagement of Olga Sanchez, a pretty actress who worked here for years before moving to Portland - and I take a walk around Green Lake.

A jail coming to a site near you - or not

Seattle bureaucrats are in the process of determining where those jailed for misdemeanors will be serving time. Currently the city's inmates are in the county jail under a city - county contract. The county's felon population is growing so it is running out of room to house prisoners from other jurisdictions. Seattle and other cities within King County boundaries received notice that they will have to make other arrangements by at least 2012, although there could be an extension.

Windermere Northgate

Windermere Real Estate Company 301 NE 100th St, Suite #200 Seattle, WA 98125 Phone: 206-526-5544 Fax: 206-526-7613 Email: northgt@windermere.com Website: www.windermere.com

Sure answers?

Warmer days draw us out to linger and savor our summer memories, but it is now time for the back-to-school days and dammit where was our summer heat this year?

McClure water pipes replaced

All of the water lines were replaced this summer at McClure Middle School as part of the Seattle School District's efforts to eliminate lead contamination in the schools' drinking fountains.

PARK ON: Palin

en after the Republican National Convention ended, the spotlight on Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, continues to shine. The former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, spoke at the RNC on Wednesday night to nearly 37 million viewers as she accepted the Republican nomination as vice president. Much of the news about Governor Palin stems from her 17-year-old unmarried daughter, Bristol Palin, who is five months pregnant.

PARK ON: Governor's race

Summer was an exciting time! With the Beijing Olympics, John Edwards' affair, Republican John McCain's political ad, which compares Paris Hilton and Britney Spears to Barack Obama, how can Americans keep up? Of course the international and national hoopla saturates much of the media, Washington State has its own excitement.

PARK ON: Political Finger Pointing

Though the national political landscape has overshadowed much of the local media, the focus on Washington's primaries has emerged as, what Seattle P-I Reporter, Chris McGann called, "The two big rematches in the November general election," and how it, "could once again hinge on razor-thin margins for the deciding vote, primary results indicated Tuesday."

Oh for the wonders of gold

Gold has been very much in the news lately, taking me back to my time in the jewelry and antique trade to the world of penny weights and troy ounces, tiny delicate scales and acid testing, to the care, feeding and appreciation of that wonderful metal, gold. This was recently further brought to mind by the British Antique Roadshow on PBS where a farmer had found in his garden, a bright yellow braided ring looking like

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Fort Lawton plan near final stage

Local officials ready to take plan to Federal level

The city decision on what to recommend be done with surplus Fort Lawton property is coming down to the wire after two years of stops and starts and objections that have almost become mechanical.

Balky siren at armory repaired

Queen Anne resident Karen Fleming woke up at 4 a.m. Aug. 21 to the piercing sound of a siren going off and called 911 to complain. Police explained that the siren was located in the National Guard Armory in Interbay, she said.

September at the Seaside

"Oh I do like to be beside the seaside. Oh I do like to be beside the sea. I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom, where the brass bands play tiddly-om-pom-pom," so goes the old musical hall song.

George William Waterbury

Navy man, salesman, family man

George William Waterbury, 81, a resident of The Dalles, Ore., passed away at a local care facility on Tuesday, Sept. 16.