The Uptown neighborhood has dealt with graffiti for years, but never anything like the 25-foot tag in red lettering that read "BTM" and "3AK" sprawled on the walls of Counterbalance Park.
Maria Luisa Clark, a longtime Magnolia resident, passed away after a long illness on Feb. 19, at home. Mrs. Clark was 81.
Blood Drive Queen Anne Boy Scout Troop 70 is sponsoring a Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 6 at the Queen Anne United Methodist Church at 1606 5th Ave. W. (next to the Queen Anne Library). To schedule an appointment, please visit www.psbc.org and select the "BSA Troop 70 - Queen Anne United Methodist Church" blood drive. If you have any questions or if you need assistance registering, please contact either Jim Grane at 206-282-6861 or Gail Hudson at 206-282-6385.
Ecology penalties total $198,250 in the fourth quarter of 2009 In the past three months, the Washington Department of Ecology issued $198,250 in penalties of $1,000 or more.Penalties are given in cases where non-compliance continues after the Department of Ecology has provided technical assistance or warnings, or for particularly serious violations. The department ensures compliance with laws written to protect Washington's air, land and water resources with both businesses and individuals.The most common accounts to receive penalties in the past three months included State Toxics Control, Oil Spill Prevention, Electronic Recyling and Underground Storage Tank. After a ruling with the Pollution Control Hearings Board, the final penalty amount will be determined.The penalty payment benefits four accounts at the Department of Ecology: environmental restoration and enhancement projects, research and development, permitting and regulatory programs, and education and assistance.
THEATREThe Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis' fantastical work springs to life in this electrifying regional premiere at the Taproot Theatre. One drizzly afternoon our author embarks on a supernatural voyage with a cast of eccentric, humorous characters that bear a remarkable resemblance to us. Theatrical, imaginative and thought provoking. It's a bus ride through heaven and hell that, in the grand C.S. Lewis tradition, leaves you breathless and wanting more. The Great Divorce runs Wednesdays through Saturdays through Feb. 27. Tickets are available through Taproot Theatre's box office at 206-781-9707. Directed by Scott Nolte. Shows are 7:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m., Saturday matinee.Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St. Ticket prices are $20-35. Ages 25 and under, $10. For more information visit www.taproottheatre.org.
Maybe once a year I read a quote that seems so appropriate to so much of life as we know it that I have to share it. Readers are luckier than closer friends here, because with the folks I see regularly I tend to paraphrase, a result of my diminishing ability to remember things.
"Stumbling" seems to be the most common word used to describe Mike McGinn's debut as Seattle mayor. According to various news reports, his State of the City speech, delivered to the City Council, was underwhelming.
Volunteering is not as difficult or time consuming as you might think. When you break it down into small pieces, it becomes manageable and it always feels great. At Pacific Publishing, there are employees who help the Queen Anne Helpline, Seattle Public Schools and give generously to Girl Scouts and women's shelters.
In 2007, 51 percent of Washington voters approved Tim Eyman's Initiative 960. The initiative has many provisions, but the provision that affects the Legislature the most is a requirement that all tax increases pass each chamber of the Legislature by a two-thirds vote. This is the same requirement to pass a constitutional amendment.
Is anyone else having trouble reading books? I have been struggling with it for five years. Ever since finishing graduate school my ease of reading really took a dive. I am pretty sure I acquired a form of PTSD back then after reading Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle. But whatever is going on, until now I have been in denial.
Club FightPolice responded to an assault call at 1:55 a.m. on Feb. 13 at a club located in the 300 block of Fifth Avenue North. When officers arrived they contacted the victim, who had small bumps on her forehead and a laceration to the right forefinger. When officers tried to question the victim, she said, "I got knocked the hell out."
Seattle Opera presents Verdi's Falstaff at McGraw Hall from February 27- March 13. When Arrigo Boito, who had so successfully collaborated with Verdi in writing ""Otello"," approached the aging composer with a comic libretto based on the two Shakespeare plays that involve the corpulent knight, Sir John Falstaff, ("The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Henry IV, Part I"), Verdi had not written a comedy in over half a century.
Bloody AssaultA woman was out with her friends when she became separated from them. She approached two strangers in the 200 block of Dexter Avenue North to ask them about her missing friends.
As part of routine cleanup of industrial sites, the Port of Seattle has started the process to clean up a former tank farm site at Terminal 91, where petroleum compounds along with reprocessed waste material have leaked over time and contaminated the soil and ground water.
With a projected budget deficit up to $7 billion in 2010, and $238 billion over the next decade, the United States Postal Service has been forced to make deep cuts, which will include selling the building that houses the post office in lower Queen Anne.