n three years, the average price for regular gasoline in Seattle has gone from $1.26 a gallon to $2.54 per gallon. That's a 100-percent increase, or in inflationary terms, 33 percent per year.It sort of feels like living in Argentina, or other South American countries where inflation lives in double digits much of the time.This increase is not news to any of us who drive a car. We've felt the impact in our wallets, big time. What's going on, and where will this all end? There's no shortage of accusations being thrown around, from the oil companies gouging the public to OPEC holding us hostage. My guess is that there's an element of truth in many of the rumors, but the answer is more complex than that.
Community Radio Station KBCS 91.3 FM will host two public forums with candidates for Seattle City Council at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), 2700 24th Ave. E., on Tuesday, Aug. 30, and Wednesday, Aug. 31.Broadcast live each evening starting at 6 p.m. on KBCS 91.3 FM, the free public forums will feature panelists from such publications as Colors NW, Real Change News, The International Examiner and Seattle Weekly.
There was a beautiful moment on television last week. It happened on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," on the Comedy Central cable channel, and it was a reaction to another recent TV moment. Several days earlier, on the CNN public affairs program "Inside Politics," veteran right-tilting columnist Robert Novak had broken off from the badinage typical of such shows, snarled "I hate this bull--," removed his neck mic and stalked off the set. Maybe he'd had his fill of his fellow guest, Democratic-activist adversary James Carville. Or maybe knew where the discussion was about to turn: toward his own increasingly embattled situation as simultaneously shadowy and glaringly public participant in "Plamegate," the ongoing scandal born of the outing of a CIA agent by friends and operatives of the Bush administration.
Twenty-seven countries currently allow the cultivation of industrial hemp, which has no psychoactive ingredients. The countries include the United States, which granted a permit in 1999 to grow a quarter-acre experimental plot in Hawaii.Hemp provides the world's largest, strongest and most durable fiber known. Hemp does not require the use of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides, and it has been used to make clothing.Hemp seeds can be used to create flour and cooking oil.Hemp produces four times more paper per acre than trees, and it reduces the need for processing with chemicals such as dioxin by 80 percent.
For 20 years Casey Corr worked as a civically minded journalist covering issues such as education, taxes and public policy, often giving a voice to people largely ignored by city government. Ending his tenure as a journalist in late 2000 during the strike at The Seattle Times, Corr took a position with Mayor Greg Nickels, as the director of mayoral communications. Realizing his own long-term goal, however, Corr set out in early January to step into the political arena himself. He declared his candidacy for Seattle City Council against seven-year incumbent Richard Conlin, despite the criticism of some about his ties to Nickels and his policies.
t's 6:30 on a Monday morning at the Laurelhurst Playing Field, and members of the Laurelhurst Running Club are starting their day with a workout. The temperature is mild, and flickers of sunlight settle on the grass and the nearby playground equipment. Club founder Kristy Petersen stretches her legs near the edge of the roundabout by the Laurelhurst Community Center, where members meet three times a week before starting their runs. "It's amazing what a group of people can do and the motivation they bring to each other," said Petersen, 35, a Laurelhurst resident. >And motivation is what Seattle's newest running club is all about. Petersen, co-owner of a local modeling agency, said she started the club because she finds it easier to run with others.
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I'd like to think I know all about Fremont and the people here - then someone actually asks me a question and I have to face reality. Recently, I came across three mysteries that left me stumped, and I thought I'd see if I you'd answer them for me.
Dat Nguyen, senior:I am. I'm looking forward to graduating this year and meeting new friends.
Dat Nguyen, seniorI am. I'm looking forward to graduating this year and meeting new friends.Zechariah Brown, second-graderNo, I don't like school because it's too long. I want to stay home and play with all my toys.
Well, it is that time of year again. The kids, at least the ones over 5, are going back to school. But there are still the little ones to entertain. And there is the weekend for those tired older scholars who need entertaining.But have no fear.You live in a major city that doubles as an area that features lots of things to do for parents and kids who want to, or must, hang ou together.And not everything costs money.
On Dec. 18, 2001, Congress designated Sept. 11 as Patriot Day, a day that citizens are urged to commemorate by attending "appropriate ceremonies and activities." I believe that public libraries - one of the largest, most distributed and most democratic institutions in the United States - can serve as ideal hosts for such events. As such, the Green Lake Branch will host several programs in September that focus on the First Amendment.
Last May, the Phinney-Greenwood community welcomed a new neighbor: the Eclectic Gallery of Fine Art. Located just east of Greenwood Avenue North at 307 N. 73rd St., it's the second gallery to make its home in the area.Offering "quality artwork by professional artists at modest prices," the gallery stays true to its name as proprietor Reiner Peery offers a mixture of artwork by both local and international artists.
Like homemade muffins? How about good conversation? The Tallmadge Hamilton House, a senior activity center in the University District, recently started a Muffins and Conversation series that takes place Thursdays at 10 a.m."We have an intergenerational program on Thursday mornings as a general rule, but the children are not in school at this time," explained Barbara Clarke, Hamilton House director. Each conversation in the series will focus on a specific topic and will feature a guest speaker.
Sam Colacurcio sells oriental lillies on Broadway on Thursday, Aug. 18. Colacurcio has been selling the flowers on the Hill for the past eight years.Photo/Bradley Enghaus