God, if He or She exists, is an ironist. And maybe, I fear after 30 years as a reporter, an occasional sadist. The irony is implicit in our daily lives. How many times have I, in just three years, told a playing partner after a good golf shot how good I'm getting, and then within seconds lost a ball to the train tracks below Interbay's sixth and seventh holes?It's the same with column writing. Just two weeks after I gave the Seattle Police Department an attaboy for their relative efficiency (compared to the Cincinnati Police Department), all hell breaks loose.
Had it been a movie, it would have been billed as the awkward return of a wayward son. Ken Griffey Jr.'s return to Seattle nearly eight years after being traded provided a sense of drama, certainly, but also a sense of closure. What might have been a hostile occasion marked by an endless chorus of boos a la Alex Rodriguez instead evolved into an unrelenting love fest. <br
The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development. The project number is in parentheses. For more information, call 684-8467. 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 Friends of Northeast Queen Anne Parks were awarded a Small and Simple Matching Fund Grant for their Greenbelt-Trails and Restoration Plan Project, which connects Trolley Hill and Maclean parks. Debra Sexton and Julie Pearl accepted the planning and design award at a recent ceremony at Beacon Hill Elementary School. It was one of more than 40 grants given and one of five submitted to the Department of Neighborhoods for planning and design.
The producers of the Lesbian & Gay Film Festival present a variety of queer film events with the Three Dollar Bill Cinema summer series. This summer, moviegoers can look forward to a number of events including a Buffy the Vampire Slayer sing-a-long on Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30, the Egyptian Theatre, the Seattle Black Pride Film Festival at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center on July 21 and 22, the second annual Karaoke Challenge on July 31 at the Northwest Film Forum, "Features from the Black Lagoon" on Aug. 11, 18 and 26 at Cal Anderson Park and Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival on Aug. 31 through Sept. 3. Artist submissions are due by Saturday, June 30, via e-mail to Adam Sekuler at adams@nwfilmforum.org.
There seems to be a lot going on at the Frye Art Museum these days. The 25-year retrospective of David C. Kane entitled "Fiat Mambo" and the exhibit "Anxious Objects: Willie Cole's Favorite Brands" are visual feasts which both delight and enlighten a wide range of viewers. A lesser-known activity of the Frye is its art education program. It is through outreach that all museums try and snag the next generation of potential visitors, and at the Frye they are trying harder to attract the attention of the most technology literate generation the planet has ever seen: teenagers.
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, unless otherwise noted, 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.
Why do you want to move? Are you getting married, ready to start a family, plant your own garden?  Do you feel you've finally "arrived" at your company?  Maybe a raise, or a bonus, or a baby on the way has made you think about living in a home of your own? Whatever your reasons may be for homeownership, there are 12 steps you will inevitably take. If you do them in the right order, you will save yourself time, frustration, and money.
Nowadays, Thach Nguyen lives a great life.A John L. Scott real-estate agent and former Rainier Valley resident, Nguyen spends his time developing high-rise condominiums and creating communities that he hopes people are inspired to live in. He also holds frequent seminars where he shares with others how to find success and happiness in life.
The Metropolitan King County Council adopted three comprehensive measures addressing animal control, cruelty and care in King County. Ordinance 2007-0284 makes changes to the King County Code relating to abuse, euthanasia rates and the King County Animal Control and Care Citizen's Advisory Committee.
Appeal hearings5270 Rainier Ave. S. (3004295) on a Land Use Application to allow a four-story building containing 50 low-income, disabled residential units, retail at ground level and residential common and support area . . . The appeal hearing will take place on July 11 at 9 a.m.
Ted Enticknap (right) tends to the Maple Leaf Community Garden, near Northeast 103rd Street and Fifth Avenue Northeast, during its dedication ceremony in late April. Enticknap and six other residents of Áegis Senior Inn at Northgate attended the event. Since then, Áegis residents have planted tomatoes, cucumbers, Swiss chard, sweet snap peas and dahlias in their own plot at the garden. They work in the garden every Friday.
News about B.F. Day, Eckstein, John Rogers, Roosevelt HS, and the WASL summer school. Seattle Public Schools is once again offering Summer College at North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N., to students who did not pass the WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning) last spring.
Penny Scordas' second-grade class sang 'Hello, Goodbye' at the official goodbye party on June 16 for Viewlands Elementary School, 10525 Third Ave. N.W. The school closed at the end of the school year as part of the school district's consolidation plans.
Behind each of his photographs German wildlife photographer Florian Schulz has a story to share. After spotting the great gray owl, Schulz waited hours near a perch, daring to hope it would return.He was lucky; this time the owl flew back within hours, giving him a direct shot of its piercing, yellow eyes and full wingspan in mid-flight.