Preparing healthy meals for the entire family or even yourself can often be a tedious and increasingly expensive chore. However, the new community kitchen at the Greenwood Senior Center will offer good food at a fraction of the cost of preparing a single meal. And don't worry, no experience necessary.Occurring on the first Tuesday of each month, starting July 1, the Greenwood Senior Center community kitchen is open to everyone. All they ask is that you call ahead to reserve a spot and bring an apron, a cutting knife, your own storage containers and a good attitude. "The goal is to bring people of all ages together," said Greenwood Senior Center director Cecily Kaplan. "It might be single people, seniors or tired parents."
Women and men living with breast cancer face an uphill battle every day in their fight to survive the deadly disease. On the weekend of June 7 and 8, Wedgwood resident Robin Schoenfeld took the fight to the slopes of Mount Hood as she and other climbers attempted the summit as part of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Climb to Fight Breast Cancer.
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.PUBLIC HEARINGS4800 SAND POINT WAY N.E. (3007521) on a Council Land Use Action to create a new major institution master plan for Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center. The plan proposes new height limits and expansion of institutional boundaries, involving a rezone. Among the studied alternatives, the plan identifies expansion to the west to include Laurelon Terrace in the major institution overlay, as well as the Hartmann Building at 4561 Sand Point Way N.E. (Project No. 3007696). The DPD has prepared the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.A copy of the DEIS and of the Draft Master Plan are available for review at the Northeast Library, 6801 35th Ave. N.E. A limited number of copies of the DEIS are available at the DPD Public Resource Center (address below). (A copy and postage fee will be charged.) Send a check payable to the City of Seattle to DPD Public Resource Center, P.O. Box 34019, 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.The DPD will hold a public hearing on the DEIS on July 10, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Center for Urban Horticulture, Northwest Horticultural Society Hall, 3501 N.E. 41st St. Written comments on the DEIS may be submitted through July 25 to DPD, Attn: Scott Ringgold, at scott.ringgold@seattle.gov, or P.O. Box 34019, 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.
Questions or comments about the following applications or actions should be directed to the Regulatory Services Division, Washington State Liquor Control Board, 3000 Pacific Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 43098, Olympia, WA 98504-3098, or call (360) 664-1600.LICENSE APPLICATIONSPNE SEATTLE L.L.C. (KEVIN AKIMITSU KRAMER and CHRISTOPHER YOUNG): a specialty shop selling beer and wine and a direct-shipment receiver in and out of Washington state, at Seattle Wine Online, 2200 N. Pacific St.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described. DRINKING PARTYAround 9:55 p.m. on June 10, police responded to a parking lot in the 7300 block of West Green Lake Drive North, where a drinking party involving minors was taking place. As they arrived, a large number of teens ran from the area.One teenage girl tried to run away but was "very unsteady on her feet," so an officer quickly grabbed onto her. The girl, who smelled strongly of alcohol, asked, "Who are you?"Slurring, the girl admitted she was 18 but refused to give the officer her parents' phone number twice. One number was disconnected, while the other number did not belong to an adult.So the officer took the girl's cellular phone and dialed her father from her phone's contact list.The girl's father arrived and took custody of her.
As a single person, I relish having time to spend sparking up my social life through activism. Volunteering provides terrific opportunities to meet people - for career, friendship or romantic possibilities. I chose to join a community activist group where I admired the work being done, the people involved and the good feelings volunteerism inspired.My joining had nothing to do with a man I'll call Stevie, another volunteer, about whom I developed a deep crush.
For the first time in its decades-long history, a shooting incident erupted at Seattle's Northwest Folklife Festival last month. Mind you, this sort of thing goes on 'most any Saturday night in the city's South End. But those apparently don't count, because "those people are just like that." By contrast, gunshots among the largely white, affluent Folklife attendees sent the city's editorialists and politicians into high panic mode. Instead of an isolated incident - made possible because a guy with a history of mental illness who should never have been given a concealed weapons permit under existing law somehow got one - our city's poobahs decided this was somehow symptomatic of a big problem.And so, last week, we got maybe the most idiotic proposal ever to emanate from the hindquarters of Mayor Greg Nickels: a proposal to ban concealed weapons on public property in Seattle.
AWARD: Nonsequitur, a nonprofit music organization devoted to presenting experimental music and sound art, will receive the 2008 Mayor's Art Award on Aug. 29.Started in 1989 in New Mexico as a CD-publishing project, Nonsequitur presents concerts 10 times each month at the renovated Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., for a semi-subsidized rate. If ticket sales are less than $200, the artists' 20-percent rental fee is waived.The Mayor's Arts Awards ceremony will take place at noon on Aug. 29 at Seattle Center's Northwest Court. Admission is free.
Chamber music is usually associated with classical music, well-dressed performers and audience. So how does it get connected with the word "madness"?Blame Karen Iglitzin - she made it happen when she started Chamber Music Madness in 2000.This year, the Washington String Teachers Association recognized Iglitzin as Studio Teacher of the Year.When Iglitzin started the Chamber Music Madness, she envisioned something counter to traditional programs."I wanted to add in some fun and creativity without sacrificing quality," said Iglitzin. "Why not? Why shouldn't quality and fun go together?"
■ The University Presbyterian Church Archive Committee (from left, Sally Carroll, Warren Peterson and Muriel Wood) opens the lid of the time capsule on April 30. The time capsule had been set into the cornerstone of the current sanctuary when it was built in 1952 at 4540 15th Ave. N.E. photo/Bradley Enghaus
TRANSPORTATION, WI-FI, PARKING TOP PUBLIC CONCERNS The Center House Bistro & Bar was crowded at June's Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce luncheon last Thursday hosted by local Seattle research firm, Amgen.
Another officer jumped on the gun-wielding assailant, and while he worked at keeping the man pinned to the ground and the weapon neutralized, the assailant fired a round.
A brick-red amalgamation of a roller chain and a hedge trimmer called "The Lobster," a belt sander known as "El Fantastico" with rollerblade wheels strapped on for guidance, and a metal grinder flipped on its side, tricked-out and given the moniker "Ol' Killdoggie" can only mean one thing; the Seattle Power Tool Race and Derby has returned to Georgetown.
Mayor Greg Nickels accepted first place honors in the 2008 Mayors' Climate Protection Awards Program at the U.S. Conference of Mayors' 76th annual meeting in Miami, Fla.
You love your pets, and we love your pets, too! This is the first installment of our City Critters feature. This week: Brother.