Kay Rood is an artist, a custom frame maker, a veteran community volunteer and nonprofit activist. But, difficult as it is for her to say, after 30 years she is no longer a resident of Capitol Hill.In April, Rood had to vacate her 1902 home on East Denny Way when Sound Transit took possession of the property to make way for the Broadway light-rail construction. Like many residents and businesses, she was displaced in order for a massive transportation project that, it is assumed, will be of great community benefit. Which, not surprisingly, comes as little consolation.
■ Scott Bryant takes a photo of the interior of a 1962 Studebaker during the Greenwood Car Show on Saturday, June 28. photo/Bradley Enghaus
It was a wild finish for the Magnolia Little League Majors, but in the end United Warehouses came away with the trophy.
■ Jasmine Lebo (below, in white), 9, paints a sign welcoming visitors (at right) to the North Seattle Boys & Girls Club, 8635 Fremont Ave. N., on June 21, while Nicole Cook (in green), 11, looks on. The club, which has been closed since January because of air-quality concerns, reopened June 21 with a new ventilation system, new windows, new carpeting and a new art room. A new kitchen is being installed downstairs. photo/Rachel Doxtater, Boys & Girls Club of King County
As Seattle Public Schools readies to vote on its $556-million budget July 9, some School Board members still carry strong reservations about putting it into action.
The winner of this year's Magnolia Summerfest Poster Contest is Jennifer Kuhns. Kuhns created a vibrant and cheerful stained-glass image that won the hearts of the Summer Festival judges.
Children and the young-at-heart have marched in the Wallingford Kiddies Parade for 59 years. That's the same age as the Seafair Torchlight Parade, making it one of the oldest annual parades in Seattle. On Saturday, July 12, Wallingford will continue the community tradition with a parade aptly themed "Boys and Girls on Parade" and an accompanying street fair."This parade has always been about the kids and about imagination - imaginative decorations, not motorized elaborate floats, but decorated wagons and bikes and scarves and imaginative play," said Kate Burdick, who volunteers as the parade chair through the Wallingford Neighborhood Office.
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will have a second neighborhood meeting to take comments on the proposed installation of a new Residential Parking Zone (RPZ) in the North Green Lake neighborhood. The meeting will take place Wednesday, July 9, at 8 p.m. at North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N., in Room IB 3327. The city uses RPZs to ease parking congestion in residential neighborhoods by discouraging long-term parking by nonresidents.The proposed RPZ boundaries are Densmore to Meridian avenues North and North 80th to 85th streets. For more information about RPZs, go to www.seattle.gov/transportation.rpzprogram.
Bill Blair, a longtime Queen Anne resident and well-liked community activist, died of brain cancer on June 19. He was 69. Mr. Blair moved to Covington, Wash., in 2005 to live with Marlla Mhoon, whom he married in May of this year.
On any sunny day in Seattle, Gas Works Park attracts bikers, joggers, people throwing Frisbees.This Friday, whether it rains or shines, it will attract 50,000 people.On the Fourth of July, Gas Works Park will host the WaMu Family 4th all-day family event. Activities start at noon, preparing the crowd to have high spirits for the fireworks at Lake Union at 10 p.m. This year's activities include juggling, enormous inflatable animal slides, clown-hosted potato-sack races, tug of war, kite making and face painting. Admission is free. Pets and items such as alcohol, glass, personal barbecues and fireworks are prohbited on the site.
Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36th Legislative District) was elected as a pledged Washington state delegate for Barack Obama.
Years ago, after a visit to the Green Lake PCC Natural Market, a seed was planted in Polish immigrant Slawek Pytlasinski's mind to start his own farmers market. The idea sprouted into his desire to realize that vision, but, as Pytlasinski is learning, his efforts are "spoiled by the other [farmers] markets" in the area, he said.
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.OPEN-RECORD HEARING10501 STONE AVE. N. (3005736) on the DPD director's recommendation to subdivide one parcel of land into 29 parcels with numerous conditions.As part of previous Project No. 3004946, the DPD director determined that the proposal will not have a significant adverse environmental impact and has issued a Declaration of Non-Significance (no Environmental Impact Statement required) on July 23, 2007.Copies of the Director's Report and Recommendation and the subdivision application materials are available at the DPD Public Resource Center, 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, of Seattle Municipal Tower. (A copy and postage fee will be charged.) Questions may be directed to DPD land-use planner Holly Anderson, at 233-7909.The hearing examiner has scheduled a public hearing on the application for preliminary approval of the subdivision for July 30 at 1:30 p.m., at the Office of the Hearing Examiner (address below). Written comments must be received prior to the conclusion of the hearing on July 30 to be considered by the hearing examiner. Comments should be sent to Office of Hearing Examiner, 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 4000, P.O. Box 94729, Seattle, WA 98124-4729. Those persons who want to receive a copy of the hearing examiner's recommendation should specify that request in their comment letter.Any person significantly interested in or affected by the proposed subdivision may request further consideration of the director's recommendation within 14 days of the publication of this notice per SMC 23.75.024D. Requests for further consideration must be submitted to the hearing examiner at the address above by Thursday, July 10.Requests for further consideration will be heard on the same day as the open-record hearing described above.
The Seattle School District has changed gears in its approach to narrowing and potentially eliminating the achievement gap between white students and students of color.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described.WATER-BALLOON DAMAGEA man was driving near 16th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 45th Street at 1 a.m. June 26 when he heard a loud bang. He got of his car and saw a large "water splat" and a small dent on his front quarter-panel.He then saw several college-age men sitting in front of a fraternity, laughing. One of them threw another water balloon at him, hitting him and his car, while the others walked in and out of the fraternity house.The driver called police while the suspect yelled at him. The police report noted that the 911 operator told the man to leave the area.The man opted to file a police report the following morning after seeing the extent of the damage to his car in the daylight.