Over the years, like anyone else, I've struggled with some inherent personality flaws. In the beginning, there was anger. I used to have a bad temper. Years of meditating, deep breathing and yoga have helped lessen this unpleasant personality trait.
"Senator Obama will not do anything that will hurt his chances of becoming the president."
Magnolia resident Eric Helm of Troop 80 became an Eagle Scout, the highest ranking in Boy Scouts, during a ceremony held July 13 at Magnolia United Church of Christ. Helm's parents, Leslie Helm and Marie Anchordoguy, as well as friends and members of the troop, attended.
The Seattle Department of Transportation is proposing to improve customer service for users of Residential Parking Zones (RPZs), but some customers in areas such as Lower Queen Anne, Capitol Hill and the Pike-Pine corridor may not appreciate the effort.
A Master Use Permit application has been filed with the city to build a mixed-use project in the 1900 block of Queen Anne Ave. N., which is the current home of a Metropolitan Market, an apartment building and two homes.
Making great-tasting ice cream is the easy part of any ice-cream-making outfit. It's the marketing and negotiating that's hard, the do-everything-you-can effort to get your brand in the supermarket freezer section alongside industry heavyweights Breyers and Dreyer's.
There had been no arrests as of press deadline in the murder of Pierre "Pete" LaPoint. The 16-year-old was gunned down while walking with three friends in the 6300 block of Rainier Ave. S. around 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 5.
■ A pair of unnamed dice make their way down Lake City Way Northeast during the Lake City Pioneer Days/Seafair parade on Aug. 2. The Lake City Parade is usually among the last events of Seattle's summer Seafair season. photo/Bradley Enghaus
■ Mitch Matsudaira (foreground) and his granddaughter Hatsune, 3, watch the performances of traditional Japanese music at the annual From Hiroshima to Hope lantern-floating ceremony on Aug. 6 at Green Lake. The ceremony marked the 63rd anniversary of the World War II bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. photo/Susan Fried
Due to the recent success of the Seattle Police Department (SPD)'s red-light cameras as an additional method to ensure driver safety, new red-light cameras are set to be installed at an estimated nine locations in the North Seattle area."The red-light camera program is great," said Sgt. Sean Whitcomb, of the Seattle Police Department's Media Response Unit. "We have a limited number of officers that we can deploy, and we want to ensure that people are driving more safely."In North Seattle, the red-light camera at the intersection of Northeast 45th Street and Roosevelt Way Northeast has brought in an estimated $180,000 in citations. Another camera is set to start operation at Five Corners, at Northeast 45th Street and Union Bay Place Northeast. The camera at Five Corners was installed on July 30 and should be up and running this week, Whitcomb said: "Right now, we are working out the bugs and making sure it's working correctly."
"OK, Julius, I'll send it right down," said Seattle celebrity Bob Newman in the high-pitched voice that would launch him into iconic status.Newman, 76, is more popularly known for his role as "Gertrude" on the late, great "J.P. Patches Show," which ran from the early 1950s until 1981.To his friends, however, Newman is a lovable, hilarious man with a passion for cars. "He is a fixture in Fremont with his cars and is a member of a Corvette club," said Merle Carey, a longtime co-worker and friend of Newman's. Newman talks proudly of his current love, a 1982 Collector's Edition Corvette. "I'm working on getting the engine chromed out," he said with a giant smile.
If you are in need of a little discovery adventure, the American Cancer Society (ACS) Discovery Shop, at 6814 Roosevelt Way N.E., may hold the answer for you. From 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, you are bound to find two groups of people here: shoppers who come in to discover great deals and volunteers who give their time for a meaningful cause.
Despite an announcement that it would close at the end of August (as reported in last week's issue of the Herald-Outlook), the Cobblestone Used Furniture store in Greenwood is keeping its doors open for a while longer.
My family and I moved to the University [District] neighborhood recently and are now receiving the North Seattle Herald-Outlook. I just wanted to drop a line to say how moved I was and how I appreciate your cover story about Ethan Delavan's journey ("When the Bright Lights Go Away," Aug. 8, 2008). Ethan and [his wife] Erica are so courageous to introduce the documentary and talk about their pain.Thanks for supporting the story! I wish them the best.J. PorterUniversity District
Thank you for putting the story about Ethan [Delevan] on the front page of your paper ("When the Bright Lights Go Away," Aug. 8, 2008). Thank you, thank you, thank you. Childhood sexual abuse is more common than anyone thinks. Because it's so taboo to discuss and because it almost always occurs in isolation, we tend to think it happens in Iraq or in poor parts of [our] country, or to kids who have single parents. [But] it happens here on Phinney [Ridge], in upscale Seattle. It happens in homes with intellectual parents. It happens to kids who do well in school. It happened to me, and no one knew, no one guessed, not many know now - and I'm a doctor with a 13-year marriage.It's hiding everywhere, and the traumatic wake it leaves is ubiquitous in American society.