For months they've been practicing with the encouragement of Wyjuana and Fredrick Montgomery, the masterminds behind the "Soda Pop Drop," a high school dance team competition being held on Saturday, Sept. 20, in the Cleveland High School auditorium at 3 p.m.
The culmination of another successful summer of positive youth programing was marked by Seattle Police Officer, and Rainier Beach native, Denise "Cookie" Bouldin on Aug. 30 when members of Officer Cookie's Urban Youth Summer Chess Club gathered at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park for a 9 a.m.-4 p.m. tournament.
Parents and guardians of Seattle Public Schools (SPS) students will receive emergency and routine information more quickly this school year due to implementation of a new computer-based notification system. SPS has subscribed to a new notification system with SchoolMessenger, a company that provides notification services to educational institutions across the United States.
For three times a week during the summer Ron Johnson worked with 12 young community organizers in the Lake Washington Apartment complex to gather input from the residents concerning a proposed community center he and a group of South End activists have envisioned for the Rainier Beach Area.
If you want to take your dog to a beach in Seattle, forget about it.Seattle City Ordinance 118724 forbids it. Not only is this law overreaching, few residents adhere to it.
The last major hurricane to make a direct hit on Galveston Island and the Metropolitan Houston area struck on August 18, 1983. I remember it because I was living in Galveston at the time, working at the University of Texas Medical Branch and living in an apartment two blocks from the Seawall and the Gulf of Mexico. On weekends, I commuted to Houston, where my then-wife was going to graduate school.
Sarah Palin supporters, I feel your pain, and I will do my best to comfort you, wipe your tears and offer you a nice chamomile tea. They are mercilessly picking her apart in the media. They have attacked her and her family (sniff). Take a few, deep cleansing breaths and repeat after me: Get over it!
Councilmember Sally J. Clark will host a special meeting of the Council's Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee on Wednesday, Sept. 24 from 6-8 p.m. at the Rainier Beach High School Performing Arts Auditorium, 8815 Seward Park Avenue South.
With ridership nearly 7 percent higher than this time last year, Metro Transit is adding two new bus routes and more service on 20 routes throughout King County, as it kicks off its September service change beginning Saturday, Sept. 20. This includes more service for the Central District and north end of the Rainier Valley.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department's South Precinct. They represent the officer's accounts of the events described: The shop owner gave the victim a ride to the intersection of Rainier Avenue South and South Henderson Street where the two confronted the young man about getting his bike back, but the suspect fled from them.
Having hit bottom and literally learning from her experiences, Laura Cruikshank, 48, made a WWISH (Women's Wellness & Integrated Social Health) for an on-line, interactive clearinghouse for women's resources.
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is in the process of replacing its open water reservoirs, including one in the Beacon Hill neighborhood, with buried ones in an effort to improve the quality and security of water while increasing open space by 75 acres. Of the total, 43 acres of green space, sports structures and play equipment will be located on top of Beacon Reservoir in a greatly expanded Jefferson Park.
For three hours on Saturday, Sept. 13, South Precinct Captain Les Liggins, along with his officers and staff, hosted the precinct's annual picnic on the station's front lawn and parking lot at 3001 S. Myrtle St.
SHE SAILED AROUND THE WORLD, TAUGHT KIDS, AND HAD A 'WICKED' SENSE OF HUMOR Lindsay Brown, 50, died peacefully at home on Sunday, Aug. 31, after a courageous fight against cancer in her liver and lungs. Her life, though too short, was remarkably full, with many unusual and fulfilling chapters.
The signs are gone, the front has been covered in plywood that was quickly defaced by graffiti vandals, and there's a huge hole where the parking lot used to be at the Magnolia 7-Eleven store on West Dravus Street.