The Magnolia Chorale, under the direction of its new conductor, Jean-Marie Kent, begins rehearsals for its 20th holiday concert next Sunday, Sept. 14. Kent is a doctoral candidate in choral conducting at the University of Washington. She is a native of Regina, Sask.,.
GREEK FAMILY OPENS NEW QA RESTAURANT Lee Agelopoulos has been in the restaurant business for more than three decades, the last 19 years of which has been in the Puget Sound area. That's included a Barlee's Café in Fremont, among many others, and now Agelopoulos and his family have opened up the Athina Grill in Lower Queen Anne.
Warmer days draw us out to linger and savor our summer memories, but it is now time for the back-to-school days and dammit where was our summer heat this year?
It was truly an honor for us to represent the 36th Legislative District as Obama Delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Spending the week with Democrats from across the country was incredibly exciting as well as intense. We went to the convention absolutely committed to Sen. Obama and his message of change, and left even more inspired and convinced of the importance of winning this election. What follow are some of our observations and experiences.
Seattle bureaucrats are in the process of determining where those jailed for misdemeanors will be serving time. Currently the city's inmates are in the county jail under a city - county contract. The county's felon population is growing so it is running out of room to house prisoners from other jurisdictions. Seattle and other cities within King County boundaries received notice that they will have to make other arrangements by at least 2012, although there could be an extension.
At least once a week, two of my oldest Seattle friends - I met them both at a 1992 lower Queen Anne party to announce the engagement of Olga Sanchez, a pretty actress who worked here for years before moving to Portland - and I take a walk around Green Lake.
If you go to a large retail store, odds are there will be little to no meaningful customer service that goes with it. Try going to Costco and using a debit card at the snack counter or asking the staffers slinging pizza slices and smoothies to give you two plastic cups for a smoothie. The staffer answer to the latter will be: "They won't let us do that. I don't know why."
Jennifer Sovey
All of the water lines were replaced this summer at McClure Middle School as part of the Seattle School District's efforts to eliminate lead contamination in the schools' drinking fountains.
Ranked eighth in the country, the Seattle Pacific University women's soccer team opened its 2008 campaign at Interbay Stadium with three wins and a tie.
Queen Anne resident Karen Fleming woke up at 4 a.m. Aug. 21 to the piercing sound of a siren going off and called 911 to complain. Police explained that the siren was located in the National Guard Armory in Interbay, she said.
LOCAL OFFICIALS READY TO TAKE PLAN TO FEDERAL LEVEL The city decision on what to recommend be done with surplus Fort Lawton property is coming down to the wire after two years of stops and starts and objections that have almost become mechanical.
BRUSHY QA AREA GETS GOAT TREATMENT Residents of a dozen houses on 10th Place West between West Barrett and West Fulton streets have banded together to clear off a steep easement on one side of the street that had become overgrown with stubborn blackberry bushes and engulfed by English ivy.
Kathryn Patricia "Pat" Korda passed away July 4, at the Norse Home at the age of 90. She was born July 23, 1917 in Buhl, Minn. to Edward and Emma Murphy. She graduated from Hibbing High School in 1935 and received her teaching, home economics and science degree from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn. She married Louis Korda in Morgan Park, Minn. in 1946 and moved to Seattle, living on Queen Anne Hill for 55 years.
Born Sept. 28, 1909 in Redwood City, Calif., Arthur W. Lampkin is survived by his daughter, Sue, and son-in-law, Jim Bogdan, four grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild. Art moved to Newport Beach to be closer to his family Scott and Laura Bogdan, Jeff and Nicole Bogdan. He loved being with them and their families.