Lawton Elementary School has now been serving the students of Magnolia for 100 school years.
I am inspired by one of my readers complaining about being a golf widow and wanting some information on things "for her" while her fortunate spouse fulfills a life-long ambition of spending a vacation in Scotland. So let's talk about golf.
1. Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin
Four Cat-a-Van tours are hitting the road to bring the gift of reading to thousands of children in 19 cities across the country.
An apparently silent alarm on an auto-theft bait car parked on West Comstock Street went off at 2:45 a.m. Feb. 19. Whoever was responsible was gone by the time police arrived, but so were unlisted "items" that had been in the vehicle. "The investigation will continue," according to the police report.
To some degree she knew how to make coffee, but now Hope McCourt will do it full time as she has recently bought the Magnolia Coffee Co., an independent espresso stand located on the 76 Station property at West McGraw Street.
In the wake of Seattle Schools' closure of the alternative Summit K-12 in Seattle's Mapleleaf neighborhood, instructors from schools from around Seattle held an informational meeting with Summit parents and students to espouse the benefits of their schools and provide them with plausible options.
Prowl of the weekA side window was shattered between 10 and 11:30 p.m. Feb. 28 to get into a VW parked next to a club in the 700 block of Westlake Ave. N., where car prowls take place all of the time.In this case, $300 worth of books about medical and corporate finance was stolen from the back seat, along with a cheap cell phone and a $1,400 Hewlett-Packard laptop.
"It isn't easy being green." You may remember Kermit the frog's song about the difficulty of being green. Well, that's taken on a whole new meaning in the modern world.
The exhausting, long-running debate over the future of the Viaduct is now, finally, coming to an end. The state Senate voted last week to move forward with the open-waterfront approach negotiated among city, county and state leaders. The state House is next in line and-hopefully-we can get the package to the governor's desk for her signature.
Great writers seem to be dropping like flies in early 2009. Christopher Nolan died a few weeks ago. He was only 43. Nolan, an Irishman, was one of those people who, even if he couldn't write, would have made me feel guilty for any and all complaints I've uttered over the years.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, March 17, which is dedicated to the little bit of Irish in all of us. A time for green beer, green bagels, parades, Irish tenors and green stripes painted down the centre line of streets, and of course corned beef and cabbage, leprechauns, shamrocks, and general rejoicing for everyone.
Conversation"Hello couch.""Why hello, yellow bird."
When severe flooding became a crisis in western Washington in January, the local Scientology Disaster Response team provided help to business owners and residents in Snohomish and Duvall.
Friends of Discovery ParkThe annual meeting of Friends of Discovery Park will be held at 9 a..m., Saturday, March 14 at the Discovery Park Visitors Center. Featured speakers include Tim Gallagher, superintendent of Seattle parks, Melinda Nichols, manager of the Natural Resources unit and Patle Petesch, environmental programming manager. We encourage all members and Friends to attend. This is a great opportunity to learn about the plans for the park and ask your questions. Refreshments will be served. Call 206-283-9052 for more information.