The YWCA LBT Health Outreach program and the Wildrose Tavern will conduct mobile mammography screenings from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Wildrose, 1021 E. Pike St. in Seattle. The screenings are free for income-eligible people age 40 and over who lack insurance or are underinsured. Those with insurance also are welcome. To make an appointment, please call 206-436-8671 or e-mail lbthealth@ywcaworks.org. The Crime & Social Issues Committeeof the Queen Anne Community Council will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday Nov. 30 at the Queen Anne/Magnolia Neighborhood Service Center, 160 Roy Street. Ideas for the committee's work in 2010 will be discussed, followed by a presentation by advocates for a Seattle commission on disabilities at 7:30 p.m. The meeting is open to Queen Anne residents. Kirk Robbins, 206-284-1742 or Alan Panitch, 206-282-8541.
To an extent we haven't seen in at least a generation, nobody - really, nobody - knows what to expect from Seattle's new mayor.
Burglary SpreeAt 11:39 p.m. on Nov. 16 officers responded to reports of a burglary at an apartment on the 900 block of West Blaine Street. The victim told police she had returned home around 11 p.m. and discovered the front door had been kicked in. Pieces of the door were in the entryway.
With Metro Transit facing a $213 million deficit over the next two years, Metropolitan King County Councilmember Larry Phillips in May called for budget solutions to avoid cutting bus service.
It was a dark and stormy night, (Sorry, I couldn't resist), and we have already had a number of windstorms this year.
Taproot Theatre's annual holiday production will go on despite the Oct. 23 fire. Taproot Theatre brings the hit play It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play back to the stage as it holds its holiday production at the Stage One Theatre at North Seattle Community College. Unable to find a venue that could accommodate the world premiere of John Longenbaugh's Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol, Taproot Theatre brings back one of the most popular Christmas plays in its history. Adapted for the stage by Joe Landry and directed by Karen Lund, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play runs November 27 through December 30, with a pay-what-you-can performance on November 25. There are no preview performances.
The Ballard Food Bank is serving 30 percent more people this Thanksgiving compared to this time last year. The Queen Anne Helpline is busy partnering with several organizations, schools and churches to drum up donations, all the more harder to come by in this difficult economy. The Helpline has also distributed $750 in food gift cards, courtesy of Queen Anne Rotary, and has distributed grocery vouchers to families in need. The Helpline will also be receiving donated coats from Skookum Clothing.
One of my favorite pastimes in this harried world we live in is to sit back with a cuppa joe and watch people - especially if they're falling asleep.
Dear editor,In reading Glen Avery's column (Is Seattle the Detroit on the Sound? Nov. 4), I was disappointed with his use of tired lines, finger-pointing, and clichés about Washington being bad for business, legislators' and governor's priorities being labor unions that stuff funds into their campaign chests, and that we're driving Boeing out of the state.
Back when I was just a tyke, it always seemed that Thanksgiving Day preparations started at least two weeks before the fourth Thursday in November.
I've noted here before that after I worked with murderers and rapists for a couple of years as a counselor/facilitator, I became a moderately inclined supporter of the death penalty.
I've noted here before that after I worked with murderers and rapists for a couple of years as a counselor/facilitator, I became a moderately inclined supporter of the death penalty.
The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development. Written comments on projects should be mailed to 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.
Beverly McDonald, mother, wife, passionate gardener, designer, and civic advocate, died Nov. 22, 2009.
On Monday, Nov. 9, Dwayne Henkemeyer passed away with all his affairs in order. He was 65.