Well, I had it in mind to write a low-key column about friendship this week but violent, gun-caused events have once again postponed that.
"I think I know where Mom's hidin' the Christmas presents," I said to my little brother, Ron, one wintery Chicago day as we played down in our basement."Where?" he quizzed.
Too cold and so soon - the fiery colors of autumn so swiftly gone.
Just a quick note to acknowledge the importance of great journalism and how it can unite and inform a community like nothing else.
To put it simply, the Alaskan Way deep-bore tunnel is being done on the cheap. One cannot do a major project like the tunnel and skimp on safety and capacity. It is also being developed in haste, they call it fast track. It should be called fast bucks for the contractors because such fast-track designs are not adequately vetted/studied and cross-studied. Poor and hasty plans mean that the taxpayers shoulder the burden of extra costs and contractor add-ons.
Dear Friends and Neighbors of Magnolia,I wanted to thank you for signing the petition for our cause, "Two Boxes, Twice a Day." I started this petition after being encouraged by the postal system two years ago, April, 2007.
Flaming StrollerPolice responded to reports that a baby stroller was on fire in an alley. Police arrived on the scene in the 2000 block of First Avenue North around 4 p.m. on Dec. 3.When police arrived the fire had been extinguished. The stroller did not have a baby in it, but the fire did do some damage to the exterior wall of the building facing the alley.The owner of the stroller contacted police and told them she had left the stroller outside the building when she brought her child inside for a children's dance workshop. Police were able to view cell phone footage of the burning stroller taken by a witness.
Some eras in our national history stand out more than others. Think Roaring Twenties, almost 100 years gone now, but anyone who has read "The Great Gatsby" or seen grainy old reels of folks doing the Charleston can call up their own picture of the '20s. Fans of "The Godfather" or people whose ancestors liked a drink can immediately call to mind Al Capone, "Our Thing" (Cosa Nostra), the Volstead Act and Prohibition without much effort.
Candidate Mike McGinn said he was the person to re-set priorities at City Hall, make substantial changes and bring new leadership to Seattle.
Welcome to this 14th-annual selection of a few of the year's most over-hyped and underreported local stories. With the news business (especially newspapers) undergoing a not-very-slow collapse (R.I.P. Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and hard-news coverage usually the first victim of tightening budgets, there was more underreported news than ever this year.
Everybody knows things are tough. That is a given. So it is with a tip of my hat that I acknowledge retailers in the neighborhoods who sweep their storefronts and smile just the same. Retailers who still donate their precious time helping needy families and who look to the future with optimism and therefore have a contagious brightness about them.
As winter approaches and daylight's window remains half shuttered, Seattleites will soon feel the cold sting of turning on the lights or an electric space heater.It's going to cost more.
Dear Editor: It was quite satisfying reading an article that stated the situation, the illogical movements of the government on different levels, the potential for disaster and reasons for that conclusion.
The U.S. District Court has pushed back until November 2010 the hearing for Lawton Elementary School principal Beverly Raines, who in February filed a lawsuit with nine other plaintiffs accusing Seattle Public Schools of discrimination based on race age or sex.
QA Helpline, along with Skookum Clothing, is holding their Third Annual Winter Coat & Blanket Drive through Sunday Dec. 20. Warm men's, women's, and Children's coats are desperately needed-men's coats are in especially short supply. Also blankets and sleeping bags! You can help keep someone warm this winter! Please drop off men's, women's and children's coats, blankets and sleeping bags at Skookum Clothing, 1629 Queen Anne Ave. N.