It is with such a heavy heart that I sit here composing words about our emerging winter/spring gardens. The Haitian devastation is beyond any comprehension for those of us not on the ground there or awaiting word from a family member or colleague.
Sister TheaDear Editor:Ours is an age of violence and fear. In the midst of our latest terrorist alarm, a rare and welcome act surfaces (Sister Thea inspires QA man Jan. 6). Thank you for this inspirational and heartwarming story. Thank you for placing it on your front page. It needs to be there and treasured as a gift.- Constance F. Ramsey
Seattle's 16th Annual Neighbor Appreciation Day Celebration is comingThe City of Seattle, Dept. of Neighborhoods and the Parks Department are partnering with the Church of Scientology Environmental Task Force, Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce and the Uptown Alliance to clean up lower Queen Anne in celebration of the City's 16th annual Neighbor Appreciation Day Feb. 6. Join your friends and neighbors at Counterbalance Park at 9 a.m. and help spruce up the community until noon. Refreshments and tools provided. Neighbor Appreciation Day is a special day to reach out to neighbors, create new bonds and express thanks to those who help make your neighborhood a great place to live. For more information contact Christa Dumpys at 206-684-4812 or email christa.dumpys@seattle.gov.
Seattle Parks and Recreation Department held its second and final public meeting for community input Thursday and Lawton Park is now one step closer to being renovated with a tree house, slide and climbing bars.
After two community meetings to discuss program options, a neighborhood survey indicating different preferences and a miscommunication about the design team's purpose, Seattle Public School District Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson decided Queen Anne Elementary School will have a Montessori program.
Magnolia Moms' annual pancake breakfast was a reminder that if you have a lot, you can give a little.
Coe, Hay and McClure schools are having a huge, three-school garage sale at the Coe Elementary School gym from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 7. All funds will go to the Red Cross Haiti relief effort. There will be merchandise, music, magic, a bake sale, coffee, a fashion show and more.
The Port of Seattle is now addressing how to update and pave the future for landside businesses around Fishermen's Terminal. These are mostly marine-support, warehouse and retail businesses that rely on the fishing industry.
At times, it seems like there is nothing more defeating than being a Republican in Seattle. But on Jan. 19, a man named Scott Brown renewed our hope and served as a reminder that there is no such thing as a sure thing in American politics.
"I've got diesel in my veins!" roared my Sound Transit bus driver, a robust woman who was visibly at home hauling that 10-ton vehicle across Lake Washington, as she explained to me why she had returned to bus driving after a brief sabbatical, and why the job suited her. You have to have a thirst for adventure, she said, as well as a curiosity about human behavior, and a good sense of humor.
Whatever you think of President Barack Obama, he is NOT a socialist. He's not even a real liberal. What's happened is that America has tilted rightward.
In just a year the wax has melted from his wings, bringing President Obama flopping to earth in the middle of Massachusetts. He had a 26-point margin there in November 2008. By January 2010 voter sentiment shifted 31 points, putting Republican Scott Brown in the U.S. Senate.
Washington state has been handed an opportunity for improving our schools. President Obama is offering $4.35 billion to states in Race to the Top funding to achieve school reform. Washington's share could be up to $250 million.
Indecisive RobberEmployees of a Safeway store located in the 100 block of West Republican Street called police when a man who was profusely bleeding from his face ran into the store saying he'd been stabbed. The event happened at 2:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 18.
Ten years after the fatal Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash, neighbors and friends of the 10 Queen Anne residents who died in the accident plan to keep their memories alive.