Angie Chau, who was raised in Santa Rosa, Calif. and graduated from University of California at Berkeley, lived and worked on Kauai and in Italy before returning to University of California at Davis to earn a master of fine arts degree in creative writing.
Last week, Mayor Mike McGinn presented his first budget to Seattle City Council. These are tough economic times, and the mayor needed to make up for a $67 million drop in local tax revenues that normally would have supported programs covered by the general fund, plus significant shortfalls in non-general-fund sources such as user fees, utility rates, state and federal revenue sources.
Last week, it was 113 degrees in Los Angeles - its hottest day ever. The East Coast is flooding. And, yet, there are still people who deny global warming. For instance, there's a man running for Congress who says that our efforts to deal will global warming will enslave Americans. What can we do to wake people up to global-warming issues?
Obama to visit SeattleUnited States Sen. Patty Murray will welcome President Barack Obama back to Washington for a "Get Out the Vote" rally on the University of Washington campus on Thursday, Oct. 21. The rally will be free and open to the public."President Obama has been a true leader in the effort to help Main Street and middle class families get back on their feet. In this election, we have a clear choice on whether we want to continue to move forward or go back to the failed policies of the past. President Obama has always been someone who pushes to move forward and fights for the working families of Washington state and our nation," said Murray. "I am proud to welcome him back to the state and to the University of Washington."
The results of new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that palliative care extends life.
Rosamond Barrett Rochefort,   resident of Seattle, passed away on Sept. 21, 2010 after a short illness at the age of 102.
AAUW Seattle presentsDebunking Stereotypes - Women in Computer Science with Sapna Cheryan at 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 16 at the Best Western Executive Inn 200 Taylor Ave. N. $15, $10 for students with ID. Visit www.aauw-seattle.org/Programs.htm or email: president@aauw-seattle.org; 206-322-3169; Tonna Kutner.
Has it happened yet? Have you been called "ma'am" at the supermarket? Have you woken up and looked in the mirror to find your mother staring back at you? Do you perform an occasional strip-tease during a business meeting as a hot flash comes on? Or have you noticed men staring as you walk past them on the street - not at you as they once did - but at your daughter?
Representative government is a lot of work. It requires you to be informed and then go and cast your ballot or raise your voice for or against any number of issues or candidates. Unfortunately, most of us are all too willing to raise our voices whether we are informed or not and participate in a decision that does more harm than good.
Seattle Rep changes are disappointingI'm burning with disappointment. The renovations for the new plaza in front of the Seattle Repertory Theatre, at Mercer Street, are finished. As you enter the Seattle Center campus and approach the theatre you are welcomed by... something resembling a used car lot!
I just returned from a three-week sojourn in Italy with extended family: an aunt, two cousins, a second cousin and his fiance, and to my joy my daughter.
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Dear Queen Anne residents,Over the past week or so there has been a healthy community dialogue about proposed changes to community center operations due to the budget reductions required by the slowed economy. The $67 million revenue shortfall the city faces, combined with uncertainty about the future, forces us to think creatively and to find new ways to do business.
Local Child Actors to Appear in Oliver! at Moore TheaterA pair of Queen Anne child actors will play the role of orphans when Seattle Theatre Group presents a Lyric Opera Northwest production of OLIVER! at the historic Moore Theatre in Seattle. Seattle's own Matthew Lewis makes his big-stage debut as Oliver. He will be supported by Queen Anne's own Sophia Power and Noah Rose Ledesma. The show is one night only at 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 17. Tickets may be ordered online at www.stgpresents.org, or by calling 1-877-784-4849. Cost is $25 for adults, $20 for students. (There is a special discounted performance on Thursday, Oct. 14 for school groups; contact Sara Wagner, 425-736-5848, sarawag2@gmail.com