Like a thick fleece against the bone-dampening weather cloaking our region, the warm, tonal palette of landscape artist Andrzej (Andrew) Skorut offers a visual mode of transport to the sun-drenched Southwest. Seventeen years ago, Skorut left Krakow, Poland, and its similarly dismal winters for the hearty summers and winters of Utah. Now infused with the spirit of great American West, this émigré lovingly depicts the landscapes of a new homeland. Over the past several years he has displayed his wares at galleries in the famed Western ar
Peter Kirk students returned from their holiday vacation with giving on their minds. In response to the destruction caused by the tsunami in Southeast Asia, Peter Kirk's student council voted to organize a coin collection with all proceeds benefiting tsunami victims.The program will continue throughout the month of January. In the first three days alone, the kids raised over $700! All funds collected will be divided evenly between Northwest Medical Team International Inc. and Save the Children Organization.
During the months of December and January, eighth grade students at Stella Schola Middle School began their studies of the American Revolution with their teacher, Mr. Gorchel. After several lively discussions of the reasons for the revolution, students began planning and preparing for a Colonial Cookout, where parents would be treated to a colonial luncheon and entertainment.
to keep services at current levels our city requires over $1 million per year more in revenue due to increased costs. Most tax dollars go to public safety (police, fire, and court) which make up almost 60 percent of the general fund.The choices are limited. Either we grow our economic base, encouraging business development activity or become more dependent on residential property taxes.
CAMP AL-SAQR, Baghdad - I saw my first sign of it through a Humvee window. Out on a patrol through the beautiful farmlands south of Baghdad, I noticed children walking home from school, doing what children do all over the world: playing, talking and running around like banshees. These kids can go down one of two roads: a stable future with a job and family, or the road of "jihad" and misery.
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It was always fun to hang around the pilings that cradled the Kirkland ferry slip. From there we could see ships of war leaving Todd's Shipyard in Kirkland, bound for points unknown to play a part in the war. The ferry was a big part of our young lives, whether it was the loud horn in the mornings or just watching the deck hands running around with ropes and chains.
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Kirkland invites the public to visit and join in celebrating its Centennial year at the numerous festivities and events taking place in 2005. For more information on Kirkland Centennial activities please visit www. kirkland100.com.
Community Members are invited to participate in a new, rewarding volunteer program at BEST High School called, BEST for Kids. BEST (Better Education for Students and Teachers) is a choice school for students in grades 9-12 within the Lake Washington School District.
Kindergarten registration in the Lake Washington School District for the 2005 - 2006 school year begins on March 2 from 1-7 p.m. arents can register their child at their neighborhood school beginning March 2 or on any school day thereafter until schools close in June.
"We're here tonight because my father can't - because he died," Mike Brand said at the Jan. 10 East District Council meeting at the Madison Park Bathhouse.rand's father, Alton, was killed in the crosswalk of 41st Avenue East and East Madison Street at 10:55 a.m. on New Year's Eve. The speed limit in the area where his father was hit is 25 mph. Many, like Brand, expressed their concerns about traffic and pedestrian safety with Richard Conlin, chair of the City Council's Transportation Committee.
Of the four public neighborhood schools, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School has most to lose. Facing multimillion-dollar budget deficits the next two school years and the potential for more red ink beyond that if nothing changes, Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Raj Manhas is considering closing and consolidating as many as 20 schools that don't meet certain economic, demographic and educational criteria.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described.
The following are summarized accounts of this month's community council meetings. Items have been edited for content and space.