Rowers from 10 local clubs gathered at the Lake Washington Rowing Club, 901 N. Northlake Way, on Sunday, March 20, to honor Seattle Police Harbor Patrol Officer Jackson V. Lone. Mr. Lone drowned while trying to secure the loose tugboat Michael in the Lake Washington Ship Canal last Wednesday, March 16.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department's North Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described.
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Rachel Thompson and Michael Gruenwald's wedding was not the usual affair. Their wedding song was taken from a jukebox. The "cake" was a plate of Valentine's Day cookies that a friend of Rachel's had baked. The bride wore a veil of ribbon, and the flowers were plastic.
Long-awaited and much-needed work on the approaches to the Fremont Bridge will begin after this year's Fremont Fair and Solstice Parade.
Today, we're going to be talking about rabbits. (Don't worry, I'm not going to launch into a long tale about Volkswagens.) I'm talking about bunnies. You know, the little bundles of fur with long ears that hop to and fro?
I realized most of the legislators were going from meeting to meeting, listening to requests from groups like us, lobbyists and individual constituents and finding time somewhere to study the issues and figure out how to divide a negative pie.
Young musicians will have the opportunity to laugh in the face of competition during the fifth-annual Chamber Music Anti-Contest/Concert on Saturday, March 26, at University Preparatory Academy.
When it comes to entertainment, Seattle residents have a plethora of choices. Coffee house chats, city park strolls, dinner dates, live music, dramatic and comedic theater, professional sports, and vigorous outdoor activities make the to-do list of most folks. But of all the popular ways Seattleites spend their money and time to blow off steam and indulge in a brief escape from their daily urban routines, catching a movie is up near the top of the list.There's no doubt The Emerald City is a movie-loving town. Each year the Seattle International Film Festival plays to long lines of casual to die-hard movie fans, and dozens of movie theaters are doing steady business throughout the city's neighborhoods. The multiplexes, art-house theaters, and gargantuan IMAX screens located downtown and in the city's North End neighborhoods dominate area ticket sales.However, for nearly a year now Paul Doyle has been building a dedicated core audience of South End movie lovers at his single-screen Columbia City Cinema.
Last month, following Tom Dillon's sudden resignation in the wake of the Lake and Central decision, the Kirkland City Council was faced with the unanticipated problem of finding a replacement. The council turned to a familiar face: Nona Ganz.
The debate swirling like a moral tornado around the Schiavo case boils down to two issues: first, what is life and when are we merely holding on? and, secondly, who benefits from prolonging the life of the dying person?Life, it seems to me, is defined largely by interaction with others. Some years ago, as we struggled with a pet dying from kidney failure, we asked our veterinarian for advice on when to let our cat go. "When an animal no longer responds to your touch or reacts to your voice as they did when they were healthy," he answered, "then perhaps it's time to let go."This didn't make our decision any easier, but it did help us reach a decision. We can't equate the life of a pet with that of a son, daughter or spouse, but there seems to be a rationale in the vet's advice that could apply to the Schiavo controversy.
"Have another doughnut! Don't be bashful. Eat, eat!," Bronia said after I consumed her 10,000 calorie, five-course meat-and-potatoes meal.Residents of the United States, it is reported, eat 33 percent of their meals outside the home, as compared with Polish villagers, who almost never dine out. Our ubiquitous, fast food franchises exist in Poland's major cities primarily for tourists. But dining out is far too expensive for the average Pole, whose monthly income is about $200.Still, I never lacked for home-style snack foods. Morning offerings included open-face sandwiches, made with one slice of fresh rye bread, butter, thin slices of cold cut meats, sliced tomatoes and white onion. I was never served a two-bread sandwich. I added the second slice to their wide-eyed looks of amazement.
The theme of Seattle's 1962 World's Fair was "Century 21." Look around today at the major public buildings in our city - from Fisher Plaza to City Hall, Experience Music Project to the Washington State Convention Center - and you will note that our city's architecture reflects that space-age theme.Magnolia Library has a place in making that happen. As one of the first public buildings commissioned after the World's Fair, the bold, Asian-modern design signaled wider public acceptance of that style in public buildings. Think about that next time you are sitting down to an Asia-Pacific inspired feast at Wild Ginger restaurant.Flash-forward 40-some years, and our library is one of the busiest small libraries in the city. It performs admirably in a variety of missions, including celebrating literacy and kindling a love of leaning in toddlers, providing research tools for lifelong learners and serving as a friendly community crossroads. All in a small - even intimate - community setting.
The March 21 Seattle Post-Intelligencer's expose on the failings of the Experience Music Project only reinforce what many of us have come to think about that bulbous ghost museum at the Seattle Center, if we think about it at all.In a word, disappointing.Whether you choose to discern EMP's shortcomings in the exorbitant admission price ($19.95 just to get in the door), poor planning, lack of vision or - even more problematic - the inherent contradiction of turning a vibrant cultural force into a glass-encased relic, there appears little doubt that the museum so far has flubbed its initial promise of becoming a world-class cultural institution and an internationally recognized Seattle landmark. More like a white elephant.
The way Evelyn Bittner describes it, the first time is initially terrifying. After you learn the moves, though, the experience is one-of-a-kind."It takes a while to learn how to orient your body, but also a huge part of some of these moves is overcoming fear and learning to control your body," Bittner said. She has had only one injury scare while learning acrobatics: She fell on her head while learning a new move, but was caught before any injuries occurred.When not working as a veterinarian, Bittner performs acrobatics as one-half of the duo Dr. Calamari and Acrophelia. This is just one of 14 acts in Circus Contraption, a local circus performance group appearing in the Moisture Festival in Fremont.The 10-day festival - named in reference to the rainy-season time of year in which it takes place and to rain being a symbol of life - will begin Wednesday, March 30 and run through April 10.