>As the 50th anniversary of the Salk vaccine approaches, we honor Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had the vision, will power and drive to protect children from polio. We also thank and celebrate the volunteers, donors and scientists who make our victories possible - from our first campaign to eradicate polio to our current campaign to decrease prematurity
A handful of girls are seated in a classroom with magazines, scissors and glue sticks strewn all over the desks. They are learning about interior design. Sixth-grader Naomi Skaggs is a "client," deciding how she wants to plan her ideal master bedroom and bathroom. She is working with a "designer," another student who will help her with the blueprints and models.
M.L. KINGThe school superintendent has "conceptually approved" a Montessori program starting in 2005-06 at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, 3201 E. Republican St.However, the school must meet certain enrollment requirements before the program can be approved.
Spring is in the air. The trees are beginning to unfurl new leaves and reach for the warmth of the sun.Chinese medicine looks to the seasons for inspiration and understanding of the body and its natural cycles. Fundamental to this system is the concept of the five elements that comprise both the natural world and our bodies
In Madrona is one of Seattle's most celebrated restaurants: Dulces Latin Bistro. Pronounced "dool-says," the word means "something sweet" in Spanish, and a sweet, small treasure it is - well-loved and frequented by its loyal patrons. The menu is astonishing in depth and flair, and the 1,400-label international wine list boasts a long record of awards including Best of Award of Excellence, given to only nine restaurants in Seattle and 400 in the world.
What's cooking in your kitchen? E-mail mptimes@nwlink.com. The latest from the kitchens of Madison Valley
Fremont's farmers market is coming to Madison Valley.Actually, its offshoot Capitol Hill Farmers Market is the one moving to the area.According to organizer Jon Hegeman, who founded the Fremont Sunday Market, the Capitol Hill market is relocating to Madison Valley because of the general perception that its current location near Broadway is "intimidating. It's not seen as a place to visit. It's unfortunate...but it's understandable."
Fremont's farmers market is coming to Madison Valley.Actually, its offshoot Capitol Hill Farmers Market is the one moving to the area.According to organizer Jon Hegeman, who founded the Fremont Sunday Market, the Capitol Hill market is relocating to Madison Valley because of the general perception that its current location near Broadway is "intimidating. It's not seen as a place to visit. It's unfortunate...but it's understandable."
Live music, cooking for the homeless, Madrona Dining & Sipping Society, entertainment and more at local restaurants
At last week's Lake Union District Council's community forum, attendees from five North End business districts met to discuss ways to make less-frequented districts more successful. Overwhelmingly, business owners saw community alliance as the most effective method.Presentations from Seattle's Office of Economic Development, National Trust's Main Street Program and Muir Publications helped small business owners to learn about revitalization techniques."Many business owners just don't know where to start looking," said the Department of Neighborhoods' Antoinette Meier, regulator of the forum. "Unless they are well-developed, they don't know about the different services this city offers."
Earthquakes and old viaducts are not compatible. People in Western Washington learned that lesson in February 2001, when a 6.8-magnitude quake seriously damaged the Alaskan Way Viaduct, one of Seattle's main transportation arteries. Planners and officials are now trying to find the estimated $5 billion it will cost to overhaul or replace the viaduct.San Francisco and Oakland commuters faced similar problems after earthquakes in 1989 and 1994 weakened the east span of the mammoth Bay Bridge. Work is under way there to construct a new span at an estimated cost of more than $5 billion.Transportation headachesBut earthquakes aren't the only source of multi-billion dollar transportation headaches. Washington lawmakers are also looking for ways to fund other expensive bridge projects like the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge between the University of Washington and Bellevue. Higher gas taxes aren't the only answer. For example, a few years ago, Washington voters rejected Referendum 51, which would have hiked gas taxes by 9 cents a gallon. Today, with the price of gas hovering around $2.25 a gallon, lawmakers need to explore other funding alternatives. If folks are waiting for the federal government to write a big check to pay for these megaprojects, they can forget it. U.S. transportation secretary Norm Mineta says only $6 billion in federal money is allocated for the entire country.So what is another option? Tolls. Their time has come.
he Seattle Post-Intelligencer's March 21 expose on the failings of the Experience Music Project only reinforces what many of us have come to think about that bulbous ghost museum - 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 the inherent contradiction of turning a vibrant cultural force into a glass-encased relic, there appears little doubt that the museum has flubbed its initial promise of becoming a world-class cultural institution and an internationally recognized Seattle landmark. The facts: Between 2001 and 2003, admission revenues fell 46 percent. All rotating exhibits have been either frozen or cancelled for the foreseeable future. Administrative offices were downsized. It sold the Electric Bus. Which brings us to the most damning aspect of the PI's report - namely, the lack of named sources: "More than a dozen (mostly anonymous) insiders...say EMP's woes can be blamed on its ruthless management style, its culture of secrecy and its lack of a community mission."
Oftentimes, the situations homeless individuals face are more diverse than people are aware of," said FareStart's Patricia Gray.Through an ongoing photography exhibit titled Home, FareStart (which provides job training and placement for homeless men, women and youths in the Seattle area) and Fremont's Getty Images aim to raise awareness of issues the local homeless population faces."It's about getting multiple people from very different corners of the community to work on a mission together," Gray said.The project will be unveiled Thursday, April 14, at a reception and presentation at the Henry Art Gallery on the University of Washington campus.
Middle-school girls running up and down a field of unkempt grass while trying not to slip or lose the ball is a common sight during the fall soccer season. In spring, however, the sport that is now garnering popularity among young athletes is lacrosse. The team on the field is the Northeast Middle School Girls Lacrosse team; members call themselves Doublecrosse. They are working hard at practice even though they don't have another game for nearly two weeks and they beat the Tacoma team 11-3 the night before."The girls are very dedicated, they all have full plates with school and some of them are involved with other teams, too," said Doug Carmichael, co-manager and parent of one of the girls.
The lengths of red and purple material hanging from the ceiling of the Velocity Dance Studio become trees, hammocks, towers and even very long hair in UMO Ensemble's "Rapunzel."The material is really a circus aerial apparatus known as a 'tissu.' About four years ago, a friend gave one to Esther Edelman. "I became totally enamored with it," recalled Edelman. "I got taken with this idea that the tissu could be Rapunzel's hair. Originally, I was going to do a solo piece for the Fringe Festival, but then I became pregnant and couldn't do the festival."A co-founder of the UMO Ensemble, Edelman has been performing as part of the group since 1985. UMO's combination of circus acts and theater has been a regular part of Seattle's fringe theater scene. UMO Ensemble shows often draw from such diverse elements as puppetry, dance, LeCoq buffoon and clown work, and, in the last few years, aerial performance on trapeze, hoop, swings and tissu. Edelman has performed in or choreographed such pieces as "Body Inheritance," "Millennium Circus," and the "Ringulons" (which took place on the top of the Space Needle).The current production of "Rapunzel" heralded a return to Seattle theater after a few quiet years for UMO Ensemble.