The Magnolia Chamber of Commerce recently tapped Bertil Lundh as its Business Person of the Year. Lundh, who has run the Porcelain Gallery with his family for more than three decades, downplays the honor. But the Swedish immigrant and charity activist was an obvious choice, said Chamber president Glenn Harrington. "He is a longstanding, prominent member of the Magnolia business community."
Residents of the 36th Legislative Dis-trict are invited to come to the Washington State Capitol campus Feb. 20 to meet district legislators Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Rep. Helen Sommers and Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson. Participants will have an opportunity to ask their legislators questions and discuss concerns such as - but not limited to - the state budget and revenue, civil rights legislation; funding for K-12 and higher education, and other issues. The meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. in Senate Hearing Room 3 in the Cherberg Building.
Queen Anne resident and Seahawks fan Cynthia Papich was wearing her lucky jeans, and she was sitting with her boyfriend, Brad Anderson, at their lucky table at Floyd's Place while they watched the Super Bowl game on Sunday. She said they showed up in Queen Anne's premier TV sports bar almost three hours before the game started so they could snag the same table they sat at when the Seahawks won the two earlier playoff games. She had also worn the same pants during the two earlier games.
The Seattle Seahawks' long, glorious run to the top of the pack in the NFL came to a disappointing end Sunday, Jan. 5, as the "team of destiny" lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-10, in Super Bowl XL in Detroit. At the Boxcar Alehouse, upwards of 100 fans crowded the neighborhood bar to root for their hometown team. Steve Welch, who opened the tavern three-and-a-half years ago, said the day went well despite the game's final outcome. "Everybody was pretty disappointed," said Welch, a longtime Magnolia resident who played wide receiver at Pacific Lutheran University from 1983 to 1986.
Uptown Alliance has had a new president since last month, when Michael H. Jerrett took over leadership of Lower Queen Anne's urban stewardship group from past president John Coney. Jerrett is a Seattle native who grew up in the Northgate area. He has made Queen Anne his home for about 12 years; he and his wife and two children currently live in Uptown
The Interurban may yet return to Fremont - someday - but patience has its limits. The commuters have up and gone. But not far. "Waiting for the Interurban," the statuary artifact that has weathered many a season near the north end of the Fremont Bridge has been schlepped to a temporary location one block east, outside the History House museum, while construction on the bridge gets under way.
The havoc wreaked by Saturday's big windstorm was just a distant memory for most of us by Sunday morning. Woe to those in the region that were left without power, but surprisingly there were so few outages considering the strength and length of the storm. Early Sunday morning, with great trepidation, I ventured forth to assess the storm damage in the garden. What a sorry mess. The garden looked as though it had been pulsed by a Cuisinart. Bits of madrona leaves, and twigs, sticks and branches strewn throughout the paths and beds. Birch twigs, rhododendron leaves, pinecones and needles littered about and piled into corners.
Kylie Mills sports her Shaun Alexander jersey during a Seahawks mass at St. James Cathedral on Friday, Feb. 3. Roughly 150 people attended the mass, but alas! Their prayers went unanswered.
When Jill Janow became involved with the Pike-Pine Urban Neighborhood Coalition (P/PUNC) she thought she might volunteer with the community group for a fairly short time. Nearly ten years later, and more than five as chair of P/PUNC, Janow has chosen to move on. She leaves with a sense of accomplishment as well as some frustration that more neighborhood projects could not be done
Seattleites have between now and March 20 to suggest capital improvement program (CIP) projects to the department of finance. All suggestions will be considered by the relevant city departments and neighborhood district councils. Mayor Greg Nickels will review these recommendations and present his proposed 2007-2008 budget and 2007-2012 CIP to the City Council in late September.
The Seattle Hebrew Academy recently announced plans to name their gymnasium in memory of Ari Grashin, a graduate of the school and basketball player who died of cancer in 2002, and to raise $500,000 in his name. The Ari Grashin Memorial Gym campaign includes sales of memorial plaques, with a pledge between $5,000 and $50,000 that will be attached to the gym bleachers. One hundred seats in the Hebrew Academy gym have been set aside for the drive.
The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development. Unless otherwise specified, written comments on projects should be mailed to 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.Appeals are made, unless otherwise noted, to the Office of the Hearing Examiner, Seattle Municipal Tower, 40th Floor (SMT-40-00), 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 4000, Seattle, WA 98104. Appeals must be accompanied by a $50 filing fee in a check payable to the City of Seattle.The project number is in parentheses. For more information, call 684-8467.
Richard Hugo House artistic director Frances McCue announced that she will leave the organization she co-founded in June. She will be replaced by Hugo House program and education manager Lyall Bush. "Hugo House was an idea dreamt up at a kitchen table 10 years ago that has grown into a regional and national landmark for literature," said Hugo House board president Cheryl Hafer upon the announcement of McCue's resignation.
After a generation of delay, the Washington state Legislature finally approved the gay civil rights bill. The bill prohibits discrimination against members of the GLBT community in housing, employment and insurance in the same way such religious or racial discrimination is prohibited. Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire signed the legislation last week. Without question this is good news. But such news is not the whole story. It says something discouraging that such basic protections took nearly 30 years to achieve.
The following incident records from the Seattle Police Department's South Precinct reflect the officers' accounts