Construction worker, incense-maker and artist Wally Marsh did not set out to create the newest Seattle icon of a café. Nonetheless, two weeks after he finally opened the doors to the Wannabee Café at 5049 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., people were already comparing the café's vibe to other legendary Seattle venues.
Large crowds packed the Chinatown-International District on Saturday, Feb. 4, to take in the Lunar New Year celebrations at the Union Station Great Hall which featured martial arts demonstrations (right) and elegant dragon dancers(see inside link).
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction's Child Nutrition Services office is now accepting applications for sponsors of the 2006 Summer Feeding Program for children. Eligible sponsors are those who operate a non-profit meal program during the summer school break to youth ages 18 or younger. Qualified sponsors will be reimbursed for the meals they serve. The meal sites must be located in areas where at least 50 percent of the children are qualified for free or reduced-price school meals.
The Rainier Valley Community Development Fund (RVCDF), established to help local businesses through the valley's transitional period, identified 274 businesses along Martin Luther King Jr. Way when construction began. Of these, 230 remain. But Despite some minor weather-related setbacks, construction of the initial segment of Sound Transit's $2.4 billion Central Link light rail, which will stretch 14 miles from Westlake in downtown Seattle to Tukwila, is more than one-third complete.
The Arc of King County will be completing a special one-year project this month called "Family Stories: Disability and Culture." This project offers an opportunity to hear stories from immigrant, refugee and other families of color raising children with developmental disabilities at the Beacon Hill Library on Feb. 28 at 5 p.m.
Thirty years is a long time to wait for a game, but that's how long I have waited to see my beloved Seahawks play in the Super Bowl. To watch the biggest football game in Seattle history, I chose to head to Angie's Tavern on Rainier Avenue South in the heart of Columbia City. Owned by Tong Suk Heyer, Suki to the regulars, Angie's was the perfect place to watch the game. Angie's was a great place to enjoy the event, and it felt like I was watching the game with a room full of new friends. Next year, when the Seahawks are playing in their second Super Bowl, I'm sure the enthusiastic crowd at Angie's will be able to push them over the top to a championship...
Post-traumatic slave syndrome (PTSS) is the term used by Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary to describe what ails much of America much of the time. Leary, who has a bachelor's degree in communications, a master's degree in social work, a master's degree in psychology, and a doctorate of philosophy in social work research, is an assistant professor at Portland State University. Her research on the subject appears in her book "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing.
The unionized workforce in America peaked in 1954 at 35 percent and has dropped steadily ever since. Currently it hovers around 13 percent. This country's transformation from a manufacturing to a service sector economy has partially contributed to this decline. WalMart, the largest company in the world, epitomizes this ballooning low paid, non-union service sector work force. Globalization, whereby historically high paying jobs move to countries with low labor costs, has also negatively impacted unions. Nonetheless, these external factors pale in comparison to the problems unions face from within.
Motor-vehicle crashes are the No. 1 cause of death for children 4-8 years old. Nationwide, in 2003, car crashes claimed the lives of 331 children in this age group and injured thousands more. Booster seats reduce a child's risk of injury in a crash 59 percent more than when they use an adult safety belt alone. Children 4-8 years old using adult safety belts are more likely to suffer fatal or disabling abdominal, head, and neck injuries.
Shumba Marimba. You instinctively want to say that first word in a way that lasts a long time while it rolls over your tongue. S-H-U-U-M-M-M-B-A ! It means lion in the Shona language, mother tongue of Zimbabwe, and the musical group lived up to their namesake at the recent "Showtime at the Apollo" auditions. The event brought new accolades for the young and talented Shumba Marimba. With approximately 200 acts competing for just 14 spots. As a result, on Feb. 11, Shumba Marimba, along with 13 other acts, will perform at the Paramount Theatre.
The good news: you are not very likely to be the victim of a violent crime in Seattle. The bad news: you are more likely to be the victim of a vehicle-related crime. On average, more than 9,000 cars are reported stolen in Seattle every year - a bit over 800 a month. Of that 800 or so auto thefts a month, about 105 of them occur in Southeast Seattle.Citywide, auto thefts increased 5.3 percent over last year. In South Seattle they're up 22.5 percent.
The following are based on incident reports from the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct. They represent the officers' accounts of the events described.
This list of crimes was compiled from censored police reports and written by Russ Zabel.PROWL OF THE WEEKA window was shattered overnight Jan. 26 to get into a Land Rover parked in a garage in the 600 block of Crockett St., and a CPU was stolen. There were no signs of forced entry to the garage itself, according to the report, which notes the CPU was broken
Students from The Center School in the Seattle Center pitched in on the morning of Jan. 28 to help eradicate invasive vegetation from Lake People's Park in the South End. Tom Rader, having whacked some insidious English ivy, gathers it up to haul away.
Local comedy icon John Keister will headline the Catharine Blaine School's Spring Fling on March 4. The annual school fundraiser will be held at the Daybreak Star Center in Discovery Park from 6 to 10 p.m. Keister was the host of KING 5's popular sketch comedy show Almost Live! During his 10-year stint Keister was awarded 12 local Emmy Awards for hosting, performing and writing.