July 2005

In her recent letter to the editor, Penny Pritchard Clifton asks what the is the point of questioning her family's ethnic origin.

Does Penny not understand that the people of White Center, who are largely minorities, have questioned Penny's brother, Russ Prichard, as to why there are no minorities on the North Highline Unincorporated Council?

Your newspaper has printed an article stating that Russ is one quarter "Native American." It is apparent that there are people who question Russ' honesty as he makes this statement.

It has nothing to do with their family w

Rumors of scaling back a preschool program at Loyal Heights Community Center mobilized a group of concerned parents last week and prompted the Seattle Parks Department to call for a public meeting.

On Monday, the department announced it would not make any changes to the room assignment or programming of the preschool and would seek to replace teachers who are leaving at the end of the year.

It's hard to say whether parents were misinformed or the Parks Department backpedaled on some proposed changes, but the dustup started and ended in relatively short order.

The comings and goings of garbage trucks at the city's proposed intermodal solid-waste transfer facility being considered for Harbor Island wouldn't much affect other traffic, according to a transportation consultant.

Garbage trucks from throughout the city would haul their loads to the planned facility, where the refuse would be compacted and placed inside sealed containers for shipment by train to a landfill in eastern Oregon.

Planners from Seattle Public Utilities and their private consultants presented the results of their draft supplemental environmental im

The comings and goings of garbage trucks at the city's proposed intermodal solid-waste transfer facility being considered for Harbor Island wouldn't much affect other traffic, according to a transportation consultant.

Garbage trucks from throughout the city would haul their loads to the planned facility, where the refuse would be compacted and placed inside sealed containers for shipment by train to a landfill in eastern Oregon.

Planners from Seattle Public Utilities and their private consultants presented the results of their draft supplemental environmental im

I go to the show to see the display gardens, and I usually buy a preview party ticket so that I get to see and photograph the gardens sans crowds. I also usually work at the show, so I get to see the display gardeners several times. Since I did a show garden myself last year, I am a tiny bit less critical that I used to be. It is a ton of work to create a show garden, but now that I have walked the said mile, I feel a bit more entitled to my constructive criticism.

As usual, I liked bits and pieces of many gardens.

A group of boys and girls from Ballard experienced a once in a rare opportunity to play basketball on the same court as the Seattle Sonics on Feb. 8.

The game matched the Chili Peppers, an all-girls squad with a Ballard Community Center boys team prior to the start of the Sonics-Hornets game.

The Chili Peppers have been together for two years and are an AAU Select team. They play in the Northwest Select Basketball Association.

Al Pirnat, the Chili Peppers coach said his girls are very advanced and skilled. "They're all on the path to high school.

State champions.

If everyone at Chief Sealth High School is still getting used to hearing that, it's understandable.

The class 3A state girl's basketball title that the Seahawks brought home Saturday night is not only the school's first hoop crown, but its first state championship, period.

"It feels good n very good," coach Ray Willis said.

The team n which consists mostly of sophomores n took the title decisively, beating all of their opponents at the state meet by large margins.

Ballard High School freshman Peter Osseward rules over kings, queens and pawns. His only claim to royalty, however, is as a chess champion.

Osseward recently took first place at the Washington State High School Individual Chess Championship at Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood. Over 121 students from schools around the state entered the tournament. Osseward was awarded a first place gold medal for the ninth- grade division. He was sometimes matched against older players.

Osseward said he wasn't intimidated playing against older competitors.

Rumors of scaling back a preschool program at Loyal Heights Community Center mobilized a group of concerned parents last week and prompted the Seattle Parks Department to call for a public meeting.

On Monday, the department announced it would not make any changes to the room assignment or programming of the preschool and would seek to replace teachers who are leaving at the end of the year.

It's hard to say whether parents were misinformed or the Parks Department backpedaled on some proposed changes, but the dustup started and ended in relatively short order.