When her makeover is finished, should Alki's Statue of Liberty face north into Puget Sound or east toward the rest of Seattle?
The diminutive copper-sheet replica is scheduled for a new, more rugged bronze casting set on a new base in a more defined plaza.
City parks planners are shopping in Morgan Junction for a place to build a public park and it could be where the monorail station was slated to be built.
The Pro Parks levy approved by voters in 2000 provided money to buy land for a park in Morgan Junction, plus about $300,000 to develop the park.
Establishing a public park in the vicinity of California Avenue and Fauntleroy Way has been a goal since the early 1990s when residents, landlords and business owners wrote the Morgan Junction Neighborhood Plan.
While the West Seattle Junction Association has become a well-established business district, emerging are other business groups around West Seattle determined to attract more shoppers and form lasting ties among the business owners.
The Admiral District Business Group formed in 2004 and have been successful with bringing people into the neighborhood to "eat, shop and live" through collaborative marketing, said Melissa Nickel, a member of the group.
"It' just really escalated," she said.
Sustainable gardening has many benefits-it's good for the environment, conserves resources, and can even save you money on your utility bills. If you're like millions of other Americans, you would also enjoy the additional benefit of seeing more wildlife, such as birds, butterflies and bees in your yard.
Sustainable gardening isn't hard, but it does require some changes in how you do things.
Everyone remembers their first bicycle. For most of us, it was our first taste of speed and freedom, principles we intended to live by. Wobbly at first, before long we were racing down the block and around street corners, shirts billowing.
Joyce Crow is not only battling liver cancer, she is fighting to obtain her Medicare insurance benefits to pay for a transplant before the disease takes her life.
Crow has visited four oncologists for their medical opinions. The last one said she may only have months to live, unless she gets the transplant. She has to wait18 months to get Medicare insurance to pay for the procedure.
Six months ago Crow asked Social Security Disability for a waiver on a 24 month waiting period for her Medicare Prime A and B benefits.
People don't think of auto mechanics as being environmental stewards. With an occupational nickname like "grease monkey" it's not hard to see why.
Unlikely radio host David Quinn, a wheat farmer, tells of his past adventures with a blind girl named Frankie and captures the hearts of the Midwest, in John Olive's romance, "The Voice of the Prairie" at Greenwood's Taproot Theatre.
Quinn, seeking refuge, meets Frankie when she finds him in her family's barn and accuses him of being a horse thief. However, Frankie quickly befriends the starving young man and they run off together to escape Frankie's drunken father.
Thirteen years as a police officer patrolling the dark side of the city streets inspired Lowen Clausen to write three books he says don't fit the typical mold of detective or mystery novels.
"My stories are about characters and individuals as much as it is about solving a crime. I focus on the characters who show up, even the minor characters. I like to write about their lives," said Ballard-local Clausen.
"First Avenue" was published in 2000, followed by "Second Watch" in 2003 and "Third and Forever" in 2004.
This year's Blakely Rock Regatta on April 1, organized by the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club will benefit the Steve Molnes Helping Hand Fund at Ballard High School.
Now in its 25th year, the regatta raises money for local causes. Projects like the Ballard High School library book drive and groups like the Ballard Food Bank have received the proceeds from the race in the past. Proceeds have totaled up to $8,000 from previous races.
As a teacher, Molnes went out of his way to help his special education students.
