NO: 06-4-04332-1SEA
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
RCW 11.40.030
In the matter of the estate of: ELSA ESTHER CRAIG, Deceased.
THE CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES NAMED BELOW has been appointed and have qualified as Co-Personal Representatives of this estate.
KING COUNTY
NO: 06-4-04328-3SEA
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
RCW 11.40.030
In the matter of the estate of: MABEL I. KUCHERSKI, Deceased.
The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate.
The new Duwamish story pole was installed at Admiral Viewpoint last week and the totem pole that stood there the past 40 years has been moved to the Log House Museum at Alki.
A dedication ceremony is scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11. City officials and Duwamish Tribe members are scheduled to attend. The story pole is located at about 3600 S.W. Admiral Way.
The new 25-foot story pole is more authentic than the totem pole that previously stood at the overlook.
More than 50 students from West Seattle, Chief Sealth and Cleveland high schools who came close to passing the Washington Assessment of Student Learning exam are enrolled in a new Summer College program to boost their chances of passing the test when they retake it in August.
Seattle Public Schools has teamed up with the City of Seattle and North, South and Central Seattle Community colleges for a five-week program that offers classes in mathematics, literacy and "enrichment," such as beat poetry and television production.
Recruiting violations caught up with Chief Sealth High School last week when the school's back-to-back state basketball championships were taken away by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.
The statewide association announced the record books also will indicate the Lady Hawks forfeit every game they've played over the past four years. That includes all regular season, playoff and tournament contests from 2002 to 2006.
Sealth also took a hard slap from SeaKing District 2, the league of public and private schools among which Sealth is a member.
The Seattle School board voted 5-2 to approve superintendent Raj Manhas' final recommendations on school closures, after a tense special meeting last week.
The merger of the Fairmount Park Elementary program at High Point Elementary sailed through along with six other closures, four of which are mergers.
During a second phase of closures this fall, the board plans to work with the community to find a location for the Pathfinder K-8 Alternative program, now in the deteriorating Genesee Hill facility.
Port of Seattle Chief Executive Officer Mic Dinsmore has said he will leave his position early next year.
Dinsmore has been chief executive for 14 years, the longest tenure in that position in the Port's 95-year history.
Commission chairman Patricia Davis said the commission accepted Dinsmore's decision with profound regret, but understood his desire to open the next chapter in his life.
"He will be leaving an unprecedented legacy," Davis said.
The King County Council has voted to make King County the largest local jurisdiction in the nation to conduct all elections by mail.
The new system will be in effect after the infrastructure is in place. The council appropriated $1,635,446 to initiate the transition.
"(The) decision is the beginning of the process for moving to vote-by-mail - not the end - and we have much preparation work ahead to ensure a smooth transition," said Larry Phillips, council chairman.
Construction plans and ideas for keeping the viaduct open and moving during the Alaskan Way viaduct and seawall replacement project were released last week.
"Regardless of what we build, the project is located in the same dense urban area and the impacts will be similar, so we can start planning now for construction." said Project Director Ron Paananen.
should go onto the 2006 ballot
A group calling itself Seattle schools supporters says voters deserve the chance to vote on two school initiatives this fall, despite a lawsuit intended to block the measures.
The two initiatives would lift the city's property levy lid and raise money to reduce class sizes, restore art and music classes and provide all-day kindergarten in Seattle Public Schools.
