September 2007

Joseph Henry Smith Sr.
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Joseph Henry Smith Sr., 69, died August 31, 2007 at his home in Shelton. He was born March 28, 1938 in Seattle to Ernest George and Evelyn Elizabeth (Ulvestad) Smith. He married Shirley E. Wright on August 15, 1959 in Fort Lawton, WA.

He worked as a truck driver for various companies for 38 years, a forklift operator for the Todd Shipyards for six years and was a truck driver instructor for two years. Joseph was a member of Teamsters Local 174 in Seattle.

Al Pricco
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Passed away on Sunday, September 2, 2007. He had worked for the Discovery Shop, which is sponsored by the American Cancer Society, since it opened in November 1990. Al was on our first Board of Directors, and he remained as the Maintenance Chairman for the whole 17 years. He was also instrumental in preparing the property at the Discovery Shop located on 4535 California Avenue in West Seattle.

Al has been one of the most reliable and loyal of all the Discovery Shop's 75 or so volunteers. Need a light bulb replaced? Need a new sign made? Need the toilet repaired?

Lowell C. Kelso Hukill
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5-20-1935 to 9-11-2006

I love and miss you Lowell. It has been a very difficult year. Thank you for being a friend during my Cancer treatment years. For a whole year you have been free from the pain you suffered in this life. See you again. Love from your sister, Paula Lyon.

Dagny L. Hagardt

Longtime West Seattle resident, Dagny went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 23, 2007 after suffering a stroke. Born on August 3, 1923 in Pitea, Sweden, she came to the U.S. at age six. She lived in Ballard, then Alaska, and then Ballard again for her senior year of high school.

Dagny married Howard Carlson of Rockford, Illinois in 1942. They had two children. Howard was killed in action on Okinawa in 1945. She married Len Hagardt in 1950 becoming mother to his two sons.

Rodney Orrin Dahley
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After a nine month battle with lung cancer, Rod passed away at home on 8/25/07 - at age 63. He is survived by his loving wife of 40 years Gwen, their son Dean and his wife Ann; daughter Deana and her husband Jeff Falk; sister Betty Lou and husband Stu O'Donnell; brother Randy and his wife Linda; and several nieces and nephews. He is preceeded in death by his parents Orrin and Lucille Dahley, and sister Barbara Anderson.

Rod was born July 29, 1944, Bremerton Washington, the third of four children.

Mayor announces $3.5 million for homeless housing

Mayor Greg Nickels announced last week his 2008 proposed budget includes $3.5 million to help fund 84 permanent supportive housing studio apartments for chronically homeless people.

Half the units at the Plymouth Housing Group's First and Cedar project would use a "Housing First" model, which combines homeless housing with important in-house medical and mental health services and other support programs.

"For too long, we attempted to manage homelessness through a system that in many cases provides little more than a mattress for the night," said Nickels.

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At Large in Ballard by Peggy Sturdivant

There are those who reset their lives on Jan. 1 but my life has always followed the academic calendar.

Life after Labor Day is a new beginning with resolutions on exercise and packing healthier lunches. So the last week of August is when I take stock of the last year and set my course for the next nine months.

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Locals part of 'Mosquito Fleet'

More people are moving to, and moving through, Ballard to catch a buzz. They are saying "yes" to mopeds, those noisy, 50cc motor scooters with pedals that hit nearly 38 miles per hour.

Don't laugh.

They're cheap, fun to ride and get 100 miles per gallon. Over 40 area enthusiasts belong to the Mosquito Fleet, a moped gang who display a curious combination of machismo and modesty on their tough little toys.

Many live in Ballard, while others are searching for a place here.

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Notes From Old Ballard

Summer fun in the 20th Century

By Kay F. Reinartz

While winters on Salmon Bay were, and are still, marked by lots of damp chilly weather, the summers were generally dry and sunny with light long into the evening.

Ballard, like West Seattle, was blessed with wide sandy beaches. Golden Gardens, then as now, drew the young people with bathing and beach games during the warm summer afternoons. As night fell beach fires appeared all along the shoreline. Capt.

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First day of school
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Mom Lynn Brown chats with Seattle School's new superintendent, Maria Goodloe-Johnson. Jojo, 10, is entering 5th-grade. He says that when he grows up he wants to direct a new Godzilla movie. The Browns live one block from Viewlands Elementary where Jojo used to attend before it closed this summer. The two schools merged this year

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