September 2007

Sid and Hilda Andrews prefer to remain low key about their volunteer work, but their efforts to feed the hungry have earned them a Foss Home and Village Senior Appreciation Award.

Five days a week, Sid drives to grocery stores and food outlets to pick up donations. He delivers the surplus food to the Greenwood Food Bank, Ballard Food Bank, Compass Cascade Women's Shelter and the Calvary Lutheran Church's Soup Kitchen.

Last week Sid drove as far as Mill Creek and Renton to pick up meat, potatoes and frozen food.

"We don't care for slaps on the back.

After 78 years of providing care a frail elderly population, Foss Home and Village is testing the waters for a new senior living concept called The Skandia.

The Skandia will feature 176 apartments for adults 62 years or older not yet ready for assisted living or nursing home care, who can still live independently with some limited services.

"The direction of senior care is back towards community based services," said The Skandia's Chief Executive Officer, David A.

On display in the window of the Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co.

Two bills passed by the Seattle City Council last month to reduce overcrowding and violence around nightclubs did not earn Mayor Greg Nickels approval and the legislation was returned unsigned.

The council is currently working on a proposal that would require nightclubs to obtain a nightlife license in order to operate. A vote is expected toward the middle of the month.

The two bills support funding a nightlife enforcement team that could issue fines and respond to resident complaints and allows the city to penalize businesses that continually exceed occupancy limits.

Eighty-five HSBC Group employees from Seattle to Wenatchee converged at Phinney Community Center to make a two-day investment last week.

The employees volunteered through a collaboration between the Phinney Neighborhood Association and Rebuilding Together Seattle, the local affiliate of a national organization that improves under-financed homes, schools, and centers for low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled.

The volunteers shed their banking attire for white t-shirts and blue jeans to paint, garden, and make repairs at the Community Center, the Greenwood Seni

Song, dance on Alaska getaway

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Here I was in my doctor's office, the first time with the aid of a walker. I was feeling sorry for myself as I had planned a week's vacation on a cruise ship to Alaska and wondered if I would have to use my cancellation insurance and then I heard my doctor say, "Georgie, you might as well pack your pain medication and go. You and your friend can request wheel chair boarding with no waiting in long lines."

Two weeks later my friend and I were taking part in the lifeboat drill.

Rhapsody Partners, the development firm that wants to tear down a Ballard Denny's Restaurant to build a six-to-eight story condominium, plans to nominate the 1960's building for landmark status.

"We want to make sure that things are going the way they are supposed to go," said Katie Vance, a partner with the Kirkland-based developer.

A well-known Bay Area architect, Clarence Mayhew, designed the building at 15th Avenue Northwest and Northwest Market Street.

Teaching kids to bounce back

By Lauri Hennessey

My mother-in-law is fond of saying that if she can teach her kids one thing, it is how to think for themselves. Her philosophy always spoke to me. But as I continue along this crazy parenting road, I am finally figuring out what the one thing is for me.

If I can teach my kids one thing, it is how to bounce back.

Really, what skill is going to matter more in life? How many of us reach high and grab the first thing we really want?

After two years away from their home campus, Mt. Rainier High students return to a brand new school when classes resume Wednesday, Sept. 5.

Mt. Rainier students were housed at Olympic Middle School during construction.

Aviation High students now will attend Olympic until their permanent campus is built near Tukwila's Museum of Flight.

The Des Moines school will hold a community dedication and open house at the new facility on Monday, Sept.

Wednesday, Sept. 5

Girls soccer: Central Kitsap at Decatur, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 6

Boys golf: TJ at Decatur, Todd Beamer at Curtis, Kentwood at Federal Way, 3:15 p.m.

Girls golf: Decatur at TJ, Curtis at Todd Beamer, Federal Way at Kentwood, 3:15 p.m.

Boys tennis: K-M at TJ, Decatur at Kentwood, Federal Way at Tahoma, Todd Beamer at Bethel, 3:30 p.m.