Thank you for running this article about my friend Steve Dunn, and those of Burma in the Karen state.
I have worked with these wonderful people helping with communications etc.
I have deep respect for Steve, and the Karen people, and really wish I could do more. I sincerely hope this article will help to bring in the funds World Aid needs to provide more help.
David Martin
Seattle
More regulation is not the housing cost answer
By Don C. Brunell
Recently, a researcher from the University of Washington reported land use regulations - most notably the state's Growth Management Act - added $200,000 to the price of a home in Seattle.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING
The Manning's/Denny's building is a landmark because it's ordinary.
That's according to Alan Hess, an architect and author of 15 books on 20th Century West Coast architecture.
After a surprising vote by the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board last week to protect the quirky diner from demolition, Hess told the Ballard News-Tribune why he thinks the building is so important to architecture, Ballard and the city as a whole.
"Manning's was just an ordinary restaurant for the average person in a typical neighborhood," Hess wrote in an e-mail to this newspaper.
Now that the Seattle Landmark Preservation Board has voted to preserve the old Manning's/Denny's building there are sure to be appeals to the decision that could lead to a City Council battle and even to the courts.
The board voted 6 to 3 last week to approve the exterior of the Manning's/Denny's building for landmark preservation, which will place controls over alterations to the 1960s diner, but the developers hoping to build an eight story condo there say they will fight to overturn that decision.
The cliche/, "You can't afford to wait any longer" comes to mind when considering saving for your child's college education as tuition increases 7 percent annually at Washington public universities.
Washington State's 529 prepaid Guaranteed Education Tuition Program offers savings plans that lock in today's tuition, plus 7 percent at today's cost, to hedge against tomorrow's prices.
Twenty new residents will be moving into Ballard on Feb. 29 and they won't be owners of the numerous condominiums overwhelming the area.
Trinity United Methodist Church will be a permanent host for a SHARE/WHEEL (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort/Women's Housing Equality and Enhancement League) shelter. The group's Veteran's Hall facility is closing and moving its operation to Trinity.
"We are getting a SHARE shelter that is up and running.
Seattle City Light warns of a new scam is underway affecting customers.
A "salesman" by the name of "Donny" attempts to make appointments to come to homes to look at ways to reduce energy consumption. The salesman asserts that he works for a company by the name of "All Climates" that is supposedly under contract with Seattle City Light to contact people with higher than normal electric bills.
The sales pitch is a total fabrication.
Washington State Patrol is also trying to bust an urban myth that dialing *77 on a cell phone will connect you to a State Patrol dispatcher, but it will not reach a State Patrol dispatcher or any other law enforcement agency.
"Just call 9-1-1," said Washington State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste. "There's no reason to use another number. 9-1-1 is always the best way to reach the police when you need our assistance."
The *77 myth is about a female driver who was on her way to visit a friend when an unmarked vehicle pulled up behind her with emergency lights on.
Sierra Leone may be thousands of miles from Seattle, but two Ballard residents have made it their mission as volunteers, to help that country re-develop.
Dan Lavin first went to Sierra Leone as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1988 until 1990. Back in Seattle he met Cindy Nofziger and learned she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone from 1985 to 1987.
Both have made an impact on the country, which went through a civil war resulting from a conflict in neighboring country Liberia from the late 1990s through 2002.
