An odd set of bookends: 'Shine a Light' and 'Young at Heart'
Young at Heart
Directed by Stephen Walker
Rated PG
(Rated three and one half stars)
Shine a Light
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Rated PG-13
(Rated three and one half stars)
By Bruce Bulloch
Fauntleroy Forest Walk Restoring our H2O
Sat, June 28, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Ages 8 and older
Take a walk on the wild side! Learn about the Fauntleroy watershed. Why is the water so clean in this creek and who is responsible for its restoration? We will hike the "Reach to the Beach," check out new developments along the waterfront, the fish ladder and maybe stop by the bakery for a treat on our way back! Please pack a lunch and drinking water. Pre-registration required by 6/27/08.
It has been nearly four months since our friend Tim St. Clair died and some of us are just getting to grips with the fact this genuinely wonderful human being has passed.
This writer has not been though a day without thinking about Tim, usually saying, "Where is Tim? He would know the answer to this question."
When we need to know the backgound for a story, Tim knew because he had made West Seattle his home for 20 years. This editor always deferred to Tim's encyclopaedic memory of the place.
The city has to build a jail and two of the potential sites are in our area. Some say the sites are in South Park, others say Highland Park, still others say White Center. Actually it is not "in" any of them, but that is really an insignificant point not worthy of angst.
What is a concern is that a city jail with misdemeanants will be close by. Some will react harshly and claim never in my backyard. Well it has to go someplace as the Admiral Community Council said.
Thank you for your politically proactive response from Dow Constantine ("Public safety cuts are necessary" June 16). For six of the seven paragraphs in the column Constantine or his staff lay out the "problems." I appreciate the stomachache. I can always use another. "We need to do this." "We need to do that." Your three-quarter page of free press is nothing new to us. We like to feel we know the problems.
The closing paragraph at the end of Constantine's political diatribe suggests ". .
Come gather round and hear the tale
Of one so brave, yet slightly frail
Whose classic form and stylish grace
Brought beauty to our Westside place
Alas one day that greedy sort
King Condo spied our little court
And quickly claimed this treasured prize
Then moved to hasten her demise
Her fate was looking mighty dower
For in her place he planned a tower
Police don't want to talk about concerns
By Debbie Smith
You know how "some people" protest in the streets for one cause or another and they turn over cars, break windows and loot businesses, lie in the street to block cars and generally create havoc?
Pretty disgusting, isn't it? I always thought so. If you are one of "those people" then you might as well stop reading right now because you probably won't like what I write.
I've always considered myself a very reasonable sort of person.
Former servers and dishwashers have returned to the Charlestown Street Cafe to scrub and organize the kitchen and dining room, and in one week will be ready to take your order.
Harkening back to a tradition of old, Seattle Police plan to enforce some July 4th traffic rules that will affect West Seattle residents and other celebrants who flock to the Alki and North Admiral areas hoping for a good view of fireworks.
"Increased vehicle traffic on the holiday has become a hazard for emergency resources," says Lt. Norm James of the Southwest Precinct. "Most spectators are well behaved, but the occasional large crowd disturbance does require a fast response."
So beginning at 6 p.m.
Customers are finding it more and more difficult and time consuming to wait through long lines at the post office just to buy a small book of stamps.
It's not just the holiday season that gets the rush and lines out the door anymore. But with mail and package drop-offs, mail pick-ups, package purchases and buying stamps all filtering through the same counter, the traffic at the post office can look like rush hour on I-5 on a rainy Friday afternoon.
To make life easier, Verne Valentine has run the North Admiral Post Office, 2237 California Ave.
