After a long and courageous battle with cancer Selma Katherine Egli Hayes died peacefully on June 8, 2008. She was born and raised on a farm near New Salem, ND on April 30, 1925 to Oscar P.
King County Executive, and West Seattle Rotarian and native, Dow Constantine spoke at the Rotary's weekly luncheon meeting at Salty's Tuesday, May 4. He appeared to be at ease with the hometown crowd, and spoke of news both good and bad.
"I want to welcome Donald Schmidt, new pastor at Admiral Congrational UCC. (He was a guest at the luncheon.) I'm an old congregationalist. You all know what a 'UCC' stands for, a 'Unitarian Considering Christ,' "quipped Constantine.
"I'm leaving tomorrow morning (May 5) with the governor to visit Washington, D.C. Senator Murray has invited us back to work on the Whiter House, FEMA and the Corps of Engineers on this issue of the Howard Hanson Dam. Our Colonel of the Army Corps Anthony Wright has come up with a plan to reinforce the temporary wall, but the ultimate fix is half a billion dollars. For 44 million (dollars) they can complete the wall (...) and protect the Green River Valleyt over the course of several years to get the perminent concrete wall built. Seventy percent of goods headed for Alaska come through that valley. If we have a siginficanty flood in the valley it would cost $3 billion right ourt of the gate.
Ballard's Emily Sturdivant is just finishing up her first year at Clark University in Massachusetts where she served in a brand new role — Ecological Representative. She and 18 other students were chosen last fall to help foster a culture of sustainability on campus and in the residence halls and help to promote recycling, composting and energy conservation on campus.
Last week, she helped organize a belated Earth Day celebration on campus, “Go Green on the Green,” at which she demonstrated how to cook pizza and bake cookies in solar ovens made from recycled pizza boxes. She encouraged Clark students to try their balance using a slack rope and took pictures of other students hugging trees in the center of campus.
“Behavior change is one of the trickiest areas to work on,” said Sturdivant, who posted signs and statistics around her residence hall to encourage people to change their habits. “Something different motivates everyone, and we have to try to find the path that speaks to the most people. I want students to leave Clark with lifelong eco-friendly habits and awareness of their personal impact on the environment.”
In a brief but solemn ceremony at Forest Lawn police officers who have fallen in the line of duty were honored by fellow officers and Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn Tuesday, May 4.
This marks the second year for the ceremony which was conceived by the General Manager of Forest Lawn in West Seattle David J. Salove who said, "We started planning an event similar to this about four years ago...and finally last year we just decided to put it together and actually try it the first time. In the City of Seattle there are a couple of memorial walls but nothing that's a free standing place that offers privacy and peace and a place where family and colleagues can really come and reflect privately."
The Seattle Police Honor Guard was in attendance and seated next to Mayor McGinn were East Precinct Captain Jim Dermody and Southwest Precinct Captain Joe Kessler.
The Ballard High School softball team put up a fight May 3 against Roosevelt but couldn't get the win, falling 3-2 and losing its third game in a row.
The Beavers fell into a 2-1 hole in the first inning, but junior Bernie Cardon tied the game with an RBI single in the fourth. Roosevelt retook the lead in the sixth, and Ballard put two runners aboard in the seventh but couldn't bring them home.
Cardon and freshman Brittney Blokker led the Beavers offensively, each going two-for-three with an RBI, as Ballard outhit Roosevelt five to three.
Freshman pitcher Andrea Jewett struck out seven batters in six innings but also gave up six walks.
The loss dropped Ballard to 3-7 in KingCo and 7-7 overall.
Coach Kyle Gray said the team has been struggling with consistency and needs to regain its focus.
He said the goal for the final two weeks of the season is for his players to give it their all and work hard so they don't look back on these final games with regrets.
"Our goal is to just go out there and leave it all on the field," Gray said.
The Beavers have a chance to break their longest losing streak of the season at 4:30 p.m. on May 4 at Redmond High School.
It was a full house for Sig and Edgar Hansen May 3 at Sons of Norway Lodge. With their mother in the audience and an open bar in the back, Capt. Sig Hansen of the Northwestern featured on the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" was willing to talk, and the crowd was thrilled to listen.
Several commercial fishermen in the crowd commended the brothers for how they have changed the perception of the industry for outsiders.
"You guys are turning things around for the commercial fisherman," said a lifetime purse seiner.
Each brother displayed their trademark personalities, with Sig Hansen willing to "mouth off" and his younger brother Edgar Hansen treating the questions more seriously.
Sig spoke to the changes that have come with his notoriety after several years on the program.
"They will find you," he said of charity organizations and even politicians.
The June 5 and June 6 Seattle Green Festival at the Washington State Convention Center is looking for volunteers. The festival seeks to educated and activate people to make choices for a just and sustainable world.
Volunteers will receive free admission to the event, an exclusive organic and sweatshop-free Green Festival T-shirt, optional free one-year membership to Global Exchange and Green America and and a 10 percent discount for the Global Exchange Store at Green Festivals.
The Seattle Green Festival is a two-day event co-produced by Global Exchange and Green America committed to the movement towards a just and sustainable society.
The festival features more than 400 socially and environmentally responsible enterprises, community groups, more than 200 leading speakers, organic food court, local music, great how-to workshops, green films, yoga and movement classes, green careers sessions, delicious organic cuisine and live music , and thousands of attendees who want to build a just and sustainable world and have opportunities to learn, be inspired and get active.
The economic recession is affecting everyone, especially nonprofits, and the Don Jones Foundation was learning that firsthand.
The foundation, which provides gifts and food for the holidays to Seattle families in need, was forced to cancel its sixth annual garage sale because of low donations and a lack of a yard to host it.
"Unfortunately, many of our donors have been impacted by layoffs and other financial strains, so fundraising is much more difficult," said the Don Jones Foundation's Mollie Overa.
That all changed when Overa responded to a post on an online Ballard community forum from a resident who was complaining of having too much clutter.
“I had mentioned that we were low on donations and our host yard was unavailable," Overa said. "In a few hours, we had received a message that a yard was made available to us, and emails have started coming in with donations. We are so appreciative of the support of our community members.”
The garage sale is one of the Don Jones Foundation's two yearly fundraising events. Without it, they would not be able to offer support to Seattle families, Overa said.
The North Highline Unincorporated Area Council (NHUAC) will hold its election on Thursday, May 20, at the North Highline Fire Department Meeting Room, 1243 SW 112th.
The candidate slate is: District 1: Pat Price, District 2: Stephen Porter, District 3: Jessica Stoneback, District 4: Christine Waldman, At Large: Rebecca Lopes, Barbara Dobkin and Richard Miller.
Any resident, non-resident property owner, business/non-profit organization owner or their officially designated representative who is 18 years or older may vote in the election. Voters do not have to be registered as voters with King County, but they will be asked to show proof of identification and address at the time of voting. Business owners should bring proof of business ownership, and non-resident property owners should bring proof of property ownership. Officially designated representatives of businesses or non-profit organizations must bring a letter on letterhead that designates them as a representative.
With Seattle’s mild winter this year, it will most likely mean a boom in the City’s already abundant rat population. Follow along with Don Pace and Carol Coombs, rat hunters for Public Health Seattle/King County as they fight the City’s rat population both on the streets and in the sewers.
Then, meet a woman who’s lived to tell the tale of the rat in the toilet – not once, but twice! Find out what to do if this ever happens to you. Plus more tips on keeping your home rodent free.
Watch CityStream: Rats in Seattle now: www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3071018
Then tune in Thursday, May 4 at 7 p.m. to catch an all new CityStream. Join host Lowell Deo from the Center for Wooden Boats on Lake Union as boating season gears up. Prepare to hop on board and hoist a sail for the Duck Dodge. And it’s the weekend, so why are some kids so excited to go to school? Find out on this episode of CityStream, Thursday May 4 at 7:00 p.m., SEATTLE CHANNEL, Cable 21 or watch it online at www.seattlechannel.org
