Mr. Klettke apparently doesn't know the definition of "stop". A complete stop is required for a red light. I live where many drivers fail to come to a complete stop for the three-way intersection and others simply blow through it. No one should complain if they are ticketed for failure to STOP at a signed intersection. I am glad that he took responsibility for his actions, but disagree that he should defend a driver failing to stop.
Elizabeth M. Williams
Seahurst
I imagine that Tom Warp might be referred to as 'that seagull guy' around the Des Moines Marina, as he has an uncanny way with seagulls.
He said, "I walk two miles every morning along the marina. The seagulls recognize me and fly over to meet me. They'll just drool as they wait for some nutritious bread, and Gentle Ben eats right out of my hand".
Perhaps it's because of his early association with feathered creatures, during his childhood on an old chicken farm in the suburbs of Tacoma.
"We had chickens, cows, goats and hours of fun playin' with the pigs. They were so clean that we could roll around in the barn with them. They'd always pick a corner to do their bathroom duties and the rest was nice and clean," Tom said with a bright smile.
Tom has plenty of heritage, but is Norwegian through and through! His father came from Norway when he was only 16 and settled where it looked the most like his homeland - the West Coast.
After three months of interning at the Highline Times, this is the last byline I'll write for a while, though I may live on for a few weeks in the form of backlogged articles. As a bona fide little person in the media world, I'd like to thank all the larger people who made this exciting, instructive experience possible.
First of all, Eric Mathison, who issued intriguing assignments, edited my attempts thoughtfully, and issued pearls of journalistic wisdom. In all my future endeavors, I will remember his advice about elbowing members of larger media organizations away if necessary and not using pens when the weather is cold enough to freeze ink.
He never made me fetch him coffee.
My coworkers were also lovely people, who treated me with the usual respect afforded a colleague, rather than a scrummy teenaged waste of office space. They socialized with me and gave me photography tips. None of them ever asked me to fetch coffee, either.
The Movement began when a mother approached pastor Clarence X. Presley with an all-too-common dilemma. If she let her son roam freely with his friends, she worried he might join a gang. On the other hand, keeping him home might lead him to rebel behind her back.
Thus, The Session, a youth outreach group that gave birth to The Movement, began in Tukwila. The organization focuses on providing the young people with what they told Presley they need-- a safe place, people who will listen to them, and help finding jobs.
It was the second request that ultimately shaped the movement's focus on storytelling.
"We all have a story," Presley said, "but many of us don't truly know our own story."
Presley identified this lack of personal narrative as a primary factor in the struggles many youth undergo to find connection and direction in their lives.
By Bethany Overland
The Associated Press has reported that a Normandy Park resident, Laura Joseph, was a passenger in the private plane that caused a major presidential airspace scare Tuesday at Boeing field. Quick military reaction to the assumed threat resulted in two F-15 fighter jets responding so quickly that their sonic booms shook King County and beyond.
The reason for the F-15s' mad dash from Portland to Seattle? Air Force One, the plane that was transporting a visiting President Obama, was parked at Boeing Field. The airspace had been reserved as "presidential"-meaning no other plane may pass through the area.
After landing safely in Kenmore, Joseph told The Associated Press that neither she nor the pilot knew the president was in town or that there were any restrictions on the air space surrounding Air Force One. The Highline Times could not reach Joseph for comment.
The Puget Sound Senior Baseball League continues league play at Steve Cox Field in White Center.
Tonights game featured the Brewers vs Miners in the Olympic Division.
The PSSBL features players of all ages from 21+ to over 60 years.
Playoffs will begin in the next few weeks with some games being played at Steve Cox Field and other diamonds around West Seattle.
Tonights final was Brewers 7, Miners 3 in 9 innings.
For the game on Aug. 24 at Steve Cox Field it will be the Orioles taking on the Pirates in the Cascade Division with the first pitch at 6pm.
For more information about the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League go to www.pssbl.com
The 8th annual Seattle Race Conference will explore the theme: “Racism and Health Inequities: Eliminating Barriers and Healing Our Communities” during a one-day conference on Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 8:00am to 4:30pm at the South Seattle Community College Brockey Conference Center in West Seattle (6000 16th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA 98106).
Participants will engage in dialogue on the relationship between health inequity and racism in the Seattle area, meet other members of the community, and build relationships to continue to improve racial inequity in the Seattle area.
The Seattle Race Conference is a one-day conference for members of the Seattle community who work with communities, health, education, human and social services, policy making, and care about health inequity. At the one-day conference, participants will attend workshops presented by local community workers, health practitioners, and scholars. More detailed information on workshops offerings will be available at www.seattleraceconference.org.
Residents from all over Greenwood came to the second annual party in Greenwood Park Aug. 22 to support the planned expansion of the neighborhood park into two new lots along Fremont Avenue North.
“When I go around the city and see the parks and projects going on in the neighborhoods, they are driven by committed volunteers," Mayor Mike McGinn told the crowd. "Volunteers are what make neighborhoods great. It is all of your time and talents that will make this park and Greenwood one of the best in the city.”
The band Pickled Okra played lively blue grass tunes while partygoers enjoyed a barbecue featuring food donated from eight local restaurants and grocery stores.
The party in the park was organized by Vision Greenwood Park, a neighborhood group that has formed to lead the community effort to expand the park.
The events co-organizers Cassandra Allen and Joanna D’Asaro were supported by a crew of 12 volunteers, who procured donations, cooked burgers and hot dogs and staffed the event all afternoon.
The park expansion project includes a community garden, barbecue grills and a multi-sport courtyard for basketball, soccer, street hockey and skating.
Update:
Power was restored by approximately 8 pm.
The original story:
There is a power outage in Alki, according to Seattle City Light. An estimated 2,814 customers are without power.
The boundaries of the outage are Alki Avenue Southwest on the north; Southwest Holly Street on the south; 31st Avenue Southwest on the East and Puget Sound to the west. Not all customers within these boundaries are affected, City Light says.
Repair crews expected to isolate the damage restoring service for most customers by 4 p.m. Full restoration for all customers was expected by 6:30 p.m. Only 560 customers now are without power.
A garbage truck that hit a tree, knocking the tree into power lines about 2:30 p.m. was responsible.
When a local bank employee found an envelope of white powder on the floor last week, responders initially treated the incident as a hazardous materials scene. Seattle Fire Department officers then decided the material looked like narcotics. It was submitted to the evidence department and is likely methamphetamine.
Two people were in a car traveling in the 1300 block of Harbor Ave. SW on Tuesday when the driver's side window suddenly shattered. The victims didn't see anything or anyone suspicious on the street, and officers could find no evidence of the cause.
Residents of an apartment on 35th SW heard a woman making noise and then banging on their door. When the male resident checked on the situation, the woman outside tried to force her way in, claiming it was her brother's apartment. Informing her that her brother lives next door, the resident finally convinced the woman to go away. But not for long. A few minutes later she was back, tearing the screen off a bedroom window and trying to jump through. The residents shoved her out, but not before she ruined the blinds and the screen.
