A recent going away party was thrown for Stan Lock at the Elliott Bay Brewery Pub in the Alaska Junction. As many know, Lock was Neighborhood District Coordinator at the West Seattle Neighborhood Service Center for the Department of Neighborhoods, a position he held since June, 2000.

Due to budget restraints, Seattle has been divided into three regions, North, South, and East, with some positions eliminated

West Seattle is in the South region and includes Southeast, Greater Duwamish, Delridge and Southwest and is served by the South Team Neighborhood District Coordinators, Ron Angeles, Steve Louie, Yun Pitre, and Ed Pottharst. Lock has transfered to the Central region, with offices at 2301 S. Jackson St. (Ron Angeles, equally popular around these parts, is soon retiring.)

The Central region consists of five districts, Central, East, Downtown, Lake Union and Magnolia/Queen Anne) and is now served by the Central Team of Stan Lock, Christa Dumpys, and Tim Durkan. 

"In my opinion, I had the best district with the folks of West Seattle," said Lock, a Bellevue resident. "We had strong volunteers, and people here are really committed and civic-minded. I never had a problem recruting for things. They always showed up."

"It was 'the decade of Stan Lock'," declared Chas Redmond, of the Morgan Street Junction Community Association, just one of his many affiliations. "I know Christa and Tim," added Redmond. "It will be a good team. Christa is very outgoing. Tim is very politically savy, and Stan is sort of the backroom nerd who gets things done."

"Hey, I'm not a nerd," Lock quickly countered.

"You were always very busy in the back of your office typing away," said Redmond. Lock is known for sending out countless crucial press releases.

"We've been going to as many meetings as possible to familiarize ourselves with as many issues as we can," said Lock who acknowledged his region can be overwhelming. "We have the redevelopment of Yesler Terrace public housing. The First Hill Streetcar is underway now. It's more dense than West Seattle. There is more diversity, especially on Capitol Hill, a lot of different types of issues and social service agencies. We are real busy."