May 2006

Swedish Hospital becoming a clinic

Swedish Medical Center has recommended a shift from inpatient to outpatient services at the Ballard campus, citing millions of dollars in losses and a need to change with an evolving community, said Kevin Brown, Swedish vice president for strategic planning.

In part, the decision was based on a community survey conducted by Swedish last year that showed a much younger demographic in Ballard than in the past.

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Vandals strike Market Street

Flower pots used by business owners on Market Street to decorate their storefronts have been the targeted by vandalism in recent weeks.

On Sunday morning, April 30, vandals found the ornamental flower pots in front of Romanza too tempting and completely destroyed them, leaving a mess of pieces and broken beer bottles on the sidewalk.

There has been a pattern of vandalism on the North side of the 2200 block of Market Street in the past two months, most of the damage has been done to flower pots.

In the ten days prior to the most recent incident, someone had been

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For the birds

We have a delightful small fountain in our yard with a boy on two dolphins Spouting Water. It is not only a pleasure to gaze at but numerous birds use it to not only to drink each day but they also freshen up by doing a canary flutter. We have robins, starlings, swallows and once even a flicker. This is okay with me but Elsbeth can't stand it when big herking crows use it. So she decided to put cubes of chlorine we bought for the hot tub in the fountain to discourage the cawky nest robbers. It worked.

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Nickelby a hit!

Mark my words: in time, Alan Bryce's tenure as artistic director of Centerstage will be viewed in the regional, if not national, theatrical world as a golden age of creative adventure.

Since early 2004, the 57-year-old London-raised Scotsman has lead "South Puget Sound's Resident Professional Theater" troupe to new heights, and high notes, particularly with their current production, Nicholas Nickleby.

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