Alki's Miss Liberty has made her first groan of rebirth.
Well, maybe it was more like a long hiss, but however your want to describe it, the lady is on her way back to her home on the beach, where she will proudly gaze on the waters of Puget Sound and to the horizons of the west.
Last July she lay in chunks and pieces on a flatbed truck for a trip to Tacoma for her recasting.
Now there are none, but soon their could be as many as nine places to practice the intricate aerobatic skills of skateboarding in West Seattle.
The city has called a hearing for tomorrow night (Thursday, Oct. 5) at 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Delridge Community Center. Two other hearings were this week, too, in other parts of the city.
After growing 12 percent last year, Washington's merchandise exports rose 38.7 percent in the first six months of this year, according to state figures.
If this growth continues, the state will easily surpass its old export record set back in 1998. That year our exports hit $38.2 billion, and after several leaner years they recovered to $37.9 billion in 2005.
The Elliott Bay Water Taxi ended its ninth sailing season at last Saturday evening by marking the completion of its most successful season yet.
King County Metro Transit projects overall ridership for the season will be more than 118,000 passengers, the highest summer ridership in water taxi history.
This season saw an increase of approximately 9 percent over the same period last year.
Editor's Note. Lori Hinton has written this column for over three years and once in a while it is a good idea to take a breath and look back at the long view. Here is a checklist of 101 Things to Do from her now famous West Seattle Herald column titled "101 Things to Do in West Seattle." Don't miss Seattle's first ever neighborhood guidebook: West Seattle 101.
In the course of my duties as a designer/contractor, I get to meet interesting people on a regular basis. One of them is Hale Redmond.
Hale called me for some help with a remodeling project and in the process of working out the details, I learned a bit about him.
Alice Elizabeth Passage of Des Moines, formerly of Auburn, died of pneumonia on Sept. 22, 2006, at Highline Hospital in Burien. She was 89. Alice was born Nov. 21, 1916, at Outlook, Wash., to Wilson and Ruby Dopps, who were farmers. She had two sisters, Nellie and Helen, and a brother, Dan, who are now deceased.
Alice grew up in Granger, Wash., where she attended school, graduating from Granger High School in 1934. She attended college at Washington State University where she graduated in 1938, majoring in Education and Speech.
"Cece" was the "heart" of Seahurst and her neighbors already miss her. After a brave, three-year fight with breast cancer, she passed away peacefully at 11:20 a.m. September 22.
Born on March 1, 1946, in San Mateo, California, she moved to the Seahurst Community in 1975. She was a flight attendant for Western/Delta Airlines for 34 years. She loved to play the piano and violin, ice skate, garden and paint. At the age of 60, she took up rollerblading! She was fluent in French and pretty good in many other languages. Most of all she was kindness personified.
Irene France Hallet, 78, passed away Sept. 22, 2006, following heart surgery at Providence-Swedish Hospital.
She was born in Seattle on June 15, 1928, to Frank and Irva Hallett. She was raised and attended school in Burien and graduated from Washington State University with an MS in Physical Education. Her first teaching position was at Mead High School near Spokane. She returned to the coast in 1955 where she taught at Port Townsend. In 1956 she began teaching phys ed and coaching interscholastic co-ed tennis at Highline High School.
Georgia (Ninne) Roland, 74, died Sept. 19, 2006, at her home in Auburn. She was born Jan. 17, 1932, in Roslyn, Wash.
She is survived by her daughter, Deven Jeffries; a sister, Beverly Maxwell; and seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Her husband of 38 years, Oscar Roland, preceded her in death. Interment was Sept. 23, 2006, at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, followed by a reception at Doubletree Sea-Tac. Please sign the family's online guest book at www.yahnandson.com.
