The Washington State Transportation Commission approved a 2.5 percent fare increase for Washington State Ferries that was effective May 1.
The increase is less than the 4 percent increase proposed by the commission in the 2007 tariff proposal released in February.
Highline School District Superintendent John Welch is the recipient of the Robert J. Handy Most Effective Administrator Award in the large-size school district category.
Jim Menzies of the PEMCO (Insurance) Foundation and Washington Association of School Administrators Executive Director Paul Rosier presented the award at a superintendent workshop in Chelan.
"I feel very honored to be both nominated by my colleagues in Highline and then to be recognized by my peers," Welch said.
Holy Rosary School says the recipients of the 2007 archdiocesan awards for leadership were honored at a recognition ceremony on April 27.
For Leadership in Faith, Sammie Pless and Colleen Kane were selected because they live out their faith through kindness, respect and regular service in the school, parish, and community.
A new scam cropping up in e-mail boxes is preying on Seattle residents, say Seattle Police. The scam e-mail, which first appeared in December, threatens to kill recipients if they do not pay thousands of dollars to the sender, who purports to be a hired assassin.
The extortion scam does not appear to target anyone specifically and we have not received any reports of money loss or threats carried out.
Police are advising citizens that this is a hoax. Do not engage the sender as this signals to the sender that they've reached a live account.
The city of Seattle is now accepting nominations for the 2007 Mayor's Small Business Awards.
The awards will honor the diversity and excellence of Seattle's small businesses, and their contribution to the city's economic vitality and quality of life. Ten winners will be selected on the basis of excellence in management, entrepreneurial spirit, customer service, and community involvement.
This will be the 23rd year of the Mayor's Small Business Awards program.
Renee Zellweger has a face that looks like it's about to pop. Her famously pursed lips barely constrain an energy that, if uncorked, threatens to launch her off in all sorts of interesting directions.
It's a face that hints at the movie roles that work best for her - where vital force bangs up against social convention.
You are a self-centered, myopic fool with a chip on your shoulder. How dare you display, without shame, the same pathologies as drivers who decide to discipline my bicycle riding behavior by threatening me with their "automobiles" (the bloated, gentlemanly term you rhetorically employ in your [editorial]. In fairness I demand you heretofore refer to bikes as a "blasted velocipedes").
I ride my bike cross-town to work, which keeps my SUV off the road and makes your commute by car, in the balance, easier and faster.
bike to work
I'd like to commend you on finally speaking out about the awful driving experience brought on by cyclists. They are in fact a nuisance, and make my two-mile drive in to work much slower than need be. I think that while you are at it, you should bring up the pain that busses cause, stopping every so often, causing drivers to swerve around them- a very dangerous maneuver. And their bus lane? Clearly they don't belong on the streets either.
I was crossing the Ballard Bridge last weekend when I noticed that the art pieces that had been installed on the north end of the bridge were missing. I had seen nothing about this in the local media, so I was wondering what had happened.
I am guessing that the pieces were stolen. Would it be possible for your paper to look into this?
Greg Trudeau
Ballard
Since I like to keep a watchful eye on the neighborhood I also consider Web sites purporting to represent Ballard to be part of my domain. Like Valu-Pak coupon envelopes, neighborhood websites often turn out to be packaged in bulk, with a hint of local flavor sprinkled on top. Recently I found a reference for a site that wasn't familiar, called inballard.com, and decided it was time for a visit.
The site was suspiciously elegant and reference to another site, inchulavista.com also struck me as odd. Why the connection between Ballard and a city just north of the border at Tijuana?
