October 2008

Oct. 16 marks the fourth annual Free Throws for Charity event held by the Seattle Community College men's basketball team.

As decisions for the design of the Aurora Bridge suicide-prevention barrier near, committee representatives from neighborhoods around the bridge are still hesitant about the options aimed to deter possible jumpers.

Continuing the discussion of what treatment will be chosen for the top of the barrier, at last week's advisory meeting the committee split the top treatments into cap, pickets, straight finial and tube.

In 2006, a record high of nine people jumped from the Aurora Bridge.

State crews will close the Alaskan Way Viaduct on Oct. 18-19. Since the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, bridge engineers and inspectors have kept a close eye on the viaduct by monitoring its condition every three months and conducting full inspections every six months to measure any substantial damage or movement.

Crews will close both directions of the Alaskan Way Viaduct from the Battery Street Tunnel to Spokane Street for the inspection. Crews will close the viaduct from:

- 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both Saturday, Oct. 18, and Sunday, Oct. 19.

Reuven Carlyle says he thinks his opponent in the general election should have stood down after the August primary because he solidly beat fellow Democrat John Burbank.

Carlyle beat Burbank in the primary by 4.5 percent or 1,300 votes, which he claims is a clear and solid victory.

"The real question is for (Burbank).

Two weeks ago, "B is for Butterfly," a piece of mixed media artwork by Sarah Burch Gordon, disappeared from the wall of Secret Garden Bookshop on Market Street where it was being displayed as part of Ballard's monthly art walk.

Christy McDanold, owner of Secret Garden, said employees looked all over for the piece, even emptying a bookshelf to look behind it, but could not locate it and now believe it was stolen.

Shoplifting has always been a problem for the bookshop, but McDanold said she never thought anyone would steal a painting, an item that doesn't belong to the shop

After a long waited process to secure the John B.

After a year of looking, Ballard tourist attraction and seller of practical necessities, Archie McPhee, has found a new home, and it's close to its old home.

The store will be packing up and moving by mid-2009 to Wallingford on the northeast corner of Stone Way North and North 45th Street in the building currently occupied by a state liquor store, said store manager Shana Iverson.

Archie McPhee had been located 10 blocks south of that location in Fremont until moving to Market Street in 1999.

Iverson said the store looked at dozens of locations and settled on W

Small Faces Child Development Center has been awarded the right to purchase the former school building they have used for the past several years.

The former Crown Hill Elementary School building was bought from the Seattle School District after it was declared as surplus property.

Built in 1919 and expanded in 1949, the building has been said to serve as an important community resource and has homed for the past three decades a nationally accredited childcare facility and most recently the ARC School of Ballet, several small arts non-profits, along with the Crown Hill Nei

While the City of Seattle has taken affective measures to control the spread of Dutch Elm disease, the Department of Transportation is warning residents that many new infected trees have been discovered across the city.

Dutch Elm disease was first discovered in Washington in 1974 but was not seen across the mountains in Seattle until 2001. That year three infected trees were identified followed by five more in 2002.

Between 2002 and 2007 no more than 2 percent of Seattle's elm trees were infected, but during this summer that number has increased.

Fall is here, and that means that salmon will be making the journey from the Pacific Ocean to area streams and rivers to spawn. You can take advantage of the many salmon-viewing opportunities available now around the Lake Washington/Cedar/ Sammamish Watershed.

Be inspired by the remarkable journey of these beautiful creatures.