March 2017

Vixit!*
Beloved wife, sister, aunt, stepmother, grandmother and dear friend to all; Janet died as she lived, boldly, fearlessly, surrounded by family and friends and deeply loved.

Janet was born in Lafayette, Indiana. She was proud of her Midwestern roots and remained nostalgic about friends, farm and family there throughout every chapter of her adult life. Janet attended college at Indiana University Bloomington where she majored in journalism. Post-college Janet enjoyed an illustrious career as Advertising Director at Marshall Field’s. It was there that Janet was dubbed the "Media Queen of Chicago."

information from Seattle City Light

Starting in mid-to-late March 2017, Seattle City Light’s contractor, Magnum Power LLC, will be replacing aging utility poles in parts of its service territory in West Seattle. This project will enhance electrical reliability by replacing older poles in the system. The installation of new poles, wire and equipment relocation is an important investment in infrastructure.

Crews will be working in the following areas:

· SW Elmgrove St to SW Sullivan St (east of California Ave SW)
· SW Holden St to SW Southern St (west of 35th Ave SW)
· SW Thistle Street to SW Henderson St (west of 35th Ave SW)
· SW Kenyon St to SW Trenton St (east of Delridge Way SW)
· SW 122nd St to SW 126th St (west of 1st Ave S)

Highlights from the project:

· The entire project is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2017. Daily work hours are from Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Crews may be working in other areas before transitioning to these construction areas.

Somewhere in the long list of false utterances is this one---mostly said by men: “I only buy Playboy magazine for the articles.” This one is somewhat like saying “I only go to McDonald’s for the salads.”

In the early 50’s my dad became a first subscriber to an all-new weekly magazine called Sports Illustrated. It was a spanking new publication all about baseball, football and boxing. Each week the magazine was laden---front to back---with photos of sweaty men, sweaty fans and sweaty racehorses.

But in 1964 the magazine came out with a special edition: The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. At first, it contained the usual pages of sports---with one or two photos of women in swimwear sandwiched in between. But in time, the sandwich got bigger---eventually becoming an entire issue focused solely on swimsuits---even though there were never issues solely dedicated to football helmets, baseball caps and tennis shorts.

By Amanda Knox
 
Just under a year ago, my sister Delaney asked me to read and help edit her senior thesis project—an essay about her year volunteering at a local youth tutoring center. “You gotta help me, Amanda,” she pleaded. “I can’t use the verb to be.”
 
“That’s weird,” I said. English uses to be not only to define states of being, but also as an auxiliary verb, a necessary component of many verb conjugations. Without to be, light is neither a particle, nor a wave. Without to be, I will not be! I scowled. “That can’t literally be what your teacher wants. She probably just doesn’t want you to use passive voice, like, the milk was spilled, as opposed to, I spilled the milk.”
 
“No!” Delaney huffed. “I can’t use to be at all! I’ll get marked down! Help!”
 

If you've taken the C Line in West Seattle or the D Line in Ballard to and from Downtown you've likely seen the Fare Enforcement officers from Metro moving through the coaches, usually in teams checking transfers and Orca cards to confirm payment. The program which costs $1.8 million per year, employs around 40 officers who must go through 160-200 hours of training including 80 hours of basic security training and 80-120 hours of on-the-job fare enforcement training. Their work is constantly under scrutiny.

As part of a regular process for the agency, Metro will give the program a top to bottom review in the next few weeks.

In 2016 they gave out 3,911 tickets, at $124 each which produced $484,964. To get a ticket, a civil infraction, you must fail to pay on your second failure to provide proof (a valid transfer or Orca card). You get a verbal warning the first time.

Editor’s note: She’s back in print! Jean Godden is a new columnist for the West Seattle Herald and Westside Weekly. Godden is a veteran newspaperwoman (Seattle P.I. and Seattle Times) and public servant (Seattle City Council). Her column will give us an insider’s view of city politics. Let us know what you think about her new column. Send your thoughts to KenR@robinsonnews.com

By Jean Godden

First I wrote 5,000 columns -- give or take 40 million words -- for Seattle's daily newspapers. Then, on the final day of filing in 2003 -- I quit my job, best in the city, and paid a $850 filing fee to run for a Seattle City Council seat with no guarantee of winning.

Why would any sane person do that?

The short answer is: I was deeply offended by the behavior of an incumbent councilmember. Judy Nicastro, someone I had initially admired, sent me an email boasting about the scads of money she had raised for her re-election. Curious about her fat campaign chest, I looked up the donor records. What I found left me slack jawed.

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A 58 year old Burien man has been arrested for shooting his roommate early this morning at a house in the 13000 block of Occidental Ave S. The victim, a 38 year old man, was taken to Harborview with at least one gunshot wound to the head.

The incident happened just before 9:30 this morning. Police received a 911 call saying a man had been shot at a house in the 13000 block of Occidental Ave S. When police arrived they found the victim near the 130000 block of 1 Ave S. He had run from the house after he was shot.

Police located and arrested the suspect a short time later. The case is still active and ongoing and the suspect will be booked into the King County Jail later in the day.

By Amanda Knox

Just under a year ago, my sister Delaney asked me to read and help edit her senior thesis project—an essay about her year volunteering at a local youth tutoring center. “You gotta help me, Amanda,” she pleaded. “I can’t use the verb to be.”

“That’s weird,” I said. English uses to be not only to define states of being, but also as an auxiliary verb, a necessary component of many verb conjugations. Without to be, light is neither a particle, nor a wave. Without to be, I will not be! I scowled. “That can’t literally be what your teacher wants. She probably just doesn’t want you to use passive voice, like, the milk was spilled, as opposed to, I spilled the milk.”

“No!” Delaney huffed. “I can’t use to be at all! I’ll get marked down! Help!”

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International Women’s Day, observed on March 8, celebrates the social, cultural and political achievements of women. Yet, women continue to face many challenges. For one thing, women still encounter gender-specific obstacles to their important financial goals, such as a comfortable retirement. If you’re a woman, what can you do to get past these barriers? 

First of all, you need to recognize them. Here are a few to consider: 

• Longer life spans – A 65-year-old woman is expected to live, on average, another 20.5 years, compared to 17.9 years for a 65-year-old man, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. That’s another 2½ years of life – and 2½ years more of expenses. 

• Lower incomes – Women working full time in the United States typically are paid 80% of what men earn, according to Census Bureau data.