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Hartsell Wilber Wood, Jr., 69, of Tukwila passed away July 21, 2018. He was born June 23, 1949 in Renton, WA. He was preceded in death by his parents, and two half-brothers.
He is survived by sister Sandra of Okanogan; two nieces: Sherri of Okanogan and Dawn of Spokane; one nephew: Robert of Omak; four great nieces: Tiara of Federal Way, Tamara and Lisandra of Okanogan and Scarlett of Omak; two great great-nephews: Damien of Federal Way and Grayson of Okanogan and a lifetime of good friends.
Antonia Lee Stegin otherwise known as "Toni" was born July 3, 1956 to William Edward and Dolores Elaine Peterson in Seattle, Washington. She was a beautiful, bubbly, fun loving, blue-eyed blonde. In her early years she grew up in Burien, Washington, attending Gregory Heights Elementary, Sylvester Junior High and Highline High School, graduating Class of 1974. It was then, in her teenage years that she met her lifetime love and future husband, Mark Frederick Stegin.
By Lindsay Peyton
SeaTac resident Kent Palosaari has worked as a licensed counselor, specializing in helping couples and marriages stay together, for the past 20 years.
Recently, he has focused on a whole different kind of consulting practice -- one that seeks to find common ground between the airport and people who live nearby.
Palosaari is convinced that his unique skill set could come in handy. “I don’t take sides, when couples come to my practice,” he said. “I coach them to understand, to listen to each other, and make them realize they’re not enemies. And that’s the approach I want to take with this.”
For the past two years, Palosaari has advocated for greater awareness of pollution and health concerns associated with Seattle’s growing airport. He even started working on a documentary on the subject.
By Peggy Sturdivant
Five years ago an exhibit at then Nordic Heritage Museum was so amazing I told everyone I met they needed to see it. For once, even strangers did as ordered. That was the first American exhibition of Karen Bit Vejle’s masterful work in paper cutting, “Scissors for a Brush.”
Last week I got a call asking if I wanted to meet the artist in town for the installation of the Nordic Museum’s commissioned piece for their permanent collection. If I’d had to grow wings I would have flown there.
By coincidence, just last weekend, my husband and I were taking someone to task for not having seen the 2013 exhibit. Five days later I was sitting near the entrance of the Nordic Museum with Karen Bit Vejle, in front of her new work, “Twittering in the Royal Copenhagen Tree.”
By Lindsay Peyton
When Ballard resident Jennifer Whitaker thinks of the forest, she pictures backyard tree houses and playing outside with her brother until their mother called them in for dinner.
“I want people to remember what forests have been to them, to remind people of those moments,” she said. “We owe it to future generations to preserve that connection to nature.”
Inspiring change and protecting forests locally and around the world are part of her job description at the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
Whitaker serves as relationship connector for the nonprofit and said her experience working for various global health, conservation and wildlife organizations prepared her for the role.
By Lindsay Peyton
Walking into Sandy Gady’s classroom at Pacific Middle School in Des Moines is a journey into another world—one filled with tools, electronics and a massive creative spark.
During the school year, Gady leads students through design and engineering courses. For the past two weeks, she has offered a summer camp, giving 4th through 8th graders. providing a taste of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
“I wanted to give everyone the opportunity to try design and engineering without the pressure of a grade,” she said.
This was her first time to offer the camp, which she opened to any students interested, whether they attended Pacific or not.
The first week was such a success that a number of campers elected to return for the second session, held from Monday, Aug. 13 through Friday, Aug. 16.
By Lindsay Peyton
Most days, Ballard artist Dara Solliday can be found working away on her encaustic canvases in her Pioneer Square studio.
Lately, the sounds of construction come into her window, as crews tear up and reconfigure 1st Ave below. The ever-changing cityscape has made its way into her work, which features architectural images, construction cranes, scaffolding and urban development.
Layered into Solliday’s pieces are old newspaper articles and other forms of text, alluding to the story behind the fluctuating landscape.
A long-time fan of literature and creative writing, the artist enjoys the aspect of storytelling that can appear in a painting. She also favors encaustic—or using pigment mixed into hot wax—because the medium allows her to weave in collage and found objects.
“There’s something about encaustic that’s so conducive for building and layering,” she said.
Des Moines Police seek information on shoplifter
An adult caucasian male was captured on security cameras in both stills and video stealing cigarettes from a store in Des Moines last week. (See their Twitter feed for video. He was driving a gray station wagon and entered the store, quickly grabbed several cartons of cigarettes from below the counter and exited the store. This was a Shell gas station convenience store. If you recognize him you are urged to contact the Des Moines Police Department.
