February 2019

Bill Peckham

Bill passed away on January 18, 2019, at the far-too-young age of 55 surrounded by his friends. He died at Swedish Cherry Hill from complications relating to sepsis. Having survived a heart attack, several strokes, and staph infection in November, Bill was never able to fully fight off the blood infection.

Bill was born August 30, 1963, in Evanston, Illinois to James and Susan Peckham. He joined his proud brothers Charlie and Jimmy and lived his pre-college years at the family home in Wilmette, Illinois.

Camp Second Chance residents speak in state Senate hearing

Camp Second Chance residents went on a field trip to Olympia based on an invitation from state Senator Joe Nguyen to attend a hearing on SB 5946 concerning the application of the state environmental policy act to temporary shelters and transitional encampments. Camp Second Chance is a clean and sober homeless encampment on Myers Way SW.

Advocate Tomasz Biernacki said, "If this passes (it has a strong chance it will) it will be a game changer in a good way for Washington communities to help the homeless. It was quite a historic hearing and the room was packed with overflow rooms used to handle the extra people. 40 people signed up to speak for the bill with nobody against."

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Four story 51 unit apartment bldg. coming to 38th SW; 23 parking spaces planned

A four story 51 unit apartment building is moving toward approval aimed at 4731 38th SW. One live work unit is included and 23 parking spaces are planned.

The following approvals are required:

Design Review (Seattle Municipal Code 23.41)

Departures are listed near the end of the Design Review analysis

SEPA - Environmental Determination (Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 25.05)

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Northbound off-ramp from SR 99 opening for a new way to access downtown Seattle 
Exit ramp to open in time for Tuesday morning commute

information from WSDOT


The end of the holiday weekend brings the start of a new way for drivers and bus riders to get to downtown Seattle from northbound State Route 99.

The new off-ramp near the sports stadiums will open for drivers in time for the morning commute Tuesday, Feb, 19. 

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Police seize meth and heroin after pulling over stolen car

Information from the Seattle Police Blotter

Police arrested two men and recovered a plethora of prohibited substances after officers spotted a stolen car driving in Georgetown early this morning.

Around 1:20 AM, officers noticed a reported stolen 2012 red Volkswagen Golf driving near 13th Avenue South and South Bailey Street. They followed the car to Interstate 5 and Edgar Martinez Drive South and pulled the vehicle over.

After receiving a strange story from the driver–who claimed he’d bought the car from someone on the street, and then offered to show police the title for the car, but was then unable to produce it–officers were able to contact the car’s rightful owner, who came to the scene to retrieve it.

Officers arrested the 38-year-old driver his a 51-year-old passenger and seized several bags from the car.

In those bags, officers later found:

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Howard and Me

By Jean Godden

I got to know Howard Schultz -- on a professional level -- decades ago.

As most Seattleites know, Schultz arrived here in 1981 and went to work for Starbucks, then a modest purveyor of quality coffee beans. After disagreeing with Starbucks founders over whether to open espresso bars, he resigned. Later Schultz rounded up investors and in 1987 bought Starbucks, keeping the name and the mermaid. The rest is a Horatio Alger story.

In those days, I was writing slice-of-life columns for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (later the Seattle Times). I had just become aware of the city's coffee craze. I could see my co-workers skipping out midmorning to buy a $2 lattes. Imagine paying more than 50 cents for a cup of java.

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