To the editor:
I am on Next-door app as a resident of West Seattle. Someone on comment mentioned that you would be interested in hearing the views of people who violate dog leash laws on Alki Beach/Lincoln Park. If this is true, please read my comments on the subject.
By Jean Godden
As we sit down to smaller than usual holiday celebrations, Seattleites are confronting an interesting dilemma. Who's going to be leading our city in future years?
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, after a tumultuous three years at the helm, decided not to run for a second term. In announcing her Dec. 7 decision, the mayor said she wanted to serve her final year restoring the city economy after months of being buffeted by riots, violence, hate crimes and ravages of the covid-19 crisis.
That makes Durkan the city's fourth mayor out of the last five to serve only one term. King County Executive Dow Constantine acknowledged that Durkan "was handed a mess that no one could have foreseen." It has been chaotic: a pandemic, homelessness, nightly demonstrations and unrest. Dow's conclusion: "The job chews people up."
2020 has been challenging for everyone. But the people facing hunger are in greater need than ever and Dan Austin, owner of Peel and Press in the Morgan Junction, in addition to being a leader for the restaurant industry in the state found time to champion a donation effort of turkeys for Thanksgiving.
Now he's doing it again for Christmas. So this is your chance to help.
Dan wrote:
By Jennifer McCabe Carrasco
Finished! I carved out a week before Xmas this year to attempt a 10x6 foot vertical painting. No commission requisites, no ordained subject matter from on high, no style requirements nor painstaking designing and drawing……just my own personal work, which I have named “Fishing for Trout”. The fish shapes are painted with pearlized iridescent paint, not white.
My vague plan was to use big brushes, lots of paint, draw on my themes of water in the landscape and let ‘er rip. I can’t express how engaged I was, how exultant I felt when I finished last night. This is the best gift this crappy year has given me.
Alex Sasonoff of the Three Tree Point area of Burien, WA passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at the age of 90 following a short illness (no indication of Coronavirus infection). Alex was born in Seattle in 1930, the middle child of Russian immigrants who settled in White Center after fleeing the Russian Revolution. After graduating from West Seattle High School, Alex enlisted in the U.S.
By Brendan Kolding
In 1982, Harvard social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling introduced the broken windows theory. “Social psychologists and police officers tend to agree that if a window in a building is broken and is left unrepaired, all the rest of the windows will soon be broken…one un-repaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing,” they wrote. Dealing with seemingly minor problems prevents them from turning into more significant issues and communicates the social norms and expectations of the community. Quickly replacing a broken window sends a message that the community does not tolerate vandalism and other forms of lawlessness, whereas neglecting the window invites escalated mischief.
Florence (Kohler) Marx, 99, was born July 22, 1921 in Glen Ullin, North Dakota and died peacefully on December 10, 2020 at Providence Mount Saint Vincent nursing home where she lived for eleven wonderful years in their love and care. She was preceded in death by her husband Herman, all her brothers (5) and sisters (7). She is survived by 2 daughters, Bonnie (Thiviam) and Sherree (Randy). 3 grandchildren, Phil, Scot (Sara), Greg (Colleen) and 8 great grandchildren.
A car fire that started while it was being driven ended up completely destroying the vehicle in White Center Friday afternoon around 3:30pm
Two men were in the car and the driver said, "We had been working on the A/C trying to get it to work and we were coming up here from Taco Time when we saw that the light came on and said, "Hey it's working" then we smelled smoke and had to get out." They pulled over near 21st SW and SW 100th and jumped out of the by then flaming vehicle.
The resulting fire fully engulfed the vehicle but the North Highline Fire Department arrived and applying chemical flame retardants and water, getting it under control but it remained hot and smoking.
The driver said he has insurance but the exact cause and full cost of the damage was not immediately known.
