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August 9, 2000 Volume XV, No. 6

Greenwood Restaurant Owners Branch Out Into The Wild

Ginger Luke and Jacob Lueck, Greenwood restaurateurs, recently bought Wild Eyes, a wild animal park in Montana. It's just the latest in a series of adventures for the pair... READ MORE...

May the grizzly bear takes a boat ride with trainer Rod Nelson and Allison Steinberg at Wild Eyes, an unusual wild animal refuge operated by Ginger Luke and Jacob Lueck. They also own the Rickshaw restaurant in North Seattle. see lead article

Boating Section

Show at Shilshole Aims to Attract the Boatless

Women in Boating Featured at Lake Union Boats Afloat Show September 13 - 17

A Visit to Madeira: This time I will take you to a wonderful island I visited in the mid-eighties, little spoken of here in the States--Madeira, the island vineyard.

Gourmet Dining for a Good Cause: More than 50 Seattle restaurants and beverage purveyors will come together at the Pike Place Market on August 18 to feature items from their menus at the Market Foundation's 5th Annual Sunset Supper.

Fremont Asks for Its Own Post Office: More than 50 residents, business owners, workers, artists and shoppers recently signed a petition requesting the U.S. Postal Service to reconsider the need for a contract post office within Fremont.

Fremont Meeting to Discuss Traffic Issues: A public meeting to discuss traffic issues in Fremont will be held September 13, 2000, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at 701 N 34th Street. The meeting will be in the first floor Adobe conference room, at the Canal Street level of the Adobe building.

Hash: A man is observed by witnesses as he hides behind parked cars along Leary Way Northwest on a Monday shortly after 5 p.m. The witnesses see the man wait for cars to drive by, then jump out in front of them, forcing the drivers to slam on their brakes...

Letters to the Editor: More letters about the monorail, a reader weighs in with hope for future peaceful SeaFairs and The Seattle Press is roundly chastised for a geographical error.

Kirby's Fremont

Kirby's Fremont
Making Beautiful Music: Dusty Strings, instrument makers and sellers, is tucked away under the very center of Fremont.

Despite City Council Vote, Monorail Will Go On: The city council went out of their way to kill the monorail proposal. They did so in spite of their promises, they did so in the face of overwhelming public support and they tried to hide it with protestations that this was what was best for us—the only w

New Fremont Housing Will Feature Flexcar Membership: Fremont Housing Group (FHG), developer of the new six-story mixed-use building on the Red Door parking lot, will provide a Flexcar membership for each of the 128 residences in the building.

The Business End
Local Businesses do the Right Thing: A local assisted-living community hires new leadership, local funeral homes merge rather than be outcompeted by nationals and other local companies pitch in to improve a Green Lake child care center.

Mayor Backs Science Center Workers' Right to Organize: Science explainers, demonstrators, display builders and other workers at the Pacific Science Center won a prominent ally last week in their efforts to form a labor union--Mayor Schell.

Seattle Press Editorial
An Open Letter to City Council President Margaret Pageler, Or Thomas the Tank Engine goes to City Hall: When you ignore our readers, you send the message that you can take care of these issues just fine, thank you, without the bother of talking to voters or talking to those pesky reporters.

Good Food

3 Squares: Breakfast on Phinney Ridge, lunch in Ballard, dinner in Wedgwood.

Fremont
Drumming Soothes the Soul: Fremont shop is a drum store by day, a classroom by night.