August 23, 2000 Volume XV, No. 7

"I'm sick and tired of them ignoring the voters," said Martin Cutler as he signed a petition carried by Lars Henriksen.

Labor Internet Festival

The AFL-CIO hosts a first-ever Online Labor Day Festival this year. The festival launched on August 30 and will run through September 6. Offerings include live music performances, live speakers, a gallery, a game arcade, a kids playground, a town square for activist discussion and more.
To visit the festival, go to www.workingfamilies.com.

22,000 Sign Petition Seeking New Monorail Plan and Vote

Monorail supporters turned in over 22,200 signatures to the Seattle City Clerk August 17 seeking a place on the November Ballot for Initiative 53, a new monorail initiative that provides specific funding for a two-year monorail study and a public vote on READ MORE...

Small Ideas for Seattle
Port of Seattle Spends Too Heavily on New SeaTac Concourse: The Port of Seattle Commissioners voted last week to spend $324 million to completely rebuild the SeaTac Airport concourse.

Restaurant Reviews

3 Squares: Breakfast in Ballard, lunch in the University District and dinner in lower Queen Anne.

The Future is Here!: Don't you just love that phrase? I recently had the privilege of test driving for 24 hours the new Toyota hybrid car, the Prius. What a remarkable car it is, indeed.

Cedar Park Community to Host Opening Picnic: After six years of work on a once abandoned asphalt field, Anne Paisley and other community volunteers, together with the Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Department of Neighborhoods, will host a grand opening celebration for Cedar Park.

Seattle Press Editorial
Litter, Weeds Mar Pleasant Fremont Dining Spot: I had dinner at the Triangle Tavern last week, and the food was excellent, but we ate outside in their little enclosure on the sidewalk and we found the surroundings pretty disgusting.

Hash: A woman takes a break in the "employees only" area of a retail store on Holman Road Northwest on a Monday at 2:45 p.m. She hears a noise in one of the offices, and when she investigates she sees a stranger standing behind the desk there...

Kirby's Fremont

Kirby's Fremont
A Post Office for Fremont?: There are those of us here in Fremont (that would be me) that dream a big dream, of being able to purchase nearly anything and run nearly any errand without leaving our little burg.

Letters to the Editor: Getting through to elected officials, Seafair's noisy spectacle, cell-phone towers, the Arboretum and insidious "weeds" are commented on this issue.

M and R Produce Closes its Doors after 15 Years: The cozy neighborhood commercial strip on North 55th Street, home to the Honeybear Bakery, Zoka Coffee and others, lost a longtime fixture as owner George Leblanc closed the doors to his 15-year-old business, M and R Produce at 2110 N 55th St., on Aug. 18

Roger's Home Journal

Roger's Home Journal
In Defense Of Your Territory: A recent news story told of a property boundary dispute involving a fence and deck project invading the territory of a neighbor. The headline screamed about a non-amicable response including the early morning use of a chainsaw.

If You Build It, Will They Come?: A group of avid young Ballard skateboarders has won broad public and government support for a pilot skateboard park in the little-used upper parking lot at Golden Gardens.

Simplicity is Key to Timeless Greek Food: The sea of olive trees that extends below Delphi to the Gulf of Corinth is said to have belonged to the god Apollo. Olive oil, wild herbs, honey, nuts, and wine are the basis of this cooking style with roots several thousand years old.

Fremont Willow Mourned: No services were held last week at Hoffner Fisher Harvey Funeral Home in Fremont to mark the passing of a stately weeping willow tree familiar to generations of Fremont residents.

Jennie Velsek, Congdon Orchards Strike, Yakima, Washington, 1933.

Labor Day Dispatch

A Seattle Press Annual Special Section

Labor Day Dispatch
Workers Driven Out of Seattle by Rising Housing Costs: This year has seen the continuation of Seattle's breathtaking growth, but that story of growth has another side...

Labor Day Dispatch
City Leaders Back Science Center Workers: Elected officials lined up on the side of Pacific Science Center workers last week, urging Science Center management to let workers make a free choice in an upcoming union representation election.

Labor Day Dispatch
New Buildings are Owned by Retired Construction Workers: Two new buildings now under construction on Fremont's waterfront are owned by thousands of retired construction workers in the Seattle area.

Labor Day Dispatch
Apple Workers May be Near Victory in a Struggle that Began Nearly 70 Years Ago: Apple workers in Wenatchee, who started a union organizing drive with the Teamsters in 1996, have been negotiating with their employers for nearly a year over a first contract.