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May 17, 2001 Volume XV, No. 25

The Gift of Hair

A Wallingford eighth-grader has donated three years' worth of long hair to Locks of Love, an organization providing wigs for children with medical hair loss. READ MORE...

St. Benedict eighth grader Rebecca Miller before chopping her locks for charity.

Letters to the Editor: Beacon Hill library site, great Seattle Press union coverage, closed primary elections and Al Gore's majority get attention.

National Baby Day: Audrey is surrounded by baby love and messy diapers as the women in her life succumb to the reproductive drive and she faces her own choices in this first chapter of No Kidding,a novel by Wendy Tokunaga.

Bank Night: When movies were a dime a dish and stout-hearted men graced silvery screens, a young girl danced while her mother dreamed in this memoir by C.P. Kempton.

Louisiana Primary not the Best Model for Washington: State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) discusses why the Louisiana primary process is the wrong one for us.

It's Our Birthday: This issue marks the 16th birthday of The Seattle Press. It also marks the third anniversary of Benchmark Publishing, which bought the paper after it closed in 1998.

Small Ideas for Seattle
The Trouble with Schell's Tree: Mayor Schell spent $35,000 in public money on a tree for the new City Hall campus without due process--Falkenbury asks why he's now looking to children to pay for it.

Port Woes, part 2
Fishers and Port Face Off: Fishers and their supporters gathered in Ballard's Nordic Heritage Museum to voice opposition to Port plans to admit yachts to Fishermen's Terminal.

Ballard VW Pioneer Dies in Helicopter Crash: Wade Carter Jr., founder of Ballard's Carter Volkswagen, died last week.

The Business End: Huling Bros. wins an award from the Better Business Bureau and the Plaid Dahlia flower shop and wedding chapel opens in Ballard.

Teacher Ted
Rethinking Standardized Testing: Students and parents across the country are rebelling against the rise of one-size-fits-all standardized tests in public schools.

Garfield Students Hold Bake Sale to Fund Fire Sprinklers: Students took matters into their own hands after noticing that there were no fire sprinklers in their school restrooms.

Greenwood Debates Condemnation for New Library Site: Nick Licata's Culture, Arts and Parks Committee of the City Council approved condemnation power for the Library's use of the Greenwood McDonald's site.

Pigs on Parade!: More than 75 large (art) pigs, bands, jugglers and other parade attractions will march from Pike Place Market to Westlake Park on May 26.

3 Squares: Breakfast in Magnolia, dinner in the University District.

Farmers' Markets Are Back in Season: Farmers' Markets will open soon in the University District, West Seattle and Columbia City.

Curt Firestone To Run for Drago's City Council Seat: Firestone, who lost two years ago to Margaret Pageler, will run against Jan Drago for City Council.

Keep Lilacs Fresh With Margaritas: Alcohol and salt are key to preserving fresh cut flowers.

Move Over, Jack LaLanne!: Seattleites age 50 and over are invited to get on their feet and compete in the Greater Seattle Senior Games, to be held in June at locations throughout Seattle.

New Faces on Seattle Picket Lines: Ballard DSHS workers join the state-wide rolling walkouts, Northwest Hospital nurses join others in a one-day action and UW graduate students approved strikes if no contract is worked out before finals.

Community Calendar: All the Community Calendar items that wouldn't fit in the print paper!

How to Get a Traffic Circle on Your Street: You can take matters into your own hands to solve neighborhood traffic problems. Here's how to start.

Hash: A man walks into the office of a motel on Aurora Avenue N at 10:08 p.m. on a Friday and inquires about the price of a room. He leaves without getting a room, but returns a few minutes later with his right hand in his coat pocket, pointing it at the clerk.