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April 22, 2002 Volume XVII, No. 17
crane operators
Carl Zievers, left, and Dave Personius of Electrical Workers Local 46. Jo Bailey photo.
Port of Seattle News
Crane Operators' Union Files Suit
The Port of Seattle could find itself in hot water. The union representing laid-off Port crane operators is suing the agency for alleged contract violations.  READ MORE...
 

News

  • The Great Seattle Monorail Column Design Competition
  • Fishermen's Terminal Fuel Dock Slated for Closure

    Boating

  • Summer Program for Boat-loving Kids

    News

    WTO Activist Granted New Trial
    Jeremiah Jones, convicted of throwing a projectile at police officers during the 2000 WTO Anniversary demonstration, has been granted a new trial.

    Features

    News Of The Weird
    The strangeness never stops coming with Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird.

    Letters

    Letters to the Editor
    Disappearing sidewalks in Greenwood, an objector to Jon Hegeman's tactics in Fremont, Stephen Herold's use of ethnic stereotyping, Marko Tubic's stock-buying advice, Hightower's anti-Bush bias and the evils of war.

    Commentary

    Guest Editorial
    Northgate Urban Center...Are We There Yet?
    Jan Brucker of Citizens for a Liveable Northgate outlines how and why we ought to build a Northgate Town Center on the mall's south parking lot.

    Neighborhoods

    Fremont
    The Fremont Sunday Market Battle
    The Fremont Sunday Market will move outdoors this Sunday, April 28. But the controversy surrounding the street closure is far from over.

    Boating

    Boating Opening Day
    Boating Season Opening Day, May 4, 2002
    Boating Opening Day is fast approaching. Jo Bailey and Carl Nyberg give us the scoop on the events.

    Neighborhoods

    Fremont
    The Heart Of "The Center of the Universe"
    While the political battle over the Sunday Market's street use goes on, Laurel Holliday takes us inside the market to find out why people here are so passionate about it.

    Commentary

    Guest Editorial
    City Planners Ignore Northgate Neighbors
    Joel Tufel of Citizens for a Liveable Northgate weighs in on the tortuous Seattle neighborhood planning process that yields few results.

    Boating

    Boating Opening Day
    Virginia V Skims the Waters Once Again
    Virginia V, the last remaining of the Puget Sound Mosquito fleet, will lead the Opening Day boat parade this year.

    Neighborhoods

    Plans for Northgate's South Lot: Up in the Air or Up the Creek?
    Strolling across Northgate's south parking lot, shoppers pass over what used to Thornton Creek and what many hope will be a new urban center and park. Will it ever return to the creekside park it once was?
    Ballard
    Ballard High School Happenings
    Ballard High School, Seattle's oldest public school, will see changes in the next year.

    Roger's Home Journal

    Roger's Home Journal
    The View From Tatoosh
    Roger Faris has just returned from building a privy on windswept Tatoosh Island, off the coast of Cape Flattery.

    Features

    There From Here
    Washington Secretary of Transportation Doug McDonald dismisses monorail, and local bicycle activists in Ballard try to keep the "missing link" of the Burk-Gilman Trail in the works.

    Good Food

    Good Food
    Asian Travels in the North End
    Zachary Lyons takes us to the Licton Springs neighborhood for two Asian treats: Tan Duc and Doong Kong Lau.
    Good Food
    Cinco de Mayo Recipes
    Shrimp Picadillo and Roasted Chicken with Orange-Chipolte Salsa, contributed by Chris Lueck of Whole Foods Market.

    Features

    Conversation Cafes: Look Who's Talking
    This popular phenomenon originated in Seattle, started by Your Money or Your Life co-author Vicki Robin.

    Money Muse

    Money Muse
    Time to Evaluate Fixed-Income Investments
    Fixed-income investments can be good or bad in the present low-interest climate, depending on how they are structured.

    Features

    Teacher Ted
    Race Tie-breaker Ruling Appealed
    The Seattle School Board is right to appeal the recent court ruling that would prevent the District's current practice of considering race when assigning students to area high schools, says Teacher Ted.
    Books for Kids
    Environmental Education for Youngsters
    Nicole Jones and kids' book reviews return with The Garbage Monster and The Case of the Mossy Lake Monster.
    Fine Roman Hand
    Private, at Last: Peter S. Beagle
    Beagle's special style transports us to A Fine and Private Place.
    Hash
    On the same Friday night, three apartment buildings near the intersection of 42nd Street and Linden Ave. N are victims of the same crime...
    News Of The Weird
    University of Connecticut physics professor Ronald Mallett, 57, said in April that after years of study, he hopes to begin experiments this year leading to genuine time travel...

    Jim Hightower

    Jim Hightower
    Baseball's Bad Sports
    Hightower says Baseball financiers plead poverty while raking in the big bucks.
    Jim Hightower
    The Sport of Ball-Park Socialism
    William DeWitt, who once owned the Texas Rangers with George W. Bush, is trying to convince St. Louis to fund a new $390 million stadium for his St. Louis Cardinals.
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