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April 22, 2002 Volume XVII, No. 17
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| Carl Zievers, left, and Dave Personius of Electrical Workers Local 46. Jo Bailey photo.
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Port of Seattle News
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.
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The Great Seattle Monorail Column Design Competition
Fishermen's Terminal Fuel Dock Slated for Closure
Boating
Summer Program for Boat-loving Kids

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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
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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.

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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.

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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
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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.

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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?
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Ballard
Ballard High School Happenings
- Ballard High School, Seattle's oldest public school, will see changes in the next year.
Roger's Home Journal
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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.

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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
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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.
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Good Food
Cinco de Mayo Recipes
- Shrimp Picadillo and Roasted Chicken with Orange-Chipolte Salsa, contributed by Chris Lueck of Whole Foods Market.

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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
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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.

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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.
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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.
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Fine Roman Hand
Private, at Last: Peter S. Beagle
- Beagle's special style transports us to A Fine and Private Place.
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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...
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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
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Jim Hightower
Baseball's Bad Sports
- Hightower says Baseball financiers plead poverty while raking in the big bucks.
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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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