If you ride the number 28 bus, you may have seen the bus rider alert notices at bus stops. King County Metro is eliminating 56 bus stops between Denny Way and North 145th Street. That’s about 42 percent of all the stops.
Metro says it’s increasing the spacing between bus stops to reduce emissions and fuel consumption, reduce operating costs and speed up service. Metro estimates that about 25 percent of riders will need to catch their bus at a different stop when the changes are implemented on Sunday, April 4.
You can call the Route 28 Hotline at 206-296-4511 for more information and to leave a comment. Comments will be accepted through March 19.
The Queen Anne Movie Guild will be showing Sick Around the World, FRONTLINE as part of their monthly second Saturday film screening this Saturday, March 13 at 7 p.m. at the Queen Anne United Methodist Church, located at 1616 5th Ave W., across from the QA branch of the Seattle Public Library.
In Sick Around the World, FRONTLINE, PBS and veteran Washington Post foreign correspondent T.R. Reid investigate health care in the United States by comparing how five other capitalist democracies – Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Taiwan – handle health care, tackling the question of what we might learn from their successes and failures.
As always, the QA Movie Guild’s second Saturday series is free and open to the public. Each month the volunteer group brings different independent documentary films to the Queen Anne community, focusing on prevalent issues that provoke conversation.
The focus of the movies will be what makes communities work, community sustainability and environmental issues. Some of the questions we ask when previewing films are: “Does this film address solutions to the economic or environmental issues we have in Seattle? Does it give useful approaches to the economic changes we are facing? Does it realistically inform us about how to be wiser consumers? Is it interesting and does it have entertainment value?”
Attendees of the benefit got the chance to schmooze with some of the local farmers represented at the market, enjoy tunes by Queen Anne resident and “neo-flamenco” guitarist Andre Feriante, and snack on appetizers by Chef Seth Caswell and the neighborhood’s newest restaurant emmer&rye, which shares the market’s seasonal/local fixation.
Supporters also got a sneak peak at artist Elizabeth Mullaly’s 2010 season poster, which was unveiled at the benefit. The new poster matches her designs from previous years, but instead of the 2009 beets theme, showcases a bushel (in the figurative sense) of naked carrots.
Every year Mullaly’s posters have become something of a collectors’ item, so if you’d like your very own, it’s better to get one sooner rather than later, because they do run out. The posters will be available for a minimum donation of $15 at Queen Anne Frame or at the market once it opens in the spring.
Couldn’t make it to the benefit? Read up on QAFM Director Julia Whitehorn’s take on the evening of seasonal snacks and farmers market frenzy.
To make a donation to the Queen Anne Farmers Market, click here. Find more information about the upcoming season here.
Seattle Parks and Recreation is taking another furlough day this Friday, March 12 to help fill the budget gap. That means all community centers, swimming pools, and environmental learning centers will be closed. (Child care and late-night programs will still operate at the community centers.)
On Monday, March 15, Park Department administrative offices (communications, correspondence, Park Board support, web management, public outreach, human resources, finance and administration) will be closed.
Golf courses will operate as usual, as will the Seattle Aquarium.
The Cascade Bicycle Club is hosting the Seattle Bicycle Expo, the largest consumer bicycle show in the country, this weekend (March, 13 & 14) at Pier 91 at the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal.
This is a new location for the Expo that will be open on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets for adults are $10 for a single-day pass and $12 for a two-day pass. Kids 15 and under are admitted free. Click here for a discount coupon.
The show features more than 300 exhibits of bikes, gear, travel, health and fitness. The World Champion Artistic Cyclist from Germany, Corinna Hein, will be there along with one of the world’s best pairs in men’s double, Stefan Musu and Lukas Matla. There will be triathlon training with Olympic triathlon coach Gale Bernhardt, mountain bike trials stunt rider Ryan Leech and adventure cyclist Willie Weir.
Queen Anne’s own academic non-profit Successful Schools in Action and the Alliance for Education will be teaming up to host a community discussion on the topic of teacher quality for residents in the Queen Anne and Magnolia communities on Wednesday, March 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the McClure Middle School lunchroom, located at 1915 1st Ave W.
“This is a subject very much on the front lines of public education these days, both nationally and here in Seattle,” writes SSIA Executive Director Lisa Moore. “This is a great opportunity to participate, engage, and learn more about this subject.”
Moore encourages interested parties to pass along invitations to neighbors, preschool families, neighborhood businesses and other local organizations. “We are reaching out to schools and the larger community as well,” she said.
Dinner will be provided by The Alliance. To RSVP for the talk, email solynn@alliance4ed.org or call 206-205-0329.
Forty years ago, on March 8, 1970, over one hundred First Peoples and their supporters scaled the fences of the Fort Lawton Army Base. It was a peaceful takeover of land that was scheduled to be sold or given to the city as surplus.
The Seattle Police Department is investigating an explosion reported in Lower Queen Anne early this morning, Tuesday, March 9. According to the blotter, officers were called to the 100 block of W Olympic Pl. at approximately 1:12 a.m., and upon arrival found “what appeared to be debris from a homemade explosive device that had been detonated.”
There were no injuries reported as a result of the explosion, nor did any property appear to be damaged. Evidence was collected and Arson Bomb Squad detectives are currently investigating. Remnants of the explosive device are currently being processed by a print examiner for fingerprints.
Did anywhere hear the explosion or see the aftermath? Comment below.
Last month the Imperial Flag Football League changed its name to MVP Sports League and launched a new website in preparation for their upcoming spring 2010 season at the Interbay Athletic Complex.
As Seattle’s newest adult co-ed sports league (they were founded in 2009), MVP focuses on co-ed and men’s flag football, though they plan to also offer indoor and beach volleyball, softball, basketball and soccer leagues soon. Their target members? The “everyday and skilled athlete” 21 and over. And aside from being a fun activity for sporty adults, MVP also plans on playing sports for a good cause, participating in weekend tournaments and special charity events.
“We had such a successful and positive turnout to our first season, we knew we needed to restructure to look at the larger opportunities ahead,” President and Founding partner of MVP Sports League Patrick Crowthers said in a press release.
Get more information on MVP and their upcoming spring season offerings here.
The Queen Anne Merrill Gardens is hosting a Family Support discussion group this Saturday, March 13 from noon to 2 p.m. at 805 4th Ave N. Social Worker Cynthia Nava will be leading the talk, covering topics regarding aging, dementia and other family and senior issues. For more information, contact Kelly McBride at 206-284-0055.
Tonight is the fundraiser to help send Ballardite Tracey Higdon back to Haiti to help with the non-profit Friends of the Children of Haiti (FOTCOH). Higdon is on the left with a line of incoming patients behind her.
As we previously wrote, Higdon volunteered at the medical clinic last year long before the January earthquake. While there, she will manage the repair and re-painting of the medical clinic used by FOTCOH. The ten-year-old building is one of the last standing clinics in the region and Higdon says it will soon deteriorate if it is not properly sealed and repainted. “A blitz of patients,” Higdon says.
Her goal is to raise $6,000 which would cover her travel, supplies, and hire labor in Haiti. Higdon knows the team of workers she will hire and tells us that each one of them has lost their home.
Tracy isn’t the only one who could benefit from tonight’s event. There will be raffle prizes donated by local businesses including:
-Two night stay at the 4-star Edgewater Hotel
-Free 1-month memberships to the LA Fitness in Ballard
-Paint from Miller Paint in Ballard
-Dinner at Mulleady’s Irish Pub in Magnolia
-Deluxe home coffee supplies from Starbucks
-Free 2-hours of services from OhBeckAndCall
-Free design consultation from One Earth, One Design in Shoreline
-Wine from Laurelhurst Cellars
-Services from Halo Salon downtown
-Dinner at Volterra in Ballard
-Cookbooks from local chef Becky Selengut
and more….
The fundraiser is tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Leary Traveler (4356 Leary Way NW.)
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Attendees of the benefit got the chance to schmooze with some of the local farmers represented at the market, enjoy tunes by Queen Anne resident and “neo-flamenco” guitarist 
