[img=images/images_seattletimes_20050506.gif popup=false] 照片出處: SeattleTimes 還在發燒… 真的是越來越不能住了. 到處都有看到在蓋房子, 只是價錢還是在飆… Home market boils but doesn’t bubble Prices of homes surge across region Sales soar as housing prices shoot upward
渡船是用推的, 照片為證.
[img=images/image_20050504_ferry.jpg popup=false] 昨天 (2005/05/04) 下班看到一艘拖船推著渡船慢慢的靠近西雅圖市中心的 Coleman Docks. 原來渡船是用推的… ^_^ Service stalled as ferry quits Ferry stranded in Sound expected to be back in service today
王建民五月十六日水手對洋基?
剛剛算了一下, 如果照洋基投手每五場有一投的話, 那王建民五月十六日將在 Safeco Field 帶領洋基對抗水手…除非他被放回 3A. 不過上場的機會滿大的, 畢竟 Jaret Wright 可能還需要再休息五週. 五月十六日星期一傍晚 7:05pm.
[新聞] Highline School District 將關閉四所學校
Highline School District (Burien) 位於 Sea-Tac 機場西邊. Highline district to close 4 schools Highline district to close 4 schools SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF BURIEN — Four elementary schools will be closed, and school boundaries will be redrawn as part of a plan to save the Highline School District more than $1.2 million a year. The district decided to close schools because enrollment figures have dropped by 1,200 students since 1997 and were projected to continue to decline. Last week, the Highline School Board approved a plan based on recommendations from a citizen task force. Under the plan, three elementary schools will close in June: Sunnydale, Salmon Creek and Olympic Intermediate. North Hill Primary’s kindergarten through third-graders and Olympic’s fourth- through sixth-graders will move to a new building next fall. Salmon Creek students will be reassigned to Hazel Valley, White Center Heights or Mount View. Sunnydale students will be reassigned to Marvista, Gregory Heights or Cedarhurst. A fourth elementary school, Valley View, will close in June 2007 and move into a new building that fall with students from Bow Lake Elementary. Students affected by the boundary changes have until May 13 to ask to be transferred to another school.
[新聞]西雅圖學區將關閉十所學校
[img=images/images_seattlepi_20050421.gif popup=false] 照片出處: Seattle PI 以下是將會被關閉的學校: (5) Alki Elementary (2) Daniel Bagley Elementary John Hay Bilingual Orientation Education Center John Marshall Alternative High School (4) Martin Luther King Elementary (3) Montlake Elementary (1) North Beach Elementary (7) Orca at Columbia (6) Pathfinder K-8 (8) Rainier View Elementay Preliminary Recommendation Announced 10 Seattle schools targeted for closure 10 Seattle schools targeted for closure 將被關閉學區內的小朋友家長, 會收到學校的通知和其轉至其他學校的計畫等等.
Streetcar, 似乎有點希望了
[img=images/images_seattlepi_20050324.gif popup=false] 照片出處: Seattle PI 2005/04/12 “Trolley team” sets June 1 deadline for streetcar plan 2005/03/31 Details on trolley extension hard to get 2005/03/30 Streetcar rescue bid ignores key issues 當 Port of Seattle Commissioner Paige Miller 宣佈他的計畫時, 並沒有告知另外兩位的 Port of Seattle Commissioners. 尤其今年是選舉年, Mrs. Paige Miller 有想要競選 City of Seattle Council. 昨天(2005/03/23) Port of Seattle 宣布, 西雅圖 Waterfront 的 Streetcar 的維修廠可以從目前 Broad Street 旁, 西雅圖美術館 (SAM) Olympic Sculpture Park 預定地, 往北搬到 Port of Seattle 的 Grain Terminal 旁. 這位置靠近生化公司 Amgen. 如此一來, 除了一般的觀光客, Streetcar 更可以發揮大眾運輸的功能. Offer may keep waterfront trolley rolling on Port plan would extend and save waterfront trolley Waterfront Transit: Rescuing Seattle’s trolley 只是目前大家是這麼說, 不過想要在六個月內完成這不可能的任務, 還有待各個方面的合作和魄力了. 不然, 西雅圖的 Waterfront Streetcar 最後一天服務是 2005 年 9 月 24 日. Waterfront Streetcar 還是需要大家的幫助, 對政府官員表達保留她的希望. 如果市長先生和 City Officals 連保留 Waterfront Streetcar 的決心都沒有, 那又怎能讓人相信對 South Lake Union Streetcar 計畫的信心?
還是 SeattleTimes 比較有影響力
去年九月, Seattle PI 寫了關於 Metro Transit 可能會關閉 Streetcar 的新聞. 不過似乎沒有太多的回響 這幾天 Seattle Times 也報導這個消息. 也許口氣比較硬了點, 開始有不少其他的聲音. No one wants to be villain in deciding streetcar’s fate It’s simple, save the waterfront streetcar Seattle Streetcar: Keep the trolley rolling Seattle City Council vows to keep waterfront streetcar SiteNote: 1. Mr. Benson, George (1919-2004) 是西雅圖 Streetcar 的創始者, 於 2004 年 10 月 25 日過世. 2. 想要知道詳細華盛頓州的歷史, HistoryLink是一個有趣的閱讀網站. 3. 如果也想對金恩郡, 西雅圖市府和西雅圖美術館表達您保存 Streetcar 的聲音, HistoryLink 也設立了保存 Streetcar 的網站.