he said: “I always vote anyway…”, and the point is that the possibility of vote fraud should always be in the forefront. The great thing about this country is that <i>everyone</i> has the right – and freedom – to criticize, voter or not. :-)
So there’s no school directory at the elementary school your daughter attends? Our son attended two public elementaries here in WS in the past several years and both had class directories every year, including e-mail as well as phone. You could opt out of them, but otherwise, they were fairly comprehensive.
I remember that when our daughter was in preschool both at West Seattle Preschool at the YMCA and than at Little Pilgrims she had several playdates with many of her classmates but since she is in elementary school and most of the parents work and the school has a policy of not giving out personal information such as addresses or phone number how is it playdates are handled nowadays???
We were going to throw our daughter a birthday party, I handed out the invites and brought in some cupcakes and I explained to the kids they needed to let their parents or an adult at their house know and call us one way or the other if they were coming tot he party. Not one person called and so we had to cancel the party. Why is it that people don’t RSVP nowadays? Is this another rule I have missed?
Hi,
I would like to know how does someone obtain donations from area business for our school? We area at Roxhill and we desperately need sound equipment, musical instruments, a piano would be great! Also bookcases for our teachers. I hear another area school received a donation of a baby grand piano for their school so how do we do something like that for our school?? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
flipjack..many of us are very cynical aobut that…but…what’s the point? well, if you don’t vote, you can’t bitch…we’ll start there :)
Thanks for the info on the Walgreen’s Sue. I knew there was one in Renton, though i wasn’t up to going any further last night. I was worn out just checking the 3 drugstores nearby. And mmmmm shoofly. Have you guys had Elliott Bay’s bread pudding yet? Ask to substitute the Stout Wort ice cream instead of vanilla, and it’s simply heaven. They have a spaghetti and meatballs special this month that’s also insanely good. OK, apparently I’m hungry…
While I didn’t end up needing it last night, we did find out exactly where Highline’s nearest ER is (there are two)
Go directly down Delridge, keep on it as it goes through White Center and then turns into Ambaum. Turn left on 128th, and right on Military Road. It’s essentially at 128th and Military. From my house it’s about 5 miles, and estimated at 10-14 minutes.
Bus and or Water Taxi if available.
However if you leave early enough, neither bridge is a problem.
The rule of thumb for the Delridge ramp is, reach it by 6:45 or add a half hour to the trip time. Reach it by 7:30 or add a possible hour.
But Pioneer Square is just about the easiest and most efficient bus commute in town if the “Children” will stay out of the bus lane on the bridge….
:)
If you must drive, and you don’t get up early, and you cannot be intimidated by teamsters driving overweight trucks on bad pavement, then the local secret route is…
Lower bridge to East Marginal way. Take a left unless the trucks are lined up in the turn lane, if lined up, go straight through on the right lane, take the first left turnaround and get back to East Marginal turn right toward the docks. go to the next light, take a right avoiding the overweight truck created sinkhole/puddle onto Hanford. Go to the light at 1st, turn left, and proceed to Pioneer Square. There are several paths through between East Marginal/Alaskan way to first ave and due to the train traffic, one should become familiar with the various alternatives.
However be aware. The Spokane street viaduct is designed to bypass the variables you are gambling with once you commit to the lower bridge.
Trains, drawbridges and even backups in either the loading or unloading at several of the terminals can suddenly bugger all plans and schedules. I have been stuck on the lower bridge for over and hour once when the terminal 7 line spilled out onto the bridge and halted all traffic. Every traffic enforcement entity denied responsibility for the problem and an off duty game warden stuck next to me finally turned on his light, drove up the wrong lane and forced the teamsters to clear the bridge.
Where are these motorcycle cops when my bus is held up from getting into the bus lane? I’ve never seen anyone try and clear the way for the bus to go through.
I live on Fauntleroy, but if I need to go to the viaduct, I get on a Delridge. That way I don’t have to do that crossover. I take Avalon to Genessee to Delridge and get on there. You’re already in the lane for 99 and no changing required. Delridge can be backed up sometimes, but I’d rather wait there to get on than do that dance of trying to get right while they all try to get left.
Aim, according to Walgreen’s website there is a 24 hr. pharmacy and drugstore in Burien: 14656 Ambaum Blvd SW, Store: (206) 901-1816, Pharmacy: (206) 901-1816. I’d call and confirm that though – I’ve never been there so can’t say for sure.
I hope you are feeling better now. I have often wondered where the nearest ER is, and assumed it was Highline, but it might be helpful if I would look at a map and find out how to get there! Kinda funny that I know where the 24 hr. pet ER is, but not the one for me! Even if Highline wasn’t closest, I think I’d feel more comfortable not having to drive over the WS bridge to get there, in case there were backups headed downtown. I could probably get downtown faster if it was all clear, but if not, it could be a mess.
Jan, I forgot we had talked once about that WS Gimpy Coffee Klatch. :) Let me know if you plan something. Unfortunately I’ve got plans on 1/18 and can’t make the Capers event. But we still need another date for pie. I was so disappointed last week to go over to Shoofly last week and find out they were closed on vacation until the 15th!
Flip – which do you think is less corruptible/corrupted, voting in person or voting by mail? Just curious.
You are all so great for keeping your eyes open for me – on the road (please be careful!) and on Craig’s List – THANK YOU!! :-)
(From the Rolling Stone article in the above link)
“American history is littered with vote fraud — but rather than learning from our shameful past and cleaning up the system, we have allowed the problem to grow even worse. If the last two elections have taught us anything, it is this: The single greatest threat to our democracy is the insecurity of our voting system. If people lose faith that their votes are accurately and faithfully recorded, they will abandon the ballot box. Nothing less is at stake here than the entire idea of a government by the people.
Voting, as Thomas Paine said, ”is the right upon which all other rights depend.” Unless we ensure that right, everything else we hold dear is in jeopardy.”
I just wonder which country she would try to bomb first. She can’t seem to wipe the blood of innocent women and children in Iraq off of her hands right now.
Anyone stupid enough to give a guy like Bush any kind of authority to go to war needs their head, heart, and soul(if they have one)thouroughly examined. That goes for all the candidates who voted for the Iraq Occupation.
I’m just a regular citizen and I knew bush and co. were lying through their teeth just by looking at them speak.
Just like the 2000 and 2004 elections were shrouded in controversy; lost ballots, people denied votes in Florida, intentionally rigged voting machines owned by private corporations that gave money to the Republican party etc….
What makes you think it won’t happen again? Nothing has been done and it’s already happening in the primaries (the New Hampshire primary).
If you think everything has been hunky dory in the past few elections you just aren’t paying attention.
What do you think??
http://www.dennis4president.com/go/homepage-items/help-defend-the-integrity-of-our-voting-system/
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/archives/cat_vote_fraud.html
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen
Thanks Jan. I know my partner isn’t the least bit afraid to dial 911 if need be. I was already warned earlier this evening that there’d be an ambulance on the way if I got any worse.
I’m in bed at this point, just kinda chillin. Things seem to be settling down. We went out for a bit on a roundabout of all the drug stores in the area, looking for a peak flow meter to see if I could keep an eye on it myself.
However, apparently no drugstore in this area stays open past 6pm (pharmacy part anyway) and the flow meters are kept behind the counter. Makes me wonder if they’re a high-theft item or what. and why on earth they would be…
We still need to get a WS Gimpy Coffee Klatch going. I’m thinking maybe in a couple of weeks when things settle down a bit would be good for me.
Thank you.
I am feeling a bit better so haven’t gone in, but it’s good to know where to go just in case.
I can’t believe I’ve lived in WS 4+ years and didn’t know where to find the nearest E.R.
Hope this helps other folks.
Some good shrooms in the park?
I think that’s the closest – from the other end of WS it might be Harborview on First Hill, but I just compared via Mapquest directions, and from Westwood Village, Highline is 5 miles, while Harborview is 8 miles. Hope you are OK now.
Hi Todd – I truly believe that I have the best dentist in the world. Dr. Kari Chellis, (www.smilesecrets.com). She is located at 4700 42nd Ave. SW, Suite 555 (above the Bartell’s store). She has become the standard by which I judge all of my other health care professionals (e.g. expertise, passion, thoughtfulness, innovation, etc.). I can actually say that I enjoy going to the dentist!
Warning: I understand he’s very fond of chicken poodle soup and Thai poodles.
Ok folks, I am probably heading to Highline on Military Road, as that’s what google is netting me, but for future reference, what is the nearest emergency room to WS? Specifically I am in “South Delridge” near Westwood Village, and seem to be having an asthma attack. Diagnosed yesterday, and suddenly having trouble breathing properly.
As I said I will likely head out to Highline momentarily, but is anything closer?
Thanks in advance.
Yes, the PEPS page gave me a couple preschool names I hadn’t found otherwise – those are the hardest ones to come up with; I thought briefly of not including preschools but realized that would be silly, sometimes that’s the toughest decision – where should your kid START school!? Ours went to Lincoln Park Co-op for the very first experience of not dealing with parental types – the co-op concept of “one day you (parent) stay and help, the other day he’s here with the teacher and other parents” was also helpful for our transition as well as his!
I’m copying this from the post I made in the “list of schools & links” topic:
Another resource for pre-school info can be found on the West Seattle PEPS website – it’s about 2 years old but still good at-a-glance info:
http://pepswestseattle.org/preschools.html
My daughter goes to Little Pilgrims and we love it. They are at Fauntleroy Church. It’s time to check preschools out now. Don’t wait for spring because registration starts in Feb/March.
