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[WSMom]

My heart really goes out to you, this is such a dilemma as it is important for our children to have friendships. One more thought, my daughter had an excellent experience with Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts Totem Council is very well organized and open to all girls from K-12. http://www.girlscoutsww.org/

Every summer Girl Scouts has a two week day camp at Camp Long. This has been the highlight of my daughter’s summer for the last 10 years.

Given the circumstance at your child’s school, you may need to help her develop friendships in other places and/or consider other school options. You sound like a great mom! Good luck!!

[Franci]

Do you have or know of a good Naturopath in either West Seattle or near downtown Seattle / South Lake Union area?

Thanks!

[add]

It’s true that Seattle Public Schools are not allowed to publish family contact information. At our school (and probably others) the PTA takes responsibility for publishing the family/school directory. Perhaps you can ask Roxhill’s PTA if they would be willing to make this happen. It involves sending home a form asking for contact info and permission to publish for the school community only and then compiling/copying the info and distributing it back out. A tedious task, but definitely worth it!! You will only get those that opt in, but that’s better than nothing at all. I find that people need a deadline, lots of reminders, and then an extended deadline. :)

Don’t get me started on the problem with lack of RSVPs. I don’t know if it’s the Seattle area or just diminishing manners in general, but it is really annoying!! People who do not respond to invitations must have never thrown a party or planned an event. It is really tough to plan, budget, prepare, etc. without knowing how many people are actually going to show up.

[marco]

Aaaah, thanks for the background info :)

[JanS]

WSMom….there used to be a butcher right in the middle of the junction, where Taqueria Guaymos is located now. They were wonderful, and they still exist, except that they are in Columbia City now. Bob’s Meats…if you’re ever over there, you should stop by.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all your suggestions!! We would love for any of her classmates to come over to play, but we can’t because they need parental permission and without a way to contact the parent it can’t happen! Again, most of the parents of children at Roxhill work and whenever I drop off or pick up our daughter I make a point of going in the school and on the playground and still I don’t see 1 parent, all the kids must take the school bus home.

When I asked the front desk for a class list all I got were the first and last names of the kids, no email or phone number as they don’t give out that information.

From what our daughter is telling me is that most of the kids take the school bus to and from school and there are alot of latch-key kids with no adult supervision at home when they get home.

Our daughter takes swimming and has taken karate and dance in the past.

As for field trips, per the teacher most parents are at work and I have already been with the kids on 2 field trips and there was only one other parent and she didn’t speak English well.

We aren’t sure if the kids in her class have transporation to events and might be embarassed to tell us they don’t have a car.

[Ken]

I cut my own mostly. You can buy at Cash and Carry,(now owned by smart and final) entire loins and other cuts. A ribeye is easy to carve and a whole sirloin is not. They sell angus and regular beef.

A really sharp knife and a freezer are all that is required to take advantage of the low per pound price.

Find one close to you here

[WSMom]

Wouldn’t it be great to shop at a local butcher shop with a real live meat cutter in residence. Our local fish market is doing great (according to one of the employees) and I think our community could support a stand alone old fashioned butcher!

[Ken]

online voter registration link to Sec of State page

We do everything else online…

You must have a current state ID or drivers Licence to use this page.

If you have moved since your last vote, you can call the king county elections hotline 206-296-VOTE (8683) to report your new address.

You can also send a fax. Details are on this page

[Ken]

Note Bev Harris and Jim March of http://www.blackboxvoting.org are sometimes citizen observers of the King county system.

They are more critical of the vote by mail system than I am if I remember correctly.

[fiocamp]

Just moved to the Junction and am looking for a reliable and affordable gardener for a low-maintenance yard.

[Anonymous]

If you have any of these items or know of a business that could donate these items to our shool please contact Roxhill at 252-9570, we desperately need these donations as well as a sound system such as speakers.

We thank you for your donation! Remember it is tax deductiable!

[CMP]

LOL…people do swim like they drive around here :) No common sense and they just make their own rules, which doesn’t work for those of us who are a little more accomplished!

[Anonymous]

No, unfortunately there is no class directory at Roxhill Elementary. It is heartbreaking that our daughter had to forgo a birthday party just because no one even bothered to RSVP. What more could I have done, I went to the school and handed out in person the invites, I went again to deliver cupcakes and both times I told the kids that if they wanted to come to the party we need to receive a call from an adult so we know how much food, etc… to bring.

I guess I an old fashion but I was always brought up to call or tell someone in person if I planned or not to go to a party.

As my husband told me it was not my place to contact people even if we had an email address or phone number, that would be tacky. If for some reason not everyone had transporation we would have helped them out.

We still would like to throw a party for our daughter but how do we when people don’t RSVP????

[WSB]

Marco – I know which protest you are referring to since you were kind enough to send a photo. West Seattle Neighbors for Peace and Justice actually do that every single Sunday at noon – and have been doing so for years. They call it a “vigil” rather than a “protest.”

http://groups.snowcoalition.org/westseattle/

[marco]

Did you all see the protest at the junction today?

Very relaxed atmosphere, every other car honking in agreement :)

[Ken]

To paraphrase my mom:

Nothing wrong with a bit of skepticism until someone loses an eye.

Election fraud is the correct term rather than voter fraud. Voter fraud is mostly a myth of the republicans who are intent on reducing turnout and disenfranchising voters of historically Democratic voting blocks. Note in this state the only recent cases of voter fraud uncovered in 2004 were all Republicans voting for Rossi.

Election fraud is much more difficult to detect and the safeguards run counter to the business model currently in use. The more speedy and efficient the process, the more vulnerable it is to single point failures and manipulation.

However you are in luck in King county. You can monitor the thing yourself. If you are a party member, you can even get paid to do so. Contact your district chair and tell them you wish to be an official observer for the next election. There are several people who are regulars in this function but often several slots open up.

Also any citizen with a pulse and a drivers license can sign in as an observer at most if not all of the venues where the ballots are received, stored, counted and tabulated.

I have done such duty myself. I also happen to know that while they probably will not comment on this thread, about 2/3rds of those who are long term employees of the King County elections offices, seem to live in West Seattle…. and are hardworking, honest people who would blow the whistle if anything obvious or underhanded was done within their sight or hearing.

The nature of the combination of Windows, Access database, and secrecy by the vendor Diebold of the underlying code and scripts, continue to fuel the suspicions of anyone who understands the nature of computers and the proven vulnerabilities of the various components used in the “black box” part of the tabulating software.

Open source code and transparency is the only viable fix as I see it but that is probably a long ways off here in the heart of Microsoft and the place where millions of people use computers without understanding either how they work or how they can be compromised without any indication to the user.

The shift to vote by mail will actually remove one of the potential failure points in the chain of custody of pre tabulated votes. The memory cards. The majority of the vulnerabilities discovered by computer scientist given access to various voting machines, could most easily be compromised via code introduced into memory cards.

That’s enough for tonight. If anyone wants a long rundown of the king county elections processes circa 2004-2006, let me know and I will pull out my notes and the boxes of records and reports I had to sign off on.

[flipjack]

Sounds like people swim the same way they drive around here.

[flipjack]

JAN, That’s right I DO vote. And yes as acemotel says, it should be in the forefront. OK, I tend to be cynical but what’s wrong with that. A little cynicism is good as long as it’s not just a bunch of negativity.

If we had more critical thinkers in this country, we might not be in the mess we’re in now. But who knows maybe we’re not in a mess and the whole thing will work out fine and Kucinich will end up winning the the presidency.

[JimmyG]

Number one by far is C & P coffee on California. Shots are pulled to perfection, knowledgeable baristas, and great vibe.

A distant second is Cafe Rozella in White Center.

3rd: Diva on Fauntleroy

4th: Uptown Espresso

[CMP]

I think that’s the West Seattle Helpline slogan. I once received a pin at one of their functions but was unaware of stickers.

[acemotel]

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. :-)

[Anonymous]

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!!!

[Aim]

I also checked for the nearest pet ER as soon as I moved here… I agree it’s almost funny we know how to get our “kids” taken care of but not ourselves.

[Aim]

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.