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South-End Scenes

South-End Scenes: Neighbors Gather for Annual Christmas Ship Celebrations

12.19.2010 Arts/Living

Every year for more than six decades, south-end neighbors have gathered on the shores of Lake Washington to celebrate the holiday season and enjoy a flotilla of Christmas Ships complete with on-board choirs singing festive 20-minute performances. South-end stops include Ferdinand St., Stan Sayres Memorial Park, Mt. Baker Beach, Pritchard Beach (above) and Seward Park. [...]

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South-End Scenes: Christmastime in Columbia City

12.07.2010 Arts/Living

Dozens of joyous south-end neighbors came together for a new and improved Columbia City “tree” lighting event last Saturday. Deputy Mayor and Columbia City neighbor Darryl Smith helped Father Christmas with the count down. Neighbors sang Christmas carols with the talented Columbia City Choir… and enjoyed lots of cookies, cocoa and marshmallows at the annual [...]

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Blue Scholars Update “Coffee and Snow” (VIDEO)

11.26.2010 Arts/Living

The Blue Scholars – the south-end’s own homegrown hip-hop kings – have updated their 2008 “Coffee and Snow” video with “Coffee and Snow II” (above): It snowed again. So we filmed something… again. The original “Coffee and Snow” (above): It snowed. So we filmed something. Which Coffee and Snow video do you prefer? The original [...]

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South-End Scenes: Columbia City Snowball Fight (VIDEO)

11.26.2010 Arts/Living

Thanks to the quick thinking of Scott Ringold with Columbia Citizens, and the use of social media tools like Twitter, Facebook and the neighborhood Yahoo group, a crowd of Columbia City neighbors kicked off snOMG 2010 with a snowball fight at Columbia Park last Monday, November 22. Video/The Seattle Times (RVP news partner)

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Snow. My. God.

11.22.2010 News

It’s been snowing pretty steadily in the Rainier Valley since before dawn today, and the National Weather Service (NWS) has a Winter Storm Warning in effect until 10 pm, including heavy snow increasing through the early afternoon and continuing into the evening. Total accumulation is expected to be between two and six inches! In addition, [...]

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South-End Scenes: A Cool Blast From the Past + Weather Update

11.21.2010 South-End Scenes

Ed’s note: Remember Snowpocalypse 2008? When we saw snow flakes in the Rainier Valley this morning we figured it was time for a reprise. Also, according to the National Weather Service forecast, Monday could see snow at times with accumulations of 1-3 inches, so be careful out there! From December 2008: Lake Park Drive in [...]

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South-End Scenes: Big Fun at Burritos, Bingo & Brews

11.02.2010 Arts/Living

A great time was had by all at the recent Burritos, Bingo & Brews event hosted by Southeast Seattle Senior Center (SSSC) on August 27. Congratulations winners! Photos/SSSC

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Mayor Promises to Follow Through on $20 Million Pledge to Rebuild Rainier Beach Community Center

09.27.2010 News

The Seattle Times (RVP news partner): Despite utility-rate hikes, higher parking rates and fewer services at community centers and libraries, Mayor Mike McGinn said the budget he proposed Monday reflected Seattle’s values and corrected some long-standing injustices in underserved neighborhoods. He recommended painful cuts — including laying off more than 200 city workers — but [...]

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South-End Scenes: 35,000 Visit Jade Buddha at Rainier Valley Temple

09.03.2010 Arts/Living

Organizers estimate that as many as 35,000 people came to see the Jade Buddha at Co-Lam Temple on Graham Street last month: We would like to emphasize that the purpose of our program of meditation and prayer before this solemn symbol, the Jade Buddha of Universal Peace, is for each one of us to practice [...]

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South-End Scenes: 18th Annual Rainier Valley Heritage Parade Winners Are…

08.22.2010 South-End Scenes

With 50 entries, yesterday’s 18th annual Rainier Valley Heritage Parade and Summer Streets Party was a huge success and nearly twice as large as last year’s event. Winners include the Electronetts Drill Team and Pacific NW Drumline with a 2-way tie for Best Overall Performance; Renegayde Pep Band with Most Creative entry; and – for [...]

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Souf-End Scenes: Kids These Days…

08.14.2010 South-End Scenes

Phonetic graffiti on display at South Henderson and 50th Avenue South in Rainier Beach directly across from South Shore School. Photo/do communications

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South-End Scenes: Filipino Youth Activities a Big Hit at Last Week’s Pista Sa Nayon Celebration

08.07.2010 South-End Scenes

Photo/David Mullarkey Images

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South-End Scenes: ScoopFest a Big Hit

07.26.2010 South-End Scenes

Yesterday, Full Tilt Ice Cream & Old School Arcade hosted ScoopFest 2010, a fun, family friendly event designed to raise money for the Rainier Valley Food Bank. It was truly a community effort! Photos/Paul Hill Ken at Full Tilt gave away 300 scoops of free ice cream, Kevin and Rob at The Bourbon and Columbia [...]

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South-End Scenes: Got Diversity?

07.13.2010 South-End Scenes

A Pritchard Beach lifeguard wearing a t-shirt with “lifeguard” translated in seven different languages. Photo/do communications Related: 98118: The Most Diverse Zip Code in the Country … and It’s Right in Our Own Backyard (6/17/10) Opinion: America’s Most Diverse ZIP Code Shows the Way (3/31/10) A Tale of Two Communities; Both in 98118 (6/12/08)

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South-End Scenes: Building Community and Planter Boxes in Rainier Beach (UPDATED)

07.12.2010 South-End Scenes

Hamlet Avenue resident Erik Gunderson (top) organized fellow neighbors and with the help from a grant from the Department of Neighborhoods they are building planter boxes, to bring community together and slow down traffic on the block: The street had an unused parking strip between the sidewalk and the street. Cars would park in this [...]

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South-End Scenes: Thousands Turn Out for Rock & Roll Marathon

06.26.2010 South-End Scenes

This morning’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon brought more than 25,000 participants from Tukwila to Seward Park and the scenic shores of Lake Washington on their way to the Qwest Field finish. Photo/Will Austin Photography

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South-End Scenes: School’s Out & Full Tilt Is the Place to Be

06.23.2010 Eat

Seattle Public Schools broke for summer vacation yesterday afternoon and within an hour, dozens of families were crammed into the Rainier Valley’s favorite ice cream parlor and old-school arcade. At times the line was more than a dozen deep as Ken and his peeps scooped the manna from heaven they call “ice cream”. What’s your [...]

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South-End Scenes: Tiny Tots Opens Brand New Othello-Area Facility

06.22.2010 Business

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Last week, Tiny Tots Development Center celebrated the opening of its newest facility – The Helen Hicks Building (below) in the Othello neighborhood. Established in the Rainier Valley in 1969, Tiny Tots Development Center (TTDC) provides child care services and early childhood education at several sites throughout South Seattle. Its main campus (above) – located [...]

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South-End Scenes: Protesters Picket Senator Kline in Mt. Baker

05.17.2010 News

By Tom Karwaki/37th LD Democrats Executive Board member Senator Adam Kline held his kick-off at the Mt. Baker Community Club last week. Councilman Larry Gossett spoke in support of the senator, highlighting how his work for more than six years led to King County being renamed for Martin Luther King. Port Commissioner Rob Holland, City [...]

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South-End Scenes: Have You Thanked a Teacher Today?

05.05.2010 Education

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and your RVP encourages you to use the comment section below to tell local teachers what you appreciate most about their hard and valuable work in our community. Parent volunteers at Graham Hill Elementary School in Seward Park spent Tuesday morning collecting flowers from students and families, then arranging [...]

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South-End Scenes: 2nd Annual Bridge to Beach All Valley Earth Day Clean Up a Huge Success

04.30.2010 News

On Saturday, April 24, we held the 2nd Annual Bridge to Beach All Valley Earth Day Clean Up. With 20 groups out working on various clean up, weeding, planting projects, the Valley is all the better as a result. This was more than a clean up, it was also a competition with ten prizes. One [...]

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