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This Week: Opportunities to Get Involved in Your Community

02.06.2011 Public Service Announcement

See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this week… Monday: Mt. Baker Community Club meeting, Mt. Baker Public meeting [...]

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Weekend Update: Vintage Bingo With Sally Clark, First Friday Music & Dancing & More

02.03.2011 Arts/Living

See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this weekend… Friday: Storytelling Series at Atlantic Street Center, New Holly Vintage [...]

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South-End Students Traveling to Guatemala, Collecting Donations of Crocs & Flip Flops

02.02.2011 Education

Later this month, three freshmen students from STEM @ Cleveland’s School of Life Sciences (SoLS) academy will be traveling to Guatemala to spread the word on the prevention of ascaris, a type of roundworm that infects humans, and they need your help. The worms are typically transmitted when the eggs or lavae in the soil [...]

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South-End Scenes: Good Morning, South Seattle!

01.27.2011 South-End Scenes

A stunning winter sunrise over Beacon Hill. Photo/Matthew Donelan

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911: Shooting at Rainier & Henderson, Former Rainier Beach HS Drug Counselor Faces Prison on Drug Charge, Etc.

01.26.2011 911

Shooting At Rainier and Henderson (seattlecrime.com): We’re hearing scanner chatter about a shooting at Rainier and Henderson [Fri., Jan. 22] … Sounds like police just found a bullet lodged in the wall of a sub shop and Rainier and Henderson. More. Former Rainier Beach HS  drug counselor faces prison on drug charge (Seattle Post Intelligencer): [...]

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Save the Date: Celebrate 17th Annual Neighbor Appreciation Day

01.24.2011 Arts/Living

The city is encouraging residents to celebrate Seattle’s 17th annual Neighbor Appreciation Day on Sat., Feb. 12 (and the week of): Neighbor Appreciation Day is a special day to reach out to neighbors, create new bonds and express thanks to those who help make your neighborhood a great place to live. There are several ways [...]

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Rainier Beach HS Principal Out After 13 Years

01.19.2011 Education

School superintendent Maria L. Goodloe-Johnson announced last week that Rainier Beach High School co-principals, Dr. Robert Gary and Lisa Escobar will transition to new positions and a new principal will be appointed for the 2011-2012 school year. The announcement came on the heels of last week’s news that the troubled Rainier Valley high school is [...]

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MLK Day Update: South-End Events & Celebrations (UPDATED)

01.13.2011 Arts/Living

Fri., 1/14: Orca K-8 MLK Celebration March at 1 pm. March begins and ends at Orca Elementary School in Columbia City, where more than 500 participants will head north on 45th Avenue South from South Dawson Street to South Hudson Street; west on Hudson to Rainier Avenue; north on Rainier to South Edmunds Street; west [...]

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GIVE: MLK Holiday More Than a Day Off; Cheasty Greenspace Needs You

01.12.2011 News

Looking to get involved? Your RVP’s new Give Page is the only comprehensive listing of volunteer opportunities in the Rainier Valley. Designed to link neighbors with local volunteer opportunities, this is the place to start if you’ve got time and/or financial resources and a desire to help improve your community. Each week, we’ll feature one [...]

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Save the Dates: Toddler Classes Available at Van Asselt Community Center on Beacon Hill

01.10.2011 Arts/Living

Van Asselt Community Center, located at 2820 S. Myrtle St. adjacent to the New Holly community, has some new offerings for some of our youngest visitors and their parents. To register for any of these classes, please call the center directly at 206-386-1921, or register online (click on SPARC icon). Parent/ Toddler Movement Class (18 [...]

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Lots of All-Ages, Indoor Fun to Be Had at South-End Community Centers

01.07.2011 Arts/Living

Rainier Beach Community Center may be closed, but there are three other south-end community centers (see locations below) with all sorts of indoor, family fun to be had this season. Find more details at our Big Dates Page. Highlights include: 1/22: Busy Bee Toddler Arts Little Chefs, 11 am at Rainier Community Center 2/14: Sweetheart [...]

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People on the Move: Jourdan Keith Moves UWP to Columbia City, SESSC Welcomes Lynda Greene, Steve Louie Heads to Delridge

01.05.2011 News

Local businesses and non-profit organizations: People on the Move welcomes your personnel changes at editor@rainiervalleypost.com. Urban Wilderness Project moves from Beacon Hill to Columbia City: Rainier Valley artist, former Seattle Poet Populist and Executive Director of the Urban Wilderness Project Jourdan Imani Keith (right) has recently moved the non-profit organization she founded from its office [...]

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Another SE Seattle Attack; 63-Year Old Woman Raped on Beacon Hill; Suspect at-Large

12.30.2010 911

A 63-year old Beacon Hill woman has been attacked and sexually assaulted in the fifth in a string of recent south-end attacks. The victim was walking home from a bus stop in the 1700 block of South Angeline Street at about 5:50 pm on Tuesday, when an unknown adult man attacked her from behind, covered [...]

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BUY LOCAL: South-End X-Mas Tree List Updated With Brighton & Mt. Baker Lots

12.15.2010 Arts/Living

El Centro de la Raza: 2524 16th Ave. S., Beacon Hill NEW! SW corner of Rainier Ave. S. & S. Estelle St., Mt. Baker SE corner of MLK Jr. Way & S. McClellan St., Mt. Baker STEPS to Recovery: All trees $40. NE corner of MLK Jr. Way & S. Othello St., Othello Private lot: [...]

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BUY LOCAL: South-End X-Mas Tree List Updated With Rainier Beach Lot

12.07.2010 Arts/Living

So far, there are four Christmas tree lots in southeast Seattle. We will continue to update and repost this list as more sprout up in the coming days. Please use the comment section below to post any that we’ve missed. El Centro de la Raza: 2524 16th Ave. S., Beacon Hill SE corner of MLK [...]

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South Columbian Way Gets Sleek New Makeover

12.02.2010 Development

Earlier this year, the outside lanes of South Columbian Way between Beacon Avenue South and 15th Avenue South were crumbling. Now, thanks to Bridging-the-Gap funding and completion of a repaving project, the roadway is much improved. According to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), since the outside lanes of the roadway had to be reconstructed, [...]

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SHOP LOCAL: X-Mas Trees Available Right Here in the ‘Hood

11.29.2010 Arts/Living

So far, there are just three places in southeast Seattle to buy a Christmas tree. We will continue to update and repost this list as more sprout up in the coming days. Please use the comment section below to post any that we’ve missed. El Centro de la Raza: 2524 16th Ave. S., Beacon Hill [...]

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911 Log: Kid iJacked at Gunpoint on Beacon Hill + More

11.26.2010 911

Student Robbed At Gunpoint Near Beacon Hill School (seattlecrime.com): Just a reminder folks: always be aware of your surroundings when walking around with your iPod. That’s a lesson a student learned the hard way after he was iJacked at gunpoint on Beacon Hill last week. According to a police report, officers responded to school on [...]

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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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911 Log: Columbia City Man Held for Attempted Kidnapping, Massive Stolen Property Bust on Beacon Hill + More

11.18.2010 911

Police: Columbia City man tried to abduct 3-year-old (seattlepi.com): A 27-year-old Columbia City man is being held without bail after he relentlessly tried to abduct a 3-year-old boy at the Olympic Sculpture Park, according to police. The man, whom security guards have said is known for yelling at the nearby seattlepi.com globe, made his first [...]

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Big Dates: Poetry Slam, Glassblowing Workshop, Climate Co-Op Workshop & More

11.14.2010 Arts/Living

See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. 11/17: Climate Co-op Workshop#2: At the last workshop, participants discussed ways we can work together to reduce our carbon impacts and save money.  Several [...]

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