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Westneat: Ex-Cons Need to Earn Equality

03.06.2011 Opinion

by Danny Westneat/Seattle Times (RVP news partner): It’s a cliché to say someone has seen it all. Then you meet Jimmy Tharpe. “The sex offenders and the murderers, they’re actually my easy ones,” says the 62-year-old businessman matter-of-factly. Tharpe is a landlord to criminals. He owns three houses in South Seattle that he rents, room [...]

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This Week: Opportunities to Get Involved in Your Community

02.20.2011 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: Freedom from Fear meditation & discussion, Columbia City Tuesday: [...]

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Support Our Sponsors: John DeFranco Makes Insurance Easy

02.13.2011 Advertisement

Please support our sponsors – like John DeFranco Insurance (5215 Wilson Avenue S.) in Seward Park – they help power your RVP! John DeFranco Insurance has been serving residents of the Seattle area for years – a local advocate with access to top rated insurance companies. We know you want to learn about your coverage [...]

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New Interactive Map Illustrates Segregation at N’hood Level, Including Rainier Valley

02.07.2011 Development

In the first analysis of new 2005-2009 Census Block Group data, Remapping Debate has developed an interactive map illustrating segregation right down to the city block level, revealing some otherwise hidden truths not necessarily apparent in the larger geographic areas represented by Census Tracts: The new maps, available here, highlight areas that remain ultra-white, as [...]

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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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GIVE: South-End Teacher Strives for 100% Reading Fluency and YOU Can Help

02.01.2011 Volunteering

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. From Graham Hill 1st grade [...]

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SPD: Crime Down in Every Precinct Except South Seattle

01.31.2011 911

Last week, according to Maple Leaf Life, assistant police chief Mike Sanford told the Maple Leaf Community Council that crimes like burglary, car prowls and auto theft are “down in every precinct except in south Seattle.” Indeed, neighborhoods like Othello, New Holly and Lakewood/Seward Park have noticed a spike in those and other more violent [...]

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This Week: Opportunities to Get Involved in Your Community

01.30.2011 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… Tuesday: Rainier Valley Rotary Club, Columbia City Columbia City Business [...]

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Weekend Update: “African American Odyssey”, DIY Wedding Workshop, Bike Works Warehouse Sale & More

01.28.2011 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: Burgers, Bingo & Brews, Brighton Northwest Tap Connection presents [...]

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LOST DOG: Have You Seen Tyberius From Seward Park? (UPDATE)

01.25.2011 Lost Pets

Tyberious is a three-year-old black Lab who disappeared yesterday from his home in Seward Park: He is very sweet and friendly, but just arrived in Seattle after growing up on 300 acres in Northern California, so is not used to cars and lots of people, so he’s a bit shy. If found, he is very [...]

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Weekend Update: Contra Dance, Freedom Fest, Full Moon Dinner & More

01.20.2011 Arts/Living
harvest moon

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: Lunar New Year Full Moon Community Dinner and Guided [...]

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Save the Dates: Tours & Open Houses Scheduled for South-End Schools (UPDATED)

01.18.2011 Education
New School Field Day 2008

Between January and March, Seattle Public Schools invites families to tour schools and attend open houses to learn more about their attendance area school, option schools, or other attendance area schools to which they may be interested in applying. Families are encouraged to attend these events to meet the principal and staff and have the [...]

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GIVE: Become a Master Urban Naturalist at Seward Park

01.14.2011 Volunteering

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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Baby, It’s Cold Outside: Donate Your Sweaters to Mister Roger’s Sweater Drive via PCC

01.07.2011 Public Service Announcement

Help KCTS 9 and PCC Natural Markets collect thousands of sweaters for neighbors in need during the annual Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive. All donated sweaters will go to Seattle nonprofits Wellspring Family Services and Northwest Center. This is the third year that KCTS 9 and PCC have teamed up for the drive. The greatest [...]

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N’hood Self-Defense Classes Packed After FIVE Random Attacks on South-End Women

01.04.2011 911
Seward Park

After at least six random attacks on Seattle women in just three months – five in Southeast Seattle – the demand for local self-defense classes is on the rise. It’s no surprise since all of the victims were eventually able to escape their attacker by vigorously fighting back. After the first attack in Seward Park [...]

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It’ll Be a Great Day When Schools Have All the Books They Need & the Air Force Has to Beg for Bombs

12.17.2010 Education

This week, parents and staff at Graham Hill Elementary met to discuss the dismal school reports recently issued by the school district, and what is being done to improve it and other south-end schools. “I think we have a LOT of challenges, and with the economic situation being what it is, some problems seem hard [...]

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TONIGHT: Rainier Valley Residents to Rally Against Recent Attacks

12.15.2010 911

The community is invited to join Rainier Valley neighbors for a community safety rally tonight, Wed., Dec. 15, in response to the recent string of attacks on women in south-end parks. Organizers say the rally has three goals: Letting the attacker(s) know we will not stand for this Connecting the community so we can be [...]

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Lake Washington Boulevard Now Open to Traffic

12.14.2010 News

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has reopened Lake Washington Boulevard between Lake Park Drive South and 43rd Avenue South, after closing the roadway while Seattle Parks and Recreation Department cleaned up a landslide there. Photo/do communications

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Community Safety Rally Planned in Response to String of South-End Park Attacks

12.13.2010 911

In response to the recent string of attacks on women in south-end parks,  a group of Mt. Baker neighbors is planning a community safety rally for this Wed., Dec. 15. Organizers say the rally has three goals: Letting the attacker(s) know we will not stand for this Connecting the community so we can be more [...]

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Comment of the Week Goes To…

12.11.2010 Opinion
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South Seattle Cop on “SPD Investigating THREE Attacks on Women at South-End Parks”: Ladies: scream, claw, scratch, kick, gouge, stab, rip, tear…whatever it takes. Shed your predispositions against violence and notions of fairplay. Do whatever it takes to survive and describe this a–hole to us. Remember: a defensive mindset will result in you being worn-out [...]

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