May 31
Seattle Sites of the Day:

Newport Hills

"... Board Meetings on 3rd Wednesday of ea. month at 7:30pm, Bellevue Fire Station #9. Our organization stands for quality of life through involvement with education, youth activities, police & fire protection, water & waste water service, land-use & rezone decisions, parks & open spaces, community improvement, communication with local businesses, and acts as a forum for controversial issues affecting Newport Hills residents. Since we began in 1959 we rely on $3 annual dues to accomplish the above and our names as volunteers..."

"We would very much like to know where you're visiting from. Just click on the most detailed map you can..."

Humanists of Washington

HOW is "committed to actively promoting free thought and rationality. ... Secular Humanism is a rational, non-theistic, naturalistic philosophy which supports intellectual freedom, free inquiry, self-responsibility, and scientific progress for the benefit of humankind. When applied to everyday decision-making, Secular Humanism provides a foundation for ethical conduct and human compassion..."

Secular Seattle

"The Secular Seattle social group coordinates a wide range of activities for Humanist of Washington members and friends interested in meeting Secular Humanists, Atheists, Freethinkers and others unencumbered by religion."

"Secular Seattle events are open to the public. There is no charge; participants pay only for their own restaurant orders, movie tickets, etc." ...

June 3 - Dinner and a Movie -
We'll meet at 5:00 and decide on a movie over dinner.

June 24 - Solstice Bike Ride

July 15 - Ethnic Dinner

Harlequin Productions

Capital Playhouse

"Dear folks,

   "I was just browsing around and found our link on your website. Thank you for including us in your listing, but we're listed as a children's theater company, which we definitely are not. We [Harlequin] are a semi-professional theater company that is very serious about doing an eclectic array of challenging work for an adult audience." ...

"I may also be able to help you with the children's theater group that you're looking for. There is a company called Capital Playhouse that does a series called Kids at Play. You can find them at capitalplayhouse.com."

- Scot Whitney

"Concerned parents and community members, realizing that there had already been substantial commercial intrusion into the schools, decided that it was time to put a stop to these attempts to turn students into a captive consumer market.

"In response to public outcry, the School Board rescinded its policy on advertising and initiated a process to formulate a new policy based upon community concerns. However, the School Board has still not adopted a new policy on commercialism in schools.

"In the absence of such a policy, commercial intrusion continues as before, and the Seattle School District even signed an exclusive contract with Coca-Cola, putting the schools in the position of having a financial interest in promoting the sale of junk food to their students.

"CCCS is working to convince the Seattle School Board of the necessity of instituting a policy that protects the educational environment of our schools, and protects students from commercial sales pitches that have no relation to education.

"CCCS is also focusing on the elimination of 'Channel One' (a daily televised advertisement / infotainment program) from Seattle schools.

"Other goals include the elimination of biased, commercially-produced curriculum materials, preventing the introduction of computer advertising schemes (such as 'Zap Me!'), and generally enhancing public awareness of commercialism in schools."

- Joel Bradbury

Wah Mee

Todd Matthews' online book takes a journey into a Seattle that most people didn't see behind the headlines of the 1983 gambling club murders. The stories of these events in Chinatown touch the realities of life in the neighborhoods whose family members were killed. Matthews' years of digging have produced an understanding of history and ways of life that unfolds in a portrait of what happened at the Wah Mee club and of the Seattle of that era.