July 6
Seattle Sites of the Day:

Seattle Public Theater

Open House at Green Lake Bathhouse

Tuesday, July 11, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at 7312 W. Green Lake Dr. N.

Tour the theater space and watch a free performance of Seattle Public Theater's 45 minute high school touring show about teen violence, In Between by R. N. Sandberg. Sponsored by the Green Lake Park Alliance and SPT.

The Play's The Thing for Grades 7- 12

July 10 to August 5, Monday - Friday 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Creating, rehearsing and presenting an original play, with teacher Alexis Chamow. This company will develop and produce a piece of issue-oriented theater, in four weeks of collaborating with other teen artists, improvisation, acting and writing exercises. Limited scholarships available based on need.

Evening performance on Friday, August 4 and matinee on Saturday, August 5 at the Bathhouse Theatre.

Creative Drama for Young Artists Grades 3- 6

July 10 to 22, Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Two weeks of stories and sunshine as we dramatize our way through mid-summer, with teachers Beverly Ann Thompson and Tim Barr. Improvisation, movement, voice, characterization, storytelling, special arts projects, and swimming! Limited scholarships available based on need.

Camp culminates in a matinee performance piece and barbecue on Saturday, July 22.

For more information, call SPT at (206) 328-4848 or e-mail spt@scn.org.

Resist the List

Meeting to prepare for July 12 demonstrations - Tuesday, July 11, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway (2 blocks south of Swedish Hospital)

Resist reporting patients' names over the Internet to state-run databases. Don't add chronic Hepatitis B and C to the list of diseases that doctors must report to the government with the patient's name. (206) 517-2617 or jackman@drizzle.com.

State Board of Health meeting - Wednesday July 12 at 2:45 PM, Room 316, UW South Campus Center.

"Don't allow the Department of Health to add notifiable conditions without public hearings. Don't allow electronic reporting of sensitive medical information without adequate public hearings and clear security safeguards."

Resist The List will organize testimony and legal protesting, as well as a civil disobedience action. Information and carpooling: rtl@speakeasy.org or (206) 517-2617.

Perkins Coie Internet Case Digest

"This compilation of cases, together with a brief synopsis of each, is an effort to collate U.S. court cases and international cases of especially high interest that address specific issues of Internet-related law, or that reach decisions that, although not directly related to the Internet, have significant implications for Internet legal issues."

Rise Above It All

"Support Seattle's New Monorail Initiative!" [I-53]

"On Friday June 30, 2000 we filed an initiative with the Seattle City Clerk. This initiative essentially reaffirms the previous monorail initiative (I-41) adding a specific amount of $6 million for the Elevated Transportation Company (ETC) to develop a citywide monorail transportation plan.

"Also, it reserves $125 million of councilmanic debt capacity (and as the property values of the city increase the reserve may grow to $200 million) that may later be used to build the monorail system.

"The plan must be completed in 24 months and submitted to the voters for final approval. The plan will include: the routes, technology, financing and the form of the entity that will oversee the construction and operation of the system."

"Sustainable Seattle is a citizen group working to improve our region's long-term health and vitality - cultural, economic, environmental and social."

One goal is "to influence local actions, both individual and collective, that move us in the direction of sustaining a healthy, balanced relationship between people and the earth, leaving a worthy legacy of prosperity for future generations." ...

"Sustainability... The term is now being used worldwide, in every language, to express this critical concept for the future of human societies on earth: that to survive, we need to better understand the consequences of current growth and development patterns on future generations and to pay attention, now, to the linkages that make the environment, economy and society interdependent." ...

"The Indicators of Sustainable Community are the product of a community dialogue about our common future. Hundreds of Seattle-area volunteers have invested thousands of hours to design and research this integrated 'report card' on long-term trends in our region." ...

"Indicators are selected quantitative measures that allow us to gain better insight into our region's health and vitality. Sustainability indicators cover not just environmental issues, but extend into a broad range of topics from economics to culture." ...

"Is Seattle on the road to a healthier community? Yes and no... The report, Indicators of Sustainable Community, 1998, uses a list of 40 indicators to chart Seattle's progress toward or away from sustainability. ... the report presents a mixed bag of improving, declining, and neutral trends..."

The 1998 report "is the third indicators report since 1993. ... The next Indicators report is scheduled for publication in the year 2000."

"Sustainable Seattle is an open forum of civic-minded individuals. Your participation is welcome! You may participate in a variety of ways and at whatever level you wish. Sustainable Seattle has an open door policy for new participants. People can join a Task Team or just attend events."

Volunteers "represent a wide spectrum of community life: civic and social activists, students, business people, local officials, workers and professionals, religious leaders, educators, scientists, and artists."

"... the next step for Sustainable Seattle...: to become a center for applied sustainability."