May 26

Fremont Chamber of Commerce

The FCC's list of Frequently Foned Fremont Folk includes numbers for the Fremont Sunday Market, the Fremont Street Fair, the Fremont Public Association (who operate the Food Bank), the Fremont Arts Council (whose Solstice Parade is June 21), the Fremont Neighborhood Council, "The Bridge" Newsletter, the Almost Free Outdoor Cinema, History House and more, and for the people who head the FCC's transportation, retail and land use committees. The Fremont Events Calendar lists regular monthly meetings like the Future of Fremont discussions at the Trolleyman Pub, and all of this year's special events.

May 16

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

CPSR/Seattle meets Monday, May 19 at 7:00 PM at the College Inn Pub in Seattle. Janeane Dubaur will present a legislative update, and in particular will discuss what happened to the plans for fingerprinted Washington State drivers' licenses. CPSR is looking for volunteers to create a Web site to present the results of the recent Community Space and Cyberspace conference. Anyone interested in the issues discussed at the conference is invited to participate in a related ongoing Issue Resource Bank.

SCN Mailing Lists

These new mailing lists are now hosted on SCN.

Washington State Soccer Referee Committee -

wa-ref@scn.org

KCLS Netmaster Volunteer Training Program -

kcls-netmasters@scn.org

SCN Planning Committee -

planning@scn.org

May 12

East Timor Action Network

"ETAN is a grassroots organization fighting to stop US support of Indonesia's military occupation of East Timor and to support self-determination for East Timor. ETAN/Seattle works in Washington state to educate the public about the ongoing genocide in East Timor ...

"Within the next two weeks, the House and Senate will be considering legislation which would condition arms sales and transfers ... to Indonesia on accountability for human rights violations in Indonesia and East Timor and tangible efforts to resolve the conflict in East Timor.

"GRASSROOTS PRESSURE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. The strength of the legislation will depend on the phone calls supporters of East Timor make to their legislators in the next week. Our Washington senators and representative Norm Dicks sit on the key committees which will decide the terms of this legislation."

National Organization for Women

On May 27, Seattle Habitat for Humanity's April Norton and Rita Lindle will talk about the Women Building for Humanity project that brings together women to design and construct a home in partnership with a selected family. The kick-off groundbreaking is scheduled for Mother's Day. Learn how to become involved. May's meeting also includes a legislative update and a report on the Women's Building. The meeting is at Seattle Central Community College (on Broadway) in Room 1110.

The Yoga Barn

Robin Rothenberg, a certified yoga instructor, offers classes in beginning to intermediate Vinayoga and Iyengar yoga.

April 30

Orchestra Seattle / Seattle Chamber Singers

Orchestra Seattle will perform Haydn's The Seasons on Sunday, May 11 at Seattle's First United Methodist Church. On Wednesday, May 21, Mark Salman will perform five Beethoven piano sonatas at the Shorecrest Performing Arts Center. This year's Young Artists Concerto Competition winners will perform on June 1, also at the Shorecrest Performing Arts Center. You can get directions to these concerts, find out about other upcoming concerts, read about the Orchestra's recordings, radio broadcasts and Internet RealAudio broadcasts, and send e-mail to OS/SCS.

April 21

Online Library Catalogs

User suggestions prompted this new page, an addition to the SCN Internet Guide.

April 19

City of Kenmore

Kenmore incorporation is moving forward. A feasibility study completed in early April concluded that the existing tax base can support a city without a reduction in current services or an increase in taxes. A public hearing on the draft study and the boundaries of the proposed City of Kenmore will be held May 14 at the Inglemoor High School Cafeteria. Kenmore incorporation is also one of the topics to be discussed at a Kenmore community meeting to be held by King County Councilmember Maggi Fimia on Tuesday, April 29th.

April 12

The Options Program at Seward

TOPS is an alternative K-8 school in the Seattle Public Schools system. It is governed by a Site Council of parents, faculty and students. Recent TOPS Newsletters focus on the Parent Steering Committee, the middle school's School to Work program, and the annual TOPS Auction of class projects and donated goodies that will be held on Saturday, April 26.

Ask Mr. Science

SCN's new Mr. Science is Thaddeus Jurczhnski (thaddeus@scn.org). Thaddeus takes over from Phil Abrams, who retired as Mr. Science after years of patient, informative assistance to young and old. Mr. Science hosts two discussion forums, one for general science questions and one for science projects.

April 8

National Organization for Women

NOW's Seattle Chapter will host a chocolate and coffee party to benefit the chapter, on Tuesday April 15th. The party will be between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. at the Kurt Lidtke Gallery, on the corner of 2nd and Jackson in Seattle. Clayton March, artist, will feature a large abstract painting. Call 623-5082 for more information. If you have ever wondered what a "feminist" is or what it means, come find out!

April 3

SCN Mailing Lists

These new mailing lists are run by various local groups.

Artistic Wombats:

aw@scn.org

Forever Knight Writer's Loop:

fkwl@scn.org

Kalliope Poetry Workshop:

kalliope@scn.org

"None Of The Above" campaign:

nota@scn.org

Puget Sound Environmental List (PSEL):

psel@scn.org

Puget Sound Chapter of the University of Missouri Alumni Association:

puget-mizzou-alums@scn.org

Seattle Astronomical Society:

webftweb@scn.org

StreetWrites:

streetwrites@scn.org

Washington State Campaign for Democracy:

wscd@scn.org

March 21

Laurelhurst Community Club

The March Laurelhurst Letter discusses Battelle Northwest's contention that its property, now for sale, contains no wetlands. It examines the issues to be aired at the March 24 City hearing about the future civilian uses of Sand Point, and presents the debate surrounding the proposed expansion of the Highway 520 floating bridge.

The next upcoming event on the LCC calendar is: "Mar 29 (Sat.) Spring Egg Scramble, 9:15 - 9:45 a.m., Laurelhurst Park. Children 11 and under scramble for prizes and goodies. Meet at Community Center front doors at 9 a.m. Bring a basket for collecting and two cans of food per participant to donate to Northwest Harvest."

Seattle Astronomical Society

SAS members will host public observing sessions at eight locations in the Seattle area on Sunday evening, March 23. You might be able to see Comet Hale-Bopp through a telescope, near its closest approach to Earth. A deep partial lunar eclipse will also be visible on Sunday evening. SAS and UW astronomers will hold viewing sessions at the UW Astronomy Building Plaza on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (March 27 - 29).

Meet the New Medium

SCN's Doug Schuler is teaching a course at The Evergreen State College in Olympia about "Exploring the Technology and Social Implications of the Internet." Discussions include public policy, democracy and the Internet, the future of libraries, community networks, teleconferencing and the design of virtual worlds. Students have contributed their observations to some pages on the class' Web site.

March 12

Capitol Hill Community Council

The Council meets Thursday evening, March 13. Staffers from KIRO will be at the meeting, looking for people to interview at a later date about what's going on on Capitol Hill. Seattle City Councilman Richard McIver, head of the City Council's transportation committee, will speak at CHCC's Transportation meeting on Thursday, March 20. Among other upcoming events of local interest is the Seattle Fringe Theater Festival, which continues through Sunday the 16th.

Lake Washington Rowing Club

"LWRC's activities extend from the training of persons who have never rowed before to the training and development of Olympic caliber rowers. The club has programs for recreational and competitive rowing for adults of all ages." Some classes are already underway at the Fremont Boathouse. The Spring II series of beginning and intermediate LWRC rowing and sculling classes begins in late April.

The annual Green Lake Spring Regatta is Saturday, March 22. The Seattle Sprints crew races will be held on Lake Washington on Saturday, April 19. The big Opening Day Windermere Cup races will draw crowds to the Montlake Cut on Saturday, May 3.

Green Lake Crew

The Seattle Parks Department's Rowing Center offers classes for young people, as well as facilities for adult rowers and adaptive rowing for the disabled. The Green Lake Small Craft Center's class schedule contains more information.

George Pocock Rowing Foundation

The Foundation maintains a boathouse on Lake Union, with eleven boats from singles to quads. The GPRF Rowing Center offers classes in beginning rowing and sculling, and runs the Northwest Sculling Program to prepare athletes for national competition.

March 6

Hepatitis Education Project

HEP provides information and support for hepatitis patients and their families. Hepatitis C (HCV), identified in 1988, is an incurable virus whose long-term effects can be serious for many of the millions of people who are infected with it. HCV is a relatively little-understood disease that is transmitted by contact with infected blood, and is the cause of about a third of liver transplants. There are now eight HEP support groups in the Puget Sound area.

Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association

Gdynia, Poland is a "Seattle-like" port city on the Baltic coast. Here you can find the Association's e-mail and postal addresses, Web links to Gdynia and Poland, information about trade and tourism, and movie listings from Seattle's 1996 Polish Film festival.

Overeaters Anonymous / H.O.W. Recovery Net

This unofficial local OA page offers referrals via e-mail for anyone interested in the program. It includes links to a number of other local and national OA pages, and some sugar-free recipes.

March 1

Yakima Valley Free Net Foundation

Planning is underway for a community network in Yakima. "The Yakima Valley Free-Net Foundation (YVFN) is dedicated to bringing people, institutions, organizations, and businesses in the Yakima Valley together to provide free and open access to bilingual community information..." Among YVFN's goals are "To make this information available to everyone by... establishing public access points throughout the community. To promote broad use of the system by funneling equipment donations to the physically and economically disadvantaged groups in the community."

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