Local high school students to win scholarships tonight

Local high school students to win scholarships tonight

The Seattle Schools Scholarship Fund Trustees will honor 24 Seattle high school students this evening with a $2000 scholarship for post-high school education. The students will be recognized at an award ceremony and reception tonight at 7 p.m. in the Frances Penrose Owens Auditorium of the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence

Friends, family, and school district personnel who have worked with these students are invited to attend this celebratory event.

The following students will be honored:

  • Elyses Ayenew and Kelsey Bolinger, Ballard
  • David Coven and Ana David, Cleveland
  • Theophilus Savini and Rachel Visario, Franklin
  • Lucero Torres-Bravo and Francisco Martinez-Crisanto, Garfield
  • Mohomed Fofana and Gennevi Lu, Hale
  • Teri Hunter and Choega Thundrup, Ingraham
  • Andres Arano Aguilera, Interagency
  • Salenna Green, Middle College at Northgate
  • Alexis Ford and Anthony Segi, Rainier Beach
  • Sofiya Idris and Risku Tuffa, Roosevelt
  • Kindra Galan and Antonio Horton, Sealth
  • Jennifer Romero-Diaz and Jesus Sanches, South Lake
  • Suzanne Bechara and Jomar Rumbawa, West Seattle

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Queen Anne gardeners volunteer to help solve bee crisis

Queen Anne gardeners volunteer to help solve bee crisis

The number of native bees, such as bumblebees, in the city is plummeting. And, that’s a bad thing, according to University of Washington scientists.

“Native bees do a lot of important pollination work,” Dr. Jeff Riffell said in a press release. “Up to 75 percent of crop species benefit from bee pollination, and much of these benefits stem from native bees.”

To track and research urban bees, the University of Washington Department of Biology started the Urban Pollination Project.

But with the rapid increase in urban gardens in Seattle, UW scientists need some help. Well, P-Patchers to the rescue.

On May 13, scientists handed out specially selected tomato plants to P-Patch gardeners, including those from the Interbay and Queen Anne P-Patches, and taught them how to collect and submit data.

Police: Copper thief floods east Queen Anne apartment

Police: Copper thief floods east Queen Anne apartment

The storage area beneath an east Queen Anne apartment flooded last week after someone made off with 41 feet of copper pipes, according to the Seattle Police Department.

The apartment manager heard running water May 11 while he was standing in the building’s parking lot in the 1400 block of Fifth Avenue North. When he went into the building’s storage area, water was pouring out of pipes from the apartments above, according to the police report for the incident.

According to the report, the storage area’s locked entry didn’t appear to be tampered with. But, there is a space between the storage area and the parking lot just big enough for someone to squeeze through.

The only clue police have to go on is a still-wet Red Bull can found inside the storage area, according to the report.

The stolen copper pipes were valued at $2,500.

Learn more about Fremont Siphon Replacement Project tonight

Learn more about Fremont Siphon Replacement Project tonight

The Fremont Siphon has been carrying wastewater from northeast Seattle and as far north as Mukilteo underneath the Ship Canal for nearly 100 years. And back in 2010, King County announced it was high time to replace it.

Tonight, Fremont and Queen Anne residents are invited to an open house to learn more about the Fremont Siphon Replacement Project and how it will affect their neighborhoods.

The project, which is in the early design phase, will create a separate crossing just west of the existing siphon stretching roughly from West Ewing Park in Queen Anne to Second Avenue Northwest in Fremont.

The open house takes place at 6 p.m. May 15 at the Fremont Library. Attendees will learn more about the proposed construction area and activities and locations for new structures.

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City approves controversial sculpture for Counterbalance Park

City approves controversial sculpture for Counterbalance Park

Against the wishes of family and admirers of a renowned landscape architect and a handful of Queen Anne residents, Seattle Parks and Recreation will oversee the installation of a new five-stone sculpture in Counterbalance Park.

Plans for the sculpture started a few months ago with the Uptown Alliance’s parks committee deciding it wanted to create a tribute to Queen Anne business Shah Safari, which contributed $225,000 toward the construction of the park, which opened at the corner of Queen Anne Avenue and Roy Street in 2008.

After a member of the Uptown Alliance put up $9,000 of his own money for the sculpture, which consists of five stones of varying heights, the project became controversial with neighbors and the family and admirers of Robert Murase, whose final project before passing away in 2005 was designing Counterbalance Park.

Scenes from the 2012 Color Run

Scenes from the 2012 Color Run

Of all the 5ks,fun-runs and marathons that take place in Seattle every year, there is one that is just a little bit more colorful.

During the 2012 Color Run, participants were hit with a different colored powder for every kilometer of the 5K, leaving everyone, including KOMO photographer Josh Lewis, a multicolor mess.

For even more color, take a look at all of Lewis’ Color Run photos.

Special ale returns Monday to support charitable cause

Special ale returns Monday to support charitable cause

The limited edition 'Bob's Brown Ale' is making its comeback this Monday, May 14.

KOMO Communities has covered this story before but it’s worth mentioning every year due to the cause it helps support.

May 14 corresponds with Bob Hirsch’s birthday. Hirsch, a close friend of Manny Chao, co-founder of Georgetown Brewing, passed away from cancer right after his 21st birthday.

Every year the brewery celebrates Hirsch with the special brown ale and donates all of the money from sales to the Seattle Ronald McDonald House.

On Monday, Bob’s Brown Ale will be available at the Nickerson Street Saloon, 318 Nickerson Street.

This year’s release goal is to raise at least $70,000. In a written statement provided by the charity, raising that amount of money will help support 2,800 nights of housing for families with seriously ill children staying at the House this year.