Madison Park Times | Seattle, WA
Monday, September 06, 2010
South Korean student drowns at Madison Park Beach
■ An unidentified Good Samaritan walks away despondently as emergency responders work to save the life of a South Korean exchange student after he was found underwater off the Madison Park Beach dock on July 10. photo/BRYAN TAGAS
■ An unidentified Good Samaritan walks away despondently as emergency responders work to save the life of a South Korean exchange student after he was found underwater off the Madison Park Beach dock on July 10. photo/BRYAN TAGAS
Despite the joviality of the annual Madison Park Days children’s parade and community picnic earlier that day, the spirit at the crowded Madison Park Beach quickly turned serious on July 10 as news spread that an inexperienced swimmer had drowned.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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News
Top Stories | Opinion | Around Here
BRIEFLY | Drink up!
A hot day proved successful for those offering drinks during the Madrona Street Festival on July 24.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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Madrona businesses propose relocating No. 3 bus stop
With Metro’s intention to reduce the number of stops on the No. 3 line, presently numbering three in the square block between 33rd and 34th avenues and East Spring and Union streets, Madrona business owners saw an opportunity to move the layover south one block.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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Community benefits from couple's bequest
The $50,000 Mimi and Martin Kraus left to the Madrona community has been allocated, and two of the four projects have begun.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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Closing the Gap
REVISITING THE PARK | Short Seattle summers steer campers to coast
A few hints of sunshine have always given us hope that the plans we make for outdoor activities will not be under an umbrella.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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Opinion
Editorials | Columns | Letters
LETTERS | State reps more in touch than City Council
In the July [issue of the Madison Park] Times, Geov Parrish is exactly right regarding the need to fix today’s totally at-large [Seattle] City Council (“Fixing City Council”).

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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LETTERS | Look to police guild for root of cronyism
I applaud your outstanding editorial “Diaz Must ‘Show Us the Justice’” (July 2010). However, I feel you overlooked extremely influential players in this entire scenario, namely the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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EDITORIAL | Tragic drowning gives pause
The July 10 drowning off Madison Park Beach gives us pause. Maybe it’s the near-anonymity of the victim.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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Neighbors
People
Popular resident to spend 95th birthday with neighbors
Longtime Madison Park resident and former dentistry professor Ian Hamilton will celebrate his 95th birthday this month.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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NEIGHBORHOOD LINKS | August 2010
The council is taking donations of books, CDs, DVDs and reusable children’s toys for its second-annual Book-arama Sale fund-raiser, which will take Sept. 11 and 12.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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Around Here
Police Notes | Land Use | Liquor
LAND USE | Aug. 11, 2010
Permit applications
908 29TH AVE. S.
(3011462) for a Land Use Application to allow two three-story, single-family residences and one three-story duplex structure, (totaling four units) in an environmentally critical area.
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POLICE NOTES | August 2010
DENNY-BLAINE: ROBBERY
A teenager called police around 11:15 p.m. July 7 to report that two suspects had robbed him at gunpoint at Denny-Blaine Park.


Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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LAND USE | Aug. 4, 2010
Permit applications
800 LAKESIDE AVE. S.
(3011423) for a Shoreline Application to allow reconstruction of the roof of an existing non-conforming single-family residence.


Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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Real Estate
Lakeside Living
REAL ESTATE CHASE | It's not all gloom, doom in local housing market
To those who were chagrined, appalled and depressed by my report last month that Madison Park house values may have had a greater fall from the peak than the declines experienced by other Seattle neighborhoods, I now offer some more-encouraging words.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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ASK RAY ABOUT REAL ESTATE | All real estate is local: Buy now
I am planning to buy my first home, but I’m hesitant because of the economy.
I’m concerned about the ongoing global economic crisis and the effect it may have on the U.S. economy and home prices here in Seattle.
Do you agree that it’s wiser to wait until there is more economic stability?


Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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IN THE GARDEN | Mesogeo brings the Mediterranean ever closer to Seattle
Looking for a summer getaway to stimulate your horticultural senses? Hop a ferry to Bainbridge Island and visit a nursery filled with plants suited to our dry summer climate.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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