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REVIEW | ‘Boxtrolls’ a refreshing animated film for adults, too

There’s something refreshing about the stop-motion animation films that come out of the animation studio Laika (“Coraline” and “Paranorman”).

Creating a platform for patient empowerment

Madison Park resident Kathleen O’Connor shouldn’t be alive — that’s how she feels anyways, after a stroke put her in the intensive-care unit and a subsequent five-month stint in rehabilitation.

Residents speak out against Dorffel traffic study

It seems the study of Dorffel Drive East’s traffic is causing quite a stir in Denny-Blaine and the surrounding neighborhoods. One upset resident is Denny-Blaine’s David Jacobson who lives on 35th Avenue East and East John Street.

Madison Park family named Outstanding Philanthropists

The Association of Fundraising Professionals Washington Chapter has named a Madison Park family among the outstanding philanthropists it will honor at its National Philanthropy Day luncheon on Nov. 5.

COMMUNITY CORNER | October 2014

Updates from the Leschi, Madison Park and Madrona community councils. 

POLICE NOTES | October 2014

A list of the biggest crimes in Leschi, Madison Park, Madison Valley, Madrona and Washington Park from last month. 

REVISITING THE PARK | What are the odds?

A group of us 18-year-old guys from Madison Park met some young ladies from the Eastside. We planned a picnic at Pine Lake, just east of Lake Sammamish. It was a sunny Saturday morning that we caravanned to Kirkland to meet up with our Eastside friends.

A MODEST PROPOSAL | The coming crash at Amazon

On Aug. 24, the Sony PlayStation network crashed. A denial of service attack by hackers — two groups claim victory — brought it down. On Aug. 28, Chase Morgan Bank got held up online.

OUTSIDE CITY HALL | City’s poorest households face rent increases under SHA plan

If the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) goes through with its recently announced plan euphemistically, called “Stepping Forward,” the agency would instantly turn into the city’s biggest rent gouger.

THE BOTTOM LINE | Unleash the talents of America

There is nothing more beautiful than a woman who knows she is beautiful and desirable. She has a confidence to her walk that makes the timid get out of her way and the bashful enviously watch her walk through a crowd that parts at her approach.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Former Oda Apts. tenant voices grievances

I read with interest the article on the Oda Apartments’ drama with Cadence Real Estate, featured in the July 2014 issue of your paper. Annie Wilson interviewed me for the article, which seems to be mostly accurate, although some details were left out.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Group forms for criminal background checks

There are two different gun-related initiatives on the November ballot. But I-591 would cancel out I-594. I-594 would require that any person buying a gun in the state of Washington, from any source, submit to a criminal background check before purchase.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Cut-through traffic still happening

This is the only way I could find to comment on the traffic study being done on Dorffel Drive East.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Local use not 'cut-through’ traffic

We live on 39th Avenue, which is part of a small southern extension of the Denny-Blaine neighborhood. When driving north for two blocks, we are on Dorffel Drive, still in our Denny-Blaine neighborhood.

McGilvra starts a new year

Summer marked its unofficial close as schools returned to session in early September. Kids slowly expel the remains of summer vivacity and are finding their sense of balance with homework and earlier bedtimes. School changes the pace of our community.

AGING WITH CARE | Scammers target trusting seniors

In caring for the aging, I confront a multitude of issues. One of the most troublesome is the financial and emotional exploitation of seniors.

Team Korey heading to NYC 

Fourteen local runners are training hard this fall for the TCS New York City Marathon, dedicating their run to Camp Korey, a SeriousFun Camp founded by actor Paul Newman to empower children and families living with serious and life-altering medical conditions.

FOOD MATTERS | Parco goes dark; Beachhouse broiler, pho on the way

First, the sad news: Celinda Norton has given up on Café Parco (1807 42nd Ave. E.), after three years in Madison Park. It’s not that Norton didn’t try: She cooked every meal herself, seven days a week.

Checklist for fall garden and landscape care

You can see and feel the change of seasons. Fall color is starting to appear, pansies, mums and asters are in the garden center and your thoughts are turning to preparing your landscape for winter.

Book aims to keep Kurt Cobain’s legacy alive

On April 8, 1994, electrician Gary Smith arrived at Kurt Cobain’s Denny-Blaine estate to install a security system and found the singer/songwriter/guitarist/icon lying dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.