The Jet City staff (Images: CHS)

At most hospitals, the ambiance revolves around harsh lighting and a lingering scent of cleaning products. This is not the case at the new Jet City Animal Clinic, a new full-service veterinary hospital at 12th and Marion. The refined décor and flattering color scheme will make you feel more like you’re in a Pottery Barn showroom than a kitty clinic.

Not to say that Jet City lacks the features of a medical facility — with surgical and dentistry suites, digital diagnostic imaging, a laboratory, and a pharmacy, Jet City Animal Clinic boasts a complete and state-of-the-art facility.

“We wanted to do something different,” Dr. Erica Anderson said. “We wanted to create an environment that is warm and inviting.”

Jet City has been open since January but celebrated a grand opening Saturday. Continue reading →

Faculty and students protest the MAP in February

The Garfield High teachers leading the revolt against the MAP standardized test in Seattle say their push-back will gain new steam with a May Day rally.

They will hold a media event Monday afternoon to discuss the renewed effort and are calling on supporters in Seattle and around the world to show solidarity. From the Scrap the MAP blog:

Now the Seattle teachers need your support again.

The spring offering of the MAP test produces the scores that are supposed to be used in Seattle’s teacher evaluations. For this reason the Seattle School District could take a harsher stance against boycotting teachers this time around.

May Day is traditionally a day of international workers solidarity. What better time to show your support for the teachers who have risked their livelihoods to advocate for quality assessment and for our resources to be used to support learning rather than endless testing? Continue reading →

Arcaro Boxing, which is training Olympic hopeful Jen Hamann, has started a series of profiles of local sponsors. Recently, they profiled Kismet Salon at 34th and Spring in Madrona:

1.  What prompted you to start your own business?

I started Kismet Salon after I adopted my eldest daughter and was pregnant with my second. I needed a place to work when I came back from maternity leave.  I thought owning my own business would provide me a stable place to work and flexibility I would need with two small children.  I think I probably had always thought about owning my own place when the timing and need coincided.  One could say destiny or fate, I might just say Kismet.

2.  What is your favorite thing about Kismet Salon?

My favorite thing about Kismet Salon is that we are a friendly neighborhood salon and that our clients will just stop in to say hello when they are walking by.

Green Plate Special has grown dramatically over the years, starting in early 2011.

After three years at MLK and Union, Green Plate Special is moving south to 25th and S Walker Street.

Among other benefits, the new location will be permanent and allow the youth education and empowerment organization to invest in a greenhouse and permanent cooking facilities.

The group’s three-year lease at its current location at MLK and Union is up at the end of the year. Owner the Madrona Company, a developer that has built several projects in the neighborhood, told CDNews it does not have any immediate plans for the property.

“In a couple of months, we’ll have a better idea,” said Marty Liebowitz of the Madrona Company.

More details on the move from the Green Plate Special blog:

There’s been talk, but we are making it official

Green Plate Special has a new permanent home in 2014

Thanks To….

The Mark and Susan Torrance Foundation for generously funding the garden and for their vision and belief in the importance of garden to table education

Thistledown LLC for providing a beautiful property to Green Plate Special, as our permanent home

New Digs…yes it’s a pun

WHERE: Continue reading →

SPD posted this photo during the search for the suspect, Kevin Ross

A CDNews reader says it took two calls to the police before officers realized the man sleeping near Peppi’s Playground was a wanted suspect who allegedly stabbed his mother earlier this week in her 18th and Madison apartment.

From CDNews commenter Leschi:

We called 911 last night because my son and his friends found someone matching this description sleeping in the woods by Peppi’s Park. When they went to play in the woods today after school, the man was still there in the same spot. We again called the police. This time they showed up and are saying that it was Kevin Ross.

I fell really frustrated that the police didn’t respond to the call last night.

Police confirm they have arrested Kevin Ross, the suspect in the case. More details from the Blotter: Continue reading →