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November 27, 2002, Vol. 9, No. 25
Headlines:
- Books Issue:
- The Wished for Country
- Veiled Threat
- WAR
- Going Down But Not Out
Cover Graphic by Smell of Steve
Note: Page 8 is followed by Page 13. The Mockingbird Times was inserted in-between.
Table of Contents:
The Road Ahead. In his own dim vision of the future, author Jim Munroe finds reason for hope. Interview by Adam Holdorf, Pages 1, 8
| Author Jim Munroe finds visions of hope
| Product Paroxysms. Letter from Jim Monroe
- Picture: Jim Munroe
- Photo by Steve Venright
Mailbag, Page 2
- Pen pal by Elisa | Tampa, Florida
- Real news by Marilyn Bode | Kingston, WA
- SSI helping plenty by Dan Ferrell, Social Security Administration, Regional Communications, Director
Opinion: Help Make Real Change, Page 3
News You Can Use! Close to Home, Page 4
| Cruises and community
- National news digest, November 19, 2002. News from around the U.S. and Canada provided by the Street News Services. Compiled by Cindy Carlson and Molly Rhodes
- Blessed community by Molly Rhodes
- “Wet” housing wins approval by Adam Holdorf
- Picture: This vacant office building overlooking Interstate 5 will be demolished soon, in preparation for a 75-resident building for chronic alcoholics.
- Photo by Signe Drake
Saved by the Skin of Their Teeth: City Council passed a hard-times budget that avoids draconian cuts – for now. By Adam Holdorf, Page 5
- Picture: Families like this one won’t have to travel across town to get food, thanks to the City Council’s action. The North Helpline Food Bank was started earlier this year with funds from the city’s compromise with Initiative 71 backers. It is the only food bank in Northeast Seattle
- Photo by Brooke Kempner
Adventures in Poetry: Shuffleboard galore with ©Dr. Wes Browning, Page 6
Poetry, Pages 6, 7
- The Greatest Poem by Christopher J. Jarmick
- INSPIRATION by Christopher J. Jarmick
- From a Belltown Room by John Gorski
- Two-From-My-Heart by Marion Sue Fischer
- WATER FACTS by Christopher J. Jarmick
Essay. Thinking of You Fondly. How acts of hospitality bring out the holy in us all. By Al Bliss, Pages 13, 18
- Illustration. Graphic by Tim Swope
Book Reviews! Page 14, 15, 16
- War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges. Review by Timothy Harris
- Surviving on the Streets: How to Go DOWN Without Going OUT by Ace Backwords. Review by Wes Browning
- Illustration. Graphic by Ace Backwords
Happy to be Back. The women of Afghanistan fight for their country. Book: Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan by Sally Armstrong. Review by Molly Rhodes, Page 15
- Picture: Dr. Sima Samar treated many patients at make-shift clinics in and around Afghanistan.
- Photo by Sally Armstrong
Full of Pain. Book: My Last Remains: A memoir of a child raised and abused by psychotic parents and attempts for a child to seek, but not find, help…Jill. Review by Lorien Elbert, Page 15
Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together. Book: The Wished-For Country by Wayne Karlin. Review by Adam Holdorf, Page 16
Street Talk: Interviews and photos by Sean Berger, Page 16
| What role does reading have in your life and in your community?
- Jessica, Starbucks
- Ali, student
- Reggie Anderson, Mobile Music Entertainment
- Brendan Kiley, house staff at ACT Theater
- Roger, unemployed
- Jay, architect
- Jeff, lawyer
- Andrew Hartley, groundskeeper
- Ian Botts, Microsoft
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 17
Classics Corner: Reading essentials. By Perfess'r Harris (Timothy Harris), Page 18
Calendar. Compiled by Sandra Enger, Page 19
Citizens Participation Project. ACT NOW! Page 20
Don’t Let the Government Mine our Privacy
- Issue: A little-known Defense Department office is developing a computer system that would provide government officials with the ability to snoop into all aspects of our private lives without a search warrant or proof of criminal wrongdoing.
Mockingbird Times December 2002, Vol. II, Issue 11