FOR PDF OF ENTIRE ISSUE, CLICK ON LINK BELOW
20030306-MT.pdf
Real Change Newspaper
Table of Contents
March 6, 2003, Vol. 10, No. 6
Headlines:
- Scary Gary
- Pay Cuts for Janitors
- Women with Balls at the Fringe
Cover Graphic by Stefano Gaudiano
Note: Page 8 is followed by Page 13. The Mockingbird Times was inserted in-between.
Table of Contents:
Strange Change. New “Giving Meters” will adorn the Ave. Are they friend or foe of homeless youth? By Bess Dwyer, Pages 1, 15
| Will “Giving Meters” help street youth?
- Picture: One of the prototype “Giving Meters”
- Photo courtesy Jordan Royer, Neighborhood Action Team Seattle
Mailbag, Page 2
- All in our heads? A survivor, despite western medicine, Julia Cummings
- The answer: Soak ‘Em by Henry Noble | Seattle
Opinion: Not Necessary? Olympia sweeps health care under the rug. By Dan Olson, Page 3
News You Can Use! Close to Home, Page 4
| Shoddy surveys, pretty potties
- National news digest, February 26, 2003. News from around the U.S. and Canada, compiled by the Street News Service. Compiled by Molly Rhodes
- Here come the commodes by R.V. Murphy
- Sitting pretty
- Picture: Leroy Cook settles into his room in the newly opened Plymouth Place, a 73-unit apartment building, for formerly homeless men and women. Located at the foot of Queen Anne on the corner of First Avenue and Denny, the building opened in late February. Its $8 million construction budget was paid by the Seattle Housing Levy, the state’s Housing Trust Levy, the Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and other sources.
- Photo by Andrea Lee
Janitors Jilted: When union work dissipates, harassment follows. By Megan Doyle, Page 5
| From union work to harassment
- Picture: Speaking through a translator, Adela Ruvalcaba says janitorial staff need fair wages and respect from their employers. She and six other janitors were fired for participating in a one-day walkout at a Bellevue office building. [RE: Martin Selig’s company, Allied Building Services, Plaza Center, Equity Office Properties]
- Photo by Ken Dean
Adventures in Poetry: Un-opinionated un-opinionated-ness with © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 6
Poetry, Pages 6, 7
- Especially in Early March by Elizabeth Romero
- Porta potty to the moon by Eric Jarvis
- Man Overboard by Crysta Casey
- Thanks for the tip (found poetry) by Elizabeth Romero
Hanging On: Central District nursing home’s fate uncertain. By Betsy Power, Page 8
| Branch Villa Health Care Center
RC Profile: One Vendor’s Success. Royce Sand. By Jessica McMichael Kastner, Page 13
- Picture: Royce Sand outside the View Ridge PCC, where he now works as a courtesy clerk.
- Photo by Jessica McMichael Kastner
In the News: The joys of the sin tax. A Cartoon by Jake Dillon, Page 13
Minor Threat: Emergency shelter for those 12 to 18 closes. By Kimberly Davis, Page 14
- Picture: Denny Place Youth Shelter closed January 20, 2003. There is a sign on the outside of the shelter now that directs youth to possible housing options. A new facility, for men ages 18-20, opened March 3.
- Photo by Andrea Lee
Street Talk: How do you feel about the City of Seattle installing “giving meters” on The Ave, the commercial street running through this neighborhood? Interviews and photos by Signe Drake, Page 15
- Jessie Turner and Terry Brewster
- Erika
- John Zachary Adams
- Scott Schultz
- Del Taylor
- Tony
Notes from the Kitchen: Feeding the world, one mouth at a time. By Liz Smith, Pages 16, 17
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 17
Women, Flaunt Your Balls! Theater Review by Molly Rhodes, Page 18
- Picture: Women With Balls cast members (Selena Whitaker-Paquiet, Donna Rae Davidson, and Shana Pennington), enjoy themselves with honored woman with balls and opening night performer Susan Powter.
Classics Corner: Euripides knows the people. By Perfess’r Harris (Timothy Harris), Page 18
Calendar. Compiled by Sandra Enger, Page 19
Citizens Participation Project. ACT NOW! Page 20
Everyone Deserves Basic Health Insurance
- Issue: A bill currently in the Washington State Senate would make the Basic Health Plan more affordable to people who work but struggle to get by. Senate Bill 5704 requires that employers share the cost of employees’ health insurance.
Mockingbird Times March 2003, Vol. III, Issue 3, 4 pages