Where other Bad Art Museums around the country will not accept black velvets or paint-by-numbers, we here at the OBAMA Museum accept it all.

The Museum is located at 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, right next door to the Trading Musician. Stop by for a latte or a beerski and the kitchen is open until 10pm. Try the amazing Wonder Weiner while viewing your favorite bad art!'

http://www.OfficialBadArtMuseumofArt.com
http://www.CafeRacerSeattle.com

Project Share is a City of Seattle program that helps eligible families pay their electricity bills in times of crisis. Funds consist of customer donations. This year, the program has had to temporarily stop accepting requests for assistance because there were no funds available.

Project Share gets a welcome boost thanks to the Space Needle's new holiday tradition called The Tree for All. It works like this.

Coded vouchers (Project Share -TFA12) are being distributed to various charities taking part in Tree For All - including Project Share. For every voucher submitted with purchase of a full-price adult ticket to the Observation Deck between November 12th and December 24th, $5 will go directly back to the charity that referred the guest to the Space Needle. For every voucher submitted with purchase of a full-price senior or youth ticket to the Observation Deck, $2.50 will be donated to the referring charity.

The organization with the most vouchers submitted during the season will be presented with an additional $25,000 from the Space Needle family to be presented during KING-TV's live coverage at the "Quadrant Homes New Year's at the Needle" festivities on December 31.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Space Needle ticket booth and online. Guests are encouraged to use their tickets during the holiday season, but all tickets purchased through this program will be honored for up to one year from time of purchase.

To learn more and download a voucher, see www.seattle.gov/light/help/share/

To Purchase Space Needle tickets online as holiday gifts see

www.spaceneedle.com/visit/treeforall.html

and click on Project Share (Project Share -TFA12)

Please help families who need Project Share!

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Choosing Green Up! reduces our reliance on fossil fuels, improves air quality and helps reduce the growth of climate-warming emissions. The Green Up program is Green-e certified and fulfills LEEDTM Project green power requirements.

Ok so here's the deal. You simply agree to pay a little bit more each month and you will get $25 towards an order on www.Spud.com. So for as little as $3 a month (or $6 or $12) you can make a 25%, 50% or 100% commitment and get local, organic groceries delivered right to your door! Spud.com is a northwest home food delivery service and we have teamed up with them to make this an offer you can't pass on (good through December 31st, 2008.)

We pay about $3 for our lattes per day so pass for one day and make Seattle a greener place.

Check out www.greenupseattle.org or call 206-684-8822 for more info. Let's all work together and pitch in. It's that extra mile that makes the difference, and it always helps if you've got some food right?

Here at Seattle City Light we take pride in providing "green" energy for our customers. We realize that we all need to work together to reduce our carbon footprint and do everything we can to make renewable energy accessible and affordable.

With the OVER one billion dollars spent during the campaign season, the cost for EACH VOTE totalled EIGHT DOLLARS.

In honor of this, Cafe Racer is going to have a SPLENDID Election Party!

For the Obama supporters, we will be serving his most favorite food--Chili! Using his own recipe! $8

For the McPalin supporters, we'll have prune juice and caribou jerky- Store bought from the 7-11 $80

There will be enough TVs for everyone to have a good seat and Roosevelt is big enough to do a a lot of dancing in the street!

And get a special "sneak preview" of the new O.B.A.M.A. Room.

Cafe Racer
5828 Roosevelt Way NE
In the heart of Rosetown God Damn It!
Party starts at 8 A M

Now this year, this second grade class is selling popcorn again for missionaries in India, and also to help an orphanage, Homes of Life, in Costa Rica buy Spanish books. The missionaries in India need help to put in wells by their churches. These wells will provide water for the villages. Each well cost $1000 to put in. Mrs. Gatlin explained their enthusiasm, "After last year's success of meeting our goal by Christmas, this year's second grade class decided to sell popcorn throughout the entire school year to help the missionaries in India put in wells, but then we learned that the Homes of Life Orphanage in Costa Rica was in need of Spanish books. So our kids decided to raise funds for both projects. The kids love selling the popcorn and are excited that it is their way of giving back and having impact on lives."

Tim Lorenz, Principal of Shorewood Christian School, stated, "These are lessons that hopefully these children will take with them the rest of their lives. I believe these children are learning to be world changers, and it starts with caring about others first and giving back."

If you would like to help this second grade class in raising funds, you may bring a donation to the school office at Shorewood Christian School, 10300 - 28th Ave SW - Seattle, WA 98146, or call the school office at 206-933-1056. In the meantime, next time you're eating a bag of popcorn, remember there are West Seattle 2nd graders making a difference around the world!

The Bouchards play Country, Rock, and Americana style music and have been compared to artists such as Wilco, John Hiatt, Steve Earle, Tom Petty, and Gary Allan. The Bouchards bring tight vocal harmonies, driving guitars, and an atmospheric blend of pedal steel and keyboards to intimate tales of love, loss and renewal.

The Bouchards' lineup features Dennis Tevlin on acoustic guitar and vocals, Bill Preib on electric guitar and vocals, Bob Kahr on drums and vocals, Geoff Duncan on electric bass guitar, and "Country Dave" Harmonson on pedal and lap steel guitar.

"The Bouchards rocked Jules Maes Saloon while patrons paired off to do what Seattle crowds almost never do - dance! Couples twirled, swayed and bopped around the floor while the band pounded out a mix of country classics and fiery originals." (Seattle Sound Magazine, March 2008)

Log on to band's website at www.myspace.com/thebouchards for information on upcoming shows, music, photos and more.

The Official Bad Art Museum of Art (OBAMA) at Café Racer will open Saturday, November 15th at 7pm with music by The Moonspinners. http://www.OfficialBadArtMuseumofArt.com

Call for Art

Do you have some bad art festering away in your attic or crawl space? Consider exhibiting it at Seattle's new Official Bad Art Museum of Art at Café Racer. Contact Marlow at 206-329-3795 to make arrangements or drop off at Café Racer 7am 'till last call every day. For display in the current show, please have all art delivered by November 1, 2008, however art will be accepted year round for display.

Café Racer
5828 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle WA 98105
206-523-5282

We prefer framed pieces but will accept unframed art if it's really, really bad. We prefer original works of art, and if you don't want it back, we guarantee we will never return your bad art. If you have a story about the art, artist or donor, please submit with the piece. Where appropriate, art may be rotated or used in the museum's educational program.

NOTE: Where other Museums of Bad Art may not accept black velvet, paint-by-number or those darn dogs playing poker, rest assured your treasured bad art, no matter what the medium, is welcome here!

All donors will be acknowledged and will be featured in supporting museum cataloguing and documentation.

The goal of Youth Sports and fitness programs is to provide quality programming with responsible leaders so youth have the opportunity to grow and learn. We are a program in which opportunity for participation is provided to all those who enter, regardless of skill and ability. We wish to provide youth with a FUN learning experience and the opportunity to develop lifetime sports and fitness skills.

YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM INFORMATION

• Inclement Weather Policy: Players must show up at the field. Decision to play or not to play will be made at the field. Remember Soccer is an all weather sport. Come prepared to play in all weather!

Soccer Clinics

MINI MITES OUTDOOR SOCCER CLINIC
This 3 week clinic is perfect for your little one! Playing
Soccer in the fresh air, running & laughing, this clinic is
designed to introduce your little kicker to the fun game of
soccer. This format allows for you and your child to enjoy
a soccer clinic together ensuring quality time that you and
your child will spend. PARENT PARTICIPATION REQUIRED! Min 10/Max 25.
Resident: $27/player (Includes T-shirt)
Non-Resident: $31/player (Includes T-shirt)
Ages: 3-4 boys & girls
Robinswood Sports Field
34415 2:00-2:45pm Mon Oct 6-Oct 20
34416 3:00-3:45pm Mon Oct 6-Oct 20

MINI MITES INDOOR SOCCER CLINIC
This 3 week clinic is the next step for three & four year olds! This clinic will focus on trapping, dribbling, passing, and scoring, packed with loads of fun while introducingand developing your little kickers soccer skills. Min 10/Max 25.
Resident: $27/player (includes T-shirt)
Non-Resident: $31/player (Includes T-shirt)
Ages: 3 - 4 boys & girls
Tyee Community Gym
34420 5:30-6:15pm Mon Oct 6-Oct 20
34422 6:30-7:15pm Mon Oct 6-Oct 20

BIDDY SATURDAY SPORTS
Give your child the opportunity to participate in
sports through 3 different programs designed to
develop basic motor skills, teaching age appropriate
fundamentals. You can choose from Soccer, T-ball,
or Basketball, or you can sign-up for all three classes.
This program is a Parent/guardian participation required program,which will offer quality bonding time with your children.
Min. 10/ Max. 25
Resident: $34/per child
Non-Resident: $40/per child
Ages: 3 - 6 boys & girls
Tyee Community Gym - 13630 SE Allen RD

Soccer
34391 9-9:45am Sat Oct 18-Nov 8
34392 9-9:45am Sat Nov 15-Dec 13

T-Ball
34399 10-10:45am Sat Oct 18-Nov 8
34400 10-10:45am Sat Nov 15-Dec 13

Soccer
34394 11-11:45am Sat Oct 18-Nov 8
34395 11-11:45am Sat Nov 15-Dec 13

Basketball
34376 12-12:45pm Sat Oct 18-Nov 8
34377 12-12:45pm Sat Nov 15-Dec 13

SPORTS-A-PALOOZA
Calling all preschoolers who have an abundance of energy and the yearn to learn. We focus on a sport for two weeks, then progress to another sport. Included are basketball, soccer and track and field. This is a great opportunity for your child to develop motor skills, socialization, learn some basic sports skills and burn off some energy. Activities take place indoors, although we may go outside if weather permits. Parental participation is REQUIRED.
Resident: $51 Non-Resident: $61
South Bellevue Community Center
35414 10:30-11:15am Thursday Nov 6-Dec 18 *No class 11/27

FALL BASKETBALL PRE-SEASON CLINIC
Get a jump-start on the basketball season with
our great coaches! This 5 week clinic will improve
your child's skills designed to make their weakness
their strengths. Also this will provide you child the time
they will need to get in shape for the upcoming basketball
season.
Min 10/ Max 30.
Resident: $69
Non-Resident: $76

Tyee Community Gym
34372 5:30-6:30pm Mon Nov 17 -Dec 15 Ages: 6-8
34373 5:30-6:30pm Tues Nov 19 -Dec 16 Ages: 9-10
34374 4:00-5:00pm Wed Nov 12- Dec 17 Ages: 11-13

TRAFFIC TICKETS DISMISSED!

If you have received a traffic ticket in Western Washington, then you should know that there are many ways the lawyers at my office can fight your ticket and keep it off of your driving record.

Before you can be found guilty of a contested traffic ticket, several things must have been done properly. For example, the police officer must fill out the infraction paperwork and submit an affidavit to the court. Then, if you request a hearing, a court clerk must schedule you a timely hearing and mail you certain paperwork. Finally, the prosecutor must supply the evidence against you once it has been properly requested. These are just a few of the rules that must be followed in every case. An experienced lawyer knows what rules must be followed, and how to see if they were followed in your particular case.

IF THE RULES WERE NOT FOLLOWED IN YOUR CASE THE LAWYERS AT MY OFFICE CAN GET THE TICKET DISMISSED SO THAT IT NEVER SHOWS UP ON YOUR DRIVING RECORD!

My office gets most (approximately 80%) of our traffic infractions dismissed. Hiring my office to fight your traffic ticket will usually save you money that would have been spent paying for increased insurance rates. Since most courts don't require you to appear if you have hired a lawyer, you won't lose money missing work to defend your ticket.

Fighting a ticket received in Western Washington
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We support the multi-family update that the mayor has proposed. In particular, the requirement of mandatory design review for all multi-family projects is a major step forward. We have prepared a presentation to help explain the new proposal to the public & facilitate a discussion about the future of multi-family housing in Seattle. Our next presentation will be at:

Sunset Hill Community Club
3003 NW 66th Street, Seattle, WA 98117
Wednesday, October 15, 6:30PM

By SCOTT GUTIERREZ
P-I REPORTER

Seattle police seized computers and other electronic equipment from a state assistant attorney general's home as part of an investigation into a woman's complaint that someone impersonated her on an adult Web site, according to a search warrant recently filed in King County Superior Court.

Between December 2006 and May 2008, the victim received 25 to 30 calls from people looking to have sex with her, according to the warrant. The callers claimed to have met her and arranged sexual encounters through adult Web sites such as Adult Friend Finder and Fling.com, according to court documents.

No charges have been filed. Seattle police still were investigating and the case had not been referred to the King County Prosecutor's Office for a charging decision, spokesman Dan Donohoe said.

The victim first made a complaint to police in April 2007 and was referred to the FBI. Two months later, an FBI agent opened a case and tracked down several of the people who had called her. They, in turn, provided information that police used to single out several online profiles that were created to pose as the woman, court documents say.

According to court documents, the woman was called for the first time on Christmas Day 2006 by a Tacoma couple expecting to meet for sex. Other calls came from New York, Florida and California.

This summer, on July 30, Seattle police joined the investigation and obtained a warrant to search the attorney's home in Kirkland for potential evidence of identity theft and telephone harassment, court documents say.

The warrant was served July 31. Investigators seized several items, including a laptop, 16 CDs, a USB drive, two digital cameras, a Minolta 35 mm camera and some paperwork and notes, court documents say.

A federal grand jury had subpoenaed Adult Friend Finder and Yahoo.com for records from e-mail accounts linked to the fake online profiles. Police learned that someone accessed the profiles several times from a Comcast account registered to the assistant attorney general.

Records also showed one login from an account belonging to another Kirkland man, although police suspect the second man's information may have been provided by mistake, court documents say.

The victim recognized the lawyer as her former neighbor in Madison Park. She also informed police that she previously worked with the attorney's wife, who is a television reporter at KING/5.

Calls to the attorney and his wife were not returned Tuesday. The P-I is not naming anyone because no charges have been filed.

The Attorney General's Office is monitoring the investigation but has not taken action against the attorney's employment, spokesman Dan Sytman said Tuesday.

The attorney represents the state Department of Social and Health Services on child abuse and custody cases, he said.

There was no indication that the alleged conduct took place on state time or on state equipment, he said.

"We've been assured that information from the investigation will be shared with us on a frequent basis," Sytman said.

An FBI agent conducted surveillance of the attorney's property on July 28 and scanned for wireless networks to determine if there were any unsecured signals that could have been hacked by another user. Protected signals require the customer to enter a password to access wireless Internet.

The FBI agent found no unsecured wireless signals immediately around the attorney's home, but did detect one about 40 yards away, court documents say.
P-I reporter Scott Gutierrez can be reached at 206-903-5396 or scottgutierrez@seattlepi.com.

The mileage is based mostly on estimation, however the mileage would now be verified by odometer readings, automotive repair records, or a technological device.

The regulations would prohibit insurance companies from requiring policyholders to participate in this program, however companies may give discounts for participating.

The proposition is also supposed to have a green effect. According to the Environmental Defense Fund, they estimate that if 30% of California residents participate, California will be spared 55 million tons of CO2 between 2009-2020-- the equivalent of taking 10 million cars of the road. And furthermore, this would save $40 billion dollars in car-related expenses for vehicle owners.

In addition to the vehicle savings, the pay-as-you-drive program may be perfect for a large demographic of part-time drivers: teens. Since some companies do not offer part-time operator discounts, this would ensure that the young drivers are literally paying only what they are driving which would theoretically save them (and parents) huge premium every year.

Thank you to Insurance Journal.