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Table of Contents
January 23, 2008, Vol. 15, No. 5
Headlines:
- Local Farms, Healthy Kids. How Washington produce could boost the economy, improve students nutritional intake. “Most schools don’t have kitchens anymore,” says Clayton Burrows. “They just reheat the food.” Page 4
- Angry Young Vet. Joshua Farris returned home from his Army stint in Iraq and fell into the hornet’s nest of student activism. Page 7
- Hide the Poor. Mayor Nickels wants to give the homeless a blanket ban from lingering on public property. Page 2
- Change Agent: Rev. Darrell Goodwin
- Vendor of the Week: Sean Hall
Table of Contents:
The rich are coming. Hide the poor. After a shadow of public debate, the mayor will lay down a breathtakingly cruel policy of hounding human beings out of town by Timothy Harris, Page 2
Director’s Corner by Timothy Harris, Page 2
Change Agent: Rev. Darrell Goodwin
- Picture: Open House: Rev. Darrell Goodwin founded Liberation Ministries to help people relate their faith to everyday concerns, Page 3
- Photo by Revel Nt
Just Heard…Page 3
- Doing the numbers by Adam Hyla
- New Americans by Adam Hyla
Serving without health care by Adam Hyla, Page 3
Braam back in court, Page 3 [RE: Jessica Braam], Page 3, 6
Sending local foods to poor schools. Environmental bill could improve children’s nutrition, support Washington farms by Corey Kahler, Page 4
- Picture: Mike Verdi, the co-owner of Whistling Train Farm in Kent, sells produce to customers to the West Seattle Farmers Market. State legislation could allow schoolchildren greater access to fresh fruits, vegetables, and other products from local farms.
- Photo by Joel Turner.
Clinton, Obama campaigns coach Dems how to win. Getting ready for Feb. 9 presidential caucuses by Cydney Gillis, Page 5
- Picture: The Saturday after Super Tuesday
A Jolly Caucus Race by Cydney Gillis, Page 5
Vendor of the Week: Sean Hall by JP Gritton, Page 6
Picture: Fred Spruitenberg marches with a crowd of hundreds on the Capitol steps Mon., Jan 21, for the Martin Luther King Day rally in Olympia. Participants – including Spruitenberg and 20 more Real Change vendors – called for affordable housing, health care, immigration reform, and an end to predatory lending practices.
Poem: What is This? By Jay Cornelius, Page 6
Frustrated Iraq vet moves on. Student activists won’t put aside their differences, says Joshua Farris by Cydney Gillis, Pages 7, 11
Land of the Free. Book Review: A Free Life by Ha Jin. Review by Elliott Bronstein, Page 8
Poem: Chicken Little by Loraine Campbell, Page 8
Adventures in Irony. Reasons Not to Not Vote by © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Faith, Culture, Politics. When our ambitions go sky-high by Rev. Rich Lang, Page 9
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 9
Letters to the Editor: Someone’s watching? Who cares? By Martin Paup | Seattle, Page 10
Poem: light year by Stan Burriss, Page 11
Calendar, Page 12
Copy of issue was obtained from microfiche in the University of Washington Suzzallo Library.