Saturday miscellany: Videos, a traffic alert, a petition

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Longing for the sun that seemed to shine throughout the workweek – and now has mischievously vanished? WSB photojournalist Christopher Boffoli captured some of it this past week on video – lovely water scenes off Beach Drive. Another video to share – this one from Arbor Heights Elementary School:

That’s a video plea for Barbara Bailey, the school’s music teacher, to get better and come back. Arbor Heights teacher Mark Ahlness shared that clip with us; he writes on his own website – which is among the 100 West Seattle sites featured on our automatically and frequently updated Blogs page (always good reading) – that she is “fighting valiantly to regain her health.”

TRAFFIC ALERT: To clarify the Alaskan Way Viaduct closure signs you may have seen regarding tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day Dash – according to this city alert, if you head northbound tomorrow morning (approximately 7:30-11 am), you will be routed off 99 at Western, since the Dash is happening north of The Tunnel. So that might cause some slowdowns. (Reminder, NEXT weekend is The Viaduct’s next inspection shutdown – full closure 6 am-6 pm Saturday and Sunday, Battery Street Tunnel closure from Friday night-Monday morning.)

P-I GLOBE PETITION: With an announcement due next week on the fate of the Seattle P-I, a longtime WSBer wanted to share this petition, saying that whatever happens with the P-I itself, the iconic globe should not go away. You can see and “sign” the petition here.

Melissa March 14, 2009 (11:55 am)

I’m so sorry to hear that the wonderful Ms. Bailey is ill! Does anyone know what’s ailing her and what might be done to help.

JRC March 14, 2009 (12:13 pm)

What camera does Chris use?

Mark Ahlness March 14, 2009 (12:25 pm)

Melissa, out of respect for Barb’s privacy, it wouldn’t be right for me to comment on her health status right now. But I will say that well wishes would be greatly appreciated and helpful. If people would like to send her cards, please address them to her at our school. We’ll make sure she gets them! Thanks – Mark

Arbor Heights Elementary School
3701 SW 104th St
Seattle, WA 98146

christopherboffoli March 14, 2009 (1:25 pm)

JRC: This footage was shot digitally in high-definition (1080p) with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.
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Christopher

miws March 14, 2009 (1:29 pm)

Thanks for the link to the P-I Globe petition, WSB!

KOMO News 4 mentioned the other day, that they had a link to it on thier site. I went there, and couldn’t find it, even after clicking on 2 or 3 stories related to the P-I’s fate.

The link was probably right in front of my face, but due to what I self-diagnose as ADHD, I sometimes have trouble viewing websites that are too “busy”, especially trying to find something specific such as that. ;)

Mike

WSB March 14, 2009 (1:32 pm)

Holdover from the bad old days of TV news websites, and I was right in the thick of it. Most of them still have separate spots called “Newslinks” or “Hotlinks” when really, that’s anachronistic, and you’d better just make sure the links are right in the thick of the related stories. Inline links are one of the hallmarks of our style – there is no excuse if you’re publishing online to NOT hotlink as much as you possibly can – everything online is meant to be just a hub of a wheel, with an infinite amount of wheels (bad analogy cuz wheels don’t necessarily link together but best I got right now) … TR

Mary A Hall March 14, 2009 (2:04 pm)

Thanks for the lovely video and music.

JayDee March 14, 2009 (3:42 pm)

Christopher:

Which piece of music was the sunny day (the Lincoln Park sunny day, not the sunny day you teased us by driving in the convertible) set to? I didn’t catch a reference in the credits.

TDe March 14, 2009 (4:12 pm)

Aaaahhh… Thank you Christopher. The beauty of our region, combined with the restful music was a wonderful break from Saturday’s normal hustle and bustle.

christopherboffoli March 14, 2009 (4:37 pm)

JayDee: That bit of music is from one of my favorite composers for film: Thomas Newman. This clip was from his score to the 1994 film The War. The same music was used in the trailer for the film American Beauty in 1999. He has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including his music for The Shawshank Redemption for WALL-E.