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NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT IS CLEAR HOW MUCH WE RELY UPON THE COMMUNITIES WE LIVE IN.

From the local businesses who are able to stay open offering us groceries and pick up meals, to the front line workers at our local clinics and hospitals.

We think it would be a great idea to thank those in our community and recognize those people for all they do. If you would like to thank someone who has shown kindness to others, or give a shout out to your local grocery store, restaurant, retail or health care workers serving the Queen Anne and Magnolia area, we are offering 1/8 page size ads for only $25 (black and white) every week in the newspaper. The ads will all appear in a special THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY page. Space deadlines are every Wednesday at 10am for the following week’s newspaper. Please email your request to ppcadmanager@nwlink.com or call 206-461-1322, leave us a message and someone will return your call to get the details.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

VOL. 101, NO. 2

SPS board director Eden Mack resigns District 4 representative lives in Magnolia, has served since 2017 By Jessica Keller

QA&Mag News editor

Seattle School Board District IV Director Eden Mack announced her resignation from the board in a letter Thursday afternoon, citing an “ongoing sys-

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temic dysfunction” in the school district caused by lack of funding, high turn over and overcrowded classrooms. Seattle Public Schools Lead Media Relations Specialist Tim Robinson confirmed Mack’s resignation. Mack was elected in 2017 to

a fouryear term representing District IV, which includes Queen Anne and Magnolia. In her letter sent to Eden Mack Superintendent Denise Juneau and her colleagues on the

School Board, Mack said she is no longer willing to spend so much time away from her family trying to fix a “broken system” that does not provide everything the district needs, such as reasonable class sizes, curriculum and materials, mental health supports and fulltime nurses. “Nor can I sit through another meeting where we talk about

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County to dedicate funds to rollout effort By Jessica Keller

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QA&Mag News editor As select members of the public begin to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Seattle and King County, more efforts are underway to ensure the process goes smoothly. Thus far, vaccine rollout for high-risk health care personnel and staff and most residents in long-term care facilities, designated as phase “1A” by state officials, began Dec. 17. In Queen Anne, Aegis Living on Galer started its inoculation rollout Saturday. Earlier in the week, some members of Bayview staff and residents received their first in a two-shot vaccination series. In an email Friday, Bayview Assisted Living Manager Pamela Yeo said Friday she hadn’t experienced any “negative reactions, signs or symptoms” related to the vaccine. “I was thrilled to be a part of this opportunity in history when I received my vaccine here at Bayview,” Yeo said. “During this pandemic, we have all been doing our best to provide hope to our community. This is one more step forward in that process.” Bayview Health Center activi-

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Photo courtesy of Bayview Bayview Assisted Living Manager Pamela Yeo receives a COVID-19 vaccine from a nurse provided by Walgreens, Jan. 4. Currently, healthcare workers and most residents of senior living facilities are eligible to receive the inoculations under state guidelines. ties staff member Sarah Kapahua said she was also glad she participated. “I am just grateful that I could be part of a historic moment: science and progress at their best,” she said.

In less than three weeks, nursing staff will return to Bayview to provide boosters to the residents and staff who have already received the vaccinations and administer shots to remaining staff and residents permitted to be

vaccinated in the current rollout phase. Earlier this week, King County officials, including Executive Dow Constantine, announced that

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