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MARCH 31, 2021
VOL. 102, NO. 13
FEATURED STORIES
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Photo by Jessica Keller This mural painted on the back of a building in Uptown is colorful, but Heather Pihl, of the Uptown Alliance Tidy Uptown subcommittee, warns because the piece includes ‘graffiti-style’ lettering, taggers might be encouraged to tag other property nearby so their graffiti receives attention. Pihl said, otherwise, murals on empty walls are a good way to prevent tagging.
A community concern to watch Graffiti a growing problem in Uptown but not in other areas By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor While graffiti is more of a problem in Uptown than in other
areas of Queen Anne, community leaders are advocating for residents to become aware of the issue, as well as be proactive in their neighborhood. Queen Anne resident Heather
Pihl, who is a member of the Uptown Alliance Tidy Uptown subcommittee, spoke to the Queen Anne Community Council Public Safety Committee about graffiti at its meeting last week. Committee Chair Robert Kettle said he invited Pihl to speak because of her familiarity with the topic. In addition to her participation on Tidy Uptown,
which has made tackling graffiti one of its priorities, Pihl’s background includes working for the city’s anti-graffiti program from 1995 to 2000, a crime prevention coordinator with Seattle Police Department and as a volunteer coordinator of FAWN, a linking of block watches along Aurora
SEE GRAFFITI, PAGE 8
School board appoints new member Dury replaces Mack as District 4 director By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor The Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors filled its vacant
District 4 seat last resigned in January. week by appointing As the District 4 Ballard resident Erin board member, Dury Dury. represents Magnolia, Dury was selected Queen Anne and from two other applisome of Ballard. cants, Magnolia’s Eric Dury will serve Souza and Queen out the remainder of Anne’s Laura Marie Mack’s term, which Erin Dury Rivera, to fill the expires with the Novacancy left after forvember election. mer board member Eden Mack Dury could choose to run for a
new term in the fall election. “I am honored and grateful to serve District IV and Seattle Public Schools, and I recognize the privilege and position of power this appointment has, and I know that true service will be shown through action,” Dury said in a SPS news release. “I look forward to working with the community,
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