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FEBRUARY 23, 2022
VOL. 103, NO. 8
Community activist remembered Longtime Queen Anne resident Jim Smith dedicated his time to neighborhood, singing
FEATURED STORIES
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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By Joshua Lee
University of Washington News Lab
It would be hard to find many people still invested in community activism or musical performance beyond 85 years old. It would be harder to find someone involved in both. But that’s exactly what the late James “Jim” Thomas Smith accomplished. Smith, who died Jan. 25 at 93, was a longtime community figure in Queen Anne, where he resided for 60 years. Throughout his time in Seattle, Smith was a graphic designer, a community council representative and a member of the Seattle chapter of the SeaChordsmen, a barbershop quartet group. Upon his move to Queen Anne with his wife in 1962, Smith became an active member of the Queen Anne Community Council, later becoming one of the inaugural members of the Terminal 91 Neighbors Advisory Committee for the Port of Seattle. Smith served as a Shoreline Committee Chair and was on the Queen Anne Community Council Board of Trustees for over half a century. “Jim was passionate to give back to his community,” Ellen Monrad, former president of the Queen Anne Community Council and
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Photo courtesy Megan Sweeters Longtime Queen Anne resident Jim Smith stands next to a wreath the Queen Anne Community Council gave him in 2000 to thank him for his many years of service. He served on QACC for over 50 years. He died at the age of 93 on Jan. 25.
Magnolia committee seeking funds to beautify village with flowers By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor
Queen Anne & Magnolia News file photo Flowers hang from poles in Magnolia Village. The Magnolia Village Beautification Committee is raising money to purchase and maintain this year’s flowers.
The Magnolia Beautification Committee is hoping neighborhood residents will help maintain the improvements to Magnolia Village by donating money this month as part of a new campaign. Residents can still donate money to the “Show Your Love Campaign,” launched by the Magnolia Beautification Committee in honor of February and Valentine’s Day. Unlike last year’s February love campaign, which helped raise money for Phases 2 and 3 of the Reimagine Magnolia Village Beautification Project, the “Show Your Love Campaign” will be an annual fundraiser each February with the focus on maintenance, Magnolia Beautification Com-
mittee chair Cheryl McQuiston said. “The tagline is, ‘It isn’t inexpensive to be beautiful,’ ” she said. Money raised in the “Show Your Love Campaign” this year and future years will go toward purchasing, installation, watering, fertilization and maintenance of the hanging flower baskets that make Magnolia Village cheerful and inviting each spring. The cost breaks down to $504 per basket, and they are ordered through and maintained by Magnolia Garden Center staff, McQuiston said. This year, the committee has ordered 43 baskets to hang from the 22 poles already installed. This year’s hanging baskets will replace the banners hanging from
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