Katherine Cortes's Blog (11)

Last game in August - who's in?

I know that Dan's wedding crew will do an early game but hoping that the rest of us can stick to the usual afternoon slot so I can go to Julian's dance performance :D

Who's in for 1/1:30pm?

Folks interested in getting in a few games Thursday to justify those extra beers at your backyard BBQ? 10am or so?

Who wants to play Saturday? How about an early game (10am?) to cut us all loose for BBQ in the afternoon? 

Hi folks. Just a brief abuse of this website for a non-hockey related item, for those of you who can actually vote here. The mid-term elections are going to have a lot of repercussions for our community, and the King County ballot is particularly complicated - stacked with initiatives and referendums as well as federal, state, and local races. I'm posting a ballot guide I've compiled, and am happy to speak with anyone who has any questions at all about the substance of the… Continue

Carlo, Jeff, Koh, Rob, Erik, and Dan in goal just won the whole show in Portland. 0-0, 4-0, 6-0, 5-2, and 4-1 in the final. Erik picked up the MVP with 13 goals. Nice work, guys!

Hi all, thanks for all your responses! We've raised $2225 in pledges, plus more than 160 hours.



That's likely to be enough to cover the cost of assembling a rink, but not to pay for asphalt paving. And the grant program is not going to work for us because they require a long-term commitment from a property owner and insurance for all the players.



That means that our best chance is to make a really good showing on July 20, when the Seattle Design Commission is pulling together… Continue

The Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods has a matching grant program (http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nmf/smallandsimple.htm)

that could help fund the outdoor rink application that Adam put

together and submitted on SSH's behalf to the vacant lots competition.

This is critical, because the group behind the vacant… Continue

Hey fellas, if anyone is looking for an extra player for the Silvertips 4x4 tournament, I would love to join. Erik is out of town that weekend unfortunately so no chance of a twofer.

Lemme know -
thanks
Katherine

Thought youse guys might enjoy this article from the New York times ... skip the overly-long introduction and go right to the reminiscences of variously-well-known Canadians now living in the US:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/opinion/01canadaday.html?pagewanted=all