Seattle IAM Daily Blog Report: Good Dunks Aren't Enough Against Hornets, Legislature Party Time, Fundraising through Food

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This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from SeattleIAM where you will find the best blogs from Seattle, Washington as well as video uploads, social networking, rumors, and blog authoring

Big Dunks Don’t Save Sonics

A recent post by Damon Agnos in Seattle Weekly’s Buzzer Beater sports blog breaks down the Sonics’ loss to the Hornets, 91-98. Our blogger praises Wally Szczerbiak’s dunking, but it still didn’t save the game.  Exciting as it was when “he dropped in a one-hander just before the halftime buzzer… it wasn't enough to rally his team past the injury-depleted Hornets.” Kevin Durant started out flat, but became more aggressive as it progressed, finishing with 23 points. This was pure shot percentage, says Agnos, “he should have had more, but his ability to finish in the paint is still hampered by his slight frame and his reluctance to try to dunk on people rather than slither around them.”

Agnos states in his post that he’s recently noticed a trend. This Sonics team seems to give up too many points “to the opposing team's big men at the beginning of the game.” He also ponders whether Kurt Thomas is getting to an age / experience level where “diminution of athletic skills begins to outweigh savvy.” He's been known as a “good post defender,” so maybe he's just being asked “to defend centers rather than power forwards,” or perhaps it’s that the team’s defense is weak. Next, the Sonics travel to Chicago to take on the Bulls.

Legislature Fundraising Week

According to Chris Mulick’s Olympia Dispatch, this is big time for political fundraising. This is mostly because after Saturday, “legislators and statewide elected officials will be barred from soliciting or receiving contributions until the Legislature adjourns in March.” There are no shortage of festivities around town. Tonight, there’s a fundraiser in Seattle for Senate Democrats as “a make-up event for the one that was canceled recently due to the special legislative session” and Tuesday Rep Timm Ormsby, D-Spokane, has a reception in Spokaloo.

Other fundraising events listed in the post are the Rep. Brendan Williams, D-Olympia, event at Mercato Ristorante on Wednesday, featuring “great appetizers and great wine” according to the e-mail announcement, and a “fundraiser for Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, at his home Friday night.” Goodman’s event runs from 6 p.m. to 11:59. The fundraising freeze officially “kicks in one minute later, so you better be gone by then.”

Buy Raffle Tix to Support UN World Food Programme

In the latest entry from Cook & Eat, a Seattle area food blog, our blogger announces the annual Menu For Hope, the food blog world’s fundraising event “in support of the UN World Food Programme.” In 2006, participants raised over $60,000 by purchasing $10 raffle tickets for excellent foodie prizes like “fabulous dinners, great kitchen gear, scrumptious stuff for the pantry, unbelievable experiences, and beautiful art.” Funds raised by this year’s Menu for Hope will go to the school lunch program in Lesotho, Africa.

In her post, Cook & Eat explains that they chose to support the program in Lesotho “because it is a model program in local procurement - buying food locally to support local farmers and the local economy.” The program feeds the kids, keeps them in school, and supports community farming. For her part, Cook & Eat is sponsoring a Theo Chocolate Extravaganza. Seattle’s Theo Chocolates is “one of the few chocolatiers that… makes their own chocolate from the beans, supporting Fair Trade & organic whenever possible.” Her package includes one of every bar Theo makes, a collection box of “exquisite confections,” a box of cocoa nibs, a 1lb bag of spicy Sipping Chocolate, a framed 8x10 print, and a tour of the Theo factory in Seattle. Instructions to purchase raffle tickets are included on Cook & Eat’s blog.

Miller Park Residents Divided on Development

Andrew Taylor, blogging for the Miller Park Neighborhood Association, reports on the findings of his informal survey regarding the Goodwill development. Taylor asked people to respond to two neighborhood groups in the Jackson Place area, who respectively oppose and support the plan to develop the property on Dearborn Street in the International District. He asked respondents to the group to identify whether they lived in the boundary of the neighborhood or not and which group they supported.

The conclusion, according to the post, was that the neighborhood is divided. Approximately half the respondents were for and half were against the project. Due to his findings, Taylor suggests “that the Miller Park neighborhood remain neutral on the Dearborn Street development.” Go Dearborn Street and Dearborn Street Coalition for livable neighborhoods were the two groups that shared their views.

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