Some candidates for Seattle Mayor at a forum focused on arts and culture at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center earlier this month. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
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As Terrell Dorsey, president and founder of Unleash the Brilliance watches (top right), Yafet Amine with the Unleash the Brilliance organization and the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, bags a plastic bottle he just picked up from the waters of South Lake Union Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Unleash the Brilliance is a youth organization that has historically worked to help students reengage with school/move on from significant life events like a mental health crisis, substance abuse, history of truancy, or other trauma. The program is expanding its summer program this year — the program offers students frequent outdoor outings where they learn and practice conservation (like how to support and protect estuaries, kayak patrol cleanups of local waterways, etc). Many of these students have never spent time in nature — let alone learned the importance of conservation — and the program gives them a way to heal/grow from their past experiences while doing something educational and productive outdoors. 217609
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FILE ā€“ In this May 6, 2021, file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. Arizonaā€™s largest county has approved nearly $3 million for new vote-counting machines to replace those given to legislative Republicans for a partisan review of the 2020 election. The GOP-controlled Maricopa County Board of Supervisors said Wednesday, July 14, 2021 that the machines were compromised because they were in the control of firms not accredited to handle election equipment. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)

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FILE – In this Saturday, July 24, 2021, file photo former President Donald Trump speaks on a variety of topics to supporters at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix. Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results Ć¢ā‚¬Å“corruptĆ¢ā‚¬Ā in a December phone call. That’s according to handwritten notes from one of the participants in the conversation. The notes of the Dec. 27 call were released Friday by the Democratic-led House Oversight Committee. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) WX108 WX108
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., assembles his Republican colleagues on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021, to complain about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the leadership of President Joe Biden, and guidelines on face masks by the Centers for Disease Control. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA107 DCSA107
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Lesley Heerwagen, a Seattle mother of two kids, planned on returning to work in 2020 as a teacher, but the coronavirus pandemic and lack of childcare hampered her job search. Photographed in Seattle Thursday July 22, 2021. EDITORS NOTE – she didn’t want her kids in the photo initially, but I thought it was important so I asked her if we could make them semi-unidentifiable. I thought it wouldn’t have enough information if the kids weren’t in it at all – Bettina 217701 (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

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Jalue Dorje, recognized as the eighth reincarnation of the lama Terchen Taksham Rinpoche, recites prayers during a ceremony paying homage to Guru Rinpoche, the Indian Buddhist master who brought Tantric Buddhism to Tibet, on Monday, July 19, 2021, in Columbia Heights, Minn. . After finishing high school in 2025, Jalue will head to northern India and join the Mindrolling Monastery, more than 7,200 miles (11,500 kilometers) from his home. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) NYJW104 NYJW104

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CAPITOL HILL- VACCINE CARDS AT RESTAURANT – 073021 A sign requiring vaccine proof is seen outside of Oddfellows CafĆ© + Bar on Friday, July 30, 2021 in Capitol Hill. Customers were required to show proof either electronically, or with a physical copy of their vaccine card and ID to be seated indoors.

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Anthony Ray (Sir-Mix-A-Lot) had the 1988 hit “Posse On BroadwayĆ¢ā‚¬Ā and is pictured at the DickĆ¢ā‚¬™s Drive-In on Broadway in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle Sunday June 20, 2021.

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Beyond! Teen Summer MusicalĆ¢ā‚¬™s production of Ć¢ā‚¬Å“Story of an Off-Brand BandĆ¢ā‚¬Ā at Jefferson Park in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle Thursday July 29, 2021. Longtime directors of Teen Summer Musical Michelle Lang-Raymond and Isiah Anderson recently co-founded a new nonprofit theatre organization called Acts on Stage, which produced Beyond! Teen Summer Musical with support from Seattle Parks and Recreation. Visit https://www.facebook.com/ActsOnStageInc for the full schedule, including outdoor shows in the parks and a few pop-ups and indoor shows as well.
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WESTLAKE PARK – HALLOWEEN IN JULY – LO-LINES ONLY- 072521 Vernie Stoneberg, 8, has his picture taken during a Halloween in July event on July 25, 2021 at Westlake Park. The event was part of the Welcome Back Weeks initiative and featured costume contests, trick-or-treating and thriller dance classes and live music performances.
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Dylan Moore of the Mariners gets the first of three liquid baths after the Mā€™s beat the Astros on Mooreā€™s grand slam Monday, July 26, 2021 in Seattle. Getting out of the way at right is Jen Mueller who was interviewing Moore for Root Sports. 217746
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Kari Kussmann leads the way as she and friend Dave Levine head down the ramp at Constellation Park in West Seattle to paddle board in the Sound. The boards are light and Levine estimated them to weigh 15-pounds. They’re using inflatable boards that pack up into carrying bags. Inflated to 12-PSI. REF To MORE online LO Linesonly Sunday July 25, 2021 217738
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