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Seattle Parks and Recreation employees break down tents and other materials as Seattle Police block an entrance to Denny Park during encampment removal Wednesday, March 3, 2020. 216551
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The old INS building in the Chinatown-International District is seen from the air, Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in Seattle, with T-Mobile Park seen in the background. The building was converted into Inscape arts center and is being put up for sale. 216543
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Ljay Newsome gave up 2 runs on 4 hits in 2 innings pitched Wednesday. The Seattle Mariners and the Chicago Cubs played to an 8-8 tie in Spring Training baseball Wednesday, March 3, 2020 at Sloan Park in Mesa, AZ. 216538
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Jarred Kelenic launches a two-run home run to left-center in the fourth inning. The Seattle Mariners and the Chicago Cubs played to an 8-8 tie in Spring Training baseball Wednesday, March 3, 2020, at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona.
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In a letter Wednesday to Life Care Center of Kirkland, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote that the nursing home failed to report an outbreak of respiratory illness to local authorities for two weeks as required by law, gave inadequate care to its residents during the outbreak and failed to provide 24-hour emergency doctor services. At Life Care Center of Kirkland on Thursday, April 2, 2020. 213542
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Seattle Art Museum, SAM, downtown on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Seattle Art Museum (SAM) announced Monday that it will reopen its downtown museum, as well as its gift shop, to the general public on Sept. 11, in accordance with Gov. Jay Inslee’s recommendations. 214898
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Thursday, March 18, 2020. Pacific Story about Trails. A beautiful grove of Cedar trees along the Sqebeqsed (cq) trail in Seward Park. 213392
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Washington State Governor Jay Inslee speaks with special ed Pre-K teacher Michelle Ling in her classroom at Phantom Lake Elementary School in Bellevue Tuesday, March 2, 2021. 216536
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The old INS building in the Chinatown-International District is seen from the air, Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in Seattle, with T-Mobile Park seen in the background. The building was converted into Inscape arts center and is being put up for sale. 216543

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Seattle Storm guards Sue Bird, left, and Jordin Canada pose for photos Wednesday, March 3, 2021, on the roof of the Space Needle with Climate Pledge Arena in the background in Seattle. Earlier, the players were on hand to raise a flag on the Space Needle with the team’s new logo on it. Bird re-signed with the Storm earlier in the week for what will be her 20th season with the team, though she missed two seasons after knee surgeries. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW108 WATW108

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Rabbi Rafi Mollot, dressed as Haman, and Ari Hoffman, on the horse, dressed as Mordechai, pretend to ride through the streets of Shushan as Haman shouts, “This is what you do for somebody the king wants to honor!” In the story of Purim, the evil leader Haman is tricked into dressing Mordechai in the king’s robes. “One of the themes of the holiday is opposites,” said Hoffman, who said he finally gets to play the good guy in the story for a change. Congregants of Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath synagogue in the Seward Park neighborhood of Seattle celebrate Shushan Purim with candy and pony rides for children Sunday February 28, 2021. Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the saving of their people from a threatened genocide at the hands of an ancient Persian leader, Haman. 216509
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Larger than life, a mural of the slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., looks out from the corner of East Madison Street at East Pike Street. It’s by artist Lawrence Genette and is part of the Capitol Hill Arts District. Dr. King was only 39-years-old when assassinated: April 4, 1968 in Memphis, He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. (Maybe a Black History Month ref) LO MLK Friday Feb 26, 2021 216505
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Sgt. Darreld Sheppard (CQ) with the Summit Safety Patrol has to climb a berm of snow to get to his office Thursday morning. It was shoveled out later. Ref to more photos online More than 386-inches of snow have fallen this winter at Snoqualmie Pass according to the WSDOT website. and another 30-plus is expected this weekend. (Note: Ck numbers) LO Snow at Snoqualmie Pass Thursday Feb 25, 2021 216500
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Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 Gene Moy, Army Veteran from 1941 to 1945 at 103-years-old is thought to be oldest living Chinese American Veteran. Today Moy received his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Seattle VA Puget Sound Health Care Hospital. “I feel like a movie star” said Gene as cameras clicked away. 216465
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