A pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Queen Anne Healthcare, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Seattle where residents and workers were vaccinated Friday. The facility had an outbreak of COVID-19 in May of 2020 that resulted in more than 100 positive cases among staff and residents and the deaths of 20 residents and two staff members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Tony Hayes, owner of Classic Eats in Burien, stands at the bar in his restaurant. Because of the windows that open like garage doors at the front of the restaurant, diners can still eat inside. There is also a place outside in back where people can socially distance, stay warm and enjoy a meal. The restaurant is located at 918 SW 152nd St, in Burien. Neighborhood restaurants continue to be important, especially since the pandemic. Classic Eats does a great take-out business as well. 216179
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Brian Finch with Nichol Brothers checks the I-beam placement under the stone cottage in West Seattle being prepped for a move to save it from demolition. Additional funds and permits to move it still need to be obtained. The cottage is small and for this company is considered a relatively easy move and among the smallest building they will have relocated. It will go to a storage site until a permanent site is found. Ref to more photos online and previous, recent story The late Eva Falk’s stone 90-year-old stone cottage near Alki Beach in West Seattle is being prepped for a move to save it from demolition. An additional $50,000 is needed and it will be relocated to a storage site by Nichol Brothers until a permanent location is found. About two dozen I-beams have been placed under the structure build from about 15,000 beach stones. The walls have been reinforced for a move and underpinnings placed. Saturday there is a walk from the Alki lighthouse to the cottage beginning at 10 A.M. called “Walking in Eva’s Shoes.” For more information see savethestonecottage.org Previous coverage by Nicole and me from about 10 days ago: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/saving-west-seattles-depression-era-stone-cottage-one-beach-stone-at-a-time/ LO Linesonly The Stone Cottage in West Seattle is prepped for a move to save it from demolition. It still needs more fundraising and then permits for relocation. Nickel Brothers workers install I-beams under the structure. Friday Jan 22, 2021 216212
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Mt. Rainier looms in this telephoto view from Lake Forest Park during Thursday morning’s sunrise. The mountain appears to be steaming as clouds form and change as the sun hits the mountain as it rises. The Weather forecast is for partly sunny skies on Thursday and Friday with rain in the forecast for Sunday. Photographed on January 14, 2021. LO LO LO 216127
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