[img=images/image_outlets.gif popup=false] 照片出處: Google Map At Quil Ceda, it takes a village to raise an outlet mall 距離西雅圖市中心北方約四十英哩的 Seattle Premium Outlets 將於下個週末(五月五日)開張. 這將是大西雅圖地區在 Factory Stores at North Bend 和 Supermall 外第三個 Outlets Mall. 目前並沒有公車可以直達, 公車要約今年九月份, 當購物區的公車候車站安裝了以後才會有. 最近的公車只到 Tulalip Casino, 距離同一條道路再往北的 Outlets Mall 還差四個街口(搭乘 Community Transit #221). 如果這距離並不能阻擋你購物的決心, 公車資訊可至大西雅圖地區的購物中心查詢. 駕車則是 I-5 往北, 並在第 202 號出口下高速公路, 並左轉. Outlets Mall 就在 I-5 的西邊. Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau 有 Coupon Book 可以利用.
[新聞]還是戒煙的好
從七月一日起, 每包的香煙稅將從 $1.425 增加到 $2.025. 如果從網路上或跨州買煙, 也必須要自首報稅. 如果被抓到抽沒有繳稅的煙, 則需要付每包 $10 或至多 $250 的罰款(取較多的那一個). Chapter 82.24 RCW TAX ON CIGARETTES 想戒煙, 來華盛頓州似乎是不錯的選擇… Side Note: 七月一日起, 酒也要加稅 (Liquor Tax). 每公升 (liter), 將增加 $1.33. 只是一直找不到目前的 Liquor Tax 數字.
[新聞] Highline School District 將關閉四所學校
Highline School District (Burien) 位於 Sea-Tac 機場西邊. Highline district to close 4 schools Highline district to close 4 schools SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF BURIEN — Four elementary schools will be closed, and school boundaries will be redrawn as part of a plan to save the Highline School District more than $1.2 million a year. The district decided to close schools because enrollment figures have dropped by 1,200 students since 1997 and were projected to continue to decline. Last week, the Highline School Board approved a plan based on recommendations from a citizen task force. Under the plan, three elementary schools will close in June: Sunnydale, Salmon Creek and Olympic Intermediate. North Hill Primary’s kindergarten through third-graders and Olympic’s fourth- through sixth-graders will move to a new building next fall. Salmon Creek students will be reassigned to Hazel Valley, White Center Heights or Mount View. Sunnydale students will be reassigned to Marvista, Gregory Heights or Cedarhurst. A fourth elementary school, Valley View, will close in June 2007 and move into a new building that fall with students from Bow Lake Elementary. Students affected by the boundary changes have until May 13 to ask to be transferred to another school.