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One Reel announced this morning that it has secured the remaining $90k needed to produce the 2011 Family 4th at Lake Union. The organization met its fundraising goal of $500,000 with the help of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and a $25,000 donation from Coca-Cola Refreshments - Northwest Region. According to their press release: Coca-Cola joins a number of Greater Seattle Chamber members who stepped in after March 1st, when One Reel announced it had raised 80% of the Family…

A tree house. Is there anything that more perfectly embodies the dream of the ideal childhood? Nestled high in branches, like a castle in the clouds, insulated by dozen of feet of height from the reach of authority, leaving an overalled, dirt-smudged child free to dream and scheme. We have spent close to twenty years refining our little Wallingford craftsmen to be the home we want, but there's always been a sad lacuna. Without a sizeable tree on our property, we…

Earlier today, a group of demonstrators converged on the corner of 45th and Meridian, in front of Chase Bank, holding a large banner that read: BANKsters: They Get The GOLDMINE We Get The SHAFT! The demonstrators dispersed by the time we made it up there, but someone in the Twitterverse posted a picture here: http://twitpic.com/50ot2p Reader Luna sent us some pictures of the chalked epitaphs that were temporarily left behind, and we've put them in a slideshow below (folks on phones…