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Their U.S. Senate careers coincided for more than two decades. Both rose to seats of power, as Senate Democrats representing people from our nation’s opposite coasts.
After Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died last week, I settled in for a night of televised remembrance and history — although no one my age needs any reminding. For many baby boomers, childhood was punctuated by news, often tragic and shocking, of the Kennedy family.
After watching coverage of the life and death of Ted Kennedy, on Thursday night I popped in a DVD called “One of Ours: Young Scoop Jackson.”
It’s an oral history, a collection of memories from childhood friends, former teachers and others who knew Sen. Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson during his childhood, college years at the University of Washington, and early career in Everett. It’s also an eye-opening look at long-ago Everett, a rough-and-tumble town wide open to gambling, drinking and prostitution.

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L-R, Mandy Parker, 20, Kristina Johnson, 19, and Natalie Wastman, 18, members of the Skate Church in the Junction, view photos of themselves with young friends they made this summer in Nicaragua who live in an orphanage, The orphans, some pre-teens, were rescued from a life of prostitution and disease.
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Natalie Wastman, 18, Kristina Johnson, 19, and Mandy Parker, 20, visited Nicaragua to meet some of Central America’s least fortunate children, kids as young as 6, trapped in a dark world of prostitution. Some have HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and many have been sold by single mothers to human traffickers for a few dollars.
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“It’s not this glamorous-looking thing like, say, in Las Vegas,” Johnson said of the prostitution she saw on the streets of Managua. “It’s not about having make-up and high heals. It’s about how much money you can make a day for the guy who bought you.
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Parker said auto hotels are brothels where the customer either brings a prostitute he picked up on the street into the hotel, or sees a prostitute working in the hotel.

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SEATTLE, Aug. 27 (UPI) — A Seattle woman has been charged with threatening witnesses in her sons’ coming trial on prostitution conspiracy charges.
Glenda Ann Thomas, 40, allegedly told one witness she could have him sexually assaulted in jail, Seattlepi.com reported. She allegedly claimed she “knows people inside” who would be willing to harm the witness because he is a member of the Westside Street Mobb who has agreed to cooperate with the prosecution.
Thomas’s sons, Deshawn Cashmoney Clark, 19, and Shawn Sylvester Clark, 21, are scheduled to go on trial next month. Prosecutors say the brothers, who allegedly belong to the Mobb, a gang investigators say is affiliated with the Bloods, conspired to exploit seven women as prostitutes, two of them juveniles.
Thomas is also alleged to have put pressure on three women who allegedly formed part of her sons’ stable to keep them off the witness stand. Investigators say she also put the women down.

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Shawn Clark is the latest member of the West Side Street Mobb to enter a guilty plea after Seattle police, the FBI, the King County Sheriff’s Office, as well as county and federal prosecutors, started investigating the gang last year for allegedly running a large juvenile prostitution ring.
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On July 17, West Side Street Mobb member Mycah Johnson, 19, pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution and has since been sentenced to 21 months in prison.
On Aug. 3, Desmond Manago, pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution. Manago, who has not been sentenced, is not a West Side Street Mobb member but is friends with the other men charged, authorities said.
This afternoon, three more West Side Street Mobb members who were involved in the prostitution ring are expected to enter guilty pleas.
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Teen prostitution has become a growing problem in Seattle, according to a recent report.

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Wright: “It was the whole basis of this whole community falling apart. Because, see first of all if people weren’t on drugs, maybe they had a chance to go to school. Maybe they had a chance to get educated. Maybe they had a chance to get a good job, a good paying job. And maybe they could just take over, the next generation. Keep the rent up. Keep the mortgage up. Keep the property value up. No.”
Ray says he knows people who lost the family home because they were strung out on crack.
Wright: “I mean there is a lost generation. And you got killings and stabbings and shootings. And oh, it was a mess. Cause everybody was strung out.”
In the 80s and early 90s, the corner was notorious.
Kalina: “And that’s when I went over there. It was mostly gangs. Drug sales. Prostitution. Just the underbelly of our society.”

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Accused pimp of 13- and 17-year-old arrested
Seattle police say officers this week arrested a man who is accused of being a pimp of two juvenile prostitutes.
Metro Transit officers stopped two juvenile prostitutes, ages 13 and 17, Tuesday night and learned who their pimp was.
Seattle officers searched for the man and found him in the 600 block of Blanchard Street.
They arrested him and booked him into jail for promoting prostitution of a minor and for a felony warrant.
Posted by at August 26, 2009 9:54 a.m.

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Li Marie of K.A.R.M.A Musiq Group, “ The Rock the Bells tour is keeping Hip Hop alive .” Hip Hop enthusiasts came out in droves to see artists such as Big Boi, Busta Rhymes, Ice Cube, Slum Village and Raekwon of The Wutang Clan. Rapper Justo says,” It’s the Hip Hop Woodstock . It’s the pioneer of all the big rap shows around the world.” Many Bay area artists flocked to Rock The Bells for a chance to network with rappers and fans from over the world.  
Tech N9NE and Dru Down and were both original members of the collective called The Regime that includes Yukmouth and Messy Marv amongst others. Rapper Dru Down whose song” Pimp of the year” is still being reffered to as a cult classic says they “ they did it in the bay but did they have any bay artists..once we know it’s something going on as big as that we’d love to be involved … anything Hip Hop we there.”

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Over at The Seattle Times, Jerry Brewer has written Gloria’s Miracle (San Juan, $21.95), based on his acclaimed prior columns about the cancer-stricken young daughter of a devout Catholic basketball coach. The October title has a frankly religious bent. Quoth Brewer in his own promotional blurb, “It will make you think about your life. It will challenge you. It will show you courage in its barest, most natural form.” (He and the Strauss family will appear at a Sept. 8 event at Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien, beginning at 5 p.m.)
In a very different pew is Holy Roller: Finding Redemption and the Holy Ghost in a Forgotten Texas Church (WaterBrook, $18.99). Author Julie Lyons is a former local resident and SPU grad, most recently the editor of our sister publication the Dallas Observer. Her book is based on her crime beat experiences at another Dallas paper during the ’90s, when gang violence was epidemic. Yes she found a thriving Pentecostal church in the very worst neighborhood, where gang-bangers, dealers, pimps, and hos went to worship. And, in addition to reporting on these denizens, she joined their church.

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Although the main purpose of the trip was intense study of an oftentimes serious topic, the group also had the opportunity to relax and soak in the sights and sounds of the bustling United Kingdom city. Evans said the students were able to see many attractions, including the Giant’s Causeway, a popular geological site on the Northern Irish coast.
“Belfast is an easy city. It’s very flat, which makes it easy to get around,” said Evans. “The Queens University is a fabulous and very beautiful building too.”
The students also had time to explore Belfast without Evans. Raisl can easily recall the breathtaking landscapes, people and foods she experienced while wandering the streets with her travel companions.
“They served us a lot of curry while we were there and we got to try potato soda bread for breakfast. It was really good,” Raisl said.
The group also got a shock when they accidentally wandered into the city’s red light district, which Raisl summed up as a “memorable experience.”

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009Last updated 4:41 p.m. PT
Seattle targets seedy Aurora Avenue motels
Owners face tax violations
The owners of five Aurora Avenue motels that city officials say are home to prostitution, drug use and other illegal are facing 152 criminal charges for tax violations, authorities said Tuesday afternoon.
The motels, where there were more than 460 police calls last year, are also behind in utility payments, authorities said. Service could be stopped unless bills are paid, and
On Tuesday workers went to the properties to offer vouchers and other help to eligible people saying at the motels.
The hotels are:
Seattle Motor Inn, 12245 Aurora Ave North. Wallingford Inn, 4453 Winslow Place North.Italia Motel, 4129 Aurora Ave North. Fremont Inn, 4251 Aurora Ave North.And Isabella Motel, 4117 Aurora Ave North.

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