Cops Called on Seahawks Safety Kam Chancellor and More News

Looks like Kam Chancellor won’t be purchasing a gym in Redmond any time soon. On Wednesday night, the Seattle Seahawks safety tweeted that two women called the cops on him after spotting him looking in the windows of the shuttered Redmond Athletics Club, according to an article in Bleacher Report. ESPN.com notes that “Chancellor runs fitness boot camps for women” and he was interested in the property, which had shut down earlier in the week, but “still had employees working there.”

On Monday morning the largest ship to ever dock in North America pulled into Elliott Bay. According to KOMO News, The Benjamin Franklin, one of the largest container ships in the world, is 1,310 feet long. That’s twice as long as the Space Needle and nearly three times longer than the largest Washington State ferry. The ship weighs more than 200,000 tons and is also wider than a football field. A normal cargo ship carries roughly 10,000 containers, but the Benjamin Franklin carries almost twice that amount. The vessel carried electronics and other goods for stores like Target and Best Buy and once it unloaded, it was loaded up again with some of Washington state’s biggest exports, including lumber and apples. Officials say the Benjamin Franklin’s port visit was a kind of audition to prove they can handle the next generation of megaships, which are typically used between Asia and Europe. The Benjamin Franklin, which is based in China, began its return voyage and left the Port of Seattle on Tuesday morning. 

The first custom crosswalk in Seattle since rainbows were painted on Capitol Hill have been painted in the Central District. In celebration of the cultural heritage of the neighborhood, the new crosswalk at the intersection of 23rd and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, is painted in Pan-African colors. Rokea Jones of the United Hood Movement told KIRO 7, “Red represents the blood of the people, black is for the people and green is for the land.” According to MYNorthwest.com, the Seattle Department of Transportation made the Pan-African crosswalk official by including safety signs and reflectors and funding for the crosswalk project, which cost $7,500, came from street-use fees. In a brief address before the ceremonial first crossing, as reported by Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, Angel Mitchell said, “Unfortunately right now, there is a losing battle against gentrification, at this point. So, I feel like people should know the history of the Central District, and that’s what these crosswalks are aiming to do.” 

The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) voted for LMN Architects to receive the 2016 AIA Architecture Firm Award. The award recognized the firm for its sustained design excellence and contributions to the profession and broader society. LMN Architects, founded in 1979 by George Loschky, Jud Marquardt and John Nesholm, is based in Seattle and now has 145 employees—architects, interior designers, urban planners, computer scientists, and administrative specialists. A few of their most notable projects include the Vancouver Convention Centre, the world’s first LEED Platinum convention center which is the winner of 19 design awards nationally and internationally–including the AIA Institute Honor Award in all three categories and the University of Washington Foster School of Business, where a four-story, daylit atrium runs the entire length of PACCAR Hall. 

Danni Askini is running to become first transgender legislator in Washington. On Tuesday morning, Askini announced Tuesday her intention to run for the 43rd Legislative District that will be left vacant when current State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw moves on to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. If Askini wins, she would be the first openly trans person elected to a state house in the country. Currently, according to MYNorthwest.com, Askini is the director of the Gender Justice League based in Seattle and she has a history of working with a range of LGBTQ organizations. Beyond providing a transgender voice to Washington politics, Askini also has experience with homelessness, the foster care system, education, the LGBTQ community, hate and crime prevention. 

A traveling Holocaust exhibit that explores the life and death of Anne Frank has arrived at the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle. According to KING 5, the exhibit, created by the Anne Frank Center, explores scenes of the Holocaust through Frank’s observations, which she recorded as a teenager while hiding in Amsterdam in the early 1940s. Visitors of the exhibit will be able to view a replica of Frank’s diary, read excerpts of her writings, and see several of the center’s own artifacts including pieces loaned by the Auschwitz Memorial Museum. The Holocaust Center for Humanity will host the exhibit, Anne Frank: A History for Today, through May 18.