Four Washingtonians Harness Up to Repaint Space Needle as Part of ``Painting for People'' Charity Auction; Winning Bids Total $22,000; Repainting Closes Tower's 40th Anniversary Year.City Desks, News/Photo Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2002 Today the Space Needle Noun 1. Space Needle - a tower 605 feet tall in Seattle; a tourist attraction Seattle - a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade will end its 40th Anniversary year by being painted back from its original Galaxy Gold to its better-known white color with the help of four Washingtonians, who won the honor by outbidding others in the Landmark's "Painting for People" auction. The four winning bidders raised $22,902 for charity. Each painter is the winning bidder for a quadrant quadrant, in analytic geometry quadrant. 1 In analytic geometry, one of the four regions of the plane determined by two lines, the x-axis and the y-axis. of the roof assigned to one of four charities benefiting from this "Painting for People" auction: the local chapter of Ronald McDonald House, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Northwest Harvest Northwest Harvest is a non-profit organization supporting food banks in Washington State, U.S.A. Founded with a somewhat broader agenda of "respond[ing] to pressing social needs" by five church denominations in Seattle, Washington in 1967 as Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry and the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. . -- Painting Section #1 in support of the American Red Cross is Seattleite Kevin Schroer, creative director at BBFM Creative. Schroer is contributing $3,000 to the great work of the American Red Cross. -- Painting Section #2 in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters is well-known entrepreneur Sunny Kobe Cook, also from Seattle. She is contributing $3,001 to the great work of Big Brothers Big Sisters. -- Painting Section #3 in support of Ronald McDonald House is Seattle sports radio personality Mike Gastineau. Gastineau is contributing $2,500 towards the building of Ronald McDonald House's second facility here in Seattle. -- Painting Section #4 in support of Northwest Harvest is Seattle native Dori Monson, a radio personality for 710 KIRO. By soliciting KIRO listeners over the last three days, Monson has raised $14,401 for Northwest Harvest. Representatives of the four charities will be on hand for a short ceremony at 10 a.m., where they will accept their donations from the painters. Following the check presentations, the painters will be invited up to the roof (at pre-scheduled intervals) to paint. The painting will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. "We are pleased at how the community rallied together not only to help repaint Re`paint´ v. t. 1. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. s> Verb 1. The Space Needle but also to help raise money to support four very important causes," said Dean Nelson, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Space Needle Corporation. The Space Needle officially opened on April 21, 1962 -- the first day of the World's Fair world's fair: see exposition. world's fair Specially constructed attraction showcasing the science, technology, and culture of participating countries and enterprises. . Its 40th Anniversary season kicked off the same day in 2002. The Landmark remains the most popular attraction in the Pacific Northwest today. |
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