Stories for Aug. 28, 2007

Portland's fountain of youthful indiscretion

Tue, Aug 28, 1 p.m.

By Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett

The old soap in the public fountain prank is pulled, but this time the guy gets caught and is plastered all over the Internet.

A staff departure ruffles Seattle's popular and public KUOW-FM

Tue, Aug 28, 10 a.m.

By O. Casey Corr

Longtimer Ken Vincent quit the NPR station and talked about it, and that touched off other complaints that KUOW is moving down the path of blandness.

A history of Lake Washington, one step at a time

Tue, Aug 28, 1 a.m.

By Lorraine McConaghy

First of four parts: It's been done before and written up, but historian Lorraine McConaghy wanted to circumnavigate metro Seattle's vast urban lake on her own terms, to soak up the past by lingering in the present. At her pedestrian pace, she saw and felt a great deal of change.