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FEBRUARY 26, 2020
VOL. 101, NO. 9
FEATURED STORIES
AUSSIE FIRE AUCTION
DR. UNIVERSE
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RICHARD HELLER PAGE 11
QUEEN ANNE WOMAN RAISES $48,000 FOR BUSHFIRES RELIEF
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Photo by Daniel Warn Jill Gallagher, a Queen Anne resident, displays many of the auction items she has been living with to raise money for Australian bushfires relief.
By Daniel Warn
QA&Mag News editor
Queen Anne Resident Jill Gallagher had no way of knowing just how successful her Facebook auction would be. “I’m raising money for the wildfire relief for Australia, the bushfires,” she said. “Both helping with the animals and the firefighters. And then some of the relief that they are going to need for the next probably decade, based on how much of their county has burned.” At first, she donated $50 herself, and
then thought that, with an auction where people donate items and then others bid on them, she could increase that number tenfold. Her actual results speak for themselves. As of Friday, Feb. 21, Gallagher had raised almost $48,000 since Jan. 4. There is still time to participate in the auction. Simply got to www.facebook. com/groups/2464020217043588/about/ or search “Aussie Fire Auction” on Facebook to participate. The auction ends Saturday, Feb. 29. They way it works is every day Galla-
gher puts a new batch of items up for bid — usually about five items per day. “Sometimes I do themes, just for fun,” she said. “And sometimes it’s kind of a random day.” Next, she puts up a description of the item, complete with a photo of what people will be bidding on. “I have a very kind of snarky sense of humor, so I usually post something dorky and snarky in the descriptions, so that people are… enjoying themselves while AUCTION, Page 12
Maxwell Hotel strives to be a good neighbor By Daniel Warn
QA&Mag News editor
Uptown’s Maxwell Hotel’s staff want it to be an integral thread in the fabric of Queen Anne. Lacey King, general manager, and Barbara Young, sales manager, said that’s why they hosted a complimentary happy hour in the Hotel’s Pineapple Bistro & Bar last week. Folks were invited to join the hotel in drinks and tasty bites of food. The hotel will be hosting another community happy hour from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday,
March 24. The Pineapple Bistro & Bar is a relatively new addition to the hotel, having opened in July of 2018. King said they transformed part of the lobby area into the bistro and bar to create another amenity for the guests — something to enhance that guest experience. Not just for convenience, but also to “do ordinary food extraordinarily well.” “We like to say we are in Queen Anne’s living room,”
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Photo by Daniel Warn At right, Lacey King, general manager, and Barbara Young, sales manager of the Maxwell Hotel, show off part of the hotel’s lobby area.
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