Monday, July 02, 2007
Cost of living is squeezing out the region's working folks - Susan Paynter, Seattle P-I columnist
... Take Perry Davies, 54. ... Perry was 18 and manning the counter at his father's corner grocery -- Woodring's Fine Foods at Northwest 67th Street and Third Avenue Northwest in Ballard -- when he was held up at gunpoint. His father, Edgar, ran after the fleeing female thief and was shot to death.
"We lost everything after dad's death," Perry told me. His mom, Marie, went back to work as a legal secretary. Perry got a job at Ivar's. And, together, they scraped up enough to go halvesies on a house on Beacon Hill.
Shortly after they moved in, Marie was running an errand when she was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.
Despite this devastating second setback, Perry , stayed on, fixed the place up, and eventually worked his way to his goal of the house he now owns. He's also extended himself as a contributing citizen, volunteering on neighborhood projects, attending public meetings on growth and development, and organizing Neighborhood Watch "Night Out" parties. ...
... Take Perry Davies, 54. ... Perry was 18 and manning the counter at his father's corner grocery -- Woodring's Fine Foods at Northwest 67th Street and Third Avenue Northwest in Ballard -- when he was held up at gunpoint. His father, Edgar, ran after the fleeing female thief and was shot to death.
"We lost everything after dad's death," Perry told me. His mom, Marie, went back to work as a legal secretary. Perry got a job at Ivar's. And, together, they scraped up enough to go halvesies on a house on Beacon Hill.
Shortly after they moved in, Marie was running an errand when she was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.
Despite this devastating second setback, Perry , stayed on, fixed the place up, and eventually worked his way to his goal of the house he now owns. He's also extended himself as a contributing citizen, volunteering on neighborhood projects, attending public meetings on growth and development, and organizing Neighborhood Watch "Night Out" parties. ...
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