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MAY 31, 2023
@qamagnews VOL. 104, NO. 22
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Bayview residents install Little Free Library Staff report
Bayview, a 62-plus nonprofit Life Plan Community, added a Little Free Library outside the community’s main entrance, 11 W. Aloha St. in Queen Anne, the first senior living
community in Seattle to do so. Seven residents created a partnership with the Little Free Library Organization to put their plan into motion. According to a press release, the residents wanted “to promote
community building, inspire readers and expand book access for all.” “Our active library committee of readers wanted to reach beyond our LIBRARY Page 3
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When luck and hard work meet
Magnolia physician tells of his journey from segregation to medical school By Jessica Keller
Queen Anne & Magnolia News editor
Longtime Magnolia resident and retired physician Lester Thompsons was not even born when his future profession was decided for him, and it was his given name that opened the door for him. In “Lucky Medicine: A Memoir of Success Beyond Segregation,” Thompson, who retired from his urology practice after 37 years in 2012, shares how his father’s dream, his name and his own determination and hard work led him to persevere over encounters with racism THOMPSON Page 3
Photo courtesy of Lester Thompson Magnolia resident and retired urologist Lester Thompson signs a copy of his book ‘Lucky Medicine: A Memoir of Success Beyond Segregation’ at a book signing earlier this year hosted by his medical school alma mater, Indiana University School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1968. His book is both a coming-of-age story growing up in Indiana during Jim Crow and how he got into medical school.
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