Ready for day of decision? Voter guide available online

Tuesday is Election Day. In addition to reading about candidates and measures in The Seattle Times and other news sources, voters may check King County's online tool, "Your Voter Guide," which allows voters to build their own custom sample ballot, find their polling location and confirm their registration information. Check the Web site: www.metrokc.gov/elections for assistance.

Permanent absentee voters who have not received their ballots in the mail have two options. Replacement ballots may be picked up in person at the King County Elections office, which will be open today until 6 p.m. and Tuesday from 7 a.m.-8 p.m., at 500 Fourth Ave., Room 553, in Seattle. The second option is to visit a polling place on Election Day.

For more information, see the elections Web site or call 206-295-VOTE (8683).

Civic calendar

In the swim again

Today: The Queen Anne Pool reopens today after a longer than expected preventive-maintenance closure that began in June. To thank users for their understanding, Seattle Parks and Recreation will offer discount swimming Friday. Pay $2 for any swim during the day, and enjoy a family-appropriate Dive-in Movie at 7 p.m.

Traffic watch

Today-Friday: The Fremont Bridge will be closed overnight to all traffic starting at 9 p.m. today until 6 a.m. Tuesday. Closures during those hours will continue this week through Friday morning as work continues on the bridge's mechanical and electrical systems. The contractor will provide a shuttle service for pedestrians and bicyclists from 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m. between the north and south ends of the bridge (from roughly North 34th Street and Fremont Avenue North to roughly Nickerson and Fourth Avenue North), making the loop approximately every 20-30 minutes. Buses will be rerouted. For more information, check www.seattle.gov/fremontbridge.

Police accountability panel

Today: Seattle Police Officers' Guild President Rich O'Neill discusses the union's perspective on the police-accountability system, 6:30 p.m., Bertha Knight Landes Room, first floor, Seattle City Hall, 600 Fourth Ave., Seattle.

Fremont Fire Circle replacement

Today: Seattle Parks and Recreation will hold a public meeting to discuss replacement of the Fremont Fire Circle at Fremont Canal Park, 7 p.m., B.F. Day Elementary School, 3921 Linden Ave. N., Seattle.

Here & Now is compiled by Seattle Times lead news assistant Lynne Berry. To submit an item, e-mail herenow@seattletimes.com or call 206-464-2226.

Nov. 5, 2003: The Green River killer, Gary L. Ridgway, pleads guilty to murdering 48 women between 1982 and 1998. Ridgway admitted killing 42 women whom police had attributed to the Green River killer, plus six more victims whose deaths authorities were either unaware of or had not connected to the serial killings. The first victim, Wendy Lee Coffield, 16, was discovered July 15, 1982, floating in the Green River between Kent and Tukwila. Within a month, five more bodies had been discovered in and along the river. King County Police launched the Green River Task Force to solve the killings.

Ridgway was arrested Nov. 30, 2001, and charged with the murders of four women. The prosecution, led by the late King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng, agreed not to seek the death penalty in exchange for a complete accounting of the murders and a sentence of life imprisonment without release.

Source: Historylink.org