Nancy Chambers of the Wallingford Community Council writes:
Wallingford CC has submitted a November letter to the Seattle City Council concerning excessive combined sewer outflow into Lake Union from outlet pipe #147 at bottom of Stone Way. Some highlights: Fecal coliform counts during overflow events have, at times, exceeded 1,000 times the quality standard. Ammonia & cyanide samples have also shown elevated levels. Though only one overflow event per year is officially permitted by a federal permit process, CSO #147 averages 45 outflows / year. Each stormwater event averages ~12 hours, resulting in more than 18 million gallons of sewage…December Events at WCSC
The Wallingford Community and Senior Center forwarded their list of December classes and activities:
Creative Paper Printing
(Mondays, December 2 – February 3, 1-3 pm. Free.)
Make friends as you make art in this new, 8-week class where we’ll use watercolors, block printing, stamps, etching, and more! Brought to you by Seniors Creating Art.
Snowman Pancake Breakfast
(Sunday, December 8, 9 am – Noon. Adults: $5, Kids: $3)
Snowman pancakes are back! Celebrate the season by enjoying a hot, freshly prepared breakfast with others in the community. French toast, ham, veggie sausage, beverages and more!
Computer Basics 2…
Reminder: Pre-Meal Appetite Stimulant
(see Thanksgiving Day Kickball, Anyone?)
Reminder: All our welcome to come to the John Stanford School lower playground today (Thanksgiving!), starting around 2 pm (or earlier, if you like) for some neighborhood games. Feel free to bring a spirit or snack to share (I heard a rumor of a hot toddy), or a ball to play with, or just yourselves and we’ll try to run around a little bit before we all go home to our meals. Please leave a comment if you have a kickball we can use, otherwise I’ll shoot over to a store to pick one up …
Armed Robbery at Puffin Glass
If you were wondering what all the helicopters were about Tuesday night, here’s your answer:
Round about 7:30 pm, a man walked into the functional glass (aka bong) shop Puffin Glass with a gun and stuck up the place. The robber sounded somewhat apologetic about his deed (“I’m sorry I have to do this”), leaving the employee on the wrong end of the gun stunned to disbelief.
“It was surreal,” said the employee on duty last night. “The guy working here just asked that the guy please point the gun away from him, so nothing accidental happened and gave him …
Free Kitchen Compost Kit at Good Shepherd Dec. 2
Just when you were wondering how to more stylishly haul your food scraps from kitchen to yard waste cart, here comes the perfect sporty EcoSafe compost bucket – and it’s free!
Seattle Public Utilities and the Seattle Mariners are offering free kitchen compost containers to Seattle residents to help us reduce our holiday “wastelines.”
On Monday, December 2, from 11 am to 2 pm, Seattle residents who pledge to recycle and compost can receive a collector’s edition Felix Hernandez Kitchen Caddy at the following locations in Seattle:
Seattle Tilth – Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Room 107
CleanScapes…
Murphy’s on Thanksgiving
So what do you have planned for Thanksgiving Day, Wallingford (besides joining me and a crew of your neighbors at the JSIS playground for a disorganized game of kickball and hot toddies?)
In case you don’t have it sussed out yet, take heart in the fact that Ireland does not celebrate Thanksgiving! Thus, Murphy’s Irish Pub will be open Thanksgiving Day starting at 11 am, with a full service menu until 4 pm and limited menu after that from the kitchen. Presumably that limited menu includes the fine collection of whiskeys they stock.
Julia’s will be open 8 am – …
3D Printing Comes to Wallingford
Guttenberg. Wedgwood. Daguerre. Edison. Bell. Seitzer.
The next world-changing advance is 3D printing: using a computer-controlled dispensing head that slowly, meticulously builds up a 3D design into a 3D object, 3D printers promise to open up new possibilities across an dizzying spectrum of domains. Need a part for your washing machine? Print it. Want a lego piece that doesn’t exist? Print it. How about a gun that’s banned? Print it. Want to try out an idea for a new product? Print it. Want to design your own toy, kitchen utensil, furniture, tool? Print it. How about a replacement jaw bone, …