Amid the numerous events canceled and postponed due to the coronavirus, it will surprise no one to learn that the 2020 Fremont Solstice Parade has also been, in their words, “postponed.” Some may prefer to call it a cancellation as the new date will be June of next year. We received this from the Fremont Arts Council: It is with heavy hearts that we announce the postponement of the Fremont Solstice Parade and Celebration at Gas Works until June 2021. After assessing…
Here's another from Deep Tote's drop of Wallingford historical photos. Again, I could use some help on the year. I'm not a vintage car expert (and I'm also not old enough to remember), but the cars on the right suggest early 1950's to me. Visible in the mid-ground is the Wallingford Police and Fire Station (now the Neighborcare Clinic), with the "Police" sign still visible. This little tidbit of memory adds some color to what that would have been like in…
A staple of Wallingford for almost 40 years, the founder and original owner of Golden Oldies Records, Dean Silverstone, passed away on March 26th. He led many different lives, all of them colorful. At different periods, he was a wrestling promoter, owner of a chain of record stores from Olympia to Bellingham, and a Hollywood soundtrack consultant. There's an interesting profile of him on the KIRO news website; it is well worth a read. Silverstone sold the Wallingford Golden Oldies record…
[Note: After this story was written, but before it could be published, Mayor Durkin announced a 2-day suspension of construction beginning Thursday, April 9, so that city employees and contractors could more rigorously implement social distancing policies at their work sites. Presumably, then, there will be no work on 40th St. during that time.] Yes, I’ve cribbed my title from the Postal Service Creed, but today I’m going to apply it to the workers of SDOT and their contractors. For the…
No one needs to be told that Covid 19 has not just caused a whole lot of damage to global health; it has also caused widespread, serious economic damage as well. Literally millions of people have been rendered jobless nationwide in just the past couple of weeks. Front and center has been the food industry. It’s impossible to walk down Stone Way or 45th and not notice all the closed restaurants and cafes which have left unemployed cooks, wait staff, baristas…
During these crazy times it is great for us to get outside and put our focus into productive projects that provide an opportunity to use our pent up physical and emotional energy. Edible gardening projects provide a chance to use our bodies and our minds and will offer us some nutritional sustenance in the coming months. I was thinking about one of the first plants I successfully grew (given my long time history as a plant killer) and recalled that I…
Mike Ruby pointed out the King County Coronavirus dashboard that shows zipcode level data in King County. Our zip code currently has 4 deaths from COVID 19 as of March 30th. Our sympathies go out to those that passed, and everyone who has tested positive. Mike's note accompanying his email follows: King County reports every day the results of corona virus (Covid-19) testing and the number of those who have died from the virus by zipcode. The results for the…