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OmCulture Halloween Dance

The Halloween goings on have started to flow in. OmCulture (2210 N Pacific St), for example, has two, yes, count them two events going on Saturday 10/30. First, from 3:30 to 5:00 they have a Halloween version of their monthly Ecstatic Family Dance time: "Come dress up with your kids and dance the mystery, magic and adventure of Halloween! We'll have LOTS of hoops, scarfs, bouncy balls, pillows, instruments and more to play and boogie with....as well as some Halloween treats! Feel free to bring some…

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Green Halloween 2010

It’s that time of year to start planning your ghoulish Halloween events. Get in the Wallingford spirit and make it a Green Halloween?  This year Wallingford has made it easy for our community to partake in this nationwide phenomena.  Green Halloween will be occurring locally at Wallingford Center and other surrounding businesses, Sunday, October 31,  from 3-5pm. It will be easy to spot the businesses involved, as they'll have Green Halloween signs posted in their windows.  Businesses that are contributing to Green Halloween…

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Tennis anyone?

Two years ago, when the tennis courts at nearby Woodland Park were resurfaced, I was green with envy.  Seeing those bright blue rectangular boxes outlined in brilliant white made me wish our tennis courts at the Wallingford Playfield would get an upgrade, too. Well, if you’ve recently been to the Wallingford Playfield, you’ll know my wish came true.  Our two little courts have been repainted.  And they look mah-velous! But wait!  Before you get too excited in thinking that our courts…

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The Giving Campaign and Wallingford

October is Giving Campaign month, a time when Microsoft and other large companies encourage employees to pony up for nonprofits by providing for matching funds and automatic payroll deductions. You may struggle with this decision- you know there’s lots more worthwhile things to blow cash on than the old materialism treadmill, but unlike when you buy stuff it's hard to assess if the money is getting the job done. How do you know if a good sounding organization follows through? What…

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Golden Olive is Golden Again

Last weekend, as I perused the Wallyhood forums, I read about Golden Olive--the quaint, Greek restaurant that's tucked away on 45th, next to City Cellars.  After being closed for nearly two months for a remodel, Golden Olive re-opened last Thursday.  Between the enthusiasm in the forums, a tip from reader Paul B., and Mr. Wallyhood's review back in August '09,  I was intrigued. The restaurant's cozy atmosphere made me feel as though I was sitting in my own dining room, surrounded by…

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Wallingford schools need AED stewards

Last June, the Seattle Public Schools board voted unanimously to install at least one automatic external defibrillator (AED) in each of the 93 schools all over the city, and to develop an emergency plan that calls for training responders in CPR and the use of an AED.  An AED program in the schools would protect not only the lives of children, but of teachers, administration, and any other adults who are on site at the school. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can…

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Branching out to N. Wallingford

You may remember last month we posted a call for volunteers to walk around the neighborhood and identify some of the trees. Mike Ruby, who's been heading up the project has been pretty pleased with the response so far, but needs a little more help.  Mike sent me the following e-mail last night: We got the last list from SDOT (Seattle Dept of Transportation) yesterday and are ready to work on the area north of 50th. We have four areas, mostly…

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