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All events are at, or meet up at the Wallingford Community Center- 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. Ste 140, Seattle WA  98103 For more information and/or to sign up for an event, please call 206.461.7825,  e-mail us at [email protected] or visit our website at www.wallingfordseniors.org/   Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser - Friday, April 19 6:00 to-7:00 pm Bring family and friends, come hungry for spaghetti, salad, fresh veggies and garlic bread. Learn about your local senior center and how you can support healthy…

It came as a shock to all of us here at wallyhood to learn, late last night, that the lease on our office space would not be renewed, contrary to expectations. As a consequence, this blog -- now in its 16th year – will shut down, effective immediately, unless and until new office space can be secured. No new posts will be forthcoming, and all office furnishings will be sold off with proceeds to go towards a new lease, if one…

The Seattle Dept. of Transportation (SDOT) is seeking input on proposed changes to Aurora Avenue North (a.k.a. Highway 99). While the chance to attend in-person meetings has passed (sorry!), you can still register your opinion via this online form. The comment period is only open through April 5, so you better hurry. The proposed work area runs from just south of the Aurora Bridge north to 145th St. For the purposes of this project, SDOT has divided that stretch into 5…

You may have seen the recent Wallyhood article on the outstanding run by the Lincoln High School baseball team to last year’s state 3A championship. Reader and parent Elizabeth let us know that LHS also hosts a fastpitch softball team, head-coached by Kevin Ticen (former catcher for University of Washington baseball team). The varsity team is led by Senior Annika Ticen (catcher) and Junior Riko Hibino (pitcher). The varsity and junior varsity teams are comprised of players who have run the…

I had a domestic calamity at the end of last year that forced me (and a bunch of my stuff) to move out of my rented townhouse for a few weeks. It was a big pain. But I tried to look at this as yet another character-building event (futile as that may be at this very late stage), and used the unanticipated “opportunity” to clean out and upgrade some of my belongings gathering dust and other residues in the place. In…