Wallingford, Seattle

Update on Wallingford schools boundary issues

During a Seattle Public Schools "Board Operations Committee as a Whole" presentation last night, the Capacity Management Team presented a list of recommendations for short-term capacity management during the 2012-13 school year. The entire presentation can be seen here, but by the looks of it, other solutions are being offered to remedy the overcrowding at John Stanford International School: As you can see from the slide pictured above, the two options before contemplating the change in the Wallingford neighborhood school boundaries…

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PI: City dump is named after J.P. Patches

The Seattle PI reported today that, once renovations are complete in 2014, the new education center at the North Transfer Station (1350 N. 34th St.) will be named after J.P. Patches. Actor Chris Wedes, whose beloved clown character entertained Seattleites on KIRO TV from 1958 to 1981, made a special appearance on KCTS last night during a pledge drive when the naming announcement was made. A letter written by the Seattle City Council declared the honor to Patches, who was also known as…

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Happy 103rd Birthday, Mary!

A heartfelt "Happy Birthday" goes out to longtime Wallingford resident Mary Orser , who turned 103 last Friday, December 9. Mary moved to Wallingford in January, 1928 which means this coming January she'll have been here -- in the same house on 43rd and Meridian -- for 84 years. Mary lived here with her parents until they passed, and she stayed on, working at the Meridian Nursing Home until she retired. I spoke to Mary's niece, Rosemary Meyers, who looks after Mary.…

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Snow Leopard Trust Holiday Sale

Here's a neighborhood holiday shopping event with global benefits: The Snow Leopard Trust is holding a holiday sale this Thursday (12/15) at the Good Shepherd Center (#225) from 2:00-5:00pm. The Snow Leopard Trust is an non-profit, international organization headquartered right here in Wallingford, dedicated to community-based snow leopard conservation. There are only 4,000 snow leopards left in the wild and the Snow Leopard Trust partners with communities in 5 different countries to address snow leopard endangerment. In an email to me, Antonia…

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Hansen’s Florist Opens Thursday

Last week, we told you that Hansen's Florist was moving its Fremont location to Wallingford this month. We've just received word from  the owner, Helen, that they will open on Thursday (12/15). The new location is 4606 Stone Way N. in the building just to the right of Zaw Pizza. Helen added that they hadn't quite set the new location's hours yet, but were thinking 10:30am - 6:30pm for now. Walk-in customers between December 15-18 will receive 10% off.  

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‘Stoneway Village’ gets a new name

Here's an update from the developers of Stoneway Village, including some new photos, and a new name: It’s been a while since our last update and a lot has progressed since then, the building is now framed, the roof is on, brick work is almost finished, the plumbing and electrical rough-ins are about half way through, and pre-drywall and elevator work has started! Whew! We worked hard through the summer and had minimal rain through the fall which really helped get the…

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Celebrate One Wallingford this Thursday

Last week, we told you about "Celebrate One Wallingford" - a party to celebrate our community together, but it bears repeating because of all the cool activities that are planned for the event. One of the highlights of the evening will be an all-neighborhood-inclusive musical component. Kathleen Cromp, the party's organizer explains: Connie Voget and Laurie McCray – both from the ‘hood – are helping to recruit, shape, organize the music and musicians.  Connie, a community activist in numerous ways, is…

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