Wallingford, Seattle

Senior Center Decision to Be Made By End of January

Photo by Matt Mason A final decision regarding the potential closure of the Wallingford Community Senior Center will be reached by the end of January, according to their Board. Just before Christmas, Board members agreed to make this the final month for decision-making. To help in the process and for a fresh outlook on the situation, they're bringing in the outside aid of seven to eight community members. At this point in the game, the conversation will center on the reality…

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Wallyhood Survey Results

First, I want to thank everyone who took the time to give feedback on Wallyhood. The fact that almost 250 were willing to take a moment out of their day to help us understand our readers and make this blog better testifies to the fact that y'all care! Not surprisingly, most readers live in Wallingford. It's a Wallingford blog, after all. What may be a bit surprising, though, is that almost half live between 40th and 50th Streets: We're not quite…

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Major changes to King County Metro

Our local public transit system is making some major changes in 2010. Along with the usual fare increase (its $0.25 this time), they're also switching everything over to the new ORCA card system. I ordered mine and added a PugetPass online. It was fairly straightforward. If you usually use transit passes, you'll need to get one of these new cards (unless you get them from your work - they'll take care of it for you). Get one before Feb. 1st -…

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Disaster Prep / Ham Radios

Earthquake! Swine Flu! Snowpocalypse! Glenn Beck! A intrepid crew of preparers, led by Wallingford Community Council President Mary Heim, has put together a response plan and in the event of some disaster that knocks out traditional communication channels. If cell phones don't work, the Internet's out, and tin cans aren't up to the job, it's ham radio time: Community Preparedness Group to Wallingford Neighbors, come in please . . . Last call for those interested in training and licensing on the…

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New Year’s Eve Dinner

Has it really been 10 years ago since Y2K? Remember how scared we were that computers everywhere would fail? The frantic stockpiling of provisions and ammunition in the face of the imminent collapse? No? OK, maybe that was just us. Anyhoo, what's your plans for this New Year's Eve, the end of the Aughts? Scribbling resolution lists on the back of a cocktail napkin? Drinking away the memory of the 9/11, the second Bush Adminstration, the resulting rollback of civil liberties,…

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