Wallingford, Seattle

Recycling Challenge – Get A Free Compost Collector

So you live in Wallingford and, of course, you faithfully collect your food scraps and haul them out to the yard waste cart. But do you yearn for a container that's a bit more stylish than that old quart-size yogurt container? Now's your chance. The City of Seattle is offering compost buckets (pictured right) to give - for free - to residents who pledge to compost.  The buckets retail for about $15 and are dishwasher-safe. Pick up your free compost collector…

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March at WSCS

The Wallingford Community Senior Center in the Good Shepherd Center has a few more events and classes available this month: Seniors Training Seniors: Beyond Basics (Monday and Wednesday, Mar 17 & 19, 10 am - 3 pm. $10 member / $15 public) Expand your computer skills with this class that will focus on creating documents, email attachments, organizing digital files, and more! Happy Hour - Stress Less Guided Meditation (Tuesday, Mar 25, 1 - 2 pm. $3 member / $5 public suggested donation) Calm music and gentle…

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Thank a Bus Driver!

Today is bus driver appreciation day - your chance to let your bus driver know if s/he's been doing a good job of fighting traffic so that you don't have to! Given that a Metro driver was shot at this past year, it seems like some gratitude might be overdue! The Bus Driver Appreciation Day website even has some fun thank you cards you can download and sign for your driver. Here's the official word from Metro: For hours on end, bus drivers…

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Scarecrow welcomes Thelma Schoonmaker on March 21st

It's going to be a busy Friday this week at Scarecrow Video*: First, at 2 pm this Friday, March 21, there's an in-store appearance and signing by Thelma Schoomaker: Thelma Schoonmaker can be called nothing less than one of American film’s treasures.  The award-winning editor has collaborated with Martin Scorsese on all 18 of his films.  She has been nominated for seven Oscars in the Film Editing category, and has won three of them for Raging Bull, The Aviator, and The…

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All Crime, All The Time

I prefer to roll the crime-related stories here in Wallingford up a bit, for fear of exaggerating their frequency and of inciting my mother, who reads this blog from across the country, into paroxysms of fear. But it's important that folks know what's going on around them, the good and the bad, so here's  a sampling: At around 9 pm last week, someone stole a $300+ Bob stroller off our front porch. Readers of the Green Lake Moms listserv will recognize…

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Neighborhood Fund Workshop

If you're interested in learning more about how to get a city grant to improve the neighborhood, there are upcoming workshops on the Neighborhood Matching Fund: The Neighborhood Matching Fund, a program of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, is hosting six workshops for those interested in applying to the Large Projects Fund this May. The Large Projects Fund provides awards of up to $100,000 in matching funds to neighborhood groups for community-building projects. Attendance at one of the six workshops offered is…

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Gas Works Focus Groups

You may remember that about a month ago, Ellen Weir put out a call to community members to provide input for her research project on community reactions to phytoremediation, one the toxic waste cleanup methods in use at Gas Works. Ellen asked us to pass along that the focus groups she's scheduled are coming up tomorrow and Tuesday: For anyone who would like to participate in the Gas Works Park Phytoremediation meetings, here is the information: Monday, March 17 @ 6pm -…

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