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July 2009

July 22, 2009 at 2:21PM

Seafair Pirates Raid Spud at 4pm

Avast, pirate fans! The Seafair Pirates will be dining at/raiding Spud (6860 E Greenlake Way N) from 4pm to 5pm today.

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July 22, 2009 at 12:13AM

Bow Hunting at Green Lake

This has got to be the most interesting discussion ever on the Washington Fly Fishing message boards. just wondering if bow hunting or spear fishing for carp is legal at green lake. i cant seem to find anything that says it isnt. In addition to the discussion as to whether or not it’s OK to shoot at things within the city limits (sounds like it’s not), the legality of fishing for carp was also questioned. We’re awfully tempted to join WFF so we can let them know that the Friends of Green Lake have declared the carp bad news. Can’t…

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July 21, 2009 at 3:34PM

Got Vampires?

It’s not too late to hop on the teen vampire bandwagon. A Vampire Story is showing for FREE at the Bathhouse Theater (7312 W Greenlake Dr N) the next two weekends: Friday, July 24, 7pm Saturday, July 25, 7pm Sunday, July 26, 2pm Friday, July 31, 7pm Saturday, Aug 1, 2pm Saturday, Aug 1, 7pm Like last weekend’s The Jungle Book, this free show is part of the Summer Youth Program and the players range from ages 14 to 18. Two young women arrive in a nameless small town. Their names are not their own. In drama class, Eleanor says…

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July 21, 2009 at 10:20AM

Green Lake Open Water Swim Results

The results are in! The results are in! We’re still not fans of the PDF results provided by Parks and Rec so here are Excel files for both races: Half mile Mile It looks like a few popsicle sticks (each swimmer was handed a numbered popsicle stick indicating place of finish) didn’t make it from the edge of the lake to the recording table, but what can you expect with a popsicle stick-based scoring system.

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July 21, 2009 at 12:17AM

2009 Night Out Against Crime

Night Out Against Crime is Tuesday, August 4th and registration closes next Friday, July 31st. From the National Night Out site: NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to: Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs; Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. Along with the traditional display of outdoor lights and front porch vigils, cities, towns and neighborhoods ‘celebrate’ NNO with a variety of events and activities such as: block parties, cookouts, visits from local police and sheriff…

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