There was a car crash Friday evening (July 16, 2010) at Ashworth Ave N & N 80th St. A “Heavy Rescue” call went out over the emergency dispatch at 5:35 p.m. 14 units were called to the scene. My Green Lake tipster Blake Taylor, whose rooftop deck overlooks the intersection, said that the crash looked to be a head-on collision. He saw paramedics treat a family, but reports that “everyone walked away.” I arrived at the scene at 6:15 p.m. and confirmed with Officer Ditsua that there were no serious injuries. He reported that a pickup truck flipped over “a…
July 2010
July 16, 2010 at 8:55PM
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Seattle Phonographers Union to lead soundwalks around Green Lake
Soundwalks are coming to Green Lake. This Sunday (July 18, 2010), 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., members of the Seattle Phonographers Union (SPU) will guide participants on a series of silent walks around Green Lake, focusing attention on the diversity and complexity of the local soundscape. The event is free to the public and all are welcome. Walks start near the Green Lake Small Craft Center boat house at the south end of Green Lake, and will start at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. Each walk will begin with a brief introduction to basic principles of Acoustic…
July 16, 2010 at 10:16AM
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Green Lake's Streetwise Gardener: Surviving Green Lake gardening
Amid Green Lake’s many garden-variety blessings there sprout significant challenges. Our gardeners routinely battle – to pick a few plagues at random - hilly terrain, dirt that admits too much or too little rain, or at the wrong rate, rampant blackberries, too little rain, too much rain, and rain at the wrong time. Not to mention *lugs, which I have suggested to Webster’s Dictionary as a new curse word. But there are common strategies we can employ to keep our gardens afloat. Peter Lavagnino, a landscape designer at Exteriorscapes, LLC (10017 Greenwood Ave N) says the starting point is knowing your site like you know…
July 15, 2010 at 8:41PM
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More than 50 kittens to be available at adoption event in Roosevelt this Saturday
Animal Talk Rescue is hosting a kitten adoption event and bake sale on Saturday, July 17th, 2010, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., at 6514 Roosevelt Way NE. More than 50 kittens will be available for adoption. The event is being organized in conjunction with Saturday’s Roosevelt Neighborhood Bull Moose Festival at Calvary Christian Assembly (6801 Roosevelt Way NE). Animal Talk Rescue is a no-kill, non-profit shelter working to end the plight and suffering of homeless, neglected and abused companion animals, and to educate the public about the benefits of spaying and neutering.
