The Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N) is hosting a “Bikes for Books” reading program for kids in first through third grades. Children are invited to read books for a chance to win a bike. Participants are allowed to enter their names for the drawing once for every ten books they read between Monday, October 3 and Saturday, December 3, 2011. Each entry will require a short oral book report to to a librarian on one book. One girl and one boy each will win a bicycle and a helmet. A prize drawing will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 5 at the Green Lake…
September 2011
September 29, 2011 at 7:37PM
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Children can win a bike through reading program at Green Lake Library
September 29, 2011 at 4:32PM
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Zoka responds to warning letter from FDA
On Sept. 9, 2011, Zoka Coffee Roaster and Tea Company received a warning letter from the Public Health Service of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The letter related to an April 2011 inspection of Zoka’s coffee roasting facility in north Queen Anne. During the April inspection, FDA investigators documented serious violations of FDA’s “Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation for foods,” including a failure “to take effective measures to exclude pests from the processing areas and protect against the contamination of food on the premises by pests.” Rodent excreta pellets and insect larva were found in the facility. The letter from the FDA did not…
September 29, 2011 at 3:40PM
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“Dead Man Walking” author Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Bishop Blanchet High School
Sister Helen Prejean will be speaking at Bishop Blanchet High School (8200 Wallingford Ave N) tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 30, 2011) at 9:40 a.m. The community is invited to attend the event in the school’s Ernie Rose Gymnasium. Sister Helen is an internationally-acclaimed human rights activist and the author of Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty In The United States. “Dead Man Walking” is Bishop Blanchet’s fall play. Performances will be held Nov. 1 – 6 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. in the Marge Bradburn Studio Theatre. The performances are part of The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project….
September 29, 2011 at 11:47AM
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Brown and white dog found on Sunnyside Ave N — UPDATE: Owner has been found
Update, 1:40 p.m. The dog, “Chauncy,” has been reunited with his/her owner. A dog was found yesterday (Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011) on Sunnyside Ave N between N 77th St and N 80th St. Is this your dog? Contact frango99 [at] comcast.net or (206) 523-3640.
September 29, 2011 at 11:35AM
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Hearthstone seeks volunteer group of Green Lake moms
Erika Campbell sent us the following note from The Hearthstone (6720 E Green Lake Way N): Mother Klatches – you know who you are! Joggers or walkers with baby strollers doing your daily constitutional around the lake for good health and camaraderie. Why not throw a little community service in the mix? The Hearthstone Retirement Community is looking for a group of friends who would like to conclude their walk around the lake with a short visit to our residents to give manicures! Imagine one mother corralling the kids with the help of host ‘grandmas’ while the other mothers knock out a…
