By Shelly Najjar and Carla Alo “I was deciding between heading to law school or picking which master’s program looked like the most fun,” says Jessica Oldwyn, a Green Lake resident. “I was at a turning point at age 29, ready for a new challenge. It’s ironic, I got what I wanted, just in a different package.” On Friday, April 9, 2010, Jessica was snow shoeing, and after an impromptu snowball fight, she knew something was wrong when she felt a massive headache. Suddenly, she was unable to see. “I felt like I had been blindsided, with my skull cracked as if…
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Learn about the mind-body-wellness connection at the Green Lake Library
Dr. Elise Hansen of Lifestyle Chiropractic is offering a free event at the Green Lake Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N) next Tuesday (January 17, 2012) at 6:30 p.m. The event, called “WHY - WELLNESS – WORKS,” will feature information about the mind-body-wellness connection. It is not sponsored by the Seattle Public Library. Lifestyle Chiropractic is a My Green Lake advertiser.
Green Lake resident raises over $37,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
This story comes to us via Kat Chow. Kat is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory, an advanced reporting class in which students produce news stories and packages for local neighborhood and ethnic newspapers and online sites. Five years ago, way before she raised over $37,000 in total for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through the Winter Pineapple Classic, Peggy Snyder never thought she’d have to fight the disease she was already helping others fight. This Green Lake resident started participating in the Hawaiian-themed, obstacle-filled 5K race to support her friend and fellow Adobe co-worker,…
Possibly-poisonous mushrooms spotted at Green Lake Park
This story comes to us via Kat Chow. Kat is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication News Laboratory, an advanced reporting class in which students produce news stories and packages for local neighborhood and ethnic newspapers and online sites. Last Wednesday (October 19, 2011), a My Green Lake reader spotted these mushrooms near the Greenlake Boathouse (7351 E Green Lake Dr N): “I was standing on the cement path when I took the picture — the ‘shrooms were about a foot off the main path and very visible,” the reader wrote in an e-mail. She thinks they’re amanita muscaria, the…
Bagley’s Mr. Millsap wins “Washington State Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year” award
Daniel Bagley Elementary (7821 Stone Ave N) Physical Education Specialist Mr. Chuck Millsap has been selected by the Washington Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (WAHPERD) as the 2011 Washington State Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Mr. Millsap received the award at the State WAHPERD Conference this past weekend (October 14 and 15, 2011). Congrats, Mr. Millsap!
