Winter Festival & Crafts Fair set for Dec. 5-6

It's that time again, as the Phinney Neighborhood Center will be all decked out for the 29th Annual Winter Festival & Crafts Fair on December 5th and 6th.

There will be 115 artists and crafts people, a quilt raffle, bake sale and hundreds of musicians and dancers.  There's even going to be child care available for those who need it.

Proceeds from the fair help support the Phinney Neighborhood Association's many programs, including soup kitchens, child care before and after school, the senior center, the art gallery, the tool library and so much more.

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Lee Harper Named New Director of PNA

The Board of Directors at The Phinney Neighborhood Association has hired Lee Harper to replace Ed Medeiros as their new Executive Director.

Harper currently serves as Executive Director of the Northshore Senior Center and was formerly Assistant Director of Solid Ground (previously the Fremont Public Association).

In a news release announcing the decision, Lee says: “The PNA’s community building mission resonates deeply with me - creating community is one of my core values and it underlies everything that I do. It would be a privilege to work with the organization and for my community, realizing a dream from years ago to lead this vibrant organization into the future."

Lee will join the staff in mid-January.

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Tree crashes through the roof

Two homeowners are still dealing with this snapped tree on NW 78th Street. It crashed through their roofs. Today - more high wind and possibly more trees and power outages?? I'm out in the thick of it - we'll see.

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Don't be a turkey... Donate food!

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Woodland Park Zoo is holding a food drive to benefit the Phinney Neighborhood Association Soup Kitchen, which operates two days a week at St. John United Lutheran Church, directly opposite the zoo’s west entrance. 

Donations of non-perishable juice, jam, canned fruit, beans, vegetables, chili, ketchup, and powdered creamers are welcome.

You don't have to attend to the Zoo's Turkey Toss event to donate food, but if you're planning to go, note that lions get their turkey at 10:30 a.m. Photo by Ryan Hawk courtesy of WPZ.

If you’d like to volunteer to help collect donations at the zoo that day, contact Judith@phinneycenter.org

 

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Get free locks for your recycle bin

Update: Waste Management customer service tells me the locks are available only to businesses, not residential customers. Hat tip to Doree for the heads-up!

Keep your burnable materials away from n'er-do-wells.

Seattle Public Utilities is giving out free locks for recycling, garbage and food waste containers to Greenwood residents.

Those who live or have a business within the boundaries of NW 75th Street to North 90th Street and from 3rd Ave NW to Fremont Ave North can call Waste Management Customer Service at 1-800-592-9995 to get a free lock for containers provided by Seattle Public Utilities contracted service providers.

Seattle Fire Department encourages residents to continue to be vigilant about cleaning up around their businesses and homes.

PNA seeks web and IT volunteers

The Phinney Neighborhood Association asked us to get the word out that they're looking for volunteers redesign their website and implement a Salesforce CRM database.

  • web developer: Experienced, 10 hours/week over the next 2-3 months to help execute and build the backend. 
  • IT Consultant: Should have expertise with Salesforce

For more information: Alex Eckardt at 206-783-2244 or alex@phinneycenter.org 

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Full charging documents in Greenwood arsons

Read the full charging documents for Kevin Swalwell (above, being lead into the courtroom Saturday in a KOMO photo), who is accused of several recent Greenwood arsons and one in Shoreline, here.

Swalwell is being held in the King County Jail on $1 million bail.

If convicted as charged, the standard sentence range is 108 to 144 months in prison. However, prosecutors intend to seek an exceptional sentence above the standard range. He is scheduled for arraignment on December 1 at the King County Courthouse.

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Prosecutors to seek 'exceptional sentence' for Swalwell

Prosecutors today filed charges against Kevin Swalwell, who is accused of several recent arsons in the Greenwood neighborhood and an arson in Shoreline.

Swalwell is being held in the King County Jail on $1 million bail.

He was charged with 11 counts of arson, included three charges of first-degree arson and eight charges of arson in the second degree, as well as one count of burglary.

If convicted as charged, the standard sentence range is 108 to 144 months in prison. However, prosecutors intend to seek an exceptional sentence above the standard range. He is scheduled for arraignment on December 1 at the King County Courthouse.

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Goodbye, Johari: Zoo euthanizes sick giraffe

The Woodland Park Zoo today euthanized a 13-year-old male giraffe that was in poor health due to a degenerative bone disease. 

Johari (joe-HAH-ree), a reticulated giraffe, had abnormal hooves and chronic joint problems since he arrived in 1998 from Colorado's Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Over time, Johari's hoof abnormalities affected his gait. He was on pain medication, but as his arthritis advanced, the medication became less effective, zoo staff said.

The zoo will conduct a necropsy.

The average life expectancy of giraffes in the wild is 10 to 15 years, but in zoos they can live up to 25 years, according to zoo staff. 

Photo credit: Ryan Hawk, courtesy of Woodland Park Zoo


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