Pictures from a snow day in Ballard and the Woodland Park Zoo.
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For more Woodland Park Zoo photos visit their Facebook page or Web site.
Got any pictures you'd like to add? Email them to us and we'll add them to the slideshow. anner@robinsonnews.com
King County Councilmember-elect Joe McDermott was scheduled to be sworn in today at 4:00 p.m. but this will be postponed.
Writes McDermott, "Due to the weather, we will have to reschedule my swearing in for a later date. The canvassing board, which certifies elections, has canceled today's meeting so I will be unable to take the oath of office today.
Happy Thanksgiving!"
-Joe
We will keep you updated on this.
As of 8:50 a.m Waste Management is reporting that no residential garbage pickup will be provided today all across King County. Twice as much material will be accepted on the next regular collection day for each container.
From their website:
Camano Island - no residential service
King County - no residential service
Kitsap County - no residential service
Snohomish County - no residential service in most areas, except
Marysville - recycling service where safe access is possible; no yard waste
North of the Stillaguamish (Darrington, Stanwood, Arlington) - garbage collection only; no recycling
Skagit County - regular residential service
In most areas, up to twice as much material will be accepted on the next regular collection day for each container*
I recently read a quote in Safekeeping by Abigail Thomas along the lines of “eventually, every woman fools around with a married man.” I am the exception to this rule. It’s not necessarily a moralistic thing (if people are going to cheat, they’re going to cheat, who am I to stop them?), but rather a headache thing. As in, who needs it? I’ve lived my life thus far avoiding any Glenn Close types cooking my bunny rabbit and I prefer to keep it that way.
With married men clearly in the “no” category, I assumed determining the difference between available and unavailable would be pretty easy. When my married friends started pimping their male friends to me I resisted at first. I was eventually swayed by all of his glowing attributes and the assumption that as long as it wasn’t their husbands who were being pimped, I was probably safe. As soon as I would agree to meet the man, the pimping stopped and the topic would be avoided. When pressed, the friend admitted she didn’t want to share her backup boyfriend. This happened not once, but three times. And I thought my single friends were the promiscuous ones.
SUMNER--If anyone had a reason to be upset that the Evergreen Lutheran girls soccer season went all the way to the state "final four", it was Eagle girls basketball coach Jeff Kurbis.
After all, his team was still missing players since practices started Nov. 15.
But he was smiling as he stood looking out at the Sunset Chev Stadium turf after the Eagles finished third with a 3-1 win over Warden of Eastern Washington.
"Tryouts were Monday, but half of my team is right here," Kurbis said. "I don't mind."
The faithful from the Class 2B school located in the Woodmont area where Federal Way and Des Moines converge seemed happy that their team captured the third place trophy with the consolation final win after losing to Napavine of Eastern Washington by a 2-0 score the day before.
Evergreen Lutheran came out strong in the Saturday, Nov. 20 game against the Warden Cougars, but did not score until 35 minutes, 23 seconds remained on the second half clock.
Megume Poetter broke the ice at that time, working her way up close to the net and putting the ball into the left side of the goal netting.
Press Release:
The City of Seattle Emergency Operations Center activated at 5:00 a.m. this morning. The following is a status update on the City's response to the severe weather:
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (SDOT)
SDOT night shift crews are operating 15 plow and spreader trucks this morning that are loaded with granular salt (rock salt) for treating all areas that have accumulations of ice or packed snow. SDOT is making progress on Condition Level 1 corridors with crews focusing on trouble spots such as elevated structures and hills. SDOT is also making progress on Condition Level 2 corridors focusing on transit routes and hills.
New trouble spots developed during the night: Denny Way at Stewart on Capitol Hill; a downed tree blocking the right-of-way at Boren Ave at Seneca and icing that crews are working to treat on NE 56th Street between 25th and 35th Avenues.
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The temperatures are dropping, trees are standing bare and snow is falling. Winter season is here which means it’s time for winter ales. Winter brings out unique small-production seasonal brews called winter warmers. There are no specific rules for how these beers should be brewed but winter warmers are typically malty, complex and higher in alcohol. Some have spice or fruit characteristics, others are flavored with chocolate or vanilla.
In the Northwest, we are fortunate to be surrounded by many breweries so the winter beer selection is plentiful. BNT visited a few beer experts in Ballard and Fremont to hear their take on winter beer.
Hale’s Ales
Hale’s Ales’ featured winter beer is the Wee Heavy, which was first introduced in 1985.
The Wee Heavy is a mahogany colored beer with a complex hops, caramel, nut and roast flavor.
“We play around with the recipe a little bit each year,” said Dave Seiler, who has been a commercial brewer for five years and has been with Hales Ales for two years.
This year they added a bit more roast flavor, he said.
Press Release:
King County Metro Transit is keeping buses in all areas on snow routes for Tuesday morning. Buses will be crowded and significantly delayed, perhaps even worse than Monday due to the road conditions. If those conditions severely deteriorate overnight, Metro may have to cancel entire bus routes in the morning.
Bus riders should check www.kingcounty.gov/metro/snow for the most current status of Metro service before traveling Tuesday. If you do not have internet access, call Metro’s Customer Information Center at (206) 553-3000. Due to the volume of calls, there could be a wait on the phone lines.
Roads throughout the Metro service area are expected to be extremely icy and hazardous Monday evening and Tuesday morning. There are also many abandoned vehicles blocking the roadways.
Please be patient, and dress warmly for waiting outdoors. Returning to regular service will be evaluated again after the morning commute.
Access transit service is limited to life-sustaining medical trips only through 9 a.m. Tuesday due to deteriorating road conditions on both arterials and local streets.
King County Metro Transit is keeping buses in all areas on snow routes for Tuesday morning. Buses will be crowded and significantly delayed, perhaps even worse than Monday due to the road conditions. If those conditions severely deteriorate overnight, Metro may have to cancel entire bus routes in the morning. _
Bus riders should check www.kingcounty.gov/metro/snow for the most current status of Metro service before traveling Tuesda y. Online updates will begin at 4 a.m. If you do not have internet access, call Metro's Customer Information Center at (206) 553-3000. Due to the volume of calls, there could be a wait on the phone lines. _
Roads throughout the Metro service area are expected to be extremely icy and hazardous Monday evening and Tuesday morning. There are also many abandoned vehicles blocking the roadways. _
Please be patient, and dress warmly for waiting outdoors. Returning to regular service will be evaluated again after the morning commute. _
Access transit service is limited to life-sustaining medical trips only through 9 a.m. Tuesday due to deteriorating road conditions on both arterials and local streets. _
Power outages caused by the storm hit Three Tree Point and Maplewild Drive plus sporadic spots in Burien Monday night but have now been repaired. Now only six homes remain without power in the area.
The outages that had extended to the western shore of Lake Burien have been repaired too.
Other minor outages to the east have been reported this morning.
You can check on the status of power outages at this link.
